Tarik Phillip

Club

London Lions

Position

Point Guard

Nationality

United Kingdom

Date of birth

1993-08-10

Birthplace

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Height

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight

192 lb (87 kg)

Tarik Phillip (born 10 August 1993) is a British-American professional basketball player for the London Lions of the Super League Basketball. He played college basketball for West Virginia.

Early life and high school
Phillip was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Grenadian father and an English mother. He began high school at Christ the King Regional High School in Middle Village, Queens, before transferring to Brooklyn College Academy before his sophomore year and helped lead the team to the Public Schools Athletic League title in his first season with the Bobcats. Phillip did not play basketball as a senior due to eligibility issues, and completed a fifth year at Queen City Prep in Charlotte, North Carolina. After averaging 26 points and seven rebounds per game, Phillip committed to play for South Carolina but was ultimately ruled academically ineligible to play.