After soaring to No. 19 in the AP Top 25 rankings last week, Iowa will surely fall after back-to-back losses.
The Hawkeyes were back at Carver-Hawkeye Arena for a chance to get right and get a big win over No. 16 Illinois, but another slow start doomed their chances.
Iowa has started poorly in back-to-back games and has not been able to crawl out of the early hole it has dug.
The Illini led 58-41 with a little over 11 minutes to play, until Iowa rallied to go down only four with two minutes left.