July 17, 1999

ALMADA, Portugal – Behind a record-breaking 28-point performance from University of Arizona standout Michael Wright (Chicago, Ill.), the 1999 USA Men’s Junior World Championship Team (2-0) was almost tripped up by Greece (1-1), but recovered to take a 92-87 victory over the defending Junior World Champions in Almada, Portugal, Friday night. The United States closes out preliminary pool play against Egypt (1-1), which defeated China 79-65 in the day’s earlier game, on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. EDT).

Guard Matt Carroll, who will be a freshman at Notre Dame in the fall, is a member of the team, but did not see any action in the win over Greece.

1999 FIBA Men’s Junior World Championship

                       TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDSNo.     N A M E        FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP A TO BLK  S MIN 5 Keyon Dooling        2  4   1  1   1  2   1  0  1   5   6  5  3  0  1  21 9 Steve Lepore         5 13   1  6   4  5   4  2  6   3  15  1  1  0  1  3510 Chris Williams       4  6   1  2   1  2   2  1  3   4  10  2  0  0  2  2112 Nick Collison        5  7   1  1   0  0   0  4  4   5  11  0  2  0  1  2515 Michael Wright       8 13   0  0  12 12   3  6  9   3  28  1  4  0  2  30 4 Steve Logan          3  6   1  3   2  2   0  1  1   3   9  1  0  0  0  19 6 Adam Hall            0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   3 8 Casey Jacobsen       0  4   0  3   1  2   0  5  5   2   1  2  0  0  1  2111 Bobby Simmons        1  3   0  0   0  0   2  0  2   3   2  0  0  0  0   813 Jason Parker         0  1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   3   0  0  1  0  0   914 Lance Williams       4  6   0  0   2  2   1  2  3   4  10  0  2  0  0   8 7 Matt Carroll         DNP   Coach's Decision   TEAM .....................................2  1  3   1         TOTALS        32 63   5 16  23 27  15 22 37  35  92 12 14  0  8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st: 19-32 (.594%)  2nd: 13-31 (.419%)   Game: 32-63 (.508%)   DEADBALL3-Pt. FG% 1st:  3- 9 (.333%)  2nd:  2- 7 (.286%)   Game:  5-16 (.313%)   REBOUNDSF Throw % 1st:  7- 8 (.875%)  2nd: 16-19 (.842%)   Game: 23-27 (.852%)      2

                       TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDSNo.     N A M E        FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN 4 P. Matzanas          4  4   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   4   8  0  2  0  0  20 9 N. Pettas            2  5   0  1   8  9   0  0  0   1  12  0  2  0  3  2410 G. Diamantopoulos    8 15   0  0  10 13   1  2  3   1  26  1  1  0  0  3412 A. Fotsis            4 10   1  4   5  9   1  7  8   4  14  2  4  1  2  3413 L. Papadopoulos      4  9   0  0   4  7   3  3  6   5  12  1  2  2  5  39 5 E. Papamakarios      3  3   1  1   6  7   0  0  0   3  13  1  1  0  1  17 7 G. Petrooulos        0  0   0  0   0  0   0  1  1   2   0  0  1  0  0   414 L. Agadakos          1  1   0  0   0  0   0  3  3   2   2  0  0  1  1  28      TEAM .....................................1  2  3      TOTALS           26 47   2  6  33 45   6 18 24  22  87  5 13  4 12 200

TOTAL FG% 1st: 15-25 (.600%)   2nd: 11-22 (.500%)   Game: 26-47 (.553%)  DEADBALL3-Pt. FG% 1st:  0- 1 (.000%)   2nd:  2- 5 (.400%)   Game:  2- 6 (.333%)  REBOUNDSF Throw % 1st: 13-21 (.619%)   2nd: 20-24 (.833%)   Game: 33-45 (.733%)     5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OFFICIALS:   Jose Araujo (POR), Jorge Tovar (VEN)TECHNICAL FOULS: USA Men's Jr. World Champ.    - Keyon Dooling(1)                 Greece Men's Jr. Worlds       - L. Papadopoulos(1)
SCORE BY PERIODS:                  1st  2nd  OT1   TOTALUSA Men's Jr. Worlds                48   44        92Greece Men's Jr. Worlds             43   44        87