USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 1992 RESULTS
BARCELONA, SPAIN • JULY 25-AUGUST 10, 1992
With high hopes of earning a third straight Olympic gold medal, the U.S. women fell short of their goal but captured the bronze medal with a 4-1 record. Opening against Czechoslovakia, the Americans stormed to a 111-55 victory. Cynthia Cooper led the U.S. charge with 18 points as seven U.S. players scored in double digits. The USA’s 111 points were the most ever by an USA team in Olympic competition. Facing China two days later, the U.S. exploded in the second half and behind scoring spurts of 22-2 and 25-2 went on to a 93-67 victory. Rounding out its pool play against Spain, again the USA rolled, recording an impressive 114-59 win. Medina Dixon tallied a USA Olympic team single-game scoring record 28 points, and the USA’s 114 points reset the U.S. Olympic scoring record, breaking the mark the had just set four days earlier. Advancing to the semifinals, a match with a strong and very experienced Unified Team was ahead. From the start the USA found the game’s pace slowed as the former Soviet squad ran its deliberate offense while sitting back defensively in a zone. At half the U.S. trailed 47-41, and early in the second half the U.S. lagged behind 54-43. Rallying, the U.S. outscored the Unified Team 13-2 over 3:36 to take a narrow 57-55 lead with 12:39 to play. The game continued back-and-forth and was tied at 67 with 5:25 remaining. A 6-0 scoring spurt earned the Unified Team a 73-67 advantage and eventually the 79-73 victory. With China’s surprising 109-70 upset of previously unbeaten Cuba in the other semifinal, the USA women had the unenviable task of facing Cuba in the bronze medal game. Tied 44-44 at halftime, Cuba edged out to a 59-54 lead in the second half and led 63-60 with 11:07 remain- ing. However, the USA’s pressure defense began to pay dividends and its running game came to life, resulting in a 12-4 U.S. run that lifted the Americans to a 72-67 lead with 6:26 to play. Leading 75-71 with 5:31 to go, the U.S. closed out the game with a 13-3 spurt to earn an 88-74 victory and the Olympic bronze medal. Teresa Edwards, the USA’s first male or female to play in three Olympic basketball competitions, finished as the USA’s high scorer with 18 points.
1992 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
1992 USA RESULTS (4-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Czechoslovakia
W, 111-55 W, 114-59 W, 93-67 L, 73-79 W, 88-74
Spain China
Vicky Bullett Daedra Charles Cynthia Cooper Clarissa Davis Medina Dixon Teresa Edwards Tammy Jackson Carolyn Jones Katrina McClain Suzie McConnell
F C G
6-3 6-3
180 190 150 160 165 155 190 145 180 120 174 155
24 23 29 25 29 28 29 22 26 25 25 26
Maryland Tennessee
Martinsburg, WV
Detroit, MI
5-10 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-2
Southern California
San Antonio, TX Austin, TX Norfolk, VA Cairo, GA Laurel, MS Atlanta, GA Gainesville, FL Pittsburgh, PA Auburn, AL Pineland, TX
Unified Team
F F F
Texas
Cuba
Old Dominion
Georgia Florida Auburn Georgia
C G
5-8 6-2 5-4 6-3 5-8
FINAL STANDINGS
F
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Unified Team (5-0)
G
Penn State
China (4-1)
Vickie Orr
F
Auburn
Teresa Weatherspoon
G
Louisiana Tech
United States (4-1)
HEAD COACH: Theresa Grentz, Rutgers University ASSISTANT COACH: Lin Dunn, Purdue University ASSISTANT COACH: Jim Foster, Vanderbilt University
Cuba (3-2) Spain (2-2)
Czechoslovakia (1-4)
ASSISTANT COACH: Linda Hargrove, Witchita State University TEAM PHYSICIAN: Mary Lloyd Ireland, Lexington, Kentucky ATHLETIC TRAINER: Kathleen Osborne, Louisiana State University
Brazil (2-2) Italy (0-4)
1992 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Dixon Davis
5/4 5/1 5/5 5/5 5/0 5/0 2/0 5/1 5/4 5/2 4/2
35- 52 20- 41 26- 70 23- 53 14- 24 16- 36 5- 13 13- 26 14- 39 14- 27
.673 .488 .371 .434 .583 .444 .385 .500 .359 .519 .313 .200 .459 .390
1- 4 7-15 5-24 0- 0 2- 4 0- 0 3- 8 0- 1 5-19 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0
.250 .467 .208 .000 .500 .000 .375 .000 .263 .000 .000 .000 .307 .216
8- 13 18- 26 6- 10 11- 18
.615 .692 .600 .611 .889 .857 .667 .625 .500 .429 .875 .678 .655
19/ 3.8 12/ 2.4 2/ 0.4 48/ 9.6 7/ 1.4 27/ 5.4 2/ 1.0 20/ 4.0 5/ 1.0 13/ 2.6
79/15.8 65/13.0 63/12.6 57/11.4 38/ 7.6 38/ 7.6 15/ 7.5 36/ 7.2 34/ 6.8 31/ 6.2 12/ 3.0 11/ 2.2
11
1 3 1 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 0
24 14 18 15 12
2
Edwards McClain Cooper
27
7 5 1 1 5 4 1 5
8- 9 6- 7 2- 3 1- 2 3- 7 2- 2 7- 8
Orr
6 4 7
Jones
Jackson
10- 16
McConnell
18
26
Charles Bullett
4
5- 16 2- 10
1.000 6/ 1.5
10
Weatherspoon 5/1
1/ 0.2
8
USA OPP.
5 5
187-407 126-323
23-75 8-37
82-121 74-113
162/32.4 127/25.4
479/95.8 334/66.8
87 55
18 12
148 108
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