[2] He attended Lawrence North in Indianapolis, and played guard for the basketball team.
[4][8] 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.
[9] He was named First Team All-WJCAC, and All-NJCAA Region V.[10] Francis then played basketball for the University of Texas Permian Basin Falcons in 2016–18.
[4][11] In 2017-18 Francis averaged 21.9 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, with a .534 field goal percentage.
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).