50 points scored by 34 year old American point guard Russ Smith (183-PG-1991, college: Louisville) made him the highest scoring player of the day in the world. His team Nardo beat the Juvi Cremona 102 to 98. He also grabbed 3 rebounds that game. Smith is the best scorer in the league averaging 24 points and 3 rebounds per game. 9 out of the top 10 highest scorers in the league are alumni of US colleges.
He is quite experienced player.

Thanks to his pro career he managed to play on four different continents (Europe, Asia, Latin America and of course North America), in eight different countries.

He has played previously professionally in China (Sturgeons, Guizhou, Hainan Haixiang and Blue Whales), Iran, Israel (Hapoel Beer Sheva), Puerto Rico (Cariduros), Turkey (Galatasaray), NBA G League (Delaware Blue Coats, Indiana Mad Ants and Iowa Wolves), and The Basketball Tournament (The Ville).
He played in the final of the Iranian League earlier this year.
Among many awards he was selected to the Eurobasket.com All-Italian Serie A2 First Team in 2023. He was also selected to the Eurobasket.com Italian Serie A2 All-Imports Team in 2023. Smith was selected to the Asia-Basket.com All-Chinese NBL Second Team back in 2019. He was also selected as the Eurobasket.com All-Italian Serie A2 Honorable Mention in 2024.
Smith was awarded Player of the Week in the Italian Serie A2 2 times already this season.

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