S.C. State to introduce ex-Clemson coach Audra Smith as Lady Bulldogs' leader

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- Former Clemson women’s basketball coach Audra Smith will become the seventh head coach of the South Carolina State women’s basketball program.

S.C. State has scheduled a media event for Thursday to formally introduce Smith.

Smith comes to S.C. State after spending five years as the head coach at Clemson.

Smith will succeed Doug Robertson Jr., who was ousted as SCSU women’s basketball coach in March after 10 years leading the Lady Bulldogs. Robertson was hired in 2008 and his teams went 112-175 overall and 61-99 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

The Lady Bulldogs went 12-18 in 2017-18, concluding the season in the second round of the MEAC tournament with a loss to eventual champion North Carolina A&T. A highlight of the year was a first-round tournament win over North Carolina Central, a game in which the Lady Bulldogs scored 76 points.

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