2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
James Bishop IV
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, MD
- High School:
- Mount Saint Joseph
- Prev School:
- LSU
- Major:
- Sociology
2023-24: Named Third Team All-Conference and NABC Second Team All-District ... Finished his career with the third-most points in a career at GW with 2,103 ... Also ranked among GW's all-time top-10 in career 3-pointers made (t-3rd), field goals (4th), free throws made (4th) and assists (6th) ... Finished second in the A-10 in scoring (18.3 ppg) and fourth in assists (4.3) ... Started and played all 32 games, playing 35.4 mpg ... Reached double figures in 26 of 32 games, including 14 20-point games and four 30-point efforts ... Led GW in scoring 13 times ... Named Atlantic 10 Preseason First Team All-Conference ... Dropped sixth career 30-point game vs. William & Mary (11/11) with 32 points on career-high 15-16 free throws, adding five assists and five rebounds ... Set season-highs in assists (8) and rebounds (7) to go along with 14 points in win over New Hampshire (11/18) ... Carved up Ohio (11/24) with 28 points (10-21 FG, 4-9 3s) and five assists ... Posted third-straight 20-point game vs. Delaware (11/26) with 28 points (10-16 FG) ... Scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half vs. Alcorn State (12/21), adding five assists ... Notched second 30-point game of the season vs. Fordham (1/3) with 32 points (11-21 FG), five rebounds, six assists and career-high three blocks ... Scored 23 of his 28 points in the second half at VCU (1/6), including game-winner with 1.7 seconds remaining ... Named A-10 Player of the Week and USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week following the games against Fordham and VCU ... Moved into third place on the GW all-time scoring list vs. Loyola (2/10), scoring 25 points (10-11 FT) with seven assists ... Played the full 40 minutes, scoring 23 points on 7-of-21 FG (5-of-10 3s) with four assists vs. Richmond (2/17) ... Notched his third 30-point game of the season at Saint Joseph's (2/21), making 10-of-22 FG (4-of-6 3s) ... Tallied season-high 34 points on career-high seven 3-pointers at Saint Louis (2/24) ... Named A-10 Player of the Week for a second time after averaging 32 ppg vs. St. Joe's and SLU ... Provided a virtuoso performance on Senior Night vs. St. Bonaventure with 27 points (8-13 FG, 5-9 3s) and six assists
2022-23: Named First Team All-Conference, GW's first honoree on the first team since 2006 ... Named NABC First Team All-District ... Won the A-10 scoring title with 21.6 ppg, finishing 12th in the country in scoring ... First GW player to lead league in scoring since 2000 ... Was also nationally ranked (35th) with 5.2 assists per game, becoming first player in the A-10 to average 21.0 ppg and 5.0 apg since 2003 ... Appeared in and started all 32 games, setting a new school mark with 37.7 mpg ... Scored 691 points, the third-most in a single season in GW history ... Also etched his name in the single-season record book in field goals made (240, 4th), minutes played (1206, t-4th), assists (165, 5th), points per game (21.6, 8th), assists per game (5.2, 9th), 3-pointers made (64, 14th) and free throws made (147, 16th) ... Reached double figures in 31 of 32 games, including 26 straight to end the season ... Registered 19 20-point games, four 30-point games and two 40-point games ... Started off the season with a 21-point effort vs. Virginia State (11/7), tying his career-high with nine assists ... Had a historic night at Hofstra with 44 points (15-24 FG, 5-12 3s, 9-10 FT). Scored the most for a GW player since 1969 (new A-10 record) and was the first GW 40-point game since 1999 ... Posted 25 points on 10-of-22 shooting vs. UC San Diego (11/22), adding four assists and three rebounds ... Scored his 1,000th career point vs. New Hampshire (11/26) ... Drilled five 3-pointers en route to a 24-point night against South Carolina (11/30), also added eight assists ... Scored 26 points at Radford (12/4), adding five assists ... Notched third career 30-point game vs. Coppin State (12/13), tying season-high with five made 3-pointers, and shooting 10/20 overall ... Tallied seventh 20-point game of the season with 22 points (10-20 FG) vs. Pepperdine (12/23), adding three assists and two steals ... Named A-10 Player of the Week after notching his second 40-point game of the season at Loyola Chicago (12/31), making 12-of-18 field goals, 5-of-8 3s and 11-of-12 free throws in addition to seven assists ... Posted over 25 points for the third straight game, scoring 26 vs. UMass (1/7) on 8-of-13 shooting. Also handed out five assists ... Dished out eight assists to go along with 19 points and three rebounds at George Mason (1/16) ... Recorded dominant day in win vs. Dayton (1/21) with 27 points (10-19 FG), seven assists and four rebounds ... Earned second A-10 Player of the Week on 1/23 following wins over Mason and Dayton ... Scored the eventual game-winner with 20 seconds left in OT to beat Saint Joseph's (1/28), scoring 22 points overall with six assists ... Tallied first career double-double in 2OT victory vs. Richmond (2/8) with 33 points (13-23 FG) and career-high 10 assists ... Drilled three free throws with 2.2 seconds left to beat St. Bonaventure (2/19) in overtime, finishing with 25 points and six assists ... Posted second straight 25-point game at Rhode Island (2/22), adding six assists and season-high five rebounds ... Recorded third straight game with at least 25 points, scoring 29 (10-19 FG, 4-6 3s) with nine assists vs. La Salle (2/25) ... Scored 11 points in final 3:14 as part of 26-point, four-assist night to lift GW past Davidson (3/1) ... Put up 25 points with eight assists and five rebounds in the A-10 Tournament vs. Saint Joseph's (3/8).
2021-22: Named Third Team All-Conference ... Appeared in all 30 games, starting 29 ... Averaged a team-best 16.7 ppg to go along with 2.2 rpg and 1.9 apg while shooting 38.7% from the floor and 31.7% from beyond the arc in 34.2 mpg ... Finished second in the A-10 in scoring for the second straight year, also ranking among league leaders in field goal attempts (1st), free throw percentage (3rd), total points (5th), free throw makes (6th), free throw attempts (8th), 3-point attempts (8th), field goal makes (10th) and 3s per game (14th) ... Was fourth in the league in scoring during A-10 play with 17.5 ppg ... Registered 10 games of 20 or more points ... Scored all 13 of his points in the second half in comeback attempt at Maryland (11/11) ... Drilled a career-high five 3-pointers en route to a season-high 19 points at Cal State Fullerton, adding three assists ... Poured in 18 points for the second straight game vs. Wright State (11/22), adding five rebounds ... Dropped in 19 on an efficient 7-of-11 shooting to go along with a season-high five assists vs. Kent State (11/23) ... Nailed a career-high 10 field goals (on 19 attempts) en route to a season-best 23 points vs. Boston University (12/1), his 12th career 20-point game ... Followed up with another 23-point performance at Charlotte (12/4), tying a career-high with five made long balls ... Connected on 8-of-14 shots from the floor en route to 21 points in the win over Radford (12/13) ... Had 23 points vs. George Mason (1/17) on 8-of-16 shooting, adding five rebounds, five assists and three steals ... Scored all 15 of his points after halftime, including the eventual game-winning jumper with 55 seconds left at Rhode Island (1/22) ... Dropped first 30-point game of his career at Saint Louis (1/26), connecting on 9-of-19 from the floor, including 4-of-7 from beyond the arc ... Provided 12 of his game-high 25 points in game-ending 20-6 run to come back and beat Fordham (1/30) ... Scored 23 of his game-high 27 points in the second half vs. La Salle (2/2), hitting on 11-of-14 from the free throw line and 7-of-14 from the field ... Continued his torrid stretch with 26 points vs. Davidson (2/5), 21 of which came in the first half. Hit a career-high six 3-pointers and matched a career-best with three steals ... Scored 24 points (8-18 FG) at Massachusetts (2/9) with three assists ... Scored 19 of his 23 points in the overtime sessions to help GW overcome Duquesne in triple overtime (3/2).
2020-21: Started all 17 games in his first year in the Buff & Blue ... Led GW and finished second in the A-10 in scoring with 19.1 ppg ... Reached double figures 15 times, including 11 20+ point performances ... Registered multiple assists in every contest, finishing with 5.1 per game and ranking 4th in the A-10 and 43rd nationally ... Averaged over 36 minutes played per game, sixth in the A-10 and 35th nationally ... Was on the floor for 90.1% of total minutes, 28th most in the nation ... Shot 42.7% from the floor, 33.8% from beyond the arc and 73.6% from the free throw line ... In league games, averaged 18.8 ppg, ranking fourth in the circuit ... Finished the year with a career-high performance of 29 points in the A-10 Tournament vs. George Mason (3/4) ... Notched his 10th 20-point performance vs. Rhode Island (2/21) with 28 points (9-14 FG) ... Posted 24 points and sank a career-high 13 free throws in 15 attempts vs .VCU (1/13)... Connected on a game winning three-pointer with less than 15 seconds left to play vs. Duquesne (1/3)... Scored what was then a career-high 23 points and matched a career-high with four 3-point field goals at Fordham (12/30) ... Scored 21 points and had a career-high tying eight rebounds in 37 minutes of action against William & Mary (12/14) ... Scored 20 points and made a career high four 3-pointers at UMBC (12/7) ... Scored 20 points and had a career-high eight rebounds vs Coppin State (12/5)... In his GW debut at Navy, set what was then new career-highs in points (20), assists (9), 3-point FG made (3) and minutes played (36)
Prior to GW (at LSU): Played in 16 games in his first year at LSU … Averaged 3.1 points and 0.3 rebounds a game … Averaged 8.6 minutes a game … Scored 11 points against Northwestern State (12/8) and nine against UMBC (11/19) … In SEC play, had seven points at Arkansas (3/4) and five points at Florida (2/26) … Played 22 minutes in the Northwestern State game, hitting 4-of-7 field goals … Hit 18-of-46 field goals (39.1%) with seven treys … Had four assists in the UMBC game.
High School/Prep: Three-star point guard … ranked as the 23rd best combo guard in the Class of 2019 … Coached by Pat Clatchey at Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore … Averaged 18 points in 2018 and 23.3 points per game in 2019 … Team won the 2016, 2017 Baltimore Catholic league championships … He scored over 2,100 points in his career and was on teams that won more games than any other player at Mount Saint Joseph (126) … First-team All-Metro as chosen by the Baltimore Sun for the second straight year and Baltimore Catholic Player of the Year … 15 games of 25 or more points as a senior … Also averaged 4.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists.
Personal: Parents are Lisa and James Bishop III … One of three family members.
