The team won the league championship in the inaugural season defeating the Iowa Cornets three games to two in the best-of-five tournament.

[1] The league began with a player draft held in Manhattan's Essex House in July 1978, with eight teams participating.

Harris was reluctant to commit to playing after hearing the $3,000 to $5,000 salaries estimated by the Minnesota franchise and decided to sit out the 1978-79 season and retain her administrative position at Delta State.

[3] Houston finished the 1978-79 regular season with a league-best record of 26 wins and 8 losses, taking first place in the eastern Division.

[1] Behind 36 points by Paula Mayo, the Angels defeated the Iowa Cornets on May 2, 1979, to take the league's first championship, 111-104 in the fifth and final game of a best-three-out-of-five competition.