Access Static Class Methods Through Reflection

I have a class that inherits a generic base class.

public class MyClass: BaseWithStatic<MyClass> { }

In a generic extension method for said class, I'm trying to call a static method that should be on T, though all the call returns is null when it works all.

public static <T> ToThingForAllT (this object val)
where T: BaseWithStatic<T> {
  T tmp;

  // Not available
  T.TheStaticMethod(val, out tmp);

  // Fails silently, likely because not a actual T
  BaseWithStatic<MyClass>.TheStaticMethod(val);

  // If you use BaseWithStatic<T> it produces an error "Ambiguous match..." on invoke
  var tType = typeOf(T);
  var staticMethod = tType.GetMethod("TheStaticMethod");

  // pass null as first param because static method, value, outParam
  var T tmp;
  var result = staticMethod.Invoke(null, new[] { val, tmp });
}

What is the correct way to access static methods on a class through reflection? Does the fact that it's a generic change that process at all?