Fairfield University Athletics

2016-17
Steve Smith was a member of the 2016-17 men’s basketball team but did not see any action during the campaign due to a preseason injury

2015-16
Steve Smith came off the bench for all 13 of his appearances, the last of which came in the Stags’ postseason game against New Hampshire in the CIT. He scored points in his first three outings, averaging five points per contest during that stretch (15 points). He started with a three-point effort in three minutes of work at Maryland-Eastern Shore and followed up with season highs against Columbia (six points, four rebounds). He would equal that point total one game later at Iona, netting two of four three pointers to reach the mark. All 15 of those points came from behind the three-point arc, netting 6 of 21 attempts from long range on the season. After making five of his first nine tries from behind the arc, he finished the season with one three pointer in his final 12 attempts. Smith has 44 career three pointers in 58 career games. Smith did not play in the first four games of 2015-16 due to injury but came back to play in nine of the next 10 games for the Stags.

2014-15
Smith appeared in 18 games during the 2014-15 season which included the final 12 games played by the Stags. The guard scored in 11 of those 18 contests, highlighted by a season-high nine points at Canisius. He scored in three consecutive games durng MAAC play with six points against Quinnipiac, three points at Manhattan, and three more at Niagara. During the regular season, Smith made all but one of his shots from behind the three-point line with his two-pointer coming at Marist. In the MAAC tournament game versus Saint Peter’s, both of his shots were inside the arc. He shot 36 percent outside the three-point arc (14 of 39) and 27 percent inside the arc (3 of 11). He netted six or more points four times, hitting the mark at Northeastern, at Saint Peter’s, and Quinnipiac while registering a season-high nine points at Canisius.

2013-14
Offensively, Smith spent nearly his entire season behind the three-point line as only four of his 74 field goal attempts came inside the three-point arc. The freshman made 21 of 70 shots from long range which included six games with two or more three pointers. He enjoyed a four-game run that include 11 three pointers in 25 attempts (.440), highlighted by five three pointers in seven tries at Green Bay on December 21 for a personal-best 15 points. For the season, Smith averaged 2.7 points per game and just under 10 minutes per appearance (264 minutes in 27 games). Smith appeared in 27 games in 2013-14 with all but one coming as a reserve. The guard picked up a starting assignment at Loyola, Md. on November 16, playing 10 minutes without scoring.

Before Fairfield
Smith attended LaSalle College High School where he was a three-year starter for the Explorers. The forward was one of the program’s top three-point shooters during his career. Smith set a school record for three-point field goals in a game, hitting seven against Cardinal O’Hara to finish with 25 points. He was among the team’s top scorers as a senior, spending most of the year in double figures. As a junior, Smith averaged 7.8 points per game as one of the top scorers for the Explorers.