Last night on his Instagram Live Smith said he was planning on having surgery to correct his ankle injury, one that has bothered him since High School but was re-aggravated in the first Arkansas game this season.
Dave Matter confirmed the news this morning through a team spokesman:
Missouri guard Mark Smith will miss the rest of the season and undergo ankle surgery next Monday, per team spokesman
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) February 26, 2019
After the injury, which didn’t look bad on video, Smith lost the next six games and when he came back he wasn’t the same guy — likely because it was an injury which extended to his high school days.