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GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 23 • 1 BY KYLE CHARTERS KCharters@GoldandBlack.com W hen KK Houser went down with an injury a month ago, few could have imagined that Purdue would win all six of its remaining games. Heck, the Boilermakers themselves didn't think it was possible. "No, none of us," admitted senior Courtney Moses Sunday, after she had guided Purdue to a thrashing of No. 16 Nebraska on senior day in Mackey Are- na. "We had faith, but to actually do it and say at the end of it that we went 6-0, it's a storybook ending." Yet, a beginning, too. The winning streak, Purdue's longest of the season, leaves the Boilermakers surging into the Big Ten Tournament. The victory over Nebraska — the Cornhuskers had won nine straight and were playing for a share of the league title, but were dis- mantled by the Boilers — gives Purdue the fourth seed. The Boilermakers will look to defend their back-to-back titles starting at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Indianapo- lis, playing either Iowa or Illinois. A month ago, Purdue had few guar- antees. Houser was injured, tearing her ACL at Michigan State on Feb. 2, in the second of two straight losses that knocked the Boilermakers from Big Ten regular-season contention. But in the locker room after the loss, with Houser hobbled, Purdue started to put the pieces back together. A win over Ohio State came four days later, af- ter Purdue looked disorganized in the first 10 minutes yet found a way to pull away late. Then, the Boilermakers rallied in back-to-back games, from down 14 at Michigan and 18 vs. Iowa at home. They blew out Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ne- braska in the last three, winning by an average margin of more than 18 points per game. In making up for the loss of Houser's team-highs of nearly 16 points and more than five assists per game, Purdue has gotten contributions from deep within its roster. Hayden Hamby, who was av- eraging 1.3 points before the Nebraska volume 24, eX 23 • march 3, 2014 Inside | Purdue men fall twice 6-7 | Senior stories 9–11 More women's coverage 16–22 | Football gets JC OT 27-28 'Resilient' BoileRs Find late-season suRge Tom Campbell Courtney Moses addressed the crowd on senior day — she talked for more than 15 minutes — after scoring 29 points vs. Nebraska to lead Purdue to its sixth straight win. 11-1 The Purdue women's record on Sundays this year. A win next Sunday would give the Boilermakers their 10th Big Ten Tournament title. .787 Purdue's winning percent- age in Big Ten Tournament in the 19 years the women's event has been in existence. 5 Double-doubles for A.J. Hammons in 16 Big Ten games, following his 16-point, 14-rebound performance against Iowa. 9 Courtney Moses' spot on Purdue's all-time scoring list with 1,627 points, passing Carol Emanuel and Llndsay Wisdom-Hylton. She was one shy of her career high with 29 points against the Cornhuskers Sunday. THE NumbErs