As a senior Battle averaged 28.7 points, 5.9 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 4.3 steals per game as he led Bishop Maginn to the Class AA state title game. He was rated a top 100 recruit in the ESPN 150, the No. 131 recruit in the nation by Rivals.com and No. 21 among point-guards by Scout.com. Battle ended his career as the fifth leading scorer all-time in New York Section II history with 2,161 points. He played AAU for the Albany City Rocks alongside current New York Knicks D league affiliate guard Jimmer Fredette and Mark Domaracki. He has a half brother named Taran Buie who attended Penn State as a freshman. Buie also attended Bishop Maginn.

Battle attended Penn State. A first-team All-Big Ten and All-Region selection as a sophomore, Talor Battle established himself as one of the top scoring and playmaking threats in the Big Ten and was the undisputed on-court leader of the Nittany Lions. Coming off one of the best statistical seasons in Nittany Lion history in leading Penn State to a school-record 27 wins and the 2009 NIT title. On February 24, 2011, Battle became the first player in Big Ten Conference history to accumulate 2,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, and 500 career assists. On March 10, 2011, Battle became Penn State's all time leading scorer, setting the record on a clinching 3-point shot in the quarterfinal of the Big Ten Tournament.

Battle started all but the Nittany Lions' first game at point-guard and led the team in assists (99), points (317) and minutes played (937) while ranking second in threes (48) and third in defensive rebounds (83) on the year...averaged 12.1 ppg in Big Ten conference games raising his scoring average by nearly six points per game from the non-conference season. He posted a career high point total four times in his first five Big Ten games and had 13 double-digit outings vs. conference opponents and 16 on the year. His 35 threes in the Big Ten play led the team.

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