Basketball Recap: Aberdeen Falls Despite Big Games from Mckinley Turner and Cameron Allen-Jones

Aberdeen lost against C. Milton Wright back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Aberdeen Eagles lost to the C. Milton Wright Mustangs on the road by a 55-38 margin. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 206th, while the Mustangs are ranked 86th).

Despite the defeat, Aberdeen had strong showings from Cameron Allen-Jones, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds, and McKinley Turner, who posted eight points in addition to six boards and four blocks. Allen-Jones has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Collin Rogers, who put up ten points.

This is the second loss in a row for Aberdeen and nudges their season record down to 4-7. As for C. Milton Wright, they pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.

Aberdeen will welcome Kenwood at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Kenwood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54 points per game this season. As for C. Milton Wright, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, an 88-66 win against Havre de Grace on the 24th.