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ALMA MEN'S HOOPS LOSES TO TRINE 76-58

Alma College's Men's Basketball team hit the road on Saturday afternoon to play Trine University in an MIAA tilt, but found themselves on the wrong end of a 76-58 ballgame. The Scots dropped to 3-7 in league play and 5-15 overall, while the Thunder improved to 2-8 in the MIAA and 6-15 for the 2008-09 season.

Trine hit the ground running from the opening tip as they built leads of 7-0 (15:25 mark) and 28-9 (7:57 mark), carrying those leads to a halftime advantage of 40-16 over Alma. The Thunder shot a whopping 65% from the field (15 of 23), including eight of 12 from behind the arc, while the Scots hit just 19% of their shots (six of 32) and just two of 15 on three-point attempts.

The second half did not prove to be much better for the visiting Scots, as Trine was able to maintain and then extend their lead to 30 points, at 64-34, midway through the second half. Alma showed grit and gutted out a 24-12 advantage the remainder of the game to account for the 18-point margin of victory for the Thunder.

Alma shot 38% (15 of 40) in the final frame and finished the game at 29% (21-72), including five of 32 from beyond the arc. The home Thunder finished the contest at 51% (28 of 55), including 15 of 27 on three-point attempts (56%) after shooting 41% (13 0f 32) in the second half. Trine outrebounded Alma by a margin of 43-37, but for a second consecutive game, Alma did a nice job of ball control, finishing with only nine turnovers to 15 for Trine.

Sr. F Matt Brown (Midland, MI/Midland) led all Alma scorers with 15 points, while Sr. F Ryan DeHaan (Rockford, MI/Rockford) added 13 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. Jr. C Sam Machuta added seven rebounds for the Scots, while Fr. F Terry Brown (Chicago, IL/De LaSalle) notched a team-best three assists on the afternoon.

Next up for Alma is an away game with league rival Adrian College on Wednesday evening, with tip-off scheduled for 8:00 p.m.

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Posted: Sat, February 7th, 2009 at 4:41PM

 

In the more than 100 years since its founding, Alma has stayed true to its roots by keeping its Scottish heritage alive. Today, Alma features a marching band clad in Kilts, a Scottish dance troupe, student pipers and its own tartan. Each year, the College hosts the Alma Highland Festival and Games, which feature traditional Scottish games and revelry.

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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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