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RETURNING PLAYER BIOS

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TYLER

Q&A

SMITHPETERS
Favorite holiday:
Thanksgiving

Favorite ice cream:

Guard • 6-4 • 198 • Senior
Cookies and Cream
Phone
Major: Sports Administration Favorite gadget:
Hometown: Harrisburg, Ill. Favorite TV show:

High School: Harrisburg
Forensic Files
Favorite cartoon: Hey

2015-16 (JUNIOR)
Arnold
Led the team in 3-point shooting percentage (.405)... Made at Pizza
least two treys in 15 games...Seventy-three percent of his shot Favorite food:
Best vacation spot:
attempts came from 3-point range...Had a career-high 16 points
at Indiana State.
Florida

Favorite sports movie:
Glory Road
2014-15 (SOPHOMORE)

Played in 32 games and made 20 starts...Made 15-of-37 (.405) Favorite actor: Will Ferrell
from 3-point in the last 14 games...Second on the team in 3-point- Pizza maker at Mackies Pizza
First job:
ers (25)...Had a season-high 14 points at Missouri State.
First pet: Dog

Bowling, shing or golf?: Fishing
2013-14 (FRESHMAN)
Beach or mountains: Beach
Started 12 games and averaged 7.7 points as a starter while
Favorite city: Nashville
shooting .419 from 3-point range...Made the winning 3-point
shot vs. Illinois State on March 1 with nine seconds left...Made Least favorite celebrity: Karsdashians
One word that describes you: Chill
two free throws with one second left to send the Loyola game
on Feb. 1 to OT...Made at least one 3-pointer in nine-straight Favorite NBA team: Utah Jazz
games from Jan. 22 to Feb. 22.
Biting my nails
Worst habit:
NBA’s best player: John Stockton

Harrisburg High School
Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption
In his senior season, led Harrisburg to a 33-1 record and 2A A dog
state championship...Named IBCA First-Team All-State and Describe a Saluki:
Window seat or aisle seat: Window
Southern Illinoisan Co-Player of the Year (with teammate Capel
Henshaw)...Averaged 17.5 points, six assists and 4.7 rebounds, Favorite fast food: Taco Bell
John
while shooting 40 percent from 3-point range...A three-time Famous person you’d like to have dinner with:
River-to-River All-Conference and All-South honoree...Ended his Stockton

career as the second-leading scorer in HHS history.
Greatest sports moment: When I won the State championship
in high school

Dawg Bites
Biggest in uence in life: My Father and my four brothers
Born Dec. 26, 1993...Son of Randy and Patricia Smithpeters...
Favorite artist or group: Speaker Knockerz, Lil Uzi Vert
Played basketball for his father at Harrisburg High School... Favorite song: Do What I Want - Lil Uzi Vert
Has four brothers and one sister...Brother of former Saluki Kyle
Most treasured possession: State championship ring
Smithpeters, a walk-on guard who played on SIU’s 2005 and Heights
2006 NCAA Tournament teams. Kyle is currently the head coach Biggest fear:

at John A. Logan College in nearby Carterville.

Overall Career Stats
Season GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
2013-14 28-12 532/19.0 36-91 .396 26-64 .406 37-54 .685 9 28 37 1.3 54 2 25 23 5 14 135 4.8
2014-15 32-20 638/19.9 39-111 .351 25-68 .368 36-51 .706 6 50 56 1.8 68 0 21 48 7 24 139 4.3

2015-16 32-31 766/23.9 62-160 .388 47-116 .405 52-68 .765 15 77 92 2.9 95 1 62 51 4 35 223 7.0
Total 92-63 1936/21.0 137-362 .378 98-248 .395 125-173 .723 30 155 185 2.0 217 3 108 122 16 73 497 5.4

Conference Games Only
Season GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg

2013-14 16-10 386/24.1 27-64 .422 21-46 .457 28-39 .718 8 19 27 1.7 42 2 16 15 4 7 103 6.4
2014-15 17-11 339/19.9 22-60 .367 16-40 .400 21-31 .677 5 26 31 1.8 35 0 10 24 5 10 81 4.8
2015-16 18-17 447/24.8 37-97 .381 26-69 .377 28-40 .700 12 47 59 3.3 51 0 34 27 4 23 128 7.1
Total 51-38 1172/23.0 86-221 .389 63-155 .406 77-110 .700 25 92 117 2.3 128 2 60 66 13 40 312 6.1

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