Wagner College Athletics

All-NEC (Second Team, 2017-18)
Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) (Third Team, 2017-18)
National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) (Second Team, 2017-18)
Lou Henson Award All-America Team (2017-18)
MBWA Division I Player of the Week (January 30, 2018)
 
2017-18 Sophomore Season
Game-By-Game Stats
Played in 32 of the team’s 33 games… Earned the starting nod 22 times… Led the 2017-18 Seahawks in scoring at 17.3 points per game (7^th in the Northeast Conference)… Was the third-highest scoring sophomore in the league… Among the top-50 scoring sophomores in all of Division I Logged 32.7 minutes a contest… Shot 43.0 percent from the field while connecting on 40.2 percent from three-point range (Ranked ninth in the NEC)… Converted on 80.6 percent from the free-throw line (Fifth-best in the conference)… Corralled 1.9 rebounds per game while adding 1.7 assists and 1.6 steals per contest… Kicked off the season by scoring in double figures in nine straight games… Finished the year with 30 double-digit scoring performances… Eclipsed the 20-point plateau ten times, pouring in a career-high 29 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field, which included a career-best six three pointers against Bryant at home (2/8/18)…Finished with 102 made three-pointers, setting a new program record, surpassing former record-holder, Joey Mundweiler’s (’09) mark of 98 which he converted in 2008-09… Attempted the most three-pointers in a single year, hoisting up 254 treys, which also bested Mundweiler’s previous record of 242… In league games, he averaged 16.3 points per game (tied for sixth best) while converting 42.5 percent from long range (Eighth-best in the league).

2016-17 Freshman Season
Game-By-Game Stats
Appeared in 28 games in his inaugural season on Grymes Hill, earning the starting nod in three games… Averaged 7.2 points per game, 1.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists… Shot 42.4 percent from the field, 42.2 percent from beyond the arc (2nd in the NEC)… Shot 75.0 percent from the charity stripe… Off the bench, averaged 7.5 points per game, in 21.1 minutes… Shot 42.6 percent from the floor and 41.9 percent from the outside… Netted a team-best 188 points in reserve… Made his collegiate debut on the road at UMass Lowell (11/14/16), scoring 12 points in 21 minutes…In his first home game against Fairfield (11/19/16), scored 14 points in 37 minutes action, which included a 4-of-8 shooting performance from three… Earned his first start at American University (11/22/16)… Went for a career-best 20 points in 22 minutes off the bench against eventual league champion Mount St. Mary’s (2/16/17)… The next game, at St. Francis Brooklyn (2/18/17), scored 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting… Tabbed NEC Co-Rookie of the Week (2/20/17) after averaging 18.5 ppg, on 71.4 percent shooting from the field and 70.0 percent from downtown.

Before Wagner: A late get for the Seahawks as an open scholarship became available when senior forward Greg Senat (Elmont, NY/Elmont [Marianapolis Prep {CT}]) became a two-sport player and had his scholarship switched to the football side of the athletic department ledger. Francis led Westfield to a Virginia 6A state championship, defeating Oscar Smith, 74-56 to cap a senior season in which he averaged 20.1 points. The crafty, left-handed, guard posted 24 double-digit scoring performances while hitting the 20-point plateau 13 times last season. Also, he recorded four games of 25 points or more while going for a career-best 32 points, whicj included five three-pointers in an 80-63 victory over Battlefield on December 21. Over his three seasons at Westfield, Francis led the team to a combined 62-18 overall record (.775 win percentage) while posting a 27-8 conference mark (.771 win percentage). During his senior season, according to MaxPreps, Westfield was ranked the No. 6 team in Virginia... Graduated Westfield as the all-time leading scorer, 1,390 career points...  Recognized twice as All-State and All-Region and three times as an All-District performer ... Named to the Washington Post's prestigious 2015-16 All-Met Fourth Team team as a senior ... Participated in the 43rd Annual Capital Classic and the NOVA Challenge Classic, where he was named MVP ... Son of Carl and Wilhelmenia Francis... Has one sibling, Branden, who played football at Liberty University (2010-2013) ... His cousin, Tyler Thornton, played basketball at Duke University (2010-2014)... Another cousin, Marques Hagans, attended the University of Virginia (2002-2005) and was selected in the fifth round (144 overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft by the former St. Louis Rams (now, the Los Angeles Rams) ... Hagans spent three spent three seasons with the Rams before being picked up by the Kansas City Chiefs for the 2009 campaign and finished his career with the Washington Redskins... Born January 3, 1998... Undeclared major at Wagner.