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Scots Drop Goaltenders-Bankers Classic Championship Game To Franklin

FRANKLIN, Ind. – The Alma College men's basketball team suffered its first loss in four games, succumbing to Franklin College 87-71 in the championship game of the Goaltenders-Bankers Classic in Franklin, Ind. Saturday (Dec. 11). Alma falls to 4-3 on the season with the loss.

The Maroon and Cream were paced by sophomore AJ Jones (Detroit/Martin Luther King) and Mark Barnes (Saginaw) as Jones scored 23 points and Barnes put up 21 in the effort. Jones' 10 field goals tied a season-high for the Detroit native as he made 10 on Nov. 29 against Lake Superior State when he scored a season-high 29 points. Jones was not the game's high scorer, however, as Franklin's Nick Kane scored 29 to make the difference.

Barnes added seven rebounds to lead the team in that category while Jones and James Barnhart (West Branch/Ogemaw Heights) added five rebounds each.

For their efforts throughout the weekend, AJ Jones and Mark Barnes were named to the Goaltenders-Bankers Classic All-Tournament Team.

The Scots return to Alma for exam week before hosting the Alma-St. Louis Rotary Classic Dec. 17-18 at Alma's Cappaert Gymnasium.

Posted: Sat, December 11th, 2004 at 10:37PM

 

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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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