# 2002 Cleveland Rockers season

The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Cleveland Rockers.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 7 | Deanna Jackson | United States | UAB |
| 1 | 9 | Brandi McCain | United States | Florida |
| 3 | 41 | Angie Welle | United States | Iowa State |
| 4 | 57 | Marche Strickland | United States | Maryland |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| March 4, 2002 | Traded Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and a 2002 1st Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2002 1st Round Pick |
| April 19, 2002 | Drafted Deanna Jackson, Brandi McCain, Angie Welle and Marche Strickland in the 2002 WNBA Draft |
| May 8, 2002 | Waived Jameka Jones, Jannon Roland and Tere Williams |
| May 19, 2002 | Waived Angie Welle and Marche Strickland |
| May 21, 2002 | Waived Katryna Gaither |
| May 23, 2002 | Waived Anastasia Kostaki |
| May 30, 2002 | Waived Nyree Roberts |
| May 30, 2002 | Signed Lucienne Berthieu |
| June 14, 2002 | Waived Paige Sauer |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2002 game log Total: 10–22 (Home: 4–12; Road: 6–10) :
June: 6–7 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 1
Houston
L 65–69 (OT)
Penny Taylor (24)
Penny Taylor (9)
Jennifer Rizzotti (5)
Gund Arena
0–1
2
June 6
Detroit
W 72–55
Chasity Melvin (19)
Penny Taylor (9)
Andrade Jones (4)
Gund Arena
1–1
3
June 6
@ Orlando
L 99–103 (3OT)
Penny Taylor (27)
Merlakia Jones (8)
Jennifer Rizzotti (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
1–2
4
June 11
@ Miami
L 65–74
Merlakia Jones (20)
Melvin Taylor (6)
Jones McCain Taylor (3)
American Airlines Arena
1–3
5
June 14
Washington
L 63–69
Merlakia Jones (18)
Chasity Melvin (8)
Merlakia Jones (3)
Gund Arena
1–4
6
June 15
@ Indiana
W 79–68
Merlakia Jones (27)
Ann Wauters (6)
Brandi McCain (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse
2–4
7
June 19
Orlando
L 62–66
Merlakia Jones (14)
Merlakia Jones (7)
Jennifer Rizzotti (4)
Gund Arena
2–5
8
June 21
New York
W 80–69
Chasity Melvin (30)
Jones Wauters (7)
Jennifer Rizzotti (14)
Gund Arena
3–5
9
June 23
@ Washington
L 45–63
Chasity Melvin (10)
Jones Melvin Rizzotti Taylor (4)
Jones Rizzotti Taylor (2)
MCI Center
3–6
10
June 25
Miami
W 71–50
Ann Wauters (18)
Merlakia Jones (9)
Mery Andrade (4)
Gund Arena
4–6
11
June 27
Sacramento
W 73–50
Penny Taylor (24)
Chasity Melvin (12)
McCain Taylor Wauters (5)
Gund Arena
5–6
12
June 28
@ New York
W 67–58
Penny Taylor (20)
Merlakia Jones (7)
Andrade Jones McCain Rizzotti Taylor (2)
Madison Square Garden
6–6
13
June 30
Utah
L 62–79
Ann Wauters (20)
Ann Wauters (6)
Brown McCain Taylor (5)
Gund Arena
6–7 :
July
: 3–9 (Home: 0–5; Road: 3–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
July 2
Portland
L 64–68
Merlakia Jones (18)
Ann Wauters (7)
Merlakia Jones (5)
Gund Arena
6–8
15
July 5
Seattle
L 65–73
Penny Taylor (16)
Brown Jones Melvin Wauters (4)
Jones Taylor (4)
Gund Arena
6–9
16
July 6
@ Charlotte
L 67–78
Merlakia Jones (17)
Jones Wauters (6)
Penny Taylor (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–10
17
July 8
@ Indiana
L 57–68
Jones Taylor (12)
Ann Wauters (6)
Merlakia Jones (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
6–11
18
July 11
@ Sacramento
L 69–71
Ann Wauters (18)
Penny Taylor (10)
Jones Taylor (5)
ARCO Arena
6–12
19
July 12
@ Seattle
W 62–58
Ann Wauters (16)
Chasity Melvin (12)
Mery Andrade (4)
KeyArena
7–12
20
July 17
@ Minnesota
W 58–48
Ann Wauters (14)
Chasity Melvin (12)
Jones Rizzotti Taylor Wauters (2)
Target Center
8–12
21
July 20
Los Angeles
L 50–63
Penny Taylor (11)
Merlakia Jones (9)
Bader Binford Taylor (3)
Gund Arena
8–13
22
July 22
@ New York
L 52–73
Merlakia Jones (11)
Penny Taylor (6)
Chasity Melvin (3)
Madison Square Garden
8–14
23
July 24
Charlotte
L 66–73 (OT)
Merlakia Jones (20)
Brown Jones (8)
Jennifer Rizzotti (4)
Gund Arena
8–15
24
July 25
@ Charlotte
W 83–73
Merlakia Jones (23)
Chasity Melvin (10)
Jennifer Rizzotti (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
9–15
25
July 28
Orlando
L 70–76 (OT)
Andrea Stinson (17)
Andrea Stinson (5)
Staley Stinson (4)
Gund Arena
9–16 :
August
: 1–6 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
26
August 1
@ Detroit
W 68–66
Chasity Melvin (20)
Merlakia Jones (8)
Merlakia Jones (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10–16
27
August 3
Detroit
L 57–68
Chasity Melvin (15)
Ann Wauters (8)
Jennifer Rizzotti (4)
Gund Arena
10–17
28
August 6
@ Houston
L 54–67
Melvin Taylor (13)
Merlakia Jones (5)
Jennifer Rizzotti (4)
Compaq Center
10–18
29
August 7
@ Phoenix
L 57–59
Ann Wauters (16)
Chasity Melvin (9)
Melvin Rizzotti (5)
America West Arena
10–19
30
August 9
@ Miami
L 59–65
Penny Taylor (11)
Jones Melvin (6)
Mery Andrade (4)
American Airlines Arena
10–20
31
August 11
Washington
L 54–60
Ann Wauters (12)
Melvin Taylor (7)
Brown Jones Rizzotti Taylor (2)
Gund Arena
10–21
32
August 13
Indiana
L 56–60
Penny Taylor (22)
Penny Taylor (10)
Chasity Melvin (5)
Gund Arena
10–22 :
2002 season schedule :

### 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 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Merlakia Jones | 32 | 32 | 34.2 | .399 | .278 | .785 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
| Chasity Melvin | 32 | 32 | 33.0 | .464 | .500 | .687 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 12.5 |
| Penny Taylor | 30 | 26 | 30.3 | .416 | .342 | .853 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.0 |
| Ann Wauters | 28 | 25 | 28.6 | .553 | .000 | .851 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 11.2 |
| Jennifer Rizzotti | 26 | 25 | 26.7 | .400 | .384 | .800 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 6.8 |
| Mery Andrade | 32 | 16 | 20.8 | .306 | .192 | .783 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| Rushia Brown | 28 | 2 | 16.7 | .400 | .000 | .737 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Brandi McCain | 31 | 2 | 12.6 | .291 | .362 | .750 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Deanna Jackson | 18 | 0 | 7.9 | .413 | .000 | .708 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Tracy Henderson | 23 | 0 | 7.5 | .390 | N/A | 1.000 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Tricia Bader Binford | 18 | 0 | 7.3 | .154 | .071 | .833 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Paige Sauer | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lucienne Berthieu | 5 | 0 | 3.2 | .429 | .000 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season