Killian Tillie (born March 5, 1998) is a French basketball player. He stands 6'9" (206 cm) tall and plays forward. Tillie joined Gonzaga University beginning in the 2016-17 season.
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Youth career
Tillie played basketball and volleyball until the age of 14, before choosing to focus on basketball. He started his basketball career in the youth setup at Cagnes Basket, when he was six years of age. He then moved to Stade Laurentin Basket, before joining the youth academy of Olympique d'Antibes in 2013. Prior to the 2014-15 season, he joined the INSEP academy.
Recruiting
In January 2015, Tillie was highlighted by ESPN among five of the best international players in the 2015 and 2016 classes with aspirations to play college basketball. He was drawing major interest from California at the time, and scouts were impressed with his terrific offensive rebounding, athleticism and high motor.
In August 2015, Tillie travelled to the United States and took official visits to Georgia Tech, Utah, and Gonzaga. Less than a week after his trip to Spokane, he verbally to committed to play college basketball at Gonzaga University, citing the Zags' "success with international players and because of the people that love basketball there." He signed with the Zags in the early signing period in November 2015.
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College career
He made his first appearance in a Gonzaga shirt on November 5, 2016, when scoring four points to go along with four rebounds, three assists, two blocked shots and two steals in twelve minutes of play against West Georgia. As a freshman during the 2016-17 season, Tillie appeared in 33 games, averaging 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in 12.3 minutes. He saw 14 minutes of action in the NCAA championship game against North Carolina, pulling down nine rebounds and scoring one point.
National team
Tillie helped the French under-16 National Team win the 2014 European Championships, averaging 14.3 points, 9.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.2 blocked shots and 1.2 steals a contest, while being recognized as the tournament MVP. He dropped in 25 points and grabbed 18 boards in the title game, a 78-53 win over hosting Latvia.
In the summer of 2015, Tillie competed in the FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships, where he teamed up with Bathiste Tchouaffe, Jules Rambaut, and Timothe Vergiat and represented France at the 2015 World Championship in Debrecen, Hungary, where they finished in third place with a 8-1 record. His team defeated USA, featuring fellow Gonzaga commit Zach Collins, in the quarter-finals, before losing to Argentina in the semifinals, and thumping Spain in the third-place game.
He competed for France in the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, averaging team-bests of 12.4 points and 8.7 rebounds a contest.
Personal
He is the son of Laurent Tillie, a former professional volleyball player and coach of the French national team, and Caroline Keulen-Tillie, a former professional volleyball player from the Netherlands. Killian's brothers are also professional athletes: Kim Tillie plays basketball, Kevin Tillie plays volleyball.
References
External links
- Gonzaga Bulldogs bio
Source of article : Wikipedia
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