Big Ten Basketball: Top 20 impact transfers heading into 2021-22 season

No. 15 Jamison Battle – Minnesota

Jamison Battle can score and he did so in the Atlantic 10 Conference, but it was not Big Ten Basketball. The 6-7 George Washington transfer improved his scoring average by almost six points per game on four more shots compared to his freshman year. The Colonials were victorious in just five games while losing twelve and in order to win three of those games, Battle had to score 24 or more points. Yet, his final game with the Colonials will be remembered as he scored just 11 going 5-14 in a 73-59 loss to George Mason in the second round of the conference tournament.

Battle is a left-handed shooter who seeks out the three-point line. Whether he is spotting up in the corner, or opening up after setting a ball screen at the arc, Battle has shown he can hit a three-pointer to the tune of over 35 percent. Battle connected on three or more from the arc in six games as he scored no less than 17 points in those games.

At 6-7 225 pounds, Battle logged a lot of minutes as a small forward with George Washington, with Penn State he will serve as a more traditional backcourt player tasked with knocking down outside shots and creating mismatches on screens.  An interesting addition that Battle could utilize is posting up smaller backcourt players in order to highlight himself as a true inside/outside threat.