Tyus Battle

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Tyus Battle
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Battle with Syracuse in 2018
Free Agent
Position Shooting guard / small forward
Personal information
Born (1997-09-23) September 23, 1997 (age 27)
Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight93 kg (205 lb)
Career information
High school
College Syracuse (2016–2019)
NBA draft 2019: undrafted
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2020 Iowa Wolves
2020–2021 BC Enisey
2021–2022 Dinamo Sassari
2022 Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2023 ADA Blois
2023 Guangxi Rhinos
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIBA U17 World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Dubai National team

Tyus Akili Battle (born September 23, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Guangxi Rhinos. He played college basketball for the Syracuse Orange. He earned a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. A prospective target of many college basketball recruiters, he committed to the Michigan Wolverines in May 2015, but reopened his recruitment and committed to Syracuse.

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Early life

A native of Edison, New Jersey, [1] [2] [3] Battle first became a nationally ranked basketball player in sixth grade. [4] He played for Gill St. Bernard's School in Gladstone, New Jersey for freshman, sophomore, and junior year but then transferred to St. Joseph High School in Metuchen, New Jersey, which was closer to home and allowed him to follow in the footsteps of former standouts of the school Jay Williams and Karl-Anthony Towns. [1] Battle earned high rankings among the national class of 2016. [5] Although he endured a wrist injury during the season, [6] Battle had averaged 22.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2 steals per game as a 2013–14 sophomore. [7] As a junior, Battle missed the first six weeks of the season with a foot injury after being named the Somerset County, New Jersey player of the year as a sophomore. He returned to the lineup at the end of January 2015. [8] He only appeared in 9 games during his junior season, as a result. [9] His average fell to 16.9 points in his limited junior campaign. [7]

Michigan made Battle a scholarship offer in June 2014. [10] Kentucky head coach John Calipari visited Battle on Halloween 2014. [11] After receiving 24 scholarship offers, Battle narrowed his list of schools to 11 on November 3, 2014, via Twitter: Connecticut, Syracuse, Duke, Ohio State, Louisville, Florida, Kentucky, Miami, Villanova, Virginia, and Michigan. [11] He narrowed his list of candidate schools to seven on February 23, 2015: Connecticut, Syracuse, Duke, Ohio State, Louisville, Michigan, and Notre Dame. [12] Michigan head coach John Beilein visited Battle in New Jersey in February 2015. [7] Battle took official visits to Duke and Louisville in April 2015 before visiting Michigan and had planned to visit Syracuse in late May 2015. [13] Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim had an in-home visit with Battle. [7] Battle had also visited a Michigan camp during the summer of 2014. [7]

At the time of his May 11, 2015 verbal commitment, he ranked no. 14 as a 5-star member of the ESPN 60 for the class of 2016. [5] He was also ranked no. 14 by Rivals.com, [2] no. 10 by Scout.com, [14] and no. 12 by 247Sports.com. [15] He was the no. 4 shooting guard in the class according to 247Sports. [3] Battle had taken his official visit at Michigan on May 7. [16] At the time of his signing, Michigan had the top 2016 recruiting class with Battle and a pair of 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m) centers (Jon Teske and Austin Davis). [17] Although at the time of Battle's signing, the entire set of scholarships for the class of 2016 seemed to be allocated, [18] some sources reported that Michigan was expected to continue to lure point guards like Cassius Winston and Devearl Ramsey to play with Battle. [17] [19] Battle was Michigan's most highly regarded commitment since Mitch McGary, [19] who committed to Michigan in 2011. [20] [21] [22] On June 19, Battle decommitted from Michigan and scheduled an official visit to Syracuse. [23] On July 13, he committed to Syracuse. [24]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
NameHometownHigh school / collegeHeightWeightCommit date
Tyus Battle
SG 		Edison, NJ St. Joseph High School (NJ)6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m)185 lb (84 kg)Nov 5, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: 5 stars.svg     Rivals: 5 stars.svg     247Sports: 5 stars.svg     ESPN: 5 stars.svg
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 10, 4 (SG), 1 (NJ)   Rivals: 14, 8 (G), 1 (NJ)   ESPN: 14, 4 (SG), 1 (NJ)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Michigan 2016 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  • "2016 Michigan Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  • "ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 12, 2015.

College career

Battle averaged 11.3 points per game as a freshman. [25] As a sophomore, he was a second team 2017–18 All-ACC selection. [26] In the 2018 NCAA tournament, Battle led the Orange to the Sweet Sixteen round where they were eliminated by Duke. [27] Battle led NCAA Division I in minutes played per game (39.0). [28] As a sophomore, Tyus Battle scored his 1,000th point. He averaged 19.2 points per game on 32 percent shooting from the 3-point line. Following his sophomore season, Battle declared for the 2018 NBA draft without signing with an agent. [29] On May 30, 2018, Battle withdrew his name from the draft to return to Syracuse for his junior season. [30] He averaged 17.2 points per game as a junior and improved his shooting. At the end of the season he declared for the NBA draft, forfeiting his final season of eligibility. [31]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, Battle signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. [32] He was officially added to the Timberwolves’ preseason roster on October 14. [33] He was released and added to the Timberwolves’ NBA G League affiliate, the Iowa Wolves. [34] Battle averaged 8.0 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. [35] On July 27, 2020, he signed with BC Enisey of the VTB United League. [36] Battle won the VTB United League Slam Dunk Contest during their All-Star Weekend on February 14, 2021. [37]

On July 9, 2021, he has signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). [38] He averaged 7.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. On January 11, 2022, Battle signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Premier League. [39]

On March 20, 2023, he signed with ADA Blois of the LNB Pro A. [40]

National team career

In 2013, Battle was cut early in the process of determining the United States team for the 2013 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship. However, he was one of three players selected to the 12-man team for the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship that had not been named to Team USA the year before. [41] Three seconds before the end of the first period, Battle scored the basket that put USA Basketball ahead for good in the U17 championship game against Australia as Team USA went on to win the gold medal. [42] On June 2, 2015, Battle was announced as an attendee at the 24-man June 12–26, 2015, USA Basketball Men's U19 World Championship Team training camp to select the 12-man roster for the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. [43] However, on the eve of the training camp, Battle announced that the effects of injuries that limited his junior season would keep him from trying out for the team. [44] Thus, he was not among the 21 players who attended the training camp on June 12. [45]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
*Led NCAA Division I

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2016–17 Syracuse 342530.7.433.366.7982.11.71.3.211.3
2017–18 Syracuse 373739.0*.399.322.8392.92.11.5.219.2
2018–19 Syracuse 323236.3.431.321.7633.32.51.2.317.2
Career1039435.4.417.335.8032.82.11.3.216.0

Personal life

Battle is the son of Daniella and Gary Battle. Gary was an All-American at University of New Haven (of the Division II New England Collegiate Conference) and his stepmother (Tanya Battle, née Wood) played basketball at the University of Miami. [46] His brother Khalif Battle plays basketball for Gonzaga University. His sister, GiGi Battle, is the top high school women's basketball player in New Jersey for the class of 2026. [46]

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