Both teams could use the Quadrant 1 win to improve their respective resumes come Selection Sunday, with Purdue (14-4, 6-1) arguably in bigger need of the road victory with all of its losses coming away from home.
No. 17 Purdue picked up another important road win on Saturday, defeating No. 13 Oregon in Eugene. Here's everything coach Matt Painter said after the game.
Purdue men's basketball goes 2-0 on the West Coast to remain unbeaten in 2025. The Boilers have won seven straight ahead of a lengthy homestand.
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Saturday and No. 17 Purdue stifled No. 13 Oregon in the second half for a 65-58 Big Ten Conference road win in Eugene, Ore.
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 Ducks shot just 36% from the field in a 65-58 loss to No. 17 Purdue Saturday afternoon in front of an announced crowd of 12,364 at Matthew Knight Arena.
Trey Kaufman-Renn had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help lead No. 17 Purdue past No. 13 Oregon 65-58 on Saturday.
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.
Defensively, the Ducks played tough. Oregon forced Purdue to go 2-12 from downtown and 19-56 from the field. However, the effective combo of Trey Kauffman-Renn and Braden Smith was enough to get Purdue the victory.
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.
In an ugly, physical game, Purdue found a way to win its seventh straight at Oregon. Who were the Boilermakers key performers?
Purdue’s emergent defense ruled the day Saturday afternoon, as the No. 17 Boilermakers’ ground out a bare-knuckles 65-58 win at No. 13 Oregon. The Ducks shot just 33 percent and committed 15 turnovers against a Purdue team that is not just playing well on defense,