Tennessee's 15-game home-court win streak turned into Pig Sooey on Saturday afternoon.

Arkansas used a 15-0 run late in the second half to score a 73-69 upset over the No. 10 Vols, taming a Thompson-Boling Arena crowd of 22,543. UT now trails LSU, a 71-67 winner over Kentucky on Saturday, by one game in the race for the best overall record in the SEC.

The Razorbacks (19-8, 8-6 SEC) won for the first time in Knoxville since their national championship season in 1994. It also was Arkansas' first win over a top-10 team on the road since it beat Kentucky 90-82 in 1994.

UT (20-5, 11-3), which already has clinched a share of the SEC East Division title, held a 63-49 lead on C.J. Watson's 3-pointer with 8:49 left.

Then the Hogs came calling.

Vincent Hunter scored on a put-back with 7:56 remaining to spark a 15-0 Razorback run.

For all the Xs and Os Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl drew up over the final minutes, a necessary ingredient was clearly missing: Energy.

"We just didn't have a lot of energy to speed the game up, and it became very much a half-court game," said Pearl, whose under-sized Vols were out-rebounded 45-24, UT's largest such deficit of the season. "We were absolutely popped, and I could see it there down the stretch."

After Watson's trey at the 8:44 mark, the Vols missed their next five shots and 10 of their final 11.

"We did a lot of standing around, not really moving, not really cutting to the basket," said Watson, who scored a game-high 17 points and wore a jersey with former Vol great Bernard King's name and No. 53. "Then, we didn't guard anybody and didn't stop anybody. We didn't bring a lot of energy."

Arkansas, which had lost five of six SEC road games by a combined 11 points, brought enthusiasm and a plan.

"We knew they were a little small inside, so we worked to get it in there," said All-SEC candidate Ronnie Brewer, whose nine assists compensated for his off shooting night (4-for-12). "We wanted to compete and play hard. We always try to out-hustle and out-scrap our opponents."

The Razorbacks did just that most of the game, but UT's hot-shooting ways led it to a 42-36 halftime lead.

The Vols hit 14 of 29 (48.3 percent) shots from the floor in the first half, including 4-of-10 3-pointers, while the Hogs were 16-of-35 from the field — 2-of-7 beyond the 3-point arc.

The percentages caught up with UT in the second half; Arkansas' close-range shots started falling and the Vols' shooting touch vanished, along with the spring in their legs.

"We've depended too long on our offense to take over for our defensive performance," said UT forward Dane Bradshaw, who was 0-for-3 from 3-point range and had one rebound. "It caught up to us tonight."

Bradshaw said he knew the key to the game coming in.

"Arkansas is undefeated (9-0) when they win the rebounding battle," he said. "They definitely did that."

The Vols were 17-0 when leading with five minutes left in previous games, but their 63-59 edge at the five-minute mark Saturday was tenuous.

Darian Townes, who had 11 of his team-high 15 points in the second half, scored off a Brewer pass to pull the Hogs within 63-61 with 4:25 left. Then Eric Ferguson hit a trey for three of his 14 points to put Arkansas up 64-63, marking the Hogs' first lead since the 2:22 mark of the first half.

"We played smarter and we played tougher," Arkansas coach Stan Heath said. "At the end of the game, I thought we had a little more in our tank."

Lofton, who had 12 points on 3-of-7 shooting, landed the final big blow for the Vols, drilling a 3-pointer to give UT a 66-64 edge with 3:51 left.

The Razorbacks proved relentless, answering with a Charles Thomas drive and then a Townes reverse layup to make it 68-66 with 2:55 left.

Arkansas went up 70-66 on Ferguson's jumper from the middle of the lane with 1:17 left, and the noose — along with numerous orange ties in the crowd — tightened.

UT made its final push when JaJuan Smith split a pair of free throws and Bradshaw sank two to pull the Vols within 70-69 with 32.9 seconds remaining.

The Hogs answered the call: Jonathan Modica hit two free throws with 25.8 seconds left, putting Arkansas up 72-69.

Pearl drew up a play designed to go to Andre Patterson inside during the ensuing timeout, but Patterson bobbled the pass and kicked it outside to Smith, who misfired on an off-balance 3-pointer.

Ferguson split a pair of free throws with 10.6 seconds left to provide the final margin.

Orange Slices: Lofton improved his free-throw shooting in SEC games to 34-of-34 by hitting all four of his attempts Saturday. ... Smith led UT with seven rebounds and five assists. ... It was Arkansas' first road win over a ranked team since beating No. 20 Alabama, 66-63, on Feb. 28, 2001.