Purdue won the Big Ten by three games last season, despite three road losses. Yet it also went to Champaign and beat its closest competitor — the Illini — in the penultimate game of the regular season.

Defense travels, and No. 15 Purdue basketball’s winning streak reached seven with a 65-58 victory at No. 14 Oregon on Saturday.

The Wisconsin Badgers extended their win streak to seven games with an 84-69 win over USC on Saturday. That streak dates back to the team’s Dec. 14 win over Butler. It has included five straight conference triumphs — 116-85 over Iowa,

The Oregon Ducks hosted the Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday afternoon. It was a top-25 matchup in the Big Ten with the Ducks ranked No. 13 and the Boilermakers

The Boilermakers swept their first West Coast trip in the new-look Big Ten by following up a win at Washington with a victory over the Ducks.

The 15th-ranked Boilermakers had to grind out a rock fight at Matthew Knight Arena on way to a seventh straight win.

Purdue has won all six of its games by double figures, holding opponents to an average of 60 points during that stretch.

During Purdue's six-game winning streak, the Boilermakers are forcing an average of 14.2 turnovers per game. It's become a strength for Matt painter's team.

Caleb Furst has had a huge impact on Purdue's success in recent weeks. The senior forward credited Boilermakers assistant Paul Lusk with some extra motivation.

Purdue is now 5-1 in the Big Ten after beating Nebraska Sunday. The Boilermakers won their last four league games by an average of 23 points.

Purdue did it to Minnesota before Northwestern and Rutgers. Each win coming in different ways. Just three days before the Boilermakers seemingly couldn't miss on Sunday, they were 4-of-24 from 3 ...

The No. 15 Purdue Boilermakers (13-4, 5-1 Big Ten) and the Washington Huskies (10-7, 1-5) meet Wednesday at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET (Big Ten Network). L