Reyne Smith

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.

Early life and Junior National Team career
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. 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.

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. He averaged 12.1 points, 1.4 assists, and 2.3 rebounds in 32 games and was named to the CAA All-Freshman team.

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. 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. 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. He finished the regular season with a turnover percentage of 5.8, good for the sixth best in Division I basketball that year. 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.

Junior Year
Coming in to the season, Smith was named to the All-CAA Preseason Second Team. 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. 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. 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. His 112 made-three's were the ninth most made by a player in Division I that season. 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.

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. 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. He scored 13 points against Final Four team Alabama in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

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.

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