No. 16 Iowa State 74, No. 14 West Virginia 72: Abdel Nader tied his season high with 19 points off the bench to help the Cyclones edge the host Mountaineers and stay unbeaten in Big 12 play.

Nader, who came in averaging five points, also tied for the team lead with seven rebounds for Iowa State (12-2, 2-0), which shot 50 percent from the field. Georges Niang added 16 points while Dustin Hogue had 11 points and five rebounds before fouling out.

Juwan Staten led West Virginia (14-2, 2-1) with 23 points, while Devin Williams added 14 points and matched a career high with 15 rebounds. Jaysean Paige had 10 points off the bench but the Mountaineers shot 32.4 percent from the field, including 24.1 percent from 3-point range.

Iowa State opened an eight-point lead midway through the first half, but the Mountaineers went on a closing 12-5 run to get back to a tie at the break. The Cyclones were back up eight with just under 11 minutes to go on McKay's dunk before a 10-2 run by West Virginia, capped by a Paige 3-pointer, tied things up with less than eight minutes to play.

The Mountaineers had a one-point advantage when Iowa State went on a 10-5 run - with Nader scoring seven of the points - to go up four with two minutes left, but West Virginia got within one on Staten's three-point play with 54 seconds to go. Iowa State was able to hold off the Mountaineers, though, scoring each of the three times West Virginia pulled within one in the final minute.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Iowa State G Bryce Dejean-Jones came into the game averaging 13.4 points, but finished with six on 2-of-4 shooting. … The Cyclones committed 18 turnovers. … West Virginia's six reserves other than Paige combined for nine points.