The first family of Penn State basketball continues to make headlines this week.
Days after it became apparent his family would be moving to State College in July, Talor Battle booked himself a flight to Serbia for the beginning of the month.
The Nittany Lion point guard made the cut as one of the 12 collegiate players selected for the USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team, which will take place in Belgrade, Serbia July 2-11.
"I was nervous going into the room this morning," Battle said in Penn State's press release. "I'm excited to represent my country, and my family and my university back home. Going out there (Serbia), it's going to take a team effort. I'm not going to be able to score like I do at school. Running the point guard with such great players, I'm going to have to get people involved.
"I don't really think there are going to be any go-to-guys. A lot of guys here can score. The majority of the guys are the leading scorers on their teams. Everyone has to buy in to really playing as a team and sacrifice, maybe taking less shots and doing other things."
Battle will team with Big Ten rivals Evan Turner from Ohio State and Robbie Hummel from Purdue.
The rest of the roster is as follows:
James Anderson (Oklahoma State / Junction City, Ark.); Trevor Booker (Clemson / Whitmire, S.C.); Craig Brackins (Iowa State / Palmdale, Calif.); Da'Sean Butler (West Virginia / Newark, N.J.); Corey Fisher (Villanova / Bronx, N.Y.); Lazar Hayward (Marquette / Buffalo, N.Y.); Quincy Pondexter (Washington / Fresno, Calif.); Deon Thompson (North Carolina / Torrance, Calif.); and Jarvis Varnado (Mississippi State / Brownsville, Tenn.).
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