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.
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
Thursday, August 1
· USA vs Venezuela
· 9:00 pm CT Live on ESPN3;
· 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.
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.
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)
