Not missing an opportunity to kick a team while it was down, the Penn State men's basketball team beat struggling Indiana last night at the Bryce Jordan Center, defeating the Hoosiers 71-68.

Indiana (13-9, 5-6 Big Ten) has lost six of its last seven games amid rumors and reports that head coach Mike Davis' time in Bloomington is running short.

While the Hoosiers glumly filed into the locker room after the game, a few hundred students rushed the court, celebrating with the Penn State players next to the scorer's table.

Producing the same exact scoring outputs as in the win over the Illinois on Feb. 3, Travis Parker and Geary Claxton paced the Penn State offense with 21 and 20 points, respectively.

"Travis has realized that this thing is coming to an end," Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said of his lone senior. "He's played tremendously, him and Geary both."

The Lions (12-11, 4-8) did a solid job of containing Indiana forward Marco Killingsworth, one of the premiere post players in the conference. Killingsworth was held to 10 points, eight below his average.

"We did a great job on him," Parker said. "We got him a little frustrated at the beginning of the game."

The attention paid to Killingsworth inside provided the Hoosiers with open looks from the perimeter, especially in the first half.

24 of Indiana's first 31 points came from beyond the arc, and 17 of the Hoosiers' 28 first half shots came from downtown.

The Lions went into the break down 35-31, but came back out for the second half with considerably more energy than they had put on display in their previous two games.

Indiana shooters were not as open as they were in the first half, and when they were, they shot at a lower clip.

"We just tried to not let them be comfortable," DeChellis said.

The Hoosiers showed their discomfort in their lack of discipline down the stretch.

Lewis Monroe fouled Penn State guard David Jackson hard on a breakaway at 16:07, resulting in an intentional foul call. Three minutes later A.J. Ratliff was charged with a technical after bumping and trash talking with Claxton.

The Lions shot 26 free throws at a 78 percent rate, while Indiana was sent to the stripe just seven times.

The lead changed hands 11 times in the second half, but Penn State took its final lead on a Ben Luber jumper at 4:12. Claxton added to the advantage with a 3-pointer at the 3:46 mark, extending the lead to 70-65.

"Down the stretch of the game [Penn State] did a great job," Davis said. "They made play after play after play."