USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM 1995 RESULTS
ATHENS, GREECE • JULY 12-22, 1995
The USA, defending junior world champions, was denied its attempt to capture a fourth gold as the Americans finished 4-4 and in seventh. The preliminary group draw saw the U.S. placed in a group with Australia, Italy and Jordan. The most competitive of the four groups, the teams figured to battle for the two medal round qualifying spots. The U.S. was served notice early that repeating as champions would be no easy feat as Australia slipped past the U.S. 71-69. The USA’s Stephon Marbury was fouled on a drive to the basket with three seconds left, and after missing his first free throw, he purposely missed the second and the ball went off an Australian, giving the U.S. once last chance with 1.5 seconds to go. The U.S. alley-oop try failed, and Australia had the win. Samaki Walker turned in a strong showing, accounting for 26 points and 10 rebounds. The U.S. struggled against Jordan but claimed a 61-51 victory as Marbury led the U.S. charge with 17 points. Facing Italy in a game in which the winner advanced on to the medal-round quarterfinals, behind Marbury’s 29 points (22 in the second half), the U.S. kept its medal hopes alive when it rallied to earn a 75-61 win. Opening the medal-round quarterfinals against France, the USA earned a 65-62 win. Despite the USA leading by as many as 15, with just 1:32 remaining, France grabbed the lead 62-61. The USA’s Trajan Langdon came up with a steal and hit Marbury with a long pass for a layup with 38 seconds remaining to give the U.S. a 63-62 lead. Then, Langdon sealed the win with two free throws with 14.5 seconds left. Marbury led the U.S. with 20 points, and Langdon finished with 15. Meeting undefeated Greece in front of a partisan sold-out crowd, the U.S. suffered its second loss of the competition, falling 98-78. Greece led 64-59 with 11:54 to play, and a 19-6 offensive run by Greece put the game out of reach. Marbury paced the U.S. offense with 23 points. In the familiar position of needing a win to keep its medal hopes alive, the U.S. fell 82-65 to Croatia in a game in which the U.S. outside shooting never got on target. Marbury scored 16 points to pace the USA. Facing Argentina in the consolation semifinals, the U.S. led 33-29 at halftime, but Argentina stormed back to capture a 67-58 win. Facing France in the seventh-place game, the U.S. offense finally got on track, and the result was an easy 92-55 win. Tremaine Fowlkes led the USA with 22 points, and Vince Carter added 13 points and nine rebounds. Marbury, who averaged team highs of 17.5 points and 3.9 assists was named to the all-tournament team.
1995 USA U19 WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
1995 USA RESULTS (4-4)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Australia
L, 69-71 W, 61-51 W, 75-61 W, 65-62 L, 78-98 L, 65-82 L, 58-67 W, 92-55
Jordan
Vince Carter
F C F G
6-6
195 245 215 185 222 180 200 200 220 270 165 240
18 18 19 19 19 18 18 19 19 19 18 19
Mainland H.S.
Daytona Beach, FL Rosewell, NM Los Angeles, CA Anchorage, AK
Italy
Taymon Domzalski Tremaine Fowlkes Trajan Langdon Stephon Marbury Charlie Miller Mark Sanford Samaki Walker Jahidi White Mike Maddox Steve Wojciechowski
6-10 6-7 6-4 6-8 6-1 6-7 6-8 6-9 6-9 5-11
New Mexico Military Institute
California
France Greece Croatia
Duke
F
Georgia Tech Lincoln H.S.
Atlanta, GA Brooklyn, NY
G
Argentina
F F
Indiana
Miami, FL Dallas, TX
Washington
France
C C G C
Louisville
Columbus, OH St. Louis, MO Severna Park, MD Santa Cruz, CA
Georgetown
Duke
FINAL STANDINGS
Tim Young
7-1
Stanford
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Greece (8-0) Australia (7-1)
HEAD COACH: Kelvin Sampson, University of Oklahoma ASSISTANT COACH: Bill Herrion, Drexel University (PA) ASSISTANT COACH: Perry Clark, Tulane University (LA) ATHLETIC TRAINER: Fran Raggazino, Philadelphia, PA TEAM PHYSICIAN: Brock Schnebel, Oklahoma City, OK
Spain (5-3)
Croatia (4-4) Lithuania (6-2) Argentina (3-5)
United States (4-4)
France (3-5)
1995 USA U19 WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
China (4-4) 10. Puerto Rico (5-3) 11. Nigeria (3-5) 12. Venezuela (3-5) 13. Italy (5-3)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-3PA PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Marbury Fowlkes Walker Langdon
8 8 6 8 8 8 5 8 8 4 5 8 8
48-107 35- 75 26- 51 24- 64 17- 49 15- 49 9- 19 9- 25
0.449 17- 45 0.467 7- 21
0.378 27- 34 0.333 17- 40 0.308 8- 9 0.158 11- 17 0.133 9- 13 0 15- 28
0.794 0.425 0.536 0.889 0.647 0.692 0.667
23/ 2.9 52/ 6.5 54/ 9.0 25/ 3.1 32/ 4.0 25/ 3.1 16/ 3.2 31/ 3.9 27/ 3.4 7/ 0.9 7/ 1.8 4/ 0.8
140/ 17.5 94/ 11.8 67/ 11.2
31
0 2 9 1 9 4 5 4 0 0 0 2
13
5 2
7 1 5 8 3 3 5 7 0 2
0.51
0- 1
14. Angola (1-7) 15. S. Korea (1-7) 16. Jordan (0-8)
0.375
12- 39
68/ 8.5 48/ 6.0 41/ 5.1 24/ 4.8 30/ 3.8 23/ 2.9 14/ 1.8
21 11
13
Carter
0.347 3- 19 0.306 2- 15 0.474 0- 0
Maddox
8 0 9 5 7 0 0
Domzalski
0 0
6- 9
Young Miller
0.36 0.31
0- 0 1- 4 2- 7
12- 20
0.6 0.8
9- 29
0.25
4- 5
Wojciechowski 7
3- 8 2- 7 3- 7
0.375
0.286 6- 8
0.75
Sanford
0.286 0- 1 0.429 0- 0
0 0
3- 6 1- 8
0.5
7/ 1.8 7/ 1.4
White
0.125 0.604 0.628
USA OPP.
200-490 193-472
0.408 44-152 0.409 38-119
0.289 119-197 0.319 123-196
303/ 37.9 563/ 70.4 99 270/ 33.8 547/ 68.4 74
36 16
67 61
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