There are scarcely few compliments that Houston coach Kelvin Sampson could have paid Georgia Tech guard Adam Smith that would have been better than his words of praise following Tech’s 81-62 first-round NIT win Wednesday night at McCamish Pavilion. Sampson was evidently quite impressed by Smith’s shooting, including 3-for-6 from 3-point range.
“He took shots that, the only other guy I’ve seen make shots like that is Steph Curry,” Sampson said.
Smith was well defended much of the night by Houston guard Leron Barnes, who had four inches on the 6-foot-1 Smith. Barnes made Smith work to get catches coming off screens and defended him tightly on the perimeter.