Climbing To The Top Of The Hill...
6/28/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Junior guard
Marcus Hill has scored in double-figures in 21
games this season, while leading the Hurricane in
scoring six times. He has 50 career double digit
scoring games.
? Hill totaled 14
points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in 20 minutes
against UNLV in the NCAA Tournament first round
game. He had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
against TCU in the WAC Tournament semifinals, and
added 13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals , 2 assists
and 2 blocks in the title game against Fresno
State. In the three WAC Tournament games, Hill
averaged 12.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists
and 2.0 steals.
? In the first meeting against SMU (2-3-00),
Hill had his second career double-double with 10
points and 10 rebounds. His previous
double-double was against San Diego State as a
freshman (1-3-98) with 10 points and 13 rebounds.
A game later, Hill had 13 points, 7 rebounds and
a game-high 8 assists against TCU in just 23
minutes.
? The games he has led
Tulsa in scoring this year include -- 16 points
vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, a team-high 19 points
and added 6 rebounds and 6 steals vs. Texas-San
Antonio, fell one shy of his career-high with a
team-best 22 points against UAB, 14 points
against ORU, 15 points vs. Delaware State and 16
points against San Jose State, while adding 4
rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
? Hill has led Tulsa
in assists in nine games, and steals five times.
His 8 assists vs. TCU (2-5-00) was a career-best,
as was his 6 steals against Texas-San Antonio. On
the season, Hill is shooting 43-percent from the
field and 34-percent from three-point range. He
added 7 assists vs. Georgia State.
? In three games at
the Puerto Rico Classic, Hill averaged 12.4
points and 4.0 rebounds while earning a spot on
the all-tournament team.
? Hill has a team-high
streak of 68 consecutive starts to his credit,
including all 33 games last year (just one of two
players to start every game last year) and all 35
contests this season. He also started two games
as a freshman to give him 70 career starts.
