Illinois freshman forward Morez Johnson Jr. dunks over Northwestern center Keenan Fitzmorris on Sunday. Johnson produced 15 ...

The Illini crashed the boards and hit the floor to scrap their way to an 83-74 win over the Wildcats in Champaign ...

Northwestern did heat up offensively late in the second half, but dug itself too deep a hole with its poor first-half ...

Tomislav Ivisic is out with mono, and now Brad Underwood and Illinois will have to go on without him for a while.

No. 17 Illinois takes on the Northwestern Wildcats after Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points in Illinois' 91-70 loss to the Maryland Terrapins.

But the news delivered by coach Brad Underwood in his Saturday press conference suggests the Illini may still be in the thick of it: Ivisic, initially thought to be suffering from strep throat, has ...