Alabama-Huntsville guard Jaime Smith (SR, 6-3, 185, Birmingham, AL) has been named the
Noah Basketball Gulf South Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the second time this season. Smith helped UAH clinch the GSC regular season crown, averaging 26.0 points and 5.5 assists in 33.5 minutes along with a 50.0 percentage from the field and beyond the arc and a 92.3 percentage at the foul line.
The senior tallied his fourth all-time accolade, scoring at least 30 points for the second game in a row on Thursday night. Smith poured in a game-best 31 points led by a 16-for-17 effort at the charity stripe while also dishing out eight assists in 35 minutes of an 82-77 home triumph over Union. The Birmingham, AL native capped the week by leading the Chargers to the No. 1 seed in next week’s GSC Tournament with a team-best 21 points in a 70-67 victory at rival North Alabama.