Hannah Hidalgo Has 27 Points and 10 Steals as No. 13 Notre Dame Routs Stonehill 123-40 With a Record 51 Field Goals

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Hannah Hidalgo had 10 steals. Notre Dame had 28. And by the time the final horn sounded on the home opener at Purcell Pavilion, the No. 13 Notre Dame women had made more field goals than any team in program history and beaten Stonehill 123-40 on Friday, Nov. 6.

Hidalgo led the way with 27 points to go with those 10 steals. Leah Macy scored 24 on 12-of-14 shooting, freshman Jacy Abii posted 17 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists, six steals and four blocks, and Anaya Hardy added 17 points and 11 rebounds. Notre Dame (2-0) never trailed, forced 35 turnovers and turned them into 50 points. Stonehill fell to 0-2.

Here is the official box score (opens in a new tab), the AP recap (opens in a new tab) and Notre Dame's note on the ACC weekly awards (opens in a new tab) that followed the game.

A record night in South Bend

The numbers from this one belong in the media guide. The 51 made field goals set a Notre Dame record, according to the AP. The 83-point margin was the second-largest in school history, three points short of the record, and the 123 points fell five shy of the program's single-game high of 128.

Notre Dame shot 62 percent from the field (51 of 82), outrebounded Stonehill 55-30 and handed out 27 assists. The only real blemish was at the free throw line, where the Irish made 15 of 25. The largest lead was 84 points.

The gaps in the hidden categories were just as lopsided. Notre Dame outscored Stonehill 50-6 in points off turnovers, 46-2 on the fast break and 74-20 in the paint. The Irish committed 13 turnovers of their own, a manageable number for a team playing at that pace, and grabbed 20 offensive rebounds.

A crowd of 4,274 watched the Irish open their home schedule after starting the season against Villanova in Rome.

Thirty in the first, 67 at the half

Hidalgo opened the scoring with a pull-up jumper 16 seconds in, and Ella Pelletier answered to tie it at 2, the closest Stonehill would get. Madison St. Rose hit a pull-up, Macy scored on a layup, and after Reese Roggenburk made it 6-4, Hardy finished inside and St. Rose buried a 3 for an 11-4 lead with 7:04 left in the first quarter, according to ESPN's play-by-play.

From there, the game was never in doubt. Notre Dame led 30-10 after the first quarter and kept the pressure on in the second, outscoring Stonehill 37-11 to go to the locker room ahead 67-21. That is a 46-point halftime lead built largely on defense, with steals turning into fast-break points.

The Irish did not let up after the break. Notre Dame scored 28 points in the third quarter and 28 more in the fourth, while Stonehill managed nine points in the third and 10 in the fourth. Notre Dame led 95-30 after three quarters.

The defensive numbers were staggering across the roster. Nine different Irish players recorded a steal: Hidalgo with 10, Abii with six, Amari Byles with four, St. Rose and Jenica Lewis with two each, and Hardy, Maya Gin, Bella Ragone and Kelly Ratigan with one apiece. Abii led the 11 blocked shots with four, Macy had three and Byles had two. Coach Niele Ivey used 11 players, and only Isabella Sangha did not get in.

Hidalgo's 10 steals

Hidalgo was everywhere. Coming off a 32-point, eight-assist performance in the opener against Villanova, per Notre Dame, the senior guard made 11 of 18 shots, hit a 3 and went 4 for 4 at the free throw line for 27 points in 27 minutes, adding six rebounds and two assists. The 10 steals gave Hidalgo the first double-double of the season, according to Notre Dame Athletics, and the night pushed Hidalgo past 2,500 career points. The school said Hidalgo is the sixth player in ACC history to reach that mark.

The week earned Hidalgo ACC Player of the Week honors for the 15th time in Hidalgo's career, according to the school. Notre Dame also noted Hidalgo is the only player this century with seven career games of at least 20 points and seven steals.

Abii's do-everything debut at home

If Hidalgo was the headline, Abii was the line nobody could stop reading. The freshman guard played 25 minutes and finished with 17 points on 8-of-13 shooting, 14 rebounds, seven assists, six steals and four blocks. It was Abii's first career double-double, per Notre Dame, and the school said Abii is the only player this season with at least 10 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, four steals and four blocks in a game. Abii, who had 10 points and eight rebounds in the opener against Villanova according to the school, was named ACC Freshman of the Week.

Macy was nearly perfect inside. The forward made 12 of 14 shots for 24 points and added eight rebounds, six assists and three blocks without a turnover in 26 minutes. Hardy made 8 of 11 shots and grabbed six offensive rebounds on the way to a double-double, though Hardy went just 1 of 7 at the free throw line.

St. Rose added 13 points, four assists and two steals, making all four free throws. Off the bench, Lewis scored 15 on 6-of-8 shooting, including 3 of 5 from deep, and dished out five assists. Ragone added five points, Byles had four points and four steals, and Gin scored a point. The Irish bench totaled 25 points.

Stonehill's long night

For Stonehill, the 35 turnovers were the whole story. Stonehill's 15 made field goals were fewer than a third of Notre Dame's 51, and the Skyhawks never led. The Skyhawks shot 25 percent (15 of 60), went 3 of 14 from 3-point range and were credited with just three steals and nine assists. Ella Pelletier and Rissi Smith each turned it over five times, and Phoena Dadson had four turnovers to go with three blocks while going 0 for 6 from the field.

Julia Webster led Stonehill with six points and five rebounds off the bench. Reese Roggenburk added four points and five rebounds, Megan Sias and Smith scored four each, and Brooke Paquette made 5 of 6 free throws for five points. Stonehill's reserves outscored its starters 22-18, and the Skyhawks finished with five blocked shots to Notre Dame's 11.

Sixteen Skyhawks played. Skyler Walker, Sydney McLaughlin and Shira Elkis accounted for the team's three made 3-pointers, and Breana Delaney logged 20 minutes off the bench. Stonehill scored 20 points in the paint and just six off turnovers, and the Skyhawks went 7 of 11 at the free throw line.

Stonehill's next game was at DePaul on Sunday, Nov. 8.

The closing take

Notre Dame came home from Rome and put on a show. Twenty-eight steals, 50 points off turnovers and a school record for made baskets tell you how this team intends to win: pressure the ball, run, and let Hidalgo and Abii do things in transition that most opponents cannot match. Macy's efficiency and Hardy's work on the glass give the Irish a frontcourt that finishes what the guards create. Notre Dame hosted Detroit Mercy next, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and won 108-60 for a second straight triple-digit performance.

The schedule stiffens from here. After Detroit Mercy, Notre Dame faces DePaul in the SoFi Shamrock Classic on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., with a 1 p.m. ET tip on NBC and Peacock, according to the school. A game away from Purcell against DePaul will be a much better measure of how far this pressure defense can carry the Irish.

Sources: ESPN, AP, Notre Dame Athletics (fightingirish.com).

Photo: Notre Dame Athletics (file photo from Nov. 10, 2026, vs. Detroit Mercy).