BLAke Francis

POSITION: Point Guard


HEIGHT: 6’0” (183cm)


BIRTHDATE: January 3, 1998 (Herndon, VA)


HIGH SCHOOL: Westfield High School (Chantilly, VA)


UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE: Richmond ’22 (Richmond, VA)


INSTAGRAM / TWITTER: @bfran05 / @blake__f


YEARS PRO: 2


PROFESSIONAL CAREER:



Averaged 8.8 points, 1.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 16.6 minutes in 25 games played with the Westchester Knicks, the Capital City Go-Go and the Cleveland Charge the NBA G League. Averaged 15.3 points, 1.0 rebound, 3.4 assists and 24.1 minutes in eight games played with the Newfoundland Growlers in the CEBL.

 

2022-23: Averaged 9.6 points, 1.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 15.2 minutes in 14 games played with the Cleveland Charge in the NBA G League… Shot 44.7% from the field and 43.8% from the three-point line… Scored 10 or more points in six games… Scored 15 or more points in five games… Scored a season-high 26 points Feb. 12 vs. Maine… Totaled 15 points, five rebounds and eight assists Feb. 25 vs. Lakeland.

 

2021-22: Averaged 15.3 points, 1.0 rebound, 3.4 assists and 24.1 minutes in eight games played with the Newfoundland Growlers in the CEBL… Scored 16 or more points in six out of eight games… Scored a season-high 20 points July 22 vs. Montréal… Scored 16 or more points in four consecutive games between Jul. 22 and Jul. 29… Scored 9.3 points, 1.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 22.8 minutes in eight games played with the Westchester Knicks in the NBA G League… Averaged 4.0 points, 0.3 rebound, 0.3 assist and 6.3 minutes in three games played with the Capital City Go-Go… Scored a season-high 26 points Jan. 8 vs. Grand Rapids.

 

 

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE CAREER


Averaged 14.4 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 29.6 minutes in 105 games over four collegiate seasons… Played his first two collegiate seasons at Wagner College before transferring to Richmond University.

 

2020-21: Averaged 16.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 33.5 minutes in 20 games with Richmond… Named Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and selected Second Team All-District in NABC District 4 (A-10) for the second straight year… Led the team with 16.1 points per game, ninth in the Atlantic 10… Made a team-high 49 three-pointers… Ranked sixth in the A-10 with 2.45 three-pointers per game… Ranked second on team and 12th in A-10 with 1.4 steals per game… Started 20 games, missing the final three games of the season after injuring his hip and back in a fall on Mar. 1 vs. Saint Joseph’s… Scored 27 points in Richmond’s win vs. Loyola Chicago, the most by a Spider in a game during the season… Finished the season with the seventh-highest scoring average in program history, at 16.98 points per game.

 

2019-20: Averaged 17.6 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 32.7 minutes per game in 25 games played with Richmond… Named Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and selected Second Team All-District in NABC District 4… Averaged team-high 17.7 points per game, fourth in the Atlantic 10 and most by a Spider since T.J. Cline in 2016-17… Started all 25 games he appeared in, missing six games after fracturing his sternum vs Saint Louis on Jan. 11… Led Spiders in scoring 10 times, most by any players, and led Richmond with eight 20-point games… Shot team-high 80.5 percent on free throws, seventh in the A-10… Made 2.64 three-pointers per game, third in the A-10… 66 three-pointers were most by Spider in his first year with Richmond since Kendall Anthony in 2011-12 (68).

 

2017-18: Averaged 17.3 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 32.7 minutes in 32 games played with Wagner College… Averaged team-high 17.3 points per game, the fifth-best mark in the Northeast Conference… Set school record with 102 three-point field goals… Led conference in three-pointers made and ranked tied for 26th in Division I… Shot team-best 40.2 percent from three-point range, the eight-highest mark in the conference… Recorded a team-high 80.6 percent of his free-throw attempts, ranking fourth in the Northeast Conference… Recorded team-high 52 steals, fifth most in the conference… Led Wagner to 23-10 record and regular-season conference title… Scored career-high 29 points in win vs. Bryant on Feb. 8… Second-Team All-Northeast Conference selection.

 

2016-17: Averaged 7.2 points, 1.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 20.5 minutes in 28 games played with Wagner College… Led team in three-point field goal percentage at 42.2 percent, the second-best mark in the conference… Ranked 19th among Division I freshmen in three-point shooting (minimum 100 three-point attempts)… Team’s leading scorer off the bench (188 points)… Scored season-high 20 points in win vs. eventual league champion Mount St. Mary’s on February 16.



PROFESSIONAL STATISTICS

Totals

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AST FO BLK STL TO
2022-23 Cleveland 14 213 135 42-94 21-48 19-25 4 21 25 30 16 1 14 16
2022 Newfoundland 8 388 122 20-39 22-53 16-19 2 6 8 27 18 1 9 12
2021-22 Capital City 3 18 12 5-9 2-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
2021-22 Westchester 8 183 74 25-71 11-40 6-7 2 9 11 11 17 0 6 10
Totals 33 802 343 92-213 56-146 41-51 8 37 45 89 53 2 29 38

Averages

Year Team G MIN PTS FG% 3% FT% RO RD RT AST FO BLK STL TO
2022-23 Cleveland 14 15.2 9.6 0.447 0.438 0.76 0.2 1.5 1.7 2.1 1.1 0.1 1 1.1
2022 Newfoundland 8 25.4 15.3 0.46 0.42 0.84 0.2 0.7 1 3.4 2.2 0.1 1.1 1.5
2021-22 Capital City 3 6.2 4 0.556 0.4 0 0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0 0 0
2021-22 Westchester 8 22.9 9.2 0.352 0.35 0.857 0.2 1.1 1.3 3.8 2.1 0 0.7 1.2
Totals 33 802 343 92-213 56-146 41-51 8 37 45 89 53 2 29 38

UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE STATISTICS

Totals

Year Team G MIN PTS 2FGP 3FGP FT RO RD RT AST FO BLK STL TO
2020-21 Richmond 20 669 322 117-276 49-136 39-52 6 40 46 43 47 0 28 33
2019-20 Richmond 25 818 442 153-367 66-182 70-87 14 42 56 50 44 0 28 50
2017-18 Wagner 32 1046 553 182-423 102-254 87-108 20 40 60 54 81 1 52 48
2016-17 Wagner 28 575 201 64-151 43-102 30-40 20 18 38 31 66 0 18 21
Totals 105 3108 1518 516-1217 260-674 226-287 60 140 200 178 238 1 126 152

Averages

Year Team G MIN PTS FG% 3% FT% RO RD RT AST FO BLK STL TO
2020-21 Richmond 20 33.5 16.1 0.424 0.36 0.75 0.3 2 2.3 1.4 2.3 0 1.4 1.6
2019-20 Richmond 25 32.7 17.6 0.417 0.363 0.805 0.5 1.6 2.2 2 1.7 0 1.1 2
2017-18 Wagner 32 32.7 17.2 0.43 0.402 0.806 0.6 1.2 1.8 1.6 2.5 0 1.6 1.5
2016-17 Wagner 28 20.5 7.1 0.424 0.422 0.75 0.7 0.6 1.3 1.1 2.3 0 0.6 0.7
Totals 105 29.6 14.4 0.424 0.386 0.787 0.5 1.3 1.9 1.7 2.2 0 1.2 1.4
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