PRONUNCIATION
2024-25 SEASON
• One of four players to appear in all 33 games, starting a team-high 30, averaging 9.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg and a career best 2.3 assists, shooting 46 percent from the field and 39.7 percent from three
• .397 3PT% is the second-highest in a single season by a sophomore, minimum 30 attempts
• Scored in double digits 13 times and grabbed ten rebounds once
• Had 10 points and career-high four steals at Winthrop (Nov. 16)
• Scored 13 points at VCU (Dec. 4)
• Went 6-8 from the field, scored 15 points and dished five assists against North Florida (Dec. 7)
• Recorded a career-high seven assists against ULM (Jan. 2)
• Notched a season-high 19 points on another 6-8 performance at Coastal Carolina (Jan. 16)
• Followed with a near-double-double of 18 points and eight rebounds against the Chanticleers, going 7-9 from the field (Jan. 23)
• Hit a clutch three and scored 13 points in a 5-7 shooting effort against Louisiana (Feb. 5)
• Had eight points and a career-high 10 rebounds at App State (Feb. 25)
• Hit 100th career three and scored 13 points against Georgia State (Feb. 28)
• Opened SBC Tournament run with 16 points and three assists against Southern Miss (Mar. 5)
2023-24 SEASON
• Appeared in 30 of 33 games, starting 24, averaging 10.2 points and 2.6 rebounds, shooting 43 percent from the field and 38 percent from three
• Second on the team in scoring, points, FG, 3PT, assists, and minutes played
• Scored in double figures 16 times, had 20 or more twice
• Led team in scoring six times, assists three times, grabbed a career-best eight rebounds twice
• Had first double-digit scoring effort at #RV Michigan State, scoring 12 (Nov. 28)
• Exploded for career bests of 25 points and nine made field goals against Buffalo (Feb. 10)
• Scored 21 at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 15), becoming the first GS freshman to have back-to-back 20-point games since Tookie Brown in 2016
• Notched 19 points and four made threes against Texas State (Feb. 22)
• Scored 14 points and tied a career-best with eight rebounds in the SBC Tournament against South Alabama
BACKGROUND
• Rated as one of the top guards in the class of 2023 in the state of Georgia
• Averaged 22 points per game in the 2021-22 season and was named second-team all-state
• Scored 1,100 career points entering his senior season at Putnam County
• The son of Sonya and Alexander Banks
• Has two brothers, Nick and Jeremy.