USA Basketball

McGee was selected to be a member of the team representing the USA at the 1983 Pan American Games held in Caracas, Venezuela. The team won all five games to earn the gold medal for the event. McGee averaged 3.4 points per game.

McGee played for the USA National team in the 1983 World Championships, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The team won six games, but lost two against the Soviet Union. In an opening round game, the USA team had a nine-point lead at halftime, but the Soviets came back to take the lead, and a final shot by the USA failed to drop, leaving the USSR team with a one-point victory 85-84. The USA team won their next four games, setting up the gold medal game against USSR. This game was also close, and was tied at 82 points each with six seconds to go in the game. The Soviets Elena Chausova received the inbounds pass and hit the game winning shot in the final seconds, giving the USSR team the gold medal with a score of 84-82. The USA team earned the silver medal. McGee averaged 4.2 points per game.

In 1984, the USA sent its National team to the 1984 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan, for pre-Olympic practice. The team easily beat each of the eight teams they played, winning by an average of just under 50 points per game. McGee averaged 6.5 points per game.

She continued with the national team to represent the USA at the 1984 Olympics. The team won all six games to claim the gold medal. McGee averaged 6.2 points per game.

Personal

McGee has two children; a daughter, Imani, and a son, JaVale. Imani played basketball for the University of Texas at Austin. Javale McGee played with the Denver Nuggets and the Philadelphia 76ers and the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. Daughter Imani was drafted into the WNBA, by Chicago Sky. Pamela is the first WNBA player to have a child play in the NBA and WNBA. In 2000, she was inducted into the Greater Flint Afro-American Hall of Fame. She lives in Inglewood, California.

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