Makaia Smith

0 Makaia Smith

Height:

6-1
Hometown:

Compton, Calif.
Position:

F
Year:

Jr
High School:

Compton

gp

20
pts/g

10.9
fg %

44.8
3pt %

31.3
ft %

54.8
reb/g

6.7
a/g

0.7

Bio

JUNIOR SEASON (2025-26): Appeared in 20 games, starting 13 ... finished third on the team in scoring (10.9 ppg) and rebounding (6.7 rpg) ... reached double figures 10 times, including a career-high 25 (at Rust, November 20) ... named Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 24) ... had three double-digit rebounding performances ... career-high 12 rebounds, twice (vs Bryant & Stratton, Nov. 1; vs Simmons, Feb. 19)

Player statistics

	Overall	Conference
Games	20	10
Games started	13	7
Minutes	495	264
Minutes per game	24.8	26.4
FG	87-194	42-105
FG Pct	44.8	40.0
3PT	5-16	4-11
3PT Pct	31.3	36.4
FT	40-73	21-41
FT Pct	54.8	51.2
Off rebounds	54	29
Def rebounds	80	37
Total rebounds	134	66
Rebounds per game	6.7	6.6
Personal fouls	61	29
Disqualifications	2	1
Assists	14	4
Turnovers	44	22
Assist to turnover ratio	0.3	0.2
Steals	38	13
Blocks	10	4
Points	219	109
Points per game	10.9	10.9
Points per 40 min	17.7	16.5

Recent results

Recent Games
Date	Opponent	Result
Feb 12	Voorhees	W, 66-54
Feb 14	Great Lakes Christian	W, 103-69
Feb 16	at Fisk	W, 83-68
Feb 19	Simmons	W, 82-45
Feb 25	vs. Tougaloo	W, 68-56
Feb 26	vs. Oakwood	L, 80-66

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Oct 24	Defiance College (OH)	L, 85-79	1	23	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	4
Nov 1	Bryant & Stratton	W, 75-39	1	24	3-10	30.0	0-1	0.0	5-6	83.3	11
Nov 5	at Shawnee State	L, 79-50	-	27	8-10	80.0	0-0	-	0-0	-	16
Nov 15	at Simmons	L, 86-69	1	17	4-7	57.1	0-0	-	0-2	0.0	8
Nov 17	at Alice Lloyd (KY)	L, 87-66	1	30	6-11	54.5	0-0	-	5-6	83.3	17
Nov 20	at Rust	L, 89-83	1	35	11-21	52.4	1-1	100.0	2-7	28.6	25
Nov 22	at Stillman	L, 65-56	1	31	6-13	46.2	1-1	100.0	1-1	100.0	14
Dec 4	Oakwood	L, 83-73	-	19	3-5	60.0	1-1	100.0	2-4	50.0	9
Dec 6	Fisk	W, 67-53	1	30	2-10	20.0	0-1	0.0	4-8	50.0	8
Dec 28	at Ohio	L, 96-64	1	27	5-12	41.7	0-0	-	0-4	0.0	10
Jan 10	at Voorhees	L, 62-46	1	18	1-3	33.3	0-0	-	1-2	50.0	3
Jan 12	at Talladega	L, 87-75	1	33	4-12	33.3	0-1	0.0	5-6	83.3	13
Jan 15	Rust		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 17	Stillman	W, 65-53	1	28	6-18	33.3	0-2	0.0	2-6	33.3	14
Jan 22	at Oakwood	L, 85-56	1	23	3-5	60.0	0-2	0.0	1-3	33.3	7
Feb 7	Talladega	L, 69-56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 12	Voorhees	W, 66-54	-	23	3-9	33.3	0-1	0.0	3-4	75.0	9
Feb 14	Great Lakes Christian	W, 103-69	-	21	4-10	40.0	0-1	0.0	2-3	66.7	10
Feb 16	at Fisk	W, 83-68	0	24	3-9	33.3	1-1	100.0	0-0	-	7
Feb 19	Simmons	W, 82-45	-	27	9-14	64.3	1-2	50.0	4-5	80.0	23
Feb 25	vs. Tougaloo	W, 68-56	-	12	4-7	57.1	0-0	-	1-4	25.0	9
Feb 26	vs. Oakwood	L, 80-66	1	23	1-6	16.7	0-1	0.0	0-0	-	2

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	min	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Oct 24	Defiance College (OH)	L, 85-79	1	23	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Nov 1	Bryant & Stratton	W, 75-39	1	24	2	10	12	0	4	6	1
Nov 5	at Shawnee State	L, 79-50	-	27	3	3	6	0	1	1	1
Nov 15	at Simmons	L, 86-69	1	17	2	2	4	0	0	1	0
Nov 17	at Alice Lloyd (KY)	L, 87-66	1	30	3	3	6	3	4	4	1
Nov 20	at Rust	L, 89-83	1	35	4	7	11	0	2	3	2
Nov 22	at Stillman	L, 65-56	1	31	2	7	9	0	4	1	0
Dec 4	Oakwood	L, 83-73	-	19	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
Dec 6	Fisk	W, 67-53	1	30	7	1	8	1	1	2	0
Dec 28	at Ohio	L, 96-64	1	27	4	4	8	0	4	1	2
Jan 10	at Voorhees	L, 62-46	1	18	1	3	4	0	4	0	0
Jan 12	at Talladega	L, 87-75	1	33	1	5	6	3	7	2	0
Jan 15	Rust		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan 17	Stillman	W, 65-53	1	28	3	3	6	0	0	2	1
Jan 22	at Oakwood	L, 85-56	1	23	4	2	6	0	2	2	1
Feb 7	Talladega	L, 69-56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Feb 12	Voorhees	W, 66-54	-	23	3	4	7	0	0	0	0
Feb 14	Great Lakes Christian	W, 103-69	-	21	1	5	6	2	0	6	0
Feb 16	at Fisk	W, 83-68	0	24	1	5	6	0	2	1	0
Feb 19	Simmons	W, 82-45	-	27	2	10	12	2	2	2	1
Feb 25	vs. Tougaloo	W, 68-56	-	12	5	3	8	0	4	2	0
Feb 26	vs. Oakwood	L, 80-66	1	23	1	3	4	3	2	1	0

Game Log - Ball control extended
Date	Opponent	Score	gs	pf	dq	a/to
Oct 24	Defiance College (OH)	L, 85-79	1	4	-	0.0
Nov 1	Bryant & Stratton	W, 75-39	1	2	-	0.0
Nov 5	at Shawnee State	L, 79-50	-	4	-	0.0
Nov 15	at Simmons	L, 86-69	1	4	-	-
Nov 17	at Alice Lloyd (KY)	L, 87-66	1	3	-	0.8
Nov 20	at Rust	L, 89-83	1	3	-	0.0
Nov 22	at Stillman	L, 65-56	1	3	-	0.0
Dec 4	Oakwood	L, 83-73	-	4	-	-
Dec 6	Fisk	W, 67-53	1	2	-	1.0
Dec 28	at Ohio	L, 96-64	1	3	0	0.0
Jan 10	at Voorhees	L, 62-46	1	3	-	0.0
Jan 12	at Talladega	L, 87-75	1	5	1	0.4
Jan 15	Rust		-	-	-	-
Jan 17	Stillman	W, 65-53	1	1	-	-
Jan 22	at Oakwood	L, 85-56	1	2	-	0.0
Feb 7	Talladega	L, 69-56	-	-	-	-
Feb 12	Voorhees	W, 66-54	-	4	-	-
Feb 14	Great Lakes Christian	W, 103-69	-	2	-	-
Feb 16	at Fisk	W, 83-68	0	2	-	0.0
Feb 19	Simmons	W, 82-45	-	3	-	1.0
Feb 25	vs. Tougaloo	W, 68-56	-	5	1	0.0
Feb 26	vs. Oakwood	L, 80-66	1	2	-	1.5

Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
2025-26	20	24.8	4.3-9.7	0.2-0.8	2.0-3.6	10.9
Total	20	24.8	4.3-9.7	0.2-0.8	2.0-3.6	10.9

Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
2025-26	20	13	495	87-194	44.8	5-16	31.3	40-73	54.8	219
Total	20	13	495	87-194	44.8	5-16	31.3	40-73	54.8	219

Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
2025-26	20	495	24.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	31.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
Total	20	495	24.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	31.3	0.0-0.0	0.0

Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
2025-26	20	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.7	2.2	1.9	0.5
Total	20	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.7	2.2	1.9	0.5

Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
2025-26	20	13	54	80	134	14	44	38	10
Total	20	13	54	80	134	14	44	38	10

Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
2025-26	20	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	20	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic	gp	min/g	fg/g	3pt/g	ft/g	ppg
Event
Total	20	24.8	4.3-9.7	0.2-0.8	2.0-3.6	10.9
Conference	10	26.4	4.2-10.5	0.4-1.1	2.1-4.1	10.9
Exhibition	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	8	24.4	3.9-9.8	0.2-1.1	3.0-4.8	11.0
Away	10	26.5	5.1-10.3	0.3-0.6	1.5-3.1	12.0
Neutral	2	17.5	2.5-6.5	0.0-0.5	0.5-2.0	5.5
Result
Wins	8	23.6	4.2-10.9	0.2-1.1	2.6-4.5	11.4
Losses	12	25.5	4.4-8.9	0.2-0.6	1.6-3.1	10.7
Month
October	1	23.0	1.0-2.0	0.0-0.0	2.0-2.0	4.0
November	6	27.3	6.3-12.0	0.3-0.5	2.2-3.7	15.2
December	3	25.3	3.3-9.0	0.3-0.7	2.0-5.3	9.0
January	4	25.5	3.5-9.5	0.0-1.2	2.2-4.2	9.3
February	6	21.7	4.0-9.2	0.3-1.0	1.7-2.7	10.0

Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic	gp	gs	min	fg	pct	3pt	pct	ft	pct	pts
Event
Total	20	13	495	87-194	44.8	5-16	31.3	40-73	54.8	219
Conference	10	7	264	42-105	40.0	4-11	36.4	21-41	51.2	109
Exhibition	-	-	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-	0
Location
Home	8	4	195	31-78	39.7	2-9	22.2	24-38	63.2	88
Away	10	8	265	51-103	49.5	3-6	50.0	15-31	48.4	120
Neutral	2	1	35	5-13	38.5	0-1	0.0	1-4	25.0	11
Result
Wins	8	3	189	34-87	39.1	2-9	22.2	21-36	58.3	91
Losses	12	10	306	53-107	49.5	3-7	42.9	19-37	51.4	128
Month
October	1	1	23	1-2	50.0	0-0	-	2-2	100.0	4
November	6	5	164	38-72	52.8	2-3	66.7	13-22	59.1	91
December	3	2	76	10-27	37.0	1-2	50.0	6-16	37.5	27
January	4	4	102	14-38	36.8	0-5	0.0	9-17	52.9	37
February	6	1	130	24-55	43.6	2-6	33.3	10-16	62.5	60

Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic	gp	min	min/g	fg/40	3pt/40	pct	ft/40	pts/40
Event
Total	20	495	24.8	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	31.3	0.0-0.0	0.0
Conference	10	264	26.4	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	36.4	0.0-0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	-
Location
Home	8	195	24.4	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	22.2	0.0-0.0	0.0
Away	10	265	26.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	50.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Neutral	2	35	17.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	8	189	23.6	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	22.2	0.0-0.0	0.0
Losses	12	306	25.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	42.9	0.0-0.0	0.0
Month
October	1	23	23.0	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	-	0.0-0.0	0.0
November	6	164	27.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	66.7	0.0-0.0	0.0
December	3	76	25.3	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	50.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
January	4	102	25.5	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0-0.0	0.0
February	6	130	21.7	0.0-0.0	0.0-0.0	33.3	0.0-0.0	0.0

Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic	gp	off/g	def/g	reb/g	ast/g	to/g	stl/g	blk/g
Event
Total	20	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.7	2.2	1.9	0.5
Conference	10	2.9	3.7	6.6	0.4	2.2	1.3	0.4
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	2.9	4.1	7.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	0.4
Away	10	2.5	4.1	6.6	0.6	3.0	1.6	0.7
Neutral	2	3.0	3.0	6.0	1.5	3.0	1.5	0.0
Result
Wins	8	3.0	5.1	8.1	0.6	1.6	2.6	0.4
Losses	12	2.5	3.3	5.8	0.8	2.6	1.4	0.6
Month
October	1	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
November	6	2.7	5.3	8.0	0.5	2.5	2.7	0.8
December	3	4.7	1.7	6.3	0.3	1.7	1.0	0.7
January	4	2.3	3.3	5.5	0.8	3.3	1.5	0.5
February	6	2.2	5.0	7.2	1.2	1.7	2.0	0.2

Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic	gp	gs	off	def	reb	ast	to	stl	blk
Event
Total	20	13	54	80	134	14	44	38	10
Conference	10	7	29	37	66	4	22	13	4
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	4	23	33	56	5	8	19	3
Away	10	8	25	41	66	6	30	16	7
Neutral	2	1	6	6	12	3	6	3	0
Result
Wins	8	3	24	41	65	5	13	21	3
Losses	12	10	30	39	69	9	31	17	7
Month
October	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
November	6	5	16	32	48	3	15	16	5
December	3	2	14	5	19	1	5	3	2
January	4	4	9	13	22	3	13	6	2
February	6	1	13	30	43	7	10	12	1

Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic	gp	off/40	def/40	reb/40	ast/40	to/40	stl/40	blk/40
Event
Total	20	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Conference	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Away	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neutral	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Result
Wins	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Losses	12	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Month
October	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
November	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
December	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
January	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
February	6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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