re: *2023-24 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK BASKETBALL SEASON THREAD*

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He needs to be benched every time he jacks up a stupid shot, even after a make

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What do you mean by stupid shot?

Contested/ off balance 3s? He's shooting 44% on the season, on 50+ attempts. Basically the same % as Brazile, who is considered the best 3pt shooter on the team (outside Pinion maybe) by Muss. And Brazile pretty much only shoots 3s where he's completely set and fairly open.

Battle is capable of hitting those 3s that look like bad decisions. Pretty consistently. So what do you need from him? 50+% from 3 or he's benched?

Or is it the contested dribble drives that you have an issue with? Maybe you'd have a point here, his FG% isn't anything great from 2 pt range. Until you start considering he's maybe the most effective player at getting to the line that we've seen under Muss.

On the year he's had 84 free throw attempts, off of just 54 2 point attempts. Pretty awesome ratio.

He also happens to convert 83% of the time, so he has 70 points off of free throws, nearly double the next highest on the team.