Temple grad Khalif Battle committed to Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK -- Temple grad Khalif Battle committed to Arkansas on Wednesday.

Battle (6-5 guard, native of Edison, N.J.) took a visit to Arkansas on April 6-7.

He joins Houston junior-transfer Tramon Mark (6-5 guard) and Washington freshman-transfer Keyon Menifield, Jr. (6-1 guard) to give Arkansas three 2023 transfer-portal commitments.

Battle told Hogville prior to visiting the Razorbacks that he talked "to Coach Muss every day, sometimes twice a day."

CBS Sports on Friday, April 7, ranked Battle No. 20 on its list of the top college basketball transfer-portal prospects.

Battle led Temple in scoring averaging 17.9 points to go with 3.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists in 32.2 minutes per game while shooting 41.0% field goals, including 35.0% from 3, and 89.8% free throws in 2022-23. He scored 24 or more points in 5 of his last 6 games at Temple, and he scored 20-plus-points in 13 games last season.

A volume and efficient three-point shooter -- he averaged 2.9 triple makes per game at a 37.3% clip in his last two seasons at Temple -- Battle is most effective as a spot-up shooter from distance, but he also packages an effective drive-and-slash game when he's run off the three-point line.