USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 2007 RESULTS
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL • JULY 25-27, 2007
As the youngest team in the competition, the USA took a little time to gel but closed with three straight wins and a fifth-place finish. Mentored by Villanova head coach Jay Wright, the USA opened with an 81-72 setback against Uruguay. D.J. White and Maarty Leunen headed the U.S. effort with 14 points apiece and added nine and seven rebounds, respectively, but Esteban Bastista was too much for the red, white and blue in the initial contest. Batista scored 25 points, including 14 in the first half. Against Panama, Team USA raced to a 14-5 lead after a 10-0 run, spurred by Drew Neitzel’s eight points. The U.S. held a 29-15 advantage, but the motor suddenly stalled. For the eight minutes until halftime, the USA managed two field goals while Panama put up 16 points to even the score at 33 by intermission. Similarly, Panama closed the third quarter with a 17-4 run and held a 57-44 lead heading to the final frame. Shan Foster’s third 3-ball of the game brought the U.S. within 59-52, but Panama’s Danilo Pinnock drained a trio of 3-pointers to secure a 75-67 Panama win. Roy Hibbert scored 19 points. On its way to the first of three consecutive triumphs, Team USA handed Argentina the first of three straight losses. White again came up big, scoring 22 points, including the first six points of the fourth quarter to break a 59-59 tie with the Argentines. Later, the score standing at 73-71 USA, Neitzel missed a jumper, but Joey Dorsey converted the first of two last minute putbacks. White missed a jumper with 22 seconds remaining, but Dorsey was there again. Argentina fouled the Memphis big-man who hit the first of two free throws for the 74-71 USA margin. White’s 22 points and 13 rebounds were plenty of power for an 84-58 USA defeat of the Virgin Islands, as the USA learned increasingly to rely on post play. White and Hibbert tallied 11 and seven points each by halftime and put up 24 points in the paint overall in Team USA’s second-straight win. Behind by as many as 13 points and playing for payback, the USA gutted out a 77-74 win over Panama to claim fifth place. Derrick Low led the way with 16 points while Foster and White recorded 14 each. Exchanging runs throughout the game, Leunen and the Americans mounted an 18-7 run to close the third quarter. Low took the reigns from there and scored the first six points in the fourth quarter to push his team to a 60-56 lead. With the lead going back and forth, Panama took a 71-70 edge at 1:34 on the clock. Driving, Low cut into the hoop and made two field goals. The second was a 3-point play opportunity, but Low missed the free throw, giving Panama a chance to tie on a 3. This time Panama missed and was forced to foul White who made one of two foul shots for a 75-71 USA lead with 19.3 seconds left. With 11.4 ticks, Panama hit a triple to trim the game to 75-74 and promptly fouled Leunen. Leunen hit the pair of foul shots to extend the U.S. lead to 77-74.
2007 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
2007 USA RESULTS (3-2)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
Uruguay Panama Argentina
L, 72-81 L, 67-75 W, 74-71 W, 84-58 W, 77-74
Joey Dorsey
F
6-9 6-4 6-6 6-8 7-2 6-9 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-2 6-5 6-9
260 195 200 228 278 215 186 165 180 195 185 251
23 19 20 20 20 21 21 20 22 19 21 20
Memphis
Baltimore, MD Wynnewood, PA Silver Spring, MD Adelphi, MD Redmond, OR Honolulu, HI Fayetteville, NC Kenner, LA Grand Rapids, MI
Wayne Ellington
G
North Carolina
Shan Foster James Gist Roy Hibbert
F F
Vanderbilt Maryland
U.S. Virgin Islands
Panama
C F G G G G
Georgetown
Maarty Leunen Derrick Low Eric Maynor Drew Neitzel Scottie Reynolds
Oregon
Washington State
Virginia Commonwealth
FINAL STANDINGS
Michigan State
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Brazil (5-0)
Villanova
Herndon, VA
Puerto Rico (3-2) Uruguay (3-2) Argentina (2-3) United States (3-2)
Kyle Weaver D.J. White
F F
Washington State
Beloit, WI
Indiana
Tuscaloosa, AL
HEAD COACH: Jay Wright, Villanova University ASSISTANT COACH: Mark Gottfried, University of Alabama ASSISTANT COACH: James Jones, Yale University TEAM PHYSICIAN: Bruce Holladay, United States Olympic Committee ATHLETIC TRAINER: Neil Washington, ATC Rehabilitation Associates, Connecticut
Panama (2-3) Canada (1-4)
U.S. Virgin Islands (1-4)
2007 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
White Foster Hibbert Neitzel Leunen Low
5/5 5/3 5/5 5/4 5/4 5/0 5/0 5/0 5/2 5/0 3/2 1/0
32-54 17-48 21- 44 17- 29 15- 39 15- 44 11- 18 12- 23
.683 .568 .477 .586 .385 .341 .611 .522 .286 .667 .222 .429 .492 .490
0- 0 0- 0 0- 1 7- 13 3- 10 3- 15 0- 0 4-11 4- 12
.--- .---
4- 6
.667 .560 .533 .714 .750 .600 .000 .667 .800 .500
14/ 2.8 38/ 7.6 17/ 3.4 7/ 1.4 21/ 4.2 16/ 3.2 6/ 1.2 5/ 1.0 5/ 1.0 16/ 3.2 1/ 0.2
60/ 12.0 56/ 11.2 50/ 10.0 46/ 9.2 38/ 7.6 36/ 7.2 31/ 6.2 28/ 5.6 16/ 3.2 14/ 2.8 7/ 1.4 7/ 1.4 389/77.8 405/91.0
4 8 1 3 4 0 6 4 0 2 0
7 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
3 7 0 6 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 0
14=25 8- 15
.000 .538 .300 .200 .364 .333 .--- .250 .250 .347 .336
5- 5 5- 7 3- 4
1.000 6/ 1.2
12
Gist
9- 15 0- 2 4- 6
Reynolds Dorsey Weaver Ellington Maynor
5- 14 4- 6
2- 2 1- 4 1- 4
1.000 4- 5
2- 9 3- 7
2- 4 0- 0
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USA OPP.
5 5
153-311 140-286
25-72 36-107
58-94 89-140
.617 .636
152/30.4 123/24.6
44 60
17 10
27 29
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