Hill (Adel, Ga. / Cook County HS) averaged 17.0 points and 16.0 rebounds per game for Gardner-Webb (18-15) at the event, and shot a strong 57.1 percent from the floor in two games (12-of-21).

The 6-foot-5, 215-pound forward had 12 points and 16 rebounds in the opening win over Longwood, establishing a new tournament record for rebounds in a first-round game. He followed with 22 points and 16 more rebounds in the quarterfinals vs. VMI.

Coastal Carolina won the tournament title on Sunday and Chanticleers' guard Warren Gillis was named to the All-Tournament Team as its MVP. Josh Cameron (Coastal Carolina), Keon Moore (Winthrop), D.J. Cunningham (UNC Asheville) and Hill (Gardner-Webb) rounded out the team.

The performance in the tournament for Hill capped a strong end of the season. Over Gardner-Webb's last 14 games he averaged a team-high 17.6 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. He wound up the team's leading scorer (14.4 ppg) and rebounder (8.5 rpg) in his first full season as a starter.

Hill is part of a strong core that will return next season for head coach Tim Craft. Gardner-Webb welcomes back four of its top five scorers, including Hill, rising seniors Donta Harper (10.1 ppg) and Tyler Strange (9.5 ppg) and All-Freshman Team forward/center Tyrell Nelson (8.9 ppg).

Gardner-Webb will also get a boost from transfer wing Adonis Burbage, who sat out the 2013-2014 season after averaging 10.3 points per game as a sophomore at Central Connecticut State.

Burbage, an outstanding shooter, had one of his best games in an upset of 2013 Sweet 16 participant LaSalle during his final season at CCSU, scoring 21 points on 5-of-6 shooting from long range in that win.

Gardner-Webb posted its first back-to-back seasons with at least 18 wins since moving to NCAA Division I in 2000-2001. The Runnin' Bulldogs have 39 combined wins over the past two seasons, the top two-year mark since the move up.