2001 Washington Mystics season

2001 Washington Mystics season
Coach	Tom Maher
Arena	MCI Center
Attendance	15,417 per game
Results
Record	10–22 (.313)
Place	8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	WBDC (WB 50) Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
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The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics finished with the worst record in the Eastern Conference.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	9	Coco Miller	United States	Georgia
2	25	Tamara Stocks	United States	Florida
3	41	Jamie Lewis	United States	Ohio State
3	44	Elena Karpova	Russia	MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia)

Transactions

Date	Transaction
December 21, 2000	Hired Tom Maher as Head Coach [1]
April 17, 2001	Traded a 2001 2nd Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Annie Burgess [1]
	Traded Andrea Nagy and a 2001 4th Round Pick to the New York Liberty in exchange for a 2001 2nd Round Pick and 2001 3rd Round Pick [1]
April 20, 2001	Drafted Coco Miller, Tamara Stocks, Jamie Lewis and Elena Karpova in the 2001 WNBA draft [1]
April 30, 2001	Signed Audrey Sauret, Belinda Snell and Helen Luz [1]
May 9, 2001	Waived Renee Robinson [1]
May 18, 2001	Waived Elena Karpova [1]
May 21, 2001	Waived Beth Cunningham [1]
May 27, 2001	Traded Keisha Anderson to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Cass Bauer Bilodeau [1]
	Waived Jamie Lewis and Michelle Campbell [1]
	Suspended contracts of Audrey Sauret, Belinda Snell and Jenny Whittle [1]
June 8, 2001	Waived Belinda Snell [1]
June 20, 2001	Waived Jenny Whittle [1]
December 5, 2001	Traded Nikki McCray, a 2002 2nd Round Pick and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Angie Braziel, a 2002 1st Round Pick and a 2002 3rd Round Pick [1]

Roster

2001 Washington Mystics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 32 Aldridge, Markita 5' 11" (1.8m) 1973-09-15 Charlotte 2 C 34 Bauer Bilodeau, Cass 6' 4" (1.93m) 180 lb (82kg) 1972-06-27 Montana State 2 F 40 Bullett, Vicky 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1967-10-04 Maryland 4 G 35 Burgess, Annie 5' 7" (1.7m) 141 lb (64kg) 1969-03-10 1 F 23 Holdsclaw, Chamique 6' 2" (1.88m) 172 lb (78kg) 1977-08-09 Tennessee 2 G 25 Luz, Helen 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 1972-11-23 R G 15 McCray, Nikki 5' 11" (1.8m) 158 lb (72kg) 1971-12-17 Tennessee 3 G 9 Miller, Coco 5' 4" (1.63m) 190 lb (86kg) 1978-09-06 Georgia R C 5 Mills, Tausha 6' 3" (1.91m) 232 lb (105kg) 1976-02-29 Alabama 1 F 10 Page, Murriel 6' 2" (1.88m) 160 lb (73kg) 1975-09-18 Florida 3 G 6 Sauret, Audrey 5' 11" (1.8m) 1976-10-31 R F/C 42 Stocks, Tamara 6' 3" (1.91m) 1979-01-29 Florida R F 4 Washington, Tonya 6' 0" (1.83m) 1977-12-30 Florida 1 C 12 Whittle, Jenny 6' 5" (1.96m) 1973-09-05 1	Head coach Tom Maher Assistant coaches Marianne Stanley Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log Total: 10–22 (Home: 8–8; Road: 2–14)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 31 @ Cleveland L 34–69 Holdsclaw Washington (8) Vicky Bullett (9) Burgess McCray Washington (2) Gund Arena 0–1
June : 3–8 (Home: 3–4; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 3 Seattle W 68–63 Chamique Holdsclaw (18) Chamique Holdsclaw (11) Burgess Page (4) MCI Center 1–1 3 June 5 Sacramento W 75–72 Chamique Holdsclaw (19) Chamique Holdsclaw (16) Helen Luz (5) MCI Center 2–1 4 June 10 New York L 80–81 Chamique Holdsclaw (31) Chamique Holdsclaw (13) Holdsclaw Page (5) MCI Center 2–2 5 June 14 @ Detroit L 65–80 Holdsclaw McCray Washington (11) Vicky Bullett (5) Murriel Page (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–3 6 June 16 @ New York L 63–86 Helen Luz (15) Chamique Holdsclaw (8) Annie Burgess (4) Madison Square Garden 2–4 7 June 17 Cleveland L 55–57 Chamique Holdsclaw (22) Chamique Holdsclaw (13) Annie Burgess (6) MCI Center 2–5 8 June 21 Miami L 63–74 Luz McCray (15) Vicky Bullett (7) Luz Sauret (3) MCI Center 2–6 9 June 23 @ Orlando L 59–67 Chamique Holdsclaw (18) Chamique Holdsclaw (15) Annie Burgess (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 2–7 10 June 25 Minnesota L 51–55 Chamique Holdsclaw (23) Murriel Page (9) Holdsclaw Sauret (3) MCI Center 2–8 11 June 27 @ Houston L 63–76 Chamique Holdsclaw (21) Chamique Holdsclaw (14) Holdsclaw Luz McCray (3) Compaq Center 2–9 12 June 29 Utah W 74–64 Chamique Holdsclaw (17) Chamique Holdsclaw (11) Chamique Holdsclaw (6) MCI Center 3–9
July : 5–7 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 July 1 Orlando W 76–64 Vicky Bullett (24) Vicky Bullett Page (10) Audrey Sauret (8) MCI Center 4–9 14 July 3 @ Seattle W 72–69 (4OT) Nikki McCray (20) Chamique Holdsclaw (15) Holdsclaw Sauret (3) KeyArena 5–9 15 July 6 @ Portland L 58–69 Chamique Holdsclaw (20) Vicky Bullett (9) Holdsclaw Page McCray Washington (3) Rose Garden 5–10 16 July 7 @ Phoenix L 52–66 Nikki McCray (10) Chamique Holdsclaw (8) Helen Luz (4) America West Arena 5–11 17 July 11 Detroit L 52–64 Nikki McCray (12) Vicky Bullett (9) Annie Burgess (3) MCI Center 5–12 18 July 14 Los Angeles L 50–62 Helen Luz (14) Bullett Page (9) Burgess Sauret (3) MCI Center 5–13 19 July 20 @ Indiana L 65–73 Nikki McCray (25) Vicky Bullett (14) Annie Burgess (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–14 20 July 22 Indiana W 69–61 Chamique Holdsclaw (19) Vicky Bullett (12) Annie Burgess (8) MCI Center 6–14 21 July 24 @ Orlando L 63–71 Vicky Bullett (14) Chamique Holdsclaw (7) Murriel Page (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 6–15 22 July 26 @ Charlotte L 60–62 Chamique Holdsclaw (15) Holdsclaw Mills (7) Burgess Holdsclaw (2) Charlotte Coliseum 6–16 23 July 27 @ Minnesota W 62–60 Chamique Holdsclaw (22) Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Nikki McCray (6) Target Center 7–16 24 July 29 Charlotte W 55–42 Nikki McCray (23) Chamique Holdsclaw (12) Luz Page (3) MCI Center 8–16
August : 2–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 25 August 1 @ Indiana L 64–70 Chamique Holdsclaw (27) Murriel Page (7) Holdsclaw Luz (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 8–17 26 August 3 Portland W 64–50 Burgess McCray (13) Vicky Bullett (10) Chamique Holdsclaw (6) MCI Center 9–17 27 August 5 @ Miami L 44–52 Chamique Holdsclaw (18) Bullett Holdsclaw Page (7) Annie Burgess (3) American Airlines Arena 9–18 28 August 6 Charlotte L 60–65 Chamique Holdsclaw (17) Bullett Page (7) Burgess Holdsclaw Page (3) MCI Center 9–19 29 August 8 Miami L 36–42 Chamique Holdsclaw (18) Murriel Page (9) Nikki McCray (2) MCI Center 9–20 30 August 10 @ Detroit L 63–69 Vicky Bullett (21) Murriel Page (6) Helen Luz (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–21 31 August 12 Cleveland W 57–49 Nikki McCray (18) Chamique Holdsclaw (16) Chamique Holdsclaw (3) MCI Center 10–21 32 August 14 @ New York L 56–71 Chamique Holdsclaw (17) Chamique Holdsclaw (9) Burgess Sauret (3) Madison Square Garden 10–22
2001 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers x	22	10	.688	15–6	–
New York Liberty x	21	11	.656	13–8	1.0
Miami Sol x	20	12	.625	14–7	2.0
Charlotte Sting x	18	14	.563	15–6	4.0
Orlando Miracle o	13	19	.406	9–12	9.0
Indiana Fever o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Detroit Shock o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Washington Mystics o	10	22	.313	4–17	12.0

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
Chamique Holdsclaw	29	29	33.6	.400	.239	.682	8.8	2.3	1.5	0.5	16.8
Vicky Bullett	32	32	33.5	.392	.297	.729	7.2	1.3	1.7	1.8	8.7
Murriel Page	32	32	30.9	.433	.235	.583	5.5	1.7	0.9	1.1	7.0
Nikki McCray	32	32	25.9	.410	.232	.711	1.8	1.5	0.8	0.0	11.0
Annie Burgess	31	27	23.6	.333	.298	.593	2.5	2.8	0.8	0.1	4.0
Audrey Sauret	25	3	18.2	.297	.115	.292	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.2	3.0
Helen Luz	32	3	15.3	.404	.390	.880	1.2	1.7	0.9	0.2	5.1
Tonya Washington	30	2	11.2	.360	.345	.818	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	3.4
Tausha Mills	30	0	10.6	.333	.000	.581	3.5	0.2	0.5	0.1	2.1
Markita Aldridge	5	0	7.0	.333	.000	1.000	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.4
Coco Miller	20	0	6.9	.325	.333	.545	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	1.7
Cass Bauer Bilodeau	15	0	6.8	.294	.000	.500	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	1.0
Jenny Whittle	4	0	5.0	.000	.000	.000	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Tamara Stocks	3	0	3.7	.333	N/A	.500	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

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

References

1. "2001 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 26, 2024.