Terquavion Smith | |
Position: | Shooting guard / point guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 160 |
Team: | Free agent |
Birth Date: | 31 December 2002 |
Birth Place: | Greenville, North Carolina, U.S. |
High School: | Farmville Central (Farmville, North Carolina) |
College: | NC State (2021–2023) |
Draft Year: | 2023 |
Career Start: | 2023 |
Team1: | Philadelphia 76ers |
Years2: | 2023–2024 |
Team2: | →Delaware Blue Coats |
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Terquavion Lamont Smith (;[1] born December 31, 2002) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. A 6inchesft4inchesin (ftin) combo guard, he played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack, receiving all-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honors in 2023. He was signed as an undrafted free agent on June 23, 2023.
Smith attended Farmville Central High School in Farmville, North Carolina.[2] As a senior, he averaged 25.6 points, six rebounds, 5.8 assists and 3.2 steals per game to lead Farmville Central to a perfect record. He was named the Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year for North Carolina.[3] He committed to NC State University to play college basketball.[4]
As a freshman at NC State, Smith started 25 of 32 games and averaged 16.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game.[5] [6] He hit 96 three-pointers which were the fourth most by a freshman in ACC history.[7] He originally entered the 2022 NBA draft; however, he withdrew his name and returned to NC State for his sophomore year.[8] [9]
After going undrafted in the 2023 NBA draft, Smith signed a two-way contract with the Philadelphia 76ers on July 1, 2023.[10] On February 3, 2024, Smith scored 17 points in a game vs the Brooklyn Nets.[11]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia| 16 || 0 || 5.3 || .391 || .371 || .600 || .3 || .8 || .5 || .0 || 3.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 16 || 0 || 5.3 || .391 || .371 || .600 || .3 || .8 || .5 || .0 || 3.3
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| NC State| 32 || 25 || 31.6 || .398 || .369 || .698 || 4.1 || 2.1 || 1.3 || .5 || 16.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| NC State| 34 || 34 || 33.6 || .380 || .336 || .701 || 3.6 || 4.1 || 1.4 || .4 || 17.9|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 66 || 59 || 32.6 || .388 || .352 || .700 || 3.8 || 3.1 || 1.4 || .4 || 17.1