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Jersey Number 5
Darius Banks
- Year:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Guard
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 225
- Hometown:
- St. Petersburg, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Petersburg
- Major:
- Sport and Recreation Management
Bio
Career Highlights:
- School Record (18-19) - Three-Point Percentage - 49.3% (37-of-75)
- 2019-20 Second Team Preseason All-CAA
- 2017-18 CAA All-Rookie Team
- Played in all but two games for the Dukes as a sophomore, starting 29 and averaging 32.0 minutes
- Broke the school record for three-point percentage, hitting 37 of 75 for a 49.3% clip
- Averaged 12.3 points, third-most on the team after 19 double-digit performances
- Racked up an eye-popping 56 steals, second-most in school history
- Pushed his rebounding average to 5.0 per game, second-highest of any JMU player
- CAA Player of the Week on 1/14/19 after racking up 22 points and 11 boards in comeback win over Towson
- Tallied 14 steals against opening two game of the season vs. Eastern Mennoninite and at East Carolina
- Scored more than 20 points on six occasions, with the Dukes going 5-1 in those contests
- Went for 15-point, 12-rebound double-double in CAA Quarterfinals against No. 1 Hofstra, adding three assists and three steals
- CAA All-Rookie Team
- Played in all 32 games as a freshman, starting all but two and averaging 29.4 minutes
- Scored in double-figures 18 times
- Led team with 48 steals on the year, second-most of any freshman in JMU history
- Averaged 10.2 points per game, third-highest on the team
- Named CAA Rookie of the Week on 01/22 after season-highs of 20 points and 15 rebounds in win vs. Elon (01/18)
- Shot 40.8% from the field on the season, third-highest among JMU's guards
- Scored 15 points on just eight shots at Radford (11/25)
- Went for 17 points (5-10 FG) and six boards at William & Mary (1/11)
- Erupted for 20 points at Delaware (2/24) and 18 at Elon (2/26) in consecutive games
- Racked up 17 points, six rebounds and five steals against eventual champs College of Charleston (2/15)
- Rated a three-star recruit by ESPN, Scout.com and 247Sports after starting all four years at St. Petersburg HS
- Finished career as all-time leading scorer (more than 2,000 points) at St. Petersburg, despite losing much of senior year to injury
- Led Green Devils to at least the regional finals in all four seasons, including two separate trips to the state semifinals and one to the state title game
- Pinellas County Player of the Year in 2015-16 as a junior
- Majoring in sport and recreational management
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