Kamau Franks

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Kamau Franks
23 Kamau Franks
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    200
  • Hometown:
    Converse, TX
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    So.
  • High School:
    Young Men's Leadership School
  • Major:
    Exercise and Sports Science
  • gp
    21
  • pts/g
    5.6
  • fg %
    36.8
  • 3pt %
    22.0
  • ft %
    57.1
  • reb/g
    3.8
  • a/g
    1.8
Bio

Accolades: MASCAC Fall/Winter All-Academic Team: 2023-24, 
MASCAC Winter/Spring All-Academic Team; 2024,

2023-24: Appeared in 23 games for Fitchburg State wtih 20 starts, notching 189 points on 71-of-188 shooting from the field in addition to 29 assists, 24 steals and ten blocks. Click here for season statistics.

High School: 2023 graduate of the Young Men's Leadership School. Member of the football and basketball teams. Member of the All-Area and All-District Teams. Member of the All-Star Team.

Personal: Son of Deana and Basil Franks. Majoring in Exercise and Sports Science at the University.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 21 8
Games started 13 3
Minutes 445 153
Minutes per game 21.2 19.1
FG 49-133 11-34
FG Pct 36.8 32.4
3PT 11-50 1-10
3PT Pct 22.0 10.0
FT 8-14 5-5
FT Pct 57.1 100.0
Off rebounds 25 8
Def rebounds 54 20
Total rebounds 79 28
Rebounds per game 3.8 3.5
Personal fouls 51 14
Disqualifications 1 -
Assists 38 11
Turnovers 32 15
Assist to turnover ratio 1.2 0.7
Steals 25 5
Blocks 3 0
Points 117 28
Points per game 5.6 3.5
Points per 40 min 10.5 7.3
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Feb 1 at MCLA L, 71-67
Feb 5 Worcester St. L, 77-69
Feb 12 at Westfield St. L, 99-95
Feb 15 Bridgewater St. L, 81-71
Feb 19 at Salem St. L, 92-89
Feb 22 Framingham St. L, 65-60
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 8 at Rochester Inst. L, 75-73 1 35 8-14 57.1 5-8 62.5 0-1 0.0 21
Nov 9 vs. Lehman L, 77-73 1 29 2-8 25.0 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 4
Nov 14 Rivier L, 82-65 1 24 2-12 16.7 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 4
Nov 16 at Dean College L, 64-55 1 20 1-6 16.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 19 Mass.-Boston L, 59-58 - 24 4-7 57.1 1-3 33.3 3-4 75.0 12
Nov 21 MIT L, 82-72 1 22 3-7 42.9 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 6
Nov 23 Lasell L, 90-73 - 25 1-6 16.7 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 26 at WPI L, 79-60 1 16 1-7 14.3 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 2
Dec 3 Lesley W, 95-72 1 20 5-9 55.6 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 10
Dec 7 at Regis (Mass.) L, 79-70 1 29 6-13 46.2 3-7 42.9 0-1 0.0 15
Jan 2 at Medgar Evers W, 85-73 1 20 2-5 40.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 4
Jan 4 at Vermont State Castleton W, 65-57 1 14 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 8 MCLA W, 65-64 1 28 4-6 66.7 0-0 - 2-2 100.0 10
Jan 11 at Worcester St. L, 83-69 1 19 0-6 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 16 at Rhode Island Col. L, 86-79 - 14 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Jan 18 Westfield St. L, 105-86 - 23 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 3
Jan 22 at Bridgewater St. L, 74-70 - 22 2-5 40.0 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 7
Jan 25 Salem St. L, 87-59 1 15 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 29 at Framingham St. W, 67-54 - 8 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 1 at MCLA L, 71-67 - 27 4-7 57.1 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 8
Feb 5 Worcester St. L, 77-69 - 11 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 12 at Westfield St. L, 99-95 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Bridgewater St. L, 81-71 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Salem St. L, 92-89 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 Framingham St. L, 65-60 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 8 at Rochester Inst. L, 75-73 1 35 1 2 3 0 0 4 0
Nov 9 vs. Lehman L, 77-73 1 29 0 3 3 5 1 3 0
Nov 14 Rivier L, 82-65 1 24 2 2 4 2 2 0 1
Nov 16 at Dean College L, 64-55 1 20 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
Nov 19 Mass.-Boston L, 59-58 - 24 2 5 7 1 1 0 0
Nov 21 MIT L, 82-72 1 22 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
Nov 23 Lasell L, 90-73 - 25 2 2 4 6 2 2 0
Nov 26 at WPI L, 79-60 1 16 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Dec 3 Lesley W, 95-72 1 20 2 2 4 2 0 1 1
Dec 7 at Regis (Mass.) L, 79-70 1 29 2 3 5 2 1 2 0
Jan 2 at Medgar Evers W, 85-73 1 20 4 0 4 6 4 2 0
Jan 4 at Vermont State Castleton W, 65-57 1 14 2 4 6 2 0 3 0
Jan 8 MCLA W, 65-64 1 28 0 3 3 1 3 2 0
Jan 11 at Worcester St. L, 83-69 1 19 1 6 7 1 3 1 0
Jan 16 at Rhode Island Col. L, 86-79 - 14 0 2 2 1 2 1 1
Jan 18 Westfield St. L, 105-86 - 23 0 1 1 2 1 1 0
Jan 22 at Bridgewater St. L, 74-70 - 22 4 3 7 2 1 0 0
Jan 25 Salem St. L, 87-59 1 15 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Jan 29 at Framingham St. W, 67-54 - 8 0 2 2 0 2 0 0
Feb 1 at MCLA L, 71-67 - 27 2 1 3 4 2 1 0
Feb 5 Worcester St. L, 77-69 - 11 0 3 3 1 3 0 0
Feb 12 at Westfield St. L, 99-95 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 15 Bridgewater St. L, 81-71 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 at Salem St. L, 92-89 - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 Framingham St. L, 65-60 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 8 at Rochester Inst. L, 75-73 1 1 - -
Nov 9 vs. Lehman L, 77-73 1 3 - 5.0
Nov 14 Rivier L, 82-65 1 3 - 1.0
Nov 16 at Dean College L, 64-55 1 2 - 0.0
Nov 19 Mass.-Boston L, 59-58 - 4 - 1.0
Nov 21 MIT L, 82-72 1 3 - 0.0
Nov 23 Lasell L, 90-73 - 3 - 3.0
Nov 26 at WPI L, 79-60 1 3 - -
Dec 3 Lesley W, 95-72 1 5 1 -
Dec 7 at Regis (Mass.) L, 79-70 1 1 - 2.0
Jan 2 at Medgar Evers W, 85-73 1 3 0 1.5
Jan 4 at Vermont State Castleton W, 65-57 1 4 - -
Jan 8 MCLA W, 65-64 1 4 - 0.3
Jan 11 at Worcester St. L, 83-69 1 2 - 0.3
Jan 16 at Rhode Island Col. L, 86-79 - 2 - 0.5
Jan 18 Westfield St. L, 105-86 - 3 - 2.0
Jan 22 at Bridgewater St. L, 74-70 - 3 - 2.0
Jan 25 Salem St. L, 87-59 1 0 - -
Jan 29 at Framingham St. W, 67-54 - 0 - 0.0
Feb 1 at MCLA L, 71-67 - 2 - 2.0
Feb 5 Worcester St. L, 77-69 - 0 - 0.3
Feb 12 at Westfield St. L, 99-95 - - - -
Feb 15 Bridgewater St. L, 81-71 - - - -
Feb 19 at Salem St. L, 92-89 - - - -
Feb 22 Framingham St. L, 65-60 - - - -
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2023-24 23 26.5 3.1-8.2 1.1-3.7 0.9-1.3 8.2
2024-25 21 21.2 2.3-6.3 0.5-2.4 0.4-0.7 5.6
Total 44 24.0 2.7-7.3 0.8-3.1 0.7-1.0 7.0
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2023-24 23 20 609 71-188 37.8 26-86 30.2 21-29 72.4 189
2024-25 21 13 445 49-133 36.8 11-50 22.0 8-14 57.1 117
Total 44 33 1054 120-321 37.4 37-136 27.2 29-43 67.4 306
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2023-24 23 609 26.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 30.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
2024-25 21 445 21.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Total 44 1054 24.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 27.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2023-24 23 2.1 3.7 5.8 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.4
2024-25 21 1.2 2.6 3.8 1.8 1.5 1.2 0.1
Total 44 1.7 3.2 4.8 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.3
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2023-24 23 20 48 86 134 29 29 24 10
2024-25 21 13 25 54 79 38 32 25 3
Total 44 33 73 140 213 67 61 49 13
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2023-24 23 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2024-25 21 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 44 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 21 21.2 2.3-6.3 0.5-2.4 0.4-0.7 5.6
Conference 8 19.1 1.4-4.2 0.1-1.2 0.6-0.6 3.5
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 21.3 2.2-6.2 0.1-1.9 0.7-0.8 5.2
Away 11 20.4 2.5-6.3 0.9-2.7 0.2-0.5 6.0
Neutral 1 29.0 2.0-8.0 0.0-3.0 0.0-1.0 4.0
Result
Wins 5 18.0 2.4-4.6 0.0-0.8 0.4-0.4 5.2
Losses 16 22.2 2.3-6.9 0.7-2.9 0.4-0.8 5.7
Month
November 8 24.4 2.8-8.4 0.8-3.4 0.4-1.0 6.6
December 2 24.5 5.5-11.0 1.5-4.5 0.0-0.5 12.5
January 9 18.1 1.3-3.8 0.2-1.4 0.6-0.6 3.4
February 2 19.0 2.0-5.0 0.0-0.5 0.0-0.0 4.0
gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 21 13 445 49-133 36.8 11-50 22.0 8-14 57.1 117
Conference 8 3 153 11-34 32.4 1-10 10.0 5-5 100.0 28
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 9 5 192 20-56 35.7 1-17 5.9 6-7 85.7 47
Away 11 7 224 27-69 39.1 10-30 33.3 2-6 33.3 66
Neutral 1 1 29 2-8 25.0 0-3 0.0 0-1 0.0 4
Result
Wins 5 4 90 12-23 52.2 0-4 0.0 2-2 100.0 26
Losses 16 9 355 37-110 33.6 11-46 23.9 6-12 50.0 91
Month
November 8 6 195 22-67 32.8 6-27 22.2 3-8 37.5 53
December 2 2 49 11-22 50.0 3-9 33.3 0-1 0.0 25
January 9 5 163 12-34 35.3 2-13 15.4 5-5 100.0 31
February 2 - 38 4-10 40.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 8
gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 21 445 21.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 8 153 19.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 10.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 9 192 21.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 5.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 11 224 20.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 1 29 29.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 5 90 18.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 16 355 22.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 23.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 8 195 24.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 2 49 24.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 9 163 18.1 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 15.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 2 38 19.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 21 1.2 2.6 3.8 1.8 1.5 1.2 0.1
Conference 8 1.0 2.5 3.5 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 1.0 2.3 3.3 1.7 1.6 0.9 0.2
Away 11 1.5 2.7 4.2 1.6 1.5 1.3 0.1
Neutral 1 0.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 1.0 3.0 0.0
Result
Wins 5 1.6 2.2 3.8 2.2 1.8 1.6 0.2
Losses 16 1.1 2.7 3.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.1
Month
November 8 0.9 2.9 3.8 1.8 1.3 1.4 0.1
December 2 2.0 2.5 4.5 2.0 0.5 1.5 0.5
January 9 1.3 2.4 3.8 1.7 1.8 1.1 0.1
February 2 1.0 2.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 0.5 0.0
gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 21 13 25 54 79 38 32 25 3
Conference 8 3 8 20 28 11 15 5 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 5 9 21 30 15 14 8 2
Away 11 7 16 30 46 18 17 14 1
Neutral 1 1 0 3 3 5 1 3 0
Result
Wins 5 4 8 11 19 11 9 8 1
Losses 16 9 17 43 60 27 23 17 2
Month
November 8 6 7 23 30 14 10 11 1
December 2 2 4 5 9 4 1 3 1
January 9 5 12 22 34 15 16 10 1
February 2 - 2 4 6 5 5 1 0
gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 21 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 11 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
News mentions
Men's Basketball Ralllies Past Trailblazers
  • Article
  • January 08, 2025
Men's Basketball Ralllies Past Trailblazers

Fitchburg, MA – The Fitchburg State Men’s Basketball team held on for a 65-64 victory over the Trailblazers of MCLA in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) this evening at the Parkinson Gymnasium.

  • January 08, 2025
Men's Basketball Defeats Spartans In Non-Conference Action
  • Article
  • January 04, 2025
Men's Basketball Defeats Spartans In Non-Conference Action

Castleton, VT – The Fitchburg State Men’s Basketball team earned a 65-57 victory over the Spartans of Vermont State Castleton this afternoon in non-conference action from the Glenbrook Gymnasium.

  • January 04, 2025
Men's Basketball Falls Short to Regis
  • Article
  • December 07, 2024
Men's Basketball Falls Short to Regis

WESTON, MA: Fitchburg State men's basketball suffered a non-conference loss to the Pride of Regis College this evening.  

  • December 07, 2024
Men's Basketball Upended By Engineers In Non-Conference Action
  • Article
  • November 21, 2024
Men's Basketball Upended By Engineers In Non-Conference Action

Fitchburg, MA – The Fitchburg State men’s basketball team suffered a 82-72 setback to the Engineers of MIT this evening in non-conference action from the Parkinson Gymnasium.

  • November 21, 2024
Men's Basketball Edged By Beacons In Non-Conference Action
  • Article
  • November 19, 2024
Men's Basketball Edged By Beacons In Non-Conference Action

Fitchburg, MA – The Fitchburg State men’s basketball team dropped a tough 59-58 decision to the Beacons of UMass Boston this evening in non-conference action from the Parkinson Gymnasium.

  • November 19, 2024
Men's Basketball Topped By Raiders In Non-Conference Action
  • Article
  • November 14, 2024
Men's Basketball Topped By Raiders In Non-Conference Action

Fitchburg, MA – The Fitchburg State men’s basketball team dropped a 82-65 decision to the Raiders of Rivier University this evening in non-conference action from the Parkinson Gymnasium.

  • November 14, 2024
Men's Basketball Opens 2024-25 Season With 75-73 Setback To Tigers
  • Article
  • November 08, 2024
Men's Basketball Opens 2024-25 Season With 75-73 Setback To Tigers

Rochester, NY – The Fitchburg State men’s basketball team dropped a 75-73 decision to the Tigers of RIT this evening as the Falcons opened their 2024-25 campaign at the 2024-25 RIT Invitational from the Clark Gymnasium.

  • November 08, 2024
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