Bloomington, Ind. • Cody Zeller scored 18 points and No. 11 Indiana rallied for a 73-54 victory over Penn State on Sunday, hours after the Nittany Lions learned of the death of former football coach Joe Paterno.

The team was told of Paterno’s death on the short bus ride from the hotel to Assembly Hall, and coach Patrick Chambers pleaded with the Nittany Lions to play basketball Paterno-style. They did, but couldn’t get a win.

Penn State relied on gritty, tenacious defense to thwart Indiana early, but the Hoosiers rallied in the second half and eventually pulled away for the win.

“Joe Paterno meant so much to this university, you know,” Penn State’s Tim Frazier said after scoring a team-high 21 points. “We wore ribbons for him today. It’s a very tough situation.”

Indiana held a moment of silence in honor of Paterno just before tipoff.

Paterno won an NCAA-record 409 games and was fired in November after child sex-abuse charges were filed against Jerry Sandusky, his former defensive coordinator. A few days after the firing, Paterno was diagnosed with lung cancer.

For a half, it looked like Penn State (10-11, 2-6 Big Ten) would ride its defense to a third straight victory in Bloomington.

But Indiana (16-4, 4-4) scored the first four points of the second half to take a 31-29 lead and never trailed again in ending a three-game losing streak.

Wisconsin 67, No. 22 Illinois 63 • In Champaign, Ill., Jordan Taylor scored 19 points and Jared Berggren added 18 to lead Wisconsin.