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Jersey Number 21
Robbie Avila
- Position:
- C
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 240
- Hometown:
- Oak Forest, Ill.
- High School:
- Oak Forest HS
- Prev School:
- Saint Louis
2025-26 | SENIOR SEASON (SAINT LOUIS)
A-10 PLAYER OF THE YEAR … A-10 ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM ... Helped the Billikens to a school-record 29 wins, an Atlantic 10 regular-season co-championship, and the second round of the NCAA Championship ... A-10 Player of the Year and first-team All-Conference ... completed his career as one of three centers in NCAA history with 200 or more 3-pointers ... concluded his SLU career with 983 points and 122 3-pointers. Across his four-year NCAA career, he had 1,990 points, 473 assists and 214 3-pointers ... candidate for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, the Naismith Trophy, the Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Wooden Award ... started all 35 games and led the Billikens in scoring (12.8 ppg) and assists (4.1 apg) ... was the NCAA’s top passing center with 4.1 apg and led all centers with 1.9 treys made per game ... scored in double figures in 22 games ... scored a season-high 23 points in the home win against Duquesne while also collecting seven rebounds and dishing out seven assists ... turned in 22 points in the come-from-behind win over George Washington in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Championship ... scored 12 points in the Billikens’ NCAA Championship win over Georgia and nailed three 3-pointers in the second-round matchup against Michigan ... hit the game-winning 3-pointer with three seconds left in the home win against George Washington ... matched a career high with eight assists in the win against Saint Joseph’s and La Salle.
2024-25 | JUNIOR SEASON (SAINT LOUIS)
A-10 ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM … Averaged 17.3 points and 6.9 rebounds ... led all centers in NCAA Division I in 3-pointers made per game (1.8) and assists per game (4.0) ... was one of five players in Division I with at least 17.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.0 assists ... fifth in the A-10 in scoring and eighth in assists per game ... fifth in the league in field-goal percentage (.492) ... top 10 candidate for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year ... named to Watch Lists for the Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award and Lute Olson Award as well ... A-10 co-Player of the Week March 3 after averaging 23.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in wins over Davidson and Loyola Chicago ... recorded three double-doubles on the season ... scored in double figures in all but three games ... had a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds in the A-10 tourney win against Davidson ... matched a season-high with 28 points in the win over Loyola Chicago ... hit the game-winning basket with 4.3 seconds left at Davidson as part of his 19 points ... led Bills with 22 points in the win against Rhode Island ... double-double of 19 points and 13 boards at Loyola Chicago to go along with seven assists ... led SLU with 27 points against George Mason, tying a career high with five 3-pointers ... one rebound away from a double-double against St. Bonaventure, finishing with 14 points and nine rebounds ... had 11 rebounds to go along with 21 points against Saint Joseph’s for his first double-double as a Billiken ... had a season-high 28 points (21 in 2nd half) at Illinois State ... scored 16 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out five assists against Santa Clara before leaving with an ankle injury suffered late in the first half.
2023-24 | SOPHOMORE SEASON (INDIANA STATE)
All-MVC FIRST TEAM … Missed the first two games to open the season, the sophomore started each game the rest of the season (37) ... improved in all but one category from his freshman year ... moved into ninth in single-season scoring with a team-high 644 points on 53.6% shooting from the field ... the center shot 39.4% from deep and 80.8% from the charity stripe, grabbing 6.6 rebounds per game and 4.1 assists per game ... averaging 17.4 points per game which led the team, he averaged nearly 10 more minutes per game in the year span ... tied former high school teammate Jayson Kent for the single-game scoring high of 35 points, where he helped clinch a share of the regular-season MVC title in a victory at Evansville on 14-for-24 shooting ... scored 20+ points 12 times in his sophomore campaign, helping secure his spot as ISU men's basketball 42nd player to reach the 1,000-point club with a total of 1,007 points ... adding to his accolades, Avila was the lone Sycamore selected to the All-MVC First Team, earned the MVC Championship All-Tournament Team, and was given the nod on the NIT All-Tournament Team.
2022-23 | FRESHMAN SEASON (INDIANA STATE)
After missing the first two games of the season, appeared in the last 34 games while starting the last 29 of 30 games (did not start Senior Day) ... ranked fourth on the team in scoring with 363 points and 10.7 points per game ... with 15 points in the season finale against Eastern Kentucky, took over fourth place on ISU’s all-time list of freshman scoring ... was named to the MVC All-Freshman Team ... ranked second on the team with a .540 field goal percentage ... scored a career-high 22 points at Drake Jan. 24 ... pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against Trinity Christian Nov. 27 as part of his first-career double-double ... scored in double figures in 19 games with two 20+ point outings.
PREP CAREER
A four-year letterwinner at Oak Forest High School ... rated as the sixth-best player in the state of Illinois and the 54th-best power forward nationally by 247Sports.com ... finished his career as the Bengals all-time leading scorer ... averaged 23.9 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.1 steals and two blocks to help Oak Forest to a 25-8 record as a senior ... shot 72.1 percent from the field, 41.9 percent from deep and 84.4 percent from the free-throw line ... earned 3A First Team All-State honors from IBCA, the Journal Star as well as the Chicago Sun-Times ... a Chicago Sun-Times All-Area selection ... earned First Team All-State accolades from the Champaign News-Gazette in 2021 after averaging 25.8 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game while shooting 65 percent from the field during his COVID-shortened junior season.
A-10 PLAYER OF THE YEAR … A-10 ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM ... Helped the Billikens to a school-record 29 wins, an Atlantic 10 regular-season co-championship, and the second round of the NCAA Championship ... A-10 Player of the Year and first-team All-Conference ... completed his career as one of three centers in NCAA history with 200 or more 3-pointers ... concluded his SLU career with 983 points and 122 3-pointers. Across his four-year NCAA career, he had 1,990 points, 473 assists and 214 3-pointers ... candidate for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, the Naismith Trophy, the Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Wooden Award ... started all 35 games and led the Billikens in scoring (12.8 ppg) and assists (4.1 apg) ... was the NCAA’s top passing center with 4.1 apg and led all centers with 1.9 treys made per game ... scored in double figures in 22 games ... scored a season-high 23 points in the home win against Duquesne while also collecting seven rebounds and dishing out seven assists ... turned in 22 points in the come-from-behind win over George Washington in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Championship ... scored 12 points in the Billikens’ NCAA Championship win over Georgia and nailed three 3-pointers in the second-round matchup against Michigan ... hit the game-winning 3-pointer with three seconds left in the home win against George Washington ... matched a career high with eight assists in the win against Saint Joseph’s and La Salle.
2024-25 | JUNIOR SEASON (SAINT LOUIS)
A-10 ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM … Averaged 17.3 points and 6.9 rebounds ... led all centers in NCAA Division I in 3-pointers made per game (1.8) and assists per game (4.0) ... was one of five players in Division I with at least 17.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.0 assists ... fifth in the A-10 in scoring and eighth in assists per game ... fifth in the league in field-goal percentage (.492) ... top 10 candidate for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year ... named to Watch Lists for the Naismith Trophy, Wooden Award and Lute Olson Award as well ... A-10 co-Player of the Week March 3 after averaging 23.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in wins over Davidson and Loyola Chicago ... recorded three double-doubles on the season ... scored in double figures in all but three games ... had a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds in the A-10 tourney win against Davidson ... matched a season-high with 28 points in the win over Loyola Chicago ... hit the game-winning basket with 4.3 seconds left at Davidson as part of his 19 points ... led Bills with 22 points in the win against Rhode Island ... double-double of 19 points and 13 boards at Loyola Chicago to go along with seven assists ... led SLU with 27 points against George Mason, tying a career high with five 3-pointers ... one rebound away from a double-double against St. Bonaventure, finishing with 14 points and nine rebounds ... had 11 rebounds to go along with 21 points against Saint Joseph’s for his first double-double as a Billiken ... had a season-high 28 points (21 in 2nd half) at Illinois State ... scored 16 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out five assists against Santa Clara before leaving with an ankle injury suffered late in the first half.
2023-24 | SOPHOMORE SEASON (INDIANA STATE)
All-MVC FIRST TEAM … Missed the first two games to open the season, the sophomore started each game the rest of the season (37) ... improved in all but one category from his freshman year ... moved into ninth in single-season scoring with a team-high 644 points on 53.6% shooting from the field ... the center shot 39.4% from deep and 80.8% from the charity stripe, grabbing 6.6 rebounds per game and 4.1 assists per game ... averaging 17.4 points per game which led the team, he averaged nearly 10 more minutes per game in the year span ... tied former high school teammate Jayson Kent for the single-game scoring high of 35 points, where he helped clinch a share of the regular-season MVC title in a victory at Evansville on 14-for-24 shooting ... scored 20+ points 12 times in his sophomore campaign, helping secure his spot as ISU men's basketball 42nd player to reach the 1,000-point club with a total of 1,007 points ... adding to his accolades, Avila was the lone Sycamore selected to the All-MVC First Team, earned the MVC Championship All-Tournament Team, and was given the nod on the NIT All-Tournament Team.
2022-23 | FRESHMAN SEASON (INDIANA STATE)
After missing the first two games of the season, appeared in the last 34 games while starting the last 29 of 30 games (did not start Senior Day) ... ranked fourth on the team in scoring with 363 points and 10.7 points per game ... with 15 points in the season finale against Eastern Kentucky, took over fourth place on ISU’s all-time list of freshman scoring ... was named to the MVC All-Freshman Team ... ranked second on the team with a .540 field goal percentage ... scored a career-high 22 points at Drake Jan. 24 ... pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against Trinity Christian Nov. 27 as part of his first-career double-double ... scored in double figures in 19 games with two 20+ point outings.
PREP CAREER
A four-year letterwinner at Oak Forest High School ... rated as the sixth-best player in the state of Illinois and the 54th-best power forward nationally by 247Sports.com ... finished his career as the Bengals all-time leading scorer ... averaged 23.9 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.1 steals and two blocks to help Oak Forest to a 25-8 record as a senior ... shot 72.1 percent from the field, 41.9 percent from deep and 84.4 percent from the free-throw line ... earned 3A First Team All-State honors from IBCA, the Journal Star as well as the Chicago Sun-Times ... a Chicago Sun-Times All-Area selection ... earned First Team All-State accolades from the Champaign News-Gazette in 2021 after averaging 25.8 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game while shooting 65 percent from the field during his COVID-shortened junior season.
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