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Scots Open Season Friday Against Concordia

ALMA, Mich. - Alma College men's basketball travels to Concordia (Mich.) Friday (Nov. 19) to open the 2004 regular season.

The Scots return last year's league-leading scorer, sophomore A.J. Jones (Detroit/Martin Luther King), the first freshman to lead the league in scoring since Mark Veenstra of Calvin in 1974. Veenstra went on to lead the league each of his four year's with the Knights.

Last season, Alma finished with a 3-23 overall record and a 1-11 mark in MIAA action. The Maroon and Cream look to improve in the 2004-05 season. The Scots have just one senior on the roster, Jayme Fazi (Middlebury, Ind./Northridge), and have greatly improved perimeter shooting in the offseason. Head coach Ed Kohtala looks to a mix of youth and experience as many of this season's returners have played since their freshman season.

The Scots and Cardinals tip at 7:30 p.m. in Ann Arbor, with a junior varsity contest scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

Posted: Thu, November 18th, 2004 at 8:01PM

 

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Coach Profile

Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.

The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.

After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.

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