2002 Miami Sol season

2002 Miami Sol season
Head Coach Ron Rothstein
Arena AmericanAirlines Arena
Attendance 8,828 per game
Results
Record 1517
(.469)
Place 6th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Miami Sol seasons
< 2001 2003 >

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Miami Sol. The team missed the playoffs for the second and final time in their history. The team later folded after the season due to financial issues.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 15 Tamara Moore (G/F)  United States Wisconsin
2 29 Lindsey Yamasaki (G/F)  United States Stanford
3 45 Jerica Watson (F)  United States Iowa
4 61 Jerkisha Dosty (F)  United States St. Mary's (CA)

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 18 14 .563 11–10
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 12–9
Washington Mystics x 17 15 .531 12–9 1.0
Indiana Fever x 16 16 .500 12–9 2.0
Orlando Miracle o 16 16 .500 13–8 2.0
Miami Sol o 15 17 .469 11–10 3.0
Cleveland Rockers o 10 22 .312 7–14 8.0
Detroit Shock o 9 23 .281 6–15 9.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 28 Minnesota 63-66 Loss 0-1
May 30 Los Angeles 65-69 Loss 0-2
June 2 @ New York 52-58 Loss 0-3
June 4 Orlando 69-71 Loss 0-4
June 9 @ Washington 67-76 Loss 0-5
June 11 Cleveland 74-65 Win 1-5
June 15 @ Orlando 69-65 Win 2-5
June 18 Houston 46-53 Loss 2-6
June 21 Washington 60-65 Loss 2-7
June 22 @ Charlotte 63-76 Loss 2-8
June 25 @ Cleveland 50-71 Loss 2-9
June 28 @ Detroit 78-74 (OT) Win 3-9
June 30 Indiana 65-59 Win 4-9
July 3 Phoenix 86-61 Win 5-9
July 5 Charlotte 68-72 Loss 5-10
July 7 Seattle 65-61 (OT) Win 6-10
July 9 @ Charlotte 66-55 Win 7-10
July 12 @ Indiana 68-62 Win 8-10
July 13 Orlando 70-56 Win 9-10
July 17 Sacramento 62-78 Loss 9-11
July 19 @ Minnesota 61-58 Win 10-11
July 20 @ Detroit 48-69 Loss 10-12
July 23 New York 54-46 Win 11-12
July 25 @ Houston 60-69 Loss 11-13
July 27 @ Portland 61-71 Loss 11-14
July 30 @ Los Angeles 82-73 Win 12-14
July 31 @ Utah 76-81 (OT) Loss 12-15
August 2 @ New York 54-66 Loss 12-16
August 4 Washington 55-50 Win 13-16
August 9 Cleveland 65-59 Win 14-16
August 11 @ Indiana 63-77 Loss 14-17
August 13 Detroit 61-56 Win 15-17

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Sheri Sam 32 155 83 69 6 463
Betty Lennox 26 73 47 25 5 310
Sandy Brondello 30 41 46 26 4 263
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 31 140 32 27 15 217
Kristen Rasmussen 31 117 41 18 16 170
Debbie Black 32 123 137 59 5 153
Ruth Riley 26 90 25 11 41 148
Vanessa Nygaard 29 67 9 11 1 120
Iziane Castro Marques 19 17 7 7 0 66
Lindsey Yamasaki 15 15 9 4 1 52
Claudia Neves 20 7 25 8 0 37
Tamara Moore 5 7 10 7 0 28
Marlies Askamp 6 11 3 1 1 11
Trisha Stafford-Odom 6 6 2 1 0 8
Carolyn Moos 2 0 0 0 1 0

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References

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