COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Aaron Craft slashed through the lane for a career-high 21 points on Sunday -- more than he had scored in the last three games combined -- to lead No. Wome... Mario Williams Elite Jersey . 18 Ohio State to a 68-60 victory over fourth-ranked Michigan State. The loss crippled the Spartans hopes of catching up with top-ranked Indiana, which now leads the Big Ten race by two full games with four remaining. Deshaun Thomas added 12 of his 14 points in the second half for the Buckeyes (20-7, 10-5), who stand fifth in the conference. Evan Ravenel added 10 points and a crucial block in the final minute. Freshman Gary Harris had 14 points and Adreian Payne and Derrick Nix each had 12 for the Spartans (22-6, 11-4), who have dropped two in a row after winning 11 of 12. The victory improved Ohio State to 2-7 against ranked teams this season -- both wins against Michigans Big Ten teams at Value City Arena. The Buckeyes are 18-0 against teams not in the Associated Press Top 25. Michigan State, which lost to Indiana 72-68 on Tuesday night, still has games at No. 7 Michigan on Sunday and No. 19 Wisconsin at home on March 9 in a string of four in a row against ranked opponents. They close out the regular season on March 10 at home against Northwestern. The Buckeyes improved to 7-3 against top-five teams in the 15 years of Value City Arena. Michigan State led 36-27 after a Payne jumper from the left baseline early in the second half, all but quieting the crowd. But the Buckeyes didnt back down, scoring 18 of the next 23 points to forge a five-point lead. With Lenzelle Smith Jr. and Thomas hitting 3s and Amir Williams, a Detroit native, dunking inside and then completing the three-point play, the Buckeyes scored points in transition, played tenacious defence and kept up on the boards to take the lead, 45-40. After a Nix free throw temporarily ended the spell, Ohio State continued its onslaught. LaQuinton Ross poured in a 3 from in front of the Buckeyes bench off an assist pass from Craft. Ravenel added a free throw before Craft once again sped through the heart of Michigan States defence for a layup in traffic to push the lead to 51-41 with under 9 minutes left. Craft has not provided much offence all year for an Ohio State team that has been begging for a scorer to back up Thomas. Against a Michigan State team which prides itself on its defence, and with quality defenders on the perimeter, he seemed to always be racing to the rack with no one in front of him. He had not hit double figures in the last three games -- while totalling 17 points. He was held under 10 points in half of his Big Ten games coming in. The Spartans scrambled back with a 5-0 run but Thomas was fouled on a 3-point try by Payne and hit all three free throws to make it 54-46. Craft drove and hit two more free throws with just under 5 minutes left before Denzel Valentine scored on a short half-hook. But Thomas came right back by muscling in a shot while being fouled and then completing the three-point play to make it 61-52 with 3:54 left. Two fouls shots apiece by Nix, Payne and Harris pulled the Spartans to 61-59, but Craft sped by Keith Appling for a lunging layup with 2:22 left. After a free throw by Appling, the Buckeyes missed a shot, were awarded the ball in a scrum via alternate possession and Ravenel, the only senior on the team, rebounded and was fouled. He hit both shots to push the lead to 65-60 with 1:13 left. Seconds later, Appling was squeezed on a drive and flipped the ball back and out of bounds. But the Buckeyes turned it right back over when they were unable to inbound within 5 seconds. The teams traded possessions before the Spartans got the ball to Appling on a drive, but Ravenel came across and blocked it with 25 seconds left. The Spartans wouldnt score again. The Spartans stepped on the gas over the final 75 seconds in a 6-0 run for a 31-25 lead at the half. There were six ties and five lead changes before the Spartans broke a tie at 25 when Denzel Valentine found burly Matt Costello inside for a basket. Harris then stole the ball , leading to two free throws by Dawson. The Buckeyes then turned it over again when Williams bobbled a pass and Dawson dunked off an alley-oop fastbreak pass from Harris. Payne, continuing to be a pain to his home-state team, had 10 rebounds in the opening half. That was just three fewer than the entire Ohio State team. The Spartans totalled 21 rebounds at the break. Another area where Michigan State looked sharper was in passing the ball. They had seven assists to just three by the Buckeyes, with Harris matching the Ohio State total. Thomas could not get untracked, hitting just one of his eight attempts from the field. 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The Philadelphia goaltender posted 41 saves as he backstopped the Flyers to a comeback 4-3 shootout win over the Vancouver Canucks.LONDON -- The vice-president of the World Boxing Association is in favour of a rematch of the light-welterweight title fight between Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson after Khan raised questions about the legitimacy of the Americans victory. The WBA is studying images of an unidentified man that Khan has accused of interfering with the judges and leaning over WBA supervisor Michael Welsh during the fight Dec. 10 in Washington. Khan lost his IBF and WBA belts on a split decision after being docked two points for pushing. "The fact is, there is that mystery man in the hat who is seen sitting ringside and is seen, as well, handling score cards. Ive been told that hes seen on tape celebrating with Peterson, all happy that Peterson won," Khans promoter, Richard Schaefer, said Friday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "I hope that the IBF and the WBA are both going to be ordering immediate rematches. That would be, at the very least -- and I want to say very least in capital letters -- the right thing to do," said Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. WBA vice-president Gilberto Jesus Mendoza said the "mystery man" is unknown to his organization. Mendoza questioned what the person was doing at ringside. "We dont have an idea who this guy is; we cant identify him," Mendoza told Sky Sports. "The guy ... told Mr. Welsh that he was an IBF official, but we have consulted several persons at the IBF and theyve also said they dont know who this person is." Andre Johnson, a spokesman for Peterson, told the AP: "To us, its really a non-issue. cheap jerseys from china. Right now, whats factual is that Lamont is the newly crowned IBF and WBA junior welterweight champion of the world. Thats all thats significant." Asked by the AP for comment, IBF public relations director Jeanette Salazar said the governing body wouldnt be putting out a statement in order to "preserve the integrity" of a Jan. 18 hearing into Khans appeal of his loss. "We are not addressing it at all at this point," Salazar said. Mendoza is waiting to hear whether the D.C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission knows the mans identity. "There were a lot of things that make this fight controversial," he said. When asked if there should be a rematch, Mendoza said: "This will be my personal opinion, but that would be the right decision at the moment." The D.C. commission did not respond immediately to requests for comment from the AP. "Theres the old saying, Where theres smoke, theres fire. Were going to evaluate our legal options," Schaefer said. "What could happen -- and what should happen -- because of all the circumstances, is it should be ruled a no-contest, and the champion should retain his belt. But Id understand if the sanctioning organizations might be reluctant to do that. So the thing to do might be to order an immediate rematch." Said Khan: "I really think the whole world thinks I deserve this rematch because I know I was treated unfairly." ' ' '