2007-08 Season: Finished as the team's sixth-leading scorer and the highest scoring freshman, averaging 5.4 points per game ... scored in double digits six times during the season ... posted 3.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, ranking fifth and third on the team, respectively ... started 20 of 32 games ... netted 11 points, had five rebounds and added an assist in UC's 70-64 loss to Pittsburgh (3/12) in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament while playing a career-high 39 minutes ... made his first start in six games and posted nine points on 4-of-5 shooting and four rebounds vs. Connecticut in the regular-season finale (3/9) ... collected seven rebounds and scored five points as UC lost to DePaul, 60-54 (3/6) ... came off the bench and recorded his fifth double-digit scoring game of the year at Georgetown (2/23) with 10 points ... also added three rebounds, two assists and two steals vs. the Hoyas ... for the second time in three games, he keyed the Bearcats as they upset a nationally-ranked team, scoring 11 points, posting six rebounds, and blocked shot in the closing seconds vs. then-No. 15 Pittsburgh (1/19)... scored his only basket of the game vs. then-No. 19 Villanova (1/12), a 3-pointer, with 22 seconds left to give UC a 68-66 lead ... turned in an all-around performance as UC knocked off Syracuse (1/9) at home, 74-66, with five points, seven rebounds, an assist, a steal, and a blocked shot ... helped UC win its BIG EAST opener at Louisville (1/1) with eight points, three rebounds, and two assists ... recorded nine points, seven rebounds, and three assists as UC lost to then No. 2 Memphis, 79-69 ... led the Bearcats to a 69-64 win vs. Fairfield (11/24) equaling his career high with 12 points ... dished out a career-high six assists vs. Coastal Carolina (11/16) ... posted career bests of 12 points and eight rebounds vs. Bowling Green (11/11) in the final game of the Peggy Cronin Classic ... tallied his first career double-digit game vs. Western Carolina (11/10), posting 11 points and added five rebounds and a season-high three steals ... scored his first point, a free throw, in the season opener vs. Belmont (11/9). High School: Selected to play in the 2007 Jordan Brand Regional Classic as a member of the New York suburban team ... played last season at St. Benedict's Prep for Dan Hurley, helping the Gray Bees to a 24-1 record ... 2006 Herald News Boys Basketball Player of the Year and Second-Team Associated Press All-State selection at Kennedy ... averaged 21.9 points and 11 rebounds in his final year at Kennedy while also leading his team in assists (5.4) and blocks (2.0) ... a 2005-06 first-team all-area and all-Passaic selection, notched a double-double in 22 of 26 games for Kennedy, which finished 19-7 and No. 3 in the Herald News Final Top 10 ... had two triple-doubles on the year ... scored 30 points or more three times, including a career-high 38 against Montclair ... scored 1,006 points in his career at Kennedy - more than half of which (548) came in his final campaign. Personal: Full name is Rashad Jamal Bishop ... born March 25, 1988 in Wayne, N.J. ... son of Denise Curry and Michael Bishop ... has one older brother ... major is undecided. |
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