2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
HONORS AND AWARDS
2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
SENIOR (2019-20)
Played in 18 games, making one start, for the Eagles ... Averaged 2.8 points and 1.1 rebounds per game ... Suffered a season-ending injury at Georgia State on Jan. 25, but scored Georgia Southern's opening two points with a layup on Senior Night vs. Appalachian State on Feb. 22 ... Scored a season-high eight points at Winthrop on Nov. 26 ... Finished her career with 134 three-pointers, which ranks sixth all-time at Georgia Southern ... Shot 33.9 percent for her career from beyond the arc, which is tied for seventh-best all-time ... Earned President's List honors for Spring 2020 by carrying a perfect 4.0 GPA.
JUNIOR (2018-19)
Played in 23 games, making 16 starts, for the Eagles as a junior ... Averaged 8.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game ... Hit 45-of-118 three-pointers (38.1%) ... Scored a season-high 17 points against Coastal Carolina on Feb. 21 ... Reached double digit scoring 10 times ... Chipped in 15 points vs. Georgia State on Feb. 2 ... Collected a season-high six rebounds vs. Mercer on Nov. 12.
SOPHOMORE (2017-18)
Played in 30 games, starting 14, for the Eagles as a sophomore ... Led the team in points (267) and ranked second in scoring average (8.9) ... Reached double digit scoring in 11 games, including a pair of 20+ point performances ... Scored a season-high 21 points vs. Arkansas State (1/4) ... Had 20 points vs. Kennesaw State (12/15) ... Missed only five free throws all season, going 52-of-57 from the line for a .912 percentage and hit 24 straight free throws from 11/13-12/31-17Â ... Hit four or more three-pointers in six games, including her last three ... Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds vs. Troy (12/29).
FRESHMAN (2016-17)
Played in 28 games with 3 starts for the Eagles in 2016-17 ... Averaged 4.6 points per game while shooting 40% from field goal range ... Led the team from beyond the three-point line, shooting 37.1% from long range (26/70 3 PT ) ... Saw an average of 12.7 minutes per game in her freshman campaign ... Season high 26 points and 36 minutes against Mercer on  11/29/16 ... Scored double-digit points five times during her freshman season (Thomas University-10; Mercer-26; Coastal Carolina-15; Appalachian State-10; Coastal Carolina-14)... Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List.
HIGH SCHOOL
Franks was a starter on the Wren High School varsity girls basketball team since her eighth grade year and earned a spot on the varsity squad as a seventh grader ... Ended her prep career with over 1,500 career points, over 300 rebounds, over 200 steals and more than 160 three-pointers ... The 2013-14 Max Preps Player of the Year for South Carolina, she was named to the All-Region team three times (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16) and is a three-time South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (SCBCA) All-State selection (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16) ... During her senior year, she competed in the North/South Game, earning MVP honors, and was named her team's offensive MVP following the season ... That year, she helped her team win the conference championship and guided the team to the upper state finals ... As a junior in 2014-15, was named to the High School Sports Report (HSSR) All-State team, the HSSR All-Rookie Team and was also named to the 2015 HSSR-SCHSL Statewide Girls Team ... A three-year captain, she was named her team's Offensive Most Valuable Player (MVP) as both a sophomore (2013-14) and junior (2014-15) and was ranked as one of the top senior players in South Carolina by Southern Hoops after being a top-five senior in SC-AAA as listed by the SCBCA ... Her team won the conference championship in 2012-13 and was the Upper State Finalist that same season ... Away from basketball, she finished high school with a 4.8 GPA, was a Hurricane Scholar and member of her school's National Honor Society as well as the Beta Club and was her school's 2015 recipient of the West Point Award.
PERSONAL
Born Brittany Nakol Franks on June 9, 1998 in Greenville, S.C. ... Daughter of Derrell and Karen Jackson ... Has three siblgings, Tyrell, Skye and Drey ... Graduated with her bachelor's degree from Georgia Southern in 2019 in exercise science.
MAJOR
Kinesiology/Coaching (MS)
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2016-17Freshman
Guard/Forward
5'7"
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2017-18Sophomore
Guard/Forward
5'7"
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2018-19Junior
Guard/Forward
5'7"
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2019-20Senior
Guard/Forward
5'7"
