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As Talor Battle drove hard to the basket, his defender, Tim Frazier, cut off his angle and forced him wide right.<\/p>\n

Battle squared his shoulders and, seeing Drew Jones roaming over to help Frazier, lofted a high shot over the big man\u2019s outstretched hand and into the hoop, ending Penn State\u2019s final pickup game of the afternoon.<\/p>\n

As the Nittany Lions gulped down water, Jones teased Battle for sinking a lucky shot. What Battle\u2019s teammate didn\u2019t know was that last month, when the all-conference point guard was playing with and against some of the world\u2019s best collegiate players at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia, Battle had learned to add such shots to his rapidly growing arsenal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny, because in practice everyday, I had Jarvis Varnado,\u201d the 5-foot-11 Battle said, referring to one of his U.S. teammates, the 6-foot-9 pogo stick from Mississippi State. \u201cI gotta shoot over the top of the backboard to get over that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

via Battle adding to arsenal | Penn State News | Sports – Centre Daily Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Talor Battle drove hard to the basket, his defender, Tim Frazier, cut off his angle and forced him wide right. Battle squared his shoulders and, seeing Drew Jones roaming over to help Frazier, lofted a high shot over the big man\u2019s outstretched hand and into the hoop, ending Penn State\u2019s final pickup game of … <\/p>\n

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