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A plaster sculpture by Malcolm Hill / Photography by Manolo Yllera

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Mississippi man charged with capital murder wrongly freed, caught in Foley, Alabama

Authorities in Mississippi say a man charged with murder was mistakenly free for days due to a clerical error.

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi say a man charged with murder was mistakenly free for days due to a clerical error.

The Commercial Dispatch reports 26-year-old Malcolm Hill was found Foley, Alabama, five days after being released from a detention center in Columbus. A Lowndes County sheriff’s statement issued Monday says Hill was back at the center Saturday, and the employee…

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Hotshots replace import Cinmeon Bowers with Malcolm Hill

Cinmeon Bowers. PBA IMAGES Star is leaving no stone unturned this 2017 PBA Governors’ Cup as the team decided to replace Cinmeon Bowers with Malcolm Hill on Monday. Coach Chito Victolero confirmed the news as the Hotshots are set to parade the 21-year-old Hill after just one game with Bowers. “Yes, nagpalit na po kami (Yes, we’ve already changed our imports.),” the soft-spoken mentor in Filipino when asked if the development was indeed true. Bowers posted 15 points, eight rebounds, and five assists in Star’s 103-86 victory over Blackwater on Sunday but left a lot of pundits unimpressed with his style of play, with the most notable being his lackluster showing in the team’s tuneup game against Ginebra in the offseason. Hill, meanwhile, went undrafted in the 2017 NBA Draft after four years in Illinois. He averaged a team-best 17.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.2 steals in his senior year with the Fighting Illini. Hill last played with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the recently concluded Orlando Summer League. He will make his debut for the Hotshots in their next game against Alaska on Friday at Ynares Center in Antipolo. Written by: Randolph B. Leongson The post Hotshots replace import Cinmeon Bowers with Malcolm Hill appeared first on Philippine Basketball Association. http://j.mp/2gWqCE2

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Hill epitomizes Illinois basketball’s improvement

by Sean Neumann | The Daily Illini | November 19, 2014

It’s no secret Illinois basketball’s biggest strength is its depth.

The Illini have already had players hit double-digit scoring 10 times in its first two wins — none more noticeable than sophomore forward Malcolm Hill, who did so in both games.

Sunday’s performance impressed Illinois coach John Groce after a 80-71 win over Georgia Southern Friday.

“If you have 24 assists on 41 field goals, you’re really being unselfish and moving and sharing the ball,” Groce said after Sunday’s 114-56 win. “Tonight’s story was the defense and the way the guys in our locker room responded to our film session.”

One of the guys Groce was particularly hard on was Hill.

The sophomore turned the ball over three times Friday night, shooting 33.3 percent with four missed shots.

“I told him I felt like someone jumped in his body Friday night that wasn’t him,” Groce said. “I want him to compete.”

Sunday night was different. Hill shot 66.6 percent and racked up 13 points in Illinois’ 58-point win.

“I just love the way they responded,” Groce said. “We have a competitive group, and they have a lot of pride.”

So competitive that Hill called himself out during the press conference and said that he played too soft during the win over Georgia Southern.

“I was more physical and aggressive,” Hill said about his change in performance and attitude. “I really just focused on playing hard on the defense end and getting a lot of rebounds.”

And Hill got a lot of rebounds. He brought down nine rebounds to bring his team-leading total to 16. After two games, the sophomore nearly has 20 percent of the 85 total rebounds he had in 35 games last season.

While Hill is tied for seventh in the Big Ten in rebounds per game early on, the Illini have quickly dropped to 12th in the conference, allowing opponents 38 rebounds per game.

Hill said the team came into the season opener with a cocky attitude after a 29-point exhibition win over Quincy the weekend before. 

Illini players caught themselves walking around the court and not getting ready in set defensive positions.

“I think we had the ‘too-cool’ mindset,” Hill said. “We were feeling ourselves a little bit, and we have to get out of that funk. We can have that sometimes.”

Groce has tried to start breaking the Illini out of the “too-cool” mindset. His attempts even goes as far as not letting the players text on their phones when they go out to eat.

Hill said the Illini coach often tells them, “talking is cool” to get them to talk more. 

Groce has held up Nnanna Egwu as the most vocal player on the team. However, Egwu has been quiet on the stat sheet in the team’s first two games.

The senior has just three rebounds in 45 minutes this season, causing a need for players like Hill to step up until Egwu gets into the rhythm and begins producing like he’s expected to in his final year with Illinois.

When players aren’t performing at the level Groce expects them to be at, it’s easy to tell. Whether the coach is screaming,

kicking or slamming something down along the sidelines, his feelings are clear.

Hill said Groce’s tendency to yell at players in order to teach them lessons initially bothered him his freshman season.

“That was probably because I was a little more immature last year,” Hill said. “I’ve got a year under my belt this year, so I expect him to expect a lot out of me and help other guys.”

But Hill doesn’t want Groce’s voice out of his ears in his second season.

“I think it’s a good thing,” Hill said. “If I’m not getting yelled at, that probably means they don’t expect a lot out of me.”

Sean can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @neumannthehuman.