EUGENE, Ore. — Tajuan Porter made a strong case for returning to Oregon's starting lineup.

Porter had a steal and scored four of his 15 points during an 8-0 run in the final 2 minutes, leading the Ducks over No. 23 Stanford, 71-66, yesterday.

"I got my rhythm back," said Porter, who was 6 for 13 from the field in 30 minutes.

Porter, whose 3-point shooting was instrumental in the Ducks' run to the NCAA Tournament regional finals last season, was removed from the starting lineup three games ago. In three previous Pacific-10 games, Porter made just 1 of 16 3-point attempts and was shooting 26 percent overall.

"I knew Tajuan was going to come out of it," Oregon coach Ernie Kent said. "What a time to do it."

Porter wasn't the only one who came up big for the Ducks (12-4, 3-1), who beat Stanford for just the third time in 13 games, a win that also kept Oregon undefeated in eight games at McArthur Court this season.

Maarty Leunen scored 16 points and was given the tough task of guarding Brook Lopez, Stanford's 7-foot, 270-pound center. Malik Hairston also scored 15, while Bryce Taylor added 11 points.

Lopez tied a career high with 26 points for Stanford (13-3, 2-2), though he was held to just six points on 2-of-7 shooting in the second half. Nobody else scored in double figures for Stanford.

No. 9 Duke 87, Virginia 65: DeMarcus Nelson scored 20 points to lead the Blue Devils (13-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) over the Cavaliers (10-4, 0-1) in Durham, N.C.

No. 10 Indiana 62, Illinois 58: Freshman Eric Gordon, who reneged on an oral commitment with the Illini and signed instead with the Hoosiers, had 17 points and Indiana (14-1, 3-0 Big Ten) rallied from a seven-point deficit in the second half to beat Illinois (8-9, 0-4) in Bloomington, Ind.

No. 22 Rhode Island 80, Duquesne 78: Will Daniels matched a season-high with 28 points and Jimmy Baron hit a fadeaway jump shot with just over 3 seconds left to give the Rams (15-2, 1-1 Atlantic 10) a come-from-behind win over the Dukes (11-4, 1-1) in South Kingstown, R.I.

WOMEN'S TOP 25

No. 2 Tennessee 71, South Carolina 48: Shannon Bobbitt scored 20 points and Candace Parker added 15 as the Lady Vols (14-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) beat the Gamecocks (11-6, 0-2) in Columbia, S.C.

No. 3 North Carolina 79, N.C. State 70: Erlana Larkins had 22 points and eight rebounds to help the Tar Heels (16-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) defeat the Wolfpack (12-5, 0-2) in Raleigh, N.C.

No. 22 Auburn 82, No. 10 Georgia 52: DeWanna Bonner had 21 points and 13 rebounds and the Tigers (13-4, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) snapped a three-game losing streak with the win over the Lady Bulldogs (14-2, 1-1) in Auburn, Ala.

No. 11 LSU 62, Vanderbilt 51: Sylvia Fowles scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help the Lady Tigers (13-3, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) beat the Commodores (12-5, 1-1) in Baton Rouge, La.

No. 16 West Virginia 56, No. 14 Notre Dame 50: Meg Bulger scored 17 points and Yinka Sanni added 15 as the Mountaineers (12-3, 2-1 Big East) beat the Irish (13-3, 1-1) in Morgantown, W.Va.

Kansas State 77, No. 15 Texas 74: Shalee Lehning scored 21 points to lead the Wildcats (10-5, 2-0 Big 12) to an overtime upset of the Longhorns (12-4, 0-2) in Austin, Texas.

No. 17 George Washington 56, Xavier 46: Jessica Adair scored 15 points and Kimberly Beck added 12 to help the Colonials (13-3, 1-0 Atlantic-10) beat the Musketeers (10-6, 0-1) in Washington.

No. 18 Old Dominion 82, James Madison 57: T.J. Jordan had 18 points as the Lady Monarchs (12-3, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association) beat the Dukes (9-5, 2-1) in Norfolk, Va.

No. 19 Ohio State 77, Northwestern 55: Marscilla Packer scored 18 points to help the Buckeyes (13-3, 4-1 Big Ten) beat the Wildcats (4-13, 0-5) in Evanston, Ill.

Mississippi 63, No. 20 Arkansas 55: Shawn Goff scored 18 points as the Rebels (7-8, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) beat the Lady Razorbacks (15-2, 0-2) in Oxford, Miss.

Iowa State 84, No. 23 Colorado 77: Alison Lacey scored 11 of her 27 points in the second overtime as the Cyclones (12-3, 1-1 Big 12) beat the Buffs (12-3, 1-1) in Boulder, Colo.