2001 Phoenix Mercury season

WNBA team season
2001 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachCynthia Cooper
ArenaAmerica West Arena
Attendance8,561 per game
Results
Record13–19 (.406)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
TelevisionKASW (WB 61)
Cox 9
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The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth for the Phoenix Mercury. Cynthia Cooper became the second head coach in franchise history.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 13 Kristen Veal  Australia Canberra Capitals (Australia)
2 29 Ilona Korstine  Soviet Union CJM Bourges Basket (France)
3 45 Tere Williams  United States Virginia Tech
4 53 Carolyn Moos  United States Stanford
4 61 Megan Franza  United States Washington

Transactions

Date Transaction
December 1, 2000 Cheryl Miller resigned as Head Coach[1]
January 8, 2001 Hired Cynthia Cooper as Head Coach[1]
April 20, 2001 Drafted Kristen Veal, Ilona Korstine, Tere Williams, Carolyn Moos and Megan Franza in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
April 30, 2001 Signed Pat Luckey and Slobodanka Tuvić[1]
May 7, 2001 Waived Megan Franza[1]
May 27, 2001 Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Jaynetta Saunders[1]
Waived Amanda Wilson, Carolyn Moos, Nicole Kubik and Tere Williams[1]
May 31, 2001 Suspended contract of Brandy Reed[1]
June 5, 2001 Waived Michelle Cleary[1]
Signed Nicole Kubik[1]
June 16, 2001 Waived Nicole Kubik[1]
June 22, 2001 Traded Tonya Edwards to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick[1]
Suspended contract of Ilona Korstine[1]
June 29, 2001 Waived Pat Luckey[1]
Signed E.C. Hill[1]
July 4, 2001 Waived E.C. Hill[1]
August 3, 2001 Signed Adriana Moisés[1]

Roster

2001 Phoenix Mercury roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 4 Australia Cleary, Michelle 5' 6" (1.68m) – 1974-07-16 1
G 13 United States Edwards, Tonya 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1968-03-13 Tennessee 2
G/F 9 Australia Fallon, Trisha 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 1972-07-23 1
F/C 22 United States Gillom, Jennifer 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1964-06-13 Mississippi 4
F 3 United States Harrison, Lisa 6' 1" (1.85m) 164 lb (74kg) 1971-01-02 Tennessee 2
G 4 United States Hill, E.C. 5' 8" (1.73m) 140 lb (64kg) 1971-07-06 Northern Illinois 1
G 10 Soviet Union Korstine, Ilona 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1980-05-30 R
G 10 United States Kubik, Nicole 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1978-03-01 Nebraska 1
F 28 United States Luckey, Pat 6' 1" (1.85m) – 1975-05-14 Houston R
G 4 Brazil Moisés, Adriana 5' 6" (1.68m) 140 lb (64kg) 1978-12-06 R
G 32 United States Pettis, Bridget 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1971-01-01 Florida 4
F 23 United States Reed, Brandy 6' 1" (1.85m) 168 lb (76kg) 1977-02-17 Southern Miss 3
F 21 United States Saunders, Jaynetta 5' 11" (1.8m) 145 lb (66kg) 1979-08-21 Texas A&M R
C 8 Soviet Union Stepanova, Maria 6' 8" (2.03m) 187 lb (85kg) 1979-01-23 3
G 7 Australia Timms, Michele 5' 7" (1.7m) 132 lb (60kg) 1965-06-28 4
C 14 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tuvić, Slobodanka 6' 4" (1.93m) 194 lb (88kg) 1977-09-19 R
G 5 Australia Veal, Kristen 5' 10" (1.78m) 150 lb (68kg) 1981-07-24 R
F/C 33 United States Williams, Adrian 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) 1977-02-15 USC 1
Head coach
United States Cynthia Cooper (USC)
Assistant coaches
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 13–19 (Home: 10–6; Road: 3–13)
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 30 Utah L 62–81 Tonya Edwards (15) Maria Stepanova (7) Michelle Cleary (3) America West Arena 0–1
2 May 31 @ Seattle L 70–83 Edwards
Harrison (14) 		Bridget Pettis (8) Kristen Veal (5) KeyArena 0–2
June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 June 2 @ Minnesota W 89–80 Bridget Pettis (26) Lisa Harrison (7) Michelle Cleary (6) Target Center 1–2
4 June 4 @ Portland L 69–71 (OT) Jennifer Gillom (14) Jennifer Gillom (11) Kristen Veal (5) Rose Garden 1–3
5 June 5 Charlotte W 76–69 Trisha Fallon (18) Maria Stepanova (8) Kristen Veal (7) America West Arena 2–3
6 June 10 Houston L 58–60 Jennifer Gillom (15) Harrison
Stepanova (6) 		Kristen Veal (10) America West Arena 2–4
7 June 12 Sacramento W 78–64 Jennifer Gillom (24) Stepanova
Tuvić (7) 		Kristen Veal (9) America West Arena 3–4
8 June 14 @ Sacramento L 59–81 Lisa Harrison (13) Maria Stepanova (5) Kristen Veal (5) ARCO Arena 3–5
9 June 16 Orlando W 72–68 Lisa Harrison (15) Adrian Williams (6) Kristen Veal (8) America West Arena 4–5
10 June 21 New York L 70–95 Pettis
Williams (12) 		Adrian Williams (7) Kristen Veal (3) America West Arena 4–6
11 June 22 Seattle L 55–58 Trisha Fallon (12) Maria Stepanova (6) Michele Timms (5) America West Arena 4–7
12 June 29 @ Detroit L 71–75 Jennifer Gillom (25) Jennifer Gillom (9) Michele Timms (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–8
July : 7–5 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
13 July 1 @ Indiana L 78–86 (OT) Trisha Fallon (18) Maria Stepanova (9) Michele Timms (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 4–9
14 July 4 Miami W 60–47 Kristen Veal (16) Gillom
Stepanova (5) 		Kristen Veal (4) America West Arena 5–9
15 July 5 @ Los Angeles L 50–73 Adrian Williams (12) Fallon
Stepanova (5) 		Korstine
Timms (3) 		Staples Center 5–10
16 July 7 Washington W 66–52 Trisha Fallon (16) Maria Stepanova (9) Michele Timms (6) America West Arena 6–10
17 July 11 Los Angeles L 61–75 Jennifer Gillom (15) Gillom
Timms (6) 		Kristen Veal (7) America West Arena 6–11
18 July 13 @ Cleveland L 61–69 Maria Stepanova (13) Michele Timms (6) Michele Timms (7) Gund Arena 6–12
19 July 14 @ Minnesota W 80–67 Maria Stepanova (19) Maria Stepanova (9) Michele Timms (5) Target Center 7–12
20 July 19 Portland W 60–58 Jennifer Gillom (18) Maria Stepanova (10) Timms
Veal (4) 		America West Arena 8–12
21 July 21 Utah W 59–50 Jennifer Gillom (18) Jaynetta Saunders (9) Maria Stepanova (5) America West Arena 9–12
22 July 26 Detroit W 63–62 Maria Stepanova (20) Gillom
Stepanova (5) 		Michele Timms (5) America West Arena 10–12
23 July 27 @ Seattle W 56–54 Maria Stepanova (11) Maria Stepanova (9) Jennifer Gillom (4) KeyArena 11–12
24 July 29 @ Sacramento L 47–63 Trisha Fallon (18) Maria Stepanova (8) Timms
Tuvić (3) 		ARCO Arena 11–13
August : 2–6 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 August 1 Minnesota L 63–68 Gillom
Stepanova (15) 		Slobodanka Tuvić (6) Timms
Veal (5) 		America West Arena 11–14
26 August 3 @ Miami L 61–72 Jennifer Gillom (25) Adriana Moisés (5) Gillom
Moisés
Tuvić
Veal (2) 		American Airlines Arena 11–15
27 August 3 @ Orlando L 69–78 Trisha Fallon (17) Jennifer Gillom (7) Kristen Veal (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 11–16
28 August 6 @ Houston L 48–62 Trisha Fallon (12) Maria Stepanova (11) Moisés
Veal (3) 		Compaq Center 11–17
29 August 8 @ Los Angeles L 67–79 Trisha Fallon (15) Jennifer Gillom (6) Michele Timms (6) Staples Center 11–18
30 August 10 @ Utah L 57–69 Jennifer Gillom (10) Stepanova
Tuvić (5) 		Michele Timms (4) Delta Center 11–19
31 August 11 Portland W 73–62 Trisha Fallon (24) Jennifer Gillom (8) Fallon
Gillom (3) 		America West Arena 12–19
32 August 14 Houston W 56–38 Trisha Fallon (14) Fallon
Harrison (7) 		Timms
Veal (4) 		America West Arena 13–19
2001 season schedule

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 28 4 .875 19–2 –
Sacramento Monarchs x 20 12 .625 13–8 8.0
Utah Starzz x 19 13 .594 11–10 9.0
Houston Comets x 19 13 .594 13–8 9.0
Phoenix Mercury o 13 19 .406 8–13 15.0
Minnesota Lynx o 12 20 .375 9–12 16.0
Portland Fire o 11 21 .344 5–16 17.0
Seattle Storm o 10 22 .313 6–15 18.0

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Lisa Harrison 32 32 28,6 .430 .333 .864 4.3 1.6 1.2 0.0 7.7
Trisha Fallon 31 16 27.1 .490 .405 .815 2.5 1.1 1.1 0.4 10.4
Jennifer Gillom 32 32 26.8 .423 .343 .740 4.0 1.1 1.0 0.6 12.3
Maria Stepanova 32 31 25.5 .507 .000 .615 6.3 1.3 1.3 2.0 10.4
Kristen Veal 29 14 22.7 .280 .280 .762 2.1 4.3 1.1 0.1 4.0
Tonya Edwards 10 9 20.8 .366 .357 .787 1.9 1.8 0.5 0.1 9.4
Michele Timms 21 18 19.4 .345 .304 .800 2.1 4.1 1.0 0.1 4.7
Adriana Moisés 7 0 17.6 .389 .333 .750 2.3 2.4 0.9 0.0 5.9
Bridget Pettis 32 1 15.5 .333 .317 .821 1.9 1.6 0.9 0.1 5.4
Adrian Williams 25 1 15.0 .336 N/A .714 3.0 0.4 0.6 0.2 3.8
Brandy Reed 1 0 13.0 .125 N/A 1.000 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Michelle Cleary 4 0 12.3 .000 .000 1.000 0.8 2.3 0.5 0.0 0.5
Slobodanka Tuvić 30 0 10.8 .310 N/A .475 2.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.8
Jaynetta Saunders 28 6 9.0 .325 .333 .680 1.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 2.4
Pat Luckey 1 0 8.0 .000 N/A N/A 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Nicole Kubik 3 0 7.0 .250 .000 N/A 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.7
Ilona Korstine 12 0 6.3 .280 .333 .857 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.0 1.8
E.C. Hill 3 0 2.7 .000 .000 N/A 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "2001 Phoenix Mercury Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  • Mercury on Basketball Reference