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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = James Batemon III
| image =
| image_size =
| caption = Batemon
| position = [[Point guard]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lbs = 189
| league = [[
| team =
| number = 5
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|4|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], U.S.
▲| high_school = [[Riverside University High School|Riverside]]<br>(Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
| college =
* [[North Dakota State College of Science|NDSCS]] (2015–2017)
* [[Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball|Loyola Marymount]] (2017–2019)
| draft_year = 2019
| career_start = 2019
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| years4 = 2021–2022
| team4 = [[Tours Métropole Basket|Tours Métropole]]
| years5 =
| team5 = [[ASK Karditsas B.C.|
| years6 = 2023
| team6 = [[Crailsheim Merlins]]
| years7 = 2023–2024
| team7 = [[Ironi Kiryat Ata]]
| years8 = 2024–present
| team8 = [[Brisbane Bullets]]
| highlights =
* [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|All-Israeli League Second Team]] ([[2023–24 Israeli Basketball Premier League|2024]])
* [[LNB Pro B MVP|LNB Pro B Most Valuable Player]] (2022)
* First-team All-[[West Coast Conference|WCC]] (2019)
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'''James Batemon III''' (born April 8, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the [[
==High school career==
Batemon attended [[Riverside University High School]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Mark Whicker|title=James Batemon has Loyola Marymount off to a sweet 7-0 start|date=November 27, 2018|work=[[Daily Breeze]]|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/11/27/whicker-james-batemon-has-loyola-marymount-off-to-a-sweet-7-0-start/|access-date=October 4, 2022}}</ref>
==College career==
Batemon played two seasons of [[college basketball]] with [[North Dakota State College of Science]] from 2015 to 2017 before transferring to [[Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball|Loyola Marymount]]<ref>{{cite news |author1=Gilbert Manzano |title=LMU’s James Batemon finally gets his D-I moment at WCC tournament |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/basketball/vegasmadness/lmus-james-batemon-finally-gets-his-d-i-moment-at-wcc-tournament/ |access-date=29 October 2022 |work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |date=2 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon State Basketball: Opponent Preview - Loyola Marymount Lions (Game 7) |url=https://www.buildingthedam.com/2017/12/1/16703956/oregon-state-basketball-opponent-preview-loyola-marymount-lions-game-7 |website=buildingthedam.com |accessdate=September 30, 2022 |date=December 1, 2017}}</ref> where he played until 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=James Batemon - NBADraft.net |url=https://www.nbadraft.net/players/james-batemon/ |website=nbadraft.net |accessdate=September 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Jim Meehan |title=Zags know Lion's Batemon can light it up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110760592/zags-know-lions-batemon-can-light-it-up/ |access-date=5 October 2022 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |date=17 January 2019 |page=B3}} {{open access}}</ref> Batemon made an immediate impact on the program in his two seasons after transferring to LMU from an All-American career at North Dakota College of Science. As a junior, Batemon ranked fourth in the WCC in scoring, and led all newcomers to the conference, with a 17.8 ppg average in his All-WCC Second Team season and [[West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament|WCC All-Tournament Team]]. In his senior campaign, Batemon tied the program record by starting and playing all 34 games, finishing with the third-most minutes played in a season in school history at 1201. His senior year was filled with accolades after leading the [[West Coast Conference]] with 54 steals as he was named to the All-WCC First Team, [[Lou Henson Award]] Watch List, and [[Jamaica Classic (basketball)|Jamaica Classic]] Montego Bay Division MVP. Finished his career tied for 13th at 17.0 career ppg, 15th in career free throws made (323), 16th in career assists (261), and third in career minutes averaged (25.2).
==Professional career==
After going undrafted at the [[2019 NBA draft]], Batemon started his pro career with [[BK Ogre|Ogre]] of the [[Latvian-Estonian Basketball League|Latvian-Estonian League]].<ref>{{cite web |title=James Batemon to sign with BK Ogre |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/james-batemon-to-sign-with-bk-ogre/ |website=sportish.co |accessdate=August 24, 2019 |date=September 30, 2022}}</ref> For the 2020–21 season, Batemon joined [[JA Vichy-Clermont Métropole Basket|JA Vichy-Clermont]] of the [[LNB Pro B]].<ref>{{cite web |title=JA Vichy-Clermont signs James Batemon |url=https://sportando.basketball/en/ja-vichy-clermont-signs-james-batemon/?dev&=1 |website=sportando}}</ref> The following season, he signed with [[Tours Métropole Basket]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Julien Chauvel |title=Pro B : l'Américain James Batemon rejoint le Tours Métropole Basket |url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/tours/pro-b-l-americain-james-batemon-rejoint-le-tours-metropole-basket |access-date=5 October 2022 |work=[[La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest|La Nouvelle République]] |date=30 July 2021 |language=French}}</ref> He was named the 2021–22 [[LNB Pro B MVP|LNB Pro B Most Valuable Player]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Stefanos Makris |title=Καρδίτσα μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Τζέιμς Μπέιτμον, MVP της Α2 Γαλλίας |url=https://www.sport24.gr/basket/karditsa-metagrafes-anakoinose-ton-tzeims-mpeitmon-mvp-tis-a2-gallias.9721544.html |access-date=5 October 2022 |work=Sport24.gr |date=10 August 2022 |language=Greek}}</ref>
On August 10, 2022, Batemon moved to [[ASK Karditsas B.C.|ASK Karditsas]] of the [[Greek Basket League]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Karditsa announced James Bateman, MVP of A2 France |url=https://sportish.co/basketball/90144.html |website=sportish.co |
For the 2023–24 season, Batemon joined [[Ironi Kiryat Ata B.C.|Ironi Kiryat Ata]] of the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]].<ref name="eurobasket" />
On July 17, 2024, Batemon signed with the [[Brisbane Bullets]] of the Australian [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]] (NBL) for the [[2024–25 NBL season|2024–25 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brisbanebullets.com.au/news/bullets-add-import-point-guard-james-batemon-for-nbl25|title=Bullets add import point guard James Batemon for NBL25|work=brisbanebullets.com.au|date=July 17, 2024|access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Batemon and his fiancé Nickayla have a son.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pike|first=Chris|url=https://authory.com/ChrisPike/New-Bullet-Batemon-to-wreak-havoc-on-NBL-af3454afbac164be1b5999373861919d5|title=New Bullet Batemon to wreak havoc on NBL|work=authory.com|date=September 4, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906092623/https://authory.com/ChrisPike/New-Bullet-Batemon-to-wreak-havoc-on-NBL-af3454afbac164be1b5999373861919d5|archive-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.
*[https://lmulions.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/james-batemon/6005 Loyola Marymount Lions college bio]
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{{LNB Pro B MVP}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1997 births]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in France]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Greece]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Israel]]
[[Category:American expatriate basketball people in Latvia]]
[[Category:American men's basketball players]]
[[Category:ASK Karditsas B.C. players]]
[[Category:Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Point guards]]
[[Category:21st-century American
▲[[Category:Sportspeople from Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
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