Pima hoops coach Todd Holthaus approves of referee Mollie Mueller

The female basketball referee that loudmouth coach/celebrity LaVar Ball had removed from an AAU basketball game Friday in Las Vegas has worked dozens of Pima College women’s basketball games in the ACCAC. Mollie Mueller, who lives in Phoenix, has worked many junior college, small-college and Division I games in the Southwest and Southern California. Said Pima coach Todd Holthaus: “I’ve never had any issues with her.”