USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 1991 RESULTS
HAVANA, CUBA • AUGUST 3-17, 1991
Seeking to recapture Pan Am gold, the Americans again saw their dreams dashed as Puerto Rico defeated the U.S. in the semifinals. The USA finished with a 6-1 record and the bronze medal. Opening against Cuba in front of a capacity home crowd, Thomas Hill initiated the competition by shattering a backboard with a pregame dunk. After a new backboard was in place, the U.S. started slowly and trailed 50-47 at half. Dominating the first 15 minutes of the second half and taking control 86-72, the U.S. held on in the final five minutes and earned a 92-88 victory as James Jackson scored 22 points (10-13 FG). Two days later, the U.S. suffered through a sluggish first half, posting a six-point lead over Venezuela, 43-37. But another strong second half lifted the U.S. to a convincing 91-66 win as Jackson and Laettner led the U.S. scoring attack with 18 and 15 points, respectively. Argentina took the Americans to the limit before the U.S. claimed an 87-81 win. With four minutes to play, the U.S. held a 76-75 lead, but four points from Jackson and four from Clarence Weatherspoon in the closing minutes helped lead the U.S. to the win. After a three-day break, the U.S. returned to the court facing the Bahamas. Jumping out to an 18-0 lead, the U.S. continued its relentless running attack and went on to claim a 116-58 win as six U.S. players scored in double figures. Terry Dehere tallied a game high 21 points. Completing pool play with an unblemished 4-0 record, the U.S. disposed of Uruguay in the quarterfinals, 114-68. Jumping out to a 9-0 lead, the USA never looked back as all 12 U.S. players scored in the win, led by Tracy Murray’s 16 points. Facing Puerto Rico in the semifinals, the USA’s golden dreams received a blow when it was learned less than 24 hours before the game that Jackson, the USA’s leading scorer, would miss the remainder of the competition because of a stress fracture in his left foot. With 4:47 to play, the Americans led 64-63 but Puerto Rico reeled off eight straight points to take control 71-64 with 1:34 to play. Although the U.S. cut that deficit to 71-68 with 44 seconds left, Puerto Rico made its free throws down the stretch to take the 73-68 win. Williams led the U.S. with 16 points, Laettner added 14 points and 11 rebounds. Facing Cuba in the bronze medal game, the U.S. controlled the first half and led at the midway point 56-44. With 13:46 to go, Cuba rallied to within two, 63-61, but the U.S. regrouped and claimed the 93-74 victory and bronze medal.
1991 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
1991 USA RESULTS (6-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
Cuba
W, 92-88 W, 91-66 W, 87-81 W, 116-58 W, 114-68 L, 68-73 W, 93-74
Venezuela Argentina Bahamas Uruguay Puerto Rico
Anthony Bennett
G G G G F F C C F C
6-0 6-4 6-7 6-4 6-6 6-9 6-11 7-0 6-8 6-7 6-8 6-10
170 175 205 195 212 230 235 251 220 270 240 200
22 19 18 19 20 21 21 19 20 20 20 21
Wisconsin-Green Bay
Green Bay, WI Jersey City, NJ Reston, VA Lancaster, TX Toledo, OH Indianapolis, IN Glendora, CA Detroit, MI Crawford, MS Temple Hills, MD Irvine, CA Angola, NY
Terry Dehere
Seton Hall
Grant Hill
Duke Duke
Thomas Hill James Jackson Adam Keefe Christian Laettner Eric Montross Tracy Murray Mike Peplowski
Ohio State Stanford
Duke
Cuba
North Carolina
UCLA
Michigan State
FINAL STANDINGS
Clarence Weatherspoon F
Southern Mississippi
Walt Williams
G
Maryland
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Puerto Rico (6-1)
HEAD COACH: Gene Keady, Purdue University (IN) ASSISTANT COACH: Randy Ayers, Ohio State University ASSISTANT COACH: Bob Chipman, Washburn University (KS) ASSISTANT COACH: Don Monson, University of Oregon TEAM PHYSICIAN: Jim Nevins, San Diego, CA ATHLETIC TRAINER: Alex Brown, University of Oklahoma
Mexico (4-3)
United States (6-1)
Cuba (2-5) Brazil (6-1)
Venezuela (3-4) Argentina (3-4) Uruguay (1-6)
1991 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. Bahamas (2-3) 10. Canada (0-5)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Jackson Laettner Williams
5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 7 7
40- 59 27- 57 28- 55 22- 34 24- 34 22- 54 19- 44 16- 39 13- 24 13- 19 11- 27
.678 .474 .509 .647 .706 .407 .432 .410 .542 .684 .407 .625 .529 .400
3- 9 1- 2
.333 .500 .350 .000 .000 .333 .304 .267 .000 .000 .100 .000 .300 .295
8- 12
.667 .917 .565 .958 .739 .800 .692 .778 .786 .667 .667 .500 .774 .750
13/ 2.6 42/ 6.0 16/ 2.3 44/ 6.3 20/ 2.9 1/ 0.1 13/ 1.9 3/ 0.4 23/ 3.3 12/ 1.7 5/ 0.8 8/ 1.6
91/ 18.2 99/ 14.1 76/ 10.9 67/ 9.6 65/ 9.3 59/ 8.4 54/ 7.7 43/ 6.1 37/ 5.3 28/ 4.0 27/ 4.5 15/ 3.0 661/94.4 508/72.6
16 10 10
1 5 3 1 0 3 0 4 3 0 3
11 11 17
44- 48 13- 23 23- 24 17- 23
7- 20 0- 0 0- 0 7- 21 7- 23 4- 15 0- 0 0- 0 1- 10 0- 0
Weatherspoon 7
9 4
12
9 8
Keefe
Dehere Murray Bennett
8- 10 9- 13
16
11
6
4
7- 9
23 21
15 14
G. Hill
11- 14 2- 3 4- 6 5- 10
Peplowski
1 1 1
2 5 3
T. Hill
Montross
5- 8
USA OPP.
240-454 174-435
30-100 28- 95
151-195 132-176
200/28.6 125/17.9
118
35
110
65
0
96
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