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Reyne Smith (born October 28, 2002) is an Australian college basketball player for the Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference. He previously played for the Charleston Cougars.
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 28, 2002 Ulverstone, Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Smith grew up in Ulverstone, Tasmania and attended Australia's Centre of Excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra. He played for the Australian U-17 National Team in the 2019 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship, winning first place.[1] Smith later played for the Australian U-19 National Team in the U-20 2020 Australian National Championships and the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup. Smith averaged 20.7 PPG and shot 49.9% from the three-point line in the 2020 National Championships, and scored 7.1 points with 1.3 rebounds per game in the 2021 World Cups.[2]
Freshman Year
Smith began his college basketball career with the Charleston Cougars. He set the new school record for three's recorded by a freshman with 90 on the season, surpassing Andrew Goudelock's record of 74 on February 22, 2022, against Northeastern.[3] He averaged 12.1 points, 1.4 assists, and 2.3 rebounds in 32 games and was named to the CAA All-Freshman team.[4]
Sophomore Year
In Smith's sophomore season the 2022–23 Charleston Cougars won 31 games before qualifying for the 2023 NCAA tournament, a record for the school's Division I era.[5] On November 14, 2022, he tied Charleston's single game three-point record with 8 in an overtime game against Richmond, also scoring a career-high 29 points.[6] Smith's personal 14–0 run against Towson in the CAA Tournament Semifinals was instrumental in the team's eventual Championship victory against UNC Wilmington.[7] He finished the regular season with a turnover percentage of 5.8, good for the sixth best in Division I basketball that year.[8] Overall Smith averaged 10.8 points, 1.3 assists, and 2.0 rebounds in 35 games. He scored 7 points against National-Runner Up San Diego State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.[9]
Junior Year
Coming in to the season, Smith was named to the All-CAA Preseason Second Team.[10] He recorded his 200th career three-pointer on December 2, 2023, against Florida Atlantic, and scored a new career-high 31 points against Saint Joseph's on December 21.[11][12] That same evening Smith set a new school record for the most three's in a single game, scoring nine, and he later broke both records by scoring 32 points on 10 three's against Campbell on February 29, 2024.[13] He recorded his 1,000th career point against UNC Wilmington on February 1 and finished the season with 294 career-three's, the second most in school history.[14] His 112 made-three's were the ninth most made by a player in Division I that season.[15] He was named to the postseason All-CAA Second Team after averaging 12.8 points, 1.7 assists, and 2.1 rebounds in 35 games.[16]
Smith earned the title of CAA Tournament MVP and a spot on the All-Tournament team after leading the 2023–24 Charleston Cougars through the postseason.[17] His 16 points in the semifinals against Towson led the Cougars to a championship matchup against Stony Brook, where Smith's 23 points and last second steal brought the game into overtime. In the final five minutes, Smith went on a personal 6–3 run ensuring victory against the Seawolves.[18] He scored 13 points against Final Four team Alabama in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament.[19]
Senior Year
Smith announced on March 30, 2024, that he would be following Charleston's head coach Pat Kelsey to the Louisville Cardinals for the 2024–25 season.[20]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2021–22 | Charleston | 32 | 27 | 27.6 | .377 | .375 | .929 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| 2022–23 | Charleston | 35 | 34 | 24.7 | .349 | .341 | .901 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| 2023–24 | Charleston | 35 | 28 | 25.9 | .410 | .394 | .855 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.8 |
| Career | 102 | 89 | 26.0 | .379 | .370 | .895 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 11.9 | |
Source[21]
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