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Ray Smith becomes leader for UA despite two ACL tears

For Ray Smith, the moment must have felt like an eternity.

Smith sat out a large portion of his senior season at Las Vegas High School after an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Everything was supposed to be different in Tucson. Things finally turned Smith’s way, as seen in the Arizona preseason Red-Blue Game. Smith finished 3-for-7 from the field, notching eight points, two assists and three turnovers in 20 minutes of action.

Sporting the No. 2 jersey in red and blue, he wowed the crowd, dancing and capitalizing on a top-notch dunk.

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Arizona forward Ray Smith (2) dunks the ball during Arizona’s Red-Blue scrimmage in McKale Center on Oct.