2001 Portland Fire season

2001 Portland Fire season
CoachLinda Hargrove
ArenaRose Garden
Attendance8,604 per game
Results
Record11–21 (.344)
Place7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsJackie Stiles 14.9 ppg
ReboundsKristin Folkl 7.7 rpg
AssistsTully Bevilaqua 3.3 apg
Media
TelevisionKPTV (UPN 12)

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G33United StatesBarksdale, LaQuanda5' 10" (1.78m)1979-10-03North CarolinaR
G4AustraliaBevilaqua, Tully5' 7" (1.7m)145 lb (66kg)1972-07-192
C41United StatesBurras, Alisa6' 3" (1.91m)218 lb (99kg)1975-06-23Louisiana Tech2
F0United StatesCrawley, Sylvia6' 5" (1.96m)187 lb (85kg)1972-09-27North Carolina1
F24United StatesFolkl, Kristin6' 2" (1.88m)190 lb (86kg)1975-12-19Stanford2
G35United StatesJackson, Tamicha5' 6" (1.68m)120 lb (54kg)1978-04-22Louisiana Tech1
C34United StatesMowe, Jenny6' 5" (1.96m)1978-02-25OregonR
F17United StatesNygaard, Vanessa6' 1" (1.85m)175 lb (79kg)1975-03-13Stanford2
G34United StatesStiles, Jackie5' 8" (1.73m)144 lb (65kg)1978-12-21Missouri StateR
F11United StatesThomas, Stacey5' 10" (1.78m)154 lb (70kg)1978-08-29Michigan1
F22United StatesWalker, DeMya6' 3" (1.91m)191 lb (87kg)1977-11-28Virginia1
G13United StatesWitherspoon, Sophia5' 10" (1.78m)145 lb (66kg)1969-07-06Florida4
G12United StatesYoung, Carolyn5' 9" (1.75m)175 lb (79kg)1969-07-28AuburnR
Head coach
United States Linda Hargrove (Southwestern (KS))
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured 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. ^ a b c d e f "2001 Portland Fire Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2024.