It was not one but both of the Lopez twins who sealed the Cardinal's 67-66 victory at Arizona on Saturday.

After blowing an eight-point lead in the game's closing minutes — conjuring up images of the team's frustrating 72-68 overtime loss to Arizona State last Thursday — No. 9 Stanford regained the lead after sophomore forward Brook Lopez made two free throws with 18 seconds remaining. The Cardinal sealed the victory in the final seconds when sophomore center Robin Lopez blocked a floating layup attempt by the Wildcats' Chase Budinger.

With the win, Stanford humbled Arizona's once-boastful Jordan Hill. The sophomore forward, who guaranteed a victory in the Arizona Daily Wildcat before the contest, struggled to tally five points and four rebounds before he fouled out late in the second half of the Cardinal's victory.

Despite 31 points from point guard Jerryd Bayless and 23 from the sophomore Budinger, the Wildcats were unable to fulfill Hill's prediction and topple the Cardinal.

Budinger foreshadowed his team's trouble down low in the Daily Wildcat.

"The biggest thing is it's very tough to drive on [Stanford]," he said. "Both those Lopez twins are very good shot blockers, so it's going to be very tough to go inside on them."

After combining for 46 points in Stanford's overtime loss to Arizona State on Thursday, the sophomore twins teamed up again to lead the Cardinal's offensive attack. Both notched a double-double, Brook with 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Robin with 14 points and 10 boards.

Junior forward Lawrence Hill contributed 13 points for the Cardinal, junior point guard Mitch Johnson dished out 8 assists and junior guard Anthony Goods, senior forward Fred Washington and senior forward Taj Finger all played their hearts out in trying to shut down Bayless and Budinger. Because of the diverse contributions that helped Stanford pull out the tight victory, head coach Trent Johnson praised his squad for its resilience and team play.

"I think all our guys played well," Johnson said. "Thursday was a tough, tough loss. For them to bounce back and beat a team this talented and well-coached, that's real good for us.

"You take the top 20 guys in the conference in minutes played, and we don't have one of them. We don't have a single Pac-10 player of the week. I think that speaks to the contributions of each member of this team."

Stanford hit the glass hard, grabbing 40 boards to the Wildcats' 26. The Card also shot a respectable 22-of-30 from the foul line. Turnovers surfaced again as a Cardinal weakness — 13 offensive giveaways nearly lost the game — but Stanford dug deep to halt the Wildcats' final run.

Bayless hit all 16 of his free-throw attempts en route to his 31 points. He displayed remarkable athleticism and court smarts, manning the point guard position while cruising to his third consecutive 30-point performance. Playing on his home court, the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year candidate played far better than he had on Jan. 17 against Stanford, when Fred Washington limited him to 3-for-12 shooting.

Budinger also played far better than his first time out against the Cardinal. Although he scored only 8 points on 3-of-11 shooting through the game's first 32 minutes, he found his stroke late. Budinger's open three with 7:23 remaining cut the Stanford lead to 53-49 and sparked both the Wildcat team and its crowd.

The preseason second-team All-American nailed his next two three-point opportunities, the last one putting Arizona ahead 66-65 with 45 seconds remaining.

"We've only had three games all year go down to the final two or three minutes," Johnson said. "I don't enjoy a lot of games, but I enjoyed this one — both teams played hard and aggressive. For us to play and win a game like that is big."

Even with the loss to Arizona State on Thursday, the Cardinal stayed in the top-10 in the nation, falling only from No. 7 to No. 9. With home games against Cal, Washington and Washington State looming before it ends the season at USC and UCLA, the Cardinal has a legitimate chance to enter its final regular season road trip with a shot at first place in the conference.