17p 8r 2a 1s vs Potomac

-Gutsy performance from the rising senior as he made several huge plays down the stretch to close out a hard-fought win for TA. Smith showed his speed and bounce on several transition dunks and extension layups at the rim, fought amongst the trees in the paint to come up with several big rebounds, hit a huge pull-up jumper from the top of the key to put his team up late, then hit the game-clinching free throws to advance to the semifinals. Smith will need to put in another dynamic 2-way performance against the 2 seed Good Counsel Falcons to push his team to the chip.

11p 6r 3a 1s vs Avalon

-A point guard that thrives both on and off the ball as a super quick ballhandler that can blow past his matchup to get to his spots in the halfcourt. Avalon struggled to stay in front of Smith, as he often broke their press by weaving through the defense or attacked a hard closeout to get to the rim. Smith executed a picture-perfect euro lay around the defender to score with the inside hand while his body was flying behind the baskboard. He also had a scooping lay off glass after hitting his matchup with a double crossover and ran the floor well to complete runout layups in transition for his team. Definitely figures to be an addition in our next set of updated rankings for the sophomore class.