USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM 2003 RESULTS
THESSALONIKI, GREECE • JULY 10-20, 2003
One U.S. slip up was enough to crush its medal hopes as the USA juniors finished 7-1 and in fifth place. The USA began training on June 24, and prior to the Junior World Championship rolled to a 5-0 record to win the 2003 Global Games in Dallas. In Greece, the USA opened preliminary round play with three wins. The USA posted an 84-83 victory over Slovenia as Paul Davis finished with 24 points and 14 rebounds. Deron Williams poured in 23 points as the USA topped China 109-84. Utilizing its superior depth, which resulted in all 11 available players scoring, De’Angelo Alexander led the way with 13 points as the US wrapped first round play with a 88-69 win over Nigeria. Moving on to the medal round quarterfinals, the U.S. had a 106-72 win over Puerto Rico as Alexander finished with 23 points and nine boards. Behind Daniel Brown’s record setting 47-point performance (18-29 FG, 9-15 3FG), the U.S. out-battled Lithuania 87-84. Meeting 4-1 Australia in the last of the three quarterfinals games, Australia routed the Americans 106-72. With the loss, the USA finished quarterfinals play in a three-way tie with Australia and Lithuania with identical 2-1 records. Based on FIBA’s tie-breaking formula, the USA placed third and, with just the top two teams advancing to the medal semifinals, was eliminated from the medal round. The USA rebounded from the loss to Australia and came out on top against Slovenia 77-72 as Davis recorded 20 points and eight rebounds. Facing Puerto Rico in the game to decide fifth place, the U.S. opened a big lead and, after watching it disappear, fought back to record an 82- 80 win and earn fifth place. Kevin Pittsnogle led the USA’s scoring with 17 points and made five 3-pointers. The United States squad was led in scoring by the trio of Davis (17.7 ppg), Daniel Brown (17.3 ppg) and Alexander (11.9 ppg). The team’s strong rebounding was headed by Davis at 8.7 rebounds per game, with Alexander and Hollins grabbing 6.4 and 6.3, respectively. Davis was the lone American to shoot better than 50.0% from the field, making 51.8% of his shots. Williams passed off for a team best 4.8 assists per game. Brown snatched a team-high 19 steals and Hollins led the squad in blocked shots with nine.
2003 USA U19 WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
2003 USA RESULTS (7-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Slovenia
W, 84-83 W,109-84 W, 88-69 W, 106-72 W, 87-84 L, 85-106 W, 77-72 W, 82-80
China
Maurice Ager
G F g C F F C F G G G G
6-4 6-5 6-1 6-9
187 215 175 250 255 245 215 225 200 175 160 205
19 19 18 18 17 18 18 18 19 18 19 19
Michigan State
Detroit, MI
Nigeria
De’Angelo Alexander
Oklahoma
Midwest City, OK
Daniel Brown Graham Brown David Burgess Paul Davis Ryan Hollins Kevin Pittsnogle
Illinois
Maywood, IL
Puerto Rico
Michigan
Milo, MI Irvine, CA
Lithuania Australia Slovenia
6-10 6-11 6-11 6-10
Woodbrige H.S. Michigan State
Rochester, MI Pasadena, CA Martinsburg, WV Philadelphia, PA Las Vegas, NV The Colony, TX Roanoke, VA
UCLA
West Virginia
Puerto Rico
J.J. Redick
6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3
Duke
Mustafa Shakur
Philadelphia Friends Central H.S.
C.J. Watson
Tennessee
FINAL STANDINGS
Deron Williams
Illinois
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Australia (7-1) Lithuania (5-3) Greece (6-2) Croatia (5-3)
HEAD COACH: Ernie Kent, University of Oregon ASSISTANT COACH: Dennis Felton, University of Georgia ASSISTANT COACH: Ray Harper, Kentucky Wesleyan College TEAM PHYSICIAN: Herb Parris, Lakewood, Colorado ATHLETIC TRAINER: Clay Jamieson, University of Oregon
United States (7-1) Puerto Rico (3-5)
Slovenia (3-5) Turkey (4-4)
2003 USA U19 WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. Venezuela (6-2) 10. Argentina (5-3) 11. Nigeria (4-4) 12. S. Korea (2-6) 13. Angola (2-6) 14. China (1-7) 15. Malaysia (1-7) 16. Iran (1-7)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-3PA PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
D. Brown
8/8 7/7 8/6 8/8 8/6 8/2 8/0 8/0 8/1 8/2 7/0 2/0
49-106 44- 85 36- 70 25- 68 24- 50 20- 51 17-39 17- 49 14- 32 14-32
0.462 24- 54
0.444 16- 17
0.941 0.818 0.667 0.857 0.636 0.563
21/ 2.6 61/ 8.7 51/ 6.4 26/ 3.3 50/ 6.3 24/ 3.0 15/ 1.9 9/ 1.1 17/ 2.1 35/ 4.4 21/ 3.0 0/ 0.0
138/ 17.3 124/ 17.7 95/ 11.9
33 11
0 7 2 1 9 3 1 1 3 4 2 0
19
Davis
0.518 0.514 0.48 0.392
9- 25 11- 24
0.36
27- 33
7 3 4 5 6 4 3 2 0
Alexander Williams
0.458 12- 18 0.282 6- 7
7
0.368 11- 39
67/ 8.4 62/ 7.8 48/ 6.0 48/ 6.0 40/ 5.0 38/ 4.9 33/ 4.1 19/ 2.0
38
Hollins
0- 0
.--- 0.2
14- 22 9- 16
7 9
Ager
4- 20
Watson Shakur
0.436 3- 9 0.347 0- 2 0.438 8- 20 0.438 0- 1
0.333 11- 20
0.55
16 22
11 13
0
6- 9 2- 2 5- 8 9-12 1- 2
0.667
Pittsnogle G. Brown Burgess
0.4
1
3 5 0 0
0
0.625
5- 15 0- 3
0.333
0- 0 0- 2
.---
0.75
Redick
0
0
0.5
1/ 0.5
USA OPP.
8 8
265-600 241-536
0.442 70-196
0.357 118-166 0.325 118-193
0.711 0.611
364/45.5 718/ 89.8 322/40.3 650/ 81.3
151 102
33 27
77 56
0.45
50-154
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