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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Rob Simmons
Rob Simmons
Rob Simmons
Rob Simmons

1 DaQuan Smith

1 DaQuan Smith

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    195
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Holly Springs, Miss.
  • Highschool:
    Holly Springs High School
  • Prev School:
    Murray State

Summary

Biography

2023-24 AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
Voted onto the Preseason All-Big South First Team... Eclipsed 1,000 career points scored at VCU on Nov. 15

2022-23 AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
NABC All-District 3 Second Team... VaSID Second Team All-State… All-Big South Second Team... Named Big South Player of the Week on Jan. 2 and Feb. 6... Played in all 36 games, making 35 starts... Led the Highlanders with 13.9 points on 30.6 minutes played per game... Shot 40.4% (80-198) from three-point range, tying for the 10th-most threes made in a single season in program history... Also averaged 3.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.0 steals per game... Scored 10+ points in 29 games and 20+ points in six games... Dropped a season-high 24 points against Winthrop on Feb. 4

Prior to Radford (At Murray State)
2021-22 AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Appeared in 33 games for the Racers... Averaged 3.5 points per game... Helped lead Murray State to a 31-3 record, an Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship, and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament Second Round... Scored five points in the Racers' 92-87 overtime victory against San Francisco in the Round of 64... Posted double-figures scoring three times, including a season-high 15 points against Tennessee Wesleyan (Dec. 15)... Also scored 15 points and hit five three-pointers against Eastern Illinois (Jan. 20).
 
2020-21 AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
The 2020-21 season was shortened by the Covid-19 pandemic… Saw action for the Racers in all 25 games with eight starts…Scored an average of 4.5 points per game… Had two double-figure scoring games: 10 points vs Austin Peay (Dec. 21) and 16 points vs Southeast Missouri (Feb. 1)… Had season-highs of three steals vs Tennessee State (Feb. 8) and Austin Peay (Dec. 8).

2019-20 AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Played in 32 games with 30 starts total and the started the final 25 games… Scored 7.2 points per game and was second on the team with 110 assists (Tevin Brown was first at 117)… Made 45 3-point baskets for third on the team… Had eight games of double-digit scoring… His high point game was 21 points against Kennesaw State (Dec. 16)… Had a season-high nine assists against Middle Tennessee (Dec. 7).

2018-19 AS A FRESHMAN
Was a redshirt… Slowed by injury, he did see time in three games where he scored three point in 13 total minutes.

PREP
Led Holly Springs to the Mississippi 3A state tournament championship game where they finished runner up… Helped HSHS to 23 wins in the 2017-18 season, he scored 26.3 points per game to go with 7.3 rebounds and 2.6 steals… Scored 816 points in 31 games as a senior… Was an 80 percent free throw shooter and had a game against Lake Cormorant where he was 15-of-15 and ended with 47 points… Scored a career-high 50 points against Palmer… Had nine games of 30 or more points in 2017-18… Finished as the all-time leading scoring at Holly Springs with 2,788 points… He surpassed Clevin Hannah (2003-06) who had 2,300 points and went on to play at Wichita State… Named to the Daily Journal All-Area Team after the season. This team is drawn from more than 50 high schools in north Mississippi… Named to the Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen as one of the top 12 players in the state in the preseason… Was named to the Clarion Ledger All-State Team… Was a four-time Mississippi All-State selection… Was selected to play in the The Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game, where he scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds… Led his team to the Mississippi State Tournament in four-straight seasons… Was his class president.

PERSONAL
Born Dec. 23, 1999, son of Justin and Tiffiny Martin… Siblings: Aniyah Smith… Majoring in Advertising.
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    2022-23Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    6'1" 195 lbs
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    2023-24Redshirt Senior

    Guard
    6'1" 195 lbs
    1