USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM 2005 RESULTS
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC • AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 4, 2005
The USA accomplished its goal of qualifying for the 2006 FIBA World Championship, finishing with a 4-6 record, The squad, which was com- prised of players from the NBA D League, Continental Basketball Association (CBA), or overseas professionals, finished fourth. Head coach Mo McHone saw his squad open preliminary play with an impressive defensive effort that limited Panama to 34.8% shooting as the U.S. rumbled to a 94-72 victory. The USA got 18 points from Alex Scales and 14 more from Jerome Beasley. The USA stunned the gold medal favorite Brazil 96-94. Brazil led 94-93 with 6.4 seconds left, but Lynn Greer was fouled with 1.2 seconds left as he attempted a 3-point- er, then calmly made all three free throws to give the U.S. the win. Charlie Bell scored 20 points, Scales added 18. Canada handed the U.S. a 92-76 setback as the Americans shot just 43.1%. Greer led the U.S. with 21 points. The USA had the ball and trailed by one with 17.2 seconds to go but was unable to get off a shot as Venezuela hung on to take a 71-70 decision. Bell led the U.S. with 21. Opening second round play facing Dominican Republic, behind double figure scoring from six players, including 20 points from Bell, the USA posted a 111-86 win. Facing Argentina next, Argentina pulled away late and earned an 84-67 victory. Tyus Edney and Kris Lang scored 11 points each. Needing a win to keep its medal and qualifying dreams alive, the USA rallied in the final five minutes to take a 91-77 victory from Uruguay. Bell led the USA with 20 points and McGhee finished with 19 points. With a qualification to the 2006 FIBA World Championship earned and a spot guaranteed in the semifinals, the USA rested some of its key players and came up short 88-83 against Puerto Rico. Beasley led the USA effort with 18 points. Brazil made 10 of its first 20 3-point shots while the USA made just two 3-balls the entire night and the combination resulted in a 93-75 loss for the U.S. in its semifinal contest. Lang, who played just 19 minutes before suffering a sprained ankle midway through the third quarter, finished with 14 points and nine rebounds, and McGhee was credited with 13 points. Despite 30 points (13-18 FG) and 14 rebounds from Lang, the U.S. was unable to overcome Venezuela’s clutch shooting and fell 93-83 in the bronze medal game. Brazil claimed the gold medal with an impressive 100-88 victory over Argentina in the gold medal game.
2005 USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM ROSTER
2005 USA RESULTS (4-6)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE
AFFILIATION/SCHOOL
Panama
W, 94-72 W, 96-94 L, 76-92 L, 70-71 W, 111-86 L, 67-84 W, 91-77 L, 83-88 L, 75-93 L, 83-93
Brazil
Jerome Beasley Charlie Bell Adam Chubb Tyus Edney
F
6-10
224 175 235 16- 225 175 220 247 250 180 200 225
24 26 24 32 23 25 27 25 26 24 27 24
Sioux Falls / North Dakota Leche Rio / Michigan State Ulsan Phoebus / Pennsylvania Lottomatica Roma / UCLA Yakama / Fresno State Dynamo Moscow / Temple Fayetteville / Mississippi State Unicaja Malaga / North Carolina
G C G G F C F G F G
6-3
Canada
6-10 5-10
Venezuela
Dominican Republic
Noel Felix Lynn Greer
6-9 6-1 6-7
Argentina Uruguay Puerto Rico
Tang Hamilton
Chris Lang
6-11 6-8 6-1 6-4 6-8
Aaron McGhee Marque Perry
Pusan KTF / Oklahoma Olympicos / Saint Louis Samsung / Oregon Asheville / Tennessee
Brazil
Venezuela
Alex Scales
Ron Slay
F
Head Coach: Mo McHone, Seoul SK (Korea) Assistant Coach: Dennis Johnson, Austin Toros Assistant Coach: Joey Meyer, Tulsa 66ers Team Physician: Stephen Foley, Sioux Falls Skyforce Athletic Trainer: Keith Jones, Houston Rockets
FINAL STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
*Brazil (7-3)
#Argentina (7-3) *Venezuela (6-4)
*United States (4-6)
*Panama (5-3) Dom. Rep. (4-4) Puerto Rico (4-4)
2005 USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Uruguay (1-7)
Bell
10/10 52-133
.391 .588 .506 .438 .534 .467 .416 .354 .490 .529 .444 .333 .459 .437
28- 77
.364 .000 .400 .405 .429 .200 .000 .300 .167 .167 .000 .000 .345 .380
13- 16 15- 23 23- 32 14- 19 11- 14 22- 25 10- 14 10- 14
.813 .652 .719 .737 .786 .880 .714 .714 .500 .800 .750 .754 .750
38/ 3.8 67/ 7.4 69/ 6.9 29/ 3.2 18/ 1.8 19/ 1.9 39/ 3.9 30/ 3.0 2/ 0.3 11/ 1.8 0/ 0.0
145/ 14.5 109/ 12.1 107/ 10.7 93/ 10.3
25
1
13
9. Panama (1-3) Mexico (1-3) *Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Champi- onship #Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Champion- ship as the 2004 Olympic champion
Lang
9/ 5
47- 80
0- 3
6
13
3 4 9 9 2 9 1 5 0 0
McGhee Scales Greer Edney Beasley
10/10 40- 79
4- 10 15- 37 12- 28 2- 10
10 22 25 27
1 1 0 0 2 2 6 1 1 0
9/ 5
32- 73 31- 58 32- 77 23- 65 24- 49
11
10/ 0
85/ 8.5 80/ 8.0 74/ 7.4 62/ 6.2 52/ 5.2 12/ 2.0 12/ 2.0 7/ 1.8
10/10 28- 60
10/ 5 10/ 5 10/ 0 8/ 0
0- 1
4
Slay
6- 20
21
Hamilton
1- 6 1- 6 0- 1 0- 1
3- 3 1- 2 4- 5 3- 4
1.000 54/ 5.4
8 5 0 0
Perry Felox
9- 17 4- 9 2- 6
6/ 0 4/ 0
Chubb
USA OPP.
10 10
324-706 302-691
69-200 87-229
129-171 159-212
376/37.6 349/34.9
846/84.6 153
28 36
66 78
850/85.0
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