Kevin Joyce (basketball) explained

Kevin Joyce
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lb:190
Birth Date:27 June 1951
Birth Place:Bayside, New York, U.S.
High School:Archbishop Molloy
(Jamaica, New York)
College:South Carolina (1970–1973)
Draft Year:1973
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:11
Draft Team:Golden State Warriors
Career Number:43
Career Position:Point guard / shooting guard
Years1:1973–1975
Team1:Indiana Pacers
Years2:1975
Team2:San Diego Sails
Years3:1975–1976
Team3:Kentucky Colonels
Highlights:
  • Consensus second-team All-American (1973)
  • No. 43 retired by South Carolina Gamecocks
Stats League:ABA
Stat1label:Points
Stat1value:1,906 (10.6 ppg)
Stat2label:Rebounds
Stat2value:304 (1.7 rpg)
Stat3label:Assists
Stat3value:580 (3.2 apg)

Kevin Francis Joyce (born June 27, 1951) is a retired American basketball player.

A 6'3" guard born in Bayside, New York, Joyce played at the University of South Carolina. During the 1971 ACC Tournament championship game, he out-jumped North Carolina's 6'10" Lee Dedmon with seconds left to tap the ball to Tom Owens. who made a lay-up to complete a dramatic come-from-behind victory.[1]

Joyce played at the 1972 Summer Olympics as a member of the United States national basketball team, who lost a highly controversial final game to the Soviet Union. The American team did not accept the silver medals. He later played professionally in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Indiana Pacers, San Diego Sails and Kentucky Colonels.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Barrier, Smith . 1981 . The ACC: Basketball Tournament Classic . . Metrosports . 80.