USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 2011 RESULTS
GUADALAJARA, MEXICO • OCTOBER 26-30, 2011
With the 2011 Pan American Games men’s basketball competition being held Oct. 26-30, USA Basketball fielded a team that featured players and coaches from the NBA D League. While a frigid shooting day versus host Mexico in the semifinals eliminated the Americans from the gold medal hunt, the U.S. persevered to earn its first Pan American Games medal since 1999 when it defeated the Dominican Republic 94-92 for the bronze medal. Directed by Tulsa 66ers coach Nate Tibbetts, the U.S. was led by Lance Thomas’ double-double of 15 points and 16 rebounds, but it was Marcus Lewis’ two blocks in the game’s final 12 seconds that earned the USA a 77-76 victory over the Dominican Republic in the opening game. The USA mounted a miraculous comeback to record an impressive 88-77 win over Brazil. Behind Blake Ahearn’s 21 points and Justin Dentmon’s 16, the USA stormed back from 17 points down midway in the third quarter to claim the win. Assured of Group B’s No. 1 seed for the medal round, after making the plays needed in the closing minutes to win their first two games, the USA fell 82-80 to Uruguay in its final preliminary round game. Jerome Dyson paced the U.S. with 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the floor and 4-of-6 from 3-point. Carrying Group B’s No. 1 seed into the medal round semifinals, there couldn’t have been a worse time for a bad shooting game. Making just 32.7% (18-53 FG) of its shots and sinking only 23.5% from 3, the USA fell 71-55 to Mexico, who was spurred on to the win by a raucous crowd. Leo Lyons finished as the USA’s leading scorer with 13 points (5-7 FG, 3-3 3FG). Behind a balanced scoring effort that saw all 12 USA players score, including five in double digits, the USA fought to a well-earned bronze medal victory over Dominican Republic. In an game that saw the teams combine to score 186 points, the outcome was decided by a defen- sive stop by the Americans in the final seconds. Clinging to a 94-92 lead, the USA’s Thomas defended the Dominican’s 3-point attempt that missed its mark and the USA had its narrow win. The offensive showing was led by Thomas, who finished with 14 points. Gregory Stiemsma tied a USA single game record for blocked shots with four and added six points and two rebounds in 13 minutes of action.
2011 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
2011 USA RESULTS (3-2)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION
COLLEGE
Dominican Republic
W, 77-76 W, 88-77 L, 80-82 L, 55-71 W, 94-92
Brazil
Blake Ahearn Brian Butch Justin Dentmon Jerome Dyson Moses Ehambe Marcus Lewis
G C G G G
6-2
190 240 185 180 200 245 240 210 205 260 220 225
27 26 26 24 25 25 24 29 23 26 27 23
Erie Bayhawks Bakersfield Jam Texas Legends
Missouri State Wisconsin Washington Connecticut Oral Roberts Oral Roberts
6-11 6-0 6-3 6-6 6-8 6-9 6-6 6-3 6-11 6-7 6-8
Uruguay Mexico
Tulsa 66ers Iowa Energy Tulsa 66ers Austin Toros
Dominican Republic
F F F
Leo Lyons
Missouri
Renaldo Major Donald Sloan
Dakota Wizards Reno Bighorns
Fresno State Texas A&M
FINAL STANDINGS
G C
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Puerto Rico (4-1)
Gregory Stiemsma Curtis Sumpter
Sioux Falls Skyforce
Wisonsin Villanova
Mexico (3-2)
F F
Tulsa 66ers Austin Toros
Lance Thomas
Duke
United States (3-2)
HEAD COACH: Nate Tibbetts, Tulsa 66ers ASSISTANT COACH: Jermaine Byrd, Tulsa 66ers ASSISTANT COACH: Dale Osbourne, Tulsa 66ers TEAM PHYSICIAN: Stephen Foley, Sioux Falls Skyforce ATHLETIC TRAINER: Tony Katzenmeier, Tulsa 66ers
Dom. Rep. (2-3)
Brazil (2-2)
Canada (1-3) Argentina (2-2) Uruguay (1-3)
2011 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Dyson Ahearn
5/5 5/0 5/0 5/5 5/0 5/0 5/5 5/5 5/0 5/5 4/0 4/0
17- 44 15- 29 14- 32 12- 34 16- 36 16- 34 12- 23 10- 24
.386 .517 .438 .353 .444 .471 .522 .417 .321 .889 .263 .444 .430 .436
7- 18 6- 13 6- 16 4- 8 0- 0 0- 3 6- 9 0- 0 5- 19 0- 0
.389 .462 .375 .500 .200 .667 .--- .263 .---0 .111 .000 .361 .339 .---
16- 29 14- 14 12- 14 14- 15
.552
15/ 3.0
57/ 11.4 50/ 10.0 46/ 9.2 42/ 8.4 41/ 8.2 39/ 7.8 33/ 6.6 23/ 4.6 23/ 4.6 19/ 3.8 13/ 3.3 8/ 2.0
10
0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0
7 0 4 0 2 4 0 2 1 3 3 1
1.000 7/ 1.4
5
Dentmon
.857 .933 .900 .538
4/ 0.8 17/ 3.4 38/ 7.6 26/ 5.2 9/ 1.8 14/ 2.8
16 12
Sloan
Thomas
9- 10 7- 13
3 6 6 0 0 4 3 3
Lewis Lyons Major
3- 3 3- 4 0- 0 3- 3 2- 4 0- 0
1.000 20/ 4.0
.775
Ehambe Stiemsma
9- 28 8- 9 5- 19 4- 9
.---
1.000 14/ 2.8
11
Butch
1- 9 0- 2
.500
8/ 2.0 1/ 0.3
Sumpter
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USA OPP.
5 5
183-321 139-319
35- 97 39-115
83-109 81-113
.761 .717
173/34.6 156/31.2
394/ 78.8 68 398/ 79.6 86
17 11
27 31
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