2001 Orlando Miracle season

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2001 Orlando Miracle season
Coach Carolyn Peck
Arena TD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance7,430 per game
Results
Record1319 (.406)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Nykesha Sales (13.5)
Rebounds Taj McWilliams (7.6)
Assists Elaine Powell (3.1)
Media
Television WRBW (UPN 65)
Sunshine Network

The 2001 WNBA season was their third in the league. The Miracle missed the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. The Miracle also hosted the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
110 Katie Douglas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Purdue
226 Brooke Wyckoff Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida State
342Jaclyn JohnsonFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kansas
458 Anne Thorius Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Michigan

Transactions

DateTransaction
April 20, 2001Drafted Katie Douglas, Brooke Wyckoff, Jaclyn Johnson and Anne Thorius in the 2001 WNBA Draft [1]
April 30, 2001Signed Denique Graves, Nakia Sanford, Nyree Roberts, Shaka Massey, Shawnetta Stewart, Tauja Catchings and Tawona Alhaleem [1]
May 1, 2001Waived Tauja Catchings [1]
May 3, 2001Waived Nakia Sanford [1]
Signed LaCharlotte Smith and Tora Suber [1]
May 4, 2001Waived Shawnetta Stewart [1]
May 14, 2001Waived LaCharlotte Smith, Shaka Massey and Tora Suber [1]
May 21, 2001Waived Jannon Roland [1]
May 22, 2001Waived Andrea Congreaves [1]
May 26, 2001Waived Anne Thorius, Denique Graves and Romana Hamzová [1]

Roster

2001 Orlando Miracle roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G/F 44 Flag of the United States.svg Alhaleem, Tawona 6' 0" (1.83m)1974-10-17 DePaul R
C 28 Flag of Brazil.svg dos Santos, Cíntia 6' 5" (1.96m)187 lb (85kg)1975-01-311
G/F 32 Flag of the United States.svg Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m)165 lb (75kg)1979-05-07 Purdue R
F/C 22 Flag of the United States.svg Hicks, Jessie 6' 4" (1.93m)188 lb (85kg)1971-12-02 Maryland 2
F 33 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Jaclyn 6' 0" (1.83m)201 lb (91kg)1979-03-16 Kansas R
G 14 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m)152 lb (69kg)1974-08-18 South Carolina 2
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg McCain, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m)160 lb (73kg)1978-03-08 Kentucky 1
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m)173 lb (78kg)1968-03-06 Tennessee 2
F/C 11 Flag of the United States.svg McWilliams-Franklin, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m)195 lb (88kg)1970-10-20 St. Edward's 2
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m)150 lb (68kg)1975-08-09 Louisiana Tech 2
G/F 42 Flag of the United States.svg Sales, Nykesha 6' 0" (1.83m)184 lb (83kg)1976-05-10 Connecticut 2
F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Wyckoff, Brooke 6' 1" (1.85m)183 lb (83kg)1980-03-30 Florida State R
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Charlene Thomas-Swinson
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Peck




Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 13–19 (Home: 10–6; Road: 3–13)
June: 4–8 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1June 1 Los Angeles L 62–68 Nykesha Sales (20) McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (6)
Katie Douglas
Sales (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre 0–1
2June 5@ Detroit W 92–71 Nykesha Sales (19) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Nykesha Sales (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–1
3June 7@ Utah L 79–82 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) Hicks
McWilliams-Franklin (6)
Elaine Powell (6) Delta Center 1–2
4June 9 Charlotte L 79–86 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23) Elaine Powell (9) Elaine Powell (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 1–3
5June 12@ Seattle L 63–70 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) Douglas
McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (3)
KeyArena 1–4
6June 14@ Los Angeles L 68–84 Elaine Powell (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Douglas
McWilliams-Franklin (3)
Staples Center 1–5
7June 16@ Phoenix L 68–72 Nykesha Sales (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10)Tiffany McCain (5) America West Arena 1–6
8June 18@ Indiana W 72–65 Nykesha Sales (20) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) McWilliams-Franklin
Powell (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 2–6
9June 23 Washington W 67–59 Nykesha Sales (21) Nykesha Sales (8) S. Johnson
Wyckoff (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre 3–6
10June 25 New York W 67–54 Nykesha Sales (18) Sales
McWilliams-Franklin (9)
Jessie Hicks (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–6
11June 27 Cleveland L 41–65 Brooke Wyckoff (8) S. Johnson
Sales
Wyckoff (5)
McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (2)
TD Waterhouse Centre 4–7
12June 30@ New York L 60–72 McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (14)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) Sales
Powell (3)
Madison Square Garden 4–8
July : 5–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
13July 1@ Washington L 64–76 S. Johnson
Sales (14)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8)Tiffany McCain (3) MCI Center 4–9
14July 6 Sacramento L 68–75 Nykesha Sales (16) McWilliams-Franklin
Powell (8)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–10
15July 8 Detroit W 73–67 S. Johnson
McWilliams-Franklin (19)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Elaine Powell (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 5–10
16July 10 Miami L 63–65 (OT) S. Johnson
Sales (15)
McWilliams-Franklin
Wyckoff (7)
McWilliams-Franklin
Powell (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre 5–11
17July 12@ Charlotte W 72–69 S. Johnson
Sales (18)
McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (10)
Ahlaheem
McWilliams-Franklin (3)
Charlotte Coliseum 6–11
18July 13@ Indiana L 60–74 Shannon Johnson (21) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) Shannon Johnson (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6–12
19July 18 Houston W 57–52 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) Shannon Johnson (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 7–12
20July 20@ Charlotte L 65–72 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) Nykesha Sales (7) Shannon Johnson (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7–13
21July 21 Minnesota W 71–49 Nykesha Sales (15) Nykesha Sales (10) Elaine Powell (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 8–13
22July 24 Washington W 71–63 Nykesha Sales (20) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) Shannon Johnson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 9–13
23July 27@ Miami L 63–71 (OT) Shannon Johnson (14) Nykesha Sales (8) Elaine Powell (5) American Airlines Arena 9–14
24July 29@ Detroit L 62–64 Hicks
McWilliams-Franklin (15)
Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Elaine Powell (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–15
25July 30@ Cleveland L 47–65 Nykesha Sales (15) Brooke Wyckoff (9) Elaine Powell (2) Gund Arena 9–16
August : 4–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–2)
2001 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Cleveland Rockers x2210.68815–6
New York Liberty x2111.65613–81.0
Miami Sol x2012.62514–72.0
Charlotte Sting x1814.56315–64.0
Orlando Miracle o1319.4069–129.0
Indiana Fever o1022.3137–1412.0
Detroit Shock o1022.3137–1412.0
Washington Mystics o1022.3134–1712.0

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
Taj McWilliams-Franklin 323233.1.474.200.7447.62.21.61.612.6
Elaine Powell 323233.0.402.382.7553.13.11.50.211.2
Nykesha Sales 323132.5.438.314.7845.41.82.20.213.5
Shannon Johnson 262230.2.367.365.7573.02.61.30.211.6
Brooke Wyckoff 322720.3.328.162.7143.81.20.80.53.4
Katie Douglas 22020.0.362.316.7232.31.81.70.37.0
Jessie Hicks 32514.3.389N/A.6522.90.70.70.55.3
Tiffany McCain32913.8.321.313.6671.21.10.30.33.0
Tawona Alhaleem 2619.7.328.364.5001.50.50.40.01.9
Jaclyn Johnson1718.2.560.429.8001.40.50.20.22.1
Cíntia dos Santos 1006.5.368N/A.8330.60.20.30.51.9
Carla McGhee 1704.2.250N/A.5000.60.00.10.10.8


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "2001 Orlando Miracle Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2024.