MORGANTOWN, W.Va. _ Kansas' road success continued on Wednesday night at WVU Coliseum, a place that had been a house of horrors for the Jayhawks in past seasons.
Devon Dotson scored 15 ponits, Isaiah Moss 13, Marcus Garrett nine (with seven rebounds) and Devon Ochai Agbaji nine as the No. 3-ranked Jayhawks rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to upend No. 14 West Virginia 58-49 for their sixth Big 12 road win this season against no losses.
It was a crucial victory, keeping KU (21-3, 10-1) one game behind first-place Baylor with seven to play. KU had managed just two wins in seven previous games in Morgantown.
Oscar Tshiebwe scored 14 points with nine rebounds for West Virginia (18-6, 6-5) which dropped to 12-1 at home this season. The Mountaineers fell to fourth in the Big 12, a game behind third-place Texas Tech.
KU, which trailed 41-32 with 13:28 to play, had the score deadlocked at 49-49 with 5:07 left.
That's when senior grad transfer Moss hit a three to make it 52-49 and followed with two free throws to make it 54-49 at the final TV timeout (3:40).
Dotson hit two free throws to make it 56-49 at 1:53.
West Virginia, which led by as many as nine points in the first half, carried a 30-24 lead into halftime.
Freshman big man Tshiebwe scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds in 14 minutes the first half. Next-leading scorer for WVU in the half was Jordan McCabe with five points.
KU was led by Agbaji, who had five points. The Jayhawks committed eight turnovers in the first half and were outrebounded 20-14. For the game, KU had 13 turnovers and was outrebounded 38-27.
KU opened the second half with six straight points to knot the score 30-30 at 18:11.
West Virginia responded with an 11-2 run to grab a 41-32 lead at the 13:28 mark. McCabe had five points in that surge.
KU cut the gap to 41-36 following buckets by Garrett and Agbaji. It was 46-40 at 9:01 when Moss sank a three-pointer to slice the margin to three at 46-43 with 8:22 left.
Both Azubuike and David McCormack had foul problems. Azubuike (finished with six points, 7 rebounds) had two points and three rebounds in 10 minutes and McCormack four points and one rebound in 10 minutes in the first half.
West Virginia led 23-21 at 5:31. Tshiebwe then scored four straight and McCabe hit a three to make it 30-21 at 1:01. KU did score the final three points of the half to trail by six at the break.
KU will meet Oklahoma at 11 a.m. Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.
