USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 2003 RESULTS
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC • AUGUST 2-9, 2003
Capturing the women’s basketball shiny silver hardware at the 2003 Pan American Games was a bright-eyed USA team that began training only two weeks prior to the event. It was a team made up young college players who faced more powerful and experienced teams from Cuba and Brazil, both composed of former Olympians. Considering all those factors, the USA’s impressive 5-2 record and capturing of the silver medal was a remarkable journey. Several USA team and individual record-breaking performances will go into the U.S. Pan Am history book. The USA’s silver medal showing was a total team effort. Featuring five different players who finished as the team’s top scorer in the USA’s seven games, the United States boasted of eight players who finished scoring between 11.3 points and 5.0 points a game. Rebekkah Brunson finished the competition as the USA’s leading scorer and rebounder, averaging 11.3 points and 5.6 rebounds a game, while shooting a stellar 57.1 percent from the field. The USA’s balanced scoring attack was also assisted by Jamie Carey, who scored 9.6 ppg. on 46.4 percent shoot- ing from 3-point, Jenni Benningfield added 9.1 ppg., Laurie Koehn contributed 8.9 ppg., and Ann Strother tossed in 7.9 ppg. The USA opened Pan American Games play against the familiar and the favorite Cuban team on Aug. 2. The USA, which just prior to the start of the Pan Ams had lost three exhibition games to the Cuban squad in Havana, enjoyed 46-32 lead over defending Pan American Games champs at halftime. But after regrouping at the intermission, Cuba outscored the USA 24-7 in the third quarter and went on to post an 84-62 win. Strother and Koehn each scored 11 points to lead the American squad. On Aug. 3 the U.S. started what would become a five-game win streak when it slipped past Canada 56-53 thanks to Brunson’s double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds and Loree Moore’s game-saving steal with eight seconds left. Powered by a surge in defensive intensity and 20 points on record-setting 6-for-6 shooting from 3-point by Carey, the USA gave its medal hopes a vital boost with a 77-64 upset of previously undefeated Brazil. The following evening, Aug. 5, the U.S. assured itself a medal round berth when it trounced Argentina 93-78. Five Amer- icans scored in double figures in the win, led by Brunson and Moore with 12 each, followed by Carey, Roneeka Hodges and Koehn, who scored 11 apiece. The North Americans completed their pool play by running away with a 109-54 win over host Dominican Republic. Koehn
2003 USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
2003 USA RESULTS (5-2)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Cuba
L, 62-84 W, 56-53 W, 77-64 W, 93-78 W, 109-54
Canada
Jenni Benningfield Rebekkah Brunson Roneeka Hodges Laurie Koehn Janel McCarville Loree Moore Nicole Powell Jamie Carey
F F
6-3 6-3 5-6 5-8 6-2 5-9 6-2 5-10
190 173 135 160 140 235 165 170 162 200 165 172
21 21 22 21 21 20 20 21 19 22 21 19
Vanderbilt Georgetown Florida State Kansas State Minnesota Tennessee Texas
Louisville, KY Oxon Hill, MD Thornton, CO New Orleans, LA Stevens Point, WI Harbor City, CA Hesston, KS Castle Rock, CO Wynnewood, PA Phoenix, AZ
Brazil
G
Argentina
F
Dominican Republic
G
Brazil Cuba
W, 75-69 OT
F/C
G
L, 64-75
F
Stanford
Ann Strother Lindsay Taylor
G
6-2 6-8 6-4 6-0
Connecticut
F F
UC Santa Barbara
FINAL STANDINGS
Iciss Tillis
Duke
Tulsa, OK
Barbara Turner
F/G
Connecticut
Cleveland, OH
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Cuba (6-1)
HEAD COACH: Debbie Ryan, University of Virginia ASSISTANT COACH: Kathi Bennett, Indiana University ASSISTANT COACH: Trina Paterson, University of Albany (NY) TEAM PHYSICIAN: Kathryn Dec, Richmond, VA ATHLETIC TRAINER: Carrie Haugen, University of Northern Colorado
United States (5-2)
Brazil (5-2)
Canada (2-5) Argentina (1-4)
Dominican Republic (0-5)
2003 USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Brunson
7/7 7/7 7/7 7/0 7/6 7/7 7/0 7/0 7/1 7/0 6/0 5/0
28- 49 20- 54 26- 55 21- 36 18- 45 20- 37 9- 31 15- 36 10- 28
.571 .370 .473 .583 .400 .541 .290 .417 .357 .450 .333 .750 .449 .437
1- 2
.500 .464 .375 .567 .286 .200 .250 .333 .231
22- 35 14- 15
.629 .933 .818 .813 .667 .750 .500 .786 .706 .700 .500 .739 .703
39/ 5.6 11/ 1.6 27/ 3.9 15/ 2.1 27/ 3.9 22/ 3.1 17/ 2.4 29/ 4.1 23/ 3.3 9/ 1.5 4/ 0.8
79/11.3 67/ 9.6 64/ 9.1 62/ 8.9 55/ 7.9 45/ 6.4 38/ 5.4 35/ 5.0 34/ 4.9 30/ 4.3 20/ 3.3
5
6 9 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 3 1
10
Carey
13- 28
16
5 5 3 3 2 5 5 7 6 0
Benningfield
3- 8
9- 11
8 4 9
Koehn Strother Moore Turner
17- 30 6- 21
3- 3
1.000 8/ 1.1
13-16
1- 5 2- 8 3- 9
4- 6
10
18
18- 24
6
Tillis
2- 4
11 11
Powell
3- 13 0- 0 3- 8 0- 0
11- 14 12- 17 7- 10
McCarville
9-20 5- 15 3- 4
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2 6 0
Hodges
.375
Taylor
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1- 2
7/ 1.4
USA OPP.
7 7
184-410 165-378
52-132 22- 98
.394 .224
116-157 123-175
231/33.0 188/26.9
536/76.6 475/67.9
82 43
23 17
72 62
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