21 Facts About Talor Battle

Talor Battle was born on September 16,1988 and is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for Penn State.

Talor Battle is from Albany, New York, and attended Bishop Maginn High School.

On May 10,2021 it was announced that Battle would join Northwestern as an assistant basketball coach, joining the team alongside his half-brother Boo Buie, who was playing for Northwestern at the time.

Talor Battle was rated a top 100 recruit in the ESPN 150, the No 131 recruit in the nation by Rivals.

Talor Battle ended his career as the fifth leading scorer all-time in New York Section II history with 2,161 points.

Talor Battle played AAU for the Albany City Rocks alongside current New York Knicks D league affiliate guard Jimmer Fredette and Mark Domaracki.

Talor Battle has a half brother named Taran Buie who attended Penn State and another half brother Boo Buie who played at Northwestern from 2019 through 2024, for whom Battle now coaches.

On February 24,2011, Talor Battle became the first player in Big Ten Conference history to accumulate 2,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, and 500 career assists.

On March 10,2011, Talor Battle became Penn State's all-time leading scorer, setting the record on a clinching 3-point shot in the quarterfinal of the Big Ten tournament.

Talor Battle started all but the Nittany Lions' first game at point-guard and led the team in assists, points and minutes played while ranking second in threes and third in defensive rebounds on the year.

Talor Battle posted a career high point total four times in his first five Big Ten games and had 13 double-digit outings vs conference opponents and 16 on the year.

Talor Battle earned first-team All-Big Ten, USBWA All-Region and NABC All-District honors while receiving honorable-mention All-America consideration from FOXsports.

Talor Battle led the Big Ten in scoring in the regular season and Led the nation and Big Ten in playing time while making 37 starts and playing in all 38 games.

Talor Battle led Penn State in scoring, assists and threes and was second in steals.

Talor Battle Ranked in the top 15 of eight Big Ten statistical categories, including second in assists, third in made threes, and 12th in rebounding.

Talor Battle earned post-season all-conference honors for the second-straight season by being named to the All-Big Ten second team.

Talor Battle scored 23 points, received 2 rebounds and 3 assists in the loss.

Early in December 2011 Talor Battle left France and signed a contract with German team Telekom Baskets Bonn.

Talor Battle played with the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2012 NBA Summer League.

Talor Battle competed for the $2 million prize, and for team Armored Athlete in 2017, he averaged 9.8 points per game.

In 2018, Talor Battle participated in the TBT with team Scarlet and Gray, a team of mostly former Ohio State basketball players.