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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Bill Barrett
Craig Melvin

2 Larry Hughes II

  • Position Guard
  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 185
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
  • High School CBC
  • Major Sports Business

Biography

2024-25 • Junior
• Appeared in seven games.
• Shot 40 percent from the field (12-30).
• Scored a season-high 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting from 3-point range against Avila.
• Turned in 10 points against Wichita State in Kansas City.

2023-24 • Sophomore
• Played in 31 games with 27 starts.
• Averaged 7.4 ppg and led the Billikens with 36 steals.
• Second on the Bills in 3-pointers made (49), which is tied for seventh among sophomores in a single season in SLU history.
• Shot 35.5 percent from beyond the arc.
• Scored in double-figures in six of his last seven games.
• Averaged nearly 9.0 ppg during A-10 action.
• Pumped in a career-high 17 points and dished out four assists in the win at Rhode Island.
• Hit three treys en route to 15 points in the win at St. Bonaventure.
• Drilled a career-high four 3-pointers at George Mason and and home against UMass.
• Collected a career-best eight rebounds and added 10 points against Fordham.
• Posted four steals, a career high, at home against VCU.
• Chipped in with 12 points in the season-opening win over Southern Indiana.

2022-23 • Freshman
• Appeared in 27 games.
• Made his first-career start in the win at George Washington.
• Played a career-high 26 minutes at GW and recorded two steals and two assists.
• Appeared in all 18 Atlantic 10 contests and averaged 2.3 points while shooting 40 percent from the field.
• Had a career-high 12 points against VCU in the A-10 semifinals, going 3-of-5 from the field, 3-of-4 from downtown and 3-of-3 from the line.
• Scored six points in back-to-back games against UMass and St. Bonaventure.
• Hit both of his shots from the field, including a trey, at VCU.
• Provided valuable minutes in the first half in the win at Saint Joseph's and finished with five points.
• Scored his first collegiate bucket in the Maryland game.
• Went for five points and a career-best five rebounds in the home victory against Loyola Chicago.
• Made his Billiken debut in the Murray State game.

Previous
• Prepped at CBC in St. Louis.
• Helped the Cadets to the 2022 Class 6 state championship after leading the team with 20 points in the final.
• Averaged 13.4 points and 1.5 steals as a senior.
• Was CBC’s top 3-pointer shooter as senior year, connecting on better than 40 percent from the arc (49-119).
• Named first-team All-Conference and first-team All-District following his senior campaign.
• Pumped in 16.4 ppg his junior season and 7.9 ppg as a sophomore.
• His father, Larry, was a freshman All-American at SLU in 1997-98 and went on to enjoy a 13-year career in the NBA.
• His sister, Lauryn, is a 2021 Saint Louis University graduate and played four years on SLU’s women’s basketball team.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2022-23Freshman

    Guard
    6'4" 175 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023-24Sophomore

    Guard
    6'4" 185 lbs
    2