USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM 1989 RESULTS
BILBAO, SPAIN • JULY 23-30, 1989
The United States, led by head coach Debbie Ryan, entered the 1989 Junior Women’s World Championship in Bilbao, Spain, with hopes of improving on the USA’s 1985 fifth-place finish. The goal, however, was not realized as the American team finished 3-4 and in seventh place. In the four USA losses, three came by three or less points and the other was an overtime decision. The USA team featured only three players who had previous experience playing outside of the United States. The American team dropped its opening game to South Korea in overtime, 93-84, as Dena Head accounted for USA team highs of 17 points and seven rebounds. Lisa Leslie led the U.S. the following day with an impressive 17-point, nine-rebound effort, but the U.S. still came up short, losing 71-69 in a tough contest with Australia. The U.S. notched its first victory of the event when it recorded a convincing, 13-point win over Bulgaria, 78-65. Leslie again paced the U.S. offense, recording 22 points and nine rebounds. Facing Czechoslovakia in their fourth game in as many days, the U.S. dropped another down-to-the-wire decision, falling 90-87. LeJuana Hardmon led the U.S. with 18 points, while Leslie recorded 16 rebounds. Bouncing back once again, the United States scored a solid 73-62 win over Zaire as Leslie and Carla Holmes each scored 13 points. The U.S. women recorded yet another narrow loss, suffering a three-point setback to host Spain, 99-96, despite 16-point scoring efforts by Sonja Henning and Julie Zeilstra. Facing Brazil in the seventh-place game and putting earlier disappointment aside, the Americans managed to win a close contest and end the tournament on a positive note after nipping the Brazilians, 70-66. Head led the U.S. cause with 17 points. The Soviet Union successfully defended their 1985 Junior World title with a 109-93 victory over Yugoslavia in the gold medal game.
1989 USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
1989 USA RESULTS (3-4)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
South Korea
L, 84-93 OT
Australia Bulgaria
L, 69-71 W, 78-65 L, 87-90 W, 73-62 L, 96-99 W, 70-66
Karen Deden
C G G G G G C
6-4 5-9 5-10
170 160 164 130 138 138 155 130 175 168 138 175
19 18 18 19 20 19 17 20 19 19 19 18
Washington
Missoula, MT Atlanta, GA Canton, MI Kenosha, WI Berryville, VA Auburn, IN Inglewood, CA Falls Church, VA Buena Park, CA Center Point, WV Philadelphia, PA
LeJuana Hardmon
Georgia
Dena Head
Tennessee Stanford Maryland
Czechoslovakia
Sonja Henning Carla Holmes MaChelle Joseph Penny Moore Kari Parriott Susan Robinson Lisa Leslie
5-7 5-7 5-9 6-5 6-0 6-2 6-1 5-6 6-3
Zaire Spain Brazil
Purdue
Morningside H.S. Long Beach State Long Beach State
F/G F/C
F
Penn State
FINAL STANDINGS
Dawn Staley Julie Zeilstra
G C
Virginia Stanford
Vernal, UT
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Soviet Union (7-0) Yugoslavia (5-2)
HEAD COACH: Debbie Ryan, University of Virginia ASSISTANT COACH: Jim Foster, St. Joseph’s University (PA) ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Linda Hargrove, Wichita State University (KS) TEAM PHYSICIAN: George Hershey, Flagstaff, AZ ATHLETIC TRAINER: Claire LeBlanc, Virginia Beach, VA
Australia (5-2)
Czechoslovakia (4-3)
Spain (5-2)
South Korea (4-3) United States (3-4)
Brazil (2-5)
China (2-5) 10. Cuba (2-5) 11. Bulgaria (3-4) 12. Zaire (0-7)
1989 USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-3PA PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Leslie Staley Zeilstra Henning Hardmon Head Deden Holmes Joseph Robinson
7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7
37- 60 24- 47 28- 46 20- 45 21- 48 17- 41 16- 23 15- 42 16- 50 9- 19 8- 20 6- 14
0.617 0.511
0- 0 1- 3
0
19- 28
0.679 0.889 0.684 0.769
49/ 7.0 17/ 2.8 37/ 5.3 20/ 2.9 28/ 4.0 21/ 3.0 16/ 2.3 6/ 0.9 6/ 0.9 24/ 3.4 12/ 2.0 12/ 2.0
93/ 13.3 65/ 10.8 70/ 10.0 56/ 8.0 55/ 7.9 48/ 6.9 38/ 5.4 36/ 5.1 36/ 5.1 25/ 3.6 18/ 3.0 17/ 2.8
1 8 3 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0
21
8
0.333 16- 18
1 2 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 0
14 13 22
0.609 1- 1 0.444 6- 13 0.438 0- 1
1
13- 19
0.462 10- 13
0 0 0
13- 20 14- 21
0.65
9 6 7 4 7 5 6
0.415
0- 1
0.667
0.686 0- 0
6- 6 2- 4
1
0.357 0.32
4- 20 4- 14
0.2
0.5
12
0.286 0- 2
0
0.474 0- 0
0
7- 9
0.778
Moore Parriott
0.4
2- 7
0.286 0- 1
0
0.429 0- 0
0
5- 8
0.625 0.705 0.696
USA OPP.
217-455 193-438
0.477 18- 60 0.441 43-104
0.3
105-149
248/ 35.4 557/ 79.6 194/ 27.7 546/ 78.0 21 22
32 11
113 118
0.413 117-168
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