The University of Guam Men's Basketball Team signed the "Ox" to play for the Tritons in 2018-19 as Romell Bateman, a 6'4", 220 pound forward, nicknamed the "Ox", signed his UOG Athletic Letter of Intent to play for the Tritons next basketball season.

The Tritons went 30-0 in 2017-18 and won three league championships.

Romell is originally from New Jersey where he played at Linden High School and he was All-District, All-County and 3rd Team All-State. He was named to the Top 5 High School Basketball Players in Union County, NJ. He was named the "Surprise Player of the Year" by the New Jersey Star Ledger. He averaged 17 points per game as a senior with 11 rebounds per game.

Bateman has graduated college and will play at UOG as a graduate student majoring in Administration. His college basketball career was hampered by injuries as he played one season (2012-13) at Clarendon Junior College in Clarendon, TX. He also had an injury shortened season at Mercy College (NCAA II) in New York, where he played 7 games in 2014-15. He graduated from the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, New Mexico where he spent 2 years not being able to play basketball because of injury but won an "Honorary Student-Athlete Award" for his efforts in athletics for the university.

Romell plans on playing 2 years for the Tritons as he works on his Master's Degree.