West Virginia no longer is winless in Big 12 Conference play.
The Mountaineers (9-9, 1-5), who had dropped their first five games of the league season, including a 31-point blowout loss at TCU on Tuesday, took out their frustrations on turnover-plagued Kansas 65-64 on Saturday at WVU Coliseum.
Jermaine Haley hit a bank shot inside with with 8.5 seconds left to erase a one-point deficit. Lagerald Vick missed a three-point shot on the other end and Dedric Lawson missed an inside putback as WVU hung on.
KU (15-3, 4-2), had snapped a four-game losing streak at WVU a year ago.