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2000 Miami Sol season

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{{WNBA season

| team = Miami Sol

| year = 2000

| attendance = 7,983

| wins = 13

| losses = 19

| conf = Eastern

| conf_place = 6th

| coach = Ron Rothstein

| arena = American Airlines Arena

| playoffs = Did not qualify

| no_prevseason = True

}}

The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Miami Sol.

Transactions

=WNBA expansion draft=

{{main article|2000 WNBA expansion draft}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60em"

! style="background: #A6192E" width="10%"| Player

! style="background: #A6192E" width="10%"| Nationality

! style="background: #A6192E" width="10%"| Former WNBA Team

Kate Starbird

| {{USA}}

| Sacramento Monarchs

Sandy Brondello

|{{AUS}}

|Detroit Shock

Debbie Black

|{{USA}}

|Utah Starzz

Sharon Manning

|{{USA}}

|Charlotte Sting

Lesley Brown

|{{USA}}

|Detroit Shock

Yolanda Moore

|{{USA}}

|Orlando Miracle

=WNBA draft=

{{see also|2000 WNBA draft}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60em"

! style="background: #A6192E" width="2%" | Round

! style="background: #A6192E" width="5%" | Pick

! style="background: #A6192E" width="10%" | Player

! style="background: #A6192E" width="10%" | Nationality

! style="background: #A6192E" width="10%" | School/Team/Country

2

| 19

| Jameka Jones

| {{USA}}

| Charlotte

3

| 40

| Milena Flores

| {{USA}}

| Stanford

=Transactions=

class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align: center;"

! style="background: #A6192E" width=125" |Date

! style="background: #A6192E" colspan="2" |Transaction

December 15, 1999

|Drafted Kate Starbird, Sandy Brondello, Debbie Black, Sharon Manning, Lesley Brown and Yolanda Moore in the WNBA expansion draft{{Cite web |title=2000 Miami Sol Transactions |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/MIA/2000_transactions.html |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}

April 14, 2000

|Traded a 2000 1st Round Pick, 2000 2nd Round Pick and 2000 4th Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Marlies Askamp

rowspan="2" | April 25, 2000

| Drafted Jameka Jones and Milena Flores in the 2000 WNBA Draft

Traded a 2001 4th Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Shantia Owens
June 1, 2000

|Signed Sheri Sam

June 13, 2000

|Signed Kristen Rasmussen

November 7, 2000

|Traded Shantia Owens to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Tracy Reid

Roster

{{sports roster

| team=Miami Sol

| season = 2000

| style = WNBA|color1=white|bg1 =#A6192E|color2 =#FB9500|bg2=black

| players =

{{sports roster/entry | num = 14 | first = Marlies | last = Askamp | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 198 | DOB = 1970-07-08 | yrs = 3 | nat = West Germany}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 31 | first = Debbie | last = Black | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 3 | lbs = 124 |DOB = 1966-07-29 | yrs = 1 | college = Saint Joseph's | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 42 |first = Jamie | last = Cassidy | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 187 | DOB = 1978-09-12 | yrs = R | college = Maine | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 12 | first = Katrina | last = Colleton | pos = F | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 145 | DOB = 1971-03-17 | yrs = 2 | college = Maryland | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 22 | first = Milena | last = Flores |nolink=1 | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 6 | lbs = 125 | DOB = 1977-10-10 | yrs = R | college = Stanford | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 5 | first = Kisha | last = Ford | pos = G/F | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 153 | DOB = 1975-04-04 | yrs = 3 | college = Georgia Tech | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 35 | first = Jameka | last = Jones | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | DOB = 1978-09-13 | yrs = R | college = UNC Charlotte | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 7 | first = Tanja | last = Kostic | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 163 | DOB = 1972-11-10 | yrs = 1 | college = Oregon State | nat = SWE}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 50 | first = Sharon | last = Manning | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 186 | DOB = 1969-03-20 | yrs = 3 | college = NC State |nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 32 | first = Shantia | last = Owens |nolink=1 | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 175 |DOB = 1978-05-16 | yrs = R | college = Kentucky | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 52 | first = Kristen | last = Rasmussen | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 172 | DOB = 1978-11-01 | yrs = R | college = Michigan State | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 55 | first = Sheri | last = Sam | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 160 | DOB = 1974-05-05 | yrs = 1 | college = Vanderbilt | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 21 | first = Umeki | last = Webb | pos = G/F | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 162 | DOB = 1975-06-26 | yrs = 2 | college = NC State | nat = USA}}

| head_coach =

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Ron | last = Rothstein| college = Rhode Island}}

| asst_coach =

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Jenny | last = Boucek|college=}}

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Tony | last = Fiorentino|college=}}

}}

Schedule

=Regular season=

{{Game log start|style=background:#A6192E; color:white|title= 2000 game log
Total: 13–19 (Home: 9–7; Road: 4–12)}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:black; color:#FB9500|title=June: 4–10 (Home: 2–6; Road: 2–4)| Game| Date| Team| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location
Attendance | Record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 1

| June 1

| Indiana

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006010MIA.html L 54-57]

| Askamp
Black (13)

| Marlies Askamp (10)

| Debbie Black (4)

| American Airlines Arena

| 0–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 2

| June 3

| @ Charlotte

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006030CHA.html W 74-63 (OT)]

| Marlies Askamp (19)

| Shantia Owens (11)

| Milena Flores (5)

| Charlotte Coliseum

| 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 3

| June 5

| @ Indiana

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006050IND.html L 59-80]

| Jamie Cassidy (13)

| Shantia Owens (7)

| Debbie Black (5)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 1–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 4

| June 8

| Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006080MIA.html L 51-73]

| Sheri Sam (11)

| Marlies Askamp (8)

| Milena Flores (4)

| American Airlines Arena

| 1–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 5

| June 10

| Minnesota

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006100MIA.html L 55-66]

| Sheri Sam (15)

| Marlies Askamp (10)

| Debbie Black (3)

| American Airlines Arena

| 1–4

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 6

| June 13

| Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006130MIA.html W 74-61]

| Sheri Sam (17)

| Marlies Askamp (13)

| Debbie Black (6)

| American Airlines Arena

| 2–4

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 7

| June 15

| @ Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006150HOU.html L 53-77]

| Katrina Colleton (10)

| Askamp
Sam (5)

| Milena Flores (4)

| Compaq Center

| 2–5

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 8

| June 17

| Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006180DET.html W 55-48]

| Sheri Sam (21)

| Owens
Rasmussen (5)

| Sheri Sam (5)

| American Airlines Arena

| 3–5

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 9

| June 18

| @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006180NYL.html L 52-58]

| Katrina Colleton (19)

| Marlies Askamp (10)

| Debbie Black (4)

| Madison Square Garden

| 3–6

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 10

| June 21

| @ Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006210WAS.html W 57-55]

| Sheri Sam (18)

| Manning
Owens (6)

| Sheri Sam (5)

| MCI Center

| 4–6

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 11

| June 23

| Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006230MIA.html L 54-68]

| Sheri Sam (19)

| Shantia Owens (8)

| Milena Flores (3)

| American Airlines Arena

| 4–7

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 12

| June 24

| Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006240MIA.html L 44-67]

| Milena Flores (8)

| Kristen Rasmussen (8)

| Milena Flores (2)

| American Airlines Arena

| 4–8

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 13

| June 28

| @ Orlando

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006280ORL.html L 53-61]

| Milena Flores (9)

| Manning
Sam (5)

| Katrina Colleton (3)

| TD Waterhouse Centre

| 4–9

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 14

| June 30

| Orlando

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200006300MIA.html L 63-66]

| Katrina Colleton (14)

| Kristen Rasmussen (9)

| Sheri Sam (7)

| American Airlines Arena

| 4–10

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:black; color:#FB9500|title=July: 6–7 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–6)| Game| Date| Team| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location
Attendance | Record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 15

| July 1

| @ Fever

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007010IND.html W 54-52]

| Sheri Sam (22)

| Marlies Askamp (9)

| Sheri Sam (4)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 5–10

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 16

| July 5

| @ Charlotte

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007050CHA.html L 70-76]

| Sheri Sam (26)

| Marlies Askamp (6)

| Black
Sam (5)

| Charlotte Coliseum

| 5–11

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 17

| July 7

| Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007070MIA.html W 49-46]

| Sharon Manning (13)

| Marlies Askamp (8)

| Debbie Black (4)

| American Airlines Arena

| 6–11

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 18

| July 8

| @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007080NYL.html L 51-63]

| Askamp
Manning (8)

| Marlies Askamp (8)

| Askamp
Black
Ford
Manning
Sam (3)

| Madison Square Garden

| 6–12

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 19

| July 10

| Seattle

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007100MIA.html W 59-42]

| Marlies Askamp (21)

| Marlies Askamp (13)

| Jameka Jones (2)

| American Airlines Arena

| 7–12

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 20

| July 13

| Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007130MIA.html L 48-60]

| Colleton
Sam (13)

| Marlies Askamp (8)

| Debbie Black (4)

| American Airlines Arena

| 7–13

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 21

| July 14

| @ Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007140DET.html L 50-80]

| Katrina Colleton (11)

| Sharon Manning (9)

| Black
Sam (2)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills

| 7–14

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 22

| July 19

| Portland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007190MIA.html W 69-62]

| Katrina Colleton (19)

| Sheri Sam (5)

| Milena Flores (3)

| American Airlines Arena

| 8–14

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 23

| July 21

| Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007210MIA.html W 76-65]

| Sheri Sam (23)

| Sheri Sam (9)

| Debbie Black (7)

| American Airlines Arena

| 9–14

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 24

| July 22

| @ Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007220CLE.html L 47-76]

| Askamp
Cassidy (7)

| Sharon Manning (6)

| Black
Cassidy
Flores
Manning
Webb (2)

| Gund Arena

| 9–15

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 25

| July 26

| @ Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007260DET.html L 62-78]

| Milena Flores (10)

| Marlies Askamp (10)

| Marlies Askamp (4)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills

| 9–16

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 26

| July 28

| @ Lynx

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007280MIN.html L 44-68]

| Sheri Sam (8)

| Marlies Askamp (7)

| Milena Flores (4)

| Target Center

| 9–17

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 27

| July 30

| @ Seattle

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200007300SEA.html W 64-51]

| Sheri Sam (17)

| Kristen Rasmussen (9)

| Black
Colleton (5)

| KeyArena

| 10–17

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style=background:black; color:#FB9500|title=August: 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2)| Game| Date| Team| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location
Attendance | Record}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 28

| August 1

| @ Portland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200008010POR.html L 50-54]

| Sheri Sam (23)

| Marlies Askamp (10)

| Black
Ford (3)

| Rose Garden

| 10–18

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 29

| August 2

| @ Sacramento

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200008020SAC.html L 55-73]

| Cassidy
Flores
Sam (8)

| Shantia Owens (4)

| Umeki Webb (4)

| ARCO Arena

| 10–19

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 30

| August 4

| Charlotte

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200008040MIA.html W 60-50]

| Sheri Sam (21)

| Kristen Rasmussen (8)

| Sheri Sam (4)

| American Airlines Arena

| 11–19

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 31

| August 6

| New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200008060MIA.html W 57-41]

| Sheri Sam (19)

| Marlies Askamp (10)

| Black
Colleton
Rasmussen
Sam (2)

| American Airlines Arena

| 12–19

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 32

| August 9

| Orlando

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200008090MIA.html W 68-64]

| Sheri Sam (24)

| Marlies Askamp (15)

| Debbie Black (6)

| American Airlines Arena

| 13–19

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log end}}

=Season standings=

{{2000 WNBA Eastern Conference standings|team=MIA}}

Statistics

{{WNBA roster statistics legend}}

=Regular Season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | Player

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | GP

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | GS

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | MPG

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | FG%

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | 3P%

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | FT%

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | RPG

! style="background: #A6192E" width="5%" | APG

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | SPG

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | BPG

! style="background: #A6192E" width="6%" | PPG

Sheri Sam

| 31

| 27

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 29.2

| .387

| .292

| .670

| 4.3

| 2.1

| 1.1

| 0.2

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 12.8

Katrina Colleton

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 27.3

| .352

| .238

| .757

| 2.0

| 1.6

| 0.8

| 0.2

| 8.3

Marlies Askamp

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 27.2

| .407

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .500

| .684

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 7.2

| 0.9

| 0.5

| 0.7

| 7.8

Debbie Black

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 25.6

| .380

| .214

| .690

| 2.9

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 3.1

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 1.8

| 0.0

| 4.8

Shantia Owens

| 31

| 16

| 19.5

| .389

| N/A

| .537

| 3.1

| 0.7

| 0.4

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 0.8

| 4.2

Kristen Rasmussen

| 25

| 7

| 18.2

| .350

| .286

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .844

| 3.8

| 1.1

| 1.0

| 0.6

| 5.0

Sharon Manning

| 24

| 9

| 16.8

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .478

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .500

| .538

| 4.2

| 0.7

| 1.0

| 0.2

| 4.3

Kisha Ford

| 28

| 0

| 15.1

| .306

| .250

| .574

| 2.2

| 0.8

| 1.1

| 0.0

| 3.6

Umeki Webb

| 13

| 5

| 15.0

| .250

| .250

| .840

| 1.1

| 1.1

| 0.5

| 0.3

| 3.3

Milena Flores

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 0

| 14.8

| .304

| .295

| .619

| 0.7

| 1.5

| 0.7

| 0.1

| 3.5

Jameka Jones

| 21

| 0

| 11.1

| .263

| .200

| .722

| 1.0

| 0.5

| 0.4

| 0.0

| 3.3

Tanja Kostic

|5

|0

|9.2

|.333

|N/A

|.500

|1.0

|0.8

|0.4

|0.0

|1.4

Jamie Cassidy

|22

|0

|8.0

|.364

|style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .500

|.698

|1.0

|0.4

|0.2

|0.1

|3.4


‡Waived/Released during the season


†Traded during the season


≠Acquired during the season

References

{{reflist}}

{{2000 WNBA season by team}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2000 Miami Sol Season}}

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