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2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster

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23 Jeremiah Tilmon

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown East St. Louis, Ill.
  • High School East St. Louis HS

Biography

HONORS:

  • SEC Player of the Week (Dec. 23).

2019-20 (JUNIOR, Mizzou)

  • Appeared in just 17 games while dealing with a foot injury.
  • After playing at Kentucky on Jan. 4, was sidelined with injury before attempting a return at Texas A&M on Feb. 4, but was shutdown again until getting back in the lineup on Feb. 26.
  • Despite playing in just 17 games, led Mizzou in blocked shots with 21 in 2019-20.
  • Shot 58.9 percent as a junior and is now shooting 56 percent for his career, which is on pace to put him at fourth place on Mizzou’s all-time career field goal percentage list.
  • With 79 blocks, is one block shy of becoming the 11th player in program history with 80 career blocks and is on pace to be just the 10th Tiger to post blocks per game average of 1.0 or higher over an entire career.
  • Averaged 8.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per contests, making 11 starts with the Tigers going 7-4 in those outings.
  • Scored in double figures six times and recorded at least one block in 14 of his 17 games.
  • Was named to the 2019 Preseason Second Team All-SEC (Coaches) and 2019-20 Kareem Abdul-Jabaar Center of the Year Award Watch List.
  • Posted 12 points and seven boards at Ole Miss (March 4) and 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting in the season finale vs. Alabama (March 7).
  • Scored seven points & had a pair of dimes vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 29).
  • Returned from injury to post two points, two boards and a block in nine minutes at Vanderbilt (Feb. 26).
  • Tallied nine points and five boards in a road win at Temple (Dec. 7).
  • Posted 15 points and a season-best nine boards vs. Charleston So. (Dec. 3).
  • Scored 13 points on 5-of-8 FGs vs. Butler (Nov. 25).
  • Hit 6-of-7 from the field and finished with a season-high 16 points in 26 dominant minutes vs. Wofford (Nov. 18).
  • Shot 4-of-5 from the field, and tallied two blocks, eight points and four rebounds at No. 21 Xavier (Nov. 12).
  • Posted 13 points on a sizzling 5-of-6 clip, with two blocks and five boards vs. Northern Kentucky (Nov. 8).
  • Was dominant in Mizzou's season-opening win over Incarnate Word, finishing with 16 points, seven boards and a career-high five blocks, the most blocks in a game for any Tiger during the 2019-20 season (Nov. 6).

2018-19 (SOPHOMORE, Mizzou):

  • Played in 31 games and started 30 of them as a sophomore.
  • Averaged 10.1 points and 5.9 rebounds, finishing with 314 total points, 183 rebounds, a team-high 25 blocked shots and 17 steals in 24.2 minutes per game.
  • Shot a blistering 54.5-percent from the field (126-of-231), which is the highest field goal percentage of any SEC player returning in 2019-20.
  • Became just the second Tiger in the past three decades to shoot above 54 percent in back-to-back seasons, joining Ricardo Ratliffe (min. 150 attempts).
  • The 54.5-percent clip was the ninth-best field goal percentage by a Mizzou sophomore in a campaign in program history.
  • His 25 blocked shots were the sixth most by a sophomore in a season in program history, tying Doug Smith and Jevon Crudup.
  • Of his 183 rebounds, 74 were on the offensive glass, becoming the third Tiger since 2009 to grab at east 74 offensive boards as a sophomore and the ninth Tiger in that span overall.
  • Reached double figures 15 times with Mizzou posting a 10-5 record in those games.
  • Grabbed at least five rebounds in 23 of 31 games and at least seven boards in 12 outings.
  • Posted four double-doubles as a sophomore and now has six through two campaigns.
  • Scored 16 points on 8-of-14 in the season-opening win over Central Arkansas (Nov. 6).
  • Grabbed 12 points and nine rebounds in a victory over Kennesaw State (Nov. 16).
  • Secured his first double-double of the campaign with 14 points and 10 boards vs. Temple (Nov. 27).
  • Had 10 points, including a dazzling spin move and finish over 7-foot-6 center Tacko Fall in a win over UCF (Dec. 2).
  • Followed a career-high 23 points and 12 rebounds in a dominant outing against Xavier (Dec. 18).
  • Finished with 16 points and 12 boards to post a second straight double-double vs. Illinois (Dec. 22).
  • Was named SEC Player of the Week for the first time in his career on Dec. 23.
  • Led Mizzou with 14 points and six rebounds in a victory at Texas A&M (Jan. 19).
  • Averaged 16.3 points and 6.3 rebounds while shooting 64.3 percent from the floor in a three-game stretch against LSU, Auburn and Vanderbilt (15 pts. vs. LSU, 15 pts. vs. Auburn, 19 pts. vs. Vandy).
  • Went 8-for-11 from the field and finished with 21 points and a career-high three blocked shots vs. Arkansas and eventual NBA Draft selection Daniel Gafford (Feb. 12).
  • Posted 11 points and six boards in 22 minutes at Mississippi State (Feb. 26).
  • Chipped in 11 points and seven rebounds in the home finale vs. Ole Miss (March 9).

2017-18 (FRESHMAN, Mizzou):

  • Joined All-SEC senior guard Kassius Robertson as only Tigers to start all 33 games in 2017-18.
  • Averaged 8.2 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting team-high 56.4 percent from the field.
  • Tallied season-best 18 points in the win vs. Arkansas (March 3) with eight rebounds and a block.
  • Registered second double-double with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 20).
  • Conference season-high 14 points in the win vs. No. 21 Texas A&M (Feb. 13), aided by six-for-nine effort from the charity stripe.
  • Sank 12-straight field goal attempts between Mizzou’s trip to Mississippi State (Jan. 27) and the Kentucky (Feb. 3) victory.
  • Dominant in win at Alabama, scoring 12 points, on six-of-six shooting from the floor, in just 14 minutes of work.
  • His 33 rejections on season ranked second on squad and stand as fourth-most ever for a Mizzou freshman.
  • Career-high 32 minutes in the Braggin’ Rights Game vs. Illinois with seven points, seven rebounds and the first two steals of his career.
  • Registered five-straight double-figure scoring games from Nov. 30-Dec. 19, averaging 11.6 points in that span.
  • Mizzou was 11-1 on the season when he registered a double-digit scoring game.
  • First career double-double with 12 points and a then-career-high 11 rebounds in the win over Green Bay (Dec. 9).
  • Totaled 13 points in 19 minutes vs. Emporia State (Nov. 20) with three blocks.
  • Efficient debut as a Tiger, scoring 14 points and grabbing seven rebounds, in Mizzou’s win over Iowa State (Nov. 10).
  • His 14-point outing vs. Iowa State rank as the ninth-most points scored by any Mizzou freshman in their Tiger debut.
  • Grabbed five or more rebounds 15 times on season.

HIGH SCHOOL:

  • Considered a Top 50 recruit nationally by ESPN, Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247 Sports.
  • Averaged 15.3 points, 11.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game for East St. Louis High School as a senior in 2016-17.
  • Earned first-team All-State recognition from both the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and Associated Press following his final high school campaign.
  • Played one season at The La Lumiere School, a preparatory academy in La Porte, Ind., and averaged 13.2 points and 8.2 rebounds.
  • Helped lead the Lakers to the championship game of the DICK’S Sporting Goods High School Nationals.
  • Averaged 9.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game en route to Illinois Class 4A All-State Honorable Mention recognition from the Associated Press as a sophomore in 2014-15 at East St. Louis High School.
  • Consistent shot-altering presence for his Flyers career, averaging 3.5 blocks per game in three seasons.

PERSONAL:

  • The son of April Lewis and Jeremiah Tilmon, Sr., was born Nov. 25, 1998.
  • Career plan is join his family's real estate investment business.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2017-18Freshman

    Forward
    6'10" 252 lbs
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    2018-19Sophomore

    Forward
    6'10" 252 lbs
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    2019-20Junior

    Forward
    6'10" 260 lbs
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    2020-21Senior

    Forward
    6'10" 260 lbs
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