Basketball

MacArthur High School

Class of 1996

Inducted 1/28/2022

Cliff’s emergence was part of a mid-1990s renaissance in Decatur basketball, with Cliff winning the Macon County Player of the Year Award as a sophomore in 1994 and then sacrificing his individual stats the next two seasons to help lead the Generals to two straight regional title. Cliff, also a talented track athlete in the long jump, high jump, shot put and discus, finished with 1,421 career points and was the first player to ever be first-team all-Macon County three straight seasons.
Cliff, a three-time all-county and all-conference first-team pick, went on to play four seasons and 118 games at Marquette. As a senior, Cliff started all 29 games and was team co-captain. He averaged 14.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and shot 38 percent on 3-pointers.
During Cliff’s player of the year season as a sophomore, he averaged 20.9 points and 6 rebounds per game. As a junior, MacArthur had its first winning season and regional title in five years, with Cliff averaging 16.7 points and 6.9 rebounds. Then, his senior season, MacArthur won 20 games and a regional title in the same season for the first time, with Cliff averaging 14.2 points and 6.8 rebounds.