Junior (2012-13): Wasone of 12 recipients of the 2013 Great Lakes IntercollegiateAthletic Conference Meijer Commissioner’s Award, which ispresented to six male and six female student-athletes during thefall, winter and spring seasons (Recipients must excel in theclassroom and on the field of play)...Earned All-GLIAC Second TeamHonors, the GLIAC Academic Excellence Award and was named to theCapitol One Academic All-District IV Team...Ranked third in theGLIAC in steals, fourth in average three-point field goals per game(2.5), seventh in free-throw percentage, 11th in scoring and 14thin three-point field-goal percentage...Scored 20 or more points inseven contests, including a career-high 32 points during a 69-58victory over Ferris State (1/19)...Was perfect at the free-throwline (46-of-46) during a 10-game stretch from Jan. 3-Feb.2...Contributed a season-high eight assists during an 85-71 victoryover Tiffin (1/5)...Was named GLIAC North Division Player of theWeek on Nov. 14 following his season-opening performances againstMissouri-St. Louis and Illinois-Springfield...Moved up to 32nd inLSSU career scoring, eighth in career three-point field goals andtied for eighth in career free-throw percentage...Other post-seasonaccolades include the GLIAC All-Tournament Team (during which heaveraged 15.3 points per game) and Basketball Coaches Associationof Michigan Honor Team.
Sophomore (2011-12):Started all 26 games...Was named to the All-GLIAC Second Team afterranking fifth in the league in overall scoring (17.0 ppg), seventhin assists (3.7 apg) and three-point field-goal percentage (.434),sixth in steals (1.6 spg), third in average three-point field goalsper game (2.8) and 12th in assist/turnover ratio (1.4)...Averaged17.9 points and 3.4 assists per game during GLIACcompetition...Scored 20 or more points in 10 contests, including aseason-high 28 points against Ohio Dominican (1/26), Ferris State(2/2) and Grand Valley State (2/4)...Was named GLIAC North DivisionPlayer of the Week on Jan. 30 after averaging 22.0 points, 3.5rebounds and 6.5 assists to lead LSSU to victories over ODU andTiffin...Tied GLIAC single-game season highs by making 7-of-8three-point field-goal attempts against ODU and 10-of-10 freethrows against Missouri-St. Louis (11/11)...Averaged 22.6 ppgduring his last nine games of the season...Made 72 three-pointfield goals, which ranks sixth on LSSU’s single-seasonlist...Was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.
Freshman (2010-11):Stepped in at point guard and started all 27 games...Led the GLIACin steals (2.1), and ranked eighth in average assists per game(3.6) and assist/turnover ratio (1.7)...Hit season highs of 26points against Wayne State (2/24), 10 rebounds against Albion(11/20), 10 assists against Northwood (2/19) and aschool-record tying 7 steals against Finlandia (11/19)...His outingagainst the Timberwolves was his first career double double andincluded 16 points...Finished fourth on the team in scoring at 8.6points per game, but averaged 14.6 points and 5.7 assists duringthe Lakers’ last seven games.
Prep: Was the ShelbyCounty Athletic League, Southwest District and District 9 player ofthe year after averaging 21.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.7 assistsper game for Anna High School in 2009-10...Also earned All-OhioDivision III Second Team honors...Was an all-state defensive teamand Southwest District player of the year in football...AHSvaledictorian.
Personal: Son of Jack and Anita Billing...A2010 graduate of Anna (Ohio) High School...Majoring in exercisescience.
Career Stats:
Season | GP | PTS-Avg. | Rebs-Avg. | Assts. |
2010-11 | 27 | 232-8.6 | 105-3.9 | 94 |
2011-12 | 26 | 442--17.0 | 92-3.5 | 95 |
Totals | 53 | 674-12.7 | 197-3.7 | 189 |
2013 Billing Stats