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Maroon and Cream Make It Three Straight With 85-83 Win Against Aurora

FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Alma College men's basketball team made it three in a row Friday night, defeating Aurora, 85-83 in the Goaltenders-Bankers Classic at Franklin College in Franklin, Ind. Alma improves to 4-2 on the season. 

Four different Scots scored in double figures as sophomore AJ Jones (Detroit/Martin Luther King) led the team with his 24-point performance. Freshman Mark Barnes (Saginaw) posted a 10-rebound, 17-point double-double to pace Alma while James Barnhart (West Branch/Ogemaw Heights) contributed 15 points and Isaac Smith (Merrill) 14 in the victory.

 Alma returns to the court to face tournament host Franklin tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Posted: Sat, December 11th, 2004 at 12:54PM

 

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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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