BTN.com staff, February 10, 2013
Victor Oladipo scored a career-high 26 points, Cody Zeller added 24 and Christian Watford 20 to lead No. 1 Indiana back from a demoralizing loss to a huge road win in beating No. 10 Ohio State 81-68 on Sunday.
The Hoosiers (21-3, 9-2 Big Ten), who dominated the second half, were coming off a stunning collapse that might have caused the undoing of many teams. On Thursday night at Illinois, the Illini went on a 13-2 run to close the game, with Indiana turning the ball over late and then allowing an uncontested layup at the buzzer of a 74-72 shocker.
Deshaun Thomas, the Big Ten's leading scorer and an Indiana native, had 26 points for Ohio State (17-6, 7-4), which dropped two games back of the Big Ten leaders with seven games left.
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FINAL: Victor Oladipo scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lift No. 1 Indiana to an 81-68 win over No. 10 Ohio State on Sunday at Value City Arena in Columbus. Cody Zeller had a big game, too, with 25 points and eight rebounds for the Hoosiers, who shot 53 percent from the field (26-of-49) 22-of-28 from the free throw line. Christian Watford chipped in with 20 points. Deshaun Thomas scored 26 points and pulled down seven rebounds for Ohio State (17-6) in the loss. Aaron Craft shot 6-of-11 from the field and scored 16 points for the Buckeyes.
In my opinion, the #Hoosiers hadn't beaten a team they weren't supposed to beat all season until today. Best IU win of the season.
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) February 10, 2013
Will Sheehy could avg 20 on other teams if he was featured on offense. #Hoosiers @hoopsoncbs
— Wally Szczerbiak (@wallyball) February 10, 2013
Craft just fouled out on an illegal screen. And that was a good call. #iubb
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) February 10, 2013
Oladipo, Zeller and Watford combined: 63 points, 22-32 FG, 21 rebounds. #iubb
— Justin Albers (@Justin_Albers) February 10, 2013
Ohio State with incredible defensive effort will hang in this game. Lots of hoops left. Indiana with/30 tremendous minutes. Can they finish?
— Tim Brando (@TimBrando) February 10, 2013
Indiana has finally realized that by Zeller establishing the inside, HE WILL HELP everyone else's game! Cody dominating in Columbus
— Tim Doyle (@TimDoyle00) February 10, 2013
Let's not forget #Hoosiers led #Illini, 62-49, with 9:05 left in Thursday's upset. 62-46 with 9:24 left right now.
— Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) February 10, 2013
For #Ohio State, Deshaun Thomas has 20; other eight players have 24. #IUdepth
— Rusty Miller (@RustyMillerXAP) February 10, 2013
Per @BTNStatsGuy, #Hoosiers have not won a true road B1G game vs. an AP Top 10 tm since winning at #9 Iowa in 1993.
— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) February 10, 2013
Sheehey starting to find his outside touch? That would be a game changer.
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) February 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/MedcalfByESPN/status/300688130359562241
Indiana is showing today why the other Big Ten contenders should send gift baskets to John Groce. That's a huge result in this race.
— Joe Rexrode (@joerexrode) February 10, 2013
Think OSU has another run in it, but have to get stops.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 10, 2013
Thomas has 18 pts, no one else more than 6 for #Buckeyes. A familiar refrain. #buckbk
— Bob Baptist (@BBaptist_30_) February 10, 2013
A year ago, I could never have imagined Oladipo would turn into this kind of shooter. Shows you what hard work can do.
— Bob Kravitz (@bkravitz) February 10, 2013
https://twitter.com/BuckeyeBanter/status/300684293192159234
I have reserved myself from jumping on the LaQuinton Ross bandwagon, but I think it's time to get him in the game.
— Ari Wasserman (@AriWasserman) February 10, 2013
Amir with his 3rd foul and to the bench again 36 seconds into the second half. #buckbk
— Bob Baptist (@BBaptist_30_) February 10, 2013
People need to stop griping about what Christian Watford isn't + start appreciating what he is. Very solid college stretch 4-man.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) February 10, 2013
HALFTIME: Victor Oladipo scored 14 points and Cody Zeller scored 12 points for No. 1 Indiana in the first half to carry the Hoosiers to a 41-33 lead over No. 10 Ohio State. Oladipo and Zeller both are doing work on the glass, too, with five and six rebounds, respectively. Christian Watford added 10 points the Hoosiers, who shot 50 percent from the field in the first half. Indiana, however, only hit 3-of-11 from downtown. Aaron Craft is putting together a nice game so far for Ohio State. The junior has six points and five rebounds.
EMERGING THEORY: Victor Oladipo is a hologram. Actual people can't do that.
— Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzy) February 10, 2013
#Buckeyes offense goes into bizarre funks where one player shoots five times in a row. #BuckBuckGoose
— Jeremy Birmingham (@Birm) February 10, 2013
Man this Indiana-Ohio State game has been physical in the first half.
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) February 10, 2013
Hoosiers have simply got to continue to get Zeller touches. Good things always happen. He's very active today.
— Bob Kravitz (@bkravitz) February 10, 2013
An aggressive Cody Zeller is a very good Cody Zeller
— Ed Isaacson (@Ed_HunterAM) February 10, 2013
Golly a great game in Big Ten. What are the odds?
— Dana O'Neil (@DanaONeilWriter) February 10, 2013
Q Ross is silky smooth.
— Dave Biddle (@davebiddle) February 10, 2013
#Hoosiers Jordan Hulls averaged 7.5 field goal attempts entering today. He's taken six shots in first eight minutes.
— Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) February 10, 2013
Just love watching Indiana on offense. They share the ball as well as any team in America.
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) February 10, 2013
Indiana 9-4. Zeller got first touch at offensive end at 19:05, has three more since. Lesson learned from Illinois loss.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) February 10, 2013
Doesn't get any better than Vic Oladipo vs. Deshaun Thomas. #Hoosiers #Buckeyes
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) February 10, 2013
Bob Knight on the video board: "I used to coach a little bit, and there's nothing better than Ohio State basketball."
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) February 10, 2013
Thad Matta and Tom Crean share a brief handshake before the game. Very brief.
— Kyle Rowland (@KyleRowland) February 10, 2013
#Indiana No. 1 in #B1G in scoring at 83.3 ppg; #OhioState No. 2 in conference in scoring defense (58.1).
— Rusty Miller (@RustyMillerXAP) February 10, 2013
Indiana is second in the nation in scoring differential, averaging 21.7 ppg more than its opponents #IUBB
— Ken Bikoff (@kbikoff) February 10, 2013
#Buckeyes 8-10 all-time vs No.1 team, including 5-4 at home. Six of 18 games vs Indiana. 2-4 in those; won last 2 at home '83, '93. #buckbk
— Bob Baptist (@BBaptist_30_) February 10, 2013
A player to watch today: #Buckeyes Lenzelle Smith Jr., who shot 70% and averaged 20 pts, 6 rebs last year vs. #Hoosiers.
— Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) February 10, 2013
We don't have a #1 in college basketball…but we do have a bunch of #3-#12's #SomebodyAnybodyEverybody
— Greg Anthony (@GregAnthony50) February 10, 2013
#Buckeyes in their gray uniforms today. #buckbk
— Bob Baptist (@BBaptist_30_) February 10, 2013
IU vs OSU today…Do the big games ever stop in the big ten?
— Chimdi Chekwa (@ChimChek) February 10, 2013
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