USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM 1991 RESULTS
EDMONTON, CANADA • JULY 18-24, 1991
From the start, the USA set its sight on one thing: reclaiming the title it lost to Yugoslavia in 1987. When it was all done, the Americans re- turned home with the gold. The USA’s symmetry was obvious from the start. Coached by Lon Kruger, the USA notched an opening blowout of Japan, 124-51, as all 12 U.S. players scored. Behind 25 points from Lance Miller and 22 more from Wesley Person, the Americans recorded a come-from-behind 86- 73 win over Nigeria, then, in overtime, overcame Spain, 106-101 as Bryan Caver paced the U.S. with 24 points. The U.S. again was tested and met the challenge, claiming a 69-62 victory over Argentina. The 4-0 Americans faced Canada next, and the U.S. team continued to gel as it captured a 97-72 victory. An expected tight battle with Brazil never materialized as the U.S., behind Caver’s 17 points, handed Brazil a 94-78 loss. Four years earlier, Yugoslavia beat the United States twice to win the 1987 title. The 1991 semifinals featured a rematch, with the winner advancing to the gold medal game. As it had done throughout the tourney, the United States relied on its balance to earn a hard-fought 76-74 win. Neither team could domi- nate in the first 20 minutes, and at halftime the game was an even affair, 34-34. The U.S. opened the second half by scoring 10 consecutive points, but then the Yugoslavs answered with eight points to keep the game tight. With the game deadlocked 72-72 and only 23 seconds to play, Antonio Lang sank two foul shots to give the U.S. a 74-72 advantage, then added two more free throws to push the U.S. lead to 76-72. Yugoslavia scored with six seconds remaining to make it 76-74, but the U.S. let time expire and claimed the win. Facing unbeaten Italy in the gold medal game, the Americans fell behind early and by halftime trailed 44-30. Things did not improve early in the second half and, in fact, with just 12 minutes to play the USA lagged behind 64-47. But the tide slowly turned, and Caver took charge. With the U.S. trailing 75-71, Caver drove to score with 2:26 remaining, and less than 30 seconds later, recovered a blocked shot and went coast-to-coast for a layup to even the score, 75-75. He sank two free throws with 37 seconds to go, but Italy sank a bucket to send the game to overtime. In overtime, the USA fell behind, only to be bailed out by Caver. Down 85-81, Caver hit a jumper with 1:07 to go, added a layup and foul shot with 33 seconds on the clock, then sank two free throws with four seconds left to seal the 90-85 victory. Caver finished with 19 points, 18 coming in the second half and overtime.
1991 USA U19 WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
1991 USA RESULTS (8-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Japan
W, 124-51 W, 86-73
Nigeria
Vincent Baker Craig Brown Bryan Caver Jamal Faulkner Antonio Lang Jarvis Lang Lance Miller Cherokee Parks Wesley Person Khalid Reeves
F
6-11 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-8 6-6 6-6 6-11 6-4 6-3 6-9
215 178 175 200 206 220 200 232 170 185 245 245
19 19 18 19 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 18
Hartford Florida Seton Hall
Old Saybrook, CT
Spain
W, 106-101 OT
G G
Steelton, PA Trenton, NJ
Argentina
W, 69-62 W, 97-72 W, 94-78 W, 76-74
F F
Arizona State
Middle Village, NY Mobile, AL Farmville, NC Bridgewater, NJ Brantley, AL New York, NY Lansing, MI Los Angeles, CA Huntington Beach, CA
Canada
Duke
Brazil
G G C G G F C
North Carolina-Charlotte
Yugoslavia
Villanova
Marina H.S.
Italy
W, 90-85 OT
Auburn Arizona
Brent Scott
Rice
FINAL STANDINGS
Edward Stokes
7-0
Arizona
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (8-0)
HEAD COACH: Lon Kruger, University of Florida ASSISTANT COACH: Dan Hays, Oklahoma Christian College ASSISTANT COACH: Jim Molinari, Bradley University (IL) TEAM PHYSICIAN: Ernie Lowe, Oxford, MS ATHLETIC TRAINER: Ed Lacerte, Boston Celtics
Italy (7-1)
Argentina (4-4) Yugoslavia (3-5) Romania (5-3)
Spain (4-4) Brazil (6-2) Canada (3-5)
1991 USA U19 WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9.
Soviet Union (7-1)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-3PA PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
STL
10. China (3-5) 11. Australia (5-3) 12. Syria (3-5) 13. Angola (3-5) 14. Uruguay (3-5) 15. Nigeria (2-6) 16. Japan (0-8)
Miller Caver Person Reeves Stokes
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8
42- 97 34- 63 33- 66 29- 54 28- 49 18- 34 27- 56 15- 25 18- 50 15- 19 14- 30 11- 15
0.433 5- 15
0.333 21- 29
0.724 0.719 0.824 0.469 0.711 0.72
35/ 4.4 19/ 2.4 13/ 1.6 19/ 2.4 57/ 7.1 42/ 5.3 11/ 1.4 24/ 3.0 22/ 2.8 36/ 4.5 17/ 2.1 8/ 1.1
110/ 13.8 94/ 11.8 89/ 11.1 80/ 10.0
9
13 16
0.54
3- 10 9- 29 4- 14
0.3
23- 32 14- 17 15- 32 27- 38
29
0.5
0.31
5
6 7 7 7 9 2 5 5
0.537 0.571 0.529
0.286 18- 25
16
0- 0 0- 0
0 0
71/ 8.9 63/ 7.9 55/ 6.9 46/ 5.8 39/ 4.9 36/ 4.5 36/ 4.5 23/ 3.3
2 5 4 1 6 3 0 0
Lang
12
Faulkner
0.482 1- 5
0.2
0- 6
0
Lang
0.6
0- 0 1- 11 0- 0
0
16- 19
0.842
Brown Parks Baker Scott
0.36 0.789
0.091 2- 5
0.4 0.6
10
0 0 0
6- 10 8- 18
0.467 0- 0
0.444
0.733
0- 0
1- 2
0.5
USA OPP.
284-558 215-497
0.509 23- 84 0.433 42-118
0.274 151-232 0.356 124-177
0.651 0.701
303/ 37.9 742/ 92.8 80 218/ 27.3 596/ 74.5 58
99 51
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