Malcolm Hill (basketball)
| No. 21 – Illinois Fighting Illini | |
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | Big Ten Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 26, 1995 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Listed weight | 232 lb (105 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Belleville East (Belleville, Illinois) |
| College | Illinois (2013–present) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Malcolm Hill (born October 26, 1995) is an American college basketball player for the University of Illinois, where he is playing junior season for the 2015–16 team.
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High school career
Following his junior season in which he averaged 23.8 points and shot 44% from three-point range, Hill verbally committed to Illinois and former head coach Bruce Weber on September 12, 2011.[1] Prior to verbally committing, Hill listed Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio State, Providence, UCLA, Xavier, and Wisconsin as the other schools he had considered.[2]
During his senior season, Hill broke his previous single season scoring mark he set during his junior season increasing his scoring total from 666 points to 708 total points.[3] He averaged 25.3 points, 6.1 rebounds 2.3 steals and 1.9 blocks during his final year at Belleville, and also finished in third place for Mr. Illinois Basketball voting, finishing behind Simeon's Jabari Parker and Whitney Young's Jahlil Okafor.[4]
After head coach John Groce was hired on March 29, 2012, Hill reaffirmed his verbal commitment to Illinois, and officially signed his National Letter of Intent on November 14, 2012.[5][6]
| Name | Home town | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Malcolm Hill SG |
Belleville, Illinois | Belleville East (Illinois) | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Sep 12, 2011 | |
Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 86 |
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| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 72, 17 (SG) Rivals: 62, 13 (SG) ESPN: 66, 16 (SG) | ||||||
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College career
Hill made his first start, along with fellow freshman Kendrick Nunn, for the Fighting Illini on February 9, 2014, against Penn State, scoring 11 points and helping the team end an 8-game losing streak.[7][8] On January 7, 2015, Hill scored a career-high 28 points as a sophomore to lead the Fighting Illini to a win at home against 11th-ranked Maryland when Illinois' leading scorer Rayvonte Rice was sidelined with a broken hand.[9][10] As a junior, Hill was named one of ten finalists for the 2016 Jerry West Award which is awarded by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the best collegiate shooting guard in the United States.[11] In a double-overtime loss to Penn State at the end of the 2015–16 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Hill set another career high scoring 39 points. Hill's 39 points were the most since Brandon Paul scored 43 points against Ohio State in 2012 and the seventh most points scored by an Illini player in program history.[12]
College statistics
| Legend | |||||
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2013–14 | Illinois | 35 | 12 | 14.1 | 38.3 | 34.1 | 77.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.4 |
| 2014–15 | Illinois | 33 | 32 | 30.6 | 44.3 | 38.9 | 78.1 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.4 |
| 2015–16 | Illinois | 34 | 34 | 35.1 | 43.6 | 31.4 | 82.1 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 18.1 |
Updated: May 24, 2016
International career
In June 2015, Hill was among the 22 players who earned an invitation to the training camp for the 2015 U.S. Pan American Men's Basketball team at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Competition took place July 21-25 in Toronto, Canada, however Hill was not selected for the final roster.[13][14]
Personal life
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hill moved with his family to a nearby Metro East suburb Belleville, Illinois when he was four years old. Up until fifth grade, Hill also played soccer and baseball, but chose to focus on basketball. Hill's father, Malcolm, played NCAA Division II basketball for UMSL Tritons during the early 1990s.[15]
During the summer of 2012, Hill was diagnosed with Thoracic outlet syndrome, and underwent surgery to repair the blood clot in his upper right arm. Hill took several months to recover from the operation, however he made a full recovery.[15]
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