# 2001 Washington Mystics season

The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics finished with the worst record in the Eastern Conference.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 9 | Coco Miller | United States | Georgia |
| 2 | 25 | Tamara Stocks | United States | Florida |
| 3 | 41 | Jamie Lewis | United States | Ohio State |
| 3 | 44 | Elena Karpova | Soviet Union | MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia) |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| December 21, 2000 | Hired Tom Maher as Head Coach |
| April 17, 2001 | Traded a 2001 2nd Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Annie Burgess |
| April 17, 2001 | Traded Andrea Nagy and a 2001 4th Round Pick to the New York Liberty in exchange for a 2001 2nd Round Pick and 2001 3rd Round Pick |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Coco Miller, Tamara Stocks, Jamie Lewis and Elena Karpova in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Audrey Sauret, Belinda Snell and Helen Luz |
| May 9, 2001 | Waived Renee Robinson |
| May 18, 2001 | Waived Elena Karpova |
| May 21, 2001 | Waived Beth Cunningham |
| May 27, 2001 | Traded Keisha Anderson to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Cass Bauer Bilodeau |
| May 27, 2001 | Waived Jamie Lewis and Michelle Campbell |
| May 27, 2001 | Suspended contracts of Audrey Sauret, Belinda Snell and Jenny Whittle |
| June 8, 2001 | Waived Belinda Snell |
| June 20, 2001 | Waived Jenny Whittle |
| December 5, 2001 | Traded Nikki McCray, a 2002 2nd Round Pick and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Angie Braziel, a 2002 1st Round Pick and a 2002 3rd Round Pick |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 10–22 (Home: 8–8; Road: 2–14) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
@ Cleveland
L 34–69
Holdsclaw Washington (8)
Vicky Bullett (9)
Burgess McCray Washington (2)
Gund Arena
0–1 :
June
: 3–8 (Home: 3–4; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 3
Seattle
W 68–63
Chamique Holdsclaw (18)
Chamique Holdsclaw (11)
Burgess Page (4)
MCI Center
1–1
3
June 5
Sacramento
W 75–72
Chamique Holdsclaw (19)
Chamique Holdsclaw (16)
Helen Luz (5)
MCI Center
2–1
4
June 10
New York
L 80–81
Chamique Holdsclaw (31)
Chamique Holdsclaw (13)
Holdsclaw Page (5)
MCI Center
2–2
5
June 14
@ Detroit
L 65–80
Holdsclaw McCray Washington (11)
Vicky Bullett (5)
Murriel Page (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–3
6
June 16
@ New York
L 63–86
Helen Luz (15)
Chamique Holdsclaw (8)
Annie Burgess (4)
Madison Square Garden
2–4
7
June 17
Cleveland
L 55–57
Chamique Holdsclaw (22)
Chamique Holdsclaw (13)
Annie Burgess (6)
MCI Center
2–5
8
June 21
Miami
L 63–74
Luz McCray (15)
Vicky Bullett (7)
Luz Sauret (3)
MCI Center
2–6
9
June 23
@ Orlando
L 59–67
Chamique Holdsclaw (18)
Chamique Holdsclaw (15)
Annie Burgess (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
2–7
10
June 25
Minnesota
L 51–55
Chamique Holdsclaw (23)
Murriel Page (9)
Holdsclaw Sauret (3)
MCI Center
2–8
11
June 27
@ Houston
L 63–76
Chamique Holdsclaw (21)
Chamique Holdsclaw (14)
Holdsclaw Luz McCray (3)
Compaq Center
2–9
12
June 29
Utah
W 74–64
Chamique Holdsclaw (17)
Chamique Holdsclaw (11)
Chamique Holdsclaw (6)
MCI Center
3–9 :
July
: 5–7 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 1
Orlando
W 76–64
Vicky Bullett (24)
Vicky Bullett Page (10)
Audrey Sauret (8)
MCI Center
4–9
14
July 3
@ Seattle
W 72–69 (4OT)
Nikki McCray (20)
Chamique Holdsclaw (15)
Holdsclaw Sauret (3)
KeyArena
5–9
15
July 6
@ Portland
L 58–69
Chamique Holdsclaw (20)
Vicky Bullett (9)
Holdsclaw Page McCray Washington (3)
Rose Garden
5–10
16
July 7
@ Phoenix
L 52–66
Nikki McCray (10)
Chamique Holdsclaw (8)
Helen Luz (4)
America West Arena
5–11
17
July 11
Detroit
L 52–64
Nikki McCray (12)
Vicky Bullett (9)
Annie Burgess (3)
MCI Center
5–12
18
July 14
Los Angeles
L 50–62
Helen Luz (14)
Bullett Page (9)
Burgess Sauret (3)
MCI Center
5–13
19
July 20
@ Indiana
L 65–73
Nikki McCray (25)
Vicky Bullett (14)
Annie Burgess (9)
Conseco Fieldhouse
5–14
20
July 22
Indiana
W 69–61
Chamique Holdsclaw (19)
Vicky Bullett (12)
Annie Burgess (8)
MCI Center
6–14
21
July 24
@ Orlando
L 63–71
Vicky Bullett (14)
Chamique Holdsclaw (7)
Murriel Page (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
6–15
22
July 26
@ Charlotte
L 60–62
Chamique Holdsclaw (15)
Holdsclaw Mills (7)
Burgess Holdsclaw (2)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–16
23
July 27
@ Minnesota
W 62–60
Chamique Holdsclaw (22)
Chamique Holdsclaw (12)
Nikki McCray (6)
Target Center
7–16
24
July 29
Charlotte
W 55–42
Nikki McCray (23)
Chamique Holdsclaw (12)
Luz Page (3)
MCI Center
8–16 :
August
: 2–6 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25
August 1
@ Indiana
L 64–70
Chamique Holdsclaw (27)
Murriel Page (7)
Holdsclaw Luz (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
8–17
26
August 3
Portland
W 64–50
Burgess McCray (13)
Vicky Bullett (10)
Chamique Holdsclaw (6)
MCI Center
9–17
27
August 5
@ Miami
L 44–52
Chamique Holdsclaw (18)
Bullett Holdsclaw Page (7)
Annie Burgess (3)
American Airlines Arena
9–18
28
August 6
Charlotte
L 60–65
Chamique Holdsclaw (17)
Bullett Page (7)
Burgess Holdsclaw Page (3)
MCI Center
9–19
29
August 8
Miami
L 36–42
Chamique Holdsclaw (18)
Murriel Page (9)
Nikki McCray (2)
MCI Center
9–20
30
August 10
@ Detroit
L 63–69
Vicky Bullett (21)
Murriel Page (6)
Helen Luz (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
9–21
31
August 12
Cleveland
W 57–49
Nikki McCray (18)
Chamique Holdsclaw (16)
Chamique Holdsclaw (3)
MCI Center
10–21
32
August 14
@ New York
L 56–71
Chamique Holdsclaw (17)
Chamique Holdsclaw (9)
Burgess Sauret (3)
Madison Square Garden
10–22 :
2001 season 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 |
| Chamique Holdsclaw | 29 | 29 | 33.6 | .400 | .239 | .682 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 16.8 |
| Vicky Bullett | 32 | 32 | 33.5 | .392 | .297 | .729 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 8.7 |
| Murriel Page | 32 | 32 | 30.9 | .433 | .235 | .583 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 7.0 |
| Nikki McCray | 32 | 32 | 25.9 | .410 | .232 | .711 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| Annie Burgess | 31 | 27 | 23.6 | .333 | .298 | .593 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 4.0 |
| Audrey Sauret | 25 | 3 | 18.2 | .297 | .115 | .292 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 |
| Helen Luz | 32 | 3 | 15.3 | .404 | .390 | .880 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 5.1 |
| Tonya Washington | 30 | 2 | 11.2 | .360 | .345 | .818 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
| Tausha Mills | 30 | 0 | 10.6 | .333 | .000 | .581 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Markita Aldridge | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Coco Miller | 20 | 0 | 6.9 | .325 | .333 | .545 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| Cass Bauer Bilodeau | 15 | 0 | 6.8 | .294 | .000 | .500 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Jenny Whittle | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Tamara Stocks | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | .333 | N/A | .500 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season