2001 Phoenix Mercury season

2001 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	Cynthia Cooper
Arena	America West Arena
Attendance	8,561 per game
Results
Record	13–19 (.406)
Place	5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	KASW (WB 61) Cox 9
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The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth for the Phoenix Mercury. Cynthia Cooper became the second head coach in franchise history.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	13	Kristen Veal	Australia	Canberra Capitals (Australia)
2	29	Ilona Korstine	Soviet Union	CJM Bourges Basket (France)
3	45	Tere Williams	United States	Virginia Tech
4	53	Carolyn Moos	United States	Stanford
4	61	Megan Franza	United States	Washington

Transactions

Date	Transaction
December 1, 2000	Cheryl Miller resigned as Head Coach [1]
January 8, 2001	Hired Cynthia Cooper as Head Coach [1]
April 20, 2001	Drafted Kristen Veal, Ilona Korstine, Tere Williams, Carolyn Moos and Megan Franza in the 2001 WNBA draft [1]
April 30, 2001	Signed Pat Luckey and Slobodanka Tuvić [1]
May 7, 2001	Waived Megan Franza [1]
May 27, 2001	Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Jaynetta Saunders [1]
	Waived Amanda Wilson, Carolyn Moos, Nicole Kubik and Tere Williams [1]
May 31, 2001	Suspended contract of Brandy Reed [1]
June 5, 2001	Waived Michelle Cleary [1]
	Signed Nicole Kubik [1]
June 16, 2001	Waived Nicole Kubik [1]
June 22, 2001	Traded Tonya Edwards to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick [1]
	Suspended contract of Ilona Korstine [1]
June 29, 2001	Waived Pat Luckey [1]
	Signed E.C. Hill [1]
July 4, 2001	Waived E.C. Hill [1]
August 3, 2001	Signed Adriana Moisés [1]

Roster

2001 Phoenix Mercury roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 4 Cleary, Michelle 5' 6" (1.68m) 1974-07-16 1 G 13 Edwards, Tonya 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1968-03-13 Tennessee 2 G/F 9 Fallon, Trisha 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 1972-07-23 1 F/C 22 Gillom, Jennifer 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1964-06-13 Mississippi 4 F 3 Harrison, Lisa 6' 1" (1.85m) 164 lb (74kg) 1971-01-02 Tennessee 2 G 4 Hill, E.C. 5' 8" (1.73m) 140 lb (64kg) 1971-07-06 Northern Illinois 1 G 10 Korstine, Ilona 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1980-05-30 R G 10 Kubik, Nicole 5' 9" (1.75m) 145 lb (66kg) 1978-03-01 Nebraska 1 F 28 Luckey, Pat 6' 1" (1.85m) 1975-05-14 Houston R G 4 Moisés, Adriana 5' 6" (1.68m) 140 lb (64kg) 1978-12-06 R G 32 Pettis, Bridget 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1971-01-01 Florida 4 F 23 Reed, Brandy 6' 1" (1.85m) 168 lb (76kg) 1977-02-17 Southern Miss 3 F 21 Saunders, Jaynetta 5' 11" (1.8m) 145 lb (66kg) 1979-08-21 Texas A&M R C 8 Stepanova, Maria 6' 8" (2.03m) 187 lb (85kg) 1979-01-23 3 G 7 Timms, Michele 5' 7" (1.7m) 132 lb (60kg) 1965-06-28 4 C 14 Tuvić, Slobodanka 6' 4" (1.93m) 194 lb (88kg) 1977-09-19 R G 5 Veal, Kristen 5' 10" (1.78m) 150 lb (68kg) 1981-07-24 R F/C 33 Williams, Adrian 6' 5" (1.96m) 170 lb (77kg) 1977-02-15 USC 1	Head coach Cynthia Cooper (USC) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log Total: 13–19 (Home: 10–6; Road: 3–13)
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 30 Utah L 62–81 Tonya Edwards (15) Maria Stepanova (7) Michelle Cleary (3) America West Arena 0–1 2 May 31 @ Seattle L 70–83 Edwards Harrison (14) Bridget Pettis (8) Kristen Veal (5) KeyArena 0–2
June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 June 2 @ Minnesota W 89–80 Bridget Pettis (26) Lisa Harrison (7) Michelle Cleary (6) Target Center 1–2 4 June 4 @ Portland L 69–71 (OT) Jennifer Gillom (14) Jennifer Gillom (11) Kristen Veal (5) Rose Garden 1–3 5 June 5 Charlotte W 76–69 Trisha Fallon (18) Maria Stepanova (8) Kristen Veal (7) America West Arena 2–3 6 June 10 Houston L 58–60 Jennifer Gillom (15) Harrison Stepanova (6) Kristen Veal (10) America West Arena 2–4 7 June 12 Sacramento W 78–64 Jennifer Gillom (24) Stepanova Tuvić (7) Kristen Veal (9) America West Arena 3–4 8 June 14 @ Sacramento L 59–81 Lisa Harrison (13) Maria Stepanova (5) Kristen Veal (5) ARCO Arena 3–5 9 June 16 Orlando W 72–68 Lisa Harrison (15) Adrian Williams (6) Kristen Veal (8) America West Arena 4–5 10 June 21 New York L 70–95 Pettis Williams (12) Adrian Williams (7) Kristen Veal (3) America West Arena 4–6 11 June 22 Seattle L 55–58 Trisha Fallon (12) Maria Stepanova (6) Michele Timms (5) America West Arena 4–7 12 June 29 @ Detroit L 71–75 Jennifer Gillom (25) Jennifer Gillom (9) Michele Timms (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–8
July : 7–5 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 July 1 @ Indiana L 78–86 (OT) Trisha Fallon (18) Maria Stepanova (9) Michele Timms (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 4–9 14 July 4 Miami W 60–47 Kristen Veal (16) Gillom Stepanova (5) Kristen Veal (4) America West Arena 5–9 15 July 5 @ Los Angeles L 50–73 Adrian Williams (12) Fallon Stepanova (5) Korstine Timms (3) Staples Center 5–10 16 July 7 Washington W 66–52 Trisha Fallon (16) Maria Stepanova (9) Michele Timms (6) America West Arena 6–10 17 July 11 Los Angeles L 61–75 Jennifer Gillom (15) Gillom Timms (6) Kristen Veal (7) America West Arena 6–11 18 July 13 @ Cleveland L 61–69 Maria Stepanova (13) Michele Timms (6) Michele Timms (7) Gund Arena 6–12 19 July 14 @ Minnesota W 80–67 Maria Stepanova (19) Maria Stepanova (9) Michele Timms (5) Target Center 7–12 20 July 19 Portland W 60–58 Jennifer Gillom (18) Maria Stepanova (10) Timms Veal (4) America West Arena 8–12 21 July 21 Utah W 59–50 Jennifer Gillom (18) Jaynetta Saunders (9) Maria Stepanova (5) America West Arena 9–12 22 July 26 Detroit W 63–62 Maria Stepanova (20) Gillom Stepanova (5) Michele Timms (5) America West Arena 10–12 23 July 27 @ Seattle W 56–54 Maria Stepanova (11) Maria Stepanova (9) Jennifer Gillom (4) KeyArena 11–12 24 July 29 @ Sacramento L 47–63 Trisha Fallon (18) Maria Stepanova (8) Timms Tuvić (3) ARCO Arena 11–13
August : 2–6 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 25 August 1 Minnesota L 63–68 Gillom Stepanova (15) Slobodanka Tuvić (6) Timms Veal (5) America West Arena 11–14 26 August 3 @ Miami L 61–72 Jennifer Gillom (25) Adriana Moisés (5) Gillom Moisés Tuvić Veal (2) American Airlines Arena 11–15 27 August 3 @ Orlando L 69–78 Trisha Fallon (17) Jennifer Gillom (7) Kristen Veal (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 11–16 28 August 6 @ Houston L 48–62 Trisha Fallon (12) Maria Stepanova (11) Moisés Veal (3) Compaq Center 11–17 29 August 8 @ Los Angeles L 67–79 Trisha Fallon (15) Jennifer Gillom (6) Michele Timms (6) Staples Center 11–18 30 August 10 @ Utah L 57–69 Jennifer Gillom (10) Stepanova Tuvić (5) Michele Timms (4) Delta Center 11–19 31 August 11 Portland W 73–62 Trisha Fallon (24) Jennifer Gillom (8) Fallon Gillom (3) America West Arena 12–19 32 August 14 Houston W 56–38 Trisha Fallon (14) Fallon Harrison (7) Timms Veal (4) America West Arena 13–19
2001 season schedule

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks x	28	4	.875	19–2	–
Sacramento Monarchs x	20	12	.625	13–8	8.0
Utah Starzz x	19	13	.594	11–10	9.0
Houston Comets x	19	13	.594	13–8	9.0
Phoenix Mercury o	13	19	.406	8–13	15.0
Minnesota Lynx o	12	20	.375	9–12	16.0
Portland Fire o	11	21	.344	5–16	17.0
Seattle Storm o	10	22	.313	6–15	18.0

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games 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 game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Lisa Harrison	32	32	28,6	.430	.333	.864	4.3	1.6	1.2	0.0	7.7
Trisha Fallon	31	16	27.1	.490	.405	.815	2.5	1.1	1.1	0.4	10.4
Jennifer Gillom	32	32	26.8	.423	.343	.740	4.0	1.1	1.0	0.6	12.3
Maria Stepanova	32	31	25.5	.507	.000	.615	6.3	1.3	1.3	2.0	10.4
Kristen Veal	29	14	22.7	.280	.280	.762	2.1	4.3	1.1	0.1	4.0
Tonya Edwards	10	9	20.8	.366	.357	.787	1.9	1.8	0.5	0.1	9.4
Michele Timms	21	18	19.4	.345	.304	.800	2.1	4.1	1.0	0.1	4.7
Adriana Moisés	7	0	17.6	.389	.333	.750	2.3	2.4	0.9	0.0	5.9
Bridget Pettis	32	1	15.5	.333	.317	.821	1.9	1.6	0.9	0.1	5.4
Adrian Williams	25	1	15.0	.336	N/A	.714	3.0	0.4	0.6	0.2	3.8
Brandy Reed	1	0	13.0	.125	N/A	1.000	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Michelle Cleary	4	0	12.3	.000	.000	1.000	0.8	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.5
Slobodanka Tuvić	30	0	10.8	.310	N/A	.475	2.1	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.8
Jaynetta Saunders	28	6	9.0	.325	.333	.680	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	2.4
Pat Luckey	1	0	8.0	.000	N/A	N/A	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Nicole Kubik	3	0	7.0	.250	.000	N/A	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.7
Ilona Korstine	12	0	6.3	.280	.333	.857	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.8
E.C. Hill	3	0	2.7	.000	.000	N/A	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0

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

References

1. "2001 Phoenix Mercury Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

External links

• Mercury on Basketball Reference