Purdue paints brighter future with win

Purdue coach Matt Painter often downplays wins. Not this time.

After Purdue's 60-56 victory over No. 11 Wisconsin on Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind., Painter was straightforward about the long-term implications it could have.

"You're helping yourself get closer to your goals," he said. "I talked to our guys about the situation that we're in. If you want to get to the NCAA Tournament, you have to beat teams without question that are going to the NCAA Tournament, and Wisconsin is one of those teams."

E'Twaun Moore scored 16 points, and Robbie Hummel added 10 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and a game-winning block for Purdue (15-5, 6-1 Big Ten), which ended Wisconsin's 10-game winning streak.

The students in the sellout crowd of 14,123 stormed the court for the first time in Painter's three seasons as coach.

Brian Butch had 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Badgers (16-3, 6-1).

Wisconsin got the ball, trailing 58-56 with 10 seconds to play. Michael Flowers took the ball at the top of the key and drove to his right, but Hummel blocked his layup. Hummel grabbed the rebound and was fouled with 1.2 seconds left. He made both free throws to seal the win.

Iowa 64, Penn St. 49: Reserve freshman Jeff Peterson, who was averaging 5.4 points per game before Saturday, scored 19 points during Iowa's victory over visiting Penn St. (10-9, 2-5 Big Ten). Peterson, who also had 5 assists, hit all 4 of his field goals and all 9 free throws for the Hawkeyes (10-11, 3-5).

Ohio St. 76, Minnesota 60: Jamar Butler scored 27 points and host Ohio State (14-6, 5-2) relied on some big second-half defensive plays to beat visiting Minnesota (12-6, 2-4).