Jermaine Bishop (born February 22, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the TFT of both the Macedonian League and

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(ABA2 League). He played

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for the

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and

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High school career

Jermaine Bishop attended Holy Cross High School in

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. As a senior in 2014–15, he averaged 20.6 points and 5.3 assists per game while helping the 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

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and

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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. A three-time A-10 Rookie of the Week honoree during the 2015–16 season, the first Billiken since 2009 to claim this honor. 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. He recorded three 20-plus games as a freshman, scoring 21 points against Duquesne on January 13, a career-high 23 points against

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on January 20, and 20 points against

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on February 17, a contest where he hit the game-winning basket in overtime. He subsequently earned A-10 All-Rookie Team honors at the season's end. 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 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

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in Las Vegas and led the Billikens in scoring against

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with 11 points and

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with 12 points. As a redshirt sophomore at Saint Louis in 2017–18, Bishop did not compete due to personal reasons. Bishop transferred to

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for his 2018–19 redshirt junior year. He sat out the season due to NCAA rules as a Division I transfer. In his senior season, he was named to the First Team All-

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, the first player for Norfolk since 2017. He also made his way onto the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 15 second team, and the BOXTOROW HBCU Division I All-America second team. In addition, he earned a spot on the College Sports Information Directors (CoSIDA) Division I Academic All-District 3 team, the first basketball player in NSU history to earn academic all-district accolades. Bishop competed in and started all 31 games; averaged 15.6 points and 3.5 rebounds per game (averaged 18.5 points in MEAC games). For the year, he totaled 483 points, 109 rebounds, 69 assists, 32 steals and four blocks. Bishop set the school record for 3-pointers (98) and 3-point attempts (248), breaking the previous marks of 92 (set in 2018–19 and 1986–87) and 237 (set 2007–08), respectively. Ranked first in the MEAC in 3-point field goals (3.2), second in free throw percentage (85.5), fourth in scoring (15.6), fifth in 3-point field goal percentage (39.5), seventh in minutes (33.4), and 15th in assists (2.2). In MEAC games only, led the league in 3-point field goals (3.8) and free throw percentage (87.2) and stood second in scoring (18.5), fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (41.8), ninth in minutes (34.6), and 14th in steals (1.2). Bishop ranked 11th in the nation in 3-point field goals (3.16) and 31st in 3-point field goal percentage. After just one season, he ended the year ranked ninth in NSU career records in 3-point field goal percentage and 19th in 3-pointers. He declared for the 2020 NBA draft.

Professional career

On July 21, 2020, Bishop signed with

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of the German

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league. On May 28, 2021, Bishop signed with the

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of the

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(BSN). Bishop was selected by the Indios de Mayagüez in the BSN Draft in the first round with the fourth pick. On December 23, 2021, Bishop signed with the TFT of both the Macedonian League and

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(BIBL). On February 20, 2022, TFT won their first trophy in club history, the Cup of Macedonia, the second most important national basketball title in North Macedonia after the

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. Bishop re-signed with the

of the

(BSN) for the 2022 season. Due to the extended season with TFT he only played 9 games. On October 10, 2022, Bishop re-signed with the TFT of both the Macedonian League and

(ABA2 League).

Career statistics

College

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Professional

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References

External links

Players to watch: Jermaine Bishop, CrossSaint Louis Billikens bioNorfolk State Spartans bio2019-20 HBCU Highlights

ESPN.com profilePuerto Rico BSN HighlightsKK TFT Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Jermaine 1997 births Living people Basketball players from New York City American men's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Germany Holy Cross High School (Flushing) alumni Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball players Phoenix Hagen players Point guards Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball players Sportspeople from Queens, New York