SEWARD, Neb. – A statistically dominant senior season for Concordia University, Nebraska Men’s Basketball post player Tristan Smith continued last week. In light of a career-high offensive outing, Smith was honored on Tuesday (Dec. 17) as the GPAC Men’s Basketball Offensive Player of the Week. Smith earned the same award on Nov. 20. Additionally, NAIA Hoops Report named Smith its National Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Smith helped power the Bulldogs to wins last week at home over Hastings, 101-82, and on the road over Waldorf, 103-79. Smith notched 15 points, eight assists, seven rebounds, two blocked shots and a steal versus Hastings. He then totaled a career-high 35 points to go along with eight rebounds, four assists, four steals and a block at Waldorf. For the week, Smith made 19-of-27 (.703) shots from the floor and went 9-for-14 from the foul line and 3-for-4 from 3-point range.
On the current 2024-25 GPAC leaderboards, Smith ranks second in steals (2.5), second in blocks (1.5), third in rebounding (8.2), third in field goal percentage (.661), fourth in assists (4.0) and sixth in scoring (20.0). For his career, Smith has amassed 1,100 points, 554 rebounds, 147 assists, 95 blocks and 86 steals in 89 games.
Smith and the Bulldogs (7-3, 4-3 GPAC) are preparing for a trip to Arizona where they will take on No. 4 Arizona Christian University on Friday and Embry-Riddel Aeronautical University on Saturday.