Arkansas basketball lands guard Khalif Battle from transfer portal
After struggling to shoot from deep for the majority of last season, Eric Musselman has addressed that need in the transfer portal with the addition of sharpshooting guard Khalif Battle from Temple.
see u soon.. #GoHogs🐗 pic.twitter.com/lbVZf4Q9Ra
— Khalif Battle (@khalifbattle24) April 12, 2023
Battle committed to the Razorbacks on Wednesday after visiting Fayetteville over the weekend. He chose Arkansas over UCF, Villanova, Arizona, Memphis, Florida, Louisville, UCLA, LSU and others.
What Battle brings to the Razorbacks roster is something that they desperately needed last season: perimeter shooting. He appeared in every game for the Owls last year and averaged 32.2 minutes while coming off the bench. He finished the season averaging 17.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.0 steals, 41.0% FG, 35.0% 3PT and 89.8 FT%.
With the addition of Battle, Arkansas has now added three transfer guards to replace the production of Nick Smith Jr., Ricky Council and Devo Davis. Keyon Menifield committed to the Razorbacks last week and Tramon Mark committed on Sunday afternoon.
Arkansas isn’t likely to be done with portal additions as they’re still waiting on decisions from Anthony Black, Jordan Walsh and Makhi Mitchell. The current roster still has some holes to fill on the wing and in the frontcourt, which could be addressed soon.
The 2023-24 Arkansas basketball roster is taking shape, but is still far from complete.
