The 7th ranked Notre Dame women's basketball team held it's season opener today as the Irish brought in UMass and former Memorial and Washington star Jasmine Watson.
Skylar Diggins scored 15 points and Kayla McBride had 18 points to help No. 7 Notre Dame beat Massachusetts 94-50 in its home opener on Sunday.
Jewell Lloyd scored 13 and Michaela Mabrey added 10 for the Fighting Irish (2-0), who went on a 17-0 run midway through the first half, and scored 30 points off of UMASS's 20 turnovers in the half. Jasmine Watson had eight points and eight rebounds for the Minutewomen (1-3). Rashida Timbilla, Kim Pierre-Louis and forward Aisha Rodney also scored eight points each for UMass.
The Minutewomen were outrebounded 34-25.
The Irish led 53-19 at halftime, then cruised, only outscoring the Minutewomen 41-31 in the second half.
