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Scots Open Season at Manchester College Tip-Off Tournament

ALMA, Mich. – It’s that time of year – men’s basketball kicks off this weekend with the Manchester College Tip-Off Tournament in North Manchester, Ind.

“We’re excited to finally face someone other than ourselves,” said sixth-year head coach Ed Kohtala. “This week we’ve seen a handful of players join the team after the football team ended its season, so we have some additional momentum and energy in practices, but we’re looking forward to opening our season.”

The Scots are set to face the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Blugolds in the first round of action on Friday at 4 p.m. UW-Eau Claire is coming off a 12-14 2005-06 season and return all five starters this year. In contrast, the Scots return just one starter to this year’s roster in senior forward Isaac Smith (Merrill). Smith was out due to injury for the first half of the season but proved to be effective in 15 games to close out the year. Alma ended the 2005-06 schedule 10-16 overall.

The game will mark the first of the season for both teams, though both the Blugolds and Scots have scrimmaged throughout the pre-season.

Host Manchester College will face Eureka College in the night game on Friday. The winner of both games advances to the championship game at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, with the losers of both games facing in the consolation game at 5 p.m.

Posted: Wed, November 15th, 2006 at 5:21PM

 

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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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