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Daniel Batcho

Height:
6-11
Weight:
235
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
Forward
Hometown:
Paris, France
Prev School:
Arizona

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON (2022-23): Played in 23 games with 16 starts in his second season at Tech… Led the team with 35 blocked shots and averaged 7.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game… Missed nine games due to injury… Recorded a career-high six blocked shots against Louisiana Tech while also adding nine points and seven rebounds in the game… Would produce eight games with two or more blocked shots throughout the season… Finished the year with three double-doubles, including in recording the first one in his career with 12 points and 10 rebounds in the season-opening win over Northwestern State… Scored a career-high 21 points against Ohio State in the third game of the Maui Invitational where he was 7-for-10 from the field and 6-of-7 at the free-throw line… Recorded the second double-double of his career with 15 points and a career-high13 rebounds in a home win over Georgetown in the Big 12-Big East Battle… Had 12 points and 10 rebounds against Houston Christian for his third double-double… Averaged 3.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in Big 12 games… Provided eight points and seven rebounds in the win over LSU in the Big 12-SEC Challenge in Baton Rouge… Had a season-high five offensive rebounds in a nine-rebound game at TCU in the Big 12 opener… Finished the season with seven rebounds and four points against WVU in the Big 12 Championship first round loss.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2021-22)
Batcho averaged 2.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.5 blocks per game in his first season at Tech… He recorded a season-high 11 rebounds in the overtime win over No. 13 Tennessee in the Jimmy V Classic where he also had two blocked shots and four points… Batcho also had a double-digit rebounding performance with 10 rebounds in the win over Omaha at home… He would score a season-high eight points in non-conference wins over Incarnate Word and Alabama State and had a Big 12 best six points in the road victory at West Virginia… Batcho finished the season shooting 24-for-38 (63.2 percent) and with 17 blocked shots.. He had a season-high four blocks in the win at West Virginia and provided four rebounds in the NCAA Tournament First Round win over Montana State.

PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH

Batcho transferred from the University of Arizona and maintains four years of collegiate eligibility
Played for Centre Federal du Basketball (CFBB) before coming to the United States to play at Arizona
Helped the U18 CFBB Paris to a runner-up finish at the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament where he recorded a double-double with 24 points and 15 rebounds along with adding three blocks in the championship game
Batcho was named the MVP of the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament in Belgrade in Feb. 2020 where he averaged 14.8 points, 11.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks during the four games of the tournament
Redshirted last season at the University of Arizona
Signed with the Wildcats as one of the top international prospects in the 2020 class

PERSONAL: Born on January 10, 2002... Son of Natalia Manulik and Mascime Batcho... Has two siblings, Angelique and Alescandre...Majoring in University Studies... Speaks three languages: French, English and Russian.

COLLEGIATE CAREER PATH

2020-21: Redshirt - University of Arizona
2021-22: Texas Tech

Meet @BatchoDaniel.

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— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) September 27, 2021

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