USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM 2017 RESULTS
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY & CORDOBA, ARGENTINA • AUGUST 25-SEPTEMBER 3, 2017
It had been 10 years since the United States last competed in its zone championship. While the format of the competition was different and the official name of the Americas Championship had been altered to the FIBA AmeriCup, the results weren’t much different, seeing the USA win gold for the seventh time in nine appearances. This time the Americans rolled up a 5-0 record. USA center Jameel Warney was named MVP of the AmeriCup and Darrun Hilliard joined him on the five-member all-tournament team. Sprinting out to a 27-10 first quarter lead, the USA never looked back as it rolled to a dominating 97-56 victory over Panama in its opening game of Group C play. Four players scored in double digits, led by 17 points from Hilliard and Jonathan Holmes. Trailing by 11 points early in the second quarter, the USA scratched and defended its way back into the game and went on to outscore Uru- guay 24-16 in the fourth quarter to earn a critical 74-66 win. C.J. Williams scored a team-best 16 points, Reggie Hearn scored 15 points and Hilliard added 13 points, while Warney recorded eight points and a team-high 14 rebounds. The USA never trailed en route to a 72-56 win over Dominican Republic. C.J. Williams paced the USA with 15 points, Hilliard and Warney added 13 points apiece. Finishing Group C play 3-0, the victory propelled the USA into the AmeriCup semifinals. Xavier Munford’s double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds helped power the USA to a dominating 90-62 semifinals win over U.S. Virgin Islands and advanced the USA to the AmeriCup gold medal game. Seeing its gold medal dreams slipping away after falling behind by 20 points early in the third quarter, the USA shooting came to life and the American squad rallied for a remarkable comeback and earned an 81-76 victory over Argentina to win the gold medal. Warney finished with 21 points and seven rebounds; Hilliard added 15 points, six rebounds; Hearn contributed 14 points (4-6 3FG) and six rebounds; and Munford tossed in 10 points.
2017 USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM ROSTER
2017 USA RESULTS (5-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT DOB
AFFILIATION/SCHOOL
Panama Uruguay
W, 97-56 W, 74-66 W, 72-56 W, 90-62 W, 81-76
Billy Baron Alec Brown Larry Drew II Reggie Hearn
G C G G
6-2 7-1 6-2 6-4 6-6 6-9 6-4 6-3 7-0 6-7 6-5 6-6
195 231 180 209 205 242 195 190 250 259 230 210
26 25 27 25 24 24 26 25 25 23 27 30
UCAM Murcia (Spain)/Canisius Windy City Bulls/Green Bay Sioux Falls Skyforce/UCLA Reno Bighorns/Northwestern Detroit Pistons/Villanova Canton Charge/Texas Reno Longhorns/North Carolina Greensboro Swarm/Rhode Island New York Knicks/Duke Texas Legends/Stony Brook Texas Legends/North Carolina State
Dominican Republican
U.S. Virgin Islands
Argentina
Darrun Hilliard Jonathan Holmes Kendall Marshall Xavier Munford Marshall Plumlee Jameel Warney C.J. Williams Reggie Williams
F F
G G C
FINAL STANDINGS
F
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (5-0)
G
F
Oklahoma City Blue/VMI
Argentina (4-1)
Head Coach: Jeff Van Gundy, USA Basketball Assistant Coach: Ty Ellis, Northern Arizona Suns Assistant Coach: Mo McHone, USA Basketball Team Physician: Stephen Foley, Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) Athletic Trainer: Motoki Fujii, Houston Rockets Scout: Ken McDonald, Austin Toros
Mexico (4-1)
U.S. Virgin Islands (1-4)
Puerto Rico (2-1)
Uruguay (2-1)
Dominican Republic (1-2)
Canada (1-2)
9. Brazil (1-2) 10. Venezuela (1-2) 11. Colombia (0-3) 12. Panama (0-3)
2017 USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Hilliard Warney Munford
5/4 5/0 5/0 5/1 5/2 5/5 5/0 5/4 5/5 3/3 4/0 3/0
25- 62 24- 37 18- 40 16- 34 19- 37 16- 42
.403 .649 .450 .461 .514 .381 .529 .462 .375 .500 .250 .600 .462 .345
2- 17 0- 0 5- 15
.118
15- 21 16- 26 10- 11 8- 12
.714 .615 .909 .667 .571 .500 .800 .833 .800
17/ 3.4 43/ 8.6 19/ 3.8 18/ 3.6 15/ 3.0 10/ 2.0 25/ 5.0 13/ 2.6 10/ 3.3 2/ 0.5 3/ 1.0
67/ 13.4 64/ 12.8 51/ 10.2 50/ 10.0 44/ 8.8 43/ 8.6 23/ 4.6 20/ 4.0 18/ 3.6 17/ 5.7 9/ 2.3 8/ 2.7 414/82.8 316/63.2
8 7 2 3 7
0 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0
3 1 8 2 7 3 5 3 2 2 1 0
.---
.333 .476 .333 .318 .571 .143 .600 .273 .500 .--- .339 .215
15
Hearn
10- 21 4- 12 7- 22
Williams, C.J. Williams, R.
2- 2 4- 7 1- 2 5- 6 4- 5 0- 0 0- 0 8- 10
1.000 16/ 3.2
Drew
9- 17 6- 13 6- 16 5- 10 3- 12
4- 7 0- 0 1- 7 3- 5 3- 1 2- 4
25
Plumlee Marshall Holmes
0
24
2 6 0
Baron Brown
.--- .---
3- 5
USA OPP.
5 5
150-325 117-339
41-121 28-130
73-102 54- 80
.716 .675
216/43.2 192/38.4
99 65
12 13
37 21
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