# 1999 Phoenix Mercury season

The 1999 WNBA season was the third season for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury failed to qualify for the postseason after advancing to the WNBA Finals during the previous year.

## Transactions
### Minnesota Lynx expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Phoenix Mercury:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Brandy Reed | United States | Southern Miss |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 10 | Edna Campbell | United States | Colorado Xplosion |
| 2 | 22 | Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil | United States | San Jose Lasers |
| 3 | 34 | Lisa Harrison | United States | Columbus Quest |
| 4 | 46 | Amanda Wilson | United States | Louisiana Tech |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 6, 1999 | Lost Brandy Reed to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft. |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Edna Campbell, Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil, Lisa Harrison and Amanda Wilson in the 1999 WNBA Draft |
| May 14, 1999 | Signed MerleLynn Lange-Harris |
| May 25, 1999 | Signed Trisha Stafford-Odom |
| June 2, 1999 | Waived Trisha Stafford-Odom |
| June 8, 1999 | Waived Umeki Webb |
| June 9, 1999 | Waived Toni Foster |
| June 17, 1999 | Waived Andrea Kuklová and Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil |
| June 20, 1999 | Waived MerleLynn Lange-Harris |
| July 19, 1999 | Signed Angela Aycock and Toni Foster |
| October 27, 1999 | Traded Marlies Askamp, Kristi Harrower and Angela Aycock to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trisha Fallon |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1999 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 12–4; Road: 3–13) :
June: 3–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 12
@ Sacramento
L 85–96
Jennifer Gillom (23)
Jennifer Gillom (9)
Michele Timms (10)
ARCO Arena
0–1
2
June 14
Sacramento
L 64–74
Jennifer Gillom (29)
Jennifer Gillom (15)
Gillom Timms (4)
America West Arena
0–2
3
June 19
Cleveland
W 76–67
Edna Campbell (21)
Marlies Askamp (15)
Michele Timms (7)
America West Arena
1–2
4
June 21
@ Orlando
L 76–80
Jennifer Gillom (25)
Marlies Askamp (12)
Michele Timms (7)
TD Waterhouse Centre
1–3
5
June 22
@ Washington
W 79–76
Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil (23)
Harrison Stepanova (5)
Michele Timms (4)
MCI Center
2–3
6
June 24
@ Charlotte
L 72–88
Jennifer Gillom (20)
Marlies Askamp (10)
Michele Timms (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
2–4
7
June 26
@ Detroit
W 66–60
Jennifer Gillom (17)
Jennifer Gillom (13)
Harrower Timms (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
3–4
8
June 28
@ Cleveland
L 51–70
Bridget Pettis (13)
Marlies Askamp (6)
Michele Timms (7)
Gund Arena
3–5 :
July: 7–7 (Home: 6–2; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
July 1
@ New York
L 67–83
Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil (20)
Marlies Askamp (10)
Michele Timms (7)
Madison Square Garden
3–6
10
July 3
@ Minnesota
L 47–56
Jennifer Gillom (18)
Marlies Askamp (12)
Michele Timms (3)
Target Center
3–7
11
July 7
Los Angeles
L 61–67
Jennifer Gillom (17)
Askamp Gillom (7)
Michele Timms (7)
America West Arena
3–8
12
July 9
Houston
L 70–71
Michele Timms (22)
Marlies Askamp (6)
Michele Timms (5)
America West Arena
3–9
13
July 11
@ Los Angeles
L 58–67
Edna Campbell (17)
Jennifer Gillom (8)
Kristi Harrower (3)
Great Western Forum
3–10
14
July 12
@ Utah
W 80–66
Marlies Askamp (23)
Askamp Davis-Wrightsil (6)
Michele Timms (5)
Delta Center
4–10
15
July 17
Los Angeles
W 84–76
Gillom Harrower (20)
Marlies Askamp (11)
Kristi Harrower (5)
America West Arena
5–10
16
July 19
Houston
W 60–48
Jennifer Gillom (18)
Marlies Askamp (12)
Kristi Harrower (5)
America West Arena
6–10
17
July 21
@ Los Angeles
L 63–84
Jennifer Gillom (18)
Lisa Harrison (7)
Lisa Harrison (3)
Great Western Forum
6–11
18
July 23
Orlando
W 73–67
Kristi Harrower (16)
Askamp Stepanova (8)
Kristi Harrower (5)
America West Arena
7–11
19
July 25
Washington
W 72–59
Jennifer Gillom (16)
Marlies Askamp (10)
Harrison Timms (4)
America West Arena
8–11
20
July 27
Utah
W 86–73
Edna Campbell (21)
Marlies Askamp (9)
Kristi Harrower (7)
America West Arena
9–11
21
July 29
Minnesota
W 79–46
Jennifer Gillom (22)
Maria Stepanova (8)
Kristi Harrower (9)
America West Arena
10–11
22
July 31
@ Houston
L 70–77
Edna Campbell (15)
Marlies Askamp (11)
Michele Timms (8)
Compaq Center
10–12 :
August: 5–5 (Home: 5–1; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
August 2
@ Minnesota
L 56–73
Marlies Askamp (12)
Jennifer Gillom (8)
Michele Timms (7)
Target Center
10–13
24
August 6
New York
W 68–55
Jennifer Gillom (15)
Maria Stepanova (10)
Kristi Harrower (7)
America West Arena
11–13
25
August 7
@ Sacramento
L 60–71
Maria Stepanova (19)
Maria Stepanova (10)
Michele Timms (7)
ARCO Arena
11–14
26
August 9
Minnesota
W 64–55
Jennifer Gillom (15)
Maria Stepanova (13)
Harrison Timms (4)
America West Arena
12–14
27
August 11
Detroit
W 68–57
Maria Stepanova (16)
Maria Stepanova (10)
Michele Timms (5)
America West Arena
13–14
28
August 13
@ Utah
L 64–67
Maria Stepanova (17)
Marlies Askamp (8)
Michele Timms (5)
Delta Center
13–15
29
August 15
Charlotte
W 65–54
Lisa Harrison (21)
Marlies Askamp (8)
Michele Timms (3)
America West Arena
14–15
30
August 17
Sacramento
W 71–59
Jennifer Gillom (28)
Harrison Stepanova (9)
Michele Timms (10)
America West Arena
15–15
31
August 18
@ Houston
L 60–70
Jennifer Gillom (14)
Maria Stepanova (12)
Harrison Harrower Pettis (3)
Compaq Center
15–16
32
August 20
Utah
L 62–70
Gillom Stepanova (17)
Maria Stepanova (11)
Gillom Timms (3)
America West Arena
15–17 :
1999 season schedule :

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 26 | 6 | .813 | 16–4 | – |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 12–8 | 6.0 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 19 | 13 | .594 | 9–11 | 7.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 7–13 | 11.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 8–12 | 11.0 |
| Utah Starzz $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 8–12 | 11.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Jennifer Gillom | 32 | 32 | 34.2 | .381 | .250 | .797 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 15.2 |
| Edna Campbell | 28 | 24 | 26.8 | .364 | .376 | .714 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 9.6 |
| Michele Timms | 30 | 29 | 26.8 | .354 | .348 | .776 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| Marlies Askamp | 30 | 30 | 26.0 | .482 | .000 | .816 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 9.4 |
| Lisa Harrison | 32 | 23 | 25.9 | .474 | .100 | .682 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| Kristi Harrower | 32 | 3 | 20.8 | .364 | .279 | .808 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil | 14 | 9 | 18.5 | .433 | .303 | .667 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 9.3 |
| Maria Stepanova | 32 | 2 | 17.3 | .485 | .500 | .625 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 7.8 |
| Bridget Pettis | 32 | 8 | 16.9 | .304 | .224 | .617 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 5.7 |
| Toni Foster | 10 | 0 | 4.2 | .583 | N/A | .688 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| Angela Aycock | 8 | 0 | 3.7 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.1 | 0,4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| MerleLynn Lange-Harris | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Amanda Wilson | 12 | 0 | 2.8 | .333 | .200 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Andrea Kuklová | 5 | 0 | 2.6 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season