Ohio State officials called for “white out” conditions for Sunday’s game against Indiana, asking fans to wear white.

Indiana countered with D.J. White.

The IU senior forward had a double-double in the first half and finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds as No. 14 Indiana posted its second Big Ten road victory in four days, beating Ohio State 59-53 before a sellout crowd of 19,049 at Value City Arena.

White’s 15th double-double in 23 games included 10-of-15 shooting, six offensive rebounds, two blocks and a steal. He played the entire game.

“I was just playing hard,” White said. “From watching film, I knew we’d have a chance to get offensive rebounds. So that’s what I did when the ball went up. I went for the offensive rebounds.”

Eric Gordon scored 15 points. Jordan Crawford had a solid game with eight points, six rebounds and a career-high seven assists.

The Big Ten standings today have a decidedly Indiana flavor. Purdue leads with a 10-1 conference record, while Indiana is one-half game back at 9-1. The teams meet once in league play, Feb. 19 at Bloomington’s Assembly Hall.

The victory improved IU’s road record to 6-1, including 5-1 in conference play. It marks the first time Indiana (20-3 overall) has won at least five conference road games since the 1993 season, when the Hoosiers went 17-1 with an 8-1 road mark. Interestingly, the only road loss that season was at Ohio State.

Entering the game, Ohio State (16-8, 8-4) was 12-1 at home this season and 5-0 in Big Ten play. The loss ended the Buckeyes’ streak of 19 consecutive Big Ten home victories.

The Buckeyes led briefly early, but Indiana had control throughout. With 5:45 to play, Ohio State’s David Lighty made a free throw to cut the lead to 46-43. On IU’s next possession, White’s three-point play of a dunk and free throw made it 49-43.

In the final 30 seconds, IU made all six of its free throws — four by Eric Gordon and two by Jordan Crawford. Indiana only attempted seven free throws in the game but made them all.

For the first time this season, IU coach Kelvin Sampson employed a 2-3 zone the entire game. It was effective in the first half, but even after the Buckeyes cut into the lead in the second half, Sampson stuck with it. Ohio State shot 39.6 percent from the field and 25.9 percent (7-of-27) from 3-point range, missing its last seven over the final eight minutes.

“I think Ohio State does the best job in our league of spacing the floor,” said Sampson, who recorded the 11th consecutive 20-win season of his coaching career. “They’re just so good off of those ball screens and they can really hurt you. And that’s hard to guard.

“We just felt like we had a better chance of guarding those shooters in a zone than we did in a man.”

Kosta Koufos led Ohio State with 18 points and nine rebounds.

Jamar Butler, the Big Ten’s fifth leading scorer with a 14.8 average, was held to four points on 2-of-8 shooting.