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2005-06 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Lanny Smith
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Missouri City, Texas
- High School:
- Hightower
One of four guards in school history to accumulate 1,000 points and 375 assists in their careers... Became the 40th Cougar to record 1,000 career points.
SENIOR (2007-08)
Became only the fourth player in school history to record more than 500 assists in his career... Ranked third among Conference USA free throw shooting leaders at 83.3 percent (65-of-78)... Dished out 3.72 assists per game to rank eight among the league leaders... Collected a season-best three steals against Morehead State... Dished out five assists against Southern, Coastal Carolina, Grambling State and Morehead State... Handed out eight assists against Charleston... Scored 10 points against VCU... Registered 11 points and a season-best eight assists against Kentucky... Tallied 12 points with five assists at Massachusetts... Handed out five assists at SMU... Recorded nine points, seven assists and three rebounds against UTEP... Tallied nine points, six assists and two steals against Rice. .. Handed out a season-high 10 assists and scored six points against Marshall... Scored four points after making all four free throw attempts in the final minute at UCF... Tallied 11 points and five assists against Tulsa... Finished with a season-high-tying 16 points and four assists at C-USA rival UTEP... Scored a season-high-tying 16 points with four assists against C-USA rival UCF on Senior Night. C-USA Championship: Dished out a team-high four assists against UTEP during the Quarterfinals.
JUNIOR (2005-06)
• Named Second-Team, All-Region IX selection by NABC... Tabbed a Third-Team, All-Conference USA selection... Ranked 28th nationally with 5.4 assists per game... Played in and started 30 games... Scored a game-high 21 points and handed out three assists at Missouri State in the second round of the NIT... Just missed a triple double against BYU with nine points, a career-high of 11 assists and 10 rebounds in the first round of the NIT... Equaled his career high of five steals versus BYU... Scored a season-high 25 points against UCF... Tallied 21 points at Rice and 20 points at UAB and East Carolina... Recorded the first double-double of his career with 11 points and 10 assists against VCU... Handed out a career-high of 11 assists against 13th-ranked Arizona... Recorded 10 assists against Florida Tech... Had nine assists against UCF and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
SOPHOMORE (2004-05)
Only Cougar to start every game... Ranked among the top 14 Conference USA scoring leaders with 14.7 points per game, C-USA[apos]s top five leaders in assists with a 4.2 average, and the league[apos]s sixth most accurate three-point shooter with 40.2 percent... His 2.5 three-point field goals per game ranked seventh among C-USA leaders... Scored a season-high 30 points against New Orleans... Scored 20 points in nine games, including 26 points at Texas A&M and 24 points at TCU... Led UH with 21 points and five assists against USF in the Conference USA Tournament... Handed out five or more assists in 15 games, including 10 assists versus Southeastern Louisiana... Had nine assists against TCU and eight assists at Wichita State in the NIT.
FRESHMAN (2003-04)
Played in 27 games and started 26 contests for the Cougars... Led Houston with 3.2 assists per game... Handed out six assists against Bethune-Cookman and Lamar... Averaged 8.4 points per game... Scored in double figures 10 times... Tallied a season-high 31 points against Southern Miss.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned All-Greater Houston Player-of-the-Year honors as a senior... Named an Honorable Mention, All-America performer by Future Stars... Was a First-Team All-State and First-Team All-Region III... Named District 20-5A MVP after leading Hightower to the Texas Class 5A State Semifinals for the second straight year... Led the Greater Houston Class 5A area leaders with 9.8 assists per game... Ranked fourth among area leaders with 4.1 steals... Was second among Hightower[apos]s scoring leaders with 12.9 points per game.
PERSONAL
Major is kinesiology and sports administration at Houston... Born Oct. 30, 1984 in Houston... Son of Alfreda Smith of Missouri City... His younger brother, Chris, plays at Incarnate Word University... Signed with Houston after being recruited by Texas, Baylor, TCU and Oklahoma.
LANNY SMITH[apos]S CAREER STATISTICS
Total 3-Point Rebounds
Year GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Tot Avg PF-FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts/Avg
2003-04 27-26 772/28.6 75-206 .364 30-92 .326 46-75 .613 13-44 57 2.1 65-2 86 85 2 25 226/8.4
2004-05 32-32 1055/33.0 153-390 .392 80-199 .402 83-118 .703 27-49 76 2.4 81-0 134 103 1 45 469/14.7
2005-06 30-30 1011/33.7 116-308 .377 58-164 .354 74-114 .649 14-65 79 2.6 67-2 162 85 4 52 364/12.1
2006-07 4-3 106/26.5 12-34 .353 2-13 .154 5-7 .714 3-6 9 2.3 8-0 12 11 1 2 31/7.8
2007-08 29-22 591/20.4 41-134 .306 13-62 .210 65-78 .833 3-41 44 1.5 49-1 108 53 0 21 160/5.5
TOTAL 122-113 3535/29.0 397-1072 .370 183-530 .345 273-392 .696 60-205 265 2.2 270-5 502 337 8 145 1250/10.2
