The Ivisic problem isn't going away any time soon – he has missed two games with mononucleosis, a "confounding matter" for an athlete, according to the National Institutes of Health

Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic will miss his second game against Northwestern due to mononucleosis, following his absence in the Maryland game.

Northwestern did heat up offensively late in the second half, but dug itself too deep a hole with its poor first-half shooting. Illinois was able to maintain roughly a 20-point le