Austin, Texas ? Texas was running and gunning, hitting three-pointers, forcing turnovers and grabbing rebounds. It simply wasn’t going to be Wake Forest’s night.

The 18th-ranked Longhorns cranked up the nation’s top-scoring offense behind freshman P.J. Tucker to roll over the fourth-ranked Demon Deacons, 94-81, Tuesday night, handing them their first loss of the season.

“You gotta love this,” senior forward Brian Boddicker said after the Longhorns (10-2) extended their home winning streak to 24 games in front of a school-record crowd of 16,837 at the Frank Erwin Center.

Tucker had 21 points to lead five Texas players in double figures, while Brandon Mouton added 17 points, and Boddicker had 14 points and 10 rebounds.

It was the most impressive win of the season for Texas, a Final Four team last season that had struggled in its other two games against Top 10 opponents — Duke and Arizona — and lost both.

“A lot of people doubted us. They said we didn’t beat anybody big,” Texas guard Royal Ivey said. “And now we just beat Wake Forest. This is a stepping stone for us.”

The Longhorns outrebounded the Deacons 42-28, shot 52 percent from the field and went 25-for-30 from the free-throw line to help manage their lead throughout the game.

“We had to play near perfectly in the second half to come back,” Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser said.

Justin Gray led Wake Forest (11-1) with 27 points, going 8-of-18 on three-pointers.

Texas forward Brian Boddicker tries to pass around Wake Forest's Trent Strickland. The Longhorns beat the Demon Deacons, 94-81, Tuesday in Austin, Texas.

No. 5 Kentucky 67,

No. 20 Mississippi St. 66

Starkville, Miss. — Erik Daniels grabbed a tipped desperation pass out of the air and laid it in as time expired to give the Wildcats the win.

The Bulldogs (13-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) rallied from a 16-point deficit in the second half, taking a 66-65 lead with a minute left on Branden Vincent’s putback.

But Winsome Frazier and Timmy Bowers each missed the front end of one-and-ones in the final 30 seconds, giving Kentucky (11-1, 2-0) a shot to win it in the final seconds.

No. 6 Saint Joseph’s 79, Fordham 35

Philadelphia — Jameer Nelson scored 13, moving into second place on Saint Joseph’s career scoring list. The Hawks (14-0, 4-0 Atlantic 10) opened the game on a 31-8 run thanks to five early three-pointers and led 48-12 at halftime.