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Scots Grab Second-Straight Victory With 73-62 Win Against Elmhurst

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By Josh Ernst
Sports Information Student Assistant

ALMA, Mich. - AJ Jones (Detroit/Martin Luther King) tallied 24 points and five assists on his 20th birthday as he led the Scots to victory against Elmhurst College, 73-62.  With the win tonight, the Scots improve their home court record to 2-0. Now 3-2 on the season, this win marks the Scots' first back-to-back wins since the 2000-01 season when the Maroon and Cream opened the season with a 4-0 record.

Alma defeated Elmhurst with excellent shot selection and team play.  The Maroon and Cream shot the visitors right out of the gym tonight as they knocked down 60 percent of their shots from behind the three point arc  on 12-of-20 shooting and 57 percent from the field. 

The Scots brought a balanced offensive attack, with Jones the only player to reach double digits in the game with his team-high 24.  Jayme Fazi (Middlebury, Ind./Northridge) and Greg Nelson (Manistique) both came off the bench and scored nine points in quality minutes for Alma.  James Barnhart (West Branch/Ogemaw Heights) added seven points for the Scots in 17 minutes of play and Ricky Clarkson (Saginaw/Heritage) and Mark Barnes (Saginaw) contributed six points each. 

The Scots will be traveling for the rest of the week as they head to Franklin, Ind. to play in the Franklin College Tournament Dec. 10-11.

 

Posted: Wed, December 8th, 2004 at 6:51PM

 

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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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