2008-09 Men's Basketball Roster
Anthony Smith
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 220
- Prev School:
- Plano East
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
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Notes: "Candidate to Consider" for the Wooden Award … only player in the nation during the 2008 season to attempt at least 200 three-point field goals and succeed on at least 50 percent of his field goal attempts (51.5) and 40 percent of his three-point field goal attempts (41.0) … one of five players in the nation to accomplish the same feat while attempting at least 100 three-point field goals … the other players were Mario Chalmers (Kansas), Lee Cummard (BYU), Malik Hairston (Oregon) and James Harden (Arizona State).
2008 (Jr.): Started 31 of 32 games ... ranked in five Big South individual categories, including No. 6 in scoring average (16.0), No. 5 in field goal percentage (51.5), No. 4 in three-point shooting (41.3), No. 5 in three-point field goals made (2.6) and No. 9 in defensive rebounds (3.9) ... broke Liberty records for three-point field goals (84) and three-point field goal attempts (205), while setting the fifth-best season success rate from beyond the arc (41.0) … became the 20th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point plateau … scored 17 points at Fresno State (11/10) ... collected first double-double of the season with 16 points and a career-high 11 rebounds against Coker (11/13) ... scored 10 points at Kentucky (11/21) ... scored 23 points against Longwood (11/27) ... connected on seven three-point field goals against the Lancers, tying a Vines Center record ... scored 14 points, including the game winner against Niagara (12/1) ... netted a then career-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting at George Mason (12/30) ... scored 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting in home win over Nyack (1/5) ... tallied 22 markers on 10-of-16 shooting at VMI (1/28) ... matched a then career high with 24 at Longwood (2/22) ... chipped in with 23 points against VMI (2/26) ... tallied 29 points on 11-of-19 shooting, while playing all 40 minutes against Radford (3/1) … notched a career-high 30 points three days later against VMI in the quarterfinals of the Big South Championship on 11-of-18 shooting, while pulling down 10 rebounds … led the team with 21.0 points per game average during the Flames' September Tour of Canada … averaged 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game … shot 67 percent from the floor on 18-of-27 shooting … made 46 percent of his three-point attempts on 5-of-11 shooting using the international three-point line … scored a game-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting, while grabbing seven caroms and dishing out five assists in win over Brock (9/1) … scored a game-high 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting and grabbed six rebounds in win over Guelph (9/2).
2007 (So.): Was the only player on the team to start all 31 games ... scored 23 points in 26 minutes against Cincinnati Christian (11/21) ... tallied 17 points against Southern Virginia (11/27) ... scored 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting against St. Francis (12/4) ... scored 15 points against Longwood (12/9) ... netted 15 points at Buffalo while going 3-of-6 from three-point range (12/18) ... scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting versus Seton Hall at the BYU Holiday Classic (12/29) ... notched a game-high 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting and had three steals at No. 3 Florida (1/2) ... collected his first career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while adding five assists against Radford (1/9) ... scored 17 points and dished out a career-high six assists against VMI (1/27) ... scored 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting and grabbed three rebounds against UNC Asheville (1/30) ... notched his second career 20-point game by scoring 21 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including 4-of-7 from three-point range, at Winthrop (2/6) ... scored 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting against Charleston Southern, while pulling down four rebounds (2/10) … scored 15 points and collected five rebounds at Niagara as part of the O'Reilly ESPNU BracketBuster (2/17) … scored 14 points and dished out a career-high 10 assists at VMI (2/21) … scored 10 points against VMI in the first round of the Big South Championship … one of his dunks made ESPN's Top 10 Plays on SportsCenter, while another dunk was featured on ESPN's College Game Night Gym Gems (2/27).
2006 (Fr.): Named to the Big South All-Freshman team … started 20 of the Flames' 30 games … was second on the team with 9.2 points per game … scored five points, while grabbing three rebounds in 22 minutes of action in his first collegiate game at Virginia (11/18) … scored a season-high 18 points on 5-of-11 shooting and grabbed four rebounds against Lynchburg College (12/2) … earned Big South Freshman of the Week honors on December 5th … scored a season-high 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting, while snaring six rebounds in his first collegiate start at UPR-Mayaguez (12/21) … scored 10 points, while dishing out three assists at McNeese State (12/29) … earned Big South Freshman of the Week honors for the second time on January 2nd … scored 11 points, while collecting four rebounds against High Point (1/3) … scored 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting and dished out three assists, playing all 40 minutes against Birmingham-Southern (1/21) … scored 12 points with three rebounds at UNC Asheville (1/25) … netted 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting, while collecting three rebounds against Longwood (2/13) … scored 12 points and played all 40 minutes, connecting on 2-of-3 from three-point range at Birmingham-Southern (2/15) … scored 13 points, while hitting 7-of-11 free throws at Radford (2/18) … scored 17 points and grabbed a season-high seven rebounds against Winthrop (2/20).
Prep: Graduated from Plano East Senior High School … three-year letterwinner … 8-5 A first-team all-district at a junior as he averaged 16.4 points per game and 3.3 rebounds per contest … shot 52.0 percent from the field and 63.0 percent from three-point range as a junior … 8-5 A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior, averaging 18.4 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per contest … all-district first-team and all-region as a senior, while shooting 63.0 percent from the field and averaging 1.2 assists and 1.0 steals per contest … finished his career as the third leading scorer in school history … also was a regional finalist in the long jump.
Personal: Son of Anthony Smith, Sr. and Etta J. Mewborn-Gailliard … birthday is Oct. 4 … comes from an athletic family as his mother played basketball and his father played football at Langston University … married to the former Delia Comer and the couple have a son, Tre' Anthony, who was born May 2008 … one of 10 student-athletes who served as an honorary pallbearer for the late Liberty University Founder and Chancellor, Dr. Jerry Falwell … majoring in business.
