Terps women cruise past Niagara in hoops, 96-64

Freshman point guard Destiny Slocum had career highs with 25 points and seven assists as the Maryland women’s basketball team cruised to a 96-64 victory over host Niagara (1-3). The Terps (4-0) scored on seven of their first eight possessions and forced five turnovers in opening the game on a 16-2 run. They led 58-32 at halftime. Brionna Jones ( Aberdeen) and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough each had 16 points for Maryland, which failed to score 100 points for the first time this season. Still, the Terps were efficient on offense, shooting 53.7 percent while making a season-high 11 3-pointers on 26 attempts (42.3 percent). MORE WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Kathleen Belanger-Finn scored a career-high 22 points, but host Mount St. Mary’s (1-3) fell, 70-57, to Fairfield (3-1). MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Demetrius Troy made three 3-pointers and scored 15 points and North Carolina-Greensboro (3-2) defeated Navy, 72-59, at the High Point Tournament. Shawn Anderson scored 19 points and Bryce Dulin 11 for the Midshipmen (1-4). … Landry Shamet and Daishon Smith each set career highs with 16 points and host Wichita State (4-0) shot 66 percent from the field in a 116-79 victory over UMES(0-4). Ryan Andino scored a careerhigh 27 points on 9-of-15 shooting for the Hawks. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Salisbury rushed for a season-high 531 yards to cruise to a 52-20 victory over Carnegie Melon (7-4) in the Division III Eastern College Athletic Conference Legacy Bowl at Franklin Field in Philadelphia for the Sea Gulls’ sixth bowl win in eight appearances. Connor Canonico led Salisbury (8-3) in his final college game, rushing for 203 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries to earn Most Valuable Player honors. Quarterback Brandon Lewis (John Carroll) ran for 127 yards and three touchdowns and threw for a score for the Sea Gulls. … Johns Hopkins will host defending national champion Mount Union on Sunday at noon at Homewood Field in the second round of the Division III tournament. The winner of Sunday’s game will play the winner of Saturday’s Alfred-Western New England second-round game Dec. 3. SWIMMING: Stanford’s Katie Ledecky of Bethesda broke two NCAA records, as well as her own American record in the 1,650-yard freestyle, at a meet at Ohio State. In her first month as a college swimmer, Ledecky’s record swim of 15:03.92 in the 1,650 free shattered the NCAA mark by nearly 20 seconds, and her American record by nearly 10, while winning the race by four laps and more than a minute. In addition, she was credited with an NCAA record at 1,000 yards, as her split beat the record at that distance that she had set earlier this month. Ledecky, a five-time Olympic gold medalist and nine-time world champion, will be in New York tonight for the annual Golden Goggle awards. HORSE RACING: Live racing at Laurel Park was canceled after the running of the first race because of extremely windy conditions. “We decided to err on the side of caution,” said Sal Sinatra, president and general manager of the Maryland Jockey Club. “The winds were very strong; there was some debris flying around. The safety of our jockeys and our horses is our utmost priority.” Windy conditions also forced the cancellation of full cards at other Mid-Atlantic and Northeast racetracks. —