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  Bryelle Smith
Bryelle Smith

Player Profile
Class:
RS Freshman

Hometown:
Raleigh, NC

High School:
Cary Academy

Height:
5-8

Position:
G

Experience:
HS

Major:
PRTM

In 2008-09
• Played in all 31 games after sitting out an entire season due to a knee injury
• Showed at times her potential to lead the team in the years to come while also displaying an ability to knock down three-pointers from well beyond the arc
• Started 11 games in 2008-09 and averaged nearly 14 minutes a game
• Was the team's most accurate three-point shooter, hitting 22-of-58 for a .379 percentage
• Also posted the highest free throw percentage, although she shot just 17 foul shots; made 16 of them
• Tallied 44 assists with 14 steals for the year while averaging 3.9 points and 1.4 rebounds per game
• Best game of the season was against North Carolina during the regular season as she helped the Lady Tigers nearly pull off the upset of the then-ranked #2 Tar Heels
• Totaled 17 points with a 4-for-6 performance from behind the three-point line and made a pair of two-point field goals to go along with four rebounds and two assists and a steal
• Had another successful day against North Carolina in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, leading Clemson with 13 points
• Hit a trio of three-pointers in that contest, the only other time she made more than two in a game
• Also scored in double figures with 10 in the overtime win against Northwestern in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 4
• That followed an eight-point performance against Washington in the championship game of the Husky Classic in Seattle; she also recorded six assists, her season high, as Clemson won the tournament
• Tallied four assists in just 16 minutes of play against Chattanooga on Dec. 15
• Scored seven points with three assists and a steal while playing just 14 minutes in the ACC opener at Miami on Jan. 5
• Was the team's second-leading scorer against top-10-ranked Duke on Feb. 13 with eight points; also had two steals in the game
• Recorded four assists in the following game against Florida State
• Earned the first start of her career on Nov. 25 against Winthrop
• Was named the Newcomer-of-the-Year and received the Best Free Throw Percentage Award at the team's annual post-season banquet.

In 2007-08
• Played 18 minutes in Clemson's season opener against Maine before suffering a torn ACL that sidelined her for the remainder of the year.
• Had three assists and two rebounds in that game.

Before Clemson
• Talented point guard from Raleigh, NC
• Was a four-year letterwinner at Cary Academy in Cary, NC
• Led team to conference titles in 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons
• Also led the Chargers to the championship game of the NCISAA tournament in 2005-06
• Was a four-time all-conference selection and was named the league's player-of-the-year in 2007
• Was an NCISAA all-state honoree in 2007 as well
• Named the Cary Academy Athlete-of-the-Year in 2007
• Invited to play on the 2007 Charlotte All-Star team
• Earned a McDonald's All-American nomination in 2007
• Was also named an NBC Athlete-of-the-Week in 2007
• Holds Cary Academy career record for assists with 445 and three-point field goals made with 169
• Also ranks first in school history with 151 assists in a single season, 61 three-point field goals made and 138 steals, all during the 2006-07 season
• Holds top marks for a single game with nine assists in 2005, 12 free throws made in 2005, seven three-point field goals made in 2005 and 14 steals in 2007
• Lettered two years in softball as well, earning all-conference honors for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.

Personal
• Born March 17, 1989
• Majoring in pre-business.


 
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