Anthony Montrel Hilliard (born June 28, 1986) is an American professional
basketball
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player.
College career
Hilliard played four years of college basketball for the
Elizabeth City State Vikings
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between 2005 and 2009, where he was named the CIAA Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009.
Professional career
Hilliard played his first two professional seasons in Belgium for Verviers-Pepinster (2009–10) and
Okapi Aalstar
Okapi Aalst is a Belgian professional basketball club from Aalst, Belgium. The club competes in the top tier BNXT League and plays its home games in the Okapi Forum, which has a seating capacity of 2,800 people.
Okapi is a long-time participant ...
(2010–11). In 2011–12, he played in Germany for the
Artland Dragons
QTSV Quakenbrück, widely known as Artland Dragons is a professional basketball club based in Quakenbrück, Germany. The club's home arena is the Artland Arena, which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. From 2003 till 2015 the club played in the B ...
. Between 2012 and 2014, he played in France for
Antibes Sharks
Olympique Antibes, in full ''Olympique d'Antibes Juan-les-Pins'' and branded as Antibes Sharks, is a basketball club from the city of Antibes, France. Established in 1933, the club's men's senior team currently plays in LNB Pro B, the French secon ...
. He then played in Finland for
Bisons Loimaa
LoKoKo Bisons Loimaa is a Finland, Finnish professional basketball club that is based in Loimaa.
History
The club was established in 1964 as Loimaan Korikonkarit. The team was renamed Bisons after it was promoted to the Korisliiga in 2011. The ...
in 2014–15 and in Belarus for Tsmoki-Minsk in 2015–16. He won a championship in 2016 in the Belarus Premier League.
Hilliard started the 2016–17 season in Israel for
Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Maccabi Rishon LeZion is a sport club in Rishon LeZion, Israel.
The professional teams associated with it include:
*Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball)
*Maccabi Rishon LeZion (handball)
* Maccabi Rishon LeZion (badminton)
There was also a footb ...
before joining
Enisey
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Rising in Mungaragiyn-gol in Mongolia, it follows a northerly course through Lake Baikal and the Krasnoyarsk Dam be ...
in January 2017. He continued with Enisey for the 2017–18 season. He returned to France for the 2018–19 season to play for
Le Portel
Le Portel (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France about southwest of Boulogne town centre.
History
Le Portel translates as "the little port." The origi ...
.
On August 27, 2019, Hilliard signed with
Champville SC
CS Maristes, formerly known as Champville Club SC (), is a Lebanese basketball team from Dik El Mehdi, Lebanon. The team competes in the Lebanese Basketball League.
Since its establishment in 1967, the team has been affiliated with the Collà ...
in the
Lebanese Basketball League
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. In January 2020, he moved to Portugal to play for Benfica.
In February 2021, Hilliard returned to Finland to play out the 2020–21 season with Kauhajoki Karhu. For the 2021–22 season, he played for
MalvÃn
MalvÃn is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Location
MalvÃn borders Buceo to the west, MalvÃn Norte and Las Canteras to the north, Punta Gorda to the east and the coastline to the south.
Economy
The coastal a ...
of the
Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol
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(LUB) in Uruguay.
On May 20, 2022, Hilliard signed with the
Taranaki Airs
The Taranaki Airs are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in New Plymouth. The Airs compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at TSB Stadium. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Steelform ...
for the rest of the
2022 New Zealand NBL season
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. In 15 games, he averaged 26.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game.
Hilliard returned to MalvÃn in Uruguay for the 2022–23 season. He re-joined the Taranaki Airs for the
2023 New Zealand NBL season
The 2023 NBL season was the 42nd season of the National Basketball League. For the third year in a row, the league fielded 10 teams.
The regular season commenced on 6 April in Pukekohe, with the Franklin Bulls hosting the Hawke's Bay Hawks at F ...
.
In July 2023, Hilliard joined
Urunday Universitario
Club Social y Deportivo Urunday Universitario is an Uruguayan sports club located in the Prado barrio of Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 ce ...
of the Uruguay Metropolitan League. He returned to MalvÃn for the 2023–24 LUB season.
In May 2024, Hilliard joined
Oberá Tenis Club
Oberá Tenis Club is an Argentinean professional sports club located in Oberá. It is best known for its basketball team, which currently competes in the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso. After six games, he joined Sayago of the Uruguay Metropolitan League. He returned to MalvÃn for the 2024–25 LUB season.