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The Wizards had 68 points in the paint. The Wolves had so much focus on Bradley Beal 19 points at times, that they let the roll man, or the person who sets the screen and then rolls to the rim, slip too often. Harrell had a field day. Coach Chris Finch said the Wolves' low-man defensive concept — when a weak side helper near the baseline helps cover the rim, failed them. So Finch changed it up. Nothing worked. We tried staying in coverage. We literally threw everything at them and we just couldn't figure it out.

Roller got loose and that was pretty much the end of it for us. Edwards, who was one of four Wolves on the injury report for flu-like symptoms or illness, had 25 points. D'Angelo Russell shot just 3 of 18 for 10 points.

Edwards and Vanderbilt four points, 12 rebounds said they were not completely well. Another teammate, Jaden McDaneils, didn't make the trip because of the illness. Me not being at percent, [I was] still trying to go out there and give everything I had, trying to bring that energy. Vanderbilt said the Wolves were "a step slow" most of the night and Finch said that manifested in the way Washington got to more loose balls than the Wolves did.

These nights will happen in the NBA. But with the Wolves entering likely their toughest month on the schedule, they can't afford to have too many of these nights. Chris Hine is the Timberwolves reporter at the Star Tribune.

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Nine players with Minnesota ties named to U. Men's Olympic hockey team. At midseason mark, Wolves exec Gupta sees team as 'buyers'. Souhan: 7 deadly sins? Penn State was ahead at the break after quarterback Sean Clifford connected with a comically open KeAndre Lambert-Smith for a yard score thanks to a blown coverage in the second quarter. But Clifford also missed a wide-open Theo Johnson for a touchdown that should have made it , one of several inaccurate throws on the day.

The Lions never scored again. They finished a once-promising season at , leaving them with a. Clifford, who is set to return for a sixth and final season in , had a rough day overall, throwing two interceptions and taking plenty of hits. He ultimately adjourned to the locker room midway through the fourth and was replaced the rest of the way by true freshman Christian Veilleux.

Down early in the fourth, Clifford managed to keep the Lions alive with an impressive fourth-down desperation scramble. But once in the red zone, he made a poor decision trying to force a ball to a tightly covered Johnson in the corner of the end zone for a game-sealing turnover.

By the time the game started, Penn State was missing eight starters from the regular season as senior cornerback Tariq Castro-Fields was with the team but not in pads. On offense, star wideout Jahan Dotson was in the same boat and left tackle Rasheed Walker was out with an injury. On defense, it was reserve rush end Smith Vilbert — who entered the day with just three tackles all season — who actually tied an Outback Bowl record in the first half alone by recording three sacks.

Vilbert made his first career start in place of Ebiketie as the Lions opened up front with him and Nick Tarburton bookending Coziah Izzard and Dvon Ellies. A roster was needed to identify some of the players forced into significant action, particularly up front with guys like Jordan van den Berg, Fatorma Mulbah and Amin Vanover all getting in work.

At one point, Curtis Jacobs was shaken up, leaving the Lions temporarily without all three starting linebackers. In the secondary, true freshmen Kalen King and Jaylen Reed saw plenty of snaps at corner and safety, respectively.

Penn State already lost one coordinator this offseason when Brent Pry left to take the head coaching job at Virginia Tech. Earlier this week, multiple outlets reported that special teams coordinator Joe Lorig could be leaving as well to return to his native Northwest on the new staff at Oregon. Pry was replaced with former Miami head coach Manny Diaz.