Arkansas suffered its most disappointing loss of the young season in a major Thanksgiving Day matchup against Illinois. After digging themselves an 11-0 deficit within the first five minutes, the Hogs were never able to mount a full comeback – though they did bring the score back to single digits a couple of times in the second half – and eventually fell to the Fighting Illini by a score of 90-77.
Tomislav Ivisic, twin brother of Razorback big man Zvonimir Ivisic, won the battle of the 7-foot-2 Croatians, tallying 21 points and 10 rebounds compared to Big Z’s 13 and 6 for the Hogs.