USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM 1993 RESULTS
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO • AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 5, 1993
Already qualified for the 1994 World Championship by virtue of winning the 1992 Olympic Games, USA Basketball sent a 12-member team of players from the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) to the 1993 Tournament of the Americas. Under coach Mike Thibault’s hand, the USA squad rolled to a 6-1 record and claimed the top finish by beating host Puerto Rico in the gold medal game. Opening against Panama, Reggie Jordan and Rod Mason each accounted for 16 points as the U.S. rallied in the second half to overcome Panama and record a 101-99 win. For a second consecutive day the USA persevered to fight off the Dominican Republic 102-99 as Bobby Martin led the way with team highs of 14 points and 11 rebounds. The Americans took control of its game against Venezuela in the game’s final five minutes and behind 15 points from Tony White posted a 97-85 victory to improve to 3-0. Closing out preliminary play against Brazil, despite a 21 point and 10-rebound performance by Jordan, Brazil rallied to upend the U.S. 101-91. Finishing preliminary play 3-1 and tied with Brazil for first in the standings, Brazil, by virtue of its win over the U.S., earned the No. 1 seed and the U.S. No. 2. Meeting No. 3 seed Canada in the quarterfinals, White came off the bench to score a game-high 23 points as the USA kept its gold medal hopes alive with an 87-73 victory. Matched in the semifinal against 4-1 Argentina, the USA was powered to a 123-107 overtime victory thanks to a record-setting effort from White, who finished with 37 points (12-17 FG, 13-15 FT), including 13 in overtime. The U.S. led by 21 with 6:30 left in the game, however, Argentina stormed back to take a 98-96 lead with 31 seconds left. White hit a jumper to even the game 96-all. Tied 100 in overtime, the U.S. clinched the win with when White scored 11 points in a 13-2 USA run. Facing 5-1 Puerto Rico and its partisan crowd, Mason scored a team-high 22 points and six others also scored in double figures as the USA defeated Puerto Rico 109-95 to capture the gold medal. A tight contest from start to finish, the U.S. led 49-45 at halftime, and was ahead 97-91 with 2:42 to play. The U.S. outscored Puerto Rico 12-4, with Mason making eight consecutive free throws, to ice the victory.
1993 USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM ROSTER
1993 USA RESULTS (6-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE
AFFILIATION/SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Panama
W, 101-99 W, 102-99 W, 97-85 L, 91-101 W, 87-73
Dominican Republic
Tom Copa Harold Ellis Chris Jent
C F F F
6-10 6-5 6-7 6-4 6-9 6-9 6-3 6-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-10
265 215 220 195 250 235 190 180 230 190 180 170
28 22 23 25 26 24 27 29 28 26 27 28
LaCrosse Catbirds/Marquette Quad City Thunder/Morehouse Columbus Horizon/Ohio State Rockford Lightning/Oklahoma Quad City Thunder/Pittsburgh Omaha Racers/Creighton Fort Wayne Fury/Georgia Tech LaCrosse Catbirds/Tulsa Yakima Sun Kings/Washington Oklahoma City Cavalry/North Carolina State LaCrosse Catbirds/Tennessee
Austin, TX Atlanta, GA Dublin, OH
Venezuela
Brazil
Reggie Jordan Anthony Martin Bobby Martin
Grand Rapids Hoops/New Mexico State Maywood, IL
Canada
F F
Los Angeles, CA Rock Island, IL Claremore, OK Fort Wayne, IN
Argentina Puerto Rico
W, 123-107 OT
Rod Mason Craig Neal Brian Rahilly
G G G G G
W, 109-95
F/C
Tulsa, OK
Eldridge Recasner Kelsey Weems
New Orleans, LA
FINAL STANDINGS
Moline, IL
Tony White
Charlotte, NC
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
#United States (6-1) *Puerto Rico (5-2)
HEAD COACH: Mike Thibault, Omaha Racers ASSISTANT COACH: Mauro Panaggio, Rockford Lightning ASSISTANT COACH: Flip Saunders, Lacrosse Catbirds TEAM PHYSICIAN: Mike Morrison, Omaha Racers ATHLETIC TRAINER: Steve Ronspies, Omaha Racers
*Argentina (5-2)
*Brazil (4-3) *Cuba (3-4)
Venezuela (3-4) Canada (4-3) Panama (2-5)
9. Dominican Rep. (0-4) Uruguay (0-4) *Qualified for the 1994 FIBA World Champi- onship #Qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Champion- ship as the 1992 Olympic champion
1993 USA MEN’S AMERICUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
White
7/2 7/5 7/6 7/1 7/6 7/2 7/5 7/1 7/5 4/1 6/0 7/1
38- 76 34- 62 29- 52 27- 55 20- 50 23- 38 21- 43 15/ 28 10- 22 9- 21 12- 19 11- 17
0.5
2- 11
0.182 32- 34
0.941
15/ 2.1 57/ 8.1 45/ 6.4 19/ 2.7 42/ 6.0 19/ 2.7 6/ 1.5 15/ 2.5 20/ 2.9
110/ 15.7 89/ 12.7 79/ 11.3 76/ 10.9 72/ 10.3 66/ 9.4 57/ 8.1 44/ 6.3
11
1 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
6 7 8 4 3 5 2 2 0 3 0
B. Martin
0.548 0- 0
.--- .---
21-28 21- 31
0.75
1 9 6 5 4 4 1 0 2
Jordan
0.558
0- 0
0.677
Jent
0.491 14- 32
0.438 8- 10 0.444 16- 19
0.8
Mason Weems A. Martin
0.4
16- 36
0.842 4/ 0.6 0.667 13/ 1.9
0.605 2- 5 0.488 0- 0 0.455 2- 6 0.429 6- 11 0.632 0- 1 0.647 0- 0 0.536 8- 14
0.4 .---
18- 27 15- 16
31
10
0.938
Rahilly
0.571 6- 6 0.333 12- 18 0.545 6- 6
1
Neal
0.667 13/ 1.9
34/ 4.9 30/ 7.5 29/ 4.8 24/ 3.4
23
Recasner
1
Ellis
0
5- 7 2- 5
0.714
Copa USA OPP.
.---
0.4
7 7
249-483 228-486
.516 .469
50-116 46-136
.431 .338
162-207 157-219
.783 .717
268/38.3 241/34.4
710/101.4 97 659/ 94.1 85
12 16
50 96
Made with FlippingBook - Online magazine maker