A week after dispatching then-No. 2 South Carolina, No. 3 Texas felled the other top team in the SEC on Sunday, defeating No. 5 LSU 65-58.

After being down for nearly the whole game, the Longhorns scraped back and held on for a hard-earned comeback victory.

After an evenly matched first quarter, LSU pulled away, outscoring Texas 18-9 in the second quarter. The Longhorns cut into that lead in the third quarter, but the Tigers pulled away again, going up by as many as 12 points. Texas didn’t quit, pushing past the Tigers during the final frame.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the Longhorns took their first lead of the game after freshman guard Bryanna Preston got a steal and a layup to make it 50-49.

The final minutes saw a push-and-pull between the SEC squads, with Texas extending its lead and LSU quickly cutting into it. But the Tigers couldn’t break past the Longhorns, who — buoyed by a jubilant home crowd — outscored LSU 21-9 in the final quarter. The Tigers also had five fourth-quarter turnovers, all of them costly.

LSU’s Mikaylah Williams scored a game-high 18 points, including several key shots in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t carry her team over the finish line. Tigers forward Aneesah Morrow had a big game as well, putting up 15 points and 20 rebounds, plus three steals, and Flau’jae Johnson pitched in 16 points as well.

Texas star Madison Booker led the Longhorns with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Two other starters, forward Taylor Jones and guard Rori Harmon, put up double-digit points, but it was the depth of Texas’ bench — with seven points each from Preston and Jordan Lee — that gave the Longhorns the victory.

Sunday’s win marks Texas’ third victory over a top-10 team this week. The Longhorns ended South Carolina’s SEC win streak with a 66-62 win last Sunday and easily dispatched No. 8 Kentucky on Thursday. Sunday was also Texas’ 10th straight win.

Compared to the past few weeks, the rest of the Longhorns’ regular season will be much simpler. They will finish the season with three unranked opponents: Georgia, Mississippi State and Florida.