Eric Gordon's play finally matched his excitement.

The high scoring freshman, who reneged on an oral commitment with Illinois and signed instead with Indiana, had 11 of his 17 points in the second half and the No. 10 Hoosiers rallied from a late seven-point deficit to beat the visiting Illini, 62-58, Sunday.

"I was pretty excited. I knew this was going to be a big game for us," Gordon said. "We tried to look at it like just another Big Ten game and to just get a win. We just needed to relax and deal with all the pressure they put on us."

It was Indiana's 10th straight victory and 27th in a row at home.

Big Ten rebounding leader D.J. White, coming off 21 points and a career-high 22 rebounds in a win at Michigan on Tuesday, added 15 points and 10 boards, and Armon Bassett had all 11 of his points in the second half for the Hoosiers (14-1, 3-0).

Shaun Pruitt led Illinois (8-9, 0-4) with 14 points and Brian Randle added nine points and 10 rebounds but missed a potential tying basket in the closing seconds.

Randle said getting back at Gordon for his late change in college plans was never a motivation for the Illini.

"We didn't say anything about it," Randle said. "He was another player on the scouting report. Obviously, he's one of the best freshmen in the country. But in terms of what everybody wants to hear, about we're angry or it's a payback game, it's just a game. It's Indiana versus Illinois.

"We came out and played extremely hard. ... Obviously, I missed the last shot, but it was a hard effort."

Gordon, who was the state's high school Mr. Basketball at Indianapolis North Central last year, entered the week as the Big Ten scoring leader and second in the nation among freshmen at 23.5 points a game. He had only six points in the first half, in which Illinois led by as many as nine.

The Illini still led 44-37 before two free throws by Gordon started a 12-2 run that put the Hoosiers in front for good. Illinois came within 60-58 with just over a minute to go on a 3-pointer by Trent Meacham. The Illini got the ball back with a chance to tie or take the lead, but Randle missed a shot and Bassett hit two clinching free throws with 2.5 seconds to go.

No. 9 Duke 87, Virginia 65 -- At Durham, N.C.: DeMarcus Nelson scored 20 points to lead Duke. Gerald Henderson added 18 points and Kyle Singler scored 13 for the Blue Devils (13-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who never trailed, led by double figures for the entire second half, hit 11 3-pointers and shut down Virginia's perimeter game.

No. 22 Rhode Island 80, Duquesne 78 -- At South Kingstown, R.I.: Will Daniels matched a season-high with 28 points and Jimmy Baron hit a fadeaway jump shot with 3.2 seconds left to give Rhode Island a come-from-behind win. Baron's shot put Rhode Island (15-2, 1-1 Atlantic 10 Conference) up by one point with 3.2 seconds left, and Kahiem Seawwright hit a foul shot to seal the win.

Oregon 71, No. 23 Stanford 66 -- At Eugene, Ore.: Maarty Leunen scored 16 points, and Oregon used an 8-0 run in the final 2 minutes to beat Stanford. Malik Hairston and Tajuan Porter each added 15 points for the Ducks (12-4, 3-1), who beat the Cardinal (13-3, 2-2) for just the third time in 13 meetings.

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