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Men's Basketball

Alma Bows Out of MIAA Tournament With 90-77 Loss To Hope
Scots end season with back-to-back losses to Flying Dutchmen.

MIAA Tournament Preview; Scots to Face Hope for Second Time in Four Days
Scots travel to Holland to open MIAA Tournament.

AJ Jones Reaches Career Milestone; Scots Face Defeat at Hope
AJ Jones becomes youngest player in Alma history to reach 1,000 career points.

Scots Edged By Britons, 80-72
AJ Jones and Mark Barnes lead the charge in effort.

Calvin Upends Scots
Maroon and Cream fall 97-66 in Grand Rapids.

Alma College West Shore Tartan Club To Host Post-Game Reception
Alma College men's basketball to face Hope in final game at Civic Center Feb. 19

Bulldogs Stop Alma Short
Adrian wins 79-74 in battle for fourth place in MIAA Conference.

Olivet Drains Last-Second Three-Pointer To Defeat Scots, 61-59
AJ Jones scores 23, Mark Barnes and Carl Hill also in double figures for Alma.

Barnes Makes Clutch Free Throws In Final Seconds of Regulation
AJ Jones and Mark Barnes post double-doubles to secure overtime victory.

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term ‘07 students explored important cultural sites in China, worked to restore a Jewish Holocaust cemetery in Poland, analyzed ethic politics in Scotland, and studied medieval literature in London.

 

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.