2001 Charlotte Sting season

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Charlotte Sting franchise. The team saw themselves in the WNBA Finals for the only time in their history. They lost the finals to the Los Angeles Sparks in a sweep.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 2 Kelly Miller Georgia 2 18 Tammy Sutton-Brown Rutgers334Jennifer PhillipsXavier450Reshea BristolArizona

Transactions DateTransactionFebruary 22, 2001Fired T.R. Dunn as Head Coach March 31, 2001 Hired Anne Donovan as Head Coach April 20, 2001 Drafted Kelly Miller, Tammy Sutton-Brown, Jennifer Phillips and Reshea Bristol in the 2001 WNBA draftApril 30, 2001Signed Marte AlexanderMay 7, 2001Waived Jennifer PhillipsMay 9, 2001Signed Tombi BellMay 10, 2001Waived Angie Braziel and Larecha JonesSuspended contract of Shantia OwensMay 13, 2001Waived Marte AlexanderMay 27, 2001Traded Cass Bauer-Bilodeau to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Keisha AndersonWaived Niesa Johnson and Tombi BellJune 22, 2001Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Tonya EdwardsJuly 2, 2001Waived Reshea Bristol

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 1 | June 2 | Los Angeles | L 67–76 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Clarisse Machanguana (9) | Dawn Staley (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 5 | @ Phoenix | L 69–76 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Clarisse Machanguana (12) | Dawn Staley (9) | America West Arena | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 7 | @ Sacramento | L 65–77 | Allison Feaster (23) | Allison Feaster (7) | Dawn Staley (9) | ARCO Arena | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 9 | @ Orlando | W 86–79 | Andrea Stinson (25) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (5) | Dawn Staley (9) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 12 | @ New York | L 70–79 | Andrea Stinson (22) | Clarisse Machanguana (8) | Dawn Staley (3) | Madison Square Garden | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 14 | Utah | L 59–73 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Feaster Stinson (6) | Dawn Staley (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–5 |- | 7 | June 16 | Detroit | L 69–72 (2OT) | Shalonda Enis (11) | Enis Stinson (8) | Feaster Staley (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–6 |- | 8 | June 18 | @ Seattle | L 52–60 | Andrea Stinson (13) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (9) | Andrea Stinson (6) | KeyArena | 1–7 |- | 9 | June 19 | @ Los Angeles | L 69–73 | Dawn Staley (18) | Summer Erb (10) | Dawn Staley (7) | Staples Center | 1–8 |- | 10 | June 22 | @ Portland | L 62–66 (OT) | Dawn Staley (14) | Andrea Stinson (11) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Rose Garden | 1–9 |- | 11 | June 24 | Sacramento | L 82–85 (OT) | Andrea Stinson (24) | Andrea Stinson (9) | Dawn Staley (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–10 |- | 12 | June 27 | Detroit | W 74–50 | Andrea Stinson (23) | Clarisse Machanguana (9) | Dawn Staley (11) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–10 |- | 13 | June 29 | @ Indiana | W 75–67 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (20) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (10) | Dawn Staley (10) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–10 |- | 14 | June 30 | Cleveland | W 58–55 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (14) | Allison Feaster (11) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 4–10

| 15 | July 3 | New York | W 66–61 | Andrea Stinson (20) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (7) | Dawn Staley (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 5–10 |- | 16 | July 6 | @ Detroit | W 67–50 | Andrea Stinson (17) | Charlotte Smith (7) | Smith Staley (9) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–10 |- | 17 | July 7 | Seattle | W 48–38 | Dawn Staley (15) | Shalonda Enis (7) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–10 |- | 18 | July 12 | Orlando | L 69–72 | Feaster Smith (13) | Charlotte Smith (7) | Edwards Feaster Staley Stinson (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–11 |- | 19 | July 14 | Indiana | W 71–58 | Allison Feaster (18) | Charlotte Smith (6) | Dawn Staley (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 8–11 |- | 20 | July 18 | @ Miami | L 48–68 | Dawn Staley (13) | Shalonda Enis (8) | Dawn Staley (4) | American Airlines Arena | 8–12 |- | 21 | July 20 | Orlando | W 72–65 | Allison Feaster (19) | Allison Feaster (7) | Dawn Staley (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 9–12 |- | 22 | July 21 | @ Cleveland | L 41–56 | Dawn Staley (9) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Dawn Staley (4) | Gund Arena | 9–13 |- | 23 | July 24 | Indiana | W 75–66 | Dawn Staley (18) | Clarisse Machanguana (10) | Staley Stinson (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 10–13 |- | 24 | July 26 | Washington | W 62–60 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Charlotte Smith (10) | Smith Staley (3) | Charlotte Coliseum | 11–13 |- | 25 | July 29 | @ Washington | L 42–55 | Andrea Stinson (10) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (6) | Smith Staley (2) | MCI Center | 11–14 |- | 26 | July 31 | Miami | W 63–45 | Allison Feaster (18) | Smith Sutton-Brown (4) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 12–14

| 27 | August 3 | @ Minnesota | W 72–64 | Staley Stinson (16) | Feaster Machanguana Staley (5) | Andrea Stinson (4) | Target Center | 13–14 |- | 28 | August 4 | Houston | W 54–49 | Allison Feaster (13) | Allison Feaster (9) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–14 |- | 29 | August 6 | @ Washington | W 65–60 | Dawn Staley (13) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (7) | Andrea Stinson (7) | MCI Center | 15–14 |- | 30 | August 10 | @ Cleveland | W 55–53 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (9) | Dawn Staley (5) | Gund Arena | 16–14 |- | 31 | August 11 | New York | W 80–60 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Shalonda Enis (7) | Dawn Staley (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 17–14 |- | 32 | August 14 | @ Miami | W 48–41 | Stinson Sutton-Brown (8) | Allison Feaster (9) | Dawn Staley (5) | American Airlines Arena | 18–14

Playoffs

| 1 | August 16 | Cleveland | W 53–46 | Andrea Stinson (16) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 18 | @ Cleveland | L 51–69 | Allison Feaster (11) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Dawn Staley (6) | Gund Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 20 | @ Cleveland | W 72–64 | Tonya Edwards (15) | Shalonda Enis (9) | Dawn Staley (8) | Gund Arena | 2–1

| 1 | August 24 | New York | L 57–61 | Dawn Staley (14) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–0 |- | 2 | August 26 | @ New York | W 62–53 | Staley Stinson (18) | Charlotte Smith (9) | Andrea Stinson (8) | Madison Square Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 27 | @ New York | W 48–44 | Dawn Staley (17) | Andrea Stinson (8) | Andrea Stinson (4) | Madison Square Garden | 2–1

| 1 | August 30 | Los Angeles | L 66–75 | Andrea Stinson (18) | Allison Feaster (5) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 0–1 |- | 2 | September 1 | @ Los Angeles | L 54–82 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (12) | Charlotte Smith (8) | Dawn Staley (5) | Staples Center | 0–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Dawn Staley 32 32 36.0 .381 .371 .895 2.2 5.6 1.6 0.0 9.3 Allison Feaster 32 32 31.5 .375 .327 .921 4.8 1.4 0.9 0.3 11.4 Andrea Stinson 32 32 31.4 .484 .446 .797 4.3 2.8 1.3 0.6 14.1 Charlotte Smith 30 24 22.6 .390 .313 .734 3.4 1.7 0.5 0.4 5.7 Tammy Sutton-Brown 29 21 20.8 .490 N/A .722 4.4 0.4 0.7 1.3 6.8 Shalonda Enis 32 11 19.5 .418 .452 .714 3.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 6.0 Clarisse Machanguana 30 8 19.3 .500 N/A .649 4.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 5.4 Tonya Edwards 22 0 16.9 .340 .227 .730 2.0 1.4 0.6 0.3 4.5 Kelly Miller 26 0 8.7 .386 .368 .800 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 2.1 Summer Erb 18 0 8.2 .429 N/A .857 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.3 3.0Keisha Anderson1805.7.125.000.8000.80.80.30.00.7 Reshea Bristol 1 0 5.0 .000 N/A N/A 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

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