2001 Charlotte Sting season
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{{WNBA season
| team = Charlotte Sting
| year = 2001
| attendance = 6,595
| wins = 18
| losses = 14
| conf = Eastern
| conf_place = 4th
| coach = Anne Donovan
| arena = Charlotte Coliseum
| playoffs = Lost WNBA Finals (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks
| points = Andrea Stinson (14.1)
| rebounds = Allison Feaster (4.8)
| assists = Dawn Staley (5.6)
| television = WBTV (CBS 3)
Fox Sports Net South
}}
The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Charlotte Sting franchise. The team saw themselves in the WNBA Finals for the only time in their history. They lost the finals to the Los Angeles Sparks in a sweep.
Transactions
=WNBA draft=
{{see also|2001 WNBA draft}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
! style="background: #00778B" width="2%" | Round ! style="background: #00778B" width="5%" | Pick ! style="background: #00778B" width="10%" | Player ! style="background: #00778B" width="10%" | Nationality ! style="background: #00778B" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
| 1
| 2 | {{USA}} | Georgia |
| 2
| 18 | {{CAN}} | Rutgers |
| 3
|34 |Jennifer Phillips |{{USA}} |
| 4
|50 |{{USA}} |
=Transactions=
| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align: center;"
! style="background: #00778B" width=125" |Date ! style="background: #00778B" colspan="2" |Transaction |
| February 22, 2001
|Fired T.R. Dunn as Head Coach{{Cite web |title=2001 Charlotte Sting Transactions |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CHA/2001_transactions.html |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}} |
| March 31, 2001
| Hired Anne Donovan as Head Coach |
| April 20, 2001
| Drafted Kelly Miller, Tammy Sutton-Brown, Jennifer Phillips and Reshea Bristol in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 30, 2001
|Signed Marte Alexander |
| May 7, 2001 |
| May 9, 2001
|Signed Tombi Bell |
| rowspan="2" |May 10, 2001
|Waived Angie Braziel and Larecha Jones |
| Suspended contract of Shantia Owens |
| May 13, 2001
|Waived Marte Alexander |
| rowspan="2" |May 27, 2001
|Traded Cass Bauer-Bilodeau to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Keisha Anderson |
| Waived Niesa Johnson and Tombi Bell |
| June 22, 2001
|Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Tonya Edwards |
| July 2, 2001
|Waived Reshea Bristol |
Roster
{{sports roster
| team=Charlotte Sting
| season = 2001
| style = WNBA|color1=white|bg1 =#00778B|color2 =white|bg2=#280071
| players =
{{sports roster/entry | num = 20 | first = Keisha | last = Anderson | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 7 | lbs = 125 | DOB = 1974-05-08 | yrs = 1 | college = Wisconsin | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 10 | first = Reshea | last = Bristol | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | DOB = 1978-02-10 | yrs = R | college = Arizona | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 13 | first = Tonya | last = Edwards | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 160 | DOB = 1968-03-13 | yrs = 2 | college = Tennessee | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 7 | first = Shalonda | last = Enis | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 185 | DOB = 1974-12-03 | yrs = 2 | college = Alabama | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 3 | first = Summer | last = Erb | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 240 | DOB = 1977-07-25 | yrs = 1 | college = NC State | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 21 | first = Allison | last = Feaster | pos = F | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 168 | DOB = 1976-02-11 | yrs = 3 | college = Harvard | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 33 | first = Clarisse | last = Machanguana | pos = C/F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1976-10-04 | yrs = 2 | college = Old Dominion | nat = PR Mozambique}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 8 | first = Kelly | last = Miller | dab=basketball | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 140 | DOB = 1978-09-06 | yrs = R | college = Georgia | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 23 | first = Charlotte| last = Smith | dab=basketball| pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 148 | DOB = 1973-08-23 | yrs = 2 | college = North Carolina | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 5 | first = Dawn | last = Staley | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 6 | lbs = 134 | DOB = 1970-05-04 | yrs = 2 | college = Virginia | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 32 | first = Andrea | last = Stinson | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 158 | DOB = 1967-11-25 | yrs = 4 | college = NC State | nat = USA}}
{{sports roster/entry | num = 55 | first = Tammy | last = Sutton-Brown | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 199 | DOB = 1978-01-27 | yrs = R | college = Rutgers | nat = CAN }}
| head_coach =
{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Anne | last = Donovan| college = Old Dominion}}
| asst_coach =
}}
Schedule
= Regular season =
{{WNBA game log start|Charlotte Sting|bgcolor=#00778B; color:white|end_year=2001|note=
Total: 18–14 (Home: 11–5; Road: 7–9)}}
{{WNBA game log section|Charlotte Sting|bgcolor=#280071; color:white|June|first=yes
| home_wins = 2
| home_losses = 4
| road_wins = 2
| road_losses = 6
}}
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 1
| June 2
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106020CHA.html L 67–76]
| Andrea Stinson (21)
| Clarisse Machanguana (9)
| Dawn Staley (9)
| 0–1
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 2
| June 5
| @ Phoenix
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106050PHO.html L 69–76]
| Andrea Stinson (21)
| Clarisse Machanguana (12)
| Dawn Staley (9)
| 0–2
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 3
| June 7
| @ Sacramento
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199906190CHA.html L 65–77]
| Allison Feaster (23)
| Allison Feaster (7)
| Dawn Staley (9)
| 0–3
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 4
| June 9
| @ Orlando
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106090ORL.html W 86–79]
| Andrea Stinson (25)
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (5)
| Dawn Staley (9)
| 1–3
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 5
| June 12
| @ New York
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106120NYL.html L 70–79]
| Andrea Stinson (22)
| Clarisse Machanguana (8)
| Dawn Staley (3)
| 1–4
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 6
| June 14
| Utah
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106140CHA.html L 59–73]
| Andrea Stinson (15)
| Dawn Staley (7)
| 1–5
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 7
| June 16
| Detroit
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106160CHA.html L 69–72 (2OT)]
| Shalonda Enis (11)
| 1–6
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 8
| June 18
| @ Seattle
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106180SEA.html L 52–60]
| Andrea Stinson (13)
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (9)
| Andrea Stinson (6)
| KeyArena
| 1–7
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 9
| June 19
| @ Los Angeles
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106190LAS.html L 69–73]
| Dawn Staley (18)
| Summer Erb (10)
| Dawn Staley (7)
| 1–8
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 10
| June 22
| @ Portland
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106220POR.html L 62–66 (OT)]
| Dawn Staley (14)
| Andrea Stinson (11)
| Andrea Stinson (5)
| 1–9
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 11
| June 24
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106240CHA.html L 82–85 (OT)]
| Andrea Stinson (24)
| Andrea Stinson (9)
| Dawn Staley (8)
| 1–10
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 12
| June 27
| Detroit
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106270CHA.html W 74–50]
| Andrea Stinson (23)
| Clarisse Machanguana (9)
| Dawn Staley (11)
| 2–10
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 13
| June 29
| @ Indiana
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106290IND.html W 75–67]
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (20)
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (10)
| Dawn Staley (10)
| 3–10
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 14
| June 30
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200106300CHA.html W 58–55]
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (14)
| Allison Feaster (11)
| Dawn Staley (5)
| 4–10
{{WNBA game log section|Charlotte Sting|bgcolor=#280071; color:white|July
| home_wins = 7
| home_losses = 1
| road_wins = 1
| road_losses = 3
}}
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 15
| July 3
| New York
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107030CHA.html W 66–61]
| Andrea Stinson (20)
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (7)
| Dawn Staley (8)
| 5–10
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 16
| July 6
| @ Detroit
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107060DET.html W 67–50]
| Andrea Stinson (17)
| Charlotte Smith (7)
| 6–10
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 17
| July 7
| Seattle
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107070CHA.html W 48–38]
| Dawn Staley (15)
| Shalonda Enis (7)
| Dawn Staley (5)
| 7–10
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 18
| July 12
| Orlando
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107120CHA.html L 69–72]
| Charlotte Smith (7)
| Edwards
Feaster
Staley
Stinson (4)
| 7–11
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 19
| July 14
| Indiana
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107140CHA.html W 71–58]
| Allison Feaster (18)
| Charlotte Smith (6)
| Dawn Staley (9)
| 8–11
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 20
| July 18
| @ Miami
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107180MIA.html L 48–68]
| Dawn Staley (13)
| Shalonda Enis (8)
| Dawn Staley (4)
| 8–12
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 21
| July 20
| Orlando
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107200CHA.html W 72–65]
| Allison Feaster (19)
| Allison Feaster (7)
| Dawn Staley (9)
| 9–12
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 22
| July 21
| @ Cleveland
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107210CLE.html L 41–56]
| Dawn Staley (9)
| Andrea Stinson (6)
| Dawn Staley (4)
| 9–13
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 23
| July 24
| Indiana
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107240CHA.html W 75–66]
| Dawn Staley (18)
| Clarisse Machanguana (10)
| 10–13
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 24
| July 26
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107260CHA.html W 62–60]
| Andrea Stinson (15)
| Charlotte Smith (10)
| 11–13
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 25
| July 29
| @ Washington
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107290WAS.html L 42–55]
| Andrea Stinson (10)
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (6)
| 11–14
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 26
| July 31
| Miami
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200107310CHA.html W 63–45]
| Allison Feaster (18)
| Smith
Sutton-Brown (4)
| Dawn Staley (5)
| 12–14
{{WNBA game log section|Charlotte Sting|bgcolor=#280071; color:white|August
| home_wins = 2
| home_losses = 0
| road_wins = 4
| road_losses = 0
}}
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 27
| August 3
| @ Minnesota
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108030MIN.html W 72–64]
| Feaster
Machanguana
Staley (5)
| Andrea Stinson (4)
| 13–14
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 28
| August 4
| Houston
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108040CHA.html W 54–49]
| Allison Feaster (13)
| Allison Feaster (9)
| Dawn Staley (5)
| 14–14
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 29
| August 6
| @ Washington
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108060WAS.html W 65–60]
| Dawn Staley (13)
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (7)
| Andrea Stinson (7)
| 15–14
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 30
| August 10
| @ Cleveland
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108100CLE.html W 55–53]
| Andrea Stinson (21)
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (9)
| Dawn Staley (5)
| 16–14
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 31
| August 11
| New York
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108110CHA.html W 80–60]
| Andrea Stinson (21)
| Shalonda Enis (7)
| Dawn Staley (6)
| 17–14
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 32
| August 14
| @ Miami
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108140MIA.html W 48–41]
| Stinson
Sutton-Brown (8)
| Allison Feaster (9)
| Dawn Staley (5)
| 18–14
{{WNBA game log end|cha|end_year=2001}}
=Playoffs=
{{WNBA game log start|Charlotte Sting|bgcolor=#00778B; color:white|end_year=2001|playoffs=yes}}
{{WNBA game log section|Charlotte Sting|bgcolor=#280071; color:white| First round vs. Cleveland Rockers
Won Series: 2–1|first=yes
}}
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 1
| August 16
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108160CHA.html W 53–46]
| Andrea Stinson (16)
| Andrea Stinson (6)
| Dawn Staley (5)
| 1–0
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 2
| August 18
| @ Cleveland
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108180CLE.html L 51–69]
| Allison Feaster (11)
| Andrea Stinson (5)
| Dawn Staley (6)
| 1–1
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 3
| August 20
| @ Cleveland
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108200CLE.html W 72–64]
| Tonya Edwards (15)
| Shalonda Enis (9)
| Dawn Staley (8)
| 2–1
{{WNBA game log section|Charlotte Sting|bgcolor=#280071; color:white|Conference Finals vs. New York Liberty
Won Series: 2–1|show=no}}
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 1
| August 24
| New York
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108240CHA.html L 57–61]
| Dawn Staley (14)
| Andrea Stinson (7)
| Dawn Staley (5)
| 1–0
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 2
| August 26
| @ New York
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108260NYL.html W 62–53]
| Charlotte Smith (9)
| Andrea Stinson (8)
| 1–1
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"
| 3
| August 27
| @ New York
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108270NYL.html W 48–44]
| Dawn Staley (17)
| Andrea Stinson (8)
| Andrea Stinson (4)
| 2–1
{{WNBA game log section|Charlotte Sting|bgcolor=#280071; color:white|Championship vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Lost Series: 0–2|show=no}}
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 1
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200108300CHA.html L 66–75]
| Andrea Stinson (18)
| Allison Feaster (5)
| Andrea Stinson (5)
| 0–1
|- style="background:#fcc;"
| 2
| @ Los Angeles
| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200109010LAS.html L 54–82]
| Tammy Sutton-Brown (12)
| Charlotte Smith (8)
| Dawn Staley (5)
| 0–2
{{WNBA game log end|cha|end_year=2001|playoffs=yes}}
=Season standings=
{{2001 WNBA Eastern Conference standings|team=CHA}}
Statistics
{{WNBA roster statistics legend}}
=Regular Season=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | Player
! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | GP ! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | GS ! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | MPG ! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | FG% ! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | 3P% ! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | FT% ! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | RPG ! style="background: #00778B" width="5%" | APG ! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | SPG ! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | BPG ! style="background: #00778B" width="6%" | PPG |
|---|
| Dawn Staley
| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 36.0 | .381 | .371 | .895 | 2.2 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 5.6 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 1.6 | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| Allison Feaster
| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32 | 31.5 | .375 | .327 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .921 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.4 |
| Andrea Stinson
| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32 | 31.4 | .484 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .446 | .797 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 14.1 |
| Charlotte Smith
| 30 | 24 | 22.6 | .390 | .313 | .734 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| Tammy Sutton-Brown
| 29 | 21 | 20.8 | .490 | N/A | .722 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 1.3 | 6.8 |
| Shalonda Enis
| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32 | 11 | 19.5 | .418 | .452 | .714 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| Clarisse Machanguana
| 30 | 8 | 19.3 | style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .500 | N/A | .649 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| Tonya Edwards
| 22 | 0 | 16.9 | .340 | .227 | .730 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Kelly Miller
| 26 | 0 | 8.7 | .386 | .368 | .800 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Summer Erb
| 18 | 0 | 8.2 | .429 | N/A | .857 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Keisha Anderson
|18 |0 |5.7 |.125 |.000 |.800 |0.8 |0.8 |0.3 |0.0 |0.7 |
| Reshea Bristol
| 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
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