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Wanisha Marie Smith (born July 9, 1985) is an American basketball coach and former player. Smith attended Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Ohio[1] before moving to Riverdale Baptist School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Following her high school career, she played college basketball at Duke University[2] and played briefly in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for the Detroit Shock.[3][4]

Coaching career

Smith was an assistant coach for Longwood University women's team for eight years, from 2009 to 2017. She then spent two years as an assistant for Towson University women's team before being hired as an assistant at Duke in 2019.[5]

Duke statistics

Source[6]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004–05 Duke 36 394 42.9 41.0 72.0 2.8 4.3 1.7 0.1 10.9
2005–06 Duke 35 259 43.8 31.7 70.5 2.7 3.5 1.2 0.1 7.4
2006–07 Duke 34 320 41.8 36.0 75.5 4.3 4.0 1.1 0.1 9.4
2007–08 Duke 30 283 34.7 30.6 76.0 3.1 2.9 0.9 0.0 9.4
Career Duke 135 1256 40.8 35.1 73.8 3.2 3.7 1.2 0.1 9.3

References

  1. ^ Dave Schutte (19 January 2001). "Fairfield freshman has stepped in, stepped up". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 22. Retrieved 8 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Guy Loranger (28 March 2005). "Smith the key to a win?". The Herald-Sun. p. C9. Retrieved 8 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "LIBERTY: Getting Chatty With Wanisha Smith". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  4. ^ "WNBA.com: Prospect: Wanisha Smith". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  5. ^ "Wanisha Smith - Assistant Coach - Women's Basketball Coaches - Duke University". goduke.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

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