USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 1959 RESULTS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS • AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 7, 1959
While the Pan American Games were held in the United States for the first time, the 1959 United States Pan American Games women’s basketball team rolled to an unblemished 8-0 record and in the process captured the Pan American Games gold medal in Chicago. En route to capturing the gold, the USA’s winning streak in Pan American Games competition was extended to 16 games. The 1959 USA team trained for only 10 days prior to the start of the Pan American Games competition and the team itself mainly consisted of players from head coach Harley Redin’s Wayland Baptist College (Texas) team that won the 1959 AAU National Championship playing as the Hutcherson Flying Queens. Eight players from the Wayland/ Hutcherson squad were members of the ‘59 Pan Am team, two were from Iowa Wesleyan, one was from the Nashville Business College (Tenn.), one from the AAU Ray Smith Ford (Mo.) team, and one from Clarendon J. C. (Texas). Coach Redin and his squad opened the competition against Brazil and led 20-19 at half. Brazil took the lead in the second half and only after a strong USA rally late in the game, was the U.S. able to squeeze out a 45-43 win. 6-foot center Joan Crawford and 5-foot-4 guard Joyce Kite paced the U.S. scoring with 11 and 10 points, respectively. The U.S. women had little problem with Mexico, earning a 70-36 victory as Craw- ford again led the U.S. accounting for 16 points. Behind Crawford’s 12 points and 11 more from 5-foot-11 Rita Horky, Chile was beaten 55-38 by the USA, and Canada fell to the Americans 53-39 as Horky scored 21 points. A rematch with Brazil was this time won easily by the U.S., 64-48, as Crawford was credited with 15 points and 5’10’ Carolyn Miller added 11 points in the victory. The U.S. doubled Mexico’s score the second time around, winning 64-32 as Horky tallied 14 points, then, behind Horky’s 17 points, the Americans knocked off Chile 66-41. With 11 players scoring, the U.S. kept its record perfect and earned its second Pan Ameri- can Games gold medal by defeating Canada 65-28. Five-foot-10 Patsy Neal led the U.S. charge with 10 points. Horky and Crawford led the USA in scoring, averaging 11.9 ppg. and 11.4 ppg., respectively, and finished ranked as the competition’s fourth and fifth leading scorers overall.
1959 USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
1959 USA RESULTS (8-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Brazil
W, 45-43 W, 70-36 W, 55-38 W, 53-39 W, 64-48 W, 64-32 W, 66-41 W, 65-28
Mexico
Joan Crawford Lucille Davidson Thelma Gay Ivey Joyce Kite Carla Lowry Carolyn Miller Rita Horky Glenda Nicholson Marsha Scoggin Evelyn Searles Patsy Neal
C G
6-0 5-6 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-11 6-0 5-4 5-9
22
Nashville Business College
Nashville, TN Kansas City, MO Blissfield, MI Lubbock, TX Parleville, MO Jackson, MS Palestine, TX Elberton, GA Manchester, IA Collinsville, TX Arkoma, OK Marlow, OK Murfreesboro, TN
Ray Smith Fords
Chile
F F
22 19 22 20 21 21 20 19 18 19 26
Iowa Wesleyan College Clarendon Junior College Hutcherson Queens (Wayland) Hutcherson Queens (Wayland) Hutcherson Queens (Wayland) Hutcherson Queens (Wayland)
Canada
Brazil
G G
Mexico
F F F
Chile
Canada
Iowa Wesleyan College
C G G G
Hutcherson Queens (Wayland)
5-9 5-7 5-9
Dowell’s Dolls
FINAL STANDINGS
June Stewart
Hutcherson Queens (Wayland) Hutcherson Queens (Wayland)
Katherine Washington
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
United States (8-0)
HEAD COACH: Harley Redin, Hutcherson Flying Queens (TX)/ Wayland Baptist College (TX) MANAGER: Laurine Mickelsen, AAU (Murray, UT)
Brazil (6-2) Chile (4-4) Canada (1-7) Mexico (1-7)
1959 USA WOMEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
PTS
Horky
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 8 6 7
39- 32- 22- 26 16- 15- 11-
17- 24 27- 45 15- 19 6- 12
0.708 95/ 11.9
Crawford
0.6
91/ 11.4
Kite
0.789 59/ 7.4
Lowry Miller
0.5 0.5
58/ 7.3 41/ 5.1
9- 18 8- 15
Washington Nicholson
0.533 38/ 4.8 0.667 28/ 3.5 0.667 12/ 2.4 0.667 18/ 2.3 0.714 9/ 1.5 0.333 7/ 1.0 0.8 26/ 3.3
6- 9
Neal
9- 3- 4- 2- 2- 0-
8- 10
Stewart Davidson Scoggin
6- 9
10- 15
5- 7 3- 9 0- 0
Searles
Thelma Gay Ivey 0
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0/ 0.0
USA OPP.
8 8
181- 113-
120-192 79-124
.625 .637
482/ 60.3 305/ 38.1
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