Joshua Smith: back on the hardwood

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Joshua Smith returns to action for Kentwood
The Seattle Times, High School Sports
Originally published January 12, 2010 at 10:38 PM | Page modified January 12, 2010 at 11:00 PM

UCLA-bound center Joshua Smith scored 10 points in his first game since being injured Dec. 8, helping Kentwood beat Tahoma 61-37.

MAPLE VALLEY — Joshua Smith, Kentwood's UCLA-bound center, scored 10 points in the Conquerors' 61-37 boys basketball victory over Tahoma Tuesday night — his first game since being injured last month.

Smith, a 6-foot-10 senior ranked No. 1 in the nation at his position by some recruiting services coming into the season, played for the first time since Dec. 8. Smith sufferred a partially torn patellar tendon in the Conquerors' second game of the season, a loss to top-ranked Federal Way.

Smith signed a letter of intent last month to play for UCLA, after also considering Washington.