2001 Houston Comets season

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2001 Houston Comets season
Coach Van Chancellor
Arena Compaq Center
Attendance11,320 per game
Results
Record1913 (.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

Offseason

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
115 Amanda Lassiter (F)Flag of the United States.svg United States Missouri
231 Tynesha Lewis (G/F)Flag of the United States.svg United States North Carolina State
333ShaRae Mansfield (F)Flag of the United States.svg United States Western Kentucky
347Shala Crawford (C)Flag of the United States.svg United States Life
463Kristen Clement (G)Flag of the United States.svg United States Tennessee

Regular season

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

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 28 Los Angeles 63-66Loss0-1
May 31@ Indiana 82-78Win1-1
June 2@ Detroit 74-73Win2-1
June 5@ Utah 72-68Win3-1
June 7 Detroit 87-66Win4-1
June 10@ Phoenix 60-58Win5-1
June 21 Los Angeles 69-65Win6-1
June 23 Sacramento 70-56Win7-1
June 24 Portland 67-57Win8-1
June 27 Washington 76-63Win9-1
June 28@ Sacramento 54-64Loss9-2
June 30@ Minnesota 59-52Win10-2
July 2 Portland 74-67Win11-2
July 6 Indiana 79-64Win12-2
July 8 Cleveland 53-63Loss12-3
July 10@ Sacramento 76-78Loss12-4
July 12@ Portland 71-57Win13-4
July 13@ Seattle 58-55Win14-4
July 18@ Orlando 52-57Loss14-5
July 20@ Miami 50-64Loss14-6
July 23@ Minnesota 51-46Win15-6
July 24 Utah 67-76Loss15-7
July 28 New York 61-64Loss15-8
July 30 Seattle 55-51Win16-8
August 1 Utah 63-71Loss16-9
August 3 Orlando 72-60Win17-9
August 4@ Charlotte 49-54Loss17-10
August 6 Phoenix 62-48Win18-10
August 8@ Seattle 55-72Loss18-11
August 11@ Los Angeles 54-65Loss18-12
August 13 Minnesota 74-60Win19-12
August 14@ Phoenix 38-56Loss19-13
August 18
1st Round, G1
Los Angeles 59-64Loss0-1
August 20
1st Round, G2
@ Los Angeles 58-70Loss0-2

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Janeth Arcain 3213694603591
Tina Thompson 30233582922579
Coquese Washington 32118122699169
Tiffani Johnson 32138221215148
Amanda Lassiter 32110341621138
Trisha Stafford-Odom 308516122113
Tammy Jackson 3291212211104
Tynesha Lewis 29621511497
Jawann Kelley-Gibson 2829138644
Elena Shakirova 263596238
Nekeshia Henderson 2321226026

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References

  1. "2001 Houston Comets Stats".