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For the second straight month, junior basketball player #George Hill# has been named the department's Male Student-Athlete of the Month. For December, Hill averaged 19.5 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game, while helping the Jaguars post a 5-1 overall mark.

The 6-foot-2 guard opened the month with 30 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists as IUPUI stunned UMass in The Jungle, 89-77 on Dec. 1. He was later named the Summit League Player of the Week after the performance. 

A week later, he posted his third consecutive double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in a Summit League win at Western Illinois.

On Dec. 15, he had 21 points, five rebounds and four assists as the Jaguars beat Western Michigan for the first-time in school history, 71-63. 

Through December, the Jaguars were 9-3 overall and 1-0 to open Summit League play.

Hill currently ranks third in the Summit in scoring (21.6 ppg) and fifth in rebounding (6.7 rpg) and assists (4.29 apg). He also ranks in the top five in steals, free throw shooting, three-point shooting and minutes played. Statistically, Hill recently moved into 11th on IUPUI’s all-time scoring list and into the program’s top 10 all-time in steals.