Mark Tillmon
{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Mark Tillmon
| image =
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| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|02|11}}
| birth_place = Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
| high_school = Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.)
| college = Georgetown (1986–1990)
| draft_year = 1990
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| career_end =
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| career_position = Guard
| years1 = 1990–1991
| team1 = Quad City Thunder
| years2 = 1991
| team2 = San Jose Jammers
| years3 = 1991–1992
| team3 = Bakersfield Jammers
| years4 = 1992
| team4 = Albany Patroons
| years5 = 1992–1993
| team5 = Elosúa León
| years6 = 1993–1994
| team6 = Yakima Sun Kings
| years7 = 1994–1995
| team7 = Rapid City Thrillers
| highlights =
- First-team All-Big East (1990)
- Big East All-Freshman Team (1987)
- AP honorable mention All-American (1990)
- McDonald's All-American (1986)
- Fourth-team Parade All-American (1986)
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}}
Mark Anthony Tillmon (born February 11, 1968) is an American former basketball professional player.
High school career
Tillmon was born in Little Rock, Arkansas but attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/m_tillmon.htm |title=Georgetown Basketball History: The Top 100 - 18. Mark Tillmon |access-date=2018-07-31 |archive-date=2014-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707233830/http://www.hoyabasketball.com/features/top100/m_tillmon.htm |url-status=dead }} where he was a teammate of Perry Carter, another highly recruited player.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1986/05/13/star-basketball-player-wont-return-to-gonzaga/2f505ba3-9a2f-466d-967b-8794356f61f2/?noredirect=on|title=Star Basketball Player Won't Return to Gonzaga|author=Huff, Donald|date=May 13, 1986|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Tillmon had a successful career at Gonzaga, being regarded as one of the best guards of his class.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1986/04/05/capital-classic-firsts-3-pointer-shot-clock/964c5921-eab5-4bc3-a2a2-e706e2917355/|title=Capital Classic Firsts: 3-Pointer, Shot Clock|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 5, 1986|author=Huff, Donald}}[http://www.hoopscooponline.com/members/top100classof1986.html HOOP SCOOP'S FINAL RANKING OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 SENIORS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123948/http://www.hoopscooponline.com/members/top100classof1986.html |date=2018-07-31 }}, Hoop Scoop. He averaged 22.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists during his senior year,{{Cite news|title=Bob Gibbons' All-Star Sports 1986 High School All-American Team|publisher=The Cats' Pause|date=May 24, 1986|page=2}} he was selected to the Parade All-America fourth team and was named a McDonald's All-American.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/content/aag/en/MediaCenter/2015/background-materials/2014-retrospective/_jcr_content/featuredcontent/everything/file.res/2014%20Retrospective%20FINAL.pdf |title=A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN® GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST |access-date=2018-07-31 |archive-date=2018-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117012021/http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/content/aag/en/MediaCenter/2015/background-materials/2014-retrospective/_jcr_content/featuredcontent/everything/file.res/2014%20Retrospective%20FINAL.pdf |url-status=dead }} In the 1986 McDonald's All-American Boys Game he did not score, going 0/3 from the field and 0/1 from the free throw line.{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091446/https://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/dam/allamerican/pdfs/2014Game.pdf|url=https://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/dam/allamerican/pdfs/2014Game.pdf|title=The Next 48 are up|archive-date=January 30, 2018|access-date=April 10, 2020}} 1987 game and rosters at page 72. He also played in the Capital Classic, another high school All-Star game, where he had a much better performance, scoring 18 points shooting 9/16.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1986/04/06/national-all-stars-overcome-reids-29-capture-classic/6d9295cb-7581-42c3-939e-6580898c70c0/|title=National All-Stars Overcome Reid's 29, Capture Classic|date=April 6, 1986|author=Huff, Donald|newspaper=The Washington Post}} He was considered a reliable scorer with good playmaking skills.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/02/14/catch-a-shooting-star-on-the-rise/b4b806ea-b022-448c-9d4b-9f2c2662ddb8/|title=Catch a Shooting Star on the Rise|author=Cress, Doug|date=February 14, 1986|newspaper=The Washington Post}}
College career
Tillmon was undecided about his college choice until April; he later committed to Georgetown. During his first year of college Tillmon earned a starting spot on the team, playing 33 games and starting 25 of them. He finished as the third top scorer of his team and was selected in the All-Big East Freshman Team at the end of the 1986–87 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400 |title=2008-09 Big East Media Guide |accessdate=2009-05-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428211249/http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400 |archivedate=2009-04-28 |url-status=dead |page=141}} He had struggled with his shooting during his freshman year, but his second season saw improved percentages, especially in his 3-point shooting, where he went from .311 to .402. His scoring average also improved, and Tillmon was the second best scorer behind Charles Smith. In his junior year Tillmon lost his spot to Jaren Jackson, who became the starting shooting guard for the Georgetown 1988–89 season: Tillmon's minutes dropped to 18.9 per game, being Jackson's backup.
His senior year of college was his best. He started all the games and saw career highs in all statistical categories, especially his scoring: with 19.8 points per game he was the primary offensive threat of that year's Georgetown team. At the end of the season he was in the All-Big East First Team and he was also named an NCAA All-American Honorable Mention.
=College statistics=
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 1986–87
| align="left" | Georgetown
| 33 || 25 || 21.1 || .390 || .311 || .612 || 2.7 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 9.2
|-
| align="left" | 1987–88
| align="left" | Georgetown
| 30 || 24 || 24.3 || .471 || .402 || .594 || 3.1 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 13.8
|-
| align="left" | 1988–89
| align="left" | Georgetown
| 32 || 3 || 18.9 || .437 || .338 || .662 || 2.3 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 8.3
|-
| align="left" | 1989–90
| align="left" | Georgetown
| 31 || 31 || 31.0 || .471 || .431 || .737 || 4.1 || 1.4 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 19.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 126 || 83 || 23.7 || .447 || .382 || .667 || 3.0 || 1.4 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 12.7
|-
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Professional career
Tillmon was automatically eligible for the 1990 NBA draft, but he went undrafted. After the draft he joined the Utah Jazz as a free agent for the preseason, but he was the last player to be cut and he did not make the final roster.{{Cite news|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/129314/TOOLSON-MUNK-EACH-POSSESS-SOMETHING-THE-NBAS-BIG-ON.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123700/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/129314/TOOLSON-MUNK-EACH-POSSESS-SOMETHING-THE-NBAS-BIG-ON.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2018|title=TOOLSON, MUNK EACH POSSESS SOMETHING THE NBA'S BIG ON|publisher=Deseret News|date=October 27, 1990|author=Rock, Brad}} Tillmon was drafted with the 30th overall pick in the 1990 CBA Draft by the Quad City Thunder. He played 9 games for the Thunder, and then transferred to the San Jose Jammers where he played for the remained of the season. He played the first part of the 1991–92 CBA season with the Bakersfield Jammers, but the team was disbanded in the middle of the season and Tillmon transferred to the Albany Patroons where he played the remaining games.
In 1992 he signed with Liga ACB team Elosúa León where he played a whole season, starting 19 of the 22 games he played averaging 14.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.acb.com/stsacumjug.php?cod_jugador=APX Liga ACB stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123510/http://www.acb.com/stsacumjug.php?cod_jugador=APX |date=2018-07-31 }} Elosúa León replaced Tillmon with Michael Anderson in January 1993, and after the European experience Tillmon decided to return in the United States, playing two more seasons in the CBA before retiring.
References
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External links
- [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Mark-Tillmon/Summary/71679 Profile at RealGM.com]
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mark-tillmon-1.html Stats at Sports-Reference.com]
- {{in lang|es}} [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=APX Spanish league stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123508/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=APX |date=2018-07-31 }}
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