Iciss Tillis (born December 6, 1981) is an American professional women's

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player. She was born in

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High school

Tillis played for Cascia Prep School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2000 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored five points. Tillis is the daughter of former Heavyweight boxer

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. James Tillis fought for the Heavyweight championship once and was the first professional boxer to fight

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to a decision.

College and professional

Tillis has played in the WNBA with the

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, and

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, appearing in 66 games. She played collegiately for

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, where she was named an

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in 2003 and on the All- ACC first team from 2002 to 2004. Tillis has also played professionally in Europe. A scandal erupted in

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, where Tarbes Gespe Bigorre attempted to sign Tillis to replace injured star Isabelle Yacoubou despite being over the eligible limit of non-European players imposed by the

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. Tarbes was forced to sell Tillis to TTT Riga in

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, where she made the Euroleague's all-star team in 2008.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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College

Source

USA Basketball

Tillis was named to the team representing the US at the

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. The team lost the opening game to Cuba, then rebounded to win their next five games, including an overtime win against Brazil. They then faced Cuba for the gold medal, falling short 75–64 to take home the silver medal. Tillis averaged 5.0 points per game.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tillis, Iciss 1981 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American women's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Latvia Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in basketball Detroit Shock players Duke Blue Devils women's basketball players Los Angeles Sparks players New York Liberty players Basketball players from Tulsa, Oklahoma United States women's national basketball team players Cascia Hall Preparatory School alumni 21st-century American sportswomen