Billy Butler - 2012-13 Men's Basketball - LIU Post


#23 Billy Butler

Position: Guard
Height: 6-0
Class: Senior
Hometown: Elmont, N.Y.
Previous School: Floral Park

2011-12: Suffered a pre-season injury and received a medical redshirt for the season.
 
2010-11: Played in all 31 games, appearing in the starting lineup nine times … averaged 25.1 minutes per contest … was second on the team with 121 assists on the season for a 3.9 average per game … averaged 6.4 points per game … grabbed 49 steals, good for second on the team … reached double figures nine times … registered a double-double against Mercy with 11 assists and 13 points (1/13) … dished out ten assists against Bridgeport (2/3) … scored 10 points and added 11 assists against NYIT (2/12) … saved two of his best games of the season for the ECC Championships, as he scored 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting (3-for-3 from 3-point range) against Queens in the ECC semifinals (3/5) … the next night, he scored 13 points and added six assists and three steals in the ECC Championship win over Bridgeport (3/6). 

2009-10: Played in 29 games, staring 22 times for the Pioneers … averaged 25.1 minutes per contest … scored 6.1 points per game … was second on the team with 135 assists (4.6 pg) and 38 steals … also averaged 3.1 rebounds per game … reached double figures in scoring four times … registered a career-high 21 points on 7-10 shooting including five treys against NYIT (1/23) … scored 19 points against Mercy, shooting 5-10 from the floor and 9-12 from the line (2/14). 

Prior to LIU Post: Transfer from Eastern Wyoming Community College…played four years under Nick Simone’s Floral Park Knights … won the county championship in 2005 … named All-Long Island 2nd team and All-County … holds the career points record at Floral Park … also participated in track.

Personal: Son of William Butler and Lynda Walker …has a twin brother, Brandin, who played one season for the Pioneers … has three other brothers … father played for Howard University … lists favorite athlete as Kobe Bryant.

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