Illinois' Tisdale shares Big Ten honors

Illinois center Mike Tisdale shared Big Ten player of the week honors this week with Purdue guard E'Twaun Moore.

Tisdale is a 7-foot-1 sophomore who was named MVP at the South Padre Invitational. The Illini (6-0) won the Thanksgiving-weekend tournament with victories over Kent State and Tulsa.

Tisdale had a career-high 20 points against Kent State and 12 against Tulsa.

Moore averaged 20.5 points a game in the semifinal and final of the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off. The 10th-ranked Boilermakers lost the final to No. 11 Oklahoma.

Purdue is 5-1.