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Alma To Face Top-Seeded Hope in MIAA Tournament Quarterfinals Wednesday

ALMA, Mich. - The Alma College men's basketball team travels to Hope College for first round action in the MIAA Tournament Wednesday. The Scots ended the regular season 2-12 in MIAA play and 3-21 overall and face top seeded Hope College who ended the MIAA schedule 13-1 and 21-3 overall.

Alma faced Hope early in the season, losing by a score of 86-53 and in the second meeting, on Valentine's Day (Feb. 14), the Scots lost on their home court, 88-62.

The Scots will face Hope at 7:30 p.m. in Holland. Other quarterfinal action includes the following teams and seed numbers:

1. Hope
2. Calvin
3. Tri-State
4. Adrian
5. Albion
6. Kalamazoo
7. Olivet
8. Alma

Posted: Mon, February 19th, 2007 at 10:50AM

 

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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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