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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1648910, member: 40"]
I can only speak to the second half.  He looked unselfish, although his team's offense seemed to be all about one-on-one play, which meant that lots of other guys took a lot of shots.  Some of those guys were D1 prospects, others were not.  Would have liked to see Battle take over more, especially when the game was close, but his teammates kept cranking up shots.

He missed a lengthy stretch of the 4th quarter due to foul trouble.  Only hit one shot that I remember in the second half.  Handled the ball well in the open floor, and seemed to see the floor pretty well, but I am less certain about him being a lead guard now after watching that game last night.  He's a wing who can pass.

He didn't look "bad" by any means, but by contrast the other team had a guard going to Duke who took over in the 4th quarter.  I don't think that kid is "better" than Battle necessarily, but he was aggressive and made a ton of drives to the hoop--where he was basically unstoppable--whereas Battle settled for dishing to his teammates.  He's much better offensively than what he showed last night.

And I'm not trying to make this into a sky is falling / pessimistic scouting report, that's just what I saw in the 2nd half where he was uncharacteristically very quiet.
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