Kevin Francis Joyce is a retired American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player.

A 6'3" guard, Joyce played at the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...

. 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 a wide open Tom Owens

Tom Owens

Thomas William Owens is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'10" center from the University of South Carolina, Owens played five seasons in the American Basketball Association and seven seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Carolina Cougars, Memphis...

 under the basket. Owens made an easy lay-up to complete a dramatic come from behind victory.

Joyce won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

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 as a member of the United States national basketball team

United States national basketball team

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, who lost a controversial final game to the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. (The American team refused to accept the medals, which, as of 2008, sit in a vault in Switzerland.) He later played professionally in the American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association

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 as a member of the Indiana Pacers

Indiana Pacers

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, San Diego Sails

San Diego Sails

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 and Kentucky Colonels

Kentucky Colonels

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.

External links

• Olympics Profile at DatabaseOlympics.com
• SC Athletic History as gamecocksonline.cstv.com