Kevin Joyce (basketball)
American basketball player
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Kevin Francis Joyce (born June 27, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player.
(Jamaica, New York)
Joyce as a junior at South Carolina | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 27, 1951 Bayside, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Archbishop Molloy (Jamaica, New York) | ||||||||||||||
| College | South Carolina (1970–1973) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1973: 1st round, 11th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||||
| 1975 | San Diego Sails | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Kentucky Colonels | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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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.