Know about San Diego State’s Final Four buzzer-beater star, Lamont Butler along with his age, height, parents, sister
Lamont Butler has been a major contributor to making the Final Four so far a fitting end to March Madness, for his side.
Both the first Elite Eight without a 1 seed and the second 16-vs -1 shock was incredible first for the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
But for some reason, the buzzer-beater that has been associated with March Madness for decades was missing.
Who is San Diego State player Lamont Butler, age, height, family, parents, sister and stats
Up until Butler, of course, rescued the Aztecs’ season with a dagger against Florida Atlantic with seconds remaining. SDSU defeated the Owls 72-71 thanks to the 6-1 junior from Moreno Valley, California, and advanced to the college football title game.
LAMONT BUTLER WINS IT AT THE BUZZER 😱
THE AZTECS ARE #NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIP BOUND 🔥#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/2sqxu5g05j
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) April 2, 2023
The Aztecs will then fight to earn their first championship against the winner of Saturday’s other national semifinal between UConn and Miami.
Everything is the fault of Butler, who finished the game with nine points, two boards, three assists, and that incredible final shot.
Reggie Miller attended the same secondary school as him
Butler is a native of Moreno Valley, California, and attended Riverside (Calif.) Poly High School, where NBA Hall of Famer Reggie Miller also attended.
Butler received four basketball honours while playing for Bears coach Yancy Dodson. The team won 91 games during his basketball tenure, including a 27-7 record and 12-0 Ivy League record in his senior season in 2019–20.
More remarkably, according to his SDSU bio, he outperformed Miller to surpass 1,800 career points to become the school’s all-time leading scorer. He also assisted in 559 burglaries and 271 thefts. His career field percentage was 43.2 per cent. (642 out of 1,485).
Lamont Butler recruit rankings
Butler was ranked as a three-star prospect for the 2020 recruiting class by the 247Sports Composite rankings.
LAMONT BUTLER WINS IT AT THE BUZZER 😱
THE AZTECS ARE #NATIONALCHAMPIONSHIP BOUND 🔥#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/2sqxu5g05j
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) April 2, 2023
He was rated as the No. 243 overall ability in his class, the No. 30 player in California, and the No. 40 point guard.
According to his 247Sports bio, he got 15 scholarship offers after high school, the majority coming from California Division I universities, but also from Washington, Boise State, Harvard, Colorado, Montana, Rice, and Weber State.
Lamont Butler’s parents are father Lamont Sr and mother Carmicha Butler, who raised the budding hooper in Riverside, California after having him in 2002 and his parents are high school sweethearts who had four children together, Lamont and his four older sisters.
Lamont Butler’s sister, Asasha Lache Hall, was shot and killed in January 2022. The 20 year old has a height of 6 feet 2 inches.
Lamont Butler stats
| Year | PPG | FG% | RPG | APG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 4.3 | 39.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 2021-22 | 7.3 | 39.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 2022-23 | 8.7 | 42.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |