Sean Merriman, BTN.com web editor, January 22, 2015

There were two Big Ten men's hoops games on Thursday.

Ohio State kicked off the night with a 69-67 road win over Northwestern.

Indiana followed that with a commanding 89-70 win over Maryland. With the victory, Indiana improves to 5-1 in Big Ten play and moves into a first-place tie with Wisconsin in the conference standings.

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Catch up on scores, stats, recaps and video highlights from Thursday's action below.

OHIO STATE 69, NORTHWESTERN 67: BOX | PBP | RECAP
Freshman D'Angelo Russell scored a career-high 33 points, and Ohio State overcame an early deficit to beat Northwestern 69-67 in the Big Ten on Thursday.

INDIANA 89, MARYLAND 70: BOX | PBP | RECAP
Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell scored 24 points and Collin Hartman added a career high 15 to lead No. 23 Indiana to an 89-70 win over No. 13 Maryland on Thursday night.