Reyne Smith
Reyne Smith is an Australian professional basketball player for the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Charleston Cougars and Louisville Cardinals.
Early life
Smith hails from Ulverstone, Tasmania. He attended the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, where he played for the BA Centre of Excellence in the Waratah League in 2020 and 2021.College career
Charleston
Freshman year
Smith began his college basketball career with the Charleston Cougars. He set the new school record for three's recorded by a freshman with 90 on the season, surpassing Andrew Goudelock's record of 74 on 22 February 2022, against Northeastern. He averaged 12.1 points, 1.4 assists, and 2.3 rebounds in 32 games and was named to the CAA All-Freshman team.Sophomore year
In Smith's sophomore season the 2022–23 [Charleston Cougars men's basketball team|2022–23 Charleston Cougars] won 31 games before qualifying for the 2023 NCAA Division I men's [basketball tournament|2023 NCAA tournament], a record for the school's Division I era. On 14 November 2022, he tied Charleston's single game three-point record with 8 in an overtime game against 2022–23 [Richmond Spiders men's basketball team|Richmond], also scoring a career-high 29 points. Smith's personal 14–0 run against 2022–23 [Towson Tigers men's basketball team|Towson] in the CAA men's basketball tournament|CAA Tournament Semifinals] was instrumental in the team's eventual Championship victory against 2022–23 [UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team|UNC Wilmington]. He finished the regular season with a turnover percentage of 5.8, good for the sixth best in Division I basketball that year. Overall Smith averaged 10.8 points, 1.3 assists, and 2.0 rebounds in 35 games. He scored 7 points against National-Runner Up 2022–23 [San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team|San Diego State] in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.Junior year
Coming in to the season, Smith was named to the All-CAA Preseason Second Team. He recorded his 200th career three-pointer on 2 December 2023, against 2023–24 [Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team|Florida Atlantic], and scored a new career-high 31 points against 2023-24 [Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team|Saint Joseph's] on 21 December. That same evening Smith set a new school record for the most three's in a single game, scoring nine, and he later broke both records by scoring 32 points on 10 three's against 2023-24 [Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team|Campbell] on 29 February 2024. He recorded his 1,000th career point against 2023–24 [UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team|UNC Wilmington] on 1 February and finished the season with 294 career-three's, the second most in school history. His 112 made-three's were the ninth most made by a player in Division I that season. He was named to the postseason All-CAA Second Team after averaging 12.8 points, 1.7 assists, and 2.1 rebounds in 35 games.Smith earned the title of CAA Tournament MVP and a spot on the All-Tournament team after leading the Charleston Cougars men's basketball team|2023–24 Charleston Cougars] through the postseason. His 16 points in the semifinals against Towson Tigers men's basketball team|Towson] led the Cougars to a championship matchup against 2023–24 [Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team|Stony Brook], where Smith's 23 points and last second steal brought the game into overtime. In the final five minutes, Smith went on a personal 6–3 run ensuring victory against the Seawolves. He scored 13 points against Final Four team 2023–24 [Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team|Alabama] in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
Louisville
Senior year
Smith announced on 30 March 2024, that he would be following Charleston's head coach Pat Kelsey to the Louisville Cardinals for the 2024–25 season.On 23 December 2024, Smith was named 2024–25 [Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season#Player of the week|ACC Player of the Week] after putting up a season-high 27 points in a victory over 2024–25 [Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team|Florida State]. One month later he broke Louisville's record for the most 3-pointers made in a single game with 10, tying his career-high and setting the new school record in a victory at 2024–25 [SMU Mustangs men's basketball team|SMU] on 21 January 2025. Smith suffered a high-ankle sprain during a win against 2024–25 [California Golden Bears men's basketball team|California] on 5 March 2025, causing him to miss the final game of the regular season, and all three games of the 2025 ACC Tournament. He returned to play against 2024–25 [Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team|Creighton] in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, where he put up 5 points before reinjuring his ankle, effectively ending his season.
Across 31 games, Smith averaged a career-high 13.1 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. He led the ACC and ranked third nationally with 3.5 three-pointers per game, and his 107 made three-point shots are the second most ever made by a Louisville player in one season.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2025 NBA draft, Smith played for the Denver Nuggets and the Washington Wizards during the 2025 NBA Summer League.On 13 August, 2025, Smith signed a two-year deal with the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League, with the second year being a club option. He missed much of the 2025–26 season with a plantar fascia tear.
National team career
Smith represented the Australia under-17 team at the 2019 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship in New Caledonia, winning the gold medal while averaging 11.6 points across five games. He later represented the Australia under-19 team at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup, averaging 7.1 points per game with a 19-point performance against Puerto Rico.In July 2025, Smith was named in the Australian Boomers squad in the lead up to the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup in Saudi Arabia, and was later named in the final squad for the tournament. Smith averaged 9.0 points and 3.2 rebounds per game across five games to help Australia win their third gold medal in a row.