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Jersey Number 3
Bishop Boswell
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 204
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Myers Park
CAREER HIGHS
- Points: 2 (3x) // last vs. Wofford (N), 3/20/25
- Rebounds: 3 // at Illinois, 12/14/24
- Assists: 3 (2x) // last vs. Florida, 2/1/25
- Steals: 1 (5x) // last vs. South Carolina, 3/8/25
- Blocks: -- // --
- Field Goals: 1 (3x) // last vs. Wofford (N), 3/20/25
- Field-Goal Attempts: 3 // vs. Florida, 2/1/25
- 3-Pointers: -- // --
- 3-Point Attempts: 2 // vs. Florida, 2/1/25
- Free Throws: 1 // vs. Syracuse, 12/3/24
- Free-Throw Attempts: 2 // vs. Syracuse, 12/3/24
- Minutes: 11:12 // at Florida, 1/7/25
HONORS
- 2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024-25 - FRESHMAN
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Played in 28 games, missing two due to injury, and totaled 106 minutes of court time on the season.
- Accumulated 16 rebounds (six offensive), 14 assists, seven points, five steals and three made field goals in his first year on Rocky Top.
- Grabbed multiple rebounds in four outings and dished out multiple assists in three contests, logging one steal on five occasions.
- Tied for fourth on the team with three "One Fly, We All Fly" pregame dunks, including two in the NCAA Tournament.
- Scored two points, making his lone field-goal attempt, and grabbed one rebound in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64 win against Wofford (3/20/25).
- Tied a season best mark with three assists in the victory over No. 5/6 Florida (2/1/25), adding one steal in 10:53 of action, 19 seconds shy of his top mark.
- Did not play against Middle Tennessee State (12/23/24) due to a right shoulder injury sustained in the prior game.
- Grabbed a season-best three rebounds and played strong defense in six-plus minutes off the bench in the win at Illinois (12/14/24).
- Dished out three assists in four minutes of action against Austin Peay (11/17/24).
- Made his college debut in the victory at Louisville (11/9/24) and connected on his lone field-goal attempt.
- Did not play in the season opener versus Gardner-Webb (11/6/24) while in concussion protocol.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Unanimously considered a four-star recruit and a top-eight prospect in the state of North Carolina.
- Placed No. 72 overall in the 247Sports Composite and No. 75 in the On3 Consensus rankings.
- Tabbed the No. 61 player in the country by ESPN and the No. 69 recruit nationally by Rivals.
- Three-time HighSchoolOT.com All-State designee, earning first-team status as a senior, second-team honors as a junior and third-team plaudits as a sophomore.
- Won back-to-back conference regular season and tournament titles his final two years.
- Averaged 11.5 points, 5.9 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game as a senior, earning NCBCA First Team All-District 9 and Charlotte Observer Second Team All-Area plaudits.
- Helped his team to a 27-3 record, 23 straight wins, a John Wall Holiday Invitational title and a state quarterfinal appearance.
- Put up 12.0 points, 5.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game his junior year and led Myers Park to a 4A state title, collecting MVP honors in the championship game.
- Also aided his team to a 28-4 record, an Arby’s Classic championship and an appearance in the City of Palms Classic.
- Spent his first two prep years at South Mecklenburg High School, where he turned in a dominant sophomore campaign, averaging 20.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, garnering NCBCA Third Team All-District 9 and Charlotte Observer All-Area Honorable Mention recognition.
- Two-year letter winner in football, competing as a wide receiver as a freshman and sophomore, collecting all-conference honors the latter season.
- Played with multiple eventual Power Five players in high school, including Sir Mohammed (Notre Dame), Elijah Strong (South Carolina) and Sadiq White (Syracuse).
- Competed for the Team CP3 on the AAU circuit, including in the Nike EYBL.
- Among the notable Myers Park alumni are NFL quarterback Drake Maye, Charlotte head baseball coach Robert Woodard and former NBA player/NBA referee Haywoode Workman.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Bishop Rai Boswell.
- Born Sept. 15, 2005, in Charlotte, N.C.
- Mother, Brittany Boswell, is a massage therapist.
- Does not have any brothers or sisters.
- Majoring in communication studies.
- Interests outside of basketball include anime, fashion, football and music.
- Favorite athlete is Russell Westbrook because of the passion he plays with.
- Best sports memory is winning the 4A state championship as a junior.
- Committed to Tennessee over Georgia, Missouri, South Carolina, Wake Forest and Xavier.
- Chose Tennessee because of the coaching staff and the fans.
- Hails from the same hometown as six former Tennessee players, including one-and-done first-round pick Jaden Springer (2020-21), SEC Player of the Year honoree Tony White (1983-87) and two-time SEC Player of the Year designee Grant Williams (2016-19).
- Owns a reverse band back squat of 510 pounds, two-and-a-half times his body weight and a 30-pound improvement from his freshman season.
- Added 1.96 inches to his standing vertical jump in advance of his sophomore year after increasing his mark by 2.1 inches in the offseason before his freshman season, when he also put on 10.3 pounds.
- Recipient of the Bertelkamp Basketball Scholarship Endowment Fund.
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