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Scots Drop Season Opener To Concordia, 75-62

Box Score

ALMA, Mich. - Alma College men's basketball opened the season on the road Friday night (Nov. 19) at Concorida, falling to the Cardinals, 75-62. Despite trailing by eight at halftime, 38-30, and trailing by as many as 20 in the second half, the Scots rallied to close the gap late in the game.

Sophomore AJ Jones (Detroit/Martin Luther King) led all scorers on the night, going 2-of-7 from the field. Jones was able to make it to the line, going 7-for-9 at the charity stripe. James Barnhart (West Branch/Ogemaw Heights) was 2-for-4 from beyond the three point arc, scoring 10 points and pulling down five rebounds to help the Scots. Carl Hill also had two three-pointers, scoring 10 points in the effort.

Alma opens its home season Nov. 23 when the Scots play host to Marygrove at 7:30 p.m.  

Posted: Fri, November 19th, 2004 at 10:07PM

 

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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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