Men’s Basketball: Buckeyes receive first transfer of offseason, Battle commits to Ohio State

Junior ahead Jamison Battle introduced on Instagram Thursday that he’ll take his skills east from Minnesota to Columbus, Ohio, to play for the Buckeyes.

The Ohio State males’s basketball group will obtain a dynamic 3-point shooter from the Massive Ten Convention in Battle, who stands 6-foot-7 and likewise contributes on the glass.

This season, Battle appeared in 27 of the 31 Minnesota video games, averaging 12.4 factors per contest which ranked second on the group in scoring. The Minnesota native shot 37 p.c from the sector and hit a team-high 59 3s this season for the Golden Gophers.

Battle logged 960 minutes of recreation time this season, regardless of enjoying his first recreation of the season on Nov. 21, 2022, towards California Baptist after having foot surgical procedure simply 10 days earlier than the season began.

Towards Ohio State, Battle put up 11 factors and grabbed 4 rebounds within the win on the Schottenstein Middle Jan. 12. He dropped a season-high 31 factors within the recreation at Illinois Feb. 20 whereas taking pictures 4-of-9 from 3-point vary.

Battle’s taking pictures from distance will add a weapon from deep for the Buckeyes, whose 6.8 3s per recreation sat out of the top-100 in Division I basketball. Regardless of Battle’s sharp taking pictures, Minnesota completed the season with a 9-22 general file, and went 2-19 in Massive Ten play.

Previous to Minnesota, Battle spent two seasons at George Washington College, through which he averaged 13.5 factors and 5.2 rebounds per recreation. He set a George Washington single-season file for 3-pointers with 89 in 2019-20, main him to be named all-conference Third Workforce and to the Atlantic-10 All-Rookie Workforce.

Battle’s dedication to Ohio State is the primary new addition to the Buckeyes since their season resulted in March. Former guard Eugene Brown III introduced his entry into the switch portal March 30.