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Talor Battle is an American college basketball player for the Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball team. He is from Albany, New York and attended Bishop Maginn High School.
As a senior Battle averaged 26.7 points, 5.7 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 4.3 steals per game as he led Bishop Maginn to the Class AA state title game. He was rated a top 100 recruit in the ESPN 150, the No. 17 point-guard recruit in the nation by Rivals.com and No. 25 among point-guards by Scout.com. Battle ended his career as the fifth leading scorer all-time in New York Section II history with 2,161 points. He played AAU for the Albany City Rocks alongside current BYU guard Jimmer Fredette. He has a half brother named Taran Buie who is also currently attending Penn State as a freshman. Buie also attend Bishop Maginn.
Battle is currently a Senior at Penn State. A first-team All-Big Ten and All-Region selection as a sophomore, Talor Battle has established himself as one of the top scoring and playmaking threats in the Big Ten and will be the undisputed on-court leader of the Nittany Lions. Coming off one of the best statistical seasons in Nittany Lion history in leading Penn State to a school-record 27 wins and the 2009 NIT title.