The well-traveled, now clarified story about the surprisingly on-scholarship Josh Sowards and Bob Huggins.

The Mountaineers were almost finished with an 80-53 basketball victory and Coach Bob Huggins was emptying his bench, giving his regulars a chance to leave to applause and his bench-warmers a shot to take some shots.

Sowards, the Daily Mail’s two-time Putnam County Player of the Year at Hurricane High, was not included in either group. The 6-foot-7 walk-on realized this and decided to take action. He got off his seat, walked toward the scorer’s table and took off his warmup.

“Huggs,” he said, “I’m going in.”

Sowards then knocked down a 3-pointer and celebrated with the friendly faces afterward.