INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Hoosier Classic basketball tournament has been good to Indiana, and coach Bob Knight's team wasn't about to let Holy Cross change that trend.

Led by Kirk Haston's 16 points, No. 12 Indiana beat Holy Cross 79-44 Tuesday night in the championship game of the 18th Hoosier Classic, pushing the Hoosiers record in the tournament to 36-0.

	With 12 points, senior Lynn Washington was one of several Hoosiers scoring in double-figures Tuesday.

"Over the entire course of the game I was pleased with what we did defensively," Knight said. "We had pretty decent play all the way down through our roster."

Lynn Washington scored 12 points and Michael Lewis and Jeffrey Newton added 10 apiece for Indiana. Josh Sankes led Holy Cross (4-6) with 17 points.

"Indiana played very well tonight," Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard said. "It takes a good basketball team to play the way they did tonight. Indiana extended the defense, pressured us and really took us out of everything we wanted to do."

Indiana never trailed and led by as many as 34 points. Holy Cross came within one point of tying the tournament low for points in a game against Indiana, set by Ball State in 1983 and matched by Mississippi State in 1985.

"We had a good chance in these two games to look at what we've got and where we have to go," Knight said. "We had a lot of different combinations. Now we have to start working on getting ready to play in the conference."

The Hoosiers began the game with a 23-3 run. Haston and A.J. Guyton paced Indiana during the stretch. Haston scored 10 points during the run and Guyton's 3-pointer with 10:47 left in the half gave the Hoosiers a 10-point lead. Guyton pushed Indiana's lead to 23-3 with 7:29 remaining in the half with a free throw at the end of an 18-0 run.

Despite shooting only 36 percent, Indiana led 31-11 at the half, holding Holy Cross to 19 percent shooting while forcing 12 turnovers.

Indiana used an 11-2 run to extend its lead to 42-13 five minutes into the second half.