Ball State Newcomers for 2015-16
Tayler Persons - Guard - Northern Kentucky
Trey Moses - Forward/Center - Eastern High School
Naiel Smith - Guard - San Jacinto College
Tahjai Teague - Forward - Pike High School
Nate Wells - Center - Bradley
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The Ball State basketball team has four former Indiana All-Stars on its roster for the first time since 2001-02.
The Cardinals added Tayler Persons, a Kokomo native and last season's Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year, to next season's roster. Persons led Northern Kentucky with 13.1 points and 3.7 assists per game last season.
“We are thrilled to add Tayler to the program,” Ball State head coach James Whitford said in a statement. “He is a great competitor and an outstanding basketball player, both in terms of his skill level and the intangibles he brings. Tayler has already proven through a phenomenal freshman year at Northern Kentucky that he can be very successful. He was heavily recruited when he decided to transfer, and he will have a chance to make a big impact on our program.”
Persons, a 6-foot-3 point guard, will sit out next season and have three seasons of eligibility remaining.
He scored in double-figures in 22 contests for Northern Kentucky last season, including two 30-point games.
“As good a freshman year as Tayler had at NKU, part of what he was looking for was a place that could help him get better in his year off,” Whitford said in a statement. “It was that type of passion and commitment that really attracted us to him.”
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