If you're looking for some big D, look no further than Dallas

Ohio State sweated out a win over Butler on Saturday, 54-51 in a 63 possession game. The Buckeyes had a 13 point lead in the second half, but the offense went dead in the last twelve minutes, managing just one field goal. It's hard to say what we can take from this game. Butler wasn't supposed to be good this season, but they've been better than expected. One thing that can't be denied, however, is how good the Buckeyes' defense has been. In this game they held Butler to 28% from 2 point range, forced the normally careful Bulldogs into 19 turnovers, and held Butler to a 27% offensive rebounding percentage. It was an impressive defensive performance, led by Dallas Lauderdale, whose defense has been remarkable thus far in the early season. Lauderdale blocked 4 shots in this contest, to go with 8 rebounds and 9 points (on 4 shots). Dallas' block percentage has reached 23.5%, an unreal number (for reference, Greg Oden posted a 12.6% block percentage while he was in Columbus). Lauderdale's number won't stay that high all season, but he's making us look silly for omitting him off our Preseason All Defensive Team. Box score.

Iowa summarily dispatched Iowa State Friday in the ongoing Battle for Iowa, 73-57 in a 61 possession game. Once again, the Hawkeyes' offense was red hot, shooting 44% from 3 point range. The Hawkeyes' offensive rebounding was also surprisingly robust, and this against a team that usually crashes the defensive glass. Jermain Davis led the charge with 16 points on 10 shots, to go with 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Box score.

Penn State struggled to put away Mount St. Mary's on Saturday before winning 61-56 in a 63 possession game. It was a two man show in State College, as Talor Battle poured in 26 points on 11 shots (but 5 turnovers, tsk tsk), and Jamelle Cornley added 18 points on 12 shots. Outside of Battle, Cornley, and Stanley Pringle (who had 8 points), no other Nittany Lion had more than four points. Coach Ed DeChellis has been riding his three horses hard so far this season, and it will be interesting to see if those three will continue to put up impressive numbers against Big Ten opponents. If they can't, there don't appear to be a lot of alternatives. Box score.

Kentucky took down Indiana 72-54 in a 75 possession game on Saturday. The good news is that IU held a quality BCS opponent to under 1.0 points per possession for the first time this season. The bad news is that this was Indiana's 2nd worst offensive performance of the season. Coming into this game, IU and Kentucky were the two worst teams in terms of taking care of the ball, and they did not disappoint. IU had 20 turnovers, and the Wildcats had 23 of their own. The difference in the game was the fact that IU couldn't find the basket. The Hoosiers made 4 of 20 three pointers, and only 8 of 17 free throws. Outside shooting has suddenly become a problem for Indiana. Matt Roth is shooting 42% on the season, but everyone else has been terrible. Malik Story is the Hoosiers' second-best outside shooter at present, at 31%. Box score.

Michigan walked all over Eastern Michigan, 91-60 in a 70 possession game. The Wolverines connected on school-record 16 three pointers (on 33 attempts). Combine that with a mere 5 turnovers, and this was a textbook Beilein win. Manny Harris did everything but sell popcorn, scoring 22 points (on 16 shots), grabbing 7 rebounds, and dishing 5 assists (with only 1 turnover). Box score.

That offensive display, however, was no match for what Michigan State did to Alcorn State on Saturday. The Spartans nearly doubled up their opponent, 118-60 in an 81 possession game. This team couldn't miss, posting a 64.7 eFG fueled by 35 assists. And sure, it was only Alcorn State, but on this game the turnover problems that have plagued the Spartans thus far this year were absent. MSU turned it over only 10 times in this contest, which is a pretty small number for how fast the game was. Chris Allen led the barrage with 20 points on just 9 shots. Box score.

Wisconsin posted a nice win over Green Bay over the weekend as well, 77-57 in 68 possessions. Both sides of the ball were working for the Badgers, though Bo Ryan's "no foul" defense was not. Green Bay attempted 22 free throws, though that might have been because this was a tightly officiated game. After all, Wisconsin had 34 attempts of their own. Joe Krabbenhoft was surprisingly offensive, scoring 15 points on 10 shots. BTG breakout candidate Jason Bohannon was super-efficient, scoring 12 points on a mere 4 field goal attempts. Box score.

Robbie Hummel led Purdue with 25 points in a 76-62 win over Indiana State on Saturday. Hummel also chipped in 9 rebounds on a day when E'Twaun Moore and Keaton Grant were off (the two combined for 14 points on 14 shots). ISU is a pretty bad team (1-8 so far this season), so it's fair to assume the Boilermakers were just going through the motions at times. But isn't that what cupcakes are for? The defense did pressure the Sycamores into 21 turnovers though. Box score.

Tonight Northwestern takes on Missouri-Kansas City at 7 p.m. (CT) on the Big Ten Network.