Hoosiers Handle Buckeyes – Top 25 News And Notes For February 11th

UNDATED (AP) — Three days after getting upset at unranked Illinois, top-ranked Indiana bounced back with an 81-68 victory at tenth-ranked Ohio State. Victor Olapido (oh-luh-PEE'-doh) was high man for the Hoosiers with a career-high 26 points. Teammates Cody Zeller and Christian Watford contributed 24 and 20, respectively.

Big Ten leading scorer DeShaun Thomas scored 26 points in a losing effort.

Indiana improves to 21-3 with a 9-3 Big Ten record that ties Michigan State for the conference lead, one game ahead of Michigan and Wisconsin.

Ohio State is 7-4 in the league and 17-6 overall after losing two straight for the first time in more than three years.

In other Top-25 action around the country:

__ Fourth-ranked Duke held off Boston College 62-61. Mason Plumlee had 19 points and 10 rebounds and sank the game-winning free throw with 26 seconds left. Seth Curry added 18 points for the Blue Devils, who've won five straight.

__Allen Crabbe scored 19 of his 31 points in the second half, Justin Cobbs hit a big shot in the closing seconds and California knocked off No. 7 Arizona 77-69. Cal rallied from a 15-point deficit.

— Ninth-ranked Syracuse topped visiting St. John's 77-58.C.J. Friar led the way with 17 points and nine rebounds and teammate James Southerland returned from a six-game absence due to an eligibility issue and scored 13 points. The Orange improve to 20-3 and 8-2 in Big East play by extending the longest home winning streak in the nation to 37 games.

__ Tyler Griffey capped a terrific week for Illinois with 16 points, and the Fighting Illini went 11 for 23 from 3-point range in a 57-53 win over No. 18 Minnesota. The Illini knocked off Top-ranked Indiana last Thursday.