1988 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

1988 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
East West
105 99
1st half2nd half Total
East 5352 105
West 4356 99
DateApril 17, 1988
VenueThe Pit, Albuquerque, NM
MVPAlonzo Mourning and
Billy Owens
Attendance12,815
NetworkABC
AnnouncersKeith Jackson and Dick Vitale
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The 1988 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Sunday, April 17, 1988 at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1988. The game was the 11th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

1988 game

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The game was telecast live by ABC. The East team had many forwards and centers in its roster, among them Alonzo Mourning and Billy Owens, two of the top-ranked big men of their class. Kenny Williams, another highly regarded prospect, was selected but did not play. Chris Jackson, the highest ranked point guard in the nation, was also part of the East team. The West had Shawn Kemp and LaPhonso Ellis, two other forwards/centers who were in the top positions of the high school rankings, along with Darrick Martin and Lee Mayberry, two of the best guards.[1] Mourning was the top scorer of the East with 16 points, while Owens had 10 points and 14 rebounds; Jackson scored 13 points and Malik Sealy had 12. Kemp scored 18 (the highest number of points in the game), while Todd Day had 15 points. Mourning and Owens were selected as co-MVPs.[2][3] Of the 25 players, 21 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA.

East roster

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No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
11 Litterial Green 6-1 185 G Moss Point, MS Moss Point Undecided[7]
21 Milton Bell 6-6 210 F Richmond, VA John Marshall Georgetown
22 Malik Sealy 6-7 180 F Bronx, NY St. Nicholas of Tolentine St. John's
25 Chris Jackson 6-0 170 G Gulfport, MS Gulfport LSU
32 Jerrod Mustaf 6-10 200 C Hyattsville, MD DeMatha Maryland
33 Alonzo Mourning 6-10 230 C Chesapeake, VA Indian River Georgetown
34 Billy Owens 6-8 215 F Carlisle, PA Carlisle Syracuse
35 Donald Hodge 6-10 230 C Washington, DC Calvin Coolidge Temple
36 Crawford Palmer 6-8 225 C Arlington, VA Washington-Lee Duke
42 Christian Laettner 6-10 225 C Buffalo, NY Nichols Duke
43 Anthony Peeler 6-5 200 G Kansas City, MO Paseo Missouri
50 Robert Werdann 6-10 250 C Jamaica, NY Archbishop Molloy St. John's
N/A Kenny Williams 6-9 220 F Elizabeth City, NC Northeastern North Carolina[8]

West roster

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No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
10 Todd Day 6-7 180 G/F Memphis, TN Hamilton Arkansas
11 Lee Mayberry 6-2 170 G Tulsa, OK Will Rogers Arkansas
15 Darrick Martin 5-11 170 G Long Beach, CA St. Anthony UCLA
24 Don MacLean 6-9 220 F Simi Valley, CA Simi Valley UCLA
32 Raymond Thompson 6-5 195 G Summit, IL Argo Iowa
33 Stacey Poole 6-5 200 F Jacksonville, FL Nathan B. Forrest Florida
34 Matt Steigenga 6-7 220 F Grand Rapids, MI South Christian Michigan State
40 Shawn Kemp 6-10 230 F Elkhart, IN Concord Kentucky[9]
42 Chris Mills 6-61⁄2 210 F Los Angeles, CA Fairfax Kentucky
50 LaPhonso Ellis 6-9 220 C East St. Louis, IL Lincoln Notre Dame
53 Stanley Roberts 6-11 265 C Hopkins, SC Lower Richland LSU
55 Eric Anderson 6-8 210 F Chicago, IL St. Francis de Sales Indiana

Coaches

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The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

All-American Week

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Contest winners

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  • The 1988 Slam Dunk contest was won by Matt Steigenga.

References

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  1. ^ "HOOP SCOOP'S FINAL RANKING OF THE NATION'S TOP 100 SENIORS - CLASS OF 1988". Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 1988 game and rosters at page 73.
  4. ^ a b "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Retrieved January 25, 2018. 1988 roster at pages 4-5.
  5. ^ a b "MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICANS". The Courier-Journal. April 25, 1988. p. 7.
  6. ^ a b "Presenting McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team for 1988". Ebony. April 1988. pp. 10–11.
  7. ^ Committed later to Georgia Bulldogs basketball.
  8. ^ Williams originally committed to North Carolina, but he failed to meet the academic requirements and attended Barton Community College instead. "Carolina Kids". Sports Illustrated. December 17, 1990.
  9. ^ Kemp had signed to play at Kentucky, but his SAT score was too low and he had to sit out his first year. In November 1988 he was involved in a theft case and left Kentucky, transferring to Trinity Valley Community College. Jack McCallum (November 27, 1989). "Seattle's Shawn Kemp, just an NBA babe, is a potential – 11.27.89 – SI Vault". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013. Published: November 08, 1988 (November 8, 1988). "Kemp Leaves Kentucky". Nytimes.com. Retrieved December 10, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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