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| Date | April 13, 1985 | ||||||||||||
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| Venue | Moody Coliseum, University Park, TX | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Walker Lambiotte | ||||||||||||
| Referees | 1 Paul Galvan 2 Mike Tanco 3 Lynn Shortnacy | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 9,007 | ||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jim Thacker, Dick Vitale and Bucky Waters | ||||||||||||
| McDonald's All-American | |||||||||||||
The 1985 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Saturday, April 13, 1985 at the Moody Coliseum in University Park, Texas. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1985. The game was the 8th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.
The game was telecast by ESPN. 1985 was the first year in which the McDonald's game was televised. The East team had 3 North Carolina commits (Bucknall, Lebo and Madden) and two of the top ranked centers of the 1985 class, Danny Ferry and Pervis Ellison. The West team had many forwards, including Ed Horton and Tony Kimbro, and center Tito Horford, a heavily recruited center born in the Dominican Republic. [1] During the game Walker Lambiotte scored 24 points 10 for 12 from the field and 4 for 7 from the free throw line, winning the MVP award. Terry Dozier and Danny Ferry scored 17 points, and Mark Stevenson had 16; for the West team, Lowell Hamilton and Tito Horford both scored 13 points, while Ed Horton had 12. [2] [3] Of the 25 players, 15 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA.
| No. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College of Choice |
| 5 | Michael Porter | 5-11 | 165 | G | Dublin, VA, U.S. | Pulaski County | Virginia |
| 14 | Jeff Lebo | 6-2 | 180 | G | Carlisle, PA, U.S. | Carlisle | North Carolina |
| 21 | Tom Hammonds | 6-7½ | 210 | F | Crestview, FL, U.S. | Crestview | Georgia Tech |
| 22 | Kevin Madden | 6-5½ | 210 | F | Staunton, VA, U.S. | Robert E. Lee | North Carolina |
| 25 | Steve Bucknall | 6-6 | 205 | F | Byfield, MA, U.S. | Governor Dummer Academy | North Carolina |
| 30 | Irving Thomas | 6-8 | 215 | F | Miami, FL, U.S. | Miami Carol City | Kentucky |
| 31 | Terry Dozier | 6-9 | 190 | F | Baltimore, MD, U.S. | Paul Laurence Dunbar | South Carolina |
| 32 | Walker Lambiotte | 6-6 | 195 | F | Woodstock, VA, U.S. | Central | NC State |
| 33 | Pooh Richardson | 6-0 | 165 | G | Philadelphia, PA, U.S. | Benjamin Franklin | UCLA |
| 35 | Danny Ferry | 6-9½ | 230 | C | Hyattsville, MD, U.S. | DeMatha | Duke |
| 42 | Pervis Ellison | 6-9 | 195 | C | Savannah, GA, U.S. | Savannah | Louisville |
| 54 | Rodney Walker | 6-10 | 225 | C | Baltimore, MD, U.S. | Cardinal Gibbons | Syracuse |
| 55 | Mark Stevenson | 6-5 | 190 | G | Philadelphia, PA, U.S. | Roman Catholic | Notre Dame |
| No. | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Hometown | High school | College of Choice |
| 3 | Quin Snyder | 6-2 | 160 | G | Mercer Island, WA, U.S. | Mercer Island | Duke |
| 10 | Sean Elliott | 6-7 | 185 | F | Tucson, AZ, U.S. | Cholla | Arizona |
| 21 | Roy Marble | 6-6 | 190 | F | Flint, MI, U.S. | Beecher | Iowa |
| 23 | Rick Calloway | 6-6 | 190 | F | Cincinnati, OH, U.S. | Withrow | Indiana |
| 24 | Ed Horton | 6-8 | 205 | F | Springfield, IL, U.S. | Lanphier | Iowa |
| 30 | Jerome Lane | 6-6 | 195 | G | Akron, OH, U.S. | St. Vincent–St. Mary | Pitt |
| 32 | Tom Lewis | 6-7 | 200 | F | Santa Ana, CA, U.S. | Mater Dei | USC |
| 33 | Kip Jones | 6-7 | 200 | F | Decatur, IN, U.S. | Bellmont | Purdue |
| 34 | Tito Horford | 7-1 | 240 | C | Houston, TX, U.S. | Marian Christian | Houston [7] |
| 44 | Tony Kimbro | 6-8 | 205 | F | Louisville, KY, U.S. | Seneca | Louisville |
| 45 | Lowell Hamilton | 6-7 | 202 | F | Chicago, IL, U.S. | Providence St. Mel | Illinois |
| 50 | Doug Roth | 6-11 | 250 | C | Knoxville, TN, U.S. | Karns | Tennessee |
The East team was coached by:
The West team was coached by:
Alfredo William "Tito" Horford is a Dominican retired professional basketball player who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 1988 NBA draft. Horford played three years in the National Basketball Association (NBA), two with the Bucks from 1988–1990, and a short stint with the Washington Bullets during the 1993–94 season. He played in Spain in 1992. He was listed on the Bucks' summer 1992 roster.
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