Ohio State @ Indiana

Who will WIN this matchup?

Ohio State Buckeyes (15-7)

@ Indiana Hoosiers (13-10)

Current odds:

Ohio State Buckeyes: (+125)

Indiana Hoosiers: (-145)

• The line for this game is Indiana by 2.5 points.

• Ohio State and Indiana find themselves in a similar predicament heading into Sunday’s game in Bloomington, with both teams needing wins to bolster their hopes of making the NCAA Tournament field in March. The Buckeyes look to continue a recent surge that has carried them to three wins in their last four games and the Hoosiers take aim at snapping a three-game home losing streak, their longest drought since the 2014-15 season. One of those opponents is Ohio State, which also struggled last month but is coming off a win at home over Penn State on Wednesday night that the Buckeyes pulled out despite their top player, Kaleb Wesson, once again fouling out (6.6 fouls per 40 minutes in Big Ten games) and finishing with only six points. That forces Ohio State to rely on its perimeter shooting and so the Buckeyes want Wesson to be more of a factor as a scorer and rebounder inside against the Hoosiers.

• Indiana halted a seven-game overall skid last weekend with an upset at No. 11 Michigan State but slipped again Thursday night with a loss at home to No. 20 Iowa. The Hoosiers’ dismal January leaves them desperately searching for wins, especially at home with five Big Ten games remaining in Assembly Hall.

• Wesson’s foul trouble has limited his court time to less than 30 minutes in all but one Big Ten game this season, but when he’s out on the floor he’s averaging a team-best 14.9 points and shooting 52.5 percent from the field. Freshman Luther Muhammad, who scored a team-high 20 points against Penn State and went 8-for-8 from the free throw line, has become one of Ohio State’s more consistent contributors while averaging 10.2 points and shooting 45.2 percent on 3-pointers. Wesson’s older brother, Andre, picked up the slack when his sibling was on the bench against Penn State and delivered 15 points and a team-leading 10 rebounds.

• The Hoosiers need senior Juwan Morgan to make a bigger impact Sunday after he was limited by an injury last weekend against Michigan State and by foul trouble against Iowa. Morgan is Indiana’s leading rebounder (7.8 per game) and second-leading scorer behind freshman Romeo Langford (17.6 points), who had 15 of his team-high 22 points in the second half against Iowa. Indiana outrebounded Iowa (33-30) and shot the ball well (49.1 percent from the field) but couldn’t overcome an early hole that it will need to avoid digging against Ohio State.

• Indiana F De’Ron Davis has returned from an ankle injury and contributed 11 assists in the past two games off the bench, including a career-high seven against Iowa.

• Indiana’s bench players finished with only seven points against Iowa with key reserve Devonte Green recording three points, no assists and four turnovers.

• C.J. Jackson is Ohio State’s second-leading scorer at 13.0 points per game and leads the Buckeyes in assists (79) and steals (26), but also has a team-high 54 turnovers.