Sometimes, you are simply outclassed.

The Big Ten's last-place Penn State men's basketball team was dominated from the opening tip by the first-place Indiana Hoosiers last night at The Bryce Jordan Center, 85-51. The 34-point margin of defeat ties the largest ever for a Penn State team at home.

"I want to apologize to the fans who paid money to see us tonight," sophomore guard Sharif Chambliss said.

The Hoosiers (12-6, 5-1 Big Ten) had runs of 12-2, 12-0 and 10-0 in handing the Nittany Lions (5-12, 1-5) their worst loss overall since a 48-point setback, also to the Hoosiers -- this time in Bloomington -- on Jan. 9, 1993.

"I wasn't happy with anything tonight," Penn State head coach Jerry Dunn said. "I thought we were horrific."

Indiana forward Jared Jeffries led all scorers with 22 points in only 27 minutes. Tom Coverdale added 13 points and Dane Fife 10 for Indiana.

For Penn State, senior Tyler Smith may have led the Lions in scoring with 12, but he didn't exactly overwhelm himself with his own play.

"They say seniors should be the leaders," Smith said. "Well, I led the charge out there in disgustingness and awfulness on the floor. I was pathetic tonight."

To call Smith "pathetic" when he led the Lions in scoring and was second rebounds with six shows just how poor Penn State played as a team.

To echo a common theme, they were out-rebounded 48-26 overall, including 16-7 on the offensive glass.

The Lions committed 12 turnovers and shot only 33 percent from the field. Worse, they converted only 52 percent of their foul shots, including a wretched 5-for-15 in the second half.

At halftime, it was only a 10-point game, but the Hoosiers quickly erased any notion of a comeback during the first nine minutes after the break, extending their lead to 65-39.

"I told our guys at halftime that a good team would build on a ten-point lead," Davis said. "We had the will tonight to win the basketball game."

It was obvious that the Hoosiers did indeed have the will to win last night, while the Lions did not, something that baffled Dunn.