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Marisa Rowe (born 16 July 1963) is a former Australian women's basketball player. [1] [2]
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Marisa Rowe (born 16 July 1963) is a former Australian women's basketball player. [1] [2]
Rowe was a member of the national team roster during the 1980s and competed for Australia at the 1986 World Championship held in the Soviet Union. [3] In the domestic Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) Rowe played 151 games for AIS (1981–82), Melbourne East (1983-84), St Kilda Saints (1985), Geelong Supercats (1986) and Coburg Cougars (1987–89). [4] [5] Rowe's mother, Pat Rowe, was captain of the Australian squads that competed at the 1967 World Championship held in Czechoslovakia and 1971 World Championship held in Brazil. [6] [7] [8]
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