Osinachi Smart

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Position:
Forward/Center
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Weight:
235
Height:
6-8
Hometown:
Umuahia, Nigeria
High School:
New Garden Friends School (N.C.)

CAREER HONORS

2018 NABC Give Back Team
Team Co-Captain

SENIOR (2020-21)

Voted Team Co-Captain.
Played and started in all 19 games of the season for the Cougars.
Averaged 4.9 points and a team-best 6.3 rebounds.
Snatched 11 steals and tallied seven blocked shots, anchoring the paint defensively.
Shot a team-high 63.8 percent from the field (37-for-58).
Scored in 18 of the Cougars' 19 games and grabbed at least five boards 13 times.
Brought down a game-high 12 rebounds including eight on the defensive end in the team’s season opener at North Carolina (11/25/20).
Had four double-digit rebounding games including 10 versus Marshall (12/9/20) and Northeastern (1/17/21).
Recorded his second career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 13 rebounds against Towson (2/6/21).

JUNIOR (2019-20)

Saw action in 31 games of the season with 12 starts averaging 3.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 0.5 blocks and 0.8 steals per game for the Cougars.
Registered a career-high 10 points twice including his first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high tying 10 rebounds versus Elon (2/8/20).
Also knocked down 10 points against Coker (12/8/19).
Made a career-best three blocked shots versus James Madison (1/4/20) and at William & Mary (1/11/20).

SOPHOMORE (2018-19)

Played in 13 games of the season averaging 5.5 minutes, 0.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game off the bench.
Grabbed a season-high five rebounds and made one blocked shot against Rhode Island (11/13/18).
Saw 10 minutes of action with four rebounds and one steal versus LSU in the opening round of the AdvoCare Invitational (11/22/18).

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2017-18)

Saw action in 20 games of the season averaging 1.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.3 blocks per game.
Made his collegiate debut with three points, three rebounds, two blocks and two steals in the team’s season opener against Siena (11/10/17).
Brought down six rebounds in 19 minutes of play versus Cal Poly at the Great Alaska Shootout (11/22/18).
Recorded a near double-double performance with a career-high seven points and 10 rebounds including six on the defensive glass against Western Carolina (11/30/17).
Member of the 2018 CAA Championship and NCAA Tournament squad.

FRESHMAN (2016-17)

Redshirted the 2016-17 season.

HIGH SCHOOL

Graduated in 2016 from New Garden Friends School in Greensboro, N.C.
Lettered and served as team captain in soccer and basketball.
Averaged a double-double of 14.5 points and 13.2 rebounds per game as a senior under head coach Phil Tockman.
Named Defensive Player of the Year and Team MVP.
Had a breakout spring and summer on the adidas AAU circuit for Team Wall under the direction of head coach Khristopher Williams in 2015.
Graduated with a 3.4 grade-point average.

PERSONAL

Osinachi Bright Smart (goes by the nickname Osi), the son of Amobi and Comfort Smart.
Born on Nov. 14, 1997 in Nigeria.
Has three brothers, Ikenna, Godsent and Lucky, and one sister, Blessing.
His host parents are Nick and Cinda Purrington, and host brothers, Alfred, Charles and Joel.
His older brother, Ikenna Smart, played basketball at the University of Buffalo and Wake Forest.
Has only played basketball the last eight years since coming to the U.S. in August of 2013.
Chose CofC over Rice, Stetson, Longwood and North Carolina A&T.
Loves playing soccer and was the best player on his high school team.
Majoring in sociology at College of Charleston.

SMART’S CAREER SUPERLATIVES
Points: 10 (three times)
Field Goals: 4 vs. Towson (2/6/21), vs. Furman (12/5/20)
FG Attempted: 6 (three times)
3PT Field Goals: None
3PT FG Attempted: None
Free Throws: 4 (three times)
FT Attempted: 7 vs. Coker (12/8/19)
Rebounds: 13 vs. Towson (2/6/21)
Offensive: 5 vs. Towson (2/6/21), vs. Coker (12/8/19)
Defensive: 8 vs. Towson (2/6/21), at North Carolina (11/25/20)
Assists: 2 at James Madison (1/30/20)
Turnovers: 6 vs. Towson (2/6/21)
Blocked Shots: 3 at William & Mary (1/11/20), vs. James Madison (1/4/20)
Steals: 2 (12 times)
Minutes: 40 vs. Western Carolina (12/18/20)
Double Figure Scoring Games: 3
20-Point Games: None
30-Point Games: None
Double Figure Rebounding Games: 6
Double Figure Assists Games: None
Led in Scoring: None
Led in Rebounding: 20
Led in Assists: None
Double-Doubles: 2
Consecutive Double-Figure Scoring Streak: None
Dunks: 30