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ALMA MEN'S BASKETBALL DROPS A 77-62 DECISION TO ADRIAN COLLEGE ON WEDNESDAY

The Scots Men’s basketball team continued MIAA play on Wednesday evening, when they traveled to play Adrian College. The Scots came away on the wrong end of a 77-62 score, as the Bulldogs improved to 4-7 in league action and 7-14 overall. The Scots fell to 3-8 in the MIAA and 5-16 in 2008-09.

Adrian led by a score of 39-33 at halftime but never allowed the Scots to take the lead, eventually pulling away in the final frame. Alma hung tough for most of the second half and was able to cut the Adrian lead to 49-47 at the 12:01 mark when Sr. F Matt Brown (Midland, MI/Midland) hit a three-pointer.

However, the home team was not going to let this one slip away and proceeded to go on a 9-0 run to take an 11-point lead at 58-47, four minutes later. The Scots could not get closer than eight points the rest of the way, and Adrian ran out the clock and walked away with the 15-point victory.

For the game, the Bulldogs shot a sizzling 60%, on 30 of 50 shooting, including seven of 16 from beyond the three-point line, while Alma connected on 47% of their shots (22 of 47) and was six on 19 on three-pointers. Rebounds were basically even, with the Bulldogs owning a 28-27 advantage, and the Scots had 15 turnovers to Adrian’s 10.

On the scoring ledger, So. G Jordan Redditt (Brighton, MI/Jesuit), led all Scots players with 29 points, as he was good on 11 of 18 shots, including three of seven three-pointers. Brown had 14 points on the evening, while Sr. F Ryan DeHaan (Rockford, MI/Rockford) contributed 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds.

Alma will host Hope College on Saturday afternoon at Cappaert Gymnasium beginning at 3:00 p.m.

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Posted: Wed, February 11th, 2009 at 9:11PM

 

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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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