| TENNESSEE 2001-02: |
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After working hard
in the off-season, Shalon hopes to have a
breakout senior season...
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| TENNESSEE 2000-01: |
| Shalon
played in 21 games during her junior season...
Averaged 3.0 ppg and 1.8 rpg...
Knocked in six points in five different
games for season highs...Grabbed five
rebounds against St. Mary's in NCAA
action for her season high in that category...
Logged a season high 17 minutes
against Memphis... Said her best games of
the year were against Alabama in both
meetings...Was among team leaders in
field goal accuracy connecting on .537...
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| TENNESSEE 1999-00: |
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Shalon played in 33 games and
earned her first career starting assignments
as a sophomore...Recorded starts against
UT-Martin, Stanford and UCLA...Turned in
2.6 ppg and 1.7 rpg while logging almost 10
minutes per contest...One of UT's more
accurate shooters...Shalon reset three of
her career highs in her second season...
She dished out an assist versus Furman,
blocked two shots against Memphis and
registered three steals against
LSU...Stepped up big in UT's NCAA
Regional Championship win over Texas
Tech tossing in six points at a critical juncture
of the game...Knocked in 4-5 shots
against Furman in the NCAA playoffs...
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| TENNESSEE 1998-99: |
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Shalon played in 31 games as a
rookie...Averaged 3.0 ppg and 1.7
rpg...Turned in two contests of double-figure
scoring...Tallied a career high in scoring
when she gave a flat UT team a boost
in the game at Auburn, connecting on all
four field goals en route to 13
points...Registered career highs in
rebounds (nine) the Lady Vols' win over
Mississippi State...Other rookie highs
include two rejections against Kentucky
and one assist against Vanderbilt...Was
among the Lady Vols' most accurate field
goal shooters, connecting on 64% (32-50)
of her field goal tries...Was slowed late in
the year by a virus...Showed steady
improvement throughout the season.
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| HIGH SCHOOL: |
Shalon was a four-year
letterwinner in both basketball and volleyball
and collected four letters in
track...Served as captain for each team,
including twice for basketball and three
| CAREER HIGHS: |
Points: 10 vs. Mississippi State (2-6-99)
Rebounds: 9 vs. Mississippi State (2-6-99)
Assists: 1 vs. Alabama (3-2-01)*
Steals: 3 vs. Louisiana State (2-20-00)*
Blocks: 2 vs. Memphis (12-7-99)*
* Indicates most recent high
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| 2000-01 SEASON HIGHS: |
Points: 6 vs. St. Mary's (3-18-01)*
Rebounds: 5 vs. St. Mary's (3-18-01)
Assists: 1 vs. Alabama (3-2-01)*
Steals: 1 vs. Auburn (2-25-01)*
Blocks: 1 vs. Texas (12-22-00)*
* Indicates most recent high
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| CAREER NCAA: |
Tournament Highs
Career NCAA Tournament Highs
Points: 9 vs. Furman (3-18-00)
Rebounds: 5 vs. St. Mary's (3-18-01)
Assists: 1 vs. Furman (3-18-00)
Steals: 1 vs. Texas Tech (3-27-00)*
Blocks: 0
* Indicates most recent high
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times with track...Helped the Taylor basketball
team to a 23-2 record her senior
season ...Averaged 22.4 points, 11.2
rebounds, 4.1 blocks and 3.0 steals as a
senior...Tallied 1,774 points and 1,003
rebounds while at Taylor, averaging 19.7
points and 11.1 rebounds per
game...Placed her name in the school
record books in 11 categories, including
season and career records for scoring,
rebounding and blocked shots as well as
single-game marks for rebounds and
blocks...Twice recorded a career-high 35
points in a single game and collected a
career-high 21 rebounds during her sophomore
season...Tallied 54 career doubledoubles...
Selected as a Street & Smith's
All-American in 1998, earned second-team
honors in 1997 and was placed on the honorable
mention team in 1996...Finalist for
the Naismith Award...A NIKE/WBCA All-
American...Listed as one of USA Today's
top 10 sophomores, top 15 juniors and top
25 seniors...Parade All American...
Accorded March of Dimes Female High
School Athlete of the Year distinction as a
senior...Named regional and league Player
of the Year for Division III in 1998 and
received first-team regional and league
honors...Southwest District Player of the
Year honors...First-team all-league four
consecutive years...Named to the all-city
team each season...Selected league
Player of the Year as a junior...Also named
the 1997 Greater Cincinnati Basketball Hall
of Fame Player of the Year...Received
AAU all-state honors each year from 1993-
95...Voted team MVP throughout her
career and started all but one game in her
career...A standout in both volleyball and
track at Taylor, qualifying for the state track
meet as a freshman and sophomore in the
high jump...Earned all-league honors in
volleyball four times...Recognized as the
Division III volleyball 1997 Player of the
Year .
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| NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL: |
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Participated in the 1997 European
Championships in Paris with the Eastern
Girls Basketball Association...Team
claimed the tournament championship...
Won the 1997 Junior National Championship,
played in Washington, D.C., and was
a member of the silver medal team at the
1997 Junior Olympics, held in Charlotte, N.C.
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| PERSONAL: |
|
Shalon is pursuing a degree
in psychology...Would like to work for a
non-profit organization...An honor roll student...
Voted 1997 homecoming queen...
Considers her father to be the biggest influence
in her athletic career, since he has
been her coach and has taken her along to
his games...Father was also her coach at
Taylor...Cousin Brian Grant plays for the
Miami Heat in the NBA... Her biggest basketball
thrill was playing in the 2000 Final
Four...Has an older sister, Monique, 33,
and an older brother, Lamar, 30...Shalon
Denise Pillow was born on Sept. 7,
1980...Her parents are Dan and Ann
Pillow.
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| CAREER TOTALS FOR PILLOW |
| YEAR | G | FGM | FGA | PCT. | 3PM | 3PA | PCT. | FTM | FTA | PCT. | REB-AVG. | PF-DQ | TP-AVG. | AS | TO | BK | ST | MIN |
| 1998-99 | 31 | 32 | 50 | .640 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 28 | 54 | .519 | 53-1.7 | 62-3 | 92-3.0 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 337 |
| 1999-00 | 33 | 34 | 57 | .596 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 18 | 30 | .600 | 55-1.7 | 50-1 | 86-2.6 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 323 |
| 2000-01 | 21 | 22 | 41 | .537 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 18 | 26 | .692 | 38-1.8 | 25-0 | 62-3.0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 174 |
| Totals | 85 | 88 | 148 | .595 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 64 | 110 | .582 | 146-1.7 | 137-4 | 240-2.8 | 8 | 65 | 13 | 17 | 834 |
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| PILLOW'S 2000-01 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |
| Opponent | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals |
| Texas Christian | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Memphis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Texas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rutgers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana State | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alabama | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanderbilt | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Peay | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Mary's | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| PILLOW'S 1999-00 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |
| Opponent | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *Tennessee-Martin | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| *UCLA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Memphis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DePaul | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| St. Joseph's | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Dominion | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecticut | DNP |
| Arkansas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kentucky | DNP |
| N.C. State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Florida | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi State | DNP |
| Louisiana State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vanderbilt | DNP |
| Auburn | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanderbilt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Furman | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Texas Tech | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rutgers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* --started game
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| PILLOW'S 1998-99 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS |
| Opponent | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Blocks | Steals |
| Portland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Purdue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Joseph's | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Texas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DePaul | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| UCLA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi State | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Memphis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanderbilt | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | DNP |
| Alabama | DNP |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Appalachian State | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duke | DNP |
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