2001 Houston Comets season

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2001 Houston Comets season
Coach Van Chancellor
Arena Compaq Center
Attendance11,320 per game
Results
Record19–13 (.594)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks
Media
Television KNWS (IND 51)
Fox Sports Net Southwest

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but failed to win a fifth consecutive championship.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
115 Amanda Lassiter Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Missouri
231 Tynesha Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States NC State
333ShaRae MansfieldFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Western Kentucky
347Shala CrawfordFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Life
463Kristen ClementFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee

Transactions

DateTransaction
April 20, 2001Drafted Amanda Lassiter, Tynesha Lewis, ShaRae Mansfield, Shala Crawford and Kristen Clement in the 2001 WNBA draft [1]
April 23, 2001Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Anna DeForge [1]
April 30, 2001Signed Daliborka Vilipić, Pietra Gay and Trisha Stafford-Odom [1]
May 8, 2001Waived Pietra Gay and Shala Crawford [1]
Signed Angela Aycock and Franthea Price [1]
May 10, 2001Waived Anna DeForge [1]
May 11, 2001Waived Franthea Price [1]
May 14, 2001Waived ShaRae Mansfield [1]
May 25, 2001Waived Kristen Clement [1]
May 27, 2001Suspended contracts of Angela Aycock, Daliborka Vilipić, Natalya Zasulskaya and Polina Tzekova [1]
June 6, 2001Waived Angela Aycock [1]
June 8, 2001Waived Daliborka Vilipić [1]

Roster

2001 Houston Comets roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 9 Flag of Brazil.svg Arcain, Janeth 5' 11" (1.8m)147 lb (67kg)1969-04-114
G/F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Gibson, Kelley 5' 9" (1.75m)137 lb (62kg)1976-11-07 Maryland 1
G 6 Flag of the United States.svg Henderson, Nekeshia 5' 8" (1.73m)1973-02-28 Texas R
F/C 23 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson, Tammy 6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1962-12-03 Florida 4
C 0 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Tiffani 6' 4" (1.93m)240 lb (109kg)1975-12-27 Tennessee 2
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Lassiter, Amanda 6' 1" (1.85m)160 lb (73kg)1979-06-09 Missouri R
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg Lewis, Tynesha 5' 10" (1.78m)152 lb (69kg)1979-05-08 NC State R
C 32 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Shakirova, Elena 6' 3" (1.91m)190 lb (86kg)1970-06-021
F 5 Flag of the United States.svg Stafford-Odom, Trisha 6' 0" (1.83m)160 lb (73kg)1970-11-11 California R
F 7 Flag of the United States.svg Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m)178 lb (81kg)1975-02-10 USC 4
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Washington, Coquese 5' 6" (1.68m)138 lb (63kg)1971-01-17 Notre Dame 3
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Van Chancellor (Mississippi State)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Cook
Flag of the United States.svg Alisa Scott
Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Leget
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 19–13 (Home: 11–5; Road: 8–8)
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1May 28 Los Angeles L 63–66 Tina Thompson (23) Janeth Arcain (6) Janeth Arcain (4) Compaq Center 0–1
2May 31@ Indiana W 82–78 Arcain
Thompson (26)		 Janeth Arcain (7) Coquese Washington (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 1–1
June : 9–1 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
3June 2@ Detroit W 74–73 Tina Thompson (28) Tina Thompson (11) Arcain Gibson
Thompson
Washington (2)		 The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–1
4June 5@ Utah W 72–68 Janeth Arcain (27) Tina Thompson (10) Amanda Lassiter (6) Delta Center 3–1
5June 7 Detroit W 87–66 Janeth Arcain (27) Tina Thompson (12) Janeth Arcain (5) Compaq Center 4–1
6June 10@ Phoenix W 60–58 Tina Thompson (22) Tina Thompson (10) Coquese Washington (5) America West Arena 5–1
7June 21 Los Angeles W 69–65 Tina Thompson (29) Tammy Jackson (7) Arcain
Washington (5)		 Compaq Center 6–1
8June 23 Sacramento W 70–56 Tina Thompson (21) Tina Thompson (9) Coquese Washington (5) Compaq Center 7–1
9June 24 Portland W 67–57 Arcain
Thompson (22)		 Tina Thompson (7) Coquese Washington (3) Compaq Center 8–1
10June 27 Washington W 76–63 Tina Thompson (24) Tina Thompson (8) Coquese Washington (5) Compaq Center 9–1
11June 28@ Sacramento L 54–64 Tina Thompson (24) Coquese Washington (8) Coquese Washington (5) ARCO Arena 9–2
12June 30@ Minnesota W 59–52 Tina Thompson (17) Tina Thompson (10) Arcain
Thompson
Washington (4)		 Target Center 10–2
July : 6–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
13July 2 Portland W 74–67 Tina Thompson (29) Tina Thompson (12) Tammy Jackson (4) Compaq Center 11–2
14July 6 Indiana W 79–64 Janeth Arcain (17) Arcain
Johnson (7)		 Coquese Washington (5) Compaq Center 12–2
15July 8 Cleveland L 53–63 Tina Thompson (19) Lassiter
Washington (5)		 Coquese Washington (6) Compaq Center 12–3
16July 10@ Sacramento L 76–78 (2OT) Tina Thompson (26) Amanda Lassiter (13) Janeth Arcain (6) ARCO Arena 12–4
17July 12@ Portland W 71–57 Arcain
Thompson (22)		 Tynesha Lewis (8) Janeth Arcain (9) Rose Garden 13–4
18July 13@ Seattle W 58–55 Tina Thompson (22) Tina Thompson (9) Janeth Arcain (4) KeyArena 14–4
19July 18@ Orlando L 52–57 Janeth Arcain (17) Tina Thompson (12) Coquese Washington (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 14–5
20July 20@ Miami L 50–64 Tammy Jackson (18) Nekeshia Henderson (5) Arcain
Lassiter
Shakirova (2)		 American Airlines Arena 14–6
21July 23@ Minnesota W 51–46 Tina Thompson (24) Tina Thompson (10) Coquese Washington (6) Target Center 15–6
22July 24 Utah L 67–76 Janeth Arcain (29) Janeth Arcain (8) Coquese Washington (4) Compaq Center 15–7
23July 28 New York L 61–64 Janeth Arcain (19) Tina Thompson (9) Coquese Washington (5) Compaq Center 15–8
24July 30 Seattle W 55–51 Janeth Arcain (16) Tina Thompson (11) Tina Thompson (4) Compaq Center 16–8
August : 3–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
25August 1 Utah L 63–71 Janeth Arcain (18) Tiffani Johnson (10) Janeth Arcain (4) Compaq Center 16–9
26August 3 Orlando W 72–60 Janeth Arcain (18) Tina Thompson (11) Coquese Washington (6) Compaq Center 17–9
27August 4@ Charlotte L 49–54 Janeth Arcain (20) Tammy Jackson (9) Coquese Washington (2) Charlotte Coliseum 17–10
28August 6 Phoenix W 62–48 Janeth Arcain (18) Tina Thompson (7) Janeth Arcain (5) Compaq Center 18–10
29August 8@ Seattle L 55–72 Janeth Arcain (24) Trisha Stafford-Odom (12) Coquese Washington (4) KeyArena 18–11
30August 11@ Los Angeles L 54–65 Janeth Arcain (20) Tina Thompson (6) Thompson
Washington (5)		 Staples Center 18–12
31August 13 Minnesota W 74–60 Arcain
Thompson (17)		 Trisha Stafford-Odom (9) Janeth Arcain (3) Compaq Center 19–12
32August 14@ Phoenix L 38–56 Elena Tornikidou (16) Wendy Palmer (5) Edwina Brown (7) America West Arena 19–13
2001 season schedule

Playoffs

2001 playoff game log
First round vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1August 18 Los Angeles L 59–64 Amanda Lassiter (17) Tiffani Johnson (12) Tina Thompson (5) Compaq Center 0–1
2August 20@ Los Angeles L 58–70 Janeth Arcain (18) Coquese Washington (7) Coquese Washington (3) Staples Center 0–2
2001 playoff schedule

Season standings

Western Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Los Angeles Sparks x284.87519–2–
Sacramento Monarchs x2012.62513–88.0
Utah Starzz x1913.59411–109.0
Houston Comets x1913.59413–89.0
Phoenix Mercury o1319.4068–1315.0
Minnesota Lynx o1220.3759–1216.0
Portland Fire o1121.3445–1617.0
Seattle Storm o1022.3136–1518.0

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Tina Thompson 303036.7.377.293.8407.81.91.00.719.3
Janeth Arcain 323236.1.426.333.9004.32.91.90.118.5
Coquese Washington 323231.7.356.358.6363.73.82.20.35.3
Tiffani Johnson 322821.0.449N/A.8574.30.70.40.54.6
Amanda Lassiter 321819.2.367.388.6673.41.10.50.74.3
Tynesha Lewis 29414.4.424.400.6472.10.50.40.13.3
Tammy Jackson 32413.8.500N/A.4502.80.70.70.33.3
Trisha Stafford-Odom 30412.2.368.000.6732.80.50.40.13.8
Kelley Gibson 28610.3.228.143.6821.00.50.30.21.6
Nekeshia Henderson 2307.8.237.273.2860.91.00.30.01.1
Elena Shakirova 2627.8.316.000.6091.30.30.20.11.5


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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "2001 Houston Comets Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
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