Daeshon Francis (born January 26, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for

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of the

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. He plays the

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position.

Early life

Francis was born in

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, in the United States. He attended Lawrence North in Indianapolis, and played guard for the basketball team." Daeshon Francis,"
utpbfalcons.com. He was named 2014 IBCA/Subway Senior All-State. He is , and weighs .

College career

Francis then attended the

University of Wisconsin–Green Bay The University of Wisconsin–Green Bay (UW–Green Bay, UWGB, or Green Bay) is a public university in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1965, it is part of the University of Wisconsin System. As of fall 2024, student enrollment h ...

on scholarship and played basketball for the Green Bay basketball team in 2014–15. He averaged 4.5 points per game, with a .621 field goal percentage. He subsequently attended

Midland College Midland College (MC) is a Public college, public community college in Midland, Texas. It was established as an independent junior college in 1972 and held its first classes on campus in 1975. Since that time, the campus has expanded to a main ...

, a junior college, in 2015–16. Playing for the basketball team, he averaged 17.9 points (5th in the league), 6.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.9 steals per game. He was named First Team All- WJCAC, and All-

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Region V. Francis then played basketball for the University of Texas Permian Basin Falcons in 2016–18. In 2016–17, he averaged 18.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, with a .559 field goal percentage. He was named 2016-17

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Player of the Year, Lone Star Conference All-First Team, Lone Star Conference Newcomer of the Year, and NABC All-District South Central First Team. In 2017-18 Francis averaged 21.9 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, with a .534 field goal percentage. He was named 2017-18 Lone Star Conference Player of the Year, South Central Regional Player of the Year, Lone Star Conference All-First Team, NABC All-District South Central First Team, and a Division II First Team

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. He is the team's all-time leading scorer (1,303 points), in the top three in school history in assists, rebounds, and steals, and holds the team's single-game record for points (43).

Professional career

2018–20

Francis played for Arantia Larochette in the Luxembourg Basketball League in 2018–19. He averaged 25.9 points (6th in the league), 9.6 rebounds, and 4.8 assists (8th), and 2.0 steals (10th) per game, with a .527 field goal percentage (7th). He played three games of basketball for the

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in the G League in 2019–20.

2020–present

Francis played for

BC Nokia BC Nokia is a professional basketball club based in Nokia, Finland. The team currently plays in the top level Korisliiga. History In the 2014–15 season, Nokia won the Finnish First Division and was promoted to the Korisliiga. The team finished i ...

in the

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in Finland in 2020–21. He averaged 17.5 points per game, while shooting .822 from the free throw line. He played basketball for Ferro-ZNTU in the

Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague (USL) () is the first-tier level of professional basketball league in Ukraine. Established in 1992, the league is currently contested by 10 clubs. It is a tier above the Ukrainian Higher League and allows for o ...

in 2021–22. Francis averaged 14.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 1.8 steals (3rd in the league) per game. Francis played for Moncada Agrigento in

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in Italy in 2022–23. He averaged 10.5 points per game. He played for

BK Ventspils BK Ventspils is a professional basketball club that is located in Ventspils, Latvia. The club competes in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League. History BK Ventspils was founded in 1994. In first years Ventspils proved themselves as relevant p ...

in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League in 2023–24. He averaged 11.1 points per game with an .800 free throw percentage. He is playing for

of the

in 2024–present."Daeshon Francis,"
realgm.com."Bnei Hertzeliya lands Daeshon Francis, ex Ventspils,"
''Eurobasket''.

References

External links

Instagram page

Green Bay Athletics bio

estlatbl.com bio

Profile
at realgm.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Francis, Daeshon Living people 1996 births 21st-century American sportsmen American expatriate basketball people in Finland American expatriate basketball people in Georgia (country) American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Latvia American expatriate basketball people in Luxembourg American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine American men's basketball players Basketball players from Indianapolis BC Margveti players BC Nokia players BC Zaporizhzhia players BK Ventspils players Bnei Herzliya basketball players Fortitudo Agrigento players Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball players Midland Chaps basketball players Rio Grande Valley Vipers players University of Texas Permian Basin alumni