NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mark Smith didn’t take it easy in his return to the court Wednesday. Out since the first half of Missouri’s Jan. 28 win over Georgia, the junior guard returned to the floor three minutes into Wednesday’s game at Vanderbilt and didn’t hesitate the first time he touched the ball behind the 3-point arc.
“I felt pretty comfortable,” he said.
And not too shy to shoot. Smith buried the deep 3-pointer, and while he finished with only five points in 14 minutes off the bench, the return marked unequivocal progress for the shooter from Edwardsville.