USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 1994 RESULTS
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA • JUNE 2-12, 1994
Compiling a tournament best 7-1 record and earning the bronze medal, the U.S. squad featured a balance of young and old talents directed by Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer. Opening preliminary play, the U.S. team breezed past its first three opponents in impressive style. Behind Katrina McClain’s 20 points and 12 rebounds the USA sailed past South Korea 108-64. Daedra Charles scored 18 points as the Americans’ inside power helped push the U.S. to a 92-71 win over 1993 European champion Spain. New Zealand was crushed 97-47 as 18-year-old Kara Wolters accounted for 26 points. Opening the quarterfinals round facing a very strong Australian squad, Charles’ 22 points helped the U.S. to a hard fought 88-70 win. Having seen the USA’s inside game dominate, Canada looked to a zone defense to shut down the potent U.S. offense. Hitting 10 of 18 3-point tries for the game, behind the deadly shooting of Sheryl Swoopes, 27 points, Jennifer Azzi, 17 points, and Andrea Lloyd, 10 points, the USA scored 18 of its first 22 points from behind the line and took an easy 98-65 victory. Wrapping up its quarterfinal play against European power Slova- kia, the U.S. rallied in the game’s final minutes to earn a 103-96 victory as Dawn Staley and Teresa Edwards paced the U.S. comeback with 18 and 17 points, respectively. Advancing to the medal semifinals and carrying a 6-0 record, the USA met an internationally seasoned Brazilian squad. In a closely contested game in which neither team was able to pull away, Brazil made 10-of-10 free throws in the final minute to claim a 110-107 victory and earn the right to advance on to the gold medal game. McClain gave the U.S. one of the World Championship’s most dominating performances, finishing with 29 points and 19 rebounds, while Ruthie Bolton-Holifield added 17 and Edwards finished with 15 points. Faced with the task of rebounding from the disappointing loss and a rematch against Australia in the bronze medal game, the U.S. held off a late charge to record a 100-95 win. Edwards and Lisa Leslie led the USA offensive attack with 20 and 19 points, respectively. McClain and Edwards were named to the five-member 1994 All-World Championship Team.
1994 USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
1994 USA RESULTS (7-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION
HOMETOWN
South Korea
W, 108-64 W, 92-71 W, 97-47 W, 88-70 W, 98-65 W, 103-96 L, 107-110 W, 100-95
Spain
Jennifer Azzi
G G C G G
5-8 5-8 6-5 5-11 5-10
140 150 170 155 165 170 165 180 165 128 145 238
25 26 25 29 23 21 28 28 26 24 23 18
Stanford Auburn
Oak Ridge, TN McClain, MS Detroit, MI Atlanta, GA Canton, MI Moscow, ID Atlanta, GA Peoria, IL Hawthorne, CA Philadelphia, PA Brownfield, TX Holliston, MA
Ruthie Bolton-Holifield
New Zealand
Daedra Charles Teresa Edwards Dena Head Lisa Leslie Andrea Lloyd Katrina McClain Carla McGhee Dawn Staley Sheryl Swoopes Kara Wolters
Tennessee
FINAL ROUND
Georgia
Australia Canada Slovakia
Tennessee
F F F
6-5 6-2 6-2 6-2 5-6 6-0 6-7
Southern California
Texas
Georgia
Brazil
C G G C
Tennessee
Australia
Virginia
Texas Tech Connecticut
HEAD COACH: Tara VanDerveer, Stanford University (CA) ASSISTANT COACH: Ceal Barry, University of Colorado ASSISTANT COACH: Charlene Curtis, Temple University (PA) ASSISTANT COACH: Nancy Darsch, Ohio State University TEAM PHYSICIAN: Sally Harris, Palo Alto, CA ATHLETIC TRAINER: Karen Middleton, Nashville, TN
FINAL STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Brazil (6-2) China (5-3)
United States (7-1)
Australia (4-4) Slovakia (6-2)
Cuba (5-3)
1994 USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
Canada (3-5) Spain (3-5)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
A BLK STL
9. France (6-2) 10. S. Korea (4-4) 11. Italy (5-3)
McClain Charles Edwards
7/7 8/7 7/7 8/1 7/0 8/2 8/6 8/1 8/8 4/0 7/0
41- 65 33- 57 33- 62 31- 54 27- 39 28- 54 29- 52 21- 46 17- 37 15- 29 12- 20 8- 15
.631 .579 .532 .574 .692 .519 .558 .457 .459 .517 .600 .533
0- 0 0- 0
.000 .000 .500 .000 .500 .519 .636 .320 .000 .429 .000 .000 .451 .352
20- 24 24- 28 12- 15 22- 31 22- 25 4- 5 8- 12 16- 19 8- 12
.833 .857 .800 .710 .880 .800 .667 .842 .667 .750 .857 .875 .800 .753
78/11.1 23/2.9 25/3.6 38/4.8 8/1.1 25/3.1 28/3.5 24/3.0 35/4.4 3/0.4 11/2.8 22/3.1
102/14.6 90/11.3 89/12.7 84/10.5 81/11.6 74/9.3 73/9.1 66/8.3
8 8
10
2 2 9 4 9 3 7 3 4 0 0 2
0 1 1 0 4 0 0 4 0
12. Japan (3-5) 13. Poland (5-3) 14. Taiwan (2-6) 15. New Zealand (1-7) 16. Kenya (0-8)
11- 22 0- 0 5- 10 14- 27
21 11
Leslie Staley
27 1
Bolton-Holifield 8/1
6 7
Swoopes
7- 11 8- 25 0- 0 6- 14
Lloyd
12
McGhee
42/5.3 39/4.9 30/7.5 23/3.3
2
Azzi
3- 4 6- 7 7- 8
16 1
Wolters
0- 0 0- 4
1
Head USA OPP.
15
8 8
295-530 .557 237-522 .454
51-113 31- 88
152-190 113-150
329/41.1 185/23.1
793/99.1 618/77.3
134 22 100 16
45 47
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