Dr Dave Adkins and why he should be in the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame
February 14, 2021
Troy Truvillion
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 27/05/68
- Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan (USA)
- Position: FRD
- Height (CM): #N/A
- Weight (KG): #N/A
- Junior Assoc: None
- College: Mt. San Jacinto College (1987-1988) / Eastern Montana College (1988-1990)
- NBL DEBUT: 8/06/91
- AGE AT DEBUT: 23
- LAST NBL GAME: 20/09/91
- AGE AT LAST GAME: 23
- NBL History: Newcastle 1991
- Championships: 0
- None
BIO: Troy Truvillion was born in Detroit, Michigan (USA).
NBL EXPERIENCE
Troy Truvillion made his NBL debut with the Newcastle Falcons at 23 years of age. He scored 19 points in his first game.
Troy Truvillion played one season in the NBL. He averaged 23.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 4 assists in 15 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0 | Newcastle | 5-21 (14) | 15 | 585.0 | 356 | 82 | 61 | 28 | 54 | 23 | 7 | 74 | 67 | 132 | 271 | 49% | 18 | 40 | 45% | 74 | 90 | 82% | 57% | 52% | 45 | Totals | 15 | 585 | 356 | 82 | 61 | 28 | 54 | 23 | 7 | 74 | 67 | 132 | 271 | 48.7% | 18 | 40 | 45.0% | 74 | 90 | 82.2% | 57% | 52% | 45 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0 | Newcastle | 5-21 (14) | 15 | 39.0 | 23.7 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 8.8 | 18.1 | 49% | 1.2 | 2.7 | 45% | 4.9 | 6.0 | 82% | 57% | 52% | 45 | Total | 15 | 39.0 | 23.7 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 8.8 | 18.1 | 48.7% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.0% | 1.2 | 2.7 | 82.2% | 57% | 52% | 45 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 45 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
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STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE
- Perth 1991 | Dandenong 1992
Perth 1991, 12g, 349pt @ 29.1
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Canada - Saskatoon Slam (1992–1993) | France - Dijon (1994–1995), Le Mans (1995–1997), PSG Racing Basket (1997), Pau-Orthez (1999–2000), Évreux (2000), Gravelines (2001) | Italy - Pesaro (1997–1998) | Greece - Larissa (1998), Iraklio Creta (1999)
Truvillion joined Saskatoon Slam for the 1992–1993 season, playing his first season outside the United States in Canada.
Truvillion joined Dijon for the 1994–1995 season in France, and he appeared with the club in the European Cup Radivoj Korać, averaging 10.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists across 5 games.
Truvillion joined Le Mans for the 1995–1996 season in France, where his teammates included Paul Fortier, Dennis Hopson, Kennard Winchester, Terry Tarpey and Erwan Bouvier, and he remained with the club into 1996–1997 alongside Ron Anderson, Josh Grant and Dwayne Scholten as Le Mans went 21–9 in the French first division regular season before exiting in the quarter-finals of the playoffs.
Truvillion joined PSG Racing Basket for the 1997 season in France before moving to Victoria Libertas Pesaro during the 1997–1998 season in Italy, where he was signed in December 1997 as a replacement for Vincenzo Esposito and averaged 5.5 points in a little over 20 minutes per game in Serie A1, and he also played in the EuroLeague during the 1998 season with Paris Basket Racing, recording 1.8 points, 0.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game across 4 games.
Truvillion joined GS Larissa for the 1998 season in Greece, then played for Iraklio Creta in 1999 before returning to France with Pau-Orthez for the 1999–2000 season, and in the EuroLeague Men competition in 2000 he averaged 6.2 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists across 6 games for Pau-Orthez, later continuing in France with Évreux in 2000 and Gravelines in 2001.
COLLEGE
Truvillion played college basketball at Mt. San Jacinto College during the 1987-88 season before transferring to Eastern Montana College, where he competed from 1988 to 1990.
As a sophomore in 1987-88 at Mt. San Jacinto College, he helped lead the team to a conference title and a 28-6 overall record.
He averaged 22.0 points per game in his lone season at Mt. San Jacinto College and was named the conference Most Valuable Player and a First Team All-State selection.
He scored 747 total points in 1987-88, which stands as the 8th-most points in a single season in Mt. San Jacinto College program history.
After transferring to Eastern Montana College, he competed for two seasons and was a first-team all-conference selection in both years in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
Eastern Montana College’s two teams during his career combined to go 38-19 overall across his two seasons in Billings.
As a senior in 1989-90, Truvillion earned NCAA Division II All-American recognition and was also a first-team all-region selection.
On February 15, 1990, he scored 45 points against Seattle Pacific, a total that ties for the seventh-best single-game scoring performance in Montana State Billings men’s basketball history.
In that same Seattle Pacific game, he made 17 field goals, which ranks as the third-most made field goals in a single game in school history.
Across his two seasons at Eastern Montana College, he totaled 1,016 career points, which placed him 21st on the program’s career scoring list at the time of the record notation.
He also finished his Eastern Montana College career ranked fifth in program history in career free-throw percentage at 83.28%.
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