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Final Score: Ohio State 72 - Illinois 53

Champaign, IL (Sports Network) - Evan Turner had 16 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to help No. 13 Ohio State cruise to a 72-53 win over Illinois in Big Ten action.

Jon Diebler had 18 points and David Lighty added 17 points for the Buckeyes (20-6, 10-3 Big Ten), who have won six straight since a loss at West Virginia.

Demetri McCamey had nine points and nine assists for the Illini (17-9, 9-4), who had a five-game winning streak snapped. Mike Tisdale added eight points and eight rebounds while Mike Davis had eight and seven.

Holding a five-point lead early in the first half, the Buckeyes got back-to- back three-balls from William Buford and Diebler for a 21-10 advantage with under 12 minutes to play.

A 9-0 run later in the first half extended Ohio State's advantage to 30-12 and the Buckeyes took a 36-20 lead into the locker room.

Illinois cut its deficit to 13 early in the second half when Bill Cole put in a layup to make it a 39-26 game.

However, Ohio State didn't let Illinois back in the game, and later, a 10-2 run capped by a Jeremie Simmons three, made it a 60-38 game with under nine minutes to play.

From there, the Buckeyes' lead hovered around 20 points as they cruised to win.