USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING NOVEMBER 2018 RESULTS
LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA & MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY • NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 2, 2018
Despite starting the game by scoring the first 12 points and jumping out to a 12-0 lead, the USA was unable to sustain its scoring and fell to Argentina 80-63 on Nov. 29, 2018, in La Rioja, Argentina. The USA held Argentina scoreless for more than four minutes to start the game, and behind points supplied by four different U.S. players, including back-to-back 3-pointers to open the game from Julian Washburn and Travis Trice, the USA jumped out to a 12-0 lead with 4:47 left in the opening quarter. The USA held onto its lead until the final minute of the second quarter and trailed at halftime, 35-32. Argentina capped the quarter with a 10-0 run that resulted in the USA being outscored 23-8 in the third period. The U.S. cut the deficit to 63- 50 after a Scotty Hopson basket with 6:11 to play, Argentina turned back the rally with six consecutive points and sailed on for the 80-63 win. Trice led the USA scoring with 16 points and added four assists, Reggie Hearn, Hopson and Chasson Randle each accounted for nine points. Trailing Uruguay by four points heading into the fourth quarter, 54-50, the USA, behind eight points apiece from Hopson and Trice, outscored host Uruguay 28-16 in the fourth quarter to claim a 78-70 victory and a earn the United States a berth in the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Trice led the way for the USA overall with 17 points to go with five rebounds and four assists; John Jenkins scored 13 points; Hopkins, who went 7-of-8 from the line added 10 points; Moreland contributed a double-double of 10 points and a game-high 13 caroms; while Randle also chipped in 10 points. Early in the fourth period, Uruguay pulled ahead 64-56 for its largest lead of the game but the USA’s defense held Uruguay scoreless for more than three minutes, while scoring 12-consecutive points. Over the final 43 seconds Uruguay hit a pair of free throws and its final 3 of the game, while the USA closed out the game hitting 6-of-6 from the line for the 78-70 win and World Cup berth.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING TEAM ROSTER
NOV. 2018 USA RESULTS (1-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE CURRENT TEAM/SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Argentina Uruguay
L, 63-80 W, 78-70
Joel Berry II Reggie Hearn Scotty Hopson John Jenkins
G G G G F F F F G G F C
6-0 6-4 6-7 6-4 6-6 6-2 6-8 6-11 6-10
195 209 230 215 209 238 185 225 235 177 220 259
23 26 29 27 30 26 25 23 26 25 26 28
South Bay Lakers/North Carolina Stockton Kings/Northwestern Oklahoma City Blue/Tennessee Westchester Knicks/Vanderbilt Sioux Falls Skyforce/Kentucky Free Agent/Oregon State Capital City Go-Go/Stanford Oklahoma City Blue/California Austin Spurs/Michigan State Austin Spurs/Texas El-Paso Free Agent/North Carolina Stockton Kings/Tulane
Orlando, FL Fort Wayne, IN Hopkinsville, KY Hendersonville, TN Missouri City, TX Rock Island, IL Pearland, TX Inglewood, CA Huber Heights, OH Duncanville, TX Washington, IN Chicago, IL
DeAndre Liggins Eric Moreland Chasson Randle Cameron Reynolds Richard Solomon
Travis Trice
6-2 6-8 7-0
Juian Washburn
Tyler Zeller
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
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 USA MEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Trice
2/2 2/0 2/0 2/2 2/0 2/0 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/0 2/0 0/0
10- 22 6- 21
.455 .286 .438 .313 .313 .600 .714 .333 .667 .250 .143
6- 11
.545 .167 .429 .286 .200
7- 8 7- 8 2- 2 3- 3 2- 5 0- 4 0- 1 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
.875 .875
6/ 3.0 7/ 3.5
33/ 16.5 20/ 10.0 19/ 9.5 15/ 7.5 14/ 7.0 12/ 6.0 10/ 5.0 6/ 3.0
8 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 8
2 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
Hopson Randle Jenkins Moreland Solomon Hearn
1- 6 3- 7 2- 7
7- 16 5- 16 5- 16 6- 10
1.000 2/ 1.0 1.000 5/ 2.5
2- 10 0- 0
.400 .000 .000
5/ 2.5
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21/10.5 6/ 3.0 14/ 7.0
5- 7 3- 9 2- 3 2- 8 1- 7 0- 0
0- 2 0- 0 1- 2 0- 3 1- 3 0- 0
.000
Zeller
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Washburn
.500 .000 .333
1/ 0.5 3/ 1.5 2/ 1.0 0/ 0.0
5/ 2.5 4/ 2.0 3/ 1.5 0/ 0.0
Berry
Reynolds
Liggins
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USA OPP.
2 2
52-135 48-126
.385 .381
16- 51 23- 62
.314 .371
21- 31 31- 49
.667 .633
85/42.5 83/41.5
141/ 70.5 150/ 75.0
19 36
14 20
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