MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — In the end, Bob Huggins said he coached Saturday’s 84-82 exhibition loss against Penn State just like a game that meant absolutely nothing.
He called have called more timeouts. He could have run different sets and plays.
“We were very vanilla, because I didn’t want to throw the works out there so Buffalo could have a week to work on it,” Huggins said, pointing to West Virginia’s upcoming opponent in the regular-season opener.
In return, the 13th-ranked Mountaineers put forth an effort that had more questions than answers.
Penn State guard Josh Reaves won the game with one second remaining, when he scored on an uncontested offensive putback after grabbing Lamar Stevens’ miss from the foul line.