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Ahlana Smith
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School/Previous School:
- Mallard Creek / Louisville
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
Career Honors
2020 NJCAA Player of the Year
2020 NJCAA First Team All-American
2020 NJCAA Region VIII Player of the Year
2x NJCAA National Player of the Week
Career Highlights
• Advanced to the Second Round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament after defeating Illinois in the First Four and Creighton in the First Round
• Helped MSU become the first women's team to play in a First Four game and advance to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. Defeated Illinois 70-56 on March 15, 2023, in the First Four.
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Career StatsÂ
Smith's career spanned five years with stops at UCLA, Louisville and Mississippi State ... She played in 123 career games, making 37 career starts … She scored 606 career points (4.9 ppg), grabbed 227 rebounds (1.8 rpg), dished out 139 assists (1.1 apg), had 80 steals (0.6 spg) while shooting 40% from the floor, 33% from three and 74% the free throw line … Had two seasons with 100+ points and one season with 100+ rebounds … Career-highs were in her lone season at MSU … Averaged 27.3 minutes per game at MSU and no more than 12 at UCLA and Louisville … In 123 career games, she fouled out just twice, both at MSU … She started the final 32 games of her career, all at MSU.
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NCAA Tournament Stats at Mississippi State
• 3 NCAA Tournament games at Mississippi State, all during the 2022-23 season
• Scored 17 points (5.7 ppg) and grabbed 10 rebounds (3.3 rpg) while dishing out 11 assists (3.7 apg), with 3 steals (1.0 spg and most on the team) with two blocked shots (0.7 bpg)
• Shot 18% from the floor (4-for-22), 18% from three (2-for-11) and 88% from the free throw line (7-for-8)
• Tournament Highs: Points: 10 vs Creighton (3/17/23), Rebounds: 5, twice vs Illinois (3/15/23) and Notre Dame (3/19/23), Assists: 5, & Creighton, Steals: 3, vs Illinois.
• Was 7-for-8 from the foul line vs Creighton (88%)
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2022-23 (Graduate)
Played and started in 32 of the teams 33 games … Scored 298 points (9.3 ppg), grabbed 115 rebounds (3.6 rpg), dished out 80 assists (2.5 apg), earned 31 steals (0.9 spg) and blocked 7 shots (0.2 bpg) … Smith shot 39% from the floor, 40% from three and 82% from the free throw line … Finished second on the team in FT Percentage and finished third in assists, scoring and 3-point percentage … Smith scored in double figures 14 times including one 20+ point game … Scored a career-high 23 points in MSU's win over Old Dominion in Tampa, Fla. (12/19) … Had a career long streak of five straight games with 10+ points scored from 2/9 through 2/23 … Earned at least five rebounds in 15 games, including five games with seven boards … six games with 3+ made triples … tied a career-high with five made triples vs Old Dominion (12/19) and at Missouri (2/16) … Moved over to the point guard position late in the season, earning at least 1 assist in each of the final 11 games … Had 3+ assists in 15 games, with a career-high six vs New Mexico (12/21) … Made 23 of her final 27 free throws of her career (85%) … Set career-highs in points scored, total rebounds, 3-point percentage, free throw percentage, assists and steals.
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LOUISVILLE
2021-22 (Senior)
Appeared in all 32 games and averaged 12 minutes per contest … Averaged 4.3 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists on the year with 13 steals and 10 blocked shots … Shot 77% from the free throw line (10-of-13)
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2020-21 (Junior)
Played in 27 games making five starts … Averaged 2.8 points, while shooting 45.6 percent from the floor … Scored six points on a perfect 3-3 shooting from the field in the Elite 8 vs. Stanford (3/30) … Recorded seven points, three rebounds, and two assists in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Marist … Scored seven points with three steals and two assists in her first Louisville start at SEMO (11/25)
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GULF COAST STATE
2019-20 (Sophomore)
NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Year … NJCAA First Team All-American … NJCAA Region VIII Player of the Year … 2x NCJAA Player of the Week (11/4-11/10) … Led Gulf Coast State with 20.3 points and 2.7 steals per game, while also recording 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game … Shot 43.9 percent from the floor … Led Gulf Coast State to a 23-5 record, including an undefeated 11-win mark at home … Finished as the runner-up in the NJCAA South Atlantic District tournament before earning an at-large selection to the national tournament as the No. 5 seed … Posted three 30-point performances and put up double-digit scoring marks in all but one contest … Season-high 39-points in the second game of the season in a 97-89 win at Florida Southwestern
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UCLA
2018-19 (Freshman)
Played in 32 games, the most of among freshmen on the team … Averaged 12.6 minutes, 3.0 points and 1.9 rebounds … Opened her collegiate career by scoring a season-high 13 points in UCLA’s season opener at Loyola Marymount, shot 6-10 from the floor and added four rebounds … Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds against Colorado in UCLA's regular season finale
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High School
Ranked as the No. 30 prospect in the class of 2018 by espnW’s HoopGurlz and the No. 34 prospect by Prospects Nation … Prepped at Mallard Creek High School Charlotte, N.C. for her junior and senior seasons … Earned First Team All-MECKA honors and was named the State Tournament MVP as a junior … 2016 4A State Champion … 2017 4A State Runner-up … First two high school seasons were played at Zebulon B. Vance High School averaging 21.7 points as a sophomore and 19.4 points as a freshman … Earned all-league honors as a sophomore
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Personal
Born on November 17, 2000 … Daughter of Rosa Morales and David Smith … Has one sister, Kiana … Earned her bachelor’s degree in Sports Administration from Louisville in 2022
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Career Highs
 Points: 23, vs Old Dominion (12/19/22)
 Rebounds: 7, 2x last vs Texas A&M (2/12/23)
 Field Goals Made: 9, vs Old Dominion (12/19/22)
 Field Goals Attempted: 14, vs Tennessee (2/6/23)
 3-Point Field Goals Made: 5, at Missouri (2/16/23)
 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 10, at Missouri (2/16/23)
 Free Throws Made: 7, vs Creighton (3/17/23)
 Free Throws Attempted: 8, vs Creighton (3/17/23)
 Assists: 6, vs New Mexico (12/21/22)
 Steals: 5, vs North Alabama (11/11/22)
 Blocks: 2, 2x last at NC State (1/20/22) ^
 Minutes: 39, vs Ole Miss (1/1/23)
^ Denotes career-high set at Louisville
*Ahlana Smith used her additional Covid year during the 2022-23 season that was granted to student-athletes who competed during the 2020-21 season
2020 NJCAA Player of the Year
2020 NJCAA First Team All-American
2020 NJCAA Region VIII Player of the Year
2x NJCAA National Player of the Week
Career Highlights
• Advanced to the Second Round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament after defeating Illinois in the First Four and Creighton in the First Round
• Helped MSU become the first women's team to play in a First Four game and advance to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. Defeated Illinois 70-56 on March 15, 2023, in the First Four.
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Career StatsÂ
Smith's career spanned five years with stops at UCLA, Louisville and Mississippi State ... She played in 123 career games, making 37 career starts … She scored 606 career points (4.9 ppg), grabbed 227 rebounds (1.8 rpg), dished out 139 assists (1.1 apg), had 80 steals (0.6 spg) while shooting 40% from the floor, 33% from three and 74% the free throw line … Had two seasons with 100+ points and one season with 100+ rebounds … Career-highs were in her lone season at MSU … Averaged 27.3 minutes per game at MSU and no more than 12 at UCLA and Louisville … In 123 career games, she fouled out just twice, both at MSU … She started the final 32 games of her career, all at MSU.
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NCAA Tournament Stats at Mississippi State
• 3 NCAA Tournament games at Mississippi State, all during the 2022-23 season
• Scored 17 points (5.7 ppg) and grabbed 10 rebounds (3.3 rpg) while dishing out 11 assists (3.7 apg), with 3 steals (1.0 spg and most on the team) with two blocked shots (0.7 bpg)
• Shot 18% from the floor (4-for-22), 18% from three (2-for-11) and 88% from the free throw line (7-for-8)
• Tournament Highs: Points: 10 vs Creighton (3/17/23), Rebounds: 5, twice vs Illinois (3/15/23) and Notre Dame (3/19/23), Assists: 5, & Creighton, Steals: 3, vs Illinois.
• Was 7-for-8 from the foul line vs Creighton (88%)
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2022-23 (Graduate)
Played and started in 32 of the teams 33 games … Scored 298 points (9.3 ppg), grabbed 115 rebounds (3.6 rpg), dished out 80 assists (2.5 apg), earned 31 steals (0.9 spg) and blocked 7 shots (0.2 bpg) … Smith shot 39% from the floor, 40% from three and 82% from the free throw line … Finished second on the team in FT Percentage and finished third in assists, scoring and 3-point percentage … Smith scored in double figures 14 times including one 20+ point game … Scored a career-high 23 points in MSU's win over Old Dominion in Tampa, Fla. (12/19) … Had a career long streak of five straight games with 10+ points scored from 2/9 through 2/23 … Earned at least five rebounds in 15 games, including five games with seven boards … six games with 3+ made triples … tied a career-high with five made triples vs Old Dominion (12/19) and at Missouri (2/16) … Moved over to the point guard position late in the season, earning at least 1 assist in each of the final 11 games … Had 3+ assists in 15 games, with a career-high six vs New Mexico (12/21) … Made 23 of her final 27 free throws of her career (85%) … Set career-highs in points scored, total rebounds, 3-point percentage, free throw percentage, assists and steals.
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LOUISVILLE
2021-22 (Senior)
Appeared in all 32 games and averaged 12 minutes per contest … Averaged 4.3 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists on the year with 13 steals and 10 blocked shots … Shot 77% from the free throw line (10-of-13)
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2020-21 (Junior)
Played in 27 games making five starts … Averaged 2.8 points, while shooting 45.6 percent from the floor … Scored six points on a perfect 3-3 shooting from the field in the Elite 8 vs. Stanford (3/30) … Recorded seven points, three rebounds, and two assists in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. Marist … Scored seven points with three steals and two assists in her first Louisville start at SEMO (11/25)
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GULF COAST STATE
2019-20 (Sophomore)
NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Year … NJCAA First Team All-American … NJCAA Region VIII Player of the Year … 2x NCJAA Player of the Week (11/4-11/10) … Led Gulf Coast State with 20.3 points and 2.7 steals per game, while also recording 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game … Shot 43.9 percent from the floor … Led Gulf Coast State to a 23-5 record, including an undefeated 11-win mark at home … Finished as the runner-up in the NJCAA South Atlantic District tournament before earning an at-large selection to the national tournament as the No. 5 seed … Posted three 30-point performances and put up double-digit scoring marks in all but one contest … Season-high 39-points in the second game of the season in a 97-89 win at Florida Southwestern
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UCLA
2018-19 (Freshman)
Played in 32 games, the most of among freshmen on the team … Averaged 12.6 minutes, 3.0 points and 1.9 rebounds … Opened her collegiate career by scoring a season-high 13 points in UCLA’s season opener at Loyola Marymount, shot 6-10 from the floor and added four rebounds … Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds against Colorado in UCLA's regular season finale
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High School
Ranked as the No. 30 prospect in the class of 2018 by espnW’s HoopGurlz and the No. 34 prospect by Prospects Nation … Prepped at Mallard Creek High School Charlotte, N.C. for her junior and senior seasons … Earned First Team All-MECKA honors and was named the State Tournament MVP as a junior … 2016 4A State Champion … 2017 4A State Runner-up … First two high school seasons were played at Zebulon B. Vance High School averaging 21.7 points as a sophomore and 19.4 points as a freshman … Earned all-league honors as a sophomore
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Personal
Born on November 17, 2000 … Daughter of Rosa Morales and David Smith … Has one sister, Kiana … Earned her bachelor’s degree in Sports Administration from Louisville in 2022
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Career Highs
 Points: 23, vs Old Dominion (12/19/22)
 Rebounds: 7, 2x last vs Texas A&M (2/12/23)
 Field Goals Made: 9, vs Old Dominion (12/19/22)
 Field Goals Attempted: 14, vs Tennessee (2/6/23)
 3-Point Field Goals Made: 5, at Missouri (2/16/23)
 3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 10, at Missouri (2/16/23)
 Free Throws Made: 7, vs Creighton (3/17/23)
 Free Throws Attempted: 8, vs Creighton (3/17/23)
 Assists: 6, vs New Mexico (12/21/22)
 Steals: 5, vs North Alabama (11/11/22)
 Blocks: 2, 2x last at NC State (1/20/22) ^
 Minutes: 39, vs Ole Miss (1/1/23)
^ Denotes career-high set at Louisville
*Ahlana Smith used her additional Covid year during the 2022-23 season that was granted to student-athletes who competed during the 2020-21 season
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