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32 Erica Smay
Erica Smay
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    Defiance, Ohio
  • High School:
    Tinora
  • Position:
    G
  • Major:
    Mathematics
  • gp
    25
  • pts/g
    3.8
  • fg %
    31.9
  • 3pt %
    25.9
  • ft %
    76.7
  • reb/g
    2.6
  • a/g
    2.0

Bio

Freshman (2013-14):  HCAC All-Sportsmanship Team ... Played in 25 games with 23 starts … Averaged 24.8 minutes per game with 619 minutes played … Made 95 points on the year, averaging 3.8 points per game … Shot 29-of-91 (.319) from the field ... Shot 14-of-54 (.259) from 3-point range ... Shot 23-of-30 (.767) from the free throw line ... Collected 65 rebounds (2.6 per game) ... 23 offensive rebounds ... 42 defensive rebounds ... Made 16 steals ... Recorded 49 assists.

Prep:  Lettered two years at Tinora High under head coach Rich Thiel ... First-Team Green Meadows Conference and Second-Team District 7 during senior season ... Most Valuable Player of District 7 All-Star Game ... District 7 Honorable Mention as a junior ... Earned OHSAA Scholar Athlete Award and OHSAA Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award during senior year ... Class valedictorian and president of National Honor Society at Tinora ... Also lettered two years in volleyball.

Personal:  Born in Toledo, Ohio ... Daughter of Douglas and Deadra Smay ... Has one brother; Kyle ... Majoring in mathematics.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60
  Total Conference
Games 25 18
Games started 23 17
Minutes 619 410
Minutes per game 24.8 22.8
FG 29-91 21-59
FG Pct 31.9 35.6
3PT 14-54 9-33
3PT Pct 25.9 27.3
FT 23-30 18-22
FT Pct 76.7 81.8
Off rebounds 22 14
Def rebounds 42 27
Total rebounds 64 41
Rebounds per game 2.6 2.3
Personal fouls 26 21
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 49 35
Turnovers 70 46
Assist to turnover ratio 0.7 0.8
Steals 16 8
Blocks 0 0
Points 95 69
Points per game 3.8 3.8
Points per 40 min 6.1 6.7

Game Log - Shooting

Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 20 at Alma (Mich.) W, 78-65 1 35 2-8 25.0 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 6
Nov 22 at Baldwin Wallace L, 87-55 - 27 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Nov 23 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 70-68 1 33 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 4
Nov 30 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 77-71 1 27 1-5 20.0 0-4 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Dec 4 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-40 1 21 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 74-67 1 32 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 7
Dec 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-59 1 27 1-7 14.3 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 3
Dec 18 Trine (Ind.) L, 65-57 1 26 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Dec 28 at Albion (Mich.) W, 67-60 1 39 0-6 0.0 0-5 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Dec 29 vs. Olivet (Mich.) L, 61-56 1 22 2-3 66.7 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 6
Jan 4 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 72-62 1 20 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 5
Jan 8 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 65-39 1 19 3-5 60.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 8
Jan 11 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-57 1 28 3-5 60.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Jan 15 Bluffton W, 70-61 1 16 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 18 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 57-54 1 25 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 2-2 100.0 5
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 74-73 1 14 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 0-0 - 2
Jan 25 Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-77 1 11 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 29 at Bluffton L, 71-55 1 27 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Feb 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 69-59 1 19 2-6 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53 1 21 0-2 0.0 0-2 0.0 3-4 75.0 3
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59 1 30 2-2 100.0 0-0 - 3-4 75.0 7
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49 1 16 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63 1 30 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 - 3
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45 1 33 2-4 50.0 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 7
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60 - 21 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 3

Game Log - Ball control

Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 20 at Alma (Mich.) W, 78-65 1 35 1 2 3 2 3 1 0
Nov 22 at Baldwin Wallace L, 87-55 - 27 4 2 6 2 6 2 0
Nov 23 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 70-68 1 33 1 1 2 3 5 1 0
Nov 30 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 77-71 1 27 0 2 2 4 1 3 0
Dec 4 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-40 1 21 0 3 3 3 1 0 0
Dec 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 74-67 1 32 1 4 5 3 7 0 0
Dec 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-59 1 27 0 1 1 1 3 0 0
Dec 18 Trine (Ind.) L, 65-57 1 26 0 2 2 1 3 0 0
Dec 28 at Albion (Mich.) W, 67-60 1 39 2 5 7 1 2 1 0
Dec 29 vs. Olivet (Mich.) L, 61-56 1 22 0 1 1 1 4 0 0
Jan 4 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 72-62 1 20 0 1 1 2 4 0 0
Jan 8 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 65-39 1 19 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
Jan 11 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-57 1 28 1 0 1 2 2 0 0
Jan 15 Bluffton W, 70-61 1 16 1 2 3 1 4 1 0
Jan 18 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 57-54 1 25 1 2 3 2 3 0 0
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 74-73 1 14 0 0 0 1 3 1 0
Jan 25 Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-77 1 11 2 1 3 3 3 0 0
Jan 29 at Bluffton L, 71-55 1 27 1 2 3 5 3 1 0
Feb 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 69-59 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53 1 21 1 2 3 2 1 2 0
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59 1 30 3 3 6 4 4 1 0
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49 1 16 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63 1 30 0 1 1 2 3 0 0
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45 1 33 0 3 3 1 3 0 0
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60 - 21 2 0 2 0 0 0 0

Game Log - Ball control extended

Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 20 at Alma (Mich.) W, 78-65 1 3 0 0.7
Nov 22 at Baldwin Wallace L, 87-55 - 0 0 0.3
Nov 23 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 70-68 1 1 0 0.6
Nov 30 at St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 77-71 1 1 0 4.0
Dec 4 Manchester (Ind.) L, 61-40 1 4 0 3.0
Dec 7 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 74-67 1 4 0 0.4
Dec 14 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 65-59 1 0 0 0.3
Dec 18 Trine (Ind.) L, 65-57 1 0 0 0.3
Dec 28 at Albion (Mich.) W, 67-60 1 0 0 0.5
Dec 29 vs. Olivet (Mich.) L, 61-56 1 0 0 0.3
Jan 4 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 72-62 1 1 0 0.5
Jan 8 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 65-39 1 0 0 -
Jan 11 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-57 1 0 0 1.0
Jan 15 Bluffton W, 70-61 1 2 0 0.3
Jan 18 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 57-54 1 1 0 0.7
Jan 22 Earlham (Ind.) W, 74-73 1 1 0 0.3
Jan 25 Hanover (Ind.) L, 88-77 1 0 0 1.0
Jan 29 at Bluffton L, 71-55 1 2 0 1.7
Feb 1 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 69-59 1 0 0 -
Feb 6 Anderson (Ind.) W, 61-53 1 1 0 2.0
Feb 8 Mt. St. Joseph W, 76-59 1 0 0 1.0
Feb 12 at Earlham (Ind.) L, 83-49 1 1 0 1.0
Feb 15 at Transylvania (Ky.) L, 80-63 1 3 - 0.7
Feb 19 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 47-45 1 1 0 0.3
Feb 22 Franklin (Ind.) W, 62-60 - 0 0 -

Career Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2013-14 25 24.8 1.2-3.6 0.6-2.2 0.9-1.2 3.8
2014-15 25 31.0 2.6-9.0 1.5-5.7 1.1-2.0 7.8
2015-16 26 26.2 2.2-6.9 1.4-4.8 1.0-1.5 6.7
2016-17 26 28.3 2.9-8.9 1.1-4.0 0.9-1.3 7.8
Total 102 27.5 2.2-7.1 1.2-4.2 1.0-1.5 6.6

Career Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2013-14 25 23 619 29-91 31.9 14-54 25.9 23-30 76.7 95
2014-15 25 25 775 65-224 29.0 38-143 26.6 28-51 54.9 196
2015-16 26 26 680 56-180 31.1 37-126 29.4 25-40 62.5 174
2016-17 26 26 735 76-232 32.8 29-104 27.9 23-35 65.7 204
Total 102 100 2809 226-727 31.1 118-427 27.6 99-156 63.5 669

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2013-14 25 619 24.8 1.9-5.9 0.9-3.5 25.9 1.5-1.9 6.1
2014-15 25 775 31.0 3.4-11.6 2.0-7.4 26.6 1.4-2.6 10.1
2015-16 26 680 26.2 3.3-10.6 2.2-7.4 29.4 1.5-2.4 10.2
2016-17 26 735 28.3 4.1-12.6 1.6-5.7 27.9 1.3-1.9 11.1
Total 102 2809 27.5 3.2-10.4 1.7-6.1 27.6 1.4-2.2 9.5

Career Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2013-14 25 0.9 1.7 2.6 2.0 2.8 0.6 0.0
2014-15 25 0.9 2.2 3.1 1.5 1.9 1.1 0.0
2015-16 26 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.6 1.8 0.8 0.0
2016-17 26 0.8 2.0 2.8 3.0 2.3 0.7 0.0
Total 102 0.9 2.0 2.9 2.0 2.2 0.8 0.0

Career Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2013-14 25 23 22 42 64 49 70 16 0
2014-15 25 25 22 55 77 38 48 28 1
2015-16 26 26 26 52 78 42 47 20 0
2016-17 26 26 21 52 73 78 61 19 0
Total 102 100 91 201 292 207 226 83 1

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2013-14 25 1.4 2.7 4.1 3.2 4.5 1.0 0.0
2014-15 25 1.1 2.8 4.0 2.0 2.5 1.4 0.1
2015-16 26 1.5 3.1 4.6 2.5 2.8 1.2 0.0
2016-17 26 1.1 2.8 4.0 4.2 3.3 1.0 0.0
Total 102 1.3 2.9 4.2 2.9 3.2 1.2 0.0

Splits Stats - Shooting per game

  gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event            
Total 25 24.8 1.2-3.6 0.6-2.2 0.9-1.2 3.8
Conference 18 22.8 1.2-3.3 0.5-1.8 1.0-1.2 3.8
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location            
Home 10 21.5 0.9-2.9 0.1-1.3 0.9-1.2 2.8
Away 13 26.8 1.3-4.2 0.8-2.8 1.0-1.2 4.4
Neutral 2 27.5 1.5-3.5 1.5-2.5 0.5-1.0 5.0
Result            
Wins 11 25.5 1.2-3.6 0.7-2.5 1.0-1.5 4.1
Losses 14 24.2 1.1-3.6 0.4-1.9 0.9-1.0 3.6
Month            
November 4 30.5 1.2-4.8 0.8-2.8 0.5-1.0 3.8
December 6 27.8 1.0-4.2 0.5-2.7 1.0-1.3 3.5
January 8 20.0 1.1-3.1 0.5-1.9 0.8-0.8 3.5
February 7 24.3 1.3-3.1 0.6-1.7 1.3-1.7 4.4

Splits Stats - Shooting totals

  gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event                    
Total 25 23 619 29-91 31.9 14-54 25.9 23-30 76.7 95
Conference 18 17 410 21-59 35.6 9-33 27.3 18-22 81.8 69
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location                    
Home 10 9 215 9-29 31.0 1-13 7.7 9-12 75.0 28
Away 13 12 349 17-55 30.9 10-36 27.8 13-16 81.3 57
Neutral 2 2 55 3-7 42.9 3-5 60.0 1-2 50.0 10
Result                    
Wins 11 10 280 13-40 32.5 8-27 29.6 11-16 68.8 45
Losses 14 13 339 16-51 31.4 6-27 22.2 12-14 85.7 50
Month                    
November 4 3 122 5-19 26.3 3-11 27.3 2-4 50.0 15
December 6 6 167 6-25 24.0 3-16 18.8 6-8 75.0 21
January 8 8 160 9-25 36.0 4-15 26.7 6-6 100.0 28
February 7 6 170 9-22 40.9 4-12 33.3 9-12 75.0 31

Splits Stats - Shooting per 40 min

  gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event                
Total 25 619 24.8 1.9-5.9 0.9-3.5 25.9 1.5-1.9 6.1
Conference 18 410 22.8 2.0-5.8 0.9-3.2 27.3 1.8-2.1 6.7
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location                
Home 10 215 21.5 1.7-5.4 0.2-2.4 7.7 1.7-2.2 5.2
Away 13 349 26.8 1.9-6.3 1.1-4.1 27.8 1.5-1.8 6.5
Neutral 2 55 27.5 2.2-5.1 2.2-3.6 60.0 0.7-1.5 7.3
Result                
Wins 11 280 25.5 1.9-5.7 1.1-3.9 29.6 1.6-2.3 6.4
Losses 14 339 24.2 1.9-6.0 0.7-3.2 22.2 1.4-1.7 5.9
Month                
November 4 122 30.5 1.6-6.2 1.0-3.6 27.3 0.7-1.3 4.9
December 6 167 27.8 1.4-6.0 0.7-3.8 18.8 1.4-1.9 5.0
January 8 160 20.0 2.2-6.2 1.0-3.8 26.7 1.5-1.5 7.0
February 7 170 24.3 2.1-5.2 0.9-2.8 33.3 2.1-2.8 7.3

Splits Stats - Ball control per game

  gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event                
Total 25 0.9 1.7 2.6 2.0 2.8 0.6 0.0
Conference 18 0.8 1.5 2.3 1.9 2.6 0.4 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 10 1.0 1.4 2.4 1.8 2.4 0.5 0.0
Away 13 0.8 2.0 2.8 2.1 2.8 0.8 0.0
Neutral 2 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 4.5 0.5 0.0
Result                
Wins 11 1.1 2.1 3.2 1.7 2.2 1.0 0.0
Losses 14 0.7 1.4 2.1 2.1 3.3 0.4 0.0
Month                
November 4 1.5 1.8 3.3 2.8 3.8 1.8 0.0
December 6 0.5 2.7 3.2 1.7 3.3 0.2 0.0
January 8 0.9 1.3 2.1 2.1 2.8 0.5 0.0
February 7 0.9 1.3 2.1 1.6 1.9 0.6 0.0

Splits Stats - Ball control totals

  gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event                  
Total 25 23 22 42 64 49 70 16 0
Conference 18 17 14 27 41 35 46 8 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 10 9 10 14 24 18 24 5 0
Away 13 12 11 26 37 27 37 10 0
Neutral 2 2 1 2 3 4 9 1 0
Result                  
Wins 11 10 12 23 35 19 24 11 0
Losses 14 13 10 19 29 30 46 5 0
Month                  
November 4 3 6 7 13 11 15 7 0
December 6 6 3 16 19 10 20 1 0
January 8 8 7 10 17 17 22 4 0
February 7 6 6 9 15 11 13 4 0

Splits Stats - Ball control per 40 min

  gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event                
Total 25 1.4 2.7 4.1 3.2 4.5 1.0 0.0
Conference 18 1.4 2.6 4.0 3.4 4.5 0.8 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 10 1.9 2.6 4.5 3.3 4.5 0.9 0.0
Away 13 1.3 3.0 4.2 3.1 4.2 1.1 0.0
Neutral 2 0.7 1.5 2.2 2.9 6.5 0.7 0.0
Result                
Wins 11 1.7 3.3 5.0 2.7 3.4 1.6 0.0
Losses 14 1.2 2.2 3.4 3.5 5.4 0.6 0.0
Month                
November 4 2.0 2.3 4.3 3.6 4.9 2.3 0.0
December 6 0.7 3.8 4.6 2.4 4.8 0.2 0.0
January 8 1.8 2.5 4.3 4.3 5.5 1.0 0.0
February 7 1.4 2.1 3.5 2.6 3.1 0.9 0.0

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