Jermaine Bishop

Jermaine Bishop
No. 11 – Norfolk State Spartans
Position Point guard
League Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born (1997-02-22) February 22, 1997
Queens, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Holy Cross (Flushing, New York)
College
Career highlights and awards

Jermaine Bishop (born February 22, 1997) is an American college basketball player, currently a Junior for the Norfolk State Spartans in 2018-19.

High school career

Bishop attended Holy Cross High School in Flushing, New York. As a senior in 2014–15, he averaged 20.6 points and 5.3 assists per game while helping Knights to an appearance in the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) AA intersectional semi-finals, the squad's deepest run since 2012. He graduated as Holy Cross' third-leading varsity scorer with 1,375 career points, trailing only Sylven Landesberg and Derrick Chievous.[1]

College career

As a freshman at Saint Louis in 2015–16, Bishop played in 27 games with 16 starting assignments, averaging 8.9 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 20.8 minutes per game.[2] A three-time A-10 Rookie of the Week honoree during the 2015–16 season, the first Billiken since 2009 to claim this honor.[1] Bishop led the Billikens in scoring (11.7 ppg) and assists (3.2 apg) in conference games, becoming the first Billiken freshman to lead his team in those categories since SLU joined the A-10 in 2005–06. His free-throw percentage (.864, 51-of-59) was sixth all-time in SLU history and the top mark by a freshman in SLU annals.[1] He recorded three 20-plus as a freshman, scoring 21 points against Duquesne on January 13, a career-high 23 points against Davidson on January 20, and 20 points against George Mason on February 17, a contest where he hit the game-winning basket in overtime.[3] He subsequently earned A-10 All-Rookie Team honors at the season's end.[3]

As a sophomore at Saint Louis in 2016-17, Bishop played only in 9 games with 9 starting assignments. Nine games into the season, he suffered an ankle injury and was awarded a medical redshirt. At the time of his injury, Bishop was the leading the Billikens in scoring and assists, he averaged 11.6 points and 4.7 assists per game. He poured in a career-high 27 points on 11-of-23 shooting (4-of-9 from 3-point range) against BYU in Las Vegas and led the Billikens in scoring against Kansas State with 11 points and Wichita State with 12 points.[4]

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Saint Louis 271620.8.406.326.8642.02.3.4.18.9
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016–17 Saint Louis 9932.2.362.366.8132.94.71.7.311.6

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jermaine Bishop Bio". slubillikens.com. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ "#11 Jermaine Bishop". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Bishop, Crawford Draw A-10 Honors". slubillikens.com. March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Jermaine Bishop Bio". slubillikens.com. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
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