COLUMBIA, MO. • While waiting for his shot to come around, Missouri guard Marcus Denmon had sought other methods to contribute to wins.

He had 11 rebounds against Texas, seven assists against Iowa State and nailed all 10 of his free throws against Texas Tech.

Time would have to heal his wounded jumper. Against eighth-ranked Kansas on Saturday night, the time arrived as Denmon shot No. 4 Missouri to a 74-71 come-from-behind win at Mizzou Arena.

The senior guard went on a personal 9-0 run to erase an eight-point Kansas lead in the final minutes and finished with 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting. To cap things off, he grabbed his ninth and final rebound on a miss by Elijah Johnson as time expired.

Denmon made six of nine 3-pointers, the final dagger from the baseline giving the Tigers a 72-71 lead they wouldn't lose.

"If we do an average job on him and he has an average night, what's he get — 17 or 18?" Kansas coach Bill Self asked. "So, I don't think we did a good job on him by any stretch.

"But he made two 3s with his body turned sideways. Those are big-time shots. How about the 3 that started the game? We played perfect defense and he makes a 30-footer with a hand in his face. So, he made some plays out there that really were defended pretty well."

Missouri was in need of a boost after Kansas stretched its lead to 71-63 with 3 minutes 22 seconds remaining. In the previous five minutes, Denmon had missed one shot and followed with two turnovers, throwing the ball into no man's land.

The good mojo he has generated in the first half seemed to have dissipated.

But he got back on track by driving the lane and scoring while being fouled. His three-point play cut the Kansas lead to 71-66 with 2:05 remaining.

After that, Denmon seemed to want the ball.

He hit a 3-pointer with 1:30 left to make it 71-69 and then nailed a baseline jumper with 56 seconds on the clock. The final shot originally was ruled inside the arc but changed to a 3 to give the Tigers their first lead since 44-43.

"My teammates and coach did a really good job finding me in spots where I was fortunate to make shots," Denmon said. "The crowd was amazing and gave us a chance to get back in the game. I think we did it on the defensive end even though I made shots at the end of the game."

In Mizzou's first 10 games, Denmon was the leader of a deadly shooting attack, hitting 55 percent from the field, including 49 percent of his 3-pointers. The whole thing unraveled over the next dozen games as his accuracy dropped to 34 percent and 28 percent.

The slump started, of all places, at home and against William & Mary, an opponent the Tigers riddled for 60 percent shooting. But Denmon was three for 11. Over the next 12 games he hit 50 percent only once, that coming against Oklahoma.

If anything, the difficulties had only worsened with time as the most recent five-game stretch had seen him make 16 percent of his 3-pointers. But against Kansas he was looking to shoot from the start.

Denmon put the Tigers on the board with a 3-pointer when he beat the shot clock with an NBA bomb and hit another three minutes later.

In fact, virtually all of his early shots produced three points. He converted a traditional three-point play for a 17-15 lead, and his third 3-pointer was good for a 20-18 lead.

Denmon went quiet but came up with a steal and a layup to cap a late 11-0 run by Missouri to end the first half as the Tigers took a 39-34 advantage to the locker room.