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MEN'S BASKETBALL: Scots Come Away With OT Win Over Kalamazoo

Feb. 2, 2008

The Alma College Men's Basketball Team (2-15, 2-6) looked to build on their overtime performance against Albion College on Jan. 30th, and did just that as they took Kalamazoo College's (5-13, 2-6) home floor and came away with a nine point win.

 As a team, the Maroon and Cream finished the day shooting an outstanding 45% from the field and won the rebound battle 45-31. Junior Matt Brown (Midland) did his part both in the scoring department and on the boards as he tallied 15 points on 6-12 shooting and came down with 10 rebounds. Senior Vito Jordan (Detroit/Cody) had is best game of the year, scoring 17 points and grabbing five boards in 24 minutes of play. Also coming up big for the Scots were Ryan DeHaan (Rockford) and Ted DeYoung (Grand Rapids/Northview) who finished with 14 and 10 points respectively and put up 12 rebounds between them.

The Scots continue on the road this week as they travel to Grand Rapids to take on Calvin College the 13th for an 8:00 p.m. tip-off. 

Box Score

Posted: Sat, February 2nd, 2008 at 5:13PM

 

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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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