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MEN'S BASKETBALL: Scots Get a Glimpse of Where They Hope to Be, Fall to Hope at DeVos Fieldhouse

Feb. 16, 2008

Tonight the Scots (2-19, 2-10) took the court at the DeVos Fieldhouse on the campus of Hope College and fell to the Dutchmen (19-3, 11-1) by the score of 92-43. Despite the loss, the Scots got a taste of what its like to play in a top-notch gymnasium as they look forward to the construction of their own multi-million dollar, state of the art venue soon to be built on Alma's campus.

Less than four years ago, the Scots played in one of the final games at Hope College before the DeVos Fieldhouse was built, and in less than four years from now, the Scots hope to be the ones enjoying success in a beautiful new arena. However, tonight the Maroon and Cream got a first hand look at the elite in the MIAA, and were outgunned by one of the better teams in DIII basketball.

Alma's struggles from the outside and inability to get to the charity stripe hurt them as they made only three of 17 from deep and shot only seven free throws in the entire game. Freshman Jordan Redditt (Detroit) continued to show that he can compete with anybody in the MIAA as he led the Scots in scoring with 11 points on 5-12 shooting. Senior Vito Jordan (Detroit/Cody) had another solid performance for the Scots, chipping in eight points on three of five from the field.

The Scots will look to get things going on Wednesday as they host Adrian College for their home finale with a 7:30 p.m. tip-off.

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Posted: Sat, February 16th, 2008 at 9:04PM

 

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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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