Shaquil Bender

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-2
Weight:
185
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.
Prev School:
Manhattan

MANHATTAN: Spent two seasons at Manhattan … An All-MAAC preseason selection entering the 2024-25 season, where he played a role in a 10-game turnaround for the Jaspers who went 17-14 in 2025 … Averaged 11.2 points per game while adding 63 assists and 29 steals, starting in every game last season … Was Manhattan’s leading scorer as a junior in 2023-24, averaging 13.8 points per game while shooting 34.1 percent from three and adding 31 steals and 41 assists … Scored a career-high 30 points against Niagara and scored 20 or more points on four occasions.

PRIOR TO MANHATTAN: Played high school basketball at Lincoln High School where he was All-State as a senior … Started his collegiate career in Southern California at Mt. SAC, where he was a first-team all-conference selection … Started in 21 games … Moved on to Fullerton College as a sophomore, winning the CCCAA championship … Played in 32 games, starting 29 as Fullerton went 32-1 overall … Averaged 13.6 points per game while adding 3.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 47.1 percent from three.

MAJOR: Second Bachelor’s – Consumer Affairs

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 30 vs. Niagara, 1/5/24*
Rebounds: 9, at Canisius, 2/28/25*
Assists: 6, 2x, last vs. Sacred Heart, 3/6/25*
Steals: 3, 3x, last vs. Iona, 1/31/25*
Blocks: 1, 7x, last vs. Siena, 3/8/25*
3-FG Made: 5, vs. Farleigh Dickinson, 12/8/23*
FG Made: 11, vs. Niagara, 1/5/24*
FT Made: 6, vs. Mercy, 11/12/24*
Minutes: 44, at Siena, 1/3/25*
*at Manhattan