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JAMISON BATTLE'S 3-POINT SHOOTING WILL PROVIDE NEW WRINKLE IN CHRIS HOLTMANN'S OFFENSE​

Chris Holtmann's teams, both at Ohio State and in his career, aren't used to having a player that shoots a bunch of 3-pointers.

It seems as though that will likely change next season.

The addition of Jamison Battle – the No. 25 overall player in the transfer portal – will provide immediate scoring, veteran leadership, depth and 3-point shooting to the 2022-23 Buckeyes on the hardwood. The latter might be the biggest area Battle could help Ohio State next season.
In four college seasons, including the last two at Minnesota, the 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward has averaged 7.1 3-point attempts per game. Throughout his four-year career, Battle has shot 35% from beyond the arc, including a career-best 36.6% in 2021-22 and a career-low 31.1% this past season. His seven 3-point attempts per game tied for the 70th-most in Division I in 2022-23.

Even in his worst season as a 3-point shooter this past season, Battle's 2.2 made 3-pointers per game would have been by far the best number for the Buckeyes. Ohio State was led by Brice Sensabaugh (1.8 3-pointers per game) and had just three players – Sensabaugh, Sean McNeil (1.7) and Bruce Thornton (1.2) – average more than one 3-pointer per game this past season.

JAMISON BATTLE'S CAREER 3-POINT SHOOTING
SEASON 3PA/G (3P%)
2019-20 7.6 (36.6%)
2020-21 6.4 (35.4%)
2021-22 7.1 (36.6%)
2022-23 7.0 (31.1%)
Career 7.1 (35%)
His ability to knock down 3-pointers at a reasonable clip is something for Buckeye fans to be excited about, but the number of long-distance shots that Battle takes sticks out. Ohio State fans haven't seen that much over the last 21 years, let alone in the Chris Holtmann era. Anything over 5.5 3-point attempts per game by a player has been a rarity over the last six years. Seven attempts are almost unheard of, not only during Holtmann's time leading the Buckeyes but in his career as a head coach.


What Jamison Battle's transfer means for Ohio State​

The Ohio State men's basketball team addressed one of the team's biggest needs on Thursday when former Minnesota forward Jamison Battle announced his commitment to the Buckeyes from the transfer portal. Battle is a player who spent the last two seasons with the Gophers, after playing his first two years of college basketball at George Washington, and will bring that experience in the Big Ten to the Scarlet and Gray.

This experience is one of the reasons Battle was attractive to Ohio State. Over the last two years, he has played, and started, 56 games in the Big Ten, averaging 36.2 minutes per game for Minnesota. Unlike other recent incoming transfers for the Buckeyes, Battle won't have to adjust to moving conferences and the grind of the Big Ten. He's lived it.

Battle also brings overall college basketball experience to what is likely to be one of the younger teams in the country next season. While the Scarlet and Gray's freshman class got plenty of playing time this past year, at least seven of the Scarlet and Gray's 13 scholarship players next season will be in their first or second years.

Battle's addition gives Ohio State a fifth-year senior who has been around the block in this sport. He will join Zed Key and Tanner Holden as the three upperclassmen on the Buckeye roster and could quickly become a leader for this team, similar to Isaac Likekele last season.


What is Ohio State men’s basketball getting in Jamison Battle?​

A big body on the perimeter​

Someone to stretch the floor, open up driving lanes​

Experience​

An able (but not great) defender​

A man of many talents​

Someone who can (and will) take over games​

 
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There’s a stockpile of symmetry between what Jamison Battle brings as a transfer and what Ohio State basketball needs for its 2023-24 season.

The Buckeyes lost two of their biggest scoring threats from a year ago, both wing players. Battle is a dynamic scorer from the wing.
The Buckeyes’ biggest goal, per both head coach Chris Holtmann and their players, is to get better on defense. That’s a goal Battle is aligned with.
“Defensively, I’ve improved over the last two years, but I think I’m looking to make an even bigger jump this year at Ohio State because I know how important that is for our team to succeed, is defending in the Big Ten,” Battle said.
But perhaps bigger than any other area of alignment is Battle’s hunger to make the NCAA Tournament. Through two seasons at George Washington and two at Minnesota, he’s yet to play for a team with a winning record, and the Buckeyes themselves are trying to bounce back from a disappointing 16-19 campaign.......


Battle’s averaged at least 35 minutes per game since his freshman year with the Revolutionaries.

In his sophomore season, he piled up 17.3 points per contest before transferring to Minnesota, where he maintained his play against a higher level of competition in the Big Ten with 17.5 points per game as a junior.

“He’s a really proven, gifted scorer,” Holtmann said. “That is what we’ve seen from him so far in the preseason, the fact that he can score the ball. I think we needed that with the loss of some of our wings, mainly Brice (Sensabaugh) and Justice (Sueing), we knew we needed some scoring.”

Battle’s numbers dipped last season, as he averaged 12.4 points per game with a drop from 36.6 percent 3-point shooting to 31.1 percent. He feels he fell in love with his aim from behind the arc a bit too much and could have pump-faked then found a different look a bit more.

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Jamison Battle Brings Needed Wing Scoring Presence to Ohio State

With “proven” wing scoring and improving defense, Jamison Battle is hungry to lead Ohio State to what would be his first NCAA Tournament.
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Bestbuck36 said:
The missing link. Not just for his beard game but the 3 pt shooter that is really going to stress the Defense. It's been a while and we just happen to have a couple of slashers and big men to go with it.
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Agreed, I think Battle is the guy we sorely needed for this season...really has been our key to success so far imo even with great performances from guys like Thornton, Gayle, etc. Takes a lot of pressure off of the others without feeling like they have to be perfect in every game. Really glad we picked up Jamison, he is fun to watch.
 
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Battle earned an invitation to the 3-Point Championships after shooting 43.3 percent from beyond the arc – the sixth-best percentage in the entire country – this season, his lone season as a Buckeye after transferring to Ohio State from Minnesota.

 
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