Hill's Career & Season Game-By-Game Stats (PDF)

Career

• Second player in Illini history with career milestones of 1,800 points and 600 rebounds
• Third on UI career scoring list (1,846 points)
• Third on UI career free throws made (521) and attempted (655) lists
• 10th on UI career field goals made list (583)
• Ninth on UI career field goal attempts list (1,347)
• Seventh on UI career minutes played list (3,864)
• Seventh on UI career games played list (137)
• 10th on UI career starts list (113)

2016-17 Senior

• Second-team All-Big Ten (coaches and media)
• USBWA All-District V
• Tied for eighth nationally with 14 Game MVPs by KenPom
• Third in the Big Ten in scoring with an average of 17.2 points
• Total of 603 points ranks ninth on UI all-time single-season scoring list
• Scored in double figures in 32 of 35 games, with 13 games of 20+ points and two of 30+ points
• Illini's leading scorer in 22 games on the season
• Scored career-high 40 points vs. Northern Kentucky (Nov. 13), tied for the fifth-best single-game performance in school history
• Double-double vs. Northern Kentucky, adding a season-high 12 rebounds to his career-high 40 points
• Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (Nov. 14) following career-best performance vs. Northern Kentucky
• 32 points vs. IUPUI (Dec. 6)
• 29 points with career-high six 3-pointers in final game vs. Central Florida in NIT Quarterfinal (March 22)
• Improved 3-point shooter made 65 treys on the year compared to 37 last season
• Second on team in rebounding at 5.1 rpg
• Shot 78.4 percent from the free throw line (10th in B1G)
• Second in Big Ten with 160 made free throws (46th in NCAA)
• Third in Big Ten with 204 free throw attempts (55th in NCAA)
• Led team in steals, averaging 1.2 spg (9th in B1G)
• Led team in total assists with 102
• NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team
• Preseason Wooden Award Candidate
• Naismith Trophy Watch List
• Jerry West Award Watch List
• Senior CLASS Award Candidate
• Preseason All-Big Ten Team

2015-16 Junior

• Second-team All-Big Ten (coaches and media)
• USBWA All-District V
• NABC second-team All-District 7
• One of 10 finalists for Jerry West Award (nation's top shooting guard)
• First Illini ever to record 600 points, 200 rebounds and 100 assists in a single season
• Only Big Ten player to lead his team in scoring, rebounding and assists on the year
• Third in the Big Ten in scoring with an average of 18.1 points, the highest by an Illini since the 2002-03 season
• Total of 614 points ranked seventh on UI single-season scoring list
• Scored in double figures in 31 of 34 games, with 16 games of 20+ points and four of 30+ points
• Scored season-high 39 points at Penn State (March 6), the eighth-best single-game performance in school history
• Ninth in Big Ten in rebounding at 6.6 rpg
• Eight games with double-figure rebounds, led by career-high 14 boards in win at Rutgers (Feb. 3)
• Seven double-doubles on the season
• Shot 82.1 percent from the free throw line (eighth in B1G)
• Led Big Ten with 193 made free throws (18th in NCAA)
• Second in Big Ten with 235 free throw attempts (26th in NCAA)
• Free throw totals of 193 made and 235 attempted each rank second on Illini all-time single-season lists
• Averaged 3.3 assists (13th in B1G)
• Also led team in steals, averaging 1.2 spg
• Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (Dec. 21)
• Emerald Coast Classic All-Tournament Team
• Prior to the season, was one of 22 players selected to participate in U.S. Pan American Team Training Camp, July 7-12 in Colorado Springs

2014-15 Sophomore

• Honorable mention All-Big Ten selection by league coaches and media
• Second on the Illini in scoring at 14.4 ppg (14th in Big Ten)
• Averaged 15.1 points in conference games (10th in Big Ten)
• Scored in double figures 29 times
• Increased scoring by 10 points from 4.4 ppg as a freshman to 14.4 ppg as a sophomore
• Ranked ninth in the Big Ten with a .781 free throw percentage
• Third on team in rebounding at 4.8 rpg
• Season-high nine rebounds vs. Coppin State (Nov. 16)
• 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting vs. Austin Peay (Nov. 21)
• 17 points, including 11-of-12 from the free throw line, vs. Indiana State (Nov. 27)
• 17 points for second straight game in Las Vegas in win over Baylor in title game (Nov. 28)
• Las Vegas Invitational All-Tournament Team
• 20 points vs. No. 7 Villanova (Dec. 9) at Madison Square Garden
• 16 points and equaled season high of nine rebounds vs. Kennesaw State (Dec. 27)
• Team-high 19 points and seven rebounds at Michigan (Dec. 30)
• Season-high 28 points, including 4-of-7 from beyond the arc, in 39 minutes in win over No. 11 Maryland (Jan. 7)
• Game-high 18 points in win over Purdue (Jan. 21)
• Team-high 18 points at Minnesota (Jan. 24)
• Notched first game-winning basket as an Illini, making a layup with 4.4 seconds remaining vs. Penn State (Jan. 31) while finishing one shy of his season high with a game-high 27 points
• Big Ten Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 2) following performance vs. Penn State
• Game-high 19 points in win at Michigan State (Feb. 7)
• Team-high 17 points vs. Michigan State (Feb. 22)
• Game-high 22 points with six assists at Alabama in NIT First Round (March 17)

2013-14 Freshman

• Played in all 35 games, starting last 12
• Averaged 4.4 points and 2.4 rebounds on the season, with those averages increasing to 6.5 points and 2.9 rebounds as a starter
• Seven points and six rebounds in Illini debut vs. Alabama State (Nov. 8)
• Reached double figures for the first time with 10 points vs. Dartmouth (Dec. 10)
• Scored season-high 11 points in first career start in win at Penn State (Feb. 9)
• 10 points in win over Nebraska (Feb. 26)
• Hit two threes and entered double figures with 10 points and five rebounds in win at No. 18 Michigan State (March 1)
• Had eight points in back-to-back Big Ten Tournament games vs. Indiana (March 13) and Michigan (March 14)
• Notched 10 points and season-high eight rebounds at Boston U in NIT First-Round win (March 19)
• Made nine of his final 15 three-point attempts on the year

High School

• Consensus national top-75 recruit averaged 25.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.9 blocks as a senior
• Finished third in voting for Illinois Mr. Basketball
• First-team All-State by the Associated Press, Champaign News Gazette and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association
• Second-team All-State by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Player of the Year and first-team All-Metro
• Belleville News-Democrat Player of the Year
• Belleville East’s all-time leading scorer with 2,067 career points
• Set school single-season scoring record with 708 points, breaking his own record set as a junior (666 points)
• Selected to play in the IBCA All-Star Game, scoring a game-high 23 points for the 3A/4A South squad
• Ranked No. 70 on the recruiting services consensus index
• Ranked No. 62 nationally by Rivals, No. 66 by ESPN and No. 72 by Scout
• Averaged 21.3 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.5 blocks as a junior
• First-team All-State by AP, News-Gazette and IBCA, second-team All-State by Tribune and Sun-Times, first-team All-Metro by Post-Dispatch and Player of the Year by News-Democrat as a junior
• Scored career-high 43 points versus Granite City (Feb. 24, 2012)
• High school coach was Abel Schrader
• Played for the Southwestern Illinois Jets AAU program, coached by Patrick Smith

Personal

• Born Oct. 26, 1995
• Majoring in media and cinema studies
• Parents are Malcolm and Machanda and Hill
• Father played Div. II college basketball at Missouri-St. Louis
• Has two younger brothers, Clayton and Anderson, and a younger sister, Paige