USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM 1963 RESULTS
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL • APRIL 20-MAY 5, 1963
The United States entered the 1963 Games with the goal of winning its fourth gold medal in as many tries. Winning six games by an aver- age of almost 30 points, the USA successfully defended its championship, captured the gold medal and extended its Pan American Games winning streak to 15 games. Head coach Garland Pinholster of Oglethorpe (GA) University guided the squad to one impressive win after another. The closest contest for the American cagers in their six games was a 12-point victory over Brazil. Opening against Puerto Rico, Gary Bradds scored a team-high 17 points and future NBA All-Star Willis Reed tossed in 15 points as the U.S. handled Puerto Rico 93-65. Behind a 14-point effort from Bradds and 12 points from both Melvin Peterson and Jerry Shipp, the U.S. ran by Canada 80-47. Shipp and Edgar Smallwood accounted for 18 and 14 points, respectively, as the Americans overwhelmed Peru 104-56. A balanced scoring effort that saw every USA player score was key in the USA’s 65-52 win over Uruguay, and Mexico was little problem as Shipp and Lucious Jackson each scored 18 points to pace the U.S. to its 96-54 win. Facing Brazil in the final, it was reported that an estimated 30,000 fans jammed the 18,500-capacity stadium. Leading 36-31 at half, the U.S. pulled away in the third quarter and went on to record a 78-66 victory. Shipp led the USA with a game-high 22 points, however, it was the smallest member of the U.S. squad, 5-8 Vincent Ernst, who paved the way. Scoring a total of 24 points in the USA’s first five games, Ernst accounted for 12 points in the final and was credited with numerous assists and steals, while limiting Brazil’s two-time Olympian Wlamir Marques to just six points in the first three quarters. However, the game was not without controversy. Following a scuffle between a Brazilian and USA player late in the game, the crowd pro- ceeded to litter the floor with oranges, paper, ice cream cones and other debris delaying the game’s conclusion. Walter Torrence was forced to return to the United States after playing in the first three games because of a death in the family.
1963 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM ROSTER
1963 USA RESULTS (6-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
Puerto Rico
W, 93-65 W, 80-47 W, 104-56 W, 65-52 W, 96-54 W, 78-66
Canada
Bunk Adams Gary Bradds Vincent Ernst Melvin Gibson Lucious Jackson
G C G G C F G F C F F G
6-3 6-8 5-8 6-3 6-9 6-6 6-3 6-5 6-6 6-4 6-2 6-10
205 208 165 180 230 200 190 190 245 165 190 180
23 22 21 22 22 24 21 25 20 28 25 26
U.S. Armed Forces (Ohio) Ohio State University Western Carolina University Pan American University Phillips 66ers (Marquette) Providence College
Toledo, OH
Jamestown, OH Jersey City, NJ Rockingham, NC Beaumont, TX West Allis, WI Oakland, CA Wallace, MI Bernice, LA Louisville, KY Sacramento, CA Blue, OK
Peru
Uruguay Mexico
Brazil
Donald Kojis
Cleveland McKinney Melvin Peterson
U.S. Armed Forces (McClymond HS) U.S. Armed Forces (Wheaton) Grambling State University Phillips 66ers (SE Okla. State) U.S. Armed Forces (Evansville) U.S. Armed Forces (UCLA)
Willis Reed Jerry Shipp
FINAL STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
United States (6-0)
Edgar Smallwood Walter Torrence
Brazil (5-1)
HEAD COACH: Garland Pinholster, Oglethorpe University (GA) ASSISTANT COACH: Henry Vaughn, Akron Goodyears (OH) MANAGER: Robert Brown, West Virginia University
Puerto Rico (4-2) Uruguay (2-4)*
Peru (2-4)*
Canada (1-5)* Mexico (1-5)*
7.
1963 USA MEN’S PAN AMERICAN GAMES TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
PTS
Shipp Kojis Bradds Gibson
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 6 6 6 6 6
42- 27- 19- 18- 20- 17- 19- 14- 13- 12- 5-
6- 8
.750 .600 .727 .714 .688 .667 .300 .800 .727 .000 .462 .662 .650
90/ 15.0 69/ 11.5 54/ 9.0 51/ 8.5 51/ 8.5 42/ 7.0 41/ 6.8 36/ 6.0 18/ 6.0
15- 25 16- 22 15- 21 11- 16 8- 12 3- 10 8- 10 8- 11
Reed
Peterson Jackson
Ernst
Torrence Smallwood McKinney
6- 6 0- 0 6- 13
1.000 32/ 5.3
24/ 4.0
Adams
1-
8/ 1.3
USA OPP.
207- 132-
102-154 76-117
516/ 86.0 340/ 56.7
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