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Winter Break Tournament

Finlandia Defeats Alma, 86-73

December 28, 2007

Alma, Mi. - The Alma College Scots (0-7) hosted Finlandia University (4-7) in the first game of the Alma College Winter Break Tournament and fell by the score 0f 73-86.

The Scots came out in the first half and shot 57% from the field to take a 45-41 lead into halftime. However, an ice cold 10 for 31 from the field in the second half, leading to only 28 second half points gave the Lions just what they needed to come away with the 86-73 win.

Leading the way for the Scots was junior Matt Brown (Midland) who led the Scots with 13 points and seven rebounds. Senior Josh Shattuck (Spring Lake) added 12 points and four assists. Jake Weiss (St. Ignace/LaSalle) scored 10 and pulled down six boards while Kevin Ginther (Harbor Beach) contributed seven points and seven boards in the loss.

The Scots await the loser of the Davenport and PU-Calumet game in the consoliation game to be played on Saturday the 29th at 1 p.m.

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Posted: Fri, December 28th, 2007 at 7:42PM

 

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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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