The 1993 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an

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game played on Friday, April 2, 1993 at the Mid-South Coliseum in

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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. Rashard Griffith 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 Roundball Classic 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

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and Darnell Robinson. The MVP title was awarded to two players, Jacque Vaughn for the West team and Jerry Stackhouse 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 showed his finishing ability and scored 27 points, becoming the game's top scorer. Other players who starred were Robinson (19 points and 10 rebounds), Charles O'Bannon (19 points), Jerald Honeycutt (14), Keith Booth (15) and Dontonio Wingfield, who also recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace fouled out after scoring 9 points. 1993 game and rosters at page 77. Of the 22 players, 10 went on to play at least one game in the

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East roster

1993 roster at page 6.

West roster

Coaches

The East team was coached by: * Julius Prezelski of Forest City High School ( Forest City, Pennsylvania) The West team was coached by: * 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 Coca-Cola JamFest is a skills-competition evening featuring basketball players who demonstrate their skills in two crowd-entertaining ways. The slam dunk contest was first held in 1987, and a three-point shooting challenge was added in 1989.

Contest winners

* The 1993 Slam dunk contest was won by Jerry Stackhouse. * The 1993 three-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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