#1 Javonte Smart Season 2024-25
All-SEC Second Team, 2021
All-Louisiana First Team, 2021
JUNIOR SEASON (2020-21)
Had his best season, averaging 16.0 points per game, 3.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.3 steals in 28 games for LSU … Averaged 15.1 points in the 17 conference games and 17.0 points in the two NCAA Tournament contests … 25 games in double figures, 66 over three-year career … Had a 13-game stretch of double figure games from Jan. 26 through March 14 … Eight games of 20 points or more topped by 29 vs. Texas Tech (1/30), 27 in the NCAA Tournament versus Michigan (3/22) and 25 vs. Sam Houston State (12/14) … Made 11-of-15 field goals with three treys against Sam Houston, 12-of-18 field goals with four treys against Tennessee and 10 field goals made against Michigan … 11 times with three or more three-point field goals made this season … 12 times with five or more assists in games, 29 in his three-year career … Posted second career double double with 22 points and 11 assists at Mississippi State (2/10) … Against Michigan in the NCAA Tournament had 27 points, nine rebounds and six assists … Had 70 three pointers for the season, 13th best for a season at LSU … finished with 157 career three-pointers, tied for 12th all-time … 11th all-time in assists at 321, 23rd all-time in steals (112) and 31st on the school scoring list with 1,184 career points … 7th Tiger with 1,200 career points, 300 assists and 111 steals … Shot 46.0 percent from the field (6th in the SEC) … First in the SEC in minutes played at 35.33 a game … Also, first in the league in three-point percentage at 40.2 percent and second in 3 pointers made (70) … Second in SEC in 3-point field goals per game at 2.5 … 162 field goals made fifth in the league … 10 in the league in scoring average … Fifth in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.52) … Third in assist average (4.0)
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2019-20)
Started 30-of-31 games, 48-of-65 career games … Averaged 12.5 points per game, 3.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.1 steals … 22 double figure scoring games, 41 games over two years … Best scoring games were 21 points against Ole Miss (2/1) and Tennessee (1/4) … Had his first career double double in the final game of the regular season with 13 points and 10 assists versus Georgia (3/7) … Was seventh in the league in assists and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.8 a game (129-70) … Was the best in the 18 league games at 2.1 assist-to-TO ratio (65-31) … Had 25 assists and 26 turnovers in the first six games and 104 assists and 44 turnovers in the remaining 25 games … 11 games of five assists or more … 142-of-342 (41.5%) from field with 46 treys and 57-of-70 at the free throw line (81.4%) … Had a string of 10 consecutive games with double figure scoring in nine SEC games and the SEC/Big 12 contest … Averaged 34.2 minutes per game.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2018-19)
In his first season at LSU, averaged 11.1 points per game in 34 games, 3.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game … Started 18 games … Averaged 29.9 minutes per game … Made 131 field goals, including 41 three-pointers … Made 83.9 percent of his free throw attempts (73-87) … 19 games in double figures topped by 29 points in a win at home against Tennessee (2/23) … Also had 19 at Alabama (3/2) and 19 at Georgia (2/16) and 18 at Houston (12/12) and versus Arkansas (2/2) … Made 9 field goals versus Tennessee and 8 at Alabama with four games with three or more treys … High of four at Missouri (1/26) … Season high of eight assists versus Florida State (11/23) and four steals at Missouri (1/26) … Averaged 12.5 points in conference games, averaging 31.6 minutes with 25 treys.
PRIOR TO LSU
Four-star recruit ranked 35 in the 247sports.com composite rankings … Captured three straight Farm Bureau/LSWA Mr. Basketball Awards at Scotlandville … Under Coach Carlos Sample, helped Scotlandville win the Class 5A title in 2015 and the Division I Select titles in 2017 and 2018 … Averaged 22.4 points, 6.9 rebounds and 7.2 assists as a sophomore, 25.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 6.4 assists as a junior in 2017 and in 2018, 32.9 points, 10.6 rebounds and 6.1 assists … Finished his high school career with 3,306 career points, averaging 23.3 points … Three times was the Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year and also three times the Class 5A Most Outstanding Player … Also named a prep All-America for his career at Scotlandville.
PERSONAL
Born on June 3, 1999 in Baton Rouge … Right handed … Mom is Melinda Smart … Four brothers and sisters … Major at LSU is interdisciplinary studies … Enjoys fried shrimp and hamburgers as his favorite food … Favorite TV show is Law and Order … Kevin Durant is his favorite NBA player with the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors his favorite team.
Career High Scoring Games
1. 29 vs. Texas Tech, 1/30/21
29 vs. Tennessee, 2/23/19
3. 27 vs. Michigan (NCAA), 3/22/21
4. 25 vs. Sam Houston, 12/14/20
5. 22 at Miss. State, 2/10/21
6. 21 vs. Alabama, 3/14/22
21 vs. Georgia, 1/6/21
21 vs. Ole Miss, 2/1/20
21 at Tennessee, 1/4/20
21 vs. Bowling Green, 11/8/19
Single Game Highs
Points – 29 twice
Rebounds – 9, vs. Michigan, 3/22/21
Assists – 11, at Mississippi State, 2/10/21
Steals – 6, vs. Georgia, 1/6/21
Blocks – 1, 12 times
FG Made – 12, vs. Texas Tech, 1/30/21
FG Attempts – 23, vs. Michigan, 3/22/21
3 FG Made – 5, three times
3 FG Attempts – 11, vs. Alabama, 3/14/21
FT Made – vs. Tennessee, 2/23/19
FT Attempts – vs. Tennessee, 2/23/19