# 2001 Charlotte Sting season

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Charlotte Sting franchise. The team saw themselves in the WNBA Finals for the only time in their history. They lost the finals to the Los Angeles Sparks in a sweep.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 2 | Kelly Miller | United States | Georgia |
| 2 | 18 | Tammy Sutton-Brown | Canada | Rutgers |
| 3 | 34 | Jennifer Phillips | United States | Xavier |
| 4 | 50 | Reshea Bristol | United States | Arizona |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| February 22, 2001 | Fired T.R. Dunn as Head Coach |
| March 31, 2001 | Hired Anne Donovan as Head Coach |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Kelly Miller, Tammy Sutton-Brown, Jennifer Phillips and Reshea Bristol in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Marte Alexander |
| May 7, 2001 | Waived Jennifer Phillips |
| May 9, 2001 | Signed Tombi Bell |
| May 10, 2001 | Waived Angie Braziel and Larecha Jones |
| May 10, 2001 | Suspended contract of Shantia Owens |
| May 13, 2001 | Waived Marte Alexander |
| May 27, 2001 | Traded Cass Bauer-Bilodeau to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Keisha Anderson |
| May 27, 2001 | Waived Niesa Johnson and Tombi Bell |
| June 22, 2001 | Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Tonya Edwards |
| July 2, 2001 | Waived Reshea Bristol |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 18–14 (Home: 11–5; Road: 7–9) :
June: 4–10 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 2
Los Angeles
L 67–76
Andrea Stinson (21)
Clarisse Machanguana (9)
Dawn Staley (9)
Charlotte Coliseum
0–1
2
June 5
@ Phoenix
L 69–76
Andrea Stinson (21)
Clarisse Machanguana (12)
Dawn Staley (9)
America West Arena
0–2
3
June 7
@ Sacramento
L 65–77
Allison Feaster (23)
Allison Feaster (7)
Dawn Staley (9)
ARCO Arena
0–3
4
June 9
@ Orlando
W 86–79
Andrea Stinson (25)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (5)
Dawn Staley (9)
TD Waterhouse Centre
1–3
5
June 12
@ New York
L 70–79
Andrea Stinson (22)
Clarisse Machanguana (8)
Dawn Staley (3)
Madison Square Garden
1–4
6
June 14
Utah
L 59–73
Andrea Stinson (15)
Feaster Stinson (6)
Dawn Staley (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–5
7
June 16
Detroit
L 69–72 (2OT)
Shalonda Enis (11)
Enis Stinson (8)
Feaster Staley (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–6
8
June 18
@ Seattle
L 52–60
Andrea Stinson (13)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (9)
Andrea Stinson (6)
KeyArena
1–7
9
June 19
@ Los Angeles
L 69–73
Dawn Staley (18)
Summer Erb (10)
Dawn Staley (7)
Staples Center
1–8
10
June 22
@ Portland
L 62–66 (OT)
Dawn Staley (14)
Andrea Stinson (11)
Andrea Stinson (5)
Rose Garden
1–9
11
June 24
Sacramento
L 82–85 (OT)
Andrea Stinson (24)
Andrea Stinson (9)
Dawn Staley (8)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–10
12
June 27
Detroit
W 74–50
Andrea Stinson (23)
Clarisse Machanguana (9)
Dawn Staley (11)
Charlotte Coliseum
2–10
13
June 29
@ Indiana
W 75–67
Tammy Sutton-Brown (20)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (10)
Dawn Staley (10)
Conseco Fieldhouse
3–10
14
June 30
Cleveland
W 58–55
Tammy Sutton-Brown (14)
Allison Feaster (11)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
4–10 :
July
: 8–4 (Home: 7–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
July 3
New York
W 66–61
Andrea Stinson (20)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (7)
Dawn Staley (8)
Charlotte Coliseum
5–10
16
July 6
@ Detroit
W 67–50
Andrea Stinson (17)
Charlotte Smith (7)
Smith Staley (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–10
17
July 7
Seattle
W 48–38
Dawn Staley (15)
Shalonda Enis (7)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–10
18
July 12
Orlando
L 69–72
Feaster Smith (13)
Charlotte Smith (7)
Edwards Feaster Staley Stinson (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–11
19
July 14
Indiana
W 71–58
Allison Feaster (18)
Charlotte Smith (6)
Dawn Staley (9)
Charlotte Coliseum
8–11
20
July 18
@ Miami
L 48–68
Dawn Staley (13)
Shalonda Enis (8)
Dawn Staley (4)
American Airlines Arena
8–12
21
July 20
Orlando
W 72–65
Allison Feaster (19)
Allison Feaster (7)
Dawn Staley (9)
Charlotte Coliseum
9–12
22
July 21
@ Cleveland
L 41–56
Dawn Staley (9)
Andrea Stinson (6)
Dawn Staley (4)
Gund Arena
9–13
23
July 24
Indiana
W 75–66
Dawn Staley (18)
Clarisse Machanguana (10)
Staley Stinson (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
10–13
24
July 26
Washington
W 62–60
Andrea Stinson (15)
Charlotte Smith (10)
Smith Staley (3)
Charlotte Coliseum
11–13
25
July 29
@ Washington
L 42–55
Andrea Stinson (10)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (6)
Smith Staley (2)
MCI Center
11–14
26
July 31
Miami
W 63–45
Allison Feaster (18)
Smith Sutton-Brown (4)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
12–14 :
August
: 6–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 4–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27
August 3
@ Minnesota
W 72–64
Staley Stinson (16)
Feaster Machanguana Staley (5)
Andrea Stinson (4)
Target Center
13–14
28
August 4
Houston
W 54–49
Allison Feaster (13)
Allison Feaster (9)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–14
29
August 6
@ Washington
W 65–60
Dawn Staley (13)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (7)
Andrea Stinson (7)
MCI Center
15–14
30
August 10
@ Cleveland
W 55–53
Andrea Stinson (21)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (9)
Dawn Staley (5)
Gund Arena
16–14
31
August 11
New York
W 80–60
Andrea Stinson (21)
Shalonda Enis (7)
Dawn Staley (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
17–14
32
August 14
@ Miami
W 48–41
Stinson Sutton-Brown (8)
Allison Feaster (9)
Dawn Staley (5)
American Airlines Arena
18–14 :
2001 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2001 playoff game log :
First round vs. Cleveland Rockers Won Series: 2–1
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 16
Cleveland
W 53–46
Andrea Stinson (16)
Andrea Stinson (6)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–0
2
August 18
@ Cleveland
L 51–69
Allison Feaster (11)
Andrea Stinson (5)
Dawn Staley (6)
Gund Arena
1–1
3
August 20
@ Cleveland
W 72–64
Tonya Edwards (15)
Shalonda Enis (9)
Dawn Staley (8)
Gund Arena
2–1 :
Conference Finals vs. New York Liberty Won Series: 2–1
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 24
New York
L 57–61
Dawn Staley (14)
Andrea Stinson (7)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–0
2
August 26
@ New York
W 62–53
Staley Stinson (18)
Charlotte Smith (9)
Andrea Stinson (8)
Madison Square Garden
1–1
3
August 27
@ New York
W 48–44
Dawn Staley (17)
Andrea Stinson (8)
Andrea Stinson (4)
Madison Square Garden
2–1 :
Championship vs. Los Angeles Sparks Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 30
Los Angeles
L 66–75
Andrea Stinson (18)
Allison Feaster (5)
Andrea Stinson (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
0–1
2
September 1
@ Los Angeles
L 54–82
Tammy Sutton-Brown (12)
Charlotte Smith (8)
Dawn Staley (5)
Staples Center
0–2 :
2001 playoff schedule :

### Season standings

| 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
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Dawn Staley | 32 | 32 | 36.0 | .381 | .371 | .895 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| Allison Feaster | 32 | 32 | 31.5 | .375 | .327 | .921 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.4 |
| Andrea Stinson | 32 | 32 | 31.4 | .484 | .446 | .797 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 14.1 |
| Charlotte Smith | 30 | 24 | 22.6 | .390 | .313 | .734 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| Tammy Sutton-Brown | 29 | 21 | 20.8 | .490 | N/A | .722 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| Shalonda Enis | 32 | 11 | 19.5 | .418 | .452 | .714 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6.0 |
| Clarisse Machanguana | 30 | 8 | 19.3 | .500 | N/A | .649 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| Tonya Edwards | 22 | 0 | 16.9 | .340 | .227 | .730 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Kelly Miller | 26 | 0 | 8.7 | .386 | .368 | .800 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Summer Erb | 18 | 0 | 8.2 | .429 | N/A | .857 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Keisha Anderson | 18 | 0 | 5.7 | .125 | .000 | .800 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Reshea Bristol | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season