Awards
• 2021 WAC All-Tournament Team
• 2019 Pac-12 Conference Sixth Man of the Year
2021-22 (Senior) | Received a sixth year of eligibility and retained his classification from the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic...A fan favorite and one of the team's holdovers from the previous season, ended his collegiate career as a conference champion among other things...Took part in 21 of NM State's 34 games while making seven appearances in the starting lineup...Averaged 6.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 19.4 minutes per game...Racked up 10 or more points in four of his first five games of the season...Poured in a season-high 23 points on a 10-of-15 night from the field in a neutral-site win over Indiana State at the Myrtle Beach Invitational (Nov. 21)...Also passed out a season-high three assists and hit a season-best three three-pointers in that win over Indiana State...Logged a season-high 32 minutes and grabbed a season-best nine rebounds in that time during a WAC loss at Chicago State (Feb. 26)...Missed the final five games of the season due to a foot injury...Helped NM State capture its fourth WAC regular-season title in the last five seasons...Helped NM State claim the WAC Tournament championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament...Helped NM State win its first NCAA Tournament game since 1993 with a 70-63 first-round win over #21/21 and fifth-seeded UConn (March 17).
2020-21 (Senior) | Did not take long to make the transition from newcomer to full-fledged star for NM State in his inaugural season in Las Cruces...Played in 18 of the Aggies' 20 games and made 15 appearances in the starting lineup...Averaged 11.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 24.9 minutes per game...Ranked second on the team in scoring and second in rebounding...Concluded the year with shooting splits of .458/.289/.763...In his first showing in an Aggie uniform, went for 15 points, four rebounds and a blocked shot in 29 minutes during a non-conference victory at Arizona Christian (Nov. 29)...Racked up a season-high two steals on three occasions, the first of which came in a non-conference victory over Benedictine Mesa (Dec. 1)...Turned in his first - and only - double-double of the season by amassing 10 points to go along with a game and career-high 17 rebounds during a non-conference loss at CSUN where he also played a season-high 35 minutes (Dec. 28)...Passed out a season-high four assists in a WAC setback to California Baptist (Feb. 5)...Hoisted up a season-high 14 field goal attempts twice, the last occurrance coming in a WAC victory at Dixie State where he finished with 22 points (March 6)...Posted a pair of 20-point performance, the last of which came in a WAC Tournament semifinal game win over Utah Valley where he finished with a season-high 23 points on a 6-of-8 effort from the field which included a 3-of-5 showing from long range (March 12).
2019-20 (UNLV) | Headed back to the same city where he played his prep basketball in order to play for UNLV...Averaged 10.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists while playing in 25 of the Runnin' Rebels' 32 contests...No UNLV player spent more time at the free throw line than Tillman who went 88-of-117 (.752) from that distance...Generated shooting splits of .375/.292/.752 and posted 13 games of 10 or more points...Started 10 his first 11 games...Pumped in a career-high 28 points in a double-overtime Mountain West victory at Fresno State (12/4).
2018-19 (Utah) | Earned the Pac-12 Conference's Sixth Man of the Year Award...Started 15 of his 31 games played, he ranked third on the team in scoring with 10.5 points per game...Shot 43.9 percent from the field, 36.1 percent from 3-point range and 78.6 percent from the free-throw line...Was second on the team with 163 rebounds (5.3 rpg) and he registered 18 double-digit scoring games, including a career-high 22 points at Arizona State...Had a career-high 11 rebounds at Washington State...Utah finished third in the Pac-12 standings.
2017-18 (Utah) | Played in 28 games, averaging 20.3 minutes per contest and ranking fifth on the team in scoring with 7.8 ppg...Scored in double digits in 11 games, including a then-career-high 20 points at Butler...The team finished third in the Pac-12 standings and lost in the championship game of the NIT.
High School | Graduated from Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada, in 2017...Played three seasons for the Pilots, averaging 14.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as a senior...Shot 65 percent from the field...A four-star recruit by ESPN.com, he helped guide Findlay to a 33-4 record and an appearance in the national tournament's semifinals.
Personal | Born Donnie Jamal Tillman Aug. 3, 1999, in Detroit, Michigan...Son of Johnnie Tillman and Donna Holmes...Has three brothers...Is an avid reader and enjoys writing...Is interested in becoming an author ... After his playing days are over, would like to become a clinical psychologist or sports scientist...Credits his mother as his biggest influence because she has showed great resilience and love through her battle with grand mal seizures.
