2002 Phoenix Mercury season

2002 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachCynthia Cooper
Linda Sharp (interim)
ArenaAmerica West Arena
Attendance8,737 per game
Results
Record11–21 (.344)
Place7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury's head coach, Cynthia Cooper, resigned during the season.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
2 25 Tootie Shaw (F)  United States Wichita State
3 40 Kayte Christensen (F)  United States UC-Santa Barbara
4 56 Amba Kongolo (F/C)  United States North Carolina Central

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 25 7 .781 17–4 –
Houston Comets x 24 8 .750 16–5 1.0
Utah Starzz x 20 12 .625 12–9 5.0
Seattle Storm x 17 15 .531 10–11 8.0
Portland Fire o 16 16 .500 8–13 9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o 14 18 .438 8–13 11.0
Phoenix Mercury o 11 21 .344 7–14 14.0
Minnesota Lynx o 10 22 .313 6–15 15.0

Season schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 May 29 @ Houston L 56–61 0–1
2 June 1 Utah W 71–66 1–1
3 June 3 Washington W 71–65 2–1
4 June 9 Charlotte W 80–77 3–1
5 June 13 Detroit W 70–67 4–1
6 June 14 Seattle L 82–90 4–2
7 June 18 Sacramento W 78–63 5–2
8 June 21 @ Houston L 59–61 5–3
9 June 23 Minnesota W 70–61 6–3
10 June 25 @ Los Angeles L 66–89 6–4
11 June 26 Seattle W 62–53 7–4
12 June 28 Los Angeles L 72–84 7–5
13 July 1 @ Charlotte L 68–90 7–6
14 July 3 @ Miami L 61–86 7–7
15 July 6 @ Orlando L 70–72 7–8
16 July 8 @ New York L 71–77 7–9
17 July 9 @ Washington L 54–68 7–10
18 July 11 Houston W 58–52 8–10
19 July 13 @ Utah L 66–75 8–11
20 July 17 @ Portland L 61–73 8–12
21 July 19 @ Seattle L 48–89 8–13
22 July 21 Portland L 75–87 8–14
23 July 26 @ Utah L 61–74 8–15
24 July 27 Sacramento L 64–79 8–16
25 July 29 Minnesota W 57–46 9–16
26 July 31 Indiana L 56–58 9–17
27 August 2 @ Minnesota L 51–75 9–18
28 August 4 @ Detroit L 75–91 9–19
29 August 6 @ Sacramento L 70–73 9–20
30 August 7 Cleveland W 59–57 10–20
31 August 11 @ Portland W 73–70 11–20
32 August 13 Los Angeles L 56–63 11–21

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Jennifer Gillom 31 116 37 29 21 473
Gordana Grubin 32 64 104 36 3 317
Lisa Harrison 32 126 40 31 3 262
Adrian Williams 32 220 35 48 29 200
Adriana Moises Pinto 32 60 79 30 3 193
Kayte Christensen 30 80 15 24 13 120
Tracy Reid 24 77 14 22 2 113
Susanna Bonfiglio 22 37 23 12 0 105
Jaynetta Saunders 27 38 23 9 4 99
Slobodanka Tuvic 26 63 11 9 9 86
Kristen Veal 23 27 41 14 2 71
Brandy Reed 5 4 4 2 3 38
Oksana Zakaluzhnaya 5 3 0 0 0 6
Shea Mahoney 3 2 1 0 0 5
Quacy Barnes 2 1 0 1 2 3

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References

  1. ^ "2002 Phoenix Mercury Stats".
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