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GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 21 • 2 DEFENSE LIVES HERE ... AGAIN Purdue's defense in conference play has been stellar. Here are a couple of examples. Number of Big Ten opponents held under season scoring average: 13 Number of Big Ten opponents that exceeded scoring average: O The Boilermakers have shot down the opponent's top scorer … most of the time. Purdue has held the opponent's leading scorer under his average in eight of 13 Big Ten games this season. Record when opponent's top scorer is below season average: Record when opponent's top scorer is above season average: characteristic-of-late turnover mess at Minnesota. Last week ser ved as a key bounce -back from that frustration, espe - cially how Purdue responded with a thrashing against lowly Rutgers on the road and then a satisfying home victor y over Nebraska. And especially with what's still at stake. "I like the place we're in right now as a team in terms of our attitude, effort and also our understanding that there's games where it just doesn't go our way offensively — you miss some shots and might turn the basketball over — but our guys have been able to hang in there, stay connected and con - tinue to fight," Matt Painter said Monday. "It's an exciting time of year. We haven't been in this position the last couple years. It's been disappointing. It's been frus- trating. So for us, it's a welcome challenge. It's what you want to do. You want to be getting into late February, early March when you're playing your best bas- ketball. I think we've played our best basketball in these past three weeks." j Weekly Pic Tom Campbell Terry Dischinger's brief remarks to the Mackey Arena crowd during Sunday's halftime ceremony highlighted a special visit for the former Boilermaker All-America forward. He was recognized for having his No. 43 jersey placed in the rafters of Mackey. More on Dischinger, see Page 9. 2 losses 6 wins 2 losses 3 wins