5 Darin Smith, Jr.
Darin Smith, Jr.
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    R-Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Springfield, MA
  • High School:
    Vermont Academy
  • Position:
    F
  • gp
    31
  • pts/g
    6.8
  • fg %
    51.7
  • 3pt %
    46.3
  • ft %
    75.0
  • reb/g
    3.0
  • a/g
    0.4
Bio

2024-25: Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team...Northeast Conference/Atlantic Tomorrow's Office Rookie of the Week (March 3; Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Dec. 2)...Prime Performer (Nov. 18)

2023-24: Redshirted...Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll.

BEFORE CCSU: Team captain and earned NEPSAC AAA honorable mention honors at Vermont Academy where he played for head coach John Zall...A Springfield, MA, native, he totaled 500 points and 200 rebounds in two seasons as a starter and helped the team to the NEPSAC AAA Quarterfinals...Averaged 11.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 2022 and then shot better than 42 percent from three-point range as a senior...As a freshman he played at Springfield Central, helping the team go 22-1 and advance to the 2020 MIAA Division 1 State Final.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 22 Stonehill W, 67-41
Feb 27 Le Moyne W, 84-75
Mar 1 at Wagner W, 55-48
Mar 5 #8 Le Moyne W, 86-67
Mar 8 #4 FDU W, 76-72
Mar 11 #3 Saint Francis U L, 46-43
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 31 15
Games started 1 0
Minutes 558 286
Minutes per game 18.0 19.1
FG 77-149 32-69
FG Pct 51.7 46.4
3PT 37-80 16-37
3PT Pct 46.3 43.2
FT 21-28 9-12
FT Pct 75.0 75.0
Off rebounds 13 5
Def rebounds 81 48
Total rebounds 94 53
Rebounds per game 3.0 3.5
Personal fouls 38 14
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 12 4
Turnovers 21 10
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.4
Steals 17 5
Blocks 5 3
Points 212 89
Points per game 6.8 5.9
Points per 40 min 15.2 12.4
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 4 at Providence L, 59-55 1 19 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0
Nov 8 at Saint Joseph's W, 73-67 - 21 6-8 75.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 13
Nov 11 Vermont State Johnson W, 117-68 0 23 7-11 63.6 6-9 66.7 3-4 75.0 23
Nov 16 vs. Northeastern L, 80-62 - 15 5-8 62.5 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 11
Nov 21 at Sacred Heart L, 67-54 - 10 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 5
Nov 24 Binghamton W, 64-56 0 12 3-6 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 7
Dec 1 UMass Lowell W, 69-67 0 23 5-6 83.3 1-2 50.0 3-3 100.0 14
Dec 4 at Massachusetts W, 73-69 - 13 2-7 28.6 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 7 at Holy Cross W, 69-56 - 16 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Dec 15 at Rhode Island L, 77-69 - 8 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 18 at Fairfield W, 64-63 - 18 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 21 Quinnipiac W, 84-80 0 21 3-4 75.0 1-1 100.0 1-3 33.3 8
Dec 29 Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 100-51 0 15 4-6 66.7 4-6 66.7 2-2 100.0 14
Jan 3 at Saint Francis U. W, 74-59 - 16 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 5 at Mercyhurst W, 62-50 - 13 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 10 Wagner L, 62-57 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 LIU L, 54-52 0 18 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 18 at FDU W, 71-60 - 18 3-3 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 24 at Le Moyne W, 93-70 - 21 3-4 75.0 3-3 100.0 0-0 - 9
Jan 26 Chicago State W, 81-64 - 21 4-9 44.4 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 30 at LIU W, 63-50 - 17 3-5 60.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Feb 1 at Stonehill W, 71-63 - 23 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 6 FDU W, 87-66 - 15 3-5 60.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 8
Feb 13 Mercyhurst W, 73-63 0 22 4-6 66.7 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 11
Feb 15 Saint Francis U. W, 83-67 0 18 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 6
Feb 20 at Chicago State W, 81-75 - 15 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0
Feb 22 Stonehill W, 67-41 0 21 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 6
Feb 27 Le Moyne W, 84-75 0 22 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 7
Mar 1 at Wagner W, 55-48 - 26 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 5-6 83.3 12
Mar 5 #8 Le Moyne W, 86-67 0 19 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Mar 8 #4 FDU W, 76-72 0 13 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Mar 11 #3 Saint Francis U L, 46-43 0 26 2-4 50.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Game Log - Ball control
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 4 at Providence L, 59-55 1 19 0 2 2 0 0 0 1
Nov 8 at Saint Joseph's W, 73-67 - 21 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
Nov 11 Vermont State Johnson W, 117-68 0 23 2 3 5 0 1 2 0
Nov 16 vs. Northeastern L, 80-62 - 15 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Nov 21 at Sacred Heart L, 67-54 - 10 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Nov 24 Binghamton W, 64-56 0 12 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Dec 1 UMass Lowell W, 69-67 0 23 0 2 2 0 0 3 0
Dec 4 at Massachusetts W, 73-69 - 13 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
Dec 7 at Holy Cross W, 69-56 - 16 0 2 2 1 1 2 1
Dec 15 at Rhode Island L, 77-69 - 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Dec 18 at Fairfield W, 64-63 - 18 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
Dec 21 Quinnipiac W, 84-80 0 21 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Dec 29 Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 100-51 0 15 0 3 3 0 1 0 0
Jan 3 at Saint Francis U. W, 74-59 - 16 0 5 5 0 1 0 0
Jan 5 at Mercyhurst W, 62-50 - 13 1 1 2 0 0 0 2
Jan 10 Wagner L, 62-57 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 LIU L, 54-52 0 18 0 5 5 0 0 0 1
Jan 18 at FDU W, 71-60 - 18 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Jan 24 at Le Moyne W, 93-70 - 21 0 3 3 1 0 0 0
Jan 26 Chicago State W, 81-64 - 21 0 4 4 0 1 0 0
Jan 30 at LIU W, 63-50 - 17 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Feb 1 at Stonehill W, 71-63 - 23 0 3 3 0 1 2 0
Feb 6 FDU W, 87-66 - 15 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Feb 13 Mercyhurst W, 73-63 0 22 1 3 4 0 4 1 0
Feb 15 Saint Francis U. W, 83-67 0 18 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Feb 20 at Chicago State W, 81-75 - 15 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
Feb 22 Stonehill W, 67-41 0 21 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Feb 27 Le Moyne W, 84-75 0 22 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
Mar 1 at Wagner W, 55-48 - 26 2 5 7 1 0 1 0
Mar 5 #8 Le Moyne W, 86-67 0 19 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
Mar 8 #4 FDU W, 76-72 0 13 0 3 3 2 1 0 0
Mar 11 #3 Saint Francis U L, 46-43 0 26 2 2 4 1 1 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 4 at Providence L, 59-55 1 4 0 -
Nov 8 at Saint Joseph's W, 73-67 - 2 0 0.0
Nov 11 Vermont State Johnson W, 117-68 0 1 0 0.0
Nov 16 vs. Northeastern L, 80-62 - 2 0 -
Nov 21 at Sacred Heart L, 67-54 - 0 0 0.0
Nov 24 Binghamton W, 64-56 0 0 0 -
Dec 1 UMass Lowell W, 69-67 0 1 0 -
Dec 4 at Massachusetts W, 73-69 - 3 0 1.0
Dec 7 at Holy Cross W, 69-56 - 0 0 1.0
Dec 15 at Rhode Island L, 77-69 - 4 0 0.0
Dec 18 at Fairfield W, 64-63 - 0 0 0.0
Dec 21 Quinnipiac W, 84-80 0 1 0 -
Dec 29 Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 100-51 0 1 0 0.0
Jan 3 at Saint Francis U. W, 74-59 - 1 0 0.0
Jan 5 at Mercyhurst W, 62-50 - 0 0 -
Jan 10 Wagner L, 62-57 - - - -
Jan 12 LIU L, 54-52 0 0 0 -
Jan 18 at FDU W, 71-60 - 2 0 -
Jan 24 at Le Moyne W, 93-70 - 0 0 -
Jan 26 Chicago State W, 81-64 - 2 0 0.0
Jan 30 at LIU W, 63-50 - 0 0 -
Feb 1 at Stonehill W, 71-63 - 2 0 0.0
Feb 6 FDU W, 87-66 - 3 0 -
Feb 13 Mercyhurst W, 73-63 0 1 0 0.0
Feb 15 Saint Francis U. W, 83-67 0 0 0 -
Feb 20 at Chicago State W, 81-75 - 0 0 -
Feb 22 Stonehill W, 67-41 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 27 Le Moyne W, 84-75 0 1 0 0.0
Mar 1 at Wagner W, 55-48 - 2 0 -
Mar 5 #8 Le Moyne W, 86-67 0 0 0 -
Mar 8 #4 FDU W, 76-72 0 2 0 2.0
Mar 11 #3 Saint Francis U L, 46-43 0 3 0 1.0
  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2023-24 - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
2024-25 31 18.0 2.5-4.8 1.2-2.6 0.7-0.9 6.8
Total 31 18.0 2.5-4.8 1.2-2.6 0.7-0.9 6.8

Career Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2023-24 - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
2024-25 31 1 558 77-149 51.7 37-80 46.3 21-28 75.0 212
Total 31 1 558 77-149 51.7 37-80 46.3 21-28 75.0 212

Career Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2023-24 - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
2024-25 31 558 18.0 5.5-10.7 2.7-5.7 46.3 1.5-2.0 15.2
Total 31 558 18.0 5.5-10.7 2.7-5.7 46.3 1.5-2.0 15.2

Career Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2023-24 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 31 0.4 2.6 3.0 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2
Total 31 0.4 2.6 3.0 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2

Career Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2023-24 - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 31 1 13 81 94 12 21 17 5
Total 31 1 13 81 94 12 21 17 5

Career Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2023-24 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 31 0.9 5.8 6.7 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.4
Total 31 0.9 5.8 6.7 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.4

Career Stats: Ball control per 40 min

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 31 18.0 2.5-4.8 1.2-2.6 0.7-0.9 6.8
Conference 15 19.1 2.1-4.6 1.1-2.5 0.6-0.8 5.9
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 15 19.3 2.9-5.3 1.9-3.5 0.9-1.1 8.6
Away 15 16.9 1.9-4.1 0.6-1.7 0.5-0.7 4.8
Neutral 1 15.0 5.0-8.0 0.0-2.0 1.0-1.0 11.0
Result            
Wins 25 18.5 2.8-5.0 1.4-2.6 0.7-1.0 7.6
Losses 6 16.0 1.3-3.8 0.5-2.3 0.5-0.7 3.7
Month            
November 6 16.7 3.7-6.3 1.5-3.2 1.0-1.3 9.8
December 7 16.3 2.6-4.7 1.1-2.4 0.9-1.1 7.1
January 7 17.7 2.1-4.6 1.0-2.4 0.0-0.0 5.3
February 7 19.4 2.0-4.6 1.1-2.7 0.6-0.9 5.7
March 4 21.0 2.0-3.5 1.2-2.0 1.2-1.5 6.5

Splits Stats: Shooting per game

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 31 1 558 77-149 51.7 37-80 46.3 21-28 75.0 212
Conference 15 0 286 32-69 46.4 16-37 43.2 9-12 75.0 89
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 15 0 289 44-80 55.0 28-52 53.8 13-17 76.5 129
Away 15 1 254 28-61 45.9 9-26 34.6 7-10 70.0 72
Neutral 1 - 15 5-8 62.5 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 11
Result                    
Wins 25 0 462 69-126 54.8 34-66 51.5 18-24 75.0 190
Losses 6 1 96 8-23 34.8 3-14 21.4 3-4 75.0 22
Month                    
November 6 1 100 22-38 57.9 9-19 47.4 6-8 75.0 59
December 7 0 114 18-33 54.5 8-17 47.1 6-8 75.0 50
January 7 0 124 15-32 46.9 7-17 41.2 0-0 - 37
February 7 0 136 14-32 43.8 8-19 42.1 4-6 66.7 40
March 4 0 84 8-14 57.1 5-8 62.5 5-6 83.3 26

Splits Stats: Shooting totals

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 31 558 18.0 5.5-10.7 2.7-5.7 46.3 1.5-2.0 15.2
Conference 15 286 19.1 4.5-9.7 2.2-5.2 43.2 1.3-1.7 12.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 15 289 19.3 6.1-11.1 3.9-7.2 53.8 1.8-2.4 17.9
Away 15 254 16.9 4.4-9.6 1.4-4.1 34.6 1.1-1.6 11.3
Neutral 1 15 15.0 13.3-21.3 0.0-5.3 0.0 2.7-2.7 29.3
Result                
Wins 25 462 18.5 6.0-10.9 2.9-5.7 51.5 1.6-2.1 16.5
Losses 6 96 16.0 3.3-9.6 1.2-5.8 21.4 1.2-1.7 9.2
Month                
November 6 100 16.7 8.8-15.2 3.6-7.6 47.4 2.4-3.2 23.6
December 7 114 16.3 6.3-11.6 2.8-6.0 47.1 2.1-2.8 17.5
January 7 124 17.7 4.8-10.3 2.3-5.5 41.2 0.0-0.0 11.9
February 7 136 19.4 4.1-9.4 2.4-5.6 42.1 1.2-1.8 11.8
March 4 84 21.0 3.8-6.7 2.4-3.8 62.5 2.4-2.9 12.4

Splits Stats: Shooting per 40 min

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 31 0.4 2.6 3.0 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2
Conference 15 0.3 3.2 3.5 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 15 0.4 2.8 3.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.1
Away 15 0.4 2.5 2.9 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.3
Neutral 1 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 25 0.4 2.7 3.1 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.1
Losses 6 0.5 2.2 2.7 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3
Month                
November 6 0.7 2.0 2.7 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.2
December 7 0.1 2.1 2.3 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.1
January 7 0.1 3.4 3.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.4
February 7 0.3 2.7 3.0 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.0
March 4 1.3 2.8 4.0 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per game

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 31 1 13 81 94 12 21 17 5
Conference 15 0 5 48 53 4 10 5 3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 15 0 6 42 48 7 12 8 1
Away 15 1 6 37 43 5 9 9 4
Neutral 1 - 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Result                  
Wins 25 0 10 68 78 11 18 15 3
Losses 6 1 3 13 16 1 3 2 2
Month                  
November 6 1 4 12 16 2 3 5 1
December 7 0 1 15 16 2 6 5 1
January 7 0 1 24 25 1 2 0 3
February 7 0 2 19 21 2 8 4 0
March 4 0 5 11 16 5 2 3 0

Splits Stats: Ball control totals

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 31 0.9 5.8 6.7 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.4
Conference 15 0.7 6.7 7.4 0.6 1.4 0.7 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 15 0.8 5.8 6.6 1.0 1.7 1.1 0.1
Away 15 0.9 5.8 6.8 0.8 1.4 1.4 0.6
Neutral 1 2.7 5.3 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result                
Wins 25 0.9 5.9 6.8 1.0 1.6 1.3 0.3
Losses 6 1.3 5.4 6.7 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.8
Month                
November 6 1.6 4.8 6.4 0.8 1.2 2.0 0.4
December 7 0.4 5.3 5.6 0.7 2.1 1.8 0.4
January 7 0.3 7.7 8.1 0.3 0.6 0.0 1.0
February 7 0.6 5.6 6.2 0.6 2.4 1.2 0.0
March 4 2.4 5.2 7.6 2.4 1.0 1.4 0.0

Splits Stats: Ball control per 40 min

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