The Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas - Freshman P.J. Tucker scored 21 points and No. 18 Texas cranked up the nation's highest-scoring offense to hand No. 4 Wake Forest its first loss of the season, 94-81 Tuesday night.

Brandon Mouton added 17 points for the Longhorns (10-2), who ran their home winning streak to 24 games in front of a school-record crowd of 16,837 at the Frank Erwin Center.

It was the most impressive win of the season for Texas, which struggled in its other two games against top-10 opponents - Duke and Arizona - and lost both.

Justin Gray scored 27 points for Wake Forest (11-1), which nearly rallied with a flurry of late 3-pointers but came up short with starters Eric Williams and Jamaal Levy spending the last six minutes of the game on the bench after fouling out.

WAKE FOREST (11-1)-Levy 3-4 0-2 6, Williams 1-5 2-2 4, Gray 8-21 3-4 27, Paul 4-9 0-1 9, Strickland 7-12 7-8 22, Ellis 2-2 0-0 4, Ingram 0-0 0-0 0, Downey 3-7 2-2 9, Danelius 0-1 0-0 0, Hendley 0-0 0-0 0, Visser 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 28-65 14-19 81.

TEXAS (10-2)-Tucker 9-15 3-4 21, Buckman 2-4 5-6 9, Mouton 4-12 6-8 17, Paulino 0-3 0-0 0, Ivey 4-5 1-2 10, Thomas 2-2 0-0 4, Moreno 3-4 4-4 10, Taylor 3-6 0-0 9, Harris 0-1 0-0 0, Klotz 0-0 0-0 0, Boddicker 3-6 6-6 14. Totals 30-58 25-30 94.

Halftime-Texas 52, Wake Forest 39. 3-Point goals-Wake Forest 11-30 (Gray 8-18, Strickland 1-3, Downey 1-4, Paul 1-5), Texas 9-23 (Taylor 3-6, Mouton 3-8, Boddicker 2-5, Ivey 1-1, Harris 0-1, Paulino 0-2). Fouled out-Levy, Williams. Rebounds-Wake Forest 28 (Strickland 7), Texas 42 (Boddicker 10). Assists-Wake Forest 15 (Paul 8), Texas 18 (Moreno 5). Total fouls-Wake Forest 26, Texas 21. A-16,837.

No. 6 St. Joseph's 79, Fordham 35

PHILADELPHIA - Jameer Nelson moved into second place on Saint Joseph's career scoring list, getting 13 points to lead the sixth-ranked Hawks.

The Hawks (14-0, 4-0 Atlantic 10) would have gotten better competition with a split-squad scrimmage, opening on a 31-8 run thanks to five early 3-pointers.

Fordham (4-10, 1-2) turned the ball over 10 times in the game's first 8 minutes.

FORDHAM (4-10)-Haynes 7-12 2-2 17, Osei 0-6 0-2 0, Ya-Akosi 2-6 1-4 5, Anderson 3-14 3-4 9, Breland 0-9 0-0 0, Perez 0-0 1-2 1, Williamson 0-0 0-0 0, Cooper 1-4 0-0 3, Zivanovic 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 13-52 7-14 35.

SAINT JOSEPH'S (14-0)-Carroll 1-7 0-0 3, Mallon 2-5 0-0 5, Jones 2-5 5-9 9, Nelson 5-10 0-0 13, West 5-8 2-2 12, Jesiolowski 0-2 0-0 0, Sullivan 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 3-6 0-0 7, Surov 4-4 0-0 8, Barley 2-5 0-0 6, Stachitas 4-7 0-0 9, Koefer 0-0 0-0 0, Lidzius 2-3 3-4 7, Hartshorn 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 30-65 10-15 79.

Halftime-Saint Joseph's 48-12. 3-Point goals-Fordham 2-17 (Cooper 1-3, Haynes 1-4, Anderson 0-2, Osei 0-4, Breland 0-4), Saint Joseph's 9-29 (Nelson 3-6, Barley 2-4, Mallon 1-3, Stachitas 1-4, Lee 1-4, Carroll 1-5, West 0-1, Lidzius 0-1, Hartshorn 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Fordham 33 (Ya-Akosi 8), SJU 45 (West 10). Assists-Fordham 5 (Breland 3), SJU 21 (Nelson 6). Total fouls-Fordham 14, SJU 13. A-3,200.