# 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 represented Australia in the 2019 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship in New Caledonia, winning the gold medal while averaging 11.6 points across five games. Smith later represented Australia in the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup, averaging 7.1 points per game with a 19 point performance against Puerto Rico, and again in the U-20 2020 Australian National Championships, where he shot 49.9% from the three-point line to average 20.7 PPG.

## College career
### Charleston
#### 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.

### Louisville
#### 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.
On December 23, 2024, Smith was named ACC Player of the Week after putting up a season-high 27 points in a victory over Florida State. Smith later broke Louisville's record for the most 3-pointers made in a single game with 10, tying his career-high and setting the new school record in a victory at SMU on January 21, 2025.

## Career statistics

Legend :
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |

### College

Source:
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2021–22 | Charleston | 32 | 27 | 27.6 | .377 | .375 | .929 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| 2022–23 | Charleston | 35 | 34 | 24.7 | .349 | .341 | .901 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| 2023–24 | Charleston | 35 | 28 | 25.9 | .410 | .394 | .855 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.8 |
| Career | Career | 102 | 89 | 26.0 | .379 | .370 | .895 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 11.9 |