SAN MARCOS, Texas – Former Texas State men's basketball player Tony Bishop will be playing in the upcoming FIBA AmeriCup that takes place Aug. 25 through Sept. 3 in Argentina, Columbia and Uruguay. He will be representing Panama in the 12-team tournament.
Bishop completed for the Bobcats in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. The 6-foot, 7-inch forward appeared in 62 games while starting 26 of them. He scored 640 points with 418 coming his senior season. Overall, he made 53.2 percent of his shot attempts, grabbed 402 rebounds, recorded 61 steals and blocked 58 shots. Bishop helped lead TXST to 31 wins in his two years in San Marcos.