WVU Falls to Maryland 90-81 in Exhibition Game Overtime
In an exhibition basketball game played at the Xfinity Center, the WVU men's basketball team lost to Maryland in overtime, 90-81. Despite holding a significant lead, WVU struggled with Maryland's physicality and offensive rebounding in the second half and overtime,…
Parkersburg, WV, October 20, 2026 —
WVU’s men’s basketball team lost to Maryland, 90-81, in overtime in an exhibition game at the Xfinity Center. The result came after WVU held a significant lead, but Maryland’s physical play and offensive rebounding proved difficult for the Mountaineers to contain in the second half and overtime.
The game offered WVU a chance to identify areas to address before the regular season. The trend summary identifies Maryland’s physicality and its work on the offensive glass as challenges for WVU, but does not provide further detail about how those factors shaped particular plays or how the lead changed over the course of the game.
The final score was 90-81. No date for the exhibition was provided, and the size of WVU’s lead, the scoring breakdown by half, and individual player statistics were not included in the available information. The names of players or coaches involved were also not provided. No direct comments from either team were included.
Because the game was an exhibition, the result came before the regular season. The summary does not specify when WVU’s regular season begins or describe any planned changes in response to the game. It says only that the team has areas to address, particularly in dealing with physicality and offensive rebounds.
The overtime loss leaves those issues as the main takeaways identified from the game. Further details about the teams’ performance, including the sequence that led to overtime, were not available in the summary.
Story summarized from the original created by Jordan Holland on www.newsandsentinel.com, see more information here.
