Indiana Hoosiers vs Ohio State Buckeyes Prediction, Odds and Picks for Friday, 01/17/25

The Indiana Hoosiers will travel to Columbus on Friday night to play a Big Ten Conference game against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Both teams are coming off a loss on Tuesday and will look for a bounce-back win to get back on track. The Hoosiers got embarrassed on their home floor against Illinois by 25 points to move to 4-3 in league play. The Buckeyes lost a close one in Madison, 70-68 to Wisconsin.

I expect Ohio State to defend home court in this one, so my best bet is the Buckeyes -7. Indiana is ranked just #273 in 3-point percentage on the season and I expect that to hold the visitors back in this matchup. Indiana shot a mere 22.2 percent from 3 in the last game and has not been able to spread the floor on offense by making outside shots. Ohio State’s defense is ranked #17 in 3-point percentage and #19 in effective field-goal percentage, which should be too much for Indiana’s offense. Indy is currently in a bad place after suffering back-to-back blowout losses, so let’s take Ohio State to cover.

Indiana vs Ohio State prediction: Ohio State -7 (-110) available at time of publishing. Playable to -8.

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