Team USA for Pan American Games
Team USA Departs for Pan American Games
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. ET.
The basketball competition will be held from July 31 to August 4 at Dibos Coliseum. Team USA will battle Venezuela on Thursday, Aug. 1, and Puerto Rico on Friday, Aug. 2, in Pool A play. The Pool B participants are: Argentina, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Uruguay.
Medal round play will be conducted on Aug. 3-4.
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.
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
Alphabetical Roster
No. Name School Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown
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.
11 Alpha Diallo Providence Sr. G 6-7 213 New York, N.Y.
7 David Duke Providence So. G 6-5 198 Providence, R.I.
2 Collin Gillespie Villanova Jr. G 6-3 190 Huntington, Pa.
15 Geoffrey Groselle Creighton -- C 7-0 242 Plano, Tex.
8 Mustapha Heron St. John’s Sr. G 6-5 220 Waterbury, Conn.
10 Myles Powell Seton Hall Sr. G 6-2 195 Trenton, N.J.
4 A.J. Reeves Providence So. G 6-6 200 Roxbury, Mass.
9 Jermaine Samuels Villanova Jr. F 6-5 225 Franklin, Mass.
14 Nate Watson Providence Jr. C 6-10 250 Portsmouth, Va.
13 Tyler Wideman Butler -- F 6-8 240 Schererville, Ind.
Head Coach: Ed Cooley (Providence)
Assistant Coach: Kevin Willard (Seton Hall)
Assistant Coach: Mike Martin (Brown)