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volume 23, EX 23 ��� feb. 25, 2013 Inside | Boilers beat NU 7-8 | Women win at Minny 15-16 Cody Webster feature 20 | Recruiting 24-25 trying to finish strong 14 Purdue men���s basketball���s biggest run of consecutive points scored in a conference game, as the Boilers had a 14-0 run vs. Northwestern Sunday. It was their first double-digit run of the conference season. The largest margin of victory in a Big Ten game by the Boilermakers in the eight years of the Matt Painter Era. Purdue���s twice won by 25, beating Northwestern in 2008 and Ohio State in 2009. The amount that (firstround) host teams dole out in the pay-toplay postseason College Basketball Invitational (CBI). It���s the��tourney that Painter���s Boilers are most likely to be invited. Seasons of at least 20 victories for the women���s basketball program, after it hit the mark this year with a victory Sunday at Minnesota. 31 BY STACY CLARDIE SClardie@GoldandBlack.com its second victory of the Purdue gotand against Northwestern, February it came in resounding fashion Sunday a 74-43 rout that produced the largest margin of victory in a Big Ten game under Matt Painter. But the Wildcats are a floundering program, battered by injuries and offensive and defensive ineptness in the midst of a five-game losing streak. And the other victory of the month came against Penn State, a team that has yet to win in league play. For this version of the Boilermakers, though, maybe the names of the beaten opponents don���t matter. At this point in a season that���s been largely frustrating with its lack of consistency ��� in effort, in toughness, in intelligence and ability to follow scouting reports, let alone physical skills and talents showing up on a daily basis ��� any victory is one that is something to build on. ���When you have struggles, just trying to play well at that time and be able to get a win just to build confidence and for your THE Numbers $35K 21 Tom Campbell Matt Painter has been imploring his players to play harder and smarter, and Purdue showed signs of both elements Sunday. That it was a blowout victory against lowly Northwestern after eight days to prepare doesn���t matter. guys, at times, their own sanity because when you have some tough losses, you do get down on yourself,��� Painter said. ���You want to be able to get a win and hopefully string some wins together and just continue to build confidence. So it wasn���t necessarily the win vs. a certain opponent, just actually getting a win was the key.��� To continue to build momentum in the final two weeks of the regular season, Purdue likely will need to keep its stroke. The Boilermakers shot a season-high 53 percent against the Wildcats, largely because they got so many high-percentage looks by being unselfish and patient in the offense. Painter hopes it wasn���t simply a product of Northwestern���s style of defense, though Purdue made only 33 percent of its shots against the Wildcats��� switching defenses in the first meeting. ���Any time you shoot the ball well from the field and knock down some shots, GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 23��� ������ 1