USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S AMERICUP TEAM 1993 RESULTS
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL • JUNE 26-JULY 4, 1993
Led by Tara VanDerveer, the 1993 USA World Qualifying Team returned with the gold medal and a 6-1 slate. The top seven scorers on the squad eventually were named to the 1994 USA World Championship Team. Opening against Canada, the USA received 23 points from Lisa Leslie and 18 from Ruthie Bolton in an 82-74 win. The U.S. dismantled Chile 121-41 as Jennifer Azzi’s 30 points off the bench led the USA’s offensive clinic that saw all 12 players score, includ- ing six in double digits. Meeting up with Mexico to close preliminary play, the USA overpowered its opponent in a 97-54 victory. This time it was Bolton’s 19 points off the bench that paced the attack, while Leslie added 16 as everyone scored, five in double digits. In the semifinal round the USA upended Cuba 89-78 behind 21 points from Leslie and 19 from Azzi. Trailing Canada by five points at halftime, 38-33, the USA rallied in the second half to record a 76-69 win in a balanced effort led by Katy Sted- ing’s 17 points. Carla McGhee and Leslie also notched 15 and 11 points, respectively. In its final semifinal round contest, the U.S. suffered its only loss, 99-92 in overtime to Brazil, despite 19 points from Leslie, 16 from Bolton, 15 from Steding and 10 from Dawn Staley. However, with Brazil standing at 6-0 and the USA holding a 5-1 record, the gold medal game two nights later would give the United States a chance to avenge the loss. Not wanting to celebrate the Fourth of July with anything less than gold, behind 20 first half points from Leslie, the United States established control early and held on to capture the gold medal with a decisive 106-92 win.
1993 USA WOMEN’S AMERICUP TEAM ROSTER
1993 USA RESULTS (6-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Canada
W, 84-74 W, 121-61 W, 97-54 W, 89-78 W, 76-69
Chile
Jennifer Azzi Shanda Berry Ruthie Bolton Heather Burge Linda Godby Dena Head Lisa Leslie Nikki McCray Carla McGhee Molly Goodenbour
G C G C C G G C F C G
5-8 6-3 5-8 6-5 6-6 5-6
140 167 150 170 172 135 162 160 158 165 128 165
24 25 25 22 24 21 22 20 21 25 23 25
Stanford
Oak Ridge, TN Urbandale, IA McLain, MS Indianapolis, IN Waterloo, IA Hawthorne, CA Memphis, TN Canton, MI Philadelphia, PA Lake Oswego, OR Peoria, IL
Iowa
Mexico
Auburn Virginia Auburn Stanford
Cuba
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Canada
Brazil Brazil
L, 92-99 OT W, 106-92
5-10 6-5 5-11 6-2 5-6 6-0
Tennessee Southern Cal Tennessee Tennessee
FINAL STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
*United States (6-1)
Dawn Staley Katy Steding
Virginia Stanford
F
*Brazil (6-1)
HEAD COACH: Tara VanDerveer, Stanford University ASSISTANT COACH: Nancy Darsch, Ohio State University ASSISTANT COACH: Marianne Stanley, University of Southern California
*Canada (3-4) *Cuba (2-2) Mexico (2-2)
TEAM PHYSICIAN: Suzanne Tanner, Denver, Colorado ATHLETIC TRAINER: Karen Middleton, Stanford University
Puerto Rico (1-3) Argentina (1-3)
Chile (0-4) *Qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Championship.
1993 USA WOMEN’S AMERICUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME G/S
FGM-A PCT 3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
A
BLK STL
Leslie Bolton
7/6 7/6 7/0 7/7 7/1 7/6 7/1 7/0 7/1 6/1
52- 84 36- 71 28- 50 26- 63 20- 35 15- 34 13- 34 15- 28 14- 24 14- 27 12- 19
.619 .507 .560 .413 .571 .441 .382 .536 .583 .519 .632 .313 .515 .405
0- 2
.000 .452 .448 .390 .000 .364 .---
25- 30 14- 22 9- 10 19- 30 14- 20 3- 7 9- 12 6- 20
.833 .636 .900 .429 .633 .700 .750 .300 .625 .600 .500
46/6.6 23/3.3 9/1.3 29/4.1 55/7.9 5/0.7 11/1.6 24/3.4 31/4.4 23/3.3 13/2.2 10/1.4
129/18.4 100/14.3 78/11.1 71/10.1
4 9 2 1 8 4 2 5 7 0
3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0
19 21 12 10 10 9
14- 31 13- 29 16- 41
Azzi
Steding
McGhee 7/6
0- 0 0- 6 4- 11 0- 0
59/8.4 44/6.3 39/5.6 36/5.1 33/4.7 31/4.4 27/4.5 16/2.3
Head Staley Burge Berry
34
8
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13
0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
5- 8 3- 5 3- 6 2- 2
9 9 1 8
McCray Godby
Goodenbour 7/0
5- 16
4- 14
.286 .381 .295
1.000
10 86 43
USA OPP.
7 7
250-485 179-442
51-134 33-112
112-172 116-155
.651 .748
279/39.9 663/94.7 161/23.0 507/72.4
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