Jamaal Franklin made an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer to give top-seeded and No. 18 San Diego State a 65-62 win over No. 8 seed Boise State in the Mountain West Conference tournament opener Thursday.
As A Freshman (2010-11 Season)
Saw action in 22 games, including 13 of the final 16 games of the campaign... Averaged 2.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in 8.1 minutes... In nine Mountain West games, he averaged 3.3 points and 2.7 rebounds in 9.0 minutes... Played 11 or more minutes seven times... Shot 50.0 percent from the floor (24-for-48) and made 62.9 percent of his two-point attempts (17-for-27)... Recorded one double-figured scoring performance and one double-digit rebounding effort... Had one double-double... Played in his first game of his career vs. IUPUI (11-21-10) and logged four minutes of action... Logged his first career stats with four points, one rebound and one blocked shot in 12 minutes vs. San Diego Christian College (11-26-10)... Scored two points, grabbed three rebounds and logged his first assist of his career vs. San Diego (12-11-10)... Played a career-high 20 minutes vs. Cal Poly (12-13-10) and corralled six rebounds, blocked a career-best two shots and added two points and one assist... Went a perfect 3-for-3 from the field en route to six points and added three rebounds vs. Occidental College (12-31-10)... Had two rebounds and an assist in only four minutes at TCU (1-5-11)... Hit his first career three-point field goal and free throw en route to four points vs. Wyoming (1-29-11). Also had one assist and blocked a shot in 15 minutes vs. the Cowboys... Scored three points in an effective three minutes at Colorado State (2-2-11)... Had two rebounds and one assist vs. TCU (2-5-11)... In just 17 minutes vs. Utah (2-8-11), he produced his first career double-double with 13 points (4-5 FG, 2-3 3FG, 3-5 FT) and 10 rebounds. He also had a career-high two assists and one steal vs. the Utes... Finished with six points and four rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench at Wyoming (3-1-11)... Knocked down both free-throw attempts and threw down a dunk vs. Colorado State (3-5-11)... In just 11 minutes off the bench vs. Utah (3-10-11) in the Mountain West Conference quarterfinals, he knocked down a career-high three three-point field goals en route to nine points. He also added a career-high two steals vs. the Utes... Had another productive day off the bench at UNLV (3-11-11) with seven points in eight minutes in the semifinals of the MWC Championship... Played two minutes vs. Northern Colorado (3-17-11) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament... Logged six minutes and scored two points in the NCAA West Region semifinal contest vs. No. 9/8 and eventual national champion Connecticut.
High School Attended Westwind Prep International High in Phoenix, Ariz.... Averaged 18.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 steals, 2.3 assists and 1.1 blocks in 2009-10, according to MaxPreps.com... Prior to Westwind Prep, played at Serrano High in Phelan, Calif., where he led his team in scoring, rebounding, steals and blocked shots in his final two seasons... He earned four varsity letters... Was a three-time all-league choice and a two-time all-CIF selection... Led California in scoring en route to all-state accolades... In 2008-09, he averaged 31.7 points, 15.4 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 4.9 blocks, while leading Serrano to the playoffs... At least four times in `08-09 he scoring 40 or more points, including back-to-back efforts against Rancho Cucamonga and Compton High... As a junior in 2007-08, he led the Diamondbacks to a 25-5 record and an unblemished 8-0 league mark... He averaged 22.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 2.0 blocks... In 2006-07, he lead the team in blocked shots (1.1) and helped Serrano to the league championship and a 25-4 record... His ESPN.com grade is a 90 and was rated as the 24th-best shooting guard in the class of 2009 coming out of Serrano... Also competed in football and track and field... Received interest from Ohio State, UConn, Baylor, USC, UCLA, Iowa State, Oregon, Oregon State, Long Beach State and San Diego.
