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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

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23 Jailyn Banks

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Spring Hill, Tenn.
  • High School Middle Tennessee Christian School

Biography

- 2025 WBIT All-Tournament Team
- 2024-25 All-MVC Third Team
- 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District®
- 2023-24 MVC Freshman of the Year
- 2023-24 All-MVC Third Team
- 2023-24 MVC All-Freshman Team

MVC Freshman of the Week
- Jan. 23, 2024
- Jan. 16, 2024
- Jan. 9, 2024
- Dec. 11, 2023
- Nov. 20, 2023
- Nov. 13, 2023

Freshman (2023-24):
 Earned 15 points on 6-for-6 shooting at the free-throw line, a team-high tying five assists, five rebounds and two steals in the road win at Southern Illinois (Feb. 11) … Set the single-game program record for made free throws going 17-for-20 at the foul line at Missouri State (Feb. 9), finishing with a game-best 19 points and three steals … Posted a game-best 16 points and came up with a career-high four steals in the home win over Murray State (Feb. 2), going 5-for-5 at the free-throw line and adding a trio of assists and two boards … Totaled 19 points and drew 11 fouls while accounting for a pair of assists and a steal in the home win over Southern Illinois (Jan. 28) … Collected 13 points, a career-high tying six assists, six rebounds and a steal in the win at Northern Iowa (Jan. 21) … Had 12 points and distributed four assists at Drake (Jan. 19) … Made a remarkable play to win the game at Indiana State (Jan. 14), stealing the ball and finishing at the rim through an intentional foul with 13 seconds remaining and the Bruins down a point … Finished with eight points, four rebounds, three assists and a career-high three steals on the road against the Sycamores … Dished out a season-best six assists and scored 14 points in the road blowout of Evansville (Jan. 12) … Recorded 16 points for the third-straight outing in the home rout of Bradley (Jan. 6), going 5-for-9 from the field and adding four rebounds and three assists ... Scored 16 points on 6-for-12 shooting and added four rebounds, three assists and a steal in the home win over Illinois State (Jan. 4) … Totaled 16 points, five assists, five boards and two steals in the MVC opener versus UIC (Dec. 30), going 6-for-8 at the free-throw line ... Notched a team-high 16 points and three assists in the victory over rival Lipscomb in the 77th Battle of the Boulevard (Dec. 6) … Tallied 12 points, distributed a team-high tying four assists and collected four rebounds in the win at Troy (Nov. 29) ... Went 2-for-3 from beyond the arc and 4-for-7 overall from the field in the 83-61 win over Northwestern (Nov. 24) at the Ball Dawgs Classic in Las Vegas, finishing with 14 points … Posted 10 points against fourth-ranked Stanford (Nov. 22) in the 2023 Ball Dawgs Classic ... Poured in 13 points and hit eight free throws in the second half in the tightly-contested home battle with receiving-votes Mississippi State (Nov. 19) … Scored 17 points on 6-for-12 shooting, including going 2-for-3 from outside, snagged six rebounds, dished out a game-high five assists, earned two steals and made a block in the home win over Wichita State (Nov. 15) … Scored a game-high 23 points, grabbed seven rebounds, dished out a pair of assists, made a block and had a steal in her collegiate debut at Missouri (Nov. 6) … Her 23 points in the season opener at Missouri were the fourth-most by any true freshman in 2023-24 making her debut.

Prior to Belmont: Starred at Middle Tennessee Christian School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee … A Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Division II-A Miss Basketball finalist as a senior in 2022-23 … Named The Daily News Journal 2022-23 All-Sports Female Athlete of the Year … Selected to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) All-State Team … Landed a spot on the Tennesseean All-Midstate First Team … Tabbed The Daily News Journal All-Area Player of the Year as both a junior and senior … Averaged 20 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists in her final prep season … Led the Lady Cougars to back-to-back state championship games, including a 26-10 record as a senior … Provided several late-game clutch plays, including hitting a three-pointer to send the game to overtime in MTCS' state semifinal victory … Spent her first two varsity seasons at Independence High School in Thompson's Station, Tennessee … Played for Tennessee Flight Silver in AAU ball.

Personal: Majoring in Sport Administration

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Historical Player Information

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    2023-24Freshman

    Guard
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    2024-25Sophomore

    Guard
    5'9"
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    2025-26Junior

    Guard
    5'9"
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