2001 Portland Fire season

2001 Portland Fire season
Coach	Linda Hargrove
Arena	Rose Garden
Attendance	8,604 per game
Results
Record	11–21 (.344)
Place	7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Jackie Stiles 14.9 ppg
Rebounds	Kristin Folkl 7.7 rpg
Assists	Tully Bevilaqua 3.3 apg
Media
Television	KPTV (UPN 12)
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The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Portland Fire. The Fire failed to qualify for the WNBA Playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	4	Jackie Stiles	United States	Southwest Missouri State
1	12	LaQuanda Barksdale	United States	North Carolina
2	20	Jenny Mowe	United States	Oregon
3	36	Rasheeda Clark	United States	Pepperdine
4	52	Natasha Pointer	United States	Rutgers

Transactions

Date	Transaction
February 20, 2001	Traded Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Kristin Folkl and a 2001 2nd Round Pick [1]
April 17, 2001	Waived Tara Williams [1]
April 20, 2001	Drafted Jackie Stiles, LaQuanda Barksdale, Jenny Mowe, Rasheeda Clark and Natasha Pointer in the 2001 WNBA Draft [1]
April 24, 2001	Waived Jamila Wideman [1]
May 12, 2001	Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Tamicha Jackson and a 2002 4th Round Pick [1]
May 26, 2001	Waived Michelle Marciniak and Rasheeda Clark [1]

Roster

2001 Portland Fire roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 33 Barksdale, LaQuanda 5' 10" (1.78m) 1979-10-03 North Carolina R G 4 Bevilaqua, Tully 5' 7" (1.7m) 145 lb (66kg) 1972-07-19 2 C 41 Burras, Alisa 6' 3" (1.91m) 218 lb (99kg) 1975-06-23 Louisiana Tech 2 F 0 Crawley, Sylvia 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) 1972-09-27 North Carolina 1 F 24 Folkl, Kristin 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1975-12-19 Stanford 2 G 35 Jackson, Tamicha 5' 6" (1.68m) 120 lb (54kg) 1978-04-22 Louisiana Tech 1 C 34 Mowe, Jenny 6' 5" (1.96m) 1978-02-25 Oregon R F 17 Nygaard, Vanessa 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1975-03-13 Stanford 2 G 34 Stiles, Jackie 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 1978-12-21 Missouri State R F 11 Thomas, Stacey 5' 10" (1.78m) 154 lb (70kg) 1978-08-29 Michigan 1 F 22 Walker, DeMya 6' 3" (1.91m) 191 lb (87kg) 1977-11-28 Virginia 1 G 13 Witherspoon, Sophia 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1969-07-06 Florida 4 G 12 Young, Carolyn 5' 9" (1.75m) 175 lb (79kg) 1969-07-28 Auburn R	Head coach Linda Hargrove (Southwestern (KS)) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log Total: 11–21 (Home: 6–11; Road: 5–10)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 31 Minnesota L 65–82 Jackie Stiles (17) Kristin Folkl (10) Tully Bevilaqua (4) Rose Garden 0–1
June: 8–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 2 @ Utah W 76–71 Sophia Witherspoon (23) Sylvia Crawley (15) Tully Bevilaqua (6) Delta Center 1–1 3 June 4 Phoenix W 71–69 (OT) Sophia Witherspoon (22) Sylvia Crawley (13) Tully Bevilaqua (4) Rose Garden 2–1 4 June 12 Cleveland W 67–62 Sophia Witherspoon (20) Sylvia Crawley (6) Tully Bevilaqua (6) Rose Garden 3–1 5 June 16 @ Sacramento W 81–74 (OT) Jackie Stiles (21) Kristin Folkl (13) Sophia Witherspoon (4) ARCO Arena 4–1 6 June 17 @ Los Angeles L 75–90 Sophia Witherspoon (19) Stacey Thomas (5) Bevilaqua Jackson (5) Staples Center 4–2 7 June 19 Seattle W 58–43 Tully Bevilaqua (12) Kristin Folkl (12) Crawley Folkl (3) Rose Garden 5–2 8 June 22 Charlotte W 66–62 Jackie Stiles (24) Crawley Folkl (6) Tully Bevilaqua (5) Rose Garden 6–2 9 June 24 @ Houston L 57–67 Jackie Stiles (17) Sylvia Crawley (8) Tully Bevilaqua (2) Compaq Center 6–3 10 June 26 @ Cleveland L 57–61 Jackie Stiles (22) Kristin Folkl (11) Sophia Witherspoon (5) Gund Arena 6–4 11 June 27 @ Indiana W 68–65 Jackie Stiles (26) Crawley Folkl (6) Bevilaqua Stiles (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7–4 12 June 29 @ Miami W 74–72 Sophia Witherspoon (26) Kristin Folkl (13) Stacey Thomas (3) American Airlines Arena 8–4
July : 3–10 (Home: 2–6; Road: 1–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 July 2 @ Houston L 67–74 Jackie Stiles (20) Crawley Folkl (4) Folkl Stiles Witherspoon (2) Compaq Center 8–5 14 July 4 Seattle L 56–61 Jackie Stiles (18) Kristin Folkl (9) Kristin Folkl (4) Rose Garden 8–6 15 July 6 Washington W 69–58 Jackie Stiles (21) Sylvia Crawley (7) Tully Bevilaqua (6) Rose Garden 9–6 16 July 8 Utah L 63–65 Jackie Stiles (18) Sylvia Crawley (10) Tamicha Jackson (5) Rose Garden 9–7 17 July 10 @ Minnesota L 52–73 Sylvia Crawley (15) Sylvia Crawley (9) Bevilaqua Burras Stiles Witherspoon (7) Target Center 9–8 18 July 12 Houston L 57–71 Jackie Stiles (19) Sylvia Crawley (11) Tully Bevilaqua (6) Rose Garden 9–9 19 July 19 @ Phoenix L 58–60 Kristin Folkl (12) Kristin Folkl (10) Bevilaqua Stiles (3) America West Arena 9–10 20 July 20 @ Seattle W 56–49 Sophia Witherspoon (21) Kristin Folkl (11) Tully Bevilaqua (4) KeyArena 10–10 21 July 22 Detroit L 77–80 (OT) Jackie Stiles (21) Kristin Folkl (12) Tully Bevilaqua (4) Rose Garden 10–11 22 July 24 New York W 86–68 Sophia Witherspoon (15) Kristin Folkl (7) Bevilaqua Crawley (4) Rose Garden 11–11 23 July 27 @ Sacramento L 62–85 Tamicha Jackson (12) Burras Crawley (4) Sophia Witherspoon (3) ARCO Arena 11–12 24 July 28 Los Angeles L 83–88 Jackie Stiles (32) Kristin Folkl (13) Crawley Folkl Stiles (4) Rose Garden 11–13 25 July 30 Utah L 73–79 Jackie Stiles (16) Kristin Folkl (9) Folkl Jackson Stiles (3) Rose Garden 11–14
August : 0–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 26 August 1 @ Orlando L 63–65 Jackie Stiles (13) Kristin Folkl (6) Sylvia Crawley (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 11–15 27 August 3 @ Washington L 50–64 Carolyn Young (13) Sylvia Crawley (11) Stacey Thomas (3) MCI Center 11–16 28 August 4 @ Detroit L 65–70 Jackie Stiles (16) Kristin Folkl (6) Carolyn Young (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11–17 29 August 8 Minnesota L 58–70 Jackie Stiles (14) Kristin Folkl (7) Tamicha Jackson (4) Rose Garden 11–18 30 August 11 @ Phoenix L 62–73 Jackie Stiles (18) DeMya Walker (6) Tully Bevilaqua (4) America West Arena 11–19 31 August 12 Sacramento L 58–64 Alisa Burras (18) Kristin Folkl (6) Tully Bevilaqua (5) Rose Garden 11–20 32 August 14 Los Angeles L 58–67 Sophia Witherspoon (15) Kristin Folkl (7) Bevilaqua Crawley (5) Rose Garden 11–21
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
Jackie Stiles	32	32	32.0	.405	.431	.779	2.4	1.7	0.8	0.1	14.9
Sylvia Crawley	32	32	28.8	.449	.000	.766	6.3	1.7	0.6	0.8	9.3
Sophia Witherspoon	31	30	27.8	.316	.313	.849	2.4	1.7	1.0	0.3	12.0
Kristin Folkl	32	31	26.9	.428	.417	.825	7.7	1.4	0.6	1.1	5.6
Tully Bevilaqua	31	31	25.4	.328	.315	.732	2.8	3.3	1.9	0.2	4.9
Tamicha Jackson	32	1	15.5	.325	.154	.696	1.4	1.6	0.9	0.0	4.1
DeMya Walker	21	0	14.1	.440	.667	.575	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.6	5.4
Stacey Thomas	32	1	12.9	.367	.000	.429	2.2	1.3	0.9	0.3	1.8
Carolyn Young	23	1	12.1	.374	.294	.730	1.5	0.7	0.6	0.0	4.8
Alisa Burras	26	1	10.5	.530	N/A	.581	2.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	4.1
Vanessa Nygaard	31	0	8.4	.389	.388	.333	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	2.5
LaQuanda Barksdale	5	0	7.0	.100	.000	N/A	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.4
Jenny Mowe	5	0	3.4	1.000	N/A	N/A	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.2

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

References

1. "2001 Portland Fire Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2024.