• Player
• Seasons: 2025-26
• Number: 24
• Position: G
• Height: 6' 3“
• Weight: 200
• Hometown: Hampton VA
• High School: Bethel (2019-20)
• Prep School: Walsingham Academy (2017-19), Fork Union Military Academy (2020-21)
• Transfer From: UMBC
• Birthday: ?

• Verbally committed on 4/24/25.¹⁾²⁾ Signed on 5/14/25.³⁾
• Official roster page from UMass Athletics

• Playing with the Minutemen as a grad student.
• Get to know video

• In his Senior season, and second with UMBC, averaged 16.6 ppg (0.1 behind the team lead, Bryce Johnson), good for fifth in the AEC.
• Third in the conference in total points (531).
• Shot .418 from three to lead the conference,⁴⁾ and 25th in all of D-I.⁵⁾
• Tallied 12 games with 20+ points.
• Opened the season by torching Penn State York (11/4) with 27 points, including 7-11 from three.
• Put up 11-7-6 at Penn State (11/8).
• Matched his career high of 10 rebounds against Valley Forge (11/11), and also dished 5 assists.
• Scored 21 points against his hometown team, Hampton (11/19).
• Put up 16-6-4 at Georgetown (12/2).
• Scored 22 in the win at Towson (12/7).
• Hero of the 2OT win at American (12/29), with 28 points and 9 boards. Led his team in scoring and played 46 of the 50 minutes.
• Put up 21 & 6 in the OT win at Albany (1/23).
• Led all scorers with 28 points against Bryant (1/30).
• Led all scorers with 30 points at UNH (2/6).
• Scored 21 in the win over Binghamton (2/13).
• Set a career high with 35 points in the win over NJIT (2/22).
• Scored 24, 21, and 24 points in the final three games.
• Game logs

• As a Junior, second on UMBC with 15.1 ppg.
• Third Team All-AEC.
• Shot .354 from three, second in the conference.
• Scored 14 points and grabbed a team-high nine boards versus Marist (11/11/23).
• Produced 21 points against Sacred Heart (11/17/23).
• Scored 14 points, hit 2-of-4 treys, and went a career-high 8-for-8 from the foul line at Hampton (11/27/23).
• Produced 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting versus Lehigh (12/2/23). Hit 3-of-5 treys.
• Recorded 16 points and hit 4-of-8 treys against Bryant (1/6/24).
• Scored a team-high 20 points and buried a career-high six treys at Vermont (1/11/24).
• Scored 15 points off the bench at UMass Lowell (1/13/24).
• Produced 18 points and added 4 boards in the win against Maine (1/18/24).
• Paced the Retrievers with 20 points and added six boards and five assists versus New Hampshire (1/20/24).
• Tied his season-high with 21 points (4-of-8 treys) against NJIT (1/27/24) and also added eight boards.
• Scored a career-high 26 points and hit 5-of-13 treys at Bryant (2/1/24).
• Finished with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists at UAlbany (2/3/24).
• Went 5-for-11 from deep en route to 21 points at Binghamton (2/15/24).
• Poured in 20 points, hit 4 treys, and came up with a career-best four steals versus UAlbany (2/17/24).
• Produced a career high 28 points and hit 6-of-10 treys at New Hampshire (2/24/24).
• Went 10-12 from the line, setting new career bests in makes and attempts, in the win at NJIT (2/29/24).
• Game logs

• Played one season at Odessa College, the year after Daniel Rivera was there.
• Played in 33 and started 30 of the team's 34 games, in which Odessa went 30-4.
• Averaged 7.7 points per game, .400 from the floor, and .359 from 3.
• Shot 8-13 from three for an Odessa-career-high 24 points in the win over Central Arizona College (11/3)
• Hit five threes, and three more from the line, for 18 points in the win over Seminole State College (11/6)
• Shot 5-7 from three and finished with 17 points in the win over Angelina College (11/12)
• Snared an Odessa-career-high 7 rebounds in the win at New Mexico JuCo (1/7)
• Shot 6-9 from three, plus a free throw, for 19 points in the win at Frank Phillips College (2/23)
• Game logs

• Spent his Freshman year at Western Carolina in the Southern Conference.
• Named to SoCon's All-Freshman team.
• Played in 31 games with 16 starts.
• Finished in double figures in 11 games, leading the team in scoring in three contests.
• Dished out a WCU-career-best three assists against Warren Wilson on Dec. 1.
• Scored a career-best 22 points at Charlotte on Dec. 22, going 8-for-9 from the field with five 3-pointers in the first half.
• Logged his first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at The Citadel on Jan. 26.
• Game logs

Additional data: Sports Reference

Through the end of the 2024-25 season. All with UMBC unless otherwise noted.

Career highs from RealGM

• Played at Fork Union Military Academy as a senior, averaging a team-best 17.7 points while grabbing 5.6 rebounds per game. Shot 53 percent from the field and 35 percent behind the 3-point line
• Attended Bethel HS as a junior where he earned All-Peninsula honors and was named the team MVP after averaging 20 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and two steals per game.
• Played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Walsingham Academy where he was a 1,000-point scorer and earned first-team All-TCIS and VISAA Division 3 All-State honors as a sophomore.

• Son of Marcus and Geny Banks. (Father is not the former NBA player Marcus Banks.)
• Fovorite food is rice
• Roots for the Dallas Cowboys
• Favorite musical artist is NBA YoungBoy
• Favorite book is The Crucible by Arthur Miller
• Enjoys drawing
• Was an Economics Major at UMBC

• Twitter: @JustMxrcus_
• Instagram: @marcusbanks.24