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 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - If Greg Oden was worried about playing his home state Hoosiers, it sure didn't show. The freshman center scored a career-high 21 points, teammate Othello Hunter had 14 and both provided key defensive stops down the stretch to help No. 6 Ohio State beat Indiana 74-67 on Tuesday night.
Daequan Cook added 12 points, Ron Lewis had 10 and Mike Conley Jr. had nine points and 10 assists for the Buckeyes (12-2, 1-0), who overcame 12-of-22 3-point shooting by Indiana (9-4, 0-1) to improve to 10-0 at Value City Arena and spoil Hoosiers coach Kelvin Sampson's first Big Ten game.
"I was a little nervous. It was a big, physical game, and Coach (Thad Matta) told us it would be really tough," said Oden, who teamed with Conley to lead Indianapolis' Lawrence North High School to three consecutive state championships.
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