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Rita Easterling
Rita Gail Easterling (born July 26, 1955) is an American former basketball player. Called the ''Queen of the Floor Burns'', she played college basketball for Mississippi College where she was named Kodak All-American in 1977. She later played professionally for the Chicago Hustle in the Women's Professional Basketball League from 1978 to 1981 and was named the leagues MVP and All-Star MVP in 1979. Prior to college, Easterling played basketball at Morton High School and in 1973 she was named Mississippi Miss Basketball. In 2011, Easterling was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Coaching career Easterling served as an assistant coach with the Mississippi College women's basketball team after graduation. Following her professional career, she returned to Mississippi, first as an assistant coach but took over as head coach in 1983. References External linksWBL statisticsat StatsCrew.comProfileat Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame The Mississippi Sports Hall of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morton High School (Mississippi)
Morton High School could refer to the following schools in the United States: * J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 — a district, or any of its three campuses, in Cook County, Illinois * Morton High School (Morton, Illinois) — the only high school of Morton Community Unit School District 709, Tazewell County, Illinois * Morton High School (Indiana) — a high school in the School City of Hammond in Lake County, Indiana * Richmond High School (Richmond, Indiana) — known as Morton High School before 1939 * Morton High School (Kentucky) — a former high school in Lexington; now the Fayette County Public Schools (Kentucky) offices; replaced by Henry Clay High School in 1928 * Morton High School (Mississippi) — one of two high school facilities of Scott County School District (Mississippi) * Morton High School (Texas) — the senior high school of Morton Independent School District in Morton, Cochran County, Texas * Morton High School (Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 WBL All-Star Game
The 1979 WBL All-Star Game was a basketball All-star game which was played on March 14, 1979, at the Felt Forum in New York, during the 1978–79 WBL season. The East team was coached by Don Knoedel of the Houston Angels while the Midwest was coached by Doug Bruno of the Chicago Hustle. Three players were selected from each of the eight teams in the league. After falling behind 18–30 after the first quarter, the East team won the game, 112–99, behind Althea Gwyn's 19 points and 16 rebounds. Rita Easterling of the Midwest team was named MVP after scoring 19 points and handing out 18 assists. Midwest's Debra Waddy-Rossow finished with a game high 26 points. This was the inaugural All-Star Game of the Women's Professional Basketball League, which was in its first season. Originally, no game was planned for the first year but Bill Byrne, the president and founder of the WBL, decided to organize it few weeks before. The game was broadcast on WOR-TV WWOR-TV (channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi College Choctaws Women's Basketball Players
Mississippi () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Mississippi is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 32nd largest and List of U.S. states by population, 35th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states and has the lowest per-capita income in the United States. Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson is both the state's List of capitals in the United States, capital and largest city. Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi, Greater Jackson is the state's most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, with a population of 591,978 in 2020. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union, 20th state admitted to the Union. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
