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Jersey Number 5
Chris Smith
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Huntington Prep [WV]
Bio
Career
Played in 105 games (46 starts) over the course of four seasons … signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons in the summer of 2021 … had not missed a game at UCLA until he sustained a left knee injury (torn ACL) in the Bruins’ eighth game of the 2020-21 season … through four seasons, averaged 8.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 20.8 minutes per game … shot 43.8 percent from the field and 31.6 percent from 3-point territory … through his final two seasons (39 games), shot 37.0 percent from 3-point distance (40-for-108) and 83.0 percent fro¬¬m the free throw line (127-for-153) … totaled 844 points and 401 rebounds over the course of four seasons … also registered four career double-doubles (three in 2019-20 and one in 2020-21) … scored in double figures in 39 career contests … totaled at least 10 rebounds in six career games … tallied four career double-doubles (one in 2020-21, three in 2019-20).
2020-21
Played in UCLA’s first eight games, making eight starts … averaged 12.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game … averaged 28.0 minutes per game … sustained a season-ending left knee injury (torn ACL) in UCLA’s 72-70 win over Utah on Dec. 31, 2020 … shot 43.8 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from 3-point distance (10-for-20) … also made 79.4 percent of his free throw attempts (27-for-34) … scored in double figures in five of eight games … totaled at least 20 points in two games … totaled at least 10 rebounds in two games … registered season highs with 26 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in UCLA’s 107-98 triple-overtime win over Pepperdine at San Diego State’s Viejas Arena (Nov. 27) … made 7 of 9 shots (and was for 2-for-2 from 3-point range), finishing with 16 points in his final game of the season against Utah.
2019-20
Played in all 31 games, making 26 starts … averaged a team-leading 13.1 points per game … also ranked second on the team in rebounding (5.4 rpg) … averaged 28.3 minutes per game … was named the Pac-12’s Most Improved Player of the Year, becoming the Bruins’ first player to earn that award since it began in 2008-09 … secured first-team All-Pac-12 honors … recorded a career-best field goal percentage (45.8) … shot 34.1 precent from 3-point range and had a career-best percentage at the free throw line (84.0) … in Pac-12 games only, he ranked among the top 15 in the league in scoring (No. 15, at 14.6 ppg) and rebounding (No. 14, at 6.1 rpg) … scored a career-high 30 points in a win over Colorado (Jan. 30) … had career highs in free throws made (13) and free throws attempted (15) in the game against Colorado (Jan. 30) … scored at least 20 points in five games … finished the season having scored in double figures in 21 of UCLA’s 31 games … recorded three double-doubles … grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds (and scored 23 points) in an overtime win against Washington State (Feb. 13) … also had 17 points and 12 rebounds in a win at Washington (Jan. 2) … dished out a career-high six assists against BYU in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Nov. 25) … made a career-high eight field goals in four games … opened his junior season having made his first 20 consecutive free throw attempts (missed his first free throw on his 21st attempt, versus Chaminade on Nov. 26, 2019).
2018-19
Played in all 33 games, making 12 starts … averaged 6.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in 19.7 minutes per game … scored in double figures in 10 games, including each of the team’s first five contests … shot 40.5 percent from the field and 71.9 percent from the free throw line … ranked third on the team in total assists (43) … recorded a season-high 10 rebounds against Loyola Marymount (Dec. 2) … twice scored a season-high 15 points – against Saint Francis U (Nov. 16) and California (Jan. 5) … shot 3-for-6 from the field and 9-for-10 from the free throw line in the 15-point effort against California (Jan. 5) … made a season-high seven shots (on 12 attempts), totaling 14 points against Colorado (Feb. 6) … was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field (seven points, five rebounds) and had a game-tying putback at the end of regulation to help UCLA rally from a 17-point deficit with fewer than seven minutes to play at Oregon (Jan. 10).
2017-18
Played in all 33 games … averaged 3.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in 13.1 minutes per game off the bench … scored in double figures in three games … registered a season-high 15 points, making 5 of 7 shots, in a victory against South Carolina State (Nov. 17) … also had 14 points in a victory against Detroit Mercy (Dec. 3) and 10 points against South Dakota (Dec. 19) … tallied a season-high six rebounds in his first game in Pauley Pavilion, an overtime win over Central Arkansas (Nov. 15).
High School
Was a three-year varsity basketball letterwinner … spent his senior year of high school at Huntington Prep (Huntington, W. Va.) under head coach Arkell Bruce … attended Fort Worth Country Day School (Fort Worth, Texas) for his first three years of high school … was ranked as the No. 98 player, nationally, in his high school class by Rivals.com … also rated as four-star recruit by Rivals.com … averaged 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists at Huntington Prep during the 2016-17 school year … registered a season-high 35 points against Teays Valley Christian School (Scott Depot, W. Va.) … scored 32 points in Huntington Prep’s 116-58 win over Mountain State Christian (Culloden, W. Va.) to end the regular season … also scored 31 points in a game against Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Va.) … Huntington Prep concluded the 2016-17 season with a 26-4 overall record and was ranked No. 9 in the MaxPreps.com “Independent Top 10” basketball rankings … while at Fort Worth Country Day, played basketball for head coach Joseph Breedlove III (two-year varsity letterwinner at Fort Worth Country Day) … also competed as a freshman and sophomore on the football team (varsity letterwinner as a sophomore), playing quarterback and wide receiver under head coach Frank Gendusa.
Personal
Full name: Sean Christian Smith … prefers Chris … born in Chicago, Ill. … is the middle of Sean and Tasha Smith’s three children … has one older brother, Jalen, and one younger sister, Kynnedi … history major.
Played in 105 games (46 starts) over the course of four seasons … signed as a free agent with the Detroit Pistons in the summer of 2021 … had not missed a game at UCLA until he sustained a left knee injury (torn ACL) in the Bruins’ eighth game of the 2020-21 season … through four seasons, averaged 8.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 20.8 minutes per game … shot 43.8 percent from the field and 31.6 percent from 3-point territory … through his final two seasons (39 games), shot 37.0 percent from 3-point distance (40-for-108) and 83.0 percent fro¬¬m the free throw line (127-for-153) … totaled 844 points and 401 rebounds over the course of four seasons … also registered four career double-doubles (three in 2019-20 and one in 2020-21) … scored in double figures in 39 career contests … totaled at least 10 rebounds in six career games … tallied four career double-doubles (one in 2020-21, three in 2019-20).
2020-21
Played in UCLA’s first eight games, making eight starts … averaged 12.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game … averaged 28.0 minutes per game … sustained a season-ending left knee injury (torn ACL) in UCLA’s 72-70 win over Utah on Dec. 31, 2020 … shot 43.8 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from 3-point distance (10-for-20) … also made 79.4 percent of his free throw attempts (27-for-34) … scored in double figures in five of eight games … totaled at least 20 points in two games … totaled at least 10 rebounds in two games … registered season highs with 26 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in UCLA’s 107-98 triple-overtime win over Pepperdine at San Diego State’s Viejas Arena (Nov. 27) … made 7 of 9 shots (and was for 2-for-2 from 3-point range), finishing with 16 points in his final game of the season against Utah.
2019-20
Played in all 31 games, making 26 starts … averaged a team-leading 13.1 points per game … also ranked second on the team in rebounding (5.4 rpg) … averaged 28.3 minutes per game … was named the Pac-12’s Most Improved Player of the Year, becoming the Bruins’ first player to earn that award since it began in 2008-09 … secured first-team All-Pac-12 honors … recorded a career-best field goal percentage (45.8) … shot 34.1 precent from 3-point range and had a career-best percentage at the free throw line (84.0) … in Pac-12 games only, he ranked among the top 15 in the league in scoring (No. 15, at 14.6 ppg) and rebounding (No. 14, at 6.1 rpg) … scored a career-high 30 points in a win over Colorado (Jan. 30) … had career highs in free throws made (13) and free throws attempted (15) in the game against Colorado (Jan. 30) … scored at least 20 points in five games … finished the season having scored in double figures in 21 of UCLA’s 31 games … recorded three double-doubles … grabbed a career-best 13 rebounds (and scored 23 points) in an overtime win against Washington State (Feb. 13) … also had 17 points and 12 rebounds in a win at Washington (Jan. 2) … dished out a career-high six assists against BYU in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Nov. 25) … made a career-high eight field goals in four games … opened his junior season having made his first 20 consecutive free throw attempts (missed his first free throw on his 21st attempt, versus Chaminade on Nov. 26, 2019).
2018-19
Played in all 33 games, making 12 starts … averaged 6.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in 19.7 minutes per game … scored in double figures in 10 games, including each of the team’s first five contests … shot 40.5 percent from the field and 71.9 percent from the free throw line … ranked third on the team in total assists (43) … recorded a season-high 10 rebounds against Loyola Marymount (Dec. 2) … twice scored a season-high 15 points – against Saint Francis U (Nov. 16) and California (Jan. 5) … shot 3-for-6 from the field and 9-for-10 from the free throw line in the 15-point effort against California (Jan. 5) … made a season-high seven shots (on 12 attempts), totaling 14 points against Colorado (Feb. 6) … was a perfect 3-for-3 from the field (seven points, five rebounds) and had a game-tying putback at the end of regulation to help UCLA rally from a 17-point deficit with fewer than seven minutes to play at Oregon (Jan. 10).
2017-18
Played in all 33 games … averaged 3.9 points and 1.9 rebounds in 13.1 minutes per game off the bench … scored in double figures in three games … registered a season-high 15 points, making 5 of 7 shots, in a victory against South Carolina State (Nov. 17) … also had 14 points in a victory against Detroit Mercy (Dec. 3) and 10 points against South Dakota (Dec. 19) … tallied a season-high six rebounds in his first game in Pauley Pavilion, an overtime win over Central Arkansas (Nov. 15).
High School
Was a three-year varsity basketball letterwinner … spent his senior year of high school at Huntington Prep (Huntington, W. Va.) under head coach Arkell Bruce … attended Fort Worth Country Day School (Fort Worth, Texas) for his first three years of high school … was ranked as the No. 98 player, nationally, in his high school class by Rivals.com … also rated as four-star recruit by Rivals.com … averaged 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists at Huntington Prep during the 2016-17 school year … registered a season-high 35 points against Teays Valley Christian School (Scott Depot, W. Va.) … scored 32 points in Huntington Prep’s 116-58 win over Mountain State Christian (Culloden, W. Va.) to end the regular season … also scored 31 points in a game against Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Va.) … Huntington Prep concluded the 2016-17 season with a 26-4 overall record and was ranked No. 9 in the MaxPreps.com “Independent Top 10” basketball rankings … while at Fort Worth Country Day, played basketball for head coach Joseph Breedlove III (two-year varsity letterwinner at Fort Worth Country Day) … also competed as a freshman and sophomore on the football team (varsity letterwinner as a sophomore), playing quarterback and wide receiver under head coach Frank Gendusa.
Personal
Full name: Sean Christian Smith … prefers Chris … born in Chicago, Ill. … is the middle of Sean and Tasha Smith’s three children … has one older brother, Jalen, and one younger sister, Kynnedi … history major.
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