1981 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

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1981 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
East West
9695
1st half2nd halfTotal
East494796
West435295
DateApril 11, 1981
Venue Levitt Arena, Wichita, KS
MVP Adrian Branch and
Aubrey Sherrod
Referees 1
2
3
Attendance10,006
McDonald's All-American
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The 1981 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Saturday, April 11, 1981, at the Levitt Arena in Wichita, Kansas. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1981. The game was the 4th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

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The game was not televised, but highlights were aired by NBC Sports during Sportsworld on April 12. The East roster included the best big man in the 1981 class, Patrick Ewing (who did not play in this game), guard Michael Jordan and forward Chris Mullin. The West team could count on local stars Greg Dreiling, a 7-1 center who averaged 26.7 points for his high school team, and guard Aubrey Sherrod, the only player who was still undecided regarding his college choice. Both players went on to attend Wichita State. The West team also had more size, having 7 players standing 6-9 or taller, while the East had two of the best guards, Jordan and Milt Wagner. The game started at 8 PM and initially saw the West team take the lead, with the East team scoring their first points on a Jordan jumpshot with 7:54 minutes left in the first quarter. Jordan's basket started a 10-point run for the East, which outscored the West 21-12 in the first quarter. The second quarter ended 31-28 in favor of the West team, and at halftime the score was East 49, West 43. [1] The East kept the lead until the fourth quarter, when the West went ahead 81-80 on a Hurt layup with 6:34 left. Aubrey Sherrod scored on a jumpshot with 22 seconds remaining, and the score was West 95, East 94. When the East regained possession of the ball, Jordan was fouled, and scored both free throws bringing the score to 96-95 for the East team. The West could win the game but Mark Acres missed the decisive free throw, shooting it short, and the game ended with the East win. [1] Jordan set a new scoring record with 30 points on 13/19 shooting (4/4 from the free throw line): the record lasted for 18 years, until the 1999 game when Jonathan Bender scored 31 points. Despite Jordan's scoring effort, the MVP award went to Adrian Branch and Aubrey Sherrod. [2] [3] Of the 25 players, 14 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA.

East roster

[3] [4] [5] [6]

No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege of Choice
15Jeff Adkins6-5– G Martinsville, VA, U.S. Martinsville Maryland
20 Chris Mullin 6-6– F Brooklyn, NY, U.S. Xaverian St. John's
21 Milt Wagner 6-5– G Camden, NJ, U.S. Camden Louisville
22 Buzz Peterson 6-4– G Asheville, NC, U.S. Asheville North Carolina
23 Michael Jordan 6-5192 G Wilmington, NC, U.S. Emsley A. Laney North Carolina
24 Adrian Branch 6-8– G Hyattsville, MD, U.S. DeMatha Maryland
25 Manuel Forrest 6-7– F Louisville, KY, U.S. Moore Louisville
30 Bill Wennington 7-0– C Brooklyn, NY, U.S. Long Island Lutheran St. John's
32 Eugene McDowell 6-8– C Cross City, FL, U.S. Dixie County Florida
33 Patrick Ewing 7-0– C Cambridge, MA, U.S. Rindge and Latin Georgetown
N/A Anthony Jones 6-6– G Washington, D.C., U.S. Dunbar Georgetown
N/A Ed Pinckney 6-9– F Bronx, NY, U.S. Adlai E. Stevenson Villanova

West roster

[3] [4] [5] [6]

No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege of Choice
10 Eric Turner 6-3– G Flint, MI, U.S. Central Michigan
11 Sam Vincent 6-2– G Lansing, MI, U.S. Eastern Michigan State
14 Michael Payne 6-10– F Quincy, IL, U.S. Quincy Iowa
15 Dwayne Polee 6-5– G Los Angeles, CA, U.S. Manual Arts UNLV
20 Ennis Whatley 6-3– G Birmingham, AL, U.S. Phillips Alabama
21 Mark Acres 6-10– F Palos Verdes Estates, CA, U.S. Palos Verdes Oral Roberts
22 Aubrey Sherrod 6-4– G Wichita, KS, U.S. Wichita Heights Undecided [7]
24 Stuart Gray 7-0– C Granada Hills, CA, U.S. John F. Kennedy UCLA
25 Nigel Miguel 6-5– G Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S. Notre Dame UCLA
31Walter Downing6-9– C New Lenox, IL, U.S. Providence Catholic DePaul
32 Bobby Lee Hurt 6-9– C Huntsville, AL, U.S. S. R. Butler Alabama
33 Greg Dreiling 7-1– C Wichita, KS, U.S. Kapaun Mt. Carmel Wichita State
N/AJohn Flowers6-9– F Fort Wayne, IN, U.S. South Side Indiana

Coaches

The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

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References

  1. 1 2 Corbitt, Ken (April 12, 1981). "East downs West in all-star cage game". The Salina Journal . p. 11.
  2. ↑ "A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 1981 game and rosters at page 68.
  4. 1 2 "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018. 1981 roster at page 2.
  5. 1 2 "Wichita stars head West team in McDonald's All-Star contest". The Salina Journal . April 10, 1981. p. 15.
  6. 1 2 "We Court the Best". Ebony . April–May 1981. pp. 8–9.
  7. ↑ Committed later to Wichita State.
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