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game played on Friday, April 2, 1993 at the

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. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1993. The game was the 16th annual version of the

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first played in 1978.

1993 game

The game was telecast live by CBS.

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was selected as a McDonald's All-American but did not play in the game because of the

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limit of 2 all-star games: having already played in the

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and the Illinois-US All-Stars game, he was unable to participate in the McDonald's event. The Mid-South Coliseum was sold out for the event: the top prospects of the teams were big men Rasheed Wallace and

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. The MVP title was awarded to two players,

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for the West team and

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for the East. Vaughn was noted for his pass-first style of play and broke the assist record with 13 (the record still stands as of 2018); on the other hand, Stackhouse shown his finishing ability and scored 27 points, becoming the game's top scorer. Other players who starred were Darnell Robinson (19 points/10 rebounds), Charles O'Bannon (19 points), Jerald Honeycutt (14),

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(15) and

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who also recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace fouled out after scoring 9 points.A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST
/ref> 1993 game and rosters at page 77. Of the 22 players, 10 went on to play at least 1 game in the

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East roster

1993 roster at page 6.

West roster

Coaches

The East team was coached by: * Head Coach Julius Prezelski of Forest City High School ( Forest City, Pennsylvania) The West team was coached by: * Head Coach Charles Ripley of Parkview High School (

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)

All-American Week

Schedule

* Thursday, April 1:

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JamFest ** Slam Dunk Contest ** Three-Point Shoot-out * Friday, April 2: 16th Annual Boys All-American Game The

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Contest winners

* The 1993 Slam Dunk contest was won by Jerry Stackhouse. * The 1993 3-point shoot-out was won by Chris Kingsbury.

References

External links

McDonald's All-American on the webMcDonald's All-American all-time rostersGame stats at Realgm.com
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