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2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster

23 Daijah Smith

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Gary, Ind.
  • Highschool Lighthouse College Prep Academy

Biography

Career at Indiana State: Played in 27 games, averaging 14.4 minutes per game, while scoring 126 points … Missed the last few games of the season due to a knee injury and transferred to UIC at the end of the year … Shot 38.3 percent (44-for-115) from the floor, 30.6 percent (15 of 49) from beyond the arc and 71.9 percent (23-for-32) from the free throw line while grabbing 60 rebounds, dishing out 20 assists and recording seven blocks and seven steals … Posted a season-best 26 points at No. 24 Drake (2/24/2019) … Grabbed a season-high six rebounds at Illinois State (2/10/2019) as well as a season-best three assists … Matched that season-high assist mark with three dishes at Southern Illinois (1/6/2019) … Tallied a season-high two blocks against Illinois State (1/11/2019).
 
2018-19: Played in 27 games, averaging 14.4 minutes per game, while scoring 126 points … Shot 38.3 percent (44-for-115) from the floor, 30.6 percent (15 of 49) from beyond the arc and 71.9 percent (23-for-32) from the free throw line while grabbing 60 rebounds, dishing out 20 assists and recording seven blocks and seven steals … Posted a season-best 26 points at No. 24 Drake (2/24/2019) … Grabbed a season-high six rebounds at Illinois State (2/10/2019) as well as a season-best three assists … Matched that season-high assist mark with three dishes at Southern Illinois (1/6/2019) … Tallied a season-high two blocks against Illinois State (1/11/2019).

Prior to Indiana State: Graduated from Lighthouse College Prep Academy in 2018 after leading her team to three straight sectional titles…Lettered in basketball and track…In her senior year she averaged 28.7 points, 3.6 assists, 7.8 rebounds, 3.9 steals and 2.5 blocks per game…Led her team to a sectional title in her junior year while averaging 22 points, 6.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 3.4 steals and 2.8 blocks per game…Claimed another sectional title her sophomore year after averaging 17.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 3.7 steals and 4.1 blocks per game…Her freshman season, averaged 18.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 3.6 steals and 0.7 blocks per game while helping team to a sectional title.
 
Personal: Born on December 24…Daughter of Thomas and Stephanie Smith…Has five siblings – Talia, Thomas, Davina, Dalilah and Addison…Majoring in business.

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