USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 1999 RESULTS
WINNIPEG, CANADA • JULY 30-AUGUST 8, 1999
If medals were awarded for progress, the 1999 USA Pan American Women’s Basketball Team would have been golden. Training together for just two weeks before the Games in Winnipeg, the young Americans finished 4-3 and claimed the bronze medal, extending the USA’s streak of medaling in every Pan Am appearance. In their opener, Amy Herrig and Michelle Marciniak came off the bench to spark a 63-55 win over Argentina, combining for 28 points. A day later, Cuba handed the USA a 95-64 setback, the largest loss in program Pan Am history, behind a roster featuring nine players from its 1998 World Championship team. Lynn Pride scored 15 points in the defeat. The U.S. bounced back with a 92-80 victory over Dominican Republic as Pride poured in 20 points. Against undefeated Brazil, the USA led 47-34 at halftime before faltering late in a 77-72 loss despite 16 points and nine rebounds from Edwina Brown. Marciniak and Brown combined for 32 points in a 62-46 win over Canada, the USA’s 15th straight Pan Am victory over its northern rivals, to earn the No. 3 seed for the semifinals. A rematch with Cuba ended in an 87-78 loss, eliminating the USA from gold medal contention. Brown led with 18 points, six assists and five steals, while Pride added 15 points. In the bronze medal game, however, the Americans stunned previously unbeaten Brazil 85-59. Herrig scored 16 of her 18 points in the first half to help build a 42-26 lead, and this time the USA never relented. Brown paced the team with 19 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, while Marciniak added 15 points and seven assists, and Pride chipped in 14 points and seven boards. With the win, the USA secured its 13th Pan American medal, highlighted by resilience, balanced scoring and an emphatic finish against one of the region’s strongest teams.
1999 USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
1999 USA RESULTS (4-3)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE PRO TEAM/COLLEGE/HOMETOWN
Argentina
W, 63-55 L, 64-95 W, 92-80 L, 72-77 W, 62-46 L, 78-87 W, 85-59
Cuba
Edwina Brown Sylvia Crawley
F C G F C G
5-10
165 160 152 170 175 159 175 178 155 160 155 170
21 26 24 23 22 25 24 20 22 21 24 24
Texas `00 / Lockhart, TX
6-5 6-0 6-3 6-5 5-9 6-3 6-2 5-7 6-3
Portland Power / North Carolina `94 / Wintersville, OH Philadelphia Rage / Notre Dame `97 / Bloomington, IN San Jose Lasers / Notre Dame `97 / Wappingers Falls, NY
Dominican Republic
Beth Cunningham Katryna Gaither Michelle Marciniak Danielle McCulley Amy Herrig
Brazil
Canada
Iowa `99 / Dubuque, IA
Cuba Brazil
Nashville Noise / Tennessee `96 / Macungie, PA Portland Power / Western Kentucky `98 / Gary, IN
F/C F/G
Lynn Pride Itoro Umoh
Kansas `00 / Arlington, TX Clemson `99 / Hephzibah, GA Virginia `99 / Mt. Holly, NJ
G
DeMya Walker Umeki Webb Dana Wynne
F
FINAL STANDINGS
G
5-10
Phoenix Mercury / North Carolina State `97 / Dallas, TX Colorado Explosion / Seton Hall ‘97 / Orange, NJ
F
6-2
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Cuba (6-1)
HEAD COACH: Nell Fortner, USA Basketball ASSISTANT COACH: Peggie Gillom, Texas A&M
Canada (3-4)
United States (4-3)
ASSISTANT COACH: Denise Curry, Cal State Fullerton TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dave Walden, Colorado Springs, CO ATHLETIC TRAINER: Chrissy Price, University of Washington
Brazil (5-2)
Argentina (2-4)
Dominican Republic (0-6)
1999 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
Marciniak
7/5 7/6 7/6 7/3 6/2 7/0 6/3 7/2 7/3 6/0 5/0 6/0
36- 78 35- 65 33- 78 15- 28 18- 48 11- 36 14- 31 10- 19
.462 .538 .423 .536 .375 .306 .452 .526 .391 .429 .429 .400 .444 .444
6- 18
.333 .667 .000 .000 .000 .313
16- 19 21- 26 24- 34 16- 18
.842 .808 .706 .889 .818 .667 .714 .625 .500 .750 .779 .772
18/ 2.6 36/ 5.1 49/ 7.0 34/ 4.9 28/ 4.7 4/ 0.6 19/ 3.2 18/ 2.6
94/13.4 93/13.3 90/12.9 46/ 6.6 45/ 7.5 36/ 5.1 33/ 5.5 25/ 3.6 24/ 3.4 15/ 2.5
27 28 18
0 2 5 1 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 0
11 17 11
Brown Pride Herrig
2- 3 0- 2 0- 1 0- 4 0- 0 0- 0 1- 5 0- 2 0- 0 0- 0
8 5 2 2 1 9 5 2 0
3 1 1 1 6 7 3 0 2
McCulley
9- 11 4- 6
Cunningham
10- 32
Crawley Wynne Umoh Webb Walker Gaither
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5- 7 5- 8 5- 5 3- 3 2- 4 3- 4
9- 23 6- 14
.200 .000
1.000 12/ 1.7 1.000 4/ 0.7
3- 7 2- 5
.--- .---
13/ 2.6 8/ 1.3
8/ 1.6 7/ 1.2
USA OPP.
7 7
192-432 182-410
19- 67 30- 81
.284 .370
113-145 105-136
272/38.9 215/30.7
516/73.7 499/71.3
104
18 22
63 67
96
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