2001 Washington Mystics season

2001 Washington Mystics season
CoachTom Maher
ArenaMCI Center
Attendance15,417 per game
Results
Record10–22 (.313)
Place8th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
TelevisionWBDC (WB 50)
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic

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  Soviet Union 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G32United StatesAldridge, Markita5' 11" (1.8m)1973-09-15Charlotte2
C34United StatesBauer Bilodeau, Cass6' 4" (1.93m)180 lb (82kg)1972-06-27Montana State2
F40United StatesBullett, Vicky6' 3" (1.91m)185 lb (84kg)1967-10-04Maryland4
G35AustraliaBurgess, Annie5' 7" (1.7m)141 lb (64kg)1969-03-101
F23United StatesHoldsclaw, Chamique6' 2" (1.88m)172 lb (78kg)1977-08-09Tennessee2
G25BrazilLuz, Helen5' 8" (1.73m)144 lb (65kg)1972-11-23R
G15United StatesMcCray, Nikki5' 11" (1.8m)158 lb (72kg)1971-12-17Tennessee3
G9United StatesMiller, Coco5' 4" (1.63m)190 lb (86kg)1978-09-06GeorgiaR
C5United StatesMills, Tausha6' 3" (1.91m)232 lb (105kg)1976-02-29Alabama1
F10United StatesPage, Murriel6' 2" (1.88m)160 lb (73kg)1975-09-18Florida3
G6FranceSauret, Audrey5' 11" (1.8m)1976-10-31R
F/C42United StatesStocks, Tamara6' 3" (1.91m)1979-01-29FloridaR
F4United StatesWashington, Tonya6' 0" (1.83m)1977-12-30Florida1
C12AustraliaWhittle, Jenny6' 5" (1.96m)1973-09-051
Head coach
Australia Tom Maher
Assistant coaches
United States Marianne Stanley
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "2001 Washington Mystics Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 26, 2024.