2008-09: Appeared in all 32 games as the Huskies' primary backup guard...averaged 3.5 points and 1.5 assists...shot 81.4 percent from the free throw line...named second-team CAA All-Academic...scored nine points in a 70-66 win over Providence...hit a pair of critical three-pointers and free throws to help seal the victory...scored five points and made two steals in historic 55-42 win at Indiana (Dec. 22)...was 6-for-6 from the free throw line, dished out three assists and made two steals in 68-53 win vs. Towson (Jan. 10)...scored nine points at William & Mary (Feb. 4)...scored a career-high 14 points and made four three-point shots in 77-65 win vs. UNC Wilmington (Feb. 7)...bested that with a career-high 19 points on 4-of-4 shooting and 9-of-11 from the free throw line against Drexel (Feb. 11)...tied a career high with five assists at Wright State (Feb. 21).
2007-08: Played in 28 games for Northeastern as the backup point guard...averaged 2.8 points and 1.2 assists...named to the CAA All-Academic second team...scored five points and grabbed three rebounds at Illinois (Nov. 11)...dished out four assists and pulled down five boards at Boston University (Nov. 19)...scored a career-high seven points, all consecutive, in 79-45 win over Drexel (Jan. 9)...set a new career high three days later with eight points at George Mason (Jan. 12)...hit a big three-pointer late in the second half to help Huskies beat Delaware (Jan. 19)...had a career-high 10 points at UNC Wilmington (Jan. 23)...had three assists in just eight minutes at Drexel (Feb. 2)...tied his career high in points with 10 and played a career-high 25 minutes against James Madison (March 7) in the CAA Tournament.
2006-07: Scored his first career point and grabbed two rebounds vs. Oakland...scored three points and dished out two assists at Connecticut...logged 16 minutes with two steals and an assist in victory over New Hampshire...played nine key second-half minutes with three rebounds and two points to help beat James Madison...played a season-high 18 minutes, scoring five points and notching five assists in win over Delaware.
High School: Played in Stockbridge, Ga., at the Community Christian school, which went 40-3 and won its conference tournament in 2005-06...played for the French national team that placed fifth at the 2003 European Championship...played in France’s junior circuit, winning back-to-back first division cadet championships with Gravelines in 2003 and ’04...led his Evreaux team in assists in 2001.
Personal: Born Jan. 19, 1987...majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences...enjoys playing piano and water sports, scuba diving and table tennis...speaks three languages...hopes to play basketball professionally or become a biologist...Class of 2011.
Bataille in the News:
Brave NU world - Boston Herald (Feb. 24, 2008)