2003 Phoenix Mercury season

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2003 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach John Shumate
Arena America West Arena
Attendance8,501 per game
Results
Record826 (.235)
Place7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2003 WNBA season was the seventh season for the Phoenix Mercury franchise. The season saw Phoenix going for the worst record in the league at a franchise worst of 8-26.

Contents

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

PickPlayerNationalityFormer Team
4Tamicha Jackson (G)Flag of the United States.svg United States Portland Fire

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
14 Plenette Pierson (F)Flag of the United States.svg United States Texas Tech
216Petra Ujhelyi (F/C)Flag of the United States.svg United States South Carolina
331Telisha Quarles (G)Flag of the United States.svg United States Virginia
333 Marion Jones (G)Flag of the United States.svg United States North Carolina

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x2410.70611–613–417–7
Houston Comets x2014.5884.014–36–1114–10
Sacramento Monarchs x1915.5595.012–57–1013–11
Minnesota Lynx x1816.5296.011–67–1014–10
Seattle Storm o1816.5296.013–45–1211–13
San Antonio Silver Stars o1222.35312.09–83–1410–14
Phoenix Mercury o826.23516.06–112–155–19

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 22 Sacramento 56-65Loss0-1
May 24 Houston 62-69Loss0-2
May 28 San Antonio 51-50Win1-2
May 30@ Sacramento 49-69Loss1-3
June 3@ Houston 51-66Loss1-4
June 5@ San Antonio 55-70Loss1-5
June 7@ Seattle 57-66Loss1-6
June 12 Charlotte 50-58Loss1-7
June 14 Houston 76-61Win2-7
June 17 Seattle 60-61Loss2-8
June 21 Los Angeles 48-54Loss2-9
June 25@ New York 64-70Loss2-10
June 27@ Minnesota 59-67Loss2-11
June 28@ Detroit 68-65Win3-11
July 2@ Indiana 68-79Loss3-12
July 5@ San Antonio 70-81Loss3-13
July 10 Cleveland 67-68Loss3-14
July 15@ Los Angeles 77-80Loss3-15
July 19 Connecticut 67-75Loss3-16
July 24@ Los Angeles 65-82Loss3-17
July 25@ Seattle 53-82Loss3-18
July 29 New York 66-59Win4-18
August 1@ Cleveland 56-73Loss4-19
August 3@ Washington 70-69Win5-19
August 4@ Minnesota 56-61Loss5-20
August 6 Minnesota 56-49Win6-20
August 8 Los Angeles 64-67Loss6-21
August 10@ Houston 46-69Loss6-22
August 13 Detroit 76-78Loss6-23
August 15 Seattle 64-50Win7-23
August 16 Sacramento 61-65Loss7-24
August 20 Minnesota 66-69Loss7-25
August 22 San Antonio 89-62Win8-25
August 23@ Sacramento 54-61Loss8-26

Player stats

Note: GP = Games played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTSAVG
Anna DeForge3410572511240511.9
Adrian Williams-Strong342523157193349.8
Tamicha Jackson34821465243008.8
Kayte Christensen301261625162066.9
Plenette Pierson33802219131986.0
Lisa Harrison33118362961835.5
Slobodanka Tuvic17671210151277.5
Edwina Brown3471623071183.5
Iziane Castro Marques1612961694.3
Stacey Thomas192710118462.4
Edniesha Curry20112490331.7
Tamara Moore1119854333.0
Nevriye Yılmaz53200142.8
Sonja Mallory610014101.7
Dalma Ivanyi4420161.5
Michaela Pavlickova8411060.8
Felicia Ragland3222051.7
Grace Daley3230120.7
Tracy Reid2112021.0
Gergana Slavtcheva2010000.0
Charmin Smith4410000.0

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