BIG EAST/Team USA Departs For Lima For Pan American Games
7/27/2019 1:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Creighton's Ty-Shon Alexander and Geoffrey Groselle are on the 12-man roster
(UPDATED 7/30/19)
Newark, N.J. – After a week of practice in Providence, the team of BIG EAST Conference men's basketball standouts leaves for Lima, Peru, on Saturday to represent the United States at the Pan American Games. Men's basketball competition begins on Wednesday, July 31, when the U.S. team meets Virgin Islands at 10:30 a.m. Central.
The basketball competition will be held from July 31 to August 4 at Dibos Coliseum. Team USA will battle Virgin Islands at 10:30 a.m. on July 31, Venezuela on Thursday, Aug. 1, and Puerto Rico on Friday, Aug. 2, in Pool A play.Â
Wednesday, July 31
·      USA vs Virgin Islands at 10:30 am CT
·      Live on ESPN3; joined in progress at 12 pm CT on ESPN Deportes;
·      STATS
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Thursday, August 1
·      USA vs Venezuela
·      9:00 pm CT Live on ESPN3;Â
·      9:30 pm joined in progress on ESPN Deportes (Spanish)
·      STATS
Friday, August 2
USA vs. Puerto Rico
·      9:00 pm CT Live on ESPNU, ESPN Deportes & ESPN3
·      STATS
Saturday, August 3
USA vs. Argentina (Medal Round semifinal)
·      9:00 pm CT Live on ESPNU and ESPN3
·      STATS
Sunday, August 4
USA vs. Dominican Republic (Bronze Medal Game)
·      6:00 pm CT Live on ESPNU
·      STATS
The Pool B participants are: Argentina, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Uruguay.Â
Medal round play will be conducted on Aug. 3-4. Times and coverage for the medal rounds is still to be announced.
The BIG EAST Conference is representing USA Basketball at the Pan American Games. Providence's Ed Cooley is the team's head coach. Kevin Willard of Seton Hall and Mike Martin of Brown are the assistant coaches. Team USA is chasing its first men's basketball gold medal at the Pan American Games since a 1983 team starring Michael Jordan, Chris Mullin, Sam Perkins and Mark Price.
The Pan American Games is a multi-sport event featuring teams from North, South and Central American and the Caribbean, which is organized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) and played every four years in the year preceding the Olympics (2019, 2023, etc.).
The 12-player active Team USA roster includes Seton Hall guard Myles Powell, a unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection this past season along with All-BIG EAST Second Team pick Alpha Diallo of Providence. Creighton guard Ty-Shon Alexander earned All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention.
Player roster, profiles and additional information are located at www.bigeast.com/panam.
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2019 Pan American Games Roster
No.    Name                              School                         Yr.         Pos.       Ht.         Wt.         Hometown2        Collin Gillespie               Villanova                     Jr.          G           6-3        190         Huntington, Pa.
4        A.J. Reeves                      Providence                 So.         G           6-6        200         Roxbury, Mass.
5       Ty-Shon Alexander        Creighton                    Jr.          G           6-4        195         Charlotte, N.C.
6        Myles Cale                      Seton Hall                   Jr.          G-F        6-6        210         Middletown, Del.
7        David Duke                     Providence                 So.         G           6-5        198         Providence, R.I.
8        Mustapha Heron           St. John's                    Sr.          G           6-5        220         Waterbury, Conn.
9        Jermaine Samuels         Villanova                     Jr.          F            6-5        225         Franklin, Mass.
10      Myles Powell                 Seton Hall                   Sr.          G           6-2        195         Trenton, N.J.
11      Alpha Diallo                    Providence                 Sr.          G           6-7        213         New York, N.Y.
13      Tyler Wideman              Butler                          --            F            6-8        240         Schererville, Ind.
14      Nate Watson                  Providence                 Jr.          C            6-10      250         Portsmouth, Va.
15      Geoffrey Groselle          Creighton                    --            C            7-0        242         Plano, Tex.
          Head Coach: Ed Cooley (Providence)
          Assistant Coach: Kevin Willard (Seton Hall)
          Assistant Coach: Mike Martin (Brown)
