BLOOMINGTON | Jordan Crawford's three-game suspension made him hungrier Saturday.

He wanted to beat Kentucky, outdo his brother, Joe, and show his Indiana teammates what they had been missing since late November.

With Indiana's starting guards sitting out and his parents watching from behind the Indiana bench, Crawford delivered a masterpiece. The freshman scored 20 points in his first career start and led the 15th-ranked Hoosiers to a 70-51 rout over border rival Kentucky.

"I was more motivated about just getting back out there," Crawford said. "I didn't want to make this a one-on-one battle. My team had three good wins without me, and I wanted to get them one."

Crawford did just that in one of the Hoosiers' biggest rivalries.

With his nifty ball handling, crisp passes, impressive shooting and solid defense, Crawford turned the battle of the brothers into a lopsided affair.

Friends and family took the cue.

Crawford's parents, clad in mixed Indiana and Kentucky gear behind the Hoosiers bench, laughed when officials separated the brothers during a shoving incident early in the game and were amused when fans chanted "Jordan's better" several times throughout the game.

But it was more about what Kentucky didn't do.

Kentucky shot poorly, turned the ball over too much and had two starters foul out in the first 10:02 of the second half. Even Joe Crawford, who joined Kentucky's 1,000-point club last week, couldn't get his team righted.

Patrick Patterson led the Wildcats (4-3) with 15 points in a second straight loss to a traditional power. Kentucky lost to No. 1 North Carolina last week, and for only the third time in the last 14 games of this passionate series.

"They whipped us in every aspect and they did it with a short-handed team," Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie said. "We're not happy about that."

The Hoosiers (8-1) have won 23 straight home games, and coach Kelvin Sampson is a perfect 21-0 at Assembly Hall since taking over as Indiana's coach last season.