Taz Sherman exploded for 29 points for the West Virginia Mountaineers, but 25 points from Akinjo and 9 points in the final 4 minutes from Matthew Mayer pushed the Bears to a 81-77 win over the visiting Mountaineers.
The Bears willed themselves to a victory in this one. It helped, too, that Sherman left the game with an apparent injury with 3:42 remaining following a steal by Jeremy Sochan (13 pts, 9 rebs). Huggins said after the game that Sherman suffered a concussion after making contact with Sochan’s arm.
The Mountaineers lost the game despite going 9 for 11 in the last 11 minutes of the game with a 9-point lead.