Oregon's offense struggled in Saturday's loss to Purdue, but coach Dana Altman also gave plenty of credit to the Boilermakers' defensive effort.

The Oregon Ducks hosted the Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday afternoon. It was a top-25 matchup in the Big Ten with the Ducks ranked No. 13 and the Boilermakers

The Ducks shot just 36% from the field in a 65-58 loss to No. 17 Purdue Saturday afternoon in front of an announced crowd of 12,364 at Matthew Knight Arena.

“Old building, really good basketball building,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said ... in scoring during their eight games away from Eugene, with Jackson Shelstad having done so three times ...

Defensively, the Ducks played tough. Oregon forced Purdue to go 2-12 from downtown and 19-56 from the field. However, the effective combo of Trey Kauffman-Renn and Braden Smith was enough to get Purdue the victory.

The No. 13 Oregon Ducks (15-3, 4-3) men's basketball team will host rival Washington Huskies (10-8, 1-6) on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 8 p.m. PT at the Matthew Knight

TJ Bamba scored 21 points and Brandon Angel had 15 as No. 15 Oregon defeated Washington 82-71. Supreme Cook added 13 points for the Ducks, who shot 51% from the field.

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The latest was a 65-58 defeat to then-No. 17 Purdue on Saturday. The Ducks went more than eight minutes without a point early in the second half, were outrebounded 12-5 on the offensive glass, shot a season-worst 36.0 percent from the field -- including 7 of 29 from 3-point range -- and committed 16 turnovers.

The Big Ten schedule is nearing the halfway point as January winds down. One team has separated itself at the top of the conference standings, but the league race is far from decided.

Oregon Ducks co-defensive coordinator Chris Hampton is being listed as a candidate for the Ohio State Buckeyes defensive coordinator job after Jim Knowles was hired away by the Penn State Nittany Lions and coach James Franklin.

A busy week in the Big Ten created significant volatility in the conference standings. However, those results did lead to significant movement at the bottom of the rankings. Minnesota (2-0), USC (1-0) and Ohio State (1-0) each made big jumps,