April 21, 2004

Jamaica, N.Y - St. John's University sophomore basketball star Daryll Hill has been named to the 2003-04 All-Met Division I Third Team, which was announced today. Hill, in his first season with St. John's lived up to his nickname " Showtime", with his impressive performance on the court, especially down the stretch.

Despite St. John's finishing the season with a 6-21 overall record and a 1-15 mark in the BIG EAST, Hill ranked among the BIG EAST leaders in four different statistical categories.

Hill finished the season averaging a team-high 14.8 points, which ranked 17th in the BIG EAST. He connected on 38.1 percent of his field goals (152-of-399), which ranked 15th in the league. Hill also ranked among the league leaders in assists, handing out 3.74 per game (10th in the league), and steals, grabbing 1.63 per game (tied for 13th in the league).

In BIG EAST games only, Hill was among the dominant players in the league. He averaged 18.2 points per game in BIG EAST games, which ranked seventh in the league. Hill also handed out 4.63 assists in 16 conference games, ranking sixth in the league in that category. In addition, Hill was 14th in the league, hitting 74.2 percent of his free throws (49-of-66).

Hill scored in double figures in 20 of the Red Storm's 27 games, and had eight 20-point games. In his last seven games of the season, Hill averaged 23.4 points per game. Hill is the first St. John's player to score at least 20 points in a game in seven-straight since Zendon Hamilton did so in 11 games, the last nine of the 1995-96 season, and the first two of the 1996-97 season.

He finished the season with 400 points, tying him with Malik Sealy for the fifth-most points by a freshman eligible player in St. John's history. Erick Barkley scored 500 points as a freshman to set the mark; Felipe Lopez and Chris Mullin each scored 498 points in their first season, while Reggie Carter (1975-76) tallied 423 points.