Terps trounce Mountaineers for easy win

John Gilchrist and Nik Caner-Medley each scored 17 points, and No. 22 Maryland cruised to its fifth straight victory, 85-53 over Mount St. Mary’s on Tuesday night in College Park, Md.

Travis Garrison had 15 points for the Terrapins (9-2), who improved to 108-2 in non-conference home games since coach Gary Williams arrived in 1989. Maryland’s next two games are on the road against highly ranked Atlantic Coast Conference foes North Carolina and Wake Forest.

Williams started D.J. Strawberry at forward ahead of Caner-Medley, whose run of 48 consecutive starts ended. The move appeared to be a disciplinary measure, but was deemed a “coach’s decision” by a team spokesman.

Landy Thompson scored 20 points for the Mountaineers (3-7), who have lost four in a row.

Women

(2) Duke 101, Holy Cross 42: Monique Currie had 21 points and Duke held the Crusaders (5-8) to 26-percent shooting in a rout at Durham, N.C. Freshman Laura Kurz added 16 points for the Blue Devils (14-1), winners of 12 straight. … (15) Connecticut 83, Providence 33: Rashidat Sadiq had a career-high 16 points and Charde Houston added 12 as the Huskies (8-3, 2-0 Big East) routed the Friars (1-12, 0-2) at Storrs, Conn. … (22) UCLA 70, Oregon 54: Nikki Blue scored 16 points and Noelle Quinn had 15 as the Bruins (9-3, 3-0) beat the Ducks (9-4, 2-2) at Los Angeles. … (23) New Mexico 101, Morgan St. 22: Dionne Marsh and Jana Francis each scored 17 points, leading the Lobos (10-1) over the Bears (1-8) at Albuquerque, N.M., for their most lopsided victory in school history.