USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 1971 RESULTS
CALI, COLOMBIA • JULY 25-AUGUST 8, 1971
The 1971 USA Pan American Games team traveled to Cali, Colombia, looking to regain the gold medal which had been lost to Brazil at the 1967 Pan American Games. However, an opening game loss to Brazil, the third straight U.S. loss to Brazil in Pan American Games competi- tion, quickly dampened any USA chance for the gold. Head coach Harley Redin of the Wayland Baptist College (Texas) Hutcherson Flying Queens put together his Pan American Games squad and in preparation for the Games took his team to a world tournament which preceded the Pan American Games. The nucleus of the 1971 team was seven of coach Redin’s players from his Wayland Baptist College / Hutcherson Flying Queens team. The USA and Brazil were considered the teams to beat at the 1971 Pan American Games and fans didn’t have long to wait for the USA-Brazil showdown. Meeting the opening day, the USA fell in a closely contested game, 64-60. The loss put the U.S. women behind the eight ball. With five games remaining, another U.S. loss would almost certainly mean no chance of obtaining the gold medal. A much improved Cuban team stood in line next for the United States. Guard Linda Gamble led the Americans with 20 points, but it was Flying Queen teammate Janice Beach who came off the bench to sink a long shot with four seconds remaining to lift the USA to a 63-62 win. The U.S. slipped past Mexico 57-54, then closed out the tournament with a 54-35 win over Ecuador and a 83-49 victory over Colombia. As fate would have it, Brazil was upended by Canada 69-63, leaving Brazil and the U.S. tied with identical 5-1 records. But by virtue of Brazil’s win over the USA, Brazil was awarded the gold medal and the U.S. the silver. Cherri Rapp from Wayland Baptist and Lois Stuflick of Parsons College led the USA squad averaging 11.8 ppg. and 10.0 ppg., respectively.
1971 USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
1971 USA RESULTS (5-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Brazil Cuba
L, 60-64 W, 63-62 W, 57-54 W, 54-50 W, 54-35 W, 83-49
Janice Beach Carol Bollinger Susan Britton Carolyn Dornak Linda Gamble Anita Palmer Cherri Rapp Becky Shaw
G G G G G F F F F F G G
5-6 5-7 5-8 5-7 5-7 5-9 5-6 5-9 5-9 5-7 5-11 5-10
18 22 21 22 24 21 19 21 18 20
Hutcherson Queens (Wayland) Ouachita Baptist University Hutcherson Queens (Wayland) Hutcherson Queens (Wayland) Ouachita Baptist University University of Wisconsin Hutcherson Queens (Wayland)
Elmer, OK
Brookshire, TX
Mexico Canada
Earth, TX
Jourdanton, TX Grand Cane, LA Green Bay, WI Estelline, TX Barnsdale, OK Spearman, TX Altoona, IA Montezuma, IA
Ecuador Colombia
Raytown Piperettes
Marcia Shieldknight
Hutcherson Queens (Wayland)
FINAL STANDINGS
Lois Stuflick
Parsons College Parsons College
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Brazil (5-1)*
Sandy Van Cleave Mary Williams
Hutcherson Queens (Wayland)
Tulia, TX
United States (5-1)*
Cuba (4-2) Mexico (3-3) Canada (3-3) Ecuador (1-5) Colombia (0-6)
HEAD COACH: Harley Redin, Wayland Baptist College Hutcherson Flying Queens (TX) ASSISTANT COACH: Dean Weese, Spearman, TX MANAGER: Margaret Downing, Southern State College (AR) CO-CAPTAINS: Susan Britton, Linda Gamble
7.
1971 USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
PTS
Rapp
6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 2 6 6
31- 64 25- 59 25- 55 19- 38 17- 40 14- 40 10- 29
.484 .424 .455 .500 .425 .350 .345 .280 .250 .400 .400
9- 12 10- 18
.750 .556 .875 .833 .750 .250 .500 .750 .000 .500 .500 .654 .575
71/ 11.8 60/ 10.0 57/ 9.5 43/ 8.6 37/ 6.2
Stuflick Gamble Bollinger
7- 8 5- 6 3- 4 8- 8 1- 4 2- 4 3- 4 0- 4 1- 2 2- 4
Britton Beach Shaw
1.000 36/ 6.0
21/ 3.5 16/ 2.7 11/ 2.2 8/ 2.0 9/ 1.8 2/ 1.0
Shieldknight
7- 25 4- 16 4- 10 4- 10
Dornak Williams
Van Cleave
Palmer
0- 0
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USA TOTALS OPP. TOTALS
160-386 134-356
.415 .376
51- 78 46- 80
371/ 61.8 314/ 52.3
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