2009-10 Men's Basketball Roster
Bishop Wheatley
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cedar Hill, Texas
- High School:
- Cedar Hill HS
CAREER AT TULSA -- A four-year letterwinner and two-year starter . . . played in 119 career games and had 68 career starts . . . had career averages of 4.0 points and 3.2 rebounds . . . played in his 100th career game at SMU as a senior and tallied eight points, six rebounds and two assists . . . was a career 65.6 percent free throw shooter entering the 2009-10 season, and shot 80.0 percent in his final campaign . . . had 10 career double-figure scoring games . . . lettered as a true freshman in 2005-06, then sat out the 2006-07, before returning to the court in the 2007-08 campaign.
2009-10 -- Played in 31 of 35 games . . . started all 31 games in which he played . . . averaged 5.3 points and 3.5 rebounds . . . had four double-figure scoring games . . . missed the first four games this season . . . returned in the fifth game of the season against Loyola Marymount and had 10 points and four rebounds . . . totaled 12 points, all coming in the first half, at Memphis on 6-of-10 from the field . . . had six points, five rebounds and one block against SMU . . . tallied a career-high seven assists at East Carolina, bettering his previous best of three assists . . . had six points, seven rebounds and two assists in 38 minutes at Marshall . . . scored a career-high 21 points on 10-of-18 from the field, and added five rebounds and two assists in 30 minutes vs. Memphis . . . had four points, four rebounds and three assists at Houston, while hitting 2-of-2 free throws with 0:31 left in the game to give Tulsa a five-point lead . . . had eight points and six rebounds against Nebraska . . . tallied eight points and seven rebounds against Chicago State . . . scored his previous carer-best 17 points against Oklahoma State, while hitting his first career 3-pointer, and had nine rebounds in 35 minutes . . . converted on his first of two career three-pointers in the OSU game.
2008-09 -- Played in 33 of 36 games . . . started in 31 contests . . . averaged 4.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists . . . led Tulsa in rebounding and steals four times . . . missed the Loyola-Marymount and Texas-Arlington games during the regular season, and the UAB game in the conference tournament . . . averaged 7.5 points (15) and 8.5 rebounds (17) and 2.0 assists (4) in the final two regular season games . . . led Tulsa in rebounding in both of those games . . . had six points and seven rebounds at Rice in the regular season finale . . . collected a career-high 10 rebounds and added nine points and three assists in 34 minutes against UCF . . . had six points, three rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes vs. UTEP . . . had 10 points, three rebounds and two assists against UAB . . . scored 11 points at Tulane . . . had eight points and seven rebounds in 28 minutes against Memphis . . . had eight rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes at Charlotte . . . tied his career-best of 12 points at Southern Miss and also had a career-high of nine rebounds and two blocked shots in that game . . . had a career-best 12 points on 6-of-8 from the field against Presbyterian, bettering his previous career-best by two points . . . tallied three consecutive 8-point scoring nights against Texas A&M-CC, North Carolina Central and Texas A&M.
2007-08 -- Played in 27 games and started one contest . . . averaged 3.1 points and 3.2 rebounds in 27 games . . . suffered a season-ending ankle injury in the C-USA Tournament quarterfinal game against UAB . . . had eight points and four rebounds vs. Presbyterian . . . totaled five points, seven rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes vs. Rice . . . had nine points, five rebounds and two steals at Colorado . . . grabbed a career-best eight rebounds against SE Missouri State . . . tied a career-high with 10 points and added seven rebounds vs. Charlotte . . . received his only start in the second game of the season against North Florida . . . had three points and two rebounds in six minutes vs. North Florida before suffering a hand injury and missed the rest of the game and the next four contests . . . returned to the lineup vs. Central Arkansas and had four points and tied a career-high with seven rebounds . . . totaled a season-high nine points vs. Texas-Pan American and added five rebounds, three assists and two steals . . . averaged 5.8 points and 6.8 rebounds in the four games when coming off of his injury.
2006-07 -- Sat out the season due to red-shirt status.
2005-06 -- Played in all 28 games and started five games . . . averaged 13.9 minutes of playing time . . . averaged 2.4 points and 2.2 rebounds . . . had four points and five rebounds in 17 minutes vs. SMU . . . scored a season-best 10 points and added five rebounds in the C-USA Tournament game against Southern Miss . . . totaled a season-best seven rebounds vs. Rice in 17 minutes . . . had two points and five rebounds in 16 minutes vs. East Carolina . . . had six rebounds at UAB in 15 minutes . . . started his first career game at Northern Arizona . . . had six points and three rebounds in 21 minutes vs. UTPA . . . tallied five points and five rebounds in a starting assignment vs. BYU . . . had six points in nine minutes at Cal State Northridge.
HIGH SCHOOL --Was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at Cedar Hill High School . . . helped guide his team to an overall three-year record of 93-12 record . . . as a sophomore, his team compiled a 33-3 record and a year later posted a 35-2 mark while losing in the Texas Class 5A State Championship game . . . helped lead his team to a 25-7 record as a senior . . . averaged 15.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.2 steals in his senior season . . . also shot 58-percent from the field and 81-percent from the free throw line . . . was ranked among the top-130 seniors in the state of Texas, as he earned a ranking of No. 53 by TexasHoops.com . . . earned all-district and all-region honors in each of the last two seasons . . . was named to the all-state team as a junior . . . averaged 12.2 points his junior season . . . was an honorable mention all-district performer in his sophomore season . . . high school coach was David Milson.
PERSONAL -- Favorite NBA player is Dwight Howard . . . his favorite NBA team is the Orlando Magic . . . the most memorable place he has visited is Cozumel, Mexico . . . his favorite sport to watch besides basketball is football . . . his worst habit is biting his nails . . . his favorite food is pork chops . . . received his degree in communication in December 2009. . . parents are Bishop Giddings and Suzette Sanders . . . born March 7, 1987 in Dallas, Texas
Wheatley's Career Statistics Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Total 3-Point Rebounds Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg 2005-06 28-5 388/13.9 18-32 .563 0-0 .000 30-47 .638 17-44 61 2.2 49-1 11 29 5 14 66/2.4 2006-07 Red-shirt 2007-08 27-1 503/18.6 30-61 .492 0-4 .000 24-45 .533 32-54 86 3.2 59-1 16 25 7 14 84/3.1 2008-09 33-31 871/26.4 52-108 .481 0-4 .000 53-71 .746 34-94 128 3.9 93-6 40 37 10 14 157/4.8 2009-10 31-31 855/27.6 63-169 .373 2-9 .222 36-45 .800 37-70 107 3.5 76-4 38 46 9 12 164/5.3 TOTAL 119-68 2617/22.0 163-370 .441 2-17 .118 143-208 .688 120-262 382 3.2 277-12 105 137 31 54 471/4.0
