Duke basketball looks like a contender for the elite backcourt prospect, but the finish line appears to remain in the distance.

In 13 games, Purdue has had six different players lead the team in scoring, two of them doing so off the bench. While Smith assisted on only one of Benter's seven made shots, it still showed the luxury of offensive weapons Smith and the Boilermakers have at their disposal.

With injuries thinning the backcourt, Nick Smith Jr. delivered a breakout performance off the bench to help the Lakers cruise past the Kings and halt a three-game skid.

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Purdue faded from the national conversation after the departure of Zach Edey, but the Boilermakers didn't take a huge step back. A lot of credit for their sustained excellence belongs to diminutive point guard Braden Smith. Absent his favorite low-post ...

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A leading scorer for a men's college basketball team died suddenly at the age of 24 over the weekend. Ishmael Smith, a junior guard from Maryland, passed away on December 14. He was a leading scorer for the West Virginia State University’s men’s basketball team.

After more than two decades appearing on the show, TV superstar Stephen A. Smith is no longer a regular on ESPN's Inside the NBA programming. Smith originally joined the show when it was called NBA Shootaround in 2003 and later became NBA Countdown in 2012.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. –West Virginia State University Athletic Director David Hicks reflected Tuesday on the life and impact of student-athlete Ishmael Smith, a men’s basketball player who died this past weekend. Smith, a junior guard, was found unresponsive in his dorm room Sunday afternoon by teammates after they returned from dinner.

Ishmael Smith, a junior on the men's Yellow Jackets basketball team, died on Sunday after teammates found him unresponsive in his dormitory that evening.