Alabama State University Athletics

Bianca Jackson is her first season as an assistant coach and her second year overall on Alabama State University Women's basketball staff. Jackson spent the 2024-25 season as graduate assistant coach former Head Coach Freda Freeman-Jackson. 

Jackson played basketball at South Carolina and for Florida State during her collegiate career. 

 Redshirt Senior Season at Florida State (2021-22):

• Finished third on the Seminoles averaging 6.7 points per game.
• Switched to shooting guard in 2021-22, where she went 28-of-35 from the free throw line (80 percent) and tied for third on the team with 21 3-point field goals made.
• Led Florida State in scoring in three games vs. UNF (13), Wake Forest (16) and Miami (9).
• Finished the season with a 1.5 assist/turnover ratio.
• Recorded 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting vs. UNF.
• Had 10 points in 19:33 vs. Milwaukee.
• Missed four games vs. Grambling State, BYU, Purdue and Houston due to injury.
• Had eight points in 19:29 vs. Virginia Tech.
• Led FSU with 16 points, four rebounds and two assists at Wake Forest.
• Added seven points and four assists at No. 15 Georgia Tech.
• Had 11 points (5-of-11) with two steals at Clemson.
• Team-high nine points in home game vs. Miami.
• Added nine points and three assists vs. Clemson at home.
• Chipped in with eight points vs. Virginia.
• Totaled seven points and four assists vs. No. 20 Notre Dame.
• Made clutch shots at Duke, scoring seven points.
• Had eight points and three assists vs. Boston College.
• Seven points, including critical OT bucket, vs. No. 22 Georgia Tech.
• Strong game at Pitt with eight points and three boards in 24:29.

Redshirt Junior Season at Florida State (2020-21):

• Became the first FSU player to lead the team in scoring AND assists since April Traylor in 2001 (also Allison Peercy in 1995 and Wanda Burns in 1991).
• Led FSU with 14.1 points and 68 assists after willingly handling point-guard duties despite being an off-the-ball player through most of her career.
• Led the Seminoles in scoring in nine games, the most of any player.
• Scored in double figures in 15 of her 19 games played.
• Shot 83.3 percent (55-of-66) from the free throw line, ranking sixth in the ACC and tied for the fourth highest in a season at FSU.
• Ranked 13th in the ACC averaging 32.89 minutes per game (most on the team).
• Generated a positive assist/turnover ratio in 10 games played, including in each of her last four games (15/9 combined).
• Scored 14 points and brought down six rebounds vs Florida, along with shooting a perfect 8-8 from the free throw line.
• Scored 13 points in 33 minutes vs Virginia, along with putting up four assists and three rebounds.
• Added 13 points with six rebounds vs. Pitt.
• Had 11 points along with three assists at Virginia Tech.
• Set a new career high with 21 points at Louisville, along with four rebounds, an assist, and a steal.
• Dropped 18 points with six assists vs. Clemson in 2OT win.
• Put up seven points, four assists, and three rebounds at GT.
• Scored nine points, along with five assists, at Wake Forest.
• Recorded 13 of her 19 points in second half at UNC.
• Led team in scoring with 12 points at Miami.
• Scored 18 points and had five assists and two blocks vs. Syracuse.
• Put up 13 points and a career-high eight assists vs. Miami.
• Recorded team-high 13 points and five assists vs Georgia Tech.
• Team-high 18 points at Notre Dame.
• Had 11 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and two blocks vs. Wake Forest.
• Scored a career-high 25 points and seven assists vs Syracuse.
• Led FSU with 17 points in NCAA First Round vs. Oregon State.

Redshirt Sophomore Season at Florida State (2019-20):

• Did not compete in the 2019-20 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
• Expected to provide an enormous presence for FSU’s guard play in the 2020-21 season.

At South Carolina (2017-19):

• SEC All-Freshman Team guard for the Gamecocks in 2017-18.
• As a freshman at South Carolina, she started 25 games and averaged 7.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and shot 39.4 percent (41-of-104) from deep.
• Against top-ranked UConn on Feb. 1, 2018, she finished as the team’s leading scorer with 20 points.
• Led the Gamecocks with 14 points against 15th-ranked Missouri on Jan. 7, 2018.
• As a freshman, she recorded double figures in scoring against four Top 25 teams and three in post-season play.
• As a sophomore, Jackson helped South Carolina reach the NCAA Sweet 16 after playing in 32 games and averaging nearly 18 minutes per game.
• Recorded four games with 10+ points in the 2018-19 season, highlighted by a 14-point effort at Purdue on Dec. 16, 2018.
• In each of her two seasons at South Carolina, Jackson’s opening games came against Alabama State, where her mother (Freda Freeman-Jackson) has coached in each of the last 21 seasons.
• She scored eight points in her collegiate debut vs. Alabama State in Columbia, S.C., then added 13 points at Alabama State in what was a homecoming game to begin the 2018-19 season.

Before South Carolina:

• Ranked 54^th in the 2017 recruiting class by ESPNW Hoopgurlz.
• Playing her high school basketball at Brewbaker Tech Magnet, Jackson emerged as one of the top players in Alabama.
• Averaged 24.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists in her senior year that also included three triple-doubles.
• Crowned the 2017 Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year and earned several other state honors.

All About Me:

• Born on: May 11, 1999.
• Parents: Freda Freeman-Jackson and Lewis Jackson.
• Major: Information Technology.
• Graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences in the summer 2021.