Daeshon Francis

Daeshon Francis (born January 26, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He plays the shooting guard position.

Early life Francis was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. He was named 2014 IBCA/Subway Senior All-State. He is , and weighs .

College career Francis then attended the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay on scholarship and played basketball for the Green Bay basketball team in 2014–15. He averaged 4.5 points per game, with a .621 field goal percentage.

He subsequently attended Midland College, a junior college, in 2015–16. Playing for the basketball team, he averaged 17.9 points (5th in the league), 6.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.9 steals per game. He was named First Team All-WJCAC, and All-NJCAA Region V.

Francis then played basketball for the University of Texas Permian Basin Falcons in 2016–18.

In 2017-18 Francis averaged 21.9 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, with a .534 field goal percentage. He is the team's all-time leading scorer (1,303 points), in the top three in school history in assists, rebounds, and steals, and holds the team's single-game record for points (43).

Professional career 2018–20 Francis played for Arantia Larochette in the Luxembourg Basketball League in 2018–19. He averaged 25.9 points (6th in the league), 9.6 rebounds, and 4.8 assists (8th), and 2.0 steals (10th) per game, with a .527 field goal percentage (7th).

He played three games of basketball for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the G League in 2019–20.

He played for BK Ventspils in the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League in 2023–24.