Glasgow Records Win No. 400 in Thrilling Fashion

January 10, 2000

Appropriately enough, the 400th victory of Terry Glasgow’s Division III basketball career at Monmouth College involved a key coaching decision.

In a home game against Grinnell College – which entered the contest as the highest scoring school in the nation – Glasgow elected to hold onto the ball on each possession for 20-25 seconds before setting his offense in motion. The move was designed to draw Grinnell out of a zone defense, but when the Pioneers didn’t budge, neither did Glasgow’s troops.

As a result, the Pioneers never did find an offensive flow in Monmouth’s 63-60 victory that saw Grinnell score 56.7 points under their average.

The victory ran Glasgow’s record at Monmouth to 400-214 (.651) in his 28th year of collegiate coaching, all with the Fighting Scots. Glasgow, who has guided the Scots to four of their seven Midwest Conference championships and has finished below .500 only three times, is 15th on the list of victories for active Division III coaches.

For several years, Glasgow also coached baseball at Monmouth, sporting a record of 343-166-3 (.673). In all, Glasgow has a 743-380-3 record (.659) in his varsity coaching career with the Fighting Scots.

"It means I’ve been coaching a long time and coached a lot of good players," Glasgow told reporters following the game. "It’s nice to get 400, but I feel better about win No. 3 of the season, especially after we let one get away on Friday against a very good Lake Forest team (which beat Monmouth 86-79)."

The weekend split left Monmouth with a 3-5 overall record and a 1-2 mark in the Midwest Conference. The Scots play a non-conference road game at Aurora University Tuesday night before returning to Glennie Gymnasium for MWC games with Ripon and St. Norbert Friday and Saturday.