The No. 14 Notre Dame women’s basketball team had no trouble at all against in-state rival Purdue Sunday, trouncing the Boilermakers 76-39.
Hannah Hidalgo had a great floor game for the Irish as she led in nearly every category. Her 23 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 7 steals played a huge part in the game being such a blowout.
Nat Marshall was huge for Notre Dame, blocking six shots and scoring 14 points in the victory.
Notre Dame started hot, jumping out to an 11-0 lead before Purdue scored a point. The Boilermakers bounced back quickly with a 7-0 run themeselves but that was about as close as things would get.
Notre Dame held Purdue to just 7 second quarter points and held a 35-18 halftime advantage in which they never looked back.
Before the game, a Muffet McGraw statue was unveiled outside Purcell Pavillion. Much of the sold out crowd attended that ceremony before stepping in and watching the Irish dominate.
Notre Dame is now 8-1 on the season and hosts Western Michigan on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET.