MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia had just split a pair of games against Kansas and Oklahoma last week to move up the national rankings.

The Mountaineers fell flat on Wednesday night as unranked Texas upset No. 6 West Virginia 56-49.

“I have always thought, as long as I’ve done this, when you make easy shots and when you can’t make free throws, you’re not mentally into what you’re doing,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. “And we weren’t mentally into what we were doing.”

The letdown came despite West Virginia having occupied the national rankings for 20 of the last 25 polls, dating to last season.

“This is a league you cannot relax at all. It’s just how the league is,” the Mountaineers’ Devin Williams said. “I think it’s just a learning experience and we’ll be back. This is something that we needed and we just got a little too comfortable.”

Javan Felix scored the final nine points for Texas and led the Longhorns to a 56-49 victory over No. 6 West Virginia on Wednesday night.

Felix, who finished with 17 points, shot 4 of 9 from the field, including 2 of 3 from 3-point range, and was 7 of 8 from the foul line against a Mountaineers team (15-3, 4-2 Big 12) that had not lost at the WVU Coliseum this season.

During the key stretch, Felix had a one-hand follow-up shot, two free throws, a 3-pointer and two more foul shots for the Longhorns (12-6, 4-2).

Because of light snow, slush and ice, Texas’ team bus failed to arrive at the WVU Coliseum until 6:15 p.m., just 45 minutes before the tip.

West Virginia received double-doubles from Devin Williams — 11 points, 11 rebounds — and Jonathan Holton — 10 points, 14 rebounds.

Texas fought back from a brief deficit to take a 28-25 halftime lead over West Virginia. The Mountaineers charged ahead 34-29 with 15:24 left.

The Longhorns were ahead 42-37 with 9:18 remaining when West Virginia battled back. After Elijah Macon missed both free throws, Jaysean Paige got the ball and made a layup, and Holton followed with a score. Daxter Miles Jr.’s 3-pointer tied it.

Texas called a timeout with 6:17 left, then outscored West Virginia 14-7 the rest of the way.

The Longhorns, whose first-year coach Shaka Smart created a “havoc” press at his previous stop with VCU, turned the ball over just eight times.

The Mountaineers, who split with The AP’s Nos. 1-2 teams (then Kansas and Oklahoma, respectively) last week, was turning its opponents over 27.3 percent of the game coming in. They were averaging 25 points off turnovers.

But the Mountaineers scored only seven points off turnovers against the Longhorns this night.