USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING FEBRUARY 2019 RESULTS
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA • FEBRUARY 22-25, 2019
First place for Group E in the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifying came down to the final game in window six, and in fact it took a buzzer beater by the USA to earn a one-point win over Argentina and claim the group’s top honors with a 10-2 overall record. Opening window six on Feb. 22, in Greensboro, the USA needed just minutes to find its groove before cruising to a 111-80 win over Panama. The game was a 3-point party in the first quarter, with the USA sinking five as a team, including three from Cameron Reynolds, while Panama made six 3s. The USA again hit five 3-pointers in the second quarter, while Panama cooled off from deep. With an 80-64 lead to start the fourth period, the USA increased its lead all the way through the final buzzer, outscoring Panama 31-16 to earn the 111-80 win. The USA finished with 63 points off of the bench, outrebounded Panama 46-27 and shot 49.4 percent from the field. Panama ended up shooting 48.3 percent from the field. Facing Argentina three days later on Feb. 25, and in need of a victory if the USA was to take top honors in Group E, a buzzer-beating jumper from Reggie Hearn lifted the USA past Argentina to a hard-fought 84-83 win. The USA and Argentina already had qualified for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, and the only thing on the line in the final qualifying game was bragging rights for first place in Group E, which was enough to bring out the best from both teams. With the USA trailing by one point, 83-82, and one second on the clock, Travis Trice inbounded the ball to Hearn, who sank a tough shot from the corner to just beat the buzzer and win the game. Michael Frazier II finished with 23 points and Charles Cooke was the only other player to reach double-digit scoring for the USA with 10 points.
FEBRUARY 2019 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING TEAM ROSTER
FEB. 2019 USA RESULTS (2-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE CURRENT TEAM/SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Panama
W, 111-80 W, 84-83
Argentina
Josh Adams Kyle Casey Chris Chiozza Charles Cooke Michael Frazier II Reggie Hearn Tanner McGrew Xavier Mumford Chinanu Onuaku Cameron Reynolds
G
6-2 6-7 6-0 6-5 6-4 6-4 6-8 6-3 6-9 6-8 6-2 6-11
190 225 175 195 200 209 250 190 250 225 177 240
25 28 23 24 24 26 25 26 22 23 25 22
Raptors 905/Wyoming Memphis Hustle/Harvard Capital City Go-Go/Florida Sioux Falls Skyforce/Dayton Rio Grande Valley Vipers/Florida Stockton Kings / Northwestern Wisconsin Herd/Rhode Island Greensboro Swarm/Louisville Stockton Kings/Tulane Austin Spurs/Michigan State Westchester Knicks/UNLV
Parker, CO Medway, MA Memphis, TN Trenton, NJ
F
G G G G G C F G C F
2019 FIBA AMERICAS WORLD CUP QUALIFYING FINAL STANDINGS
Tampa, FL
Fort Wayne, IN Buckhannon, WV
Salt Lake City Stars/West Virginia Wesleyan
Newark, NJ Lanham, MD Pearland, TX
GROUP E
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
#United States (10-2) #Argentina (9-3) #Puerto Rico (8-4)
Travis Trice
Huber Heights, OH
Stephen Zimmerman
Las Vegas, NV
Head Coach: Jeff Van Gundy Assistant Coach: Mark Fox Assistant Coach: John Thompson II Team Physician: Stephen Foley, Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, SD) Athletic Trainer: Ed Lacerte, ProSports Therapy, Inc. (Waltham and Westford, MA) Team Scout: Othella Harrington Video Coordinator: Luke Stanaland
Uruguay (6-6) Mexico (5-7) Panama (4-8) *Cuba (0-6) *Paraguay (0-6)
GROUP F
FEBRUARY 2019 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
#Canada (10-2)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
#Brazil (9-3)
#Venezuela (9-3)
Frazier
2/2 2/0 2/1 2/2 2/1 2/0 2/2 2/0 2/0 2/2 2/0 0/0
13- 23 11- 20 7- 18 8- 14 6- 14 4- 13
.565 .550 .389 .571 .429 .308 .778 .417 .833 .364 .250
6- 12 6- 13 5- 10
.500 .462 .500 .167 .333 .143
2- 2 0- 2 3- 3 2- 2 5- 5 8- 8 3- 6 0- 0 2- 3 2- 4 2- 2 0- 0
1.000 13/ 6.5
34/ 17.0 28/ 14.0 22/ 11.0 19/ 9.5 18/ 9.0 17/ 8.5 17/ 8.5 12/ 6.0 12/ 6.0 11/ 5.5 5/ 2.5 0/ 0.0 195/ 97.5 163/ 81.5
5 6 3 1 6 1 3 1 1 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 8
6 1 4 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 0
#Dominican Rep. (7-5) U.S. Virgin Islands (3-9)
Reynolds
.000
6/ 3.0
Trice
1.000 2/ 1.0 1.000 3/ 1.5 1.000 5/ 2.5 1.000 7/ 3.5
16
Chile (2-10) *Bahamas (1-5) *Colombia (0-6)
Cooke
1- 6 1- 3 1- 7 0- 0 2- 6 0- 0 1- 4 1- 2 0- 0
Mumford Adams Onuaku
7- 9
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.500
11/ 5.5 3/ 1.5 6/ 3.0 6/ 3.0
#Qualified for the 2019 FIBA World Cup *Eliminated after first round after finishing fourth in their group.
Hearn
5- 12
.333
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Zimmerman
5- 6
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.667 .500
Casey
4- 11 1- 4 0- 0
.250 .500
McGrew Chiozza
1.000 7/ 3.5
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0/ 0.0
USA OPP.
2 2
71-144 54-117
.493 .462
24- 63 27- 53
.381 .509
29- 37 28- 35
.784 .800
80/40.0 63/31.5
44 45
21 14
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