Malcolm Hill is an American college basketball player for the University of Illinois, where he is playing junior season for the 2015-2016 team
Education
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.
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. Prior to verbally committing, Hill listed Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio State, Providence, University of California, Los Angeles, Xavier, and Wisconsin as the other schools he had considered. 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.
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.
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. 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.
In a double-overtime loss to Penn State at the end of the 2015-2016 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.
In June 2015, Hill was among the 22 players who earned an invitation to the training camp for the 2015 United States. 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.