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2001 Washington Mystics season

The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics finished with the worst record in the Eastern Conference.

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

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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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

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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

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2001 Washington Mystics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 32   Aldridge, Markita 5' 11" (1.8m) – 1973-09-15 Charlotte 2
C 34   Bauer Bilodeau, Cass 6' 4" (1.93m) 180 lb (82kg) 1972-06-27 Montana State 2
F 40   Bullett, Vicky 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1967-10-04 Maryland 4
G 35   Burgess, Annie 5' 7" (1.7m) 141 lb (64kg) 1969-03-10 1
F 23   Holdsclaw, Chamique 6' 2" (1.88m) 172 lb (78kg) 1977-08-09 Tennessee 2
G 25   Luz, Helen 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 1972-11-23 R
G 15   McCray, Nikki 5' 11" (1.8m) 158 lb (72kg) 1971-12-17 Tennessee 3
G 9   Miller, Coco 5' 4" (1.63m) 190 lb (86kg) 1978-09-06 Georgia R
C 5   Mills, Tausha 6' 3" (1.91m) 232 lb (105kg) 1976-02-29 Alabama 1
F 10   Page, Murriel 6' 2" (1.88m) 160 lb (73kg) 1975-09-18 Florida 3
G 6   Sauret, Audrey 5' 11" (1.8m) – 1976-10-31 R
F/C 42   Stocks, Tamara 6' 3" (1.91m) – 1979-01-29 Florida R
F 4   Washington, Tonya 6' 0" (1.83m) – 1977-12-30 Florida 1
C 12   Whittle, Jenny 6' 5" (1.96m) – 1973-09-05 1
Head coach
  Tom Maher
Assistant coaches
  Marianne Stanley



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
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