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| Date | February 9, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque | ||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Nancy Lieberman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 3,378 | ||||||||||||||||||
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.[1] 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.[2]
The West team was coached by Greg Williams of the Dallas Diamonds while the East was coached by Steve Kirk of the Nebraska Wranglers.[3]
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 125-92[4] in front of 3,378 spectators.[5] 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.[6]
The game was sponsored by a group of Albuquerque business men, led by New Mexico coach Norm Ellenberger.[6][7]
- ^ Frank Maestas (9 February 1981). "'Machine Gun' Molly Bolin shoots tonight". Albuquerque Journal. p. C1. Retrieved 28 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Frank Maestas (8 February 1981). "All-Star: Basketball no girlhood dream". Albuquerque Journal. p. F1. Retrieved 28 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "WBL all-star game matches height against shooting". The Albuquerque Tribune. 7 February 1981. p. C1. Retrieved 28 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jana Thompson (10 February 1981). "West stars win, 125-92 - 'You can't stop a shooter like Molly'". The Albuquerque Tribune. pp. C1–C2. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ Bill Naegele (10 February 1981). "WBL chief impressed". The Albuquerque Tribune. pp. C1–C2. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ a b "West wins rout in WBL All-Star game". Desert Dispatch. Associated Press. 10 February 1981. p. 7. Retrieved 28 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bill Naegele (7 February 1981). "Lieberman advice to Ellenberger: Get a good job". The Albuquerque Tribune. pp. B1–B2. Retrieved 28 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
