West Virginia University Athletics

West Virginia (2023-24)

• Led WVU in scoring at 16.1 points per game
• Started 22 of 22 games played
• Shot 40.8 percent from the field and 83.5 percent from the free throw line
• Averaged 28.1 minutes per game
• Finished with 15 points against Texas Tech
• Scored 28 points, including 6-of-9 from 3-point range, at Kansas State
• Recorded a team-high 24 points against UCF
• Scored a game-high 25 points against Baylor
• Finished with a game-high 21 points at TCU
• Scored 10 points at Texas
• Finished with 14 points against BYU
• Scored 10 points against Cincinnati, including the go-ahead 3 with 1:04 remaining
• Nearly had a double-double with 23 points and nine rebounds in the win against No. 3 Kansas
• Scored 12 points at Oklahoma
• Finished with 14 points against Texas
• Scored a team-high 21 points against K-State
• Was named co-Big 12 Player of the Week on Jan. 2
• First career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds against Ohio State
• Was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Dec. 26
• Scored 29 points in his second game as a Mountaineer vs. Toledo
• Scored 29 points against Radford in his WVU debut, the most points scored by a WVU player in his first game
• Did not play against UMass due to flu-like symptoms
• Was not granted a waiver for immediate eligibility by the NCAA and missed the first nine games

Prior to West Virginia

• Played the last two seasons at Montana State
• Began his career at Washington for two seasons
• In 2022-23 at Montana State, he averaged 17.7 points per game, starting all 35 contests
• Shot 46.9 percent from the field, 35.3 percent from 3-point range and 83.3 percent from the free throw line 
• Named to the All-Big Sky Conference First Team 
• Named All-Big Sky Tournament MVP after scoring 25 points in the championship game against Northern Arizona
• Scored 27 points against K-State in the NCAA Tournament 
• Scored a career-high 32 points at Sacramento State and had a career-best seven 3-point field goals made at Southern Utah
• In 2021-22, Battle played in all 35 games and was named the Big Sky Conference’s Top Reserve honoree 
• Averaged 8.5 points and 2.4 rebounds for the season with an 11.5 points per game mark over the final 18 games
• Made 13 of 14 free throws in Montana State’s Big Sky Tournament semifinal win over Weber State
• Spent his first two seasons at Washington, playing in 34 games with four starts
• Scored 19 points in 21 minutes against Oregon
• Opened the 2020-21 season with 10 points against Baylor
• For his career entering WVU, he has started 39 of 104 games played 
• Entering WVU, he scored 1,079 points with 241 rebounds 
• Has made 124 3-point field goals, while shooting 43.0 percent from the field and 83.3 percent from the free throw line
• Attended Marysville-Pilchuck High School, leading his school to consecutive district titles and helped the Monarchs win 19 straight games en route to a fourth-place finish at the WIAA State Championship 
• Finished his prep career as his high school’s leading scorer with 1,667 points 
• Holds the school’s single-game scoring record of 43 points while also pulling down 23 rebounds
• Is a member of the Tulalip Reservation and became the first Tulalip Tribe member to earn a Division I basketball scholarship 
• Was named the 2019 Tulalip Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year, celebrating the Club’s most inspiring teens

Personal 

• Son of Jacqueline Williams and James Battle
• Birthday is Feb. 19
• Pursuing a Regents Bachelor of Arts degree