Alanna Smith

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Alanna Smith
Melbourne, Victoria)
CollegeStanford (2015–2019)
WNBA draft2019: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2021Phoenix Mercury
2019–2020Incheon S-Birds
2021–2022Adelaide Lightning
2022Indiana Fever
2023Chicago Sky
2024–presentMinnesota Lynx
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Australia
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Spain
FIBA Asia Cup
Silver medal – second place 2017 India

Alanna Smith (born 10 September 1996) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal.

Smith was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals.[1]

College career

Smith played four seasons of college basketball at Stanford University in Stanford, California for the Cardinal.[2]

Statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015–16 Stanford 34 0 11.8 .432 .333 .659 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.2 5.3
2016–17 Stanford 38 3 19.3 .465 .317 .689 5.4 0.9 0.6 1.6 1.1 9.1
2017–18 Stanford 35 35 28.4 .474 .302 .531 7.0 1.2 1.2 1.7 2.5 13.5
2018–19 Stanford 36 36 29.2 .515 .397 .730 8.6 1.9 1.0 2.1 2.4 19.4
Career 143 74 22.3 .482 .352 .663 5.9 1.1 0.7 1.5 1.8 11.9

Professional career

WNBA

Smith was selected as the eighth overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury.[3] After making the final roster with the Mercury, Smith would play under head coach Sandy Brondello and alongside the likes of Brittney Griner, DeWanna Bonner and Diana Taurasi.

WNBL

After a season abroad in

2020–21 WNBL season.[4]

National team career

Youth level

Smith made her international debut for the

2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship in Canberra.[5] Smith represented the Sapphires at the Under-17 World Championship in the Netherlands the following year, where they finished in fifth place. Smith then made her debut for the Gems at the 2014 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship in Fiji. Smith represented the Gems at the Under-19 World Championship
in Russia the following year, where they finished in third place and took home the bronze medal. She also earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team, awarded to the five strongest players of the tournament.

Senior level

At age 20, Smith was selected to the Opals team that competed in the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in India. She made an immediate impact, averaging 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds (2nd and 3rd-highest in the team, respectively) in 14.5 minutes per game,[6] helping Australia finish the tournament as runners-up and qualify for the World Cup the following year. Her best game was the quarter-final, in which she amassed 20 points and 9 rebounds in just 15 minutes of court time. In 2018, Smith represented the Opals in her first major international tournament – the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, held in Tenerife, Spain. She averaged 14.4 minutes of court time for 6.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per game,[7] with her best game yielding 10 points and 5 rebounds (vs Argentina). She also scored 10 points in the final vs USA.

Smith, like all the other members of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opals women's basketball team, had a difficult tournament. The Opals lost their first two group stage matches. They looked flat against Belgium and then lost to China in heartbreaking circumstances. In their last group match the Opals needed to beat Puerto Rico by 25 or more in their final match to progress. This they did by 27 in a very exciting match. However, they lost to the United States in their quarterfinal 79 to 55.[8]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 Phoenix 18 0 7.4 .195 .111 .500 1.9 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.1
2020 Phoenix 19 0 15.6 .422 .233 .690 3.6 1.2 0.3 0.8 1.0 6.1
2021 Phoenix 18 0 6.5 .235 .190 .250 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.2
2022 Indiana 9 1 12.9 .333 .240 .714 2.7 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.9 4.3
2023 Chicago 38 35 26.5 .498 .294 .679 6.6 1.8 1.3 1.3 1.5 9.2
Career 5 years, 3 teams 102 36 16.4 .424 .249 .667 3.9 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.9 5.3

Postseason

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020 Phoenix 2 0 8.0 .250 .500 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.5
2021 Phoenix 5 0 5.2 .400 .400 1.000 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 3.2
2023 Chicago 2 2 18.0 .300 .000 1.000 4.5 0.5 0.0 1.0 1.5 4.0
Career 3 years, 2 teams 9 2 8.7 .345 .273 1.000 2.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.8 3.2

References

  1. ^ "Basketball SMITH Alanna - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Alanna Smith Stanford Athletics". gostanford.com.
  3. ^ "Alanna Smith selected by the Phoenix Mercury in WNBA Draft". Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. ^ "LIGHTNING SIGNS ALANNA SMITH". Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Alanna SMITH". archive.fiba.com.
  6. ^ "Alanna Smith Player Profile | 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division A". FIBA. 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Alanna SMITH (AUS) Player Profile | FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018". FIBA. 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

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