Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JASON IVESTER Arkansas guard Courtney Fortson loses the ball and is charged with an offensive foul after running into Texas' Justin Mason in the first half Tuesday night at Walton Arena in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks rallied late in the second half behind Michael Washington and Stefan Welsh to take a 67-61 victory over the No. 7 Longhorns.

FAYETTEVILLE - It was another Super Tuesday for the Arkansas Razorbacks against a Big 12 power. The unranked Razorbacks beat No. 7 Texas 67-61 on Tuesday night at Walton Arena before a crowd of 19,012. A week earlier, Arkansas knocked off No. 4 Oklahoma 96-88 at Walton Arena. Arkansas (12-1) outscored Texas 33-20 in the final 15:19 to overcome a 41-34 lead by the Longhorns (11-3). "Give Arkansas credit," Texas Coach Rick Barnes said. "They made the plays at the end, and we didn't. "I think Arkansas is going to have an outstanding season, but I'm just really upset about the way we played." Junior guard Stefan Welsh hit a three-point basket to put Arkansas ahead to stay, 60-57, with 3:31 left. Texas pulled within 62-61 on A.J. Abrams' drive, but junior forward Michael Washington's three-point play - on a dunk and free throw - pushed the Razorbacks' lead to 65-61 with 22.5 seconds left. Abrams then missed three shots on Texas' next possession, and Welsh scored a last-second layup for the final margin. Washington led the Razorbacks with 22 points and nine rebounds. Welsh scored 20 points, and freshman guard Courtney Fortson had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. "We didn't back down," Arkansas Coach John Pelphrey said. "And in this building, if you do that, good things are likely to happen to you." Junior forward Damion James led Texas with 17 points. Sophomore forward Gary Johnson added 15 points. Abrams, who came in averaging 19 points for Texas, was held to 7 and shot 3 of 16 from the field. "They did a good job, but I missed some shots I've been making all year," Abrams said. "I just wasn't knocking them in. I've got to do a better job for us."

Arkansas has won its past 10 games. It has a 16-game winning streak in Walton Arena, where it has won 43 nonconference games.

Texas hadn't played in Fayetteville since March 10, 1991, when the No. 2 Razorbacks beat the Longhorns 101-89.

Texas took a 41-34 lead on two free throws by Johnson with 15:34 left. Arkansas then went on a 7-0 run and pulled within 43-41 with 13:01 left on two free throws by Michael Sanchez.

"We had a chance to break the game open in the middle of the second half and didn't take advantage of that," Barnes said.

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Both teams struggled offensively, with Arkansas shooting 38.7 percent from the field (24 of 62) and Texas shooting 34.8 percent (24 of 69).

The difference for the Razorbacks was hitting 5 of 18 threepointers compared to 1 of 14 by Texas and hitting 14 of 21 free throws compared to 12 of 16 for the Longhorns.

"Coming out of halftime, we felt if we could run any offense at all, we'd have a chance to win," said Pelphrey, whose Razorbacks trailed 31-27 after the first half. "It was a very competitive game, very much a defensive battle."

After pulling within 43-41, Arkansas had a chance to tie it on its next two possessions but missed shots each time as Texas made it 45-41 on Johnson's 15-foot jumper.

Arkansas cut its deficit to 47-46 on Washington's layup.

Texas pushed its lead to 52-46 with 9:04 left on Abrams' threepointer and Johnson's layup.

Washington, forced to take a three-pointer with the shot clock down to two seconds, had the ball hit the rim, bounce high, then through the goal to pull within 52-49.

Texas missed three shots on its final possession of the first half, keeping its halftime lead at 31-27.

The teams were a combined 11 of 69 from the field during the first 20 minutes, with Texas 11 of 35 and Arkansas 10 of 34.

The Razorbacks outscored the Longhorns 13-3 over a 3:05 span, including four points each from Washington and Welsh and Rotnei Clarke's three-point basket, to take a 13-6 lead with 15:05 left in the first half.

Texas tied it 16-16 on Johnson's basket inside. Arkansas regained the lead, 18-16, on Welsh's 18-foot jumper.

The Longhorns then went on a 9-0 run to take a 25-18 lead as the Razorbacks missed nine consecutive shots and had three turnovers.

With Washington on the bench after picking up two fouls, Arkansas went 5:14 without scoring before Fortson hit two free throws to make it 25-20 with 5:43 left in the half.

Welsh scored on a drive at the 4:38 mark for the Razorbacks' first basket in a 6:19 span, pulling them within 27-22.

Johnson's basket inside pushed Texas' lead to 31-24 with 2:46 left before halftime.

Arkansas cut it to 31-27 on a driving basket by Brandon Moore and a free throw by Fortson.