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2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
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Lavar Batts, Jr.
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Concord, N.C.
- Prev School:
- NC State
Bio
2019-20 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all 31 games at point guard, averaging 27.5 minutes per game … Averaged 12.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and led the team with 2.5 assists per game … Led the Big South and ranked 65th nationally with 1.8 steals per game … His 55 total steals ranked 61st in the nation … Recorded five steals in the season opener at Tennessee (11/9), and matched that number with five at Charleston Southern (1/11) … Scored a career-high 40 points against South Carolina State (12/11), becoming the first Bulldog with a 40-point game since 2014 … Also had career-highs with 14-of-17 field goals and 3-of-5 3-pointers … Scored 28 points on 10-of-13 shooting at Campbell (2/29) … Dished out a career-high seven assists against Charleston Southern (2/15) … Had 19 games with multiple assists … Pulled down a career-best seven boards against High Point (1/16), while also notching six assists
2018-19 (Sophomore): Did not see action due to NCAA Division I transfer rules; redshirted.
Prior to UNC Asheville: Batts transferred in to UNC Asheville from NC State ... Batts played in 30 games for the Wolfpack as a freshman at NC State ... He averaged 3.7 points, 1.5 assists and 1.2 rebounds per game ... Batts had a season-high five assists in NC State's upset of second-ranked Duke on Jan. 6
High School: Batts was listed as the top-ranked player in the state of North Carolina by 247Sports and Rivals coming out of high school ... The consensus four-star recruit was ranked among the top-100 players in the country as a senior by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN ... Batts played his high school basketball at Jay M. Robinson High School in Concord, N.C. for his father, Lavar Batts, Sr. ... He ended his prep career as the all-time leading scorer in Cabarrus County history with 2,174 points ... In leading his team to the state quarterfinals, Batts averaged 23.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game as a senior ... One year earlier as a junior at Jay M. Robinson, Batts averaged 20.7 points, 5.0 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game to lead his high school team to the North Carolina Class 3A State Championship ... Batts was chosen the North Carolina MVP of the Carolinas Classic and he was named the MVP and Slam Dunk champion at the CabCO Classic All-Star Game ... Batts played his AAU basketball for Chris Paul's Team CP3.
2018-19 (Sophomore): Did not see action due to NCAA Division I transfer rules; redshirted.
Prior to UNC Asheville: Batts transferred in to UNC Asheville from NC State ... Batts played in 30 games for the Wolfpack as a freshman at NC State ... He averaged 3.7 points, 1.5 assists and 1.2 rebounds per game ... Batts had a season-high five assists in NC State's upset of second-ranked Duke on Jan. 6
High School: Batts was listed as the top-ranked player in the state of North Carolina by 247Sports and Rivals coming out of high school ... The consensus four-star recruit was ranked among the top-100 players in the country as a senior by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN ... Batts played his high school basketball at Jay M. Robinson High School in Concord, N.C. for his father, Lavar Batts, Sr. ... He ended his prep career as the all-time leading scorer in Cabarrus County history with 2,174 points ... In leading his team to the state quarterfinals, Batts averaged 23.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game as a senior ... One year earlier as a junior at Jay M. Robinson, Batts averaged 20.7 points, 5.0 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game to lead his high school team to the North Carolina Class 3A State Championship ... Batts was chosen the North Carolina MVP of the Carolinas Classic and he was named the MVP and Slam Dunk champion at the CabCO Classic All-Star Game ... Batts played his AAU basketball for Chris Paul's Team CP3.
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