Freshman point guard could be right mix with junior star
By Jeff Rice
UNIVERSITY PARK — If they cloned Penn State point guard Talor Battle, the result would be a slender, fast, fearless player with a confidence some might consider cocky.
Nittany Lion freshman Tim Frazier meets every description.
“I love playing with Talor,” Frazier said. “It’s like having another me.”
Battle, who led Penn State to the NIT title and a school-record 27 wins last season, won’t have Jamelle Cornley, Stanley Pringle or Danny Morrissey alongside him as he drives the Nittany Lions toward an elusive NCAA Tournament berth this season. He will have at his disposal a well-rounded returning cast, however, as well as Frazier, a 6-foot-1 jumping jack who was the top-ranked recruit in the state of Texas last year.
“Tim is exciting,” Battle said Monday at the team’s media day. “Super-athletic and really quick. In some ways it’ll be similar to playing with Stan. He doesn’t shoot as well as Stanley right now but as far as getting out in transition and baskets and someone running with me, he’ll be right there.” …
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