Roosevelt Smart

Photo by: Colin Mitchell

DENTON, DECEMBER 9: University of North Texas Mean Green Men's Basketball v McNeese State at Super Pit - North Texas Coliseum on December 9, 2017 in Denton, Texas. (Photo Rick Yeatts Photography)

DENTON TEXAS, March 28: University of North Texas Mean Green Men?s Basketball v University of San Francisco at the Super Pit in Denton on March 28, 2018.

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 185
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Chicago, IL
High School:
New Mexico JC

CAREER
• Set the school record in 2017-18 for single-season scoring with 742 points
• Set the school record in 2017-18 for most 3-pointers in a single-season with 133
• His 88.8 free throw percentage in 2017-18 was the second-best for a single-season in program history
• His 167 made free throws in 2017-18 were the fifth-most in a single-season in program history
• His 221 made field goals in 2017-18 were the seventh-most in a single-season in program history
• His 352 3-point attempts in 2017-18 were the most in a single-season in program history and more than 100 than the second most
• Scored 1,102 points which when he graduated was the 17th most in school history
• Made 197 3-pointers which when he graduated was the second-most in school history
• Scored 42 points on Jan. 13, 2018 at Rice, which was the fifth-most in a single-game in school history
• Made 10 3-pointers on Jan. 13, 2018 at Rice, which was tied for the most in a single-game in school history
• Made 7 or more 3-pointers five times, which when he graduated he was the only player in program history to accomplish that
• When graduated was just one of two players in program history to score 700+ points in a season
• Named 2017-18 C-USA All-Conference Second Team
• Voted 2018-19 Preseason All C-USA
• 2017-18 NABC All-District Second Team
• 2018 College Basketball Invitational MVP

2019-20
• Played in 26 games
• Averaged 3.2 points and 1.1 rebounds per game
• Averaged 12.1 minutes per game
• Was 13-of-15 at the free throw line
• Scored a season-high 10 points on Jan. 9 versus FIU
• Had a career-high 4 steals at Marshall on Jan. 4
• Made a season-high 3 three-pointers on Dec. 7 versus Little Rock
• Played a season-high 20 minutes twice

2018-19
• Preseason All-C-USA
• Played in 26 games and started 23
• Missed the first seven games of the year with a calf injury
• Averaged 10.7 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game
• Second on the team in three-pointers with 51
• Scored a season-high 20 points twice
• Had a double-double on Feb. 7 versus Marshall with 20 points and 10 rebounds
• Scored his 1,000th career point on March 9 at FIU

2017-18
• Started all 38 games in his first season with the Mean Green
• His 742 total points broke the school record for a single-season and 15th in the nation
• Earned MVP honors for winning the 2018 CBI Tournament, averaged 23 points per game and hit a CBI record 22 three-pointers in six games
• His 138 total points were third-most in CBI history, including a 34-point performance against South Dakota, fourth-most in a single-game in CBI history
• Finished with six double-digit games, 25 points in the CBI Championship game three against San Francisco
• Was 36-for-38 at the free throw line during the six-game CBI Tournament
• Named Second Team All-District and All-Conference
• Broke the school record with 133 three-pointers made, shattering the previous mark of 90 by Calvin Watson from 2006-07
• Exploded for a career-high 42 points at Rice (Jan. 13), fifth-most for a single game in school history, and broke the school record with 10 three-pointers made
• Third in the nation with 133 three-pointers made and seventh in three-pointers per game at 3.50
• Led the team in scoring at 19.5 points per game, fourth-most in the C-USA
• Led the team with 221 field goals made (seventh-most in school history), shooting 39.7 percent from the field
• Second-best free throw percentage in school history at 88.8 percent off 167-for-188 and was 22nd in the nation
• Led the team with 32 double-figure scoring games and 20 20+ scoring performances
• Finished with five 30-point games or more at San Diego (Dec. 16), at Rice, at Middle Tennessee (Feb. 10), at South Dakota (March 14) and against Mercer (March 19)
• Hit six or more three-pointers in a game eight times
• Scored 23 points in his Mean Green debut against Eureka College
• Finished with 32 points at Middle Tennessee and hit seven three-pointers pushing his season total to 91 to break the school record
• Started all 18 C-USA games, led the team in scoring at 19.7 points per game and was third in C-USA
• Had a streak of 27 made free throws in a row before a miss (school record is 30 by Deckie Johnson)
• Two-time C-USA Player of the Week (Jan. 2, Jan. 16)
• Led the C-USA in three-pointers per game and three-pointers made

2016-17 (New Mexico JC)
• Played one season at New Mexico Junior College, leading the Thunderbirds to a 19-11 record
• Led the team in scoring at 18.8 points per game and field-goal percentage at 50.1
• Led the team in free-throw percentage at 82.6 off 119-for-144 shooting
• Named First-team all-region honoree, scored in double figures in all 28 games and scored 20 points or more in 11 games
• Was ranked No. 79 among the top 100 JUCO players in the nation in 2017, according to JUCOrecruiting.com

High School Highlights
• All-area guard at Palatine his sophomore year
• Averaged 18.3 points per game at Palatine
• Transferred to St. Viator, and was all-area, averaging 15.6 points along with 3.4 rebounds and two assists
• Helped the Lions to a regional title and a 23-6 record