No. 13 Terps looking for better luck

Team eager to put losses, Mitchells’ exit behind

COLLEGE PARK — Maryland men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon found one way to not make his team’s twogame losing streak the focal point going into Sunday’s game against Bryant at Xfinity Center.

Instead of the back-to-back losses at Penn State and against Seton Hall in Newark, New Jersey, most of the attention was being focused on Friday’s sudden departure of freshman twins Makhi and Makhel Mitchell.

The Terps and the 6-foot-10 power forwards from Washington announced in a joint statement that the Mitchells were putting their names into the NCAA transfer portal and were no longer a part of the team. Though both sides were careful not to criticize the other, it was clear from the wording of Turgeon’s statement and what he reiterated Saturday that the decision was mutual, if not directed by the coach.

“Ultimately, I feel that it’s the best thing for them and the best thing for our program,” Turgeon said after practice. “You get to know people and they’re part of your team, [and] you just wish them the best moving forward.

“[We] just feel it was the best decision