Feb 2, 2016 2 min read

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 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.

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.

West Virginia hosts No. 15 Baylor on Saturday.

Iowa State plays at Oklahoma State on Saturday.