WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – It was fitting that during a frightful night when Purdue’s Mackey Arena was encased in ice, the UW men’s basketball team ended a cold, nasty losing streak by burning down the house with a torrid 3-point shooting barrage.
The final score was 77-68 in the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams here Wednesday night. But the score that may be most remembered from when the Badgers finally ended Purdue’s 33-year, 29-game winning streak over them at Mackey is 45-3.