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AJ Jones Named MIAA Player of the Week for Second-Straight Week

ALMA, Mich. - Alma sophomore guard Anthony Jones (Detroit/Martin Luther King) has been named the MIAA's Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. It is the first time Jones has earned the weekly honor outright as last week he shared the honor.

Jones averaged 23.6 points as the Scots won two of three games last week. He had back-to-back 24 point performances in victories over Elmhurst (73-62) and Aurora (85-83) and scored 23 points in an 87-71 loss to Franklin. He tops MIAA players in scoring this season, averaging 22.9 points. He was the league's leading scorer as a freshman, the first freshman to do so since Calvin’s Mark Veenstra in the 1970s.

Last week, Jones made 24-of-50 shots, including 9-of-21 from three-point range. He was 14-of-18 on free throws and had 14 rebounds, nine assists and five steals.

The Scots enjoy a full week's rest before hosting the Alma-St. Louis Rotary Classic Dec. 17-18.

Posted: Mon, December 13th, 2004 at 12:39PM

 

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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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