The game never needed to get there in the first place. Ohio State once again had large stretches of sloppy play. The Buckeyes turned the ball over at inopportune times, allowed too many offensive rebounds, and had too many befuddling offensive possessions.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Luke Goode stroked a 3-pointer with more than a minute left in overtime to give Indiana the lead and Anthony Leal blocked John Mobley Jr.‘s jumper with a second left to allow Indiana to escape Ohio State with a 77-76 Big Ten Conference win Friday night.

Despite holding a double-digit lead with less than five minutes remaining in regulation, Indiana needed overtime heroics from senior forward Luke Goode to defeat Ohio State 77-76 in thrilling fashion. Goode led the Hoosier attack with a career-high 23 points and shot 4 for 7 from beyond the arc.

For the second game in a row, Ohio State lost a close one. After losing a heartbreaker by two points to No. 15-ranked Oregon the Buckeyes hit the road for Wisconsin. The Badgers led by 17 at the half only to see OSU battle all the way back,

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Indiana will also be down walk-on senior guard Jackson Creel and sophomore guard Gabe Cupps, who’s out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. Creel hasn’t played this season, while Cupps last appeared Nov. 29 against Providence College.

The University of Wisconsin men's basketball team narrowly avoided a scare Tuesday after rejoining the Associated Press men's college basketball rankings this week, and now heads to the West Coast for a pair of tough tests.