Late in the fourth quarter, Maryland guard Bri McDaniel put her head down and drove along the baseline. She went up between two defenders and squeezed through contact to finish the layup while being fouled. In a flash, she turned toward the bench, fists clenched, and shouted at her teammates through a menacing grimace.

Democrat April McClain Delaney has narrowly won a U.S. House seat in Maryland’s most competitive congressional races