July 20, 1999

ALMADA, Portugal – The 1999 USA Men’s Junior World Championship Team defeated Argentina 83-71 to open Group II quarterfinals play at the FIBA Junior World Championship in Almada, Portugal, Monday night. Guard Matt Carroll, who will be a freshman at Notre Dame in the fall, played two minutes and went scoreless.

Missing its first five shots and committing two turnovers in the first five minutes, the Americans allowed Argentina to score eight unanswered points to open the contest. Lance Williams came into the game and ended the scoring drought with a layup at 15:33 to put the U.S. on the board. Then Logan scored four of the USA’s next seven points as the team began to chip away at the Argentinean lead, closing to 12-9 at 14:07.

Argentina went up 14-9, but the United States took off on a scoring spree, reeling off 17 consecutive points to take the lead, 26-14 at 9:57. Argentina scored the second half’s first five points, but both teams swapped baskets for the remainder of the contest and nine points was as close as Argentina would come as the USA earned its fourth victory in as many games.

Despite getting off to a slow start, the United States closed out the night shooting 50.8 percent (32-63 FGs) of its shots from the floor, including a stellar 63.6 percent (21-33 FGs) in the first half alone, while limiting Argentina to 44.6 percent of shooting on the night (25-56 FGs). The U.S. held a slim 36-31 rebounding edge and forced 11 errors by Argentina, while only committing seven turnovers of its own.

Brazil is the United States’ next opponent as the two countries face each other here Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. EST) and the U.S. closes out quarterfinals Group II play against Russia on Wednesday night at 9:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. EDT). The top two teams from Group II will advance to the medal semifinals on July 23 and 24 and the gold medal will be contested on July 25.

1999 FIBA Men’s Junior World Championship
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE
7-19-99, Almada, Portugal
FINAL BOX

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------         VISITORS: USA Men's Jr. Worlds (4-0)
                                   TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
         No.     N A M E           FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP A TO BLK S MIN         5  Keyon Dooling        *  4  7   0  1   4  4   0  3  3   1  12 1  1  2  0  27         9  Steve Lepore         *  3  4   1  2   0  0   0  1  1   2   7 0  2  0  0  16         10 Chris Williams       *  6 12   0  2   1  1   1  2  3   1  13 0  1  2  1  31         12 Nick Collison        *  3  5   0  0   2  3   3  2  5   4   8 0  2  0  0  14         15 Michael Wright       *  2  4   0  0   0  0   1  2  3   5   4 0  0  0  1  16         4  Steve Logan             5  9   2  4   3  4   0  2  2   1  15 2  0  0  1  22         6  Adam Hall               1  3   0  2   0  0   1  0  1   0   2 0  0  0  0   8         7  Matt Carroll            0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   2   0 0  0  0  0   2         8  Casey Jacobsen          1  3   1  3   0  0   0  0  0   0   3 0  0  0  2  14         11 Bobby Simmons           3  7   0  0   3  3   4  4  8   2   9 3  0  0  0  25         13 Jason Parker            0  0   0  0   0  0   0  1  1   2   0 0  1  1  0   4         14 Lance Williams          4  9   0  0   2  3   0  3  3   3  10 0  0  1  2  21         TEAM ........................................   3  3  6
         TOTALS                    32 63   4 14  15 18  13 23 36  23  83 6  7  6  7 200

         TOTAL FG% 1st: 21-33 (.636%)   2nd: 11-30 (.367%)   Game: 32-63 (.508%)   DEADBALL         3-Pt. FG% 1st:  3- 6 (.500%)   2nd:  1- 8 (.125%)   Game:  4-14 (.286%)   REBOUNDS         F Throw % 1st:  6- 8 (.750%)   2nd:  9-10 (.900%)   Game: 15-18 (.833%)      1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------         HOME TEAM: Argentina Men's Jr. Worlds (2-2)
                                   TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
         No.     N A M E           FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP A TO BLK S MIN         7  Diego Ciorciari      *  1  5   0  0   0  0   2  0  2   0   2 2  1  0  0  15         9  Menuel Cordova       *  4  7   1  3   2  2   1  2  3   0  11 2  0  0  2  24         10 Pedro Rodriguez      *  6 12   0  0   5  6   5  1  6   1  17 0  0  0  1  21         12 Fernando Malera      *  3  4   1  2   0  0   0  3  3   2   7 0  2  0  0  25         15 Matias Chahab        *  3  8   2  5   4  4   2  0  2   1  12 0  0  0  1  24         4  Diego Alba              0  0   0  0   0  0   1  0  1   5   0 0  1  0  1   9         5  G. Kammerichs           0  2   0  1   0  0   0  2  2   2   0 0  1  0  0   9         6  Gabriel Mikulas         3  4   0  0   3  4   1  2  3   0   9 1  3  1  0  21         8  Alejandro Camargo       0  0   0  0   0  2   0  0  0   1   0 0  0  0  0   4         11 Mariano Franco          0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   1   0 0  0  0  0   5         13 Leandro Lauro           1  5   0  1   0  0   0  1  1   2   2 1  1  0  0  21         14 Martin Leiva            4  9   0  0   3  5   0  4  4   2  11 3  2  0  2  22         TEAM ........................................   0  4  4
         TOTALS                    25 56   4 12  17 23  12 19 31  17  71 9 11  1  7 200

         TOTAL FG% 1st: 12-32 (.375%)   2nd: 13-24 (.542%)   Game: 25-56 (.446%)   DEADBALL         3-Pt. FG% 1st:  2- 9 (.222%)   2nd:  2- 3 (.667%)   Game:  4-12 (.333%)   REBOUNDS         F Throw % 1st:  9-12 (.750%)   2nd:  8-11 (.727%)   Game: 17-23 (.739%)      1--------------------------------------------------------------------------------         OFFICIALS:   Scott Butler (AUS), Dubravko Muhvic (CRO)

         TECHNICAL FOULS: None
         SCORE BY PERIODS:                  1st  2nd  OT1  TOTAL         USA Men's Jr. Worlds                51   32        83         Argentina Men's Jr. Worlds          35   36        71