Darin Smith, Jr.

5 Darin Smith, Jr.
Darin Smith, Jr.
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    210
  • Hometown:
    Springfield, MA
  • Position:
    F
  • Year:
    R-Fr.
  • High School:
    Vermont Academy
  • gp
    31
  • pts/g
    6.8
  • fg %
    51.7
  • 3pt %
    46.3
  • ft %
    75.0
  • reb/g
    3.0
  • a/g
    0.4
Bio

2024-25: Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team...Northeast Conference/Atlantic Tomorrow's Office Rookie of the Week (March 3; Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Dec. 2)...Prime Performer (Nov. 18)...Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll...Played in 31 games, averaging 18.0 minutes...Averaged 6.9 points, 2.0 rebounds per game...Shot .517 from the field overall and .461 from three-point range...Scored double-figures in eight games...Scored 23 points and made six three-pointers against Vermont State Johnson (11/11)...Grabbed seven rebounds against Wagner (3/1)...Had three steals against UMass Lowell (12/1).

2023-24: Redshirted...Northeast Conference Academic Honor Roll.

BEFORE CCSU: Team captain and earned NEPSAC AAA honorable mention honors at Vermont Academy where he played for head coach John Zall...A Springfield, MA, native, he totaled 500 points and 200 rebounds in two seasons as a starter and helped the team to the NEPSAC AAA Quarterfinals...Averaged 11.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 2022 and then shot better than 42 percent from three-point range as a senior...As a freshman he played at Springfield Central, helping the team go 22-1 and advance to the 2020 MIAA Division 1 State Final.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 31 15
Games started 1 0
Minutes 558 286
Minutes per game 18.0 19.1
FG 77-149 32-69
FG Pct 51.7 46.4
3PT 37-80 16-37
3PT Pct 46.3 43.2
FT 21-28 9-12
FT Pct 75.0 75.0
Off rebounds 13 5
Def rebounds 81 48
Total rebounds 94 53
Rebounds per game 3.0 3.5
Personal fouls 38 14
Disqualifications 0 0
Assists 12 4
Turnovers 21 10
Assist to turnover ratio 0.6 0.4
Steals 17 5
Blocks 5 3
Points 212 89
Points per game 6.8 5.9
Points per 40.0 min 15.2 12.4
Recent results
Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 22 Stonehill W, 67-41
Feb 27 Le Moyne W, 84-75
Mar 1 at Wagner W, 55-48
Mar 5 #8 Le Moyne W, 86-67
Mar 8 #4 FDU W, 76-72
Mar 11 #3 Saint Francis U L, 46-43
Game Log - Shooting
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Nov 4 at Providence L, 59-55 1 19 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0
Nov 8 at Saint Joseph's W, 73-67 - 21 6-8 75.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 13
Nov 11 Vermont State Johnson W, 117-68 0 23 7-11 63.6 6-9 66.7 3-4 75.0 23
Nov 16 vs. Northeastern L, 80-62 - 15 5-8 62.5 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 11
Nov 21 at Sacred Heart L, 67-54 - 10 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 5
Nov 24 Binghamton W, 64-56 0 12 3-6 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 7
Dec 1 UMass Lowell W, 69-67 0 23 5-6 83.3 1-2 50.0 3-3 100.0 14
Dec 4 at Massachusetts W, 73-69 - 13 2-7 28.6 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 7 at Holy Cross W, 69-56 - 16 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Dec 15 at Rhode Island L, 77-69 - 8 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Dec 18 at Fairfield W, 64-63 - 18 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 21 Quinnipiac W, 84-80 0 21 3-4 75.0 1-1 100.0 1-3 33.3 8
Dec 29 Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 100-51 0 15 4-6 66.7 4-6 66.7 2-2 100.0 14
Jan 3 at Saint Francis U. W, 74-59 - 16 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 5 at Mercyhurst W, 62-50 - 13 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Jan 10 Wagner L, 62-57 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 LIU L, 54-52 0 18 0-4 0.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 18 at FDU W, 71-60 - 18 3-3 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 7
Jan 24 at Le Moyne W, 93-70 - 21 3-4 75.0 3-3 100.0 0-0 - 9
Jan 26 Chicago State W, 81-64 - 21 4-9 44.4 3-6 50.0 0-0 - 11
Jan 30 at LIU W, 63-50 - 17 3-5 60.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 6
Feb 1 at Stonehill W, 71-63 - 23 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 6 FDU W, 87-66 - 15 3-5 60.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 8
Feb 13 Mercyhurst W, 73-63 0 22 4-6 66.7 3-5 60.0 0-0 - 11
Feb 15 Saint Francis U. W, 83-67 0 18 2-5 40.0 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 6
Feb 20 at Chicago State W, 81-75 - 15 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0
Feb 22 Stonehill W, 67-41 0 21 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 6
Feb 27 Le Moyne W, 84-75 0 22 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 2-2 100.0 7
Mar 1 at Wagner W, 55-48 - 26 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 5-6 83.3 12
Mar 5 #8 Le Moyne W, 86-67 0 19 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Mar 8 #4 FDU W, 76-72 0 13 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Mar 11 #3 Saint Francis U L, 46-43 0 26 2-4 50.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 - 6
Game Log - Ball control
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Nov 4 at Providence L, 59-55 1 19 0 2 2 0 0 0 1
Nov 8 at Saint Joseph's W, 73-67 - 21 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
Nov 11 Vermont State Johnson W, 117-68 0 23 2 3 5 0 1 2 0
Nov 16 vs. Northeastern L, 80-62 - 15 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Nov 21 at Sacred Heart L, 67-54 - 10 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Nov 24 Binghamton W, 64-56 0 12 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Dec 1 UMass Lowell W, 69-67 0 23 0 2 2 0 0 3 0
Dec 4 at Massachusetts W, 73-69 - 13 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
Dec 7 at Holy Cross W, 69-56 - 16 0 2 2 1 1 2 1
Dec 15 at Rhode Island L, 77-69 - 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Dec 18 at Fairfield W, 64-63 - 18 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
Dec 21 Quinnipiac W, 84-80 0 21 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Dec 29 Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 100-51 0 15 0 3 3 0 1 0 0
Jan 3 at Saint Francis U. W, 74-59 - 16 0 5 5 0 1 0 0
Jan 5 at Mercyhurst W, 62-50 - 13 1 1 2 0 0 0 2
Jan 10 Wagner L, 62-57 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 12 LIU L, 54-52 0 18 0 5 5 0 0 0 1
Jan 18 at FDU W, 71-60 - 18 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Jan 24 at Le Moyne W, 93-70 - 21 0 3 3 1 0 0 0
Jan 26 Chicago State W, 81-64 - 21 0 4 4 0 1 0 0
Jan 30 at LIU W, 63-50 - 17 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Feb 1 at Stonehill W, 71-63 - 23 0 3 3 0 1 2 0
Feb 6 FDU W, 87-66 - 15 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
Feb 13 Mercyhurst W, 73-63 0 22 1 3 4 0 4 1 0
Feb 15 Saint Francis U. W, 83-67 0 18 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
Feb 20 at Chicago State W, 81-75 - 15 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
Feb 22 Stonehill W, 67-41 0 21 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
Feb 27 Le Moyne W, 84-75 0 22 0 4 4 0 2 0 0
Mar 1 at Wagner W, 55-48 - 26 2 5 7 1 0 1 0
Mar 5 #8 Le Moyne W, 86-67 0 19 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
Mar 8 #4 FDU W, 76-72 0 13 0 3 3 2 1 0 0
Mar 11 #3 Saint Francis U L, 46-43 0 26 2 2 4 1 1 1 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Nov 4 at Providence L, 59-55 1 4 0 -
Nov 8 at Saint Joseph's W, 73-67 - 2 0 0.0
Nov 11 Vermont State Johnson W, 117-68 0 1 0 0.0
Nov 16 vs. Northeastern L, 80-62 - 2 0 -
Nov 21 at Sacred Heart L, 67-54 - 0 0 0.0
Nov 24 Binghamton W, 64-56 0 0 0 -
Dec 1 UMass Lowell W, 69-67 0 1 0 -
Dec 4 at Massachusetts W, 73-69 - 3 0 1.0
Dec 7 at Holy Cross W, 69-56 - 0 0 1.0
Dec 15 at Rhode Island L, 77-69 - 4 0 0.0
Dec 18 at Fairfield W, 64-63 - 0 0 0.0
Dec 21 Quinnipiac W, 84-80 0 1 0 -
Dec 29 Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 100-51 0 1 0 0.0
Jan 3 at Saint Francis U. W, 74-59 - 1 0 0.0
Jan 5 at Mercyhurst W, 62-50 - 0 0 -
Jan 10 Wagner L, 62-57 - - - -
Jan 12 LIU L, 54-52 0 0 0 -
Jan 18 at FDU W, 71-60 - 2 0 -
Jan 24 at Le Moyne W, 93-70 - 0 0 -
Jan 26 Chicago State W, 81-64 - 2 0 0.0
Jan 30 at LIU W, 63-50 - 0 0 -
Feb 1 at Stonehill W, 71-63 - 2 0 0.0
Feb 6 FDU W, 87-66 - 3 0 -
Feb 13 Mercyhurst W, 73-63 0 1 0 0.0
Feb 15 Saint Francis U. W, 83-67 0 0 0 -
Feb 20 at Chicago State W, 81-75 - 0 0 -
Feb 22 Stonehill W, 67-41 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 27 Le Moyne W, 84-75 0 1 0 0.0
Mar 1 at Wagner W, 55-48 - 2 0 -
Mar 5 #8 Le Moyne W, 86-67 0 0 0 -
Mar 8 #4 FDU W, 76-72 0 2 0 2.0
Mar 11 #3 Saint Francis U L, 46-43 0 3 0 1.0
Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2023-24 - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
2024-25 31 18.0 2.5-4.8 1.2-2.6 0.7-0.9 6.8
2025-26 30 32.6 6.8-14.8 1.9-5.0 5.3-5.9 20.7
Total 61 25.2 4.6-9.7 1.5-3.8 3.0-3.4 13.7
Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2023-24 - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
2024-25 31 1 558 77-149 51.7 37-80 46.3 21-28 75.0 212
2025-26 30 30 977 203-445 45.6 56-149 37.6 159-177 89.8 621
Total 61 31 1535 280-594 47.1 93-229 40.6 180-205 87.8 833
Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2023-24 - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
2024-25 31 558 18.0 5.5-10.7 2.7-5.7 46.3 1.5-2.0 15.2
2025-26 30 977 32.6 8.3-18.2 2.3-6.1 37.6 6.5-7.2 25.4
Total 61 1535 25.2 7.3-15.5 2.4-6.0 40.6 4.7-5.3 21.7
Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2023-24 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 31 0.4 2.6 3.0 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2
2025-26 30 1.3 4.1 5.4 1.2 1.6 0.7 0.2
Total 61 0.9 3.4 4.2 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.2
Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2023-24 - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 31 1 13 81 94 12 21 17 5
2025-26 30 30 39 124 163 35 49 21 7
Total 61 31 52 205 257 47 70 38 12
Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2023-24 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 31 0.9 5.8 6.7 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.4
2025-26 30 1.6 5.1 6.7 1.4 2.0 0.9 0.3
Total 61 1.4 5.3 6.7 1.2 1.8 1.0 0.3
Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 31 18.0 2.5-4.8 1.2-2.6 0.7-0.9 6.8
Conference 15 19.1 2.1-4.6 1.1-2.5 0.6-0.8 5.9
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 15 19.3 2.9-5.3 1.9-3.5 0.9-1.1 8.6
Away 15 16.9 1.9-4.1 0.6-1.7 0.5-0.7 4.8
Neutral 1 15.0 5.0-8.0 0.0-2.0 1.0-1.0 11.0
Result
Wins 25 18.5 2.8-5.0 1.4-2.6 0.7-1.0 7.6
Losses 6 16.0 1.3-3.8 0.5-2.3 0.5-0.7 3.7
Month
November 6 16.7 3.7-6.3 1.5-3.2 1.0-1.3 9.8
December 7 16.3 2.6-4.7 1.1-2.4 0.9-1.1 7.1
January 7 17.7 2.1-4.6 1.0-2.4 0.0-0.0 5.3
February 7 19.4 2.0-4.6 1.1-2.7 0.6-0.9 5.7
March 4 21.0 2.0-3.5 1.2-2.0 1.2-1.5 6.5
Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 31 1 558 77-149 51.7 37-80 46.3 21-28 75.0 212
Conference 15 0 286 32-69 46.4 16-37 43.2 9-12 75.0 89
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 15 0 289 44-80 55.0 28-52 53.8 13-17 76.5 129
Away 15 1 254 28-61 45.9 9-26 34.6 7-10 70.0 72
Neutral 1 - 15 5-8 62.5 0-2 0.0 1-1 100.0 11
Result
Wins 25 0 462 69-126 54.8 34-66 51.5 18-24 75.0 190
Losses 6 1 96 8-23 34.8 3-14 21.4 3-4 75.0 22
Month
November 6 1 100 22-38 57.9 9-19 47.4 6-8 75.0 59
December 7 0 114 18-33 54.5 8-17 47.1 6-8 75.0 50
January 7 0 124 15-32 46.9 7-17 41.2 0-0 - 37
February 7 0 136 14-32 43.8 8-19 42.1 4-6 66.7 40
March 4 0 84 8-14 57.1 5-8 62.5 5-6 83.3 26
Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 31 558 18.0 5.5-10.7 2.7-5.7 46.3 1.5-2.0 15.2
Conference 15 286 19.1 4.5-9.7 2.2-5.2 43.2 1.3-1.7 12.4
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 15 289 19.3 6.1-11.1 3.9-7.2 53.8 1.8-2.4 17.9
Away 15 254 16.9 4.4-9.6 1.4-4.1 34.6 1.1-1.6 11.3
Neutral 1 15 15.0 13.3-21.3 0.0-5.3 0.0 2.7-2.7 29.3
Result
Wins 25 462 18.5 6.0-10.9 2.9-5.7 51.5 1.6-2.1 16.5
Losses 6 96 16.0 3.3-9.6 1.2-5.8 21.4 1.2-1.7 9.2
Month
November 6 100 16.7 8.8-15.2 3.6-7.6 47.4 2.4-3.2 23.6
December 7 114 16.3 6.3-11.6 2.8-6.0 47.1 2.1-2.8 17.5
January 7 124 17.7 4.8-10.3 2.3-5.5 41.2 0.0-0.0 11.9
February 7 136 19.4 4.1-9.4 2.4-5.6 42.1 1.2-1.8 11.8
March 4 84 21.0 3.8-6.7 2.4-3.8 62.5 2.4-2.9 12.4
Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 31 0.4 2.6 3.0 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2
Conference 15 0.3 3.2 3.5 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 15 0.4 2.8 3.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.1
Away 15 0.4 2.5 2.9 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.3
Neutral 1 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 25 0.4 2.7 3.1 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.1
Losses 6 0.5 2.2 2.7 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3
Month
November 6 0.7 2.0 2.7 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.2
December 7 0.1 2.1 2.3 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.1
January 7 0.1 3.4 3.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.4
February 7 0.3 2.7 3.0 0.3 1.1 0.6 0.0
March 4 1.3 2.8 4.0 1.3 0.5 0.8 0.0
Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 31 1 13 81 94 12 21 17 5
Conference 15 0 5 48 53 4 10 5 3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 15 0 6 42 48 7 12 8 1
Away 15 1 6 37 43 5 9 9 4
Neutral 1 - 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Result
Wins 25 0 10 68 78 11 18 15 3
Losses 6 1 3 13 16 1 3 2 2
Month
November 6 1 4 12 16 2 3 5 1
December 7 0 1 15 16 2 6 5 1
January 7 0 1 24 25 1 2 0 3
February 7 0 2 19 21 2 8 4 0
March 4 0 5 11 16 5 2 3 0
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 31 0.9 5.8 6.7 0.9 1.5 1.2 0.4
Conference 15 0.7 6.7 7.4 0.6 1.4 0.7 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 15 0.8 5.8 6.6 1.0 1.7 1.1 0.1
Away 15 0.9 5.8 6.8 0.8 1.4 1.4 0.6
Neutral 1 2.7 5.3 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 25 0.9 5.9 6.8 1.0 1.6 1.3 0.3
Losses 6 1.3 5.4 6.7 0.4 1.3 0.8 0.8
Month
November 6 1.6 4.8 6.4 0.8 1.2 2.0 0.4
December 7 0.4 5.3 5.6 0.7 2.1 1.8 0.4
January 7 0.3 7.7 8.1 0.3 0.6 0.0 1.0
February 7 0.6 5.6 6.2 0.6 2.4 1.2 0.0
March 4 2.4 5.2 7.6 2.4 1.0 1.4 0.0
News mentions
Men's Basketball Downs Mercyhurst; Wins 7th Straight
(Steve McLaughlin Photography)
(Steve McLaughlin Photography)
(Steve McLaughlin Photography)
(Steve McLaughlin Photography)
(Steve McLaughlin Photography)
Abdul Momoh scored a career-high 17 points at Mercyhurst (Stevea McLaughlin Photography)
Jordan Jones made all seven of his shots Sunday (Steve McLaughlin Photography)
Max Frazier made his first career start (Steve McLaughlin Photography)
Abdul Momoh scored a career-high 17 points at Mercyhurst (Steve McLaughlin Photography)
(Steve McLaughlin Photography)
(Steve McLaughlin Photography)
Jayden Brown led CCSU in scoring against Northeastern (Steve McLaughlin Photography)
Men's Basketball Trio Recognized by Northeast Conference
Darin Smith, Jr.. scored 23 points and shot 7-of-11 from the field with five rebounds and two steals. (Steve McLaughlin Photography)
Men's Basketball Dominates in Home-Opener Win

Six Blue Devils scored in double-figures, led by Darin Smith, Jr. who scored 23

(Meg Kelly/Boston College)
Men's Basketball Sinks Saint Joseph's, 73-67, on Friday Night

Four Blue Devils scored in double-figures in the win over the A-10's Hawks.