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- Height:
- 6-2
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- Weight:
- 0
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- Hometown:
- Saginaw, Michigan
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- Position:
- G
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- Year:
- SR
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- High School:
- Texas Wesleyan University
Bio
2016-17 (JUNIOR)
▪ NAIA All-American-Honorable Mention
▪ All-RRAC First Team
▪ Ranked 10th in the NAIA with 2.8 3-PT FG Made per Game, 12th with 86 3-PT FG Made
▪ Led the team with 16.8 points per game
▪ Averaged 3.1 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1.2 steals per game
▪ Shot 44% FG (174-389), 42% 3-PT (86-205, 86% FT (69-80)
▪ Scored a season high of 30 points against Huston-Tillotson (Feb. 25)
▪ Drained 8 three’s against Tougaloo (Nov. 29)
▪ Was a perfect 8 for 8 from the charity stripe against Jarvis Christian (Feb. 10)
▪ Pulled down a season high of 9 rebounds against Southwest (Dec. 8)
▪ Had 3 steals against St. Gregory’s (Oct. 29), Texas College (Jan. 12) and Jarvis Christian (Feb. 10)
2015-16 AT TEXAS WESLEYAN (SOPHOMORE)
▪ Played in 31 games for the Texas Wesleyan Rams and Coach Brennen Shingleton
▪ Averaged 10.5 points per game and dished out 53 assists
▪ Shot 42-percent from the field, 35-percent from the three-throw line and 80-percent from charity stripe
▪ Netted double figures in 15 games
▪ Scored season high of 27 points against Mid America Nazarene and John Brown University (Ark.)
▪ Pulled down a season high of six rebounds against SAGU..
▪ Dished out five assists against St. Thomas (Tex.)
▪ Had three steals against MidAmerica Nazarene and St. Thomas
▪ Rams were ranked as high as 3rd in the NAIA and won the Sooner Athletic Conference regular season title
2014-15 AT DELTA COLLEGE (FRESHMAN)
▪ Played in 25 games for the Delta College Pioneers and Coach Kyle Blackbourn
▪ Averaged 14.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game
▪ Shot 43-percent from the field, 37-percent from the three-point line and 75-percent from the free-throw line
▪ Netted double figures in all but four games
▪ Scored a season high of 26 points versus Oakland
▪ Grabbed a season high of seven rebounds against Schoolcraft
▪ 3rd Team All-Conference selection
▪ District Championship runner-up
HIGH SCHOOL
▪ Lettered four seasons for Coach Greg McMath at Arthur Hill High School
▪ Second Team All-District selection
PERSONAL
Full Name: Benjamin Batts, Jr.
Birthdate: June 9, 1993 in Saginaw, Michigan
Goes By: B. J.
Parents: Son of Pamela Cleaver and Benjamin Batts, Sr.
Brothers: Assuntay Cleaver
Sisters: J’Nyla Jackson
Major: General Studies
Target Graduation Date: May of 2018
Career Plans: play professional basketball and then own a business
