If Magruder was riding high fresh off their 55-30 takedown of Damascus last Monday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Magruder Colonels took a 78-66 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Springbrook Blue Devils on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Colonels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 148th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 32nd).
Magruder lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Yannick Mbonda, who posted ten points along with eight rebounds and three blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonah Wertlieb, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 13 points.
Magruder now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Springbrook, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-1.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Watkins Mill the next time they take the court. Magruder will host Watkins Mill at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, while Springbrook will head out to face them at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
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