USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 1983 RESULTS
CARACAS, VENEZUELA • AUGUST 14-27, 1983
Seeking its first Pan American Games gold since 1975 after falling to Cuba in 1979, the 1983 USA Women’s Basketball Team returned to the top of the podium in Caracas, Venezuela. Featuring the same roster that had claimed silver at the World Championship just weeks earlier, the team was loaded with future Olympians, including Denise Curry, Anne Donovan, Janice Lawrence, Pam McGee, Cheryl Miller, Kim Mulkey, Cindy Noble and Lynette Woodard. Fran Garmon served as head coach, with Kay Yow as her assistant. The USA’s first two scheduled opponents, Peru and Colombia, withdrew, delaying the start of competition. When play began, the Americans opened with a 107-92 win over eventual bronze medalist Brazil, led by Miller’s 24 points, Lawrence’s 22 and Woodard’s 18. In its closest con- test, the USA edged Canada 87-79 as Woodard scored 22. The highly anticipated rematch with Cuba ended differently than 1979. Behind 18 first-half points from Miller, the Americans took a narrow halftime lead before breaking the game open with a 12-0 run en route to a 100-82 victory. Miller finished with 30 points, while Woodard added 19. From there, the USA dominated. Lisa Ingram poured in 23 points in a 113-33 rout of Venezuela, and seven players scored in double figures in a 112-65 win over Puerto Rico that secured the gold medal. Woodard paced the team with 20 points, followed by Miller (18), Lawrence (17) and Curry (16). Miller finished the tournament as the team’s leading scorer at 19.8 points per game, with Woodard adding 19.0 and Lawrence contributing 15.8 points and 5.0 rebounds. The USA proved dominant on both ends, averaging 103.8 points per game — the first U.S. women’s team to average over 100 — and winning its five games by an average of 33.6 points.
1983 USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
1983 USA RESULTS (5-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Brazil
W, 107-92 W, 87-79 W, 100-82 W, 113-33 W, 112-65
Canada
Cheryl Cook Denise Curry Anne Donovan Patty Jo Hedges
G F C G C C C F G C F G
5-9 6-1 6-8 5-8 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-3 5-4 6-5
132 162 178 130 185 160 170 150 125 165 135 155
20 23 21 22 19 21 20 19 21 24 23 24
Cincinnati
Indianapolis, IN
UCLA
Davis, CA
Cuba
Old Dominion
Ridgewood, NJ Louisville, KY Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Venezuela Puerto Rico
Kentucky
Lisa Ingram
Northeast Louisiana
Janice Lawrence
Louisiana Tech
Lucedale, MS
Pam McGee Cheryl Miller Kim Mulkey Cindy Noble
Southern California Southern California
Flint, MI
Riverside, CA Tickfaw, LA Knoxville, TN
FINAL STANDINGS
Louisiana Tech
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
United States (5-0)
Tennessee
Cuba (4-1) Brazil (3-2)
LaTaunya Pollard Lynette Woodard
5-10 5-11
Long Beach State
East Chicago, IN
Kansas
Wichita, KS
Canada (2-3)
HEAD COACH: Fran Garmon, Texas Christian University ASSISTANT COACH: Kay Yow, North Carolina State University MANAGER: Phyllis Holmes, Greenville College (IL) ATHLETIC TRAINER: Mary Claire-McIntyre, Archdiocese of Philadelphia (PA)
Venezuela (1-4) Puerto Rico (0-5)
1983 USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
Miller
5 5 5 2 5 3 5 5 5 5 5
38- 55 42- 68 30- 43 24- 42 11- 18 12- 20 17- 36 8- 17
.691 .618 .698 .471 .571 .611 .600 .472 .409 .357 .455
23- 31 11- 14 19- 28
.742 .786 .679 .700 .727 .786 .690 .778 .636 .400
18/ 3.6 20/ 4.0 25/ 5.0 6/ 3.0 18/ 3.6 10/ 3.3 19/ 3.8 4/ 0.8 12/ 2.4 2/ 0.4
99/ 19.8 95/ 19.0 79/ 15.8 23/ 11.5 56/ 11.2 33/ 11.0 44/ 8.8 36/ 7.2 25/ 5.0 17/ 3.4 12/ 2.4
Woodard Lawrence
Ingram
7- 10 8- 11
Curry
Donovan
11- 14 20- 29
Noble Cook
2- 2 7- 9 7- 11 2- 5
1.000 3/ 0.6
Hedges McGee Mulkey Pollard
9- 22 5- 14 5- 11
DNP -- Injured
USA OPP.
5 5
201-346 123-295
.581 .417
117-164 105-148
.713 .709
137/ 27.4 90/ 18.0
519/103.8 351/ 70.2
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