AMES, Iowa (AP) - Jaysean Paige scored 23 points, including a crucial 3 with 1:05 left, and No. 14 West Virginia beat No. 13 Iowa State 81-76 on Monday night for its league-leading fourth Big 12 road win.
Devin Williams added 17 points and 18 rebounds for the Mountaineers (18-4, 7-2), who rallied from 15 points down for its third win in four games.
Paige shot 10 of 17 from the field, none bigger than the 3 that gave West Virginia a 75-74 lead. The Mountaineers outrebounded the Cyclones 43-26, and Tarik Phillips grabbed his own missed free throw to seal it with 19 seconds left.
Georges Niang scored 20 points and Abdel Nader had 19 for Iowa State (16-6, 5-4), which lost consecutive games for the second time this season.
Iowa State fell behind by as many as six points in the second half before Niang's 3 and layup put the Cyclones back on top 68-64. Paige tied it at 70-all on a layup with 2:36 left and the Mountaineers hit six straight free throws in the final 41 seconds.
West Virginia had equally disappointing results in last weekend's Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Mountaineers were blown out at Florida, while the Cyclones faded late in a 10-point loss at No. 8 Texas A&M.
Iowa State opened this game on a 21-8 run, capped when reserve Deonte Burton went sideways for a one-handed dunk.
Burton followed with a block and a 15-footer to make it 25-10. But West Virginia's pressure defense and superior rebounding started causing fits for the Cyclones, and the Mountaineers pulled within 37-33 by halftime.
But a one-handed dunk by Esa Ahmad and a layup by Daxter Miles Jr. off a turnover gave West Virginia its first lead, 46-45.
Tip-Ins
West Virginia: Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins moved to 10th on the all-time wins list with a win at Texas Tech last week. ...The Mountaineers allowed Iowa State to grab back some momentum heading into halftime, as Jameel McKay had a dunk off an alley-oop pass at the buzzer. McKay had seven points.
Iowa State: The Cyclones buried five of their first nine 3-point attempts. ... Jordan Ashton appears to have supplanted Hallice Cooke as the first guard off the bench. He entered the game ahead of Cooke yet again Tuesday. Ashton's first shot was a 3 to give Iowa State a 12-point lead.
Up Next
West Virginia hosts No. 15 Baylor on Saturday.
Iowa State plays at Oklahoma State on Saturday.