Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Penn State's Buie in trouble again

Former Bishop Maginn star Taran Buie is in the news again.

Again, it's for all of the wrong reasons.

The Penn State University basketball player, who was suspended from the team in December, was involved in a fight on St. Patrick's day.

Buie, 19, was arrested along with one other basketball player and two football players.

Here is a link to the report.

Buie's brother, Talor Battle (who also played at Bishop Maginn), just finished up one of the most successful Big Ten career's, scoring more than 2,000 points and leading his team to the NCAA tournament.

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

The Battle is over

Talor Battle hit a 3-pointer to tie his team's first round NCAA tournament game with 11 seconds to play, but Temple's Juan Fernandez ended Penn State's season and Battle's college career with a shot just before the buzzer in Tuscon, Arizona.

This was the first and last NCAA tournament game for Battle, the former star from Bishop Maginn High School in Albany.

Photos are from AP

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Battle, Fredette return to school

Former Section II stars Talor Battle and Jimmer Fredette will return to their respective universities for their senior season after testing the NBA Draft waters.

Battle, a former Bishop Maginn star and The Record's 2006-07 Boys Basketball Player of the Year, announced Saturday that he will return for his senior season at Penn State University.

Battle was one of the top point guard in the Big 10 last season, averaging 18.5 points per game.

Battle's younger brother Taran Buie, also a former start at Bishop Maginn, will begin his collegiate career next season with the Nittany Lions.

Fredette will return to Brigham Young for his senior season.

The Glens Falls native injured his quad in a workout with the New York Knicks on Friday.

Fredette and the Cougars will play a regular season game against the University of Vermont at the Glens Falls Civic Center during the 2010-11 season.

Both players had until Saturday's 5 p.m. deadline to withdraw their names or remain eligible for the 2010 NBA Draft, which takes place June 24 at Madison Square Garden.

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Battle scores 1,000th point

Penn State junior Talor Battle became the 29th player in school history to surpass the 1,000-point mark for his career on Thursday, but the Nittany Lions fell to UNC-Wilmington in the first round of the Charleston Classic.

Battle was The Record's Boys' Basketball Player of the Year in 2007 after leading Bishop Maginn High School to the Class AA New York State title game.

Battle, who averaged 26.7 points per game in his senior season with the Golden Griffins, was a first team All-Big Ten selection last season and is a first team preseason pick this year.

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