Having enjoyed a two-day Thanksgiving celebration in the California desert, Stanford returns to its home court to host Portland in a nonconference game Monday night.

After opening with five straight at home, including a 77-69 loss to Seattle in the most recent outing in front of their fans, the Cardinal (6-1) thrilled their traveling faithful in the Palm Springs suburb of Thousand Palms with a pair of wins Thursday and Friday.

Stanford rallied from a deficit in the final seven minutes to overtake Minnesota 72-68 on Thanksgiving, before using one of the most remarkable finishes of the young college basketball season -- a high-arcing, buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Benny Gealer off a missed free throw -- to stun Saint Louis 78-77 for the championship of the Acrisure Invitational.

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