James Batemon III

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James Batemon III
Batemon with Loyola.jpg
Batemon in action with Loyola Marymount
Ironi Kiryat Ata
Position Point guard
League Israeli Basketball Premier League
Personal information
Born (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 26)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight189 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Riverside
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
College
NBA draft 2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2020 Ogre
2020–2021 JA Vichy-Clermont
2021–2022 Tours Métropole
2022–2023 Karditsa
2023 Crailsheim Merlins
2023–present Ironi Kiryat Ata
Career highlights and awards

James Batemon III (born April 8, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball with North Dakota State College of Science and Loyola Marymount. Following his college career, Batemon played professionally in Europe. In 2022, he was named the LNB Pro B Most Valuable Player.

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High school career

Batemon attended Riverside University High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1]

College career

Batemon played two seasons of college basketball with North Dakota State College of Science from 2015 to 2017 before transferring to Loyola Marymount [2] [3] where he played until 2019. [4] [5] Batemon made an immediate impact on the program in his two seasons after transferring to LMU from an All-American career at North Dakota College of Science. As a junior, Batemon ranked fourth in the WCC in scoring, and led all newcomers to the conference, with a 17.8 ppg average in his All-WCC Second Team season and WCC All-Tournament Team. In his senior campaign, Batemon tied the program record by starting and playing all 34 games, finishing with the third-most minutes played in a season in school history at 1201. His senior year was filled with accolades after leading the West Coast Conference with 54 steals as he was named to the All-WCC First Team, Lou Henson Award Watch List, and Jamaica Classic Montego Bay Division MVP. Finished his career tied for 13th at 17.0 career ppg, 15th in career free throws made (323), 16th in career assists (261), and third in career minutes averaged (25.2).

Professional career

After going undrafted at the 2019 NBA draft, Batemon started his pro career with Ogre of the Latvian-Estonian League. [6] For the 2020–2021 season, Batemon joined JA Vichy-Clermont of the LNB Pro B. [7] The following season he signed with Tours Métropole Basket. [8] After the season he was named the LNB Pro B Most Valuable Player. [9]

On August 10, 2022, Batemon moved to ASK Karditsas of the Greek Basket League. [10] On 15 October 2022, he scored a buzzer beater from half-court to give Karditsa a 59–57 win against Kolossos Rodou [11] On January 11, 2023, his contract was bought out by German club Crailsheim Merlins.

As of 2023, he plays for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

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References

  1. ↑ Mark Whicker (November 27, 2018). "James Batemon has Loyola Marymount off to a sweet 7-0 start". Daily Breeze . Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ Gilbert Manzano (2 March 2018). "LMU's James Batemon finally gets his D-I moment at WCC tournament". Las Vegas Review-Journal . Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Oregon State Basketball: Opponent Preview - Loyola Marymount Lions (Game 7)". buildingthedam.com. December 1, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
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  5. ↑ Jim Meehan (17 January 2019). "Zags know Lion's Batemon can light it up". The Spokesman-Review . p. B3. Retrieved 5 October 2022. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. ↑ "James Batemon to sign with BK Ogre". sportish.co. September 30, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
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  8. ↑ Julien Chauvel (30 July 2021). "Pro B : l'Américain James Batemon rejoint le Tours Métropole Basket". La Nouvelle République (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  9. ↑ Stefanos Makris (10 August 2022). "Καρδίτσα μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Τζέιμς Μπέιτμον, MVP της Α2 Γαλλίας". Sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Karditsa announced James Bateman, MVP of A2 France". sportish.co. September 29, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  11. ↑ "James Batemon wins it for Karditsa with a halfcourt buzzer beater". eurohoops.net. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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