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MEN'S BASKETBALL: Scots Continue to Compete, Fall to Calvin 74-60

Feb. 7, 2008

The Alma College Men's Basketball Team (2-16, 2-8)  has been playing their best game of the year coming into tonight's contest against the Knights of Calvin College (12-7, 7-2) and continued to play well but came up short losing to the conference powerhouse by the score 74-60.

The Maroon and Cream fell behind by nine due to a 22 point first half performance and could not dig themselves out of the whole despite putting up a 38 point second half.

Freshman Jordan Redditt (Detroit) continued his hot stretch as he led the Scots in scoring with 19 points on 9-16 shooting and added four rebounds in his 26 minutes of play. Matt Brown (Midland) and Ryan Dehaan (Rockford) each added nine points in the contest and Vito Jordan (Detroit/Cody) followed up his best game of the year with an eight point performance.

Alma has a short turn around as they will only have one day off before taking on Tri-State University on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Cappaert Gymnasium.

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Posted: Thu, February 7th, 2008 at 9:14PM

 

More than 100 Alma College students and staff traveled to destinations in New Mexico, Tennessee, Philadelphia, Louisiana and North Carolina for service projects during winter break in February 2007. “Alternative Break service experiences continue to gain popularity on Alma College’s campus,” says Sallie Scheide, assistant director in the Center for Responsible Leadership.

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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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