2001 Miami Sol season

The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Miami Sol. The team earned its first and only playoff berth, losing in the opening round to the New York Liberty in three games.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 5 Ruth Riley Notre Dame221Georgia SchweitzerDuke337Levys TorresFlorida State

Transactions DateTransactionApril 20, 2001 Drafted Ruth Riley, Georgia Schweitzer and Levys Torres in the 2001 WNBA draftTraded Georgia Schweitzer to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Marla BrumfieldApril 30, 2001Signed Monique Morehouse and Rhonda SmithMay 4, 2001Waived Monique MorehouseMay 14, 2001Waived Rhonda Smith and Umeki WebbMay 26, 2001Waived Jameka Jones and Jamie CassidyJuly 3, 2001Waived Milena Flores

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 1 | May 31 | New York | W 68–59 | Sandy Brondello (21) | Elena Baranova (8) | Debbie Black (7) | American Airlines Arena | 1–0

| 2 | June 5 | Indiana | W 63–61 | Sheri Sam (21) | Askamp Baranova Black Riley Sam (4) | Debbie Black (4) | American Airlines Arena | 2–0 |- | 3 | June 7 | @ Seattle | W 70–57 | Sandy Brondello (23) | Marlies Askamp (8) | Sheri Sam (4) | KeyArena | 3–0 |- | 4 | June 9 | @ Sacramento | W 71–67 | Sheri Sam (21) | Elena Baranova (7) | Debbie Black (9) | ARCO Arena | 4–0 |- | 5 | June 12 | Detroit | L 67–68 (OT) | Sandy Brondello (23) | Baranova Black Sam (7) | Debbie Black (6) | American Airlines Arena | 4–1 |- | 6 | June 16 | @ Cleveland | L 53–70 | Sandy Brondello (16) | Elena Baranova (6) | Debbie Black (4) | Gund Arena | 4–2 |- | 7 | June 17 | New York | L 48–55 | Elena Baranova (22) | Elena Baranova (8) | Sandy Brondello (4) | American Airlines Arena | 4–3 |- | 8 | June 21 | @ Washington | W 74–63 | Baranova Brondello (18) | Elena Baranova (12) | Sandy Brondello (6) | MCI Center | 5–3 |- | 9 | June 22 | @ Minnesota | L 57–63 | Sandy Brondello (13) | Elena Baranova (8) | Marla Brumfield (4) | Target Center | 5–4 |- | 10 | June 24 | Cleveland | L 35–54 | Elena Baranova (9) | Debbie Black (8) | Marla Brumfield (4) | American Airlines Arena | 5–5 |- | 11 | June 27 | Utah | L 63–68 (OT) | Marla Brumfield (12) | Elena Baranova (10) | Brondello Sam (3) | American Airlines Arena | 5–6 |- | 12 | June 29 | Portland | L 72–74 (OT) | Sandy Brondello (20) | Debbie Black (7) | Baranova Black Brondello Sam (2) | American Airlines Arena | 5–7

| 13 | July 1 | @ Los Angeles | L 60–86 | Sandy Brondello (13) | Ruth Riley (6) | Debbie Black (5) | Staples Center | 5–8 |- | 14 | July 2 | @ Utah | W 69–59 | Sheri Sam (23) | Sheri Sam (9) | Debbie Black (5) | Delta Center | 6–8 |- | 15 | July 4 | @ Phoenix | L 47–60 | Elena Baranova (12) | Baranova Sam (4) | Debbie Black (6) | America West Arena | 6–9 |- | 16 | July 7 | Sacramento | W 66–54 | Elena Baranova (21) | Elena Baranova (7) | Elena Baranova (5) | American Airlines Arena | 7–9 |- | 17 | July 10 | @ Orlando | W 65–63 (OT) | Sheri Sam (26) | Ruth Riley (11) | Baranova Black (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 8–9 |- | 18 | July 13 | @ Detroit | W 56–55 | Sandy Brondello (14) | Ruth Riley (10) | Sheri Sam (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 9–9 |- | 19 | July 14 | Detroit | W 66–51 | Sandy Brondello (14) | Sheri Sam (6) | Sandy Brondello (6) | American Airlines Arena | 10–9 |- | 20 | July 18 | Charlotte | W 68–48 | Sandy Brondello (23) | Baranova Black Sam (5) | Sheri Sam (3) | American Airlines Arena | 11–9 |- | 21 | July 20 | Houston | W 64–50 | Sheri Sam (18) | Askamp Baranova (7) | Debbie Black (6) | American Airlines Arena | 12–9 |- | 22 | July 22 | @ New York | W 68–52 | Sheri Sam (17) | Debbie Black (8) | Debbie Black (4) | Madison Square Garden | 13–9 |- | 23 | July 25 | @ Cleveland | L 48–52 (OT) | Elena Baranova (14) | Kristen Rasmussen (7) | Debbie Black (4) | Gund Arena | 13–10 |- | 24 | July 27 | Orlando | W 71–63 (OT) | Sandy Brondello (23) | Riley Sam (8) | Elena Baranova (7) | American Airlines Arena | 14–10 |- | 25 | July 28 | @ Indiana | W 69–63 | Sheri Sam (17) | Elena Baranova (9) | Black Sam (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 15–10 |- | 26 | July 31 | @ Charlotte | L 45–63 | Marla Brumfield (9) | Debbie Black (5) | Brumfield Ford Sam (2) | Charlotte Coliseum | 15–11

| 27 | August 3 | Phoenix | W 72–61 | Sheri Sam (25) | Elena Baranova (6) | Debbie Black (5) | American Airlines Arena | 16–11 |- | 28 | August 5 | Washington | W 52–44 | Baranova Sam (15) | Elena Baranova (5) | Sheri Sam (5) | American Airlines Arena | 17–11 |- | 29 | August 8 | @ Washington | W 42–36 | Sheri Sam (15) | Elena Baranova (11) | Black Sam (3) | MCI Center | 18–11 |- | 30 | August 10 | Indiana | W 72–67 (OT) | Baranova Sam (21) | Baranova Riley (7) | Black Brondello (6) | American Airlines Arena | 19–11 |- | 31 | August 11 | @ Orlando | W 75–64 | Elena Baranova (19) | Elena Baranova (5) | Sheri Sam (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 20–11 |- | 32 | August 14 | Charlotte | L 41–48 | Sheri Sam (14) | Sheri Sam (8) | Debbie Black (3) | American Airlines Arena | 20–12

Playoffs

| 1 | August 17 | New York | L 46–62 | Ruth Riley (12) | Baranova Sam (5) | Debbie Black (5) | American Airlines Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 19 | @ New York | W 53–50 | Sheri Sam (17) | Debbie Black (8) | Sandy Brondello (5) | Madison Square Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 21 | @ New York | L 61–72 | Baranova Brondello (18) | Ruth Riley (9) | Debbie Black (4) | Madison Square Garden | 1–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sheri Sam 32 32 34.4 .432 .276 .750 4.3 2.8 1.7 0.3 13.9 Elena Baranova 32 30 30.8 .427 .375 .930 6.0 2.0 1.0 1.8 11.8 Debbie Black 32 32 29.6 .374 .150 .771 3.9 3.8 2.6 0.1 5.6 Sandy Brondello 29 29 29.3 .413 .394 .814 1.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 12.7 Ruth Riley 32 20 25.0 .475 N/A .771 4.1 0.8 0.8 1.4 6.8 Kristen Rasmussen 28 3 14.9 .360 .250 .750 3.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 2.7 Marlies Askamp 30 11 14.4 .483 N/A .563 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 2.5 Kisha Ford 30 1 13.2 .325 .091 .563 2.2 0.7 0.6 0.2 2.4 Tracy Reid 21 2 13.2 .508 N/A .615 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.2 3.8 Marla Brumfield 27 0 9.1 .283 .333 1.000 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.0 1.6 Katrina Colleton 14 0 8.6 .256 .000 .600 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.9Levys Torres204.0N/AN/AN/A0.00.00.00.00.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

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