AP PHOTO - Iowa forward Payton Sandfort (20) drunks the ball between North Dakota defenders Eli King (2) and Mambourou Mara (21) during the second half of a college basketball game Tuesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

IOWA CITY — Payton Sandfort scored 21 points and five other Iowa players reached double figures as the Hawkeyes beat North Dakota 110-68 in a season-opening matchup Tuesday.

Ben Krikke scored 18, reserve Owen Freeman scored 14 points, Dasonte Bowen had 12 and Patrick McCaffery 11 for Iowa. The Hawkeyes shot 12-for-24 from 3-point range and 53.3 percent overall (40 for 75). Freeman, a freshman, made 7 of 8.

The Hawkeyes shot 8-of-16 from 3-point land in the first half to take control of the game. Iowa had 21 points off 13 North Dakota turnovers, while the Hawkeyes committed just one turnover in the opening half.

Iowa shot 21-of-34 (61.8 percent) from the field in the second half and outscored North Dakota 54-36 after the break.

Iowa never trailed. The Hawkeyes built a 21-9 lead when Sandfort made a 3 with 14:28 before halftime. He had 10 points within the game’s first five minutes, and Iowa led 56-32 at halftime.

B.J. Omot scored 24 points for North Dakota.

Iowa moved its record to 8-0 all-time against North Dakota.

Entering the season, Iowa added eight newcomers to the roster — including Krikke, a Valparaiso transfer — and returned two starters and eight letterwinners from a team that won 19 games, finished fifth in the Big Ten and advanced to its fourth straight NCAA Tournament.

Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery is 10 wins from becoming the winningest coach in program history. Tom Davis has 271 victories as a Hawkeyes coach.

Iowa 110, North Dakota 68

NORTH DAKOTA (0-1) — Mayar 2-6 2-3 6, Omot 10-21 2-3 24, Tsartsidze 2-4 5-6 9, Eaglestaff 3-7 0-0 7, King 1-9 0-0 2, Brooks 3-6 1-4 7, Danielson 3-6 0-0 7, Kuljuhovic 3-5 0-1 6, Mara 0-3 0-0 0, Hong 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 27-67 10-17 68.

IOWA (1-0) — Krikke 8-13 1-1 18, McCaffery 2-4 6-7 11, Pa.Sandfort 7-13 4-4 21, Bowen 4-6 3-3 12, Perkins 3-11 3-4 10, Dix 2-3 0-0 4, Pr.Sandfort 1-7 0-0 3, Dembele 3-5 0-0 8, Freeman 7-8 0-0 14, Harding 2-4 1-1 6, Cater 0-0 0-0 0, Hutchison 0-0 0-0 0, Kingsbury 1-1 0-0 3, Laketa 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 40-75 18-20 110.

Halftime–Iowa 56-32. 3-Point Goals–North Dakota 4-25 (Omot 2-8, Danielson 1-3, Eaglestaff 1-3, Brooks 0-1, Kuljuhovic 0-1, Mayar 0-1, Mara 0-2, Tsartsidze 0-2, King 0-4), Iowa 12-24 (Pa.Sandfort 3-7, Dembele 2-3, Harding 1-1, Kingsbury 1-1, Krikke 1-1, Bowen 1-2, Perkins 1-2, McCaffery 1-3, Pr.Sandfort 1-3, Freeman 0-1). Rebounds–North Dakota 37 (Mayar, Kuljuhovic 7), Iowa 42 (Pa.Sandfort 9). Assists–North Dakota 9 (King 4), Iowa 23 (Harding 7). Total Fouls–North Dakota 19, Iowa 18.