2001 Phoenix Mercury season

2001 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	Cynthia Cooper
Arena	America West Arena
Attendance	8,561 per game
Results
Record	13–19 (.406)
Place	5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	KASW (WB 61) Cox 9
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The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth for the Phoenix Mercury. Cynthia Cooper became the second head coach in franchise history.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	School
13th	Kristen Veal	Australia	Australia
29th	Ilona Korstine	United States	Russia
45th	Tere Williams	United States	Virginia Tech
53rd	Carolyn Moos	United States	Stanford
61st	Megan Franza	United States	Washington

Regular season

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

Season Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 30	Utah	61-82	Loss	0-1
May 31	@ Seattle	70-83	Loss	0-2
June 2	@ Minnesota	89-80	Win	1-2
June 4	@ Portland	69-71 (OT)	Loss	1-3
June 5	Charlotte	76-69	Win	2-3
June 10	Houston	58-60	Loss	2-4
June 12	Sacramento	78-64	Win	3-4
June 14	@ Sacramento	59-81	Loss	3-5
June 16	Orlando	72-68	Win	4-5
June 21	New York	70-95	Loss	4-6
June 22	Seattle	55-58	Loss	4-7
June 29	@ Detroit	71-75	Loss	4-8
July 1	@ Indiana	78-86 (OT)	Loss	4-9
July 4	Miami	60-47	Win	5-9
July 5	@ Los Angeles	50-73	Loss	5-10
July 7	Washington	66-52	Win	6-10
July 11	Los Angeles	61-75	Loss	6-11
July 13	@ Cleveland	61-69	Loss	6-12
July 14	@ Minnesota	80-67	Win	7-12
July 19	Portland	60-58	Win	8-12
July 21	Utah	59-50	Win	9-12
July 26	Detroit	63-62	Win	10-12
July 27	@ Seattle	56-54	Win	11-12
July 29	@ Sacramento	47-63	Loss	11-13
August 1	Minnesota	63-68	Loss	11-14
August 3	@ Miami	61-72	Loss	11-15
August 5	@ Orlando	69-78	Loss	11-16
August 6	@ Houston	48-62	Loss	11-17
August 8	@ Los Angeles	67-79	Loss	11-18
August 10	@ Utah	57-69	Loss	11-19
August 11	Portland	73-62	Win	12-19
August 14	Houston	56-38	Win	13-19

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Jennifer Gillom	32	127	35	31	19	395
Maria Stepanova	32	201	41	43	64	334
Trisha Fallon	31	77	33	35	12	322
Lisa Harrison	32	139	52	39	1	246
Bridget Pettis	32	60	50	28	4	172
Kristen Veal	29	60	125	33	4	116
Michele Timms	21	45	87	21	2	98
Adrian Williams	25	75	11	15	5	96
Tonya Edwards	10	19	18	5	1	94
Jaynetta Saunders	28	40	7	10	8	68
Slobodanka Tuvic	30	63	17	16	17	54
Adriana Moises	7	16	17	6	0	41
Ilona Korstine	12	11	5	3	0	21
Brandy Reed	1	3	0	0	0	3
Nicole Kubik	3	2	5	4	0	2
Michelle Cleary	4	3	9	2	0	2
E.C. Hill	3	0	1	1	0	0
Pat Luckey	1	1	1	0	1	0

External links

• Mercury on Basketball Reference