Desiree Francis Explained

Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Birth Date:24 August 1975
Nationality:Antiguan and Barbudan
College:
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2000
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:29
Draft Team:New York Liberty
Career Position:Power forward
Years1:2000
Team1:New York Liberty
Bbr Wnba:francde01w
Letter:f

Desiree Francis (born 24 August 1975) is an American former basketball player. Francis grew up in Antigua in the Caribbean. She moved to Iowa in 1996 to attend Kirkwood Community College. Pryor to her arrival at Kirkwood, Francis had not played basketball for four years but was invited to the team by coach Kim Muhl on the recommendation of former Kirkwood player Arnold Barnes. During her two year stint at Kirkwood, the team went 68-5. In 1998 she transferred to Iowa State[1] [2] [3] where she was noted for her good 3-point shooting and defense. She was drafted by the New York Liberty in the 2000 WNBA draft.[4] [5] [6]

Career statistics

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | New York|1||0||2.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team|1||0||2.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1998–99 | style="text-align:left;"| Iowa State|29||||||52.5||29.6||69.8||6.7||1.2||1.8||0.5||||13.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1999–00 | style="text-align:left;"| Iowa State|32||||||54.5||42.2||74.0||6.0||1.0||1.8||0.3||||13.7|-|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career|61||||||53.6||36.6||71.3||6.3||1.1||1.8||0.4||||13.7|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Dan Johnson . Cyclones' rock islander - Desiree Francis adjust to big-time basketball . 9 April 2022 . . 1 December 1998 . 3S . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: Dan Davenport . Rising to a challenge . 9 April 2022 . . 21 January 1999 . C1 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Mike Hias . ISU's Francis leaves everything on court . 9 April 2022 . . 12 March 2000 . 2D . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Williams. Lena. 2000-04-26. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL; The Liberty Looks Up With Its First Draft Pick. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-06-05. 0362-4331.
  5. News: Marc Morehouse . Francis' hot hand delivers . 9 April 2022 . . 21 March 2000 . 3C . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Dan Johnson . WNBA drafts Francis, Frese . 9 April 2022 . . 26 April 2000 . 4C . Newspapers.com.
  7. Web site: Desiree Francis College Stats. Sports-Reference. April 11, 2024.