1981 WBL All-Star Game

Exhibition basketball game 1981 WBL All-Star Game East West 92 125 29 15 17 31 35 26 34 30 February 9, 1981 Civic Auditorium Albuquerque 3,378 Greg Williams Steve Kirk Nancy Lieberman 1980 The 1981 WBL All-Star Game was a basketball All-star game which was played on February 9, 1981, at the Albuquerque Civic Auditorium in Albuquerque, during the 1980–81 season of the Women's Professional Basketball League.Frank Maestas 'Machine Gun' Molly Bolin shoots tonight https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-machine-gun-molly/134210364/ 28 October 2023 Albuquerque Journal 9 February 1981 C1 Newspapers.com It was the third and final WBL All-Star game as the league folded following the season. Four players played in all three games, Marie Kocurek, Molly Bolin, Althea Gwyn and Paula Mayo.Frank Maestas All-Star: Basketball no girlhood dream https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-all-star-basketball/134210629/ 28 October 2023 Albuquerque Journal 8 February 1981 F1 Newspapers.com The West team was coached by Greg Williams of the Dallas Diamonds while the East was coached by Steve Kirk of the Nebraska Wranglers.WBL all-star game matches height against shooting https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune-wbl-all-star-gam/134210429/ 28 October 2023 The Albuquerque Tribune 7 February 1981 C1 Newspapers.com The East scored the first basket of the game, in what turned out to be their only time leading as the West dominated the rest of the game and won 125-92Jana Thompson West stars win, 125-92 - 'You can't stop a shooter like Molly' https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune-you-cant-stop-a/133896609/ 28 October 2023 The Albuquerque Tribune 10 February 1981 C1–C2 in front of 3,378 spectators.Bill Naegele WBL chief impressed https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune-wbl-chief-impres/133896555/ 28 October 2023 The Albuquerque Tribune 10 February 1981 C1–C2 Nancy Lieberman of the West team was named MVP after scoring 20 points while Molly Bolin led all scorers with 29 points. Carol Blazejowski, of the New Jersey Gems, and Inge Nissen, of the Chicago Hustle, led the east with 23 points each.West wins rout in WBL All-Star game https://www.newspapers.com/article/desert-dispatch-west-wins-rout-in-wbl-al/134210323/ 28 October 2023 Desert Dispatch Associated Press 10 February 1981 7 Newspapers.com The game was sponsored by a group of Albuquerque business men, led by New Mexico coach Norm Ellenberger.Bill Naegele Lieberman advice to Ellenberger: Get a good job https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune-lieberman-advice/134210408/ 28 October 2023 The Albuquerque Tribune 7 February 1981 B1–B2 Newspapers.com Team rosters East Player, Team MINFGMFGAFTMFTAREBASTSTLPFPTS Inge Nissen, CHI - 8 20 7 8 7 0 - 4 23 Rosie Walker, NEB - 5 10 3 6 3 0 - 5 13 Pearl Moore, SLS - 5 16 1 1 2 3 - 4 11 Nessie Harris, MIN - 3 8 3 6 2 0 - 2 9 Lydia Johnson, SLS - 3 13 3 4 12 0 - 4 9 Angela Cotman, MIN - 4 13 0 0 4 0 - 1 8 Paula Mayo, CHI - 3 11 0 0 4 0 - 3 6 Holly Warlick, NEB - 3 10 0 0 7 2 - 1 6 Linell Jones, SLS - 2 6 1 4 4 3 - 3 5 Marie Kocurek, MIN - 0 5 2 6 8 2 - 2 2 Totals - 36 - 20 35 53 10 - 29 92 West Player, Team MINFGMFGAFTMFTAREBASTSTLPFPTS Molly Bolin, SFP - 13 21 3 3 1 1 - 1 29 Nancy Lieberman, DAL - 8 15 4 4 6 5 - 2 20 Carol Blazejowski, NJG - 5 9 10 12 6 1 - 2 20 Cindy Haugejorde, SFP - 7 10 0 0 7 0 - 2 14 Cindy Brogdon, NOP - 5 14 3 3 6 1 - 3 13 Althea Gwyn, NEG - 2 9 4 7 9 1 - 4 8 Gail Marquis, NJG - 3 5 0 0 8 0 - 5 6 Cardie Hicks, SFP - 3 11 0 0 1 1 - 5 6 Sybil Blalock, NOP - 1 3 2 3 4 1 - 4 4 Rosalind Jennings, DAL - 0 6 3 6 7 0 - 0 3 Janice Thomas, NJG - 1 9 0 0 4 3 - 1 2 Totals - 48 108 29 38 59 - - 28 125 Boxscore References Category:Women's Professional Basketball League