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Men's Basketball

Dismal Shooting, Olivet Hand Scots 75-65 Loss.
Mike Murphy leads Scots with 16 points.

Maroon and Cream Fall Just Short at Adrian
Mike Murphy drops 23 in narrow defeat.

Valiant Come Back Falls Short Against Flying Dutch
Cory Massey scores career-high 30 points in tough loss.

Massey and Murphy Lead Scots in 77-70 Loss to Tri-State
Thunder surge in second half to defeat Scots.

Scots Give No. 4 Albion Scare In 74-71 Loss
Scots out-score Brits 47-34 in second half.

Scots Stumble At Kalamazoo, 77-73
Alma led by Murphy, Massey and Smith in defeat.

Alma Takes Calvin to the Wire in 64-60 Defeat
Tied at halftime, Scots push powerhouse Knights to the end.

Alma Opens MIAA Season With 80-61 Win Against Olivet
Four Scots score in double digits in victory.

 

Alma College boasts a 12-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio, a liberal arts approach to undergraduate education, 28 academic majors, self-designed programs of emphasis, pre-professional programs in law and medicine, and an intensive Spring Term that provides opportunities for innovative courses, travel classes, research and internships.

 

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.