It was a big road win for No. 2 Auburn and a bigger win for Bruce Pearl.

The 2nd-ranked Tigers beat Texas 87-82 Tuesday night at the Moody Center to make Pearl Auburn’s all-time winningest coach with his 214th win.

"We made some mistakes. Some of them were forced; we'll learn from them," said Pearl. "But road wins against the better teams in our league are going to be few. There aren't going to be many, and we got one tonight."

Auburn, which improves to 14-1 overall and 2-0 in the SEC, was led by All-American Johni Broome who recorded his 70th double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

The senior added five assists, two steals and three blocked shots.

"You know, it just shows how we are as a team," said Broome. "That's a good basketball team. They hit a lot of tough shots down the stretch. They had a run in the first half and a bigger one in the second half. But the game got to one possession, and we showed our togetherness and ability to overcome adversity."

Miles Kelly added 18 points and Chad Baker-Mazara scored all 16 of his points in the second half

Auburn led 39-27 at halftime, opening up a 10-point lead with a 12-2 run and finishing the half on a 9-2 run. Kelly had 13 at the break on 3 of 3 3-pointers while Broome had eight points, seven rebounds and four assists.

The Tigers made 7 of their first 10 shots in the second half to build a 21-point lead. The Longhorns cut it to nine points with 8:03 left but AU responded with a 7-1 run. UT cut it to three under a minute but AU hung on as Denver Jones and Tahaad Pettiford both made a pair of key free throws to ice the game.

Jones and Pettiford finished with 10 points apiece.

"I just can't get away from the fact that they kept making tough shots," said Pearl. "They knew we weren't leaving, so they attacked our closeouts. That's how teams are going to guard us. We'll rotate over blocked shots, but we're going to try to make you beat us one-on-one. And they almost did. "

Auburn scored 12 points off 11 Texas turnovers, had a 37-30 rebounding advantage and 23-9 edge in bench points.

Auburn returns to action Saturday at South Carolina. Tip-off at Colonial Life Arena is scheduled for noon CT on SEC Network.