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Jay Battle

2 Jay Battle

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Gahanna
  • High School:
    Lincoln
  • Position:
    Guard
gp 30
pts/g 18.2
fg % 47.1
3pt % 41.0
ft % 74.8
reb/g 4.0
a/g 3.0

2018-19

  • Named to 3hoops.com Division III All-Great Lakes Region second-team
  • Named as the Most Valuable Player in the 2019 OAC Tournament
  • Named to the OAC Tournament All-Tournament team
  • Named first-team All-OAC (third All-OAC award)
  • All-Tournament team at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Chuck Resler Invitational
  • Scored a career-high 33 points in a 79-75 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Game win on Feb. 23, 2019
  • Played in and started all 30 games
  • Led the team and OAC with 547 points 
  • Second on team with 91 assists
  • Third on squad with 29 steals and 11 blocks

2017-18

  • All-OAC honorable mention selection
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Became the 42nd player in school history to amass 1,000 career-points when he scored his 14th point at John Carroll on Feb. 22
  • Named to the Wheaton (Ill.) Lee Pfund Memorial Classic all-tournament team on November 18, 2017
  • Appeared and started in all 27 games
  • Led the team and was sixth in the OAC with 77 assists and led the team with 21 steals
  • Second on team and ninth in the OAC with a career-best 14.9 points-per-game
  • Third on sqaud with a career-high 4.2 rebounds-per-contest
  • Earned his third varsity letter and served as a team captain for the second straight season

2016-17

  • All-Ohio Athletic Conference honorable mention selection
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Appeared in 28 games including 23 starts
  • Averaged 12.3 points and 2.9 rebounds-per-game
  • Led the team with 91 assists and 28 steals
  • Earned his second varsity letter and served as a team captain

2015-16

  • Appeared in all 27 games with 22 starts
  • Averaged 9.4 ppg. and 2.6 rpg.
  • Led the team with 111 assists
  • Third on the team with 20 steals
  • Tallied career-highs with 25 points and eight rebounds versus John Carroll
  • Dished out a career-high eight assists at Muskingum
  • Earned first varsity letter

Career Game Bests

  • Scored a career-high 31 points (2x) with the last coming at Capital on Feb. 9, 2019
  • 10 rebounds vs. Muskingum on Feb. 23, 2017
  • Nine assists vs John Carroll on February 6, 2019
  • Two blocks at Otterbein on Dec. 5, 2014
  • Five steals vs Heidelberg on Jan. 2, 2019
  • 14-for-14 free throws vs. Muskingum on Jan. 21, 2017
  • Double-double vs. Muskingum on Feb. 23, 2017

High School

  • Earned two letters in basketball and one in football
  • All-Ohio Capital Conference (OCC) second-team selection
  • All-District  second-team selection in football
  • All-OCC first-team selection in football

Personal

  • History major 
  • Carries a 3.413 grade point average
  • Dean's List student and Jacket Scholar
  • Member of the Chi Sigma Alpha
  • Son of Fran Herrick
This page was last updated on March 20, 2019
Recent Games
Feb 16 at Otterbein W, 82-62
Feb 19 at Wilmington W, 74-71
Feb 21 at Capital W, 81-67
Feb 23 at Mount Union W, 79-75
Mar 1 vs. Salisbury (Md.) W, 75-61
Mar 2 at Oswego St. (N.Y.) L, 75-71
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 30 18
Games started 30 18
Minutes 945 572
Minutes per game 31.5 31.8
FG 186-395 120-252
FG Pct 47.1 47.6
3PT 89-217 55-139
3PT Pct 41.0 39.6
FT 86-115 40-56
FT Pct 74.8 71.4
Off rebounds 13 4
Def rebounds 107 67
Total rebounds 120 71
Rebounds per game 4.0 3.9
Personal fouls 60 43
Disqualifications 2 1
Assists 91 58
Turnovers 83 55
Assist to turnover ratio 1.1 1.1
Steals 29 21
Blocks 11 8
Points 547 335
Points per game 18.2 18.6
Points per 40 min 23.2 23.4
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 10 at Alfred St. (N.Y.) W, 85-52 1 23 4-8 50.0 2-5 40.0 1-1 100.0 11
Nov 16 vs. Cabrini (Pa.) W, 75-61 1 32 6-14 42.9 2-7 28.6 1-3 33.3 15
Nov 17 at Rochester (N.Y.) L, 64-55 1 30 7-14 50.0 6-12 50.0 1-2 50.0 21
Nov 20 Thomas More (Ky.) W, 70-69 1 35 4-8 50.0 2-4 50.0 4-5 80.0 14
Nov 27 at Mount Union L, 76-66 1 33 6-14 42.9 4-9 44.4 0-2 0.0 16
Dec 1 at Muskingum W, 74-67 1 30 7-17 41.2 3-7 42.9 2-2 100.0 19
Dec 8 at #8 Marietta L, 87-68 1 35 1-11 9.1 0-8 0.0 4-4 100.0 6
Dec 15 Capital L, 85-68 1 35 6-13 46.2 2-5 40.0 5-5 100.0 19
Dec 17 at Trine (Ind.) W, 67-58 1 34 8-21 38.1 4-11 36.4 10-11 90.9 30
Dec 20 Westminster (Pa.) W, 90-61 1 26 3-13 23.1 3-7 42.9 2-2 100.0 11
Dec 30 at Bethany (W.Va.) W, 83-57 1 15 3-7 42.9 1-2 50.0 3-3 100.0 10
Jan 2 Heidelberg W, 100-78 1 30 9-18 50.0 4-9 44.4 4-4 100.0 26
Jan 5 Otterbein W, 91-74 1 25 5-10 50.0 2-5 40.0 2-2 100.0 14
Jan 9 Ohio Northern W, 90-75 1 31 6-14 42.9 0-5 0.0 2-3 66.7 14
Jan 12 at Wilmington L, 79-77 1 42 11-17 64.7 5-10 50.0 4-5 80.0 31
Jan 16 at John Carroll W, 89-85 1 38 10-17 58.8 5-9 55.6 2-3 66.7 27
Jan 18 #13 Marietta L, 71-65 1 35 4-11 36.4 2-7 28.6 0-1 0.0 10
Jan 23 at Heidelberg W, 70-68 1 35 7-19 36.8 5-11 45.5 2-2 100.0 21
Jan 26 Muskingum W, 100-67 1 27 9-13 69.2 5-8 62.5 0-0 - 23
Jan 31 at Ohio Northern W, 79-70 1 26 6-9 66.7 2-4 50.0 3-6 50.0 17
Feb 2 Wilmington L, 88-81 1 31 7-11 63.6 1-4 25.0 1-4 25.0 16
Feb 6 John Carroll W, 93-83 1 33 7-13 53.8 4-8 50.0 1-2 50.0 19
Feb 9 at Capital L, 81-76 1 33 10-21 47.6 7-15 46.7 4-6 66.7 31
Feb 13 Mount Union W, 79-69 1 34 6-16 37.5 2-9 22.2 2-2 100.0 16
Feb 16 at Otterbein W, 82-62 1 19 3-8 37.5 2-6 33.3 2-3 66.7 10
Feb 19 at Wilmington W, 74-71 1 36 6-12 50.0 0-2 0.0 7-7 100.0 19
Feb 21 at Capital W, 81-67 1 38 4-8 50.0 0-4 0.0 5-6 83.3 13
Feb 23 at Mount Union W, 79-75 1 26 11-16 68.8 7-8 87.5 4-6 66.7 33
Mar 1 vs. Salisbury (Md.) W, 75-61 1 35 5-8 62.5 3-5 60.0 5-6 83.3 18
Mar 2 at Oswego St. (N.Y.) L, 75-71 1 43 5-14 35.7 4-11 36.4 3-7 42.9 17
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to a/to stl blk pf dq
Nov 10 at Alfred St. (N.Y.) W, 85-52 1 23 0 1 1 3 3 1.0 0 0 1 -
Nov 16 vs. Cabrini (Pa.) W, 75-61 1 32 0 2 2 3 3 1.0 3 1 0 -
Nov 17 at Rochester (N.Y.) L, 64-55 1 30 0 4 4 1 3 0.3 0 0 1 -
Nov 20 Thomas More (Ky.) W, 70-69 1 35 0 5 5 6 4 1.5 2 1 2 -
Nov 27 at Mount Union L, 76-66 1 33 0 2 2 2 3 0.7 0 0 4 -
Dec 1 at Muskingum W, 74-67 1 30 0 7 7 4 2 2.0 1 0 5 1
Dec 8 at #8 Marietta L, 87-68 1 35 0 5 5 3 4 0.8 1 1 1 0
Dec 15 Capital L, 85-68 1 35 0 5 5 0 2 0.0 3 0 3 -
Dec 17 at Trine (Ind.) W, 67-58 1 34 2 5 7 3 3 1.0 0 0 1 -
Dec 20 Westminster (Pa.) W, 90-61 1 26 2 1 3 6 2 3.0 1 0 1 -
Dec 30 at Bethany (W.Va.) W, 83-57 1 15 1 1 2 1 1 1.0 0 1 1 -
Jan 2 Heidelberg W, 100-78 1 30 0 3 3 3 6 0.5 5 0 1 -
Jan 5 Otterbein W, 91-74 1 25 0 4 4 3 3 1.0 1 0 4 0
Jan 9 Ohio Northern W, 90-75 1 31 0 1 1 6 2 3.0 0 0 3 0
Jan 12 at Wilmington L, 79-77 1 42 0 3 3 3 8 0.4 1 0 1 -
Jan 16 at John Carroll W, 89-85 1 38 0 3 3 2 8 0.3 1 0 2 -
Jan 18 #13 Marietta L, 71-65 1 35 1 5 6 6 1 6.0 0 0 2 0
Jan 23 at Heidelberg W, 70-68 1 35 2 6 8 3 2 1.5 0 1 2 -
Jan 26 Muskingum W, 100-67 1 27 0 3 3 3 0 - 2 0 2 -
Jan 31 at Ohio Northern W, 79-70 1 26 0 3 3 4 1 4.0 1 2 2 0
Feb 2 Wilmington L, 88-81 1 31 0 2 2 2 6 0.3 1 2 4 -
Feb 6 John Carroll W, 93-83 1 33 0 7 7 9 2 4.5 2 1 2 0
Feb 9 at Capital L, 81-76 1 33 1 2 3 2 3 0.7 2 0 0 -
Feb 13 Mount Union W, 79-69 1 34 0 5 5 2 2 1.0 0 1 3 -
Feb 16 at Otterbein W, 82-62 1 19 0 1 1 1 0 - 0 0 2 -
Feb 19 at Wilmington W, 74-71 1 36 1 5 6 2 2 1.0 1 0 0 -
Feb 21 at Capital W, 81-67 1 38 0 6 6 4 2 2.0 0 0 1 -
Feb 23 at Mount Union W, 79-75 1 26 1 1 2 2 1 2.0 0 0 5 1
Mar 1 vs. Salisbury (Md.) W, 75-61 1 35 1 6 7 1 3 0.3 0 0 2 0
Mar 2 at Oswego St. (N.Y.) L, 75-71 1 43 1 3 4 1 1 1.0 1 0 2 0
  gp gs min/g fg/g pct 3pt/g pct ft/g pct ppg
Total 30 30 31.5 6.2-13.2 47.1 3.0-7.2 41.0 2.9-3.8 74.8 18.2
Conference 18 18 31.8 6.7-14.0 47.6 3.1-7.7 39.6 2.2-3.1 71.4 18.6
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
-
Home 11 11 31.1 6.0-12.7 47.1 2.5-6.5 38.0 2.1-2.7 76.7 16.5
Away 17 17 31.5 6.4-13.7 46.8 3.4-7.9 42.5 3.4-4.5 75.0 19.5
Neutral 2 2 33.5 5.5-11.0 50.0 2.5-6.0 41.7 3.0-4.5 66.7 16.5
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Wins 21 21 29.9 6.1-12.8 48.0 2.8-6.5 42.6 3.0-3.8 81.0 18.1
Losses 9 9 35.2 6.3-14.0 45.2 3.4-9.0 38.3 2.4-4.0 61.1 18.6
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November 5 5 30.6 5.4-11.6 46.6 3.2-7.4 43.2 1.4-2.6 53.8 15.4
December 6 6 29.2 4.7-13.7 34.1 2.2-6.7 32.5 4.3-4.5 96.3 15.8
January 9 9 32.1 7.4-14.2 52.3 3.3-7.6 44.1 2.1-2.9 73.1 20.3
February 8 8 31.3 6.8-13.1 51.4 2.9-7.0 41.1 3.2-4.5 72.2 19.6
March 2 2 39.0 5.0-11.0 45.5 3.5-8.0 43.8 4.0-6.5 61.5 17.5
  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Total 30 30 945 186-395 47.1 89-217 41.0 86-115 74.8 547
Conference 18 18 572 120-252 47.6 55-139 39.6 40-56 71.4 335
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
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Home 11 11 342 66-140 47.1 27-71 38.0 23-30 76.7 182
Away 17 17 536 109-233 46.8 57-134 42.5 57-76 75.0 332
Neutral 2 2 67 11-22 50.0 5-12 41.7 6-9 66.7 33
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Wins 21 21 628 129-269 48.0 58-136 42.6 64-79 81.0 380
Losses 9 9 317 57-126 45.2 31-81 38.3 22-36 61.1 167
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November 5 5 153 27-58 46.6 16-37 43.2 7-13 53.8 77
December 6 6 175 28-82 34.1 13-40 32.5 26-27 96.3 95
January 9 9 289 67-128 52.3 30-68 44.1 19-26 73.1 183
February 8 8 250 54-105 51.4 23-56 41.1 26-36 72.2 157
March 2 2 78 10-22 45.5 7-16 43.8 8-13 61.5 35
  gp gs min/g fg/40 pct 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pct pts/40
Total 30 30 31.5 7.9-16.7 47.1 3.8-9.2 41.0 3.6-4.9 74.8 23.2
Conference 18 18 31.8 8.4-17.6 47.6 3.8-9.7 39.6 2.8-3.9 71.4 23.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 - -
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Home 11 11 31.1 7.7-16.4 47.1 3.2-8.3 38.0 2.7-3.5 76.7 21.3
Away 17 17 31.5 8.1-17.4 46.8 4.3-10.0 42.5 4.3-5.7 75.0 24.8
Neutral 2 2 33.5 6.6-13.1 50.0 3.0-7.2 41.7 3.6-5.4 66.7 19.7
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Wins 21 21 29.9 8.2-17.1 48.0 3.7-8.7 42.6 4.1-5.0 81.0 24.2
Losses 9 9 35.2 7.2-15.9 45.2 3.9-10.2 38.3 2.8-4.5 61.1 21.1
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November 5 5 30.6 7.1-15.2 46.6 4.2-9.7 43.2 1.8-3.4 53.8 20.1
December 6 6 29.2 6.4-18.7 34.1 3.0-9.1 32.5 5.9-6.2 96.3 21.7
January 9 9 32.1 9.3-17.7 52.3 4.2-9.4 44.1 2.6-3.6 73.1 25.3
February 8 8 31.3 8.6-16.8 51.4 3.7-9.0 41.1 4.2-5.8 72.2 25.1
March 2 2 39.0 5.1-11.3 45.5 3.6-8.2 43.8 4.1-6.7 61.5 17.9
  gp gs mpg off/g def/g reb/g pf/g dq/g ast/g to/g a/to stl/g blk/g
Total 30 30 31.5 0.4 3.6 4.0 2.0 0.1 3.0 2.8 1.1 1.0 0.4
Conference 18 18 31.8 0.2 3.7 3.9 2.4 0.1 3.2 3.1 1.1 1.2 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 11 11 31.1 0.3 3.7 4.0 2.5 0.0 4.2 2.7 1.5 1.5 0.5
Away 17 17 31.5 0.5 3.4 3.9 1.8 0.1 2.4 2.8 0.9 0.5 0.3
Neutral 2 2 33.5 0.5 4.0 4.5 1.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 0.7 1.5 0.5
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Wins 21 21 29.9 0.5 3.6 4.1 2.0 0.1 3.4 2.5 1.4 1.0 0.4
Losses 9 9 35.2 0.3 3.4 3.8 2.0 0.0 2.2 3.4 0.6 1.0 0.3
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November 5 5 30.6 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.6 - 3.0 3.2 0.9 1.0 0.4
December 6 6 29.2 0.8 4.0 4.8 2.0 0.2 2.8 2.3 1.2 1.0 0.3
January 9 9 32.1 0.3 3.4 3.8 2.1 0.0 3.7 3.4 1.1 1.2 0.3
February 8 8 31.3 0.4 3.6 4.0 2.1 0.1 3.0 2.3 1.3 0.8 0.5
March 2 2 39.0 1.0 4.5 5.5 2.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.0
  gp gs min off def reb pf dq ast to a/to stl blk
Total 30 30 945 13 107 120 60 2 91 83 1.1 29 11
Conference 18 18 572 4 67 71 43 1 58 55 1.1 21 8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 11 11 342 3 41 44 27 0 46 30 1.5 17 5
Away 17 17 536 9 58 67 31 2 41 47 0.9 9 5
Neutral 2 2 67 1 8 9 2 0 4 6 0.7 3 1
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Wins 21 21 628 10 76 86 42 2 71 52 1.4 20 8
Losses 9 9 317 3 31 34 18 0 20 31 0.6 9 3
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November 5 5 153 0 14 14 8 - 15 16 0.9 5 2
December 6 6 175 5 24 29 12 1 17 14 1.2 6 2
January 9 9 289 3 31 34 19 0 33 31 1.1 11 3
February 8 8 250 3 29 32 17 1 24 18 1.3 6 4
March 2 2 78 2 9 11 4 0 2 4 0.5 1 0
  gp gs mpg off/40 def/40 reb/40 pf/40 dq/40 ast/40 to/40 a/to stl/40 blk/40
Total 30 30 31.5 0.6 4.5 5.1 2.5 0.1 3.9 3.5 1.1 1.2 0.5
Conference 18 18 31.8 0.3 4.7 5.0 3.0 0.1 4.1 3.8 1.1 1.5 0.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 11 11 31.1 0.4 4.8 5.1 3.2 0.0 5.4 3.5 1.5 2.0 0.6
Away 17 17 31.5 0.7 4.3 5.0 2.3 0.1 3.1 3.5 0.9 0.7 0.4
Neutral 2 2 33.5 0.6 4.8 5.4 1.2 0.0 2.4 3.6 0.7 1.8 0.6
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Wins 21 21 29.9 0.6 4.8 5.5 2.7 0.1 4.5 3.3 1.4 1.3 0.5
Losses 9 9 35.2 0.4 3.9 4.3 2.3 0.0 2.5 3.9 0.6 1.1 0.4
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November 5 5 30.6 0.0 3.7 3.7 2.1 0.0 3.9 4.2 0.9 1.3 0.5
December 6 6 29.2 1.1 5.5 6.6 2.7 0.2 3.9 3.2 1.2 1.4 0.5
January 9 9 32.1 0.4 4.3 4.7 2.6 0.0 4.6 4.3 1.1 1.5 0.4
February 8 8 31.3 0.5 4.6 5.1 2.7 0.2 3.8 2.9 1.3 1.0 0.6
March 2 2 39.0 1.0 4.6 5.6 2.1 0.0 1.0 2.1 0.5 0.5 0.0
Jay Battle action photo 1 Senior Jay Battle (Photo Courtesy of Jesse Kucewicz)
Jay Battle action photo 2 Senior guard Jay Battle had a game-high 21 points in the conference victory over Heidelberg
Jay Battle action photo 3 All-OAC selections Jay Battle and Kyle Nader
Jay Battle action photo 4 Senior guard Jay Battle had a game and career-high 31 points in the overtime loss to Wilmington
Jay Battle action photo 5 Senior guard Jay Battle marked a game-high 27 points in the overtime victory over John Carroll (Photo Courtesy of Jesse Kucewicz)
Jay Battle action photo 6 Senior guard Jay Battle had a game-high 26 points in the victory over Heidelberg University (Photo Courtesy of Alec Palmer)
Jay Battle action photo 7 Senior guard Jay Battle
Jay Battle action photo 8 Senior Jay Battle led BW with 19 points in the loss to Capital (Photo Courtesy of Jesse Kucewicz)
Jay Battle action photo 9 Senior Jay Battle scored a game-high 19 points in the victory over Heidelberg (Photo Courtesy of Jesse Kucewicz)
Jay Battle action photo 10 Seniors Jay Battle and Kyle Nader accompanied by family for Seniors' Night
Jay Battle action photo 11 Junior Drew Sova set a career-high 18 rebounds and senior Jay Battle tied a career-high tying 29 points in the victory over Trine University