Anton Gill (basketball)

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Anton Gill
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Al-Hashd
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League Iraqi Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1994-12-05) December 5, 1994 (age 29)
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019 Lakeland Magic
2019 Fraser Valley Bandits
2019 Reales de La Vega
2020 Koiviston Kipinä Basket
2021 Corsarios de Cartagena
2022–present Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi

Anton Gill (born December 5, 1994) is an American basketball player for Al-Hashd of the Iraqi Basketball League.

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High school career

Gill played three seasons at Ravenscroft School and led the team to a 78–14 record in that span. He was an AP first-team all-state selection as a junior. As a junior, he averaged 18.1 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game and led the team to the Class 3A North Carolina state championship. In the state title win, Gill finished with 14 points, six rebounds and two assists. [1] For his senior season, Gill transferred to Hargrave Military Academy. He averaged 28.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game to help lead Hargrave to a 38–8 record. Gill's senior season included two 50-point games, including a school-record 56 points in a contest. [2]

Gill was considered to be one of the top players in the class of 2013, as he was ranked 48th by ESPN and Scout, 50th by Rivals and 52nd by 247Sports. [3] [4] [5] Gill received offers from Charlotte, East Carolina, Louisville, Miami (FL), NC State, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and Xavier. On December 21, 2011, Gill verbally committed to Louisville. [3]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
NameHometownHigh school / collegeHeightWeightCommit date
Anton Gill
SG		 Raleigh, NC Hargrave Military Academy6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg)Dec 21, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 4 stars.svg     Rivals: 4 stars.svg     247Sports: 4 stars.svg
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 48, 11 (SG)   Rivals: 50, 13 (SG)   ESPN: 48, 10 (SG)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2013 Louisville Cardinals Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  • "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  • "ESPN – Louisville Cardinals Basketball Recruiting 2013". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  • "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.

College career

Gill saw limited action in his freshman season at Louisville, averaging 1.3 points in 5.7 minutes per game. He increased his averages to 2.5 points in 9.4 minutes per game as a sophomore and had a season-high 15 points against Florida International. Gill scored seven points in Louisville's Sweet Sixteen victory over NC State. After the season, Gill opted to transfer to Nebraska. [6]

After sitting out the 2015–16 season due to transfer rules, Gill appeared in 12 games (including one start) for the Huskers as a junior. On December 25, 2016, Gill suffered a ruptured patella tendon in his right knee during practice. The injury required surgery and ended Gill's season. [7] Nebraska coach Tim Miles said watching the injury sickened him. [2]

On December 20, 2017, Gill scored a career-high 21 points against UTSA, including a late eight points. [8] Gill averaged 8.1 points and 1.9 rebounds per game as a senior, shooting 37.8 percent from behind the arc. [9]

College statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2013–14 Louisville 2405.7.324.240.3330.70.20.20.01.3
2014–15 Louisville 3109.4.353.256.3680.80.50.50.12.5
2016–17 Nebraska 12117.3.271.276.6251.90.50.30.03.8
2017–18 Nebraska 311424.5.399.378.8291.91.10.50.18.1
Career971514.4.362.329.6251.30.60.40.14.2

Professional career

On October 23, 2018, Gill was included in the training camp roster of the Lakeland Magic. [10] In 2019, he signed with the Fraser Valley Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. [11] [12] Gill averaged 12.9 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game in eight games in the CEBL. He joined Reales de La Vega of the Dominican Liga Nacional de Baloncesto in October 2019 in the semifinals. In January 2020, Gill signed with Koiviston Kipinä Basket in Finland. [13] Gill played four games for Kipinä Basket before season was abruptly ended because of COVID-19. With Gill's lead Kipinä Basket won all those four games and topped their league. Gill averaged 44.3 points per game, including 47 points in 89–84 away win against league's second-placed team Joensuun Kataja II. [14] [15] Eventually Kipinä Basket got promoted as a best-ranked team in their division. [16]

In October 2021, Gill joined Corsarios de Cartagena, a team which made its debut in the Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano. [17] In five games he averaged 16.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game. On February 10, 2022, Gill signed with Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi of the Iraqi Basketball League. [18]

Personal life

Gill was born on December 5, 1994, in Raleigh, North Carolina, the son of Anton and Shauntell Gill. His father played basketball for East Carolina and was named to the first team All-Colonial Athletic Conference in 1995. Gill has two younger sisters, Ashley and Aliya. Gill majored in Communication Studies at Nebraska and was on the 2015 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men's Basketball team at Louisville. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Anton Gill Huskers 2017-18 Player Profile". Huskers.com. March 21, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Barfknecht, Lee (May 27, 2017). "Barfknecht: Anton Gill's journey worthy of a book, but next chapter must unfold on the court". Omaha World-Herald . Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Anton Gill – Basketball Recruiting". ESPN . Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Anton Gill". Rivals.com . Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Anton Gill". 247Sports.com . Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ Duber, Vinnie (May 5, 2015). "Louisville transfer, former four-star recruit Anton Gill joining Huskers". NBC Sports . Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Gill Suffers Season-Ending Knee Injury". Huskers.com. December 27, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  8. ↑ Barfknecht, Lee (January 11, 2018). "After a season cut short by injury, NU guard Anton Gill part of a productive bench". Omaha World-Herald . Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  9. ↑ Rezac, Tommy (June 20, 2018). "Former Husker Anton Gill working out with Charlotte Hornets before NBA Draft". Nebraska Radio Network. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  10. ↑ "LAKELAND MAGIC FINALIZE TRAINING CAMP ROSTER". osceola.gleague.nba.com. October 23, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ Lypka, Ben (May 9, 2019). "Fraser Valley Bandits fall in inaugural game". Chilliwack Progress . Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Anton Gill Basketball Profile". Eurobasket. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  13. ↑ Sulakoski, Miia (January 17, 2020). "Anton Gill vahvistamaan Kipinää". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Anton Gill Player Profile, Kipina Aanekoski, News, Stats – Eurobasket".
  15. ↑ (Kipinä Basket's report of Kataja II match in Finnish) https://sites.google.com/site/kipinarysivut/kausi-2019-20/katajabasketiivskipin%C3%A4-22-2-2020?authuser=0
  16. ↑ "Korisliigojen sarjalisenssit kaudelle 2020–21 myönnetty".
  17. ↑ Salazar, Ruben (October 4, 2021). "Corsarios de Cartagena con una gran nómina para sobresalir en la liga de básquetbol". Hablalo Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  18. ↑ Madwar, Ahmad (February 10, 2022). "Al-Hashd signs Anton Gill, ex Corsarios". Asiabasket. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
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