Both of AACC’s basketball teams finished their seasons with more losses than wins.

Men’s basketball began its season with a win at Penn State York in Pennsylvania. Still, the Riverhawks followed that game with four straight losses.

Likewise, women’s basketball went three months without winning a game until Feb. 3, when the Riverhawks beat Allegany College of Maryland 71-66.

“It was a rough season this year,” women’s basketball head coach Lionel Makell said. “Just disappointing.”

Makell said the season was rough for multiple reasons, including a switch from varsity status to club basketball and the loss of key players. (See related story below.)

Ayannah Gorham, a second-year business student, said the team faced a lot of challenges because of “not being in the gym for the first half because of remodeling [and] not having a full team because, you know, other people are playing sports.”

The Jenkins Gymnasium closed last semester because of renovations to the gym that included a new set of bleachers that can seat 600 fans. The gym reopened before the start of the spring semester.

During renovations, both men’s and women’s teams practiced at Severn School and played their games at their opponents’ courts.

Still, the best part of the season was coaching the girls, according to Makell. He added, “all of them are standing out. I mean, they are all unique in their own way.”