![]() Joyce as a junior at South Carolina | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Bayside, New York, U.S. | June 27, 1951||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Archbishop Molloy (Jamaica, New York) | ||||||||||||||
College | South Carolina (1970–1973) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1973: 1st round, 11th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Golden State Warriors | |||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 43 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
1973–1975 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||||
1975 | San Diego Sails | ||||||||||||||
1975–1976 | Kentucky Colonels | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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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.
References
[edit]- ^ Barrier, Smith (1981). The ACC: Basketball Tournament Classic. Burlington, North Carolina: Metrosports. p. 80.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Kevin Joyce at databaseOlympics.com (archived) at DatabaseOlympics.com
- SC Athletic History as gamecocksonline.cstv.com