# 2001 Portland Fire season

The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Portland Fire. The Fire failed to qualify for the WNBA Playoffs for the second consecutive year.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 4 | Jackie Stiles | United States | Southwest Missouri State |
| 1 | 12 | LaQuanda Barksdale | United States | North Carolina |
| 2 | 20 | Jenny Mowe | United States | Oregon |
| 3 | 36 | Rasheeda Clark | United States | Pepperdine |
| 4 | 52 | Natasha Pointer | United States | Rutgers |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| February 20, 2001 | Traded Lynn Pride and Michele Van Gorp to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Kristin Folkl and a 2001 2nd Round Pick |
| April 17, 2001 | Waived Tara Williams |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Jackie Stiles, LaQuanda Barksdale, Jenny Mowe, Rasheeda Clark and Natasha Pointer in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 24, 2001 | Waived Jamila Wideman |
| May 12, 2001 | Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Tamicha Jackson and a 2002 4th Round Pick |
| May 26, 2001 | Waived Michelle Marciniak and Rasheeda Clark |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 11–21 (Home: 6–11; Road: 5–10) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
Minnesota
L 65–82
Jackie Stiles (17)
Kristin Folkl (10)
Tully Bevilaqua (4)
Rose Garden
0–1 :
June: 8–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 2
@ Utah
W 76–71
Sophia Witherspoon (23)
Sylvia Crawley (15)
Tully Bevilaqua (6)
Delta Center
1–1
3
June 4
Phoenix
W 71–69 (OT)
Sophia Witherspoon (22)
Sylvia Crawley (13)
Tully Bevilaqua (4)
Rose Garden
2–1
4
June 12
Cleveland
W 67–62
Sophia Witherspoon (20)
Sylvia Crawley (6)
Tully Bevilaqua (6)
Rose Garden
3–1
5
June 16
@ Sacramento
W 81–74 (OT)
Jackie Stiles (21)
Kristin Folkl (13)
Sophia Witherspoon (4)
ARCO Arena
4–1
6
June 17
@ Los Angeles
L 75–90
Sophia Witherspoon (19)
Stacey Thomas (5)
Bevilaqua Jackson (5)
Staples Center
4–2
7
June 19
Seattle
W 58–43
Tully Bevilaqua (12)
Kristin Folkl (12)
Crawley Folkl (3)
Rose Garden
5–2
8
June 22
Charlotte
W 66–62
Jackie Stiles (24)
Crawley Folkl (6)
Tully Bevilaqua (5)
Rose Garden
6–2
9
June 24
@ Houston
L 57–67
Jackie Stiles (17)
Sylvia Crawley (8)
Tully Bevilaqua (2)
Compaq Center
6–3
10
June 26
@ Cleveland
L 57–61
Jackie Stiles (22)
Kristin Folkl (11)
Sophia Witherspoon (5)
Gund Arena
6–4
11
June 27
@ Indiana
W 68–65
Jackie Stiles (26)
Crawley Folkl (6)
Bevilaqua Stiles (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
7–4
12
June 29
@ Miami
W 74–72
Sophia Witherspoon (26)
Kristin Folkl (13)
Stacey Thomas (3)
American Airlines Arena
8–4 :
July
: 3–10 (Home: 2–6; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 2
@ Houston
L 67–74
Jackie Stiles (20)
Crawley Folkl (4)
Folkl Stiles Witherspoon (2)
Compaq Center
8–5
14
July 4
Seattle
L 56–61
Jackie Stiles (18)
Kristin Folkl (9)
Kristin Folkl (4)
Rose Garden
8–6
15
July 6
Washington
W 69–58
Jackie Stiles (21)
Sylvia Crawley (7)
Tully Bevilaqua (6)
Rose Garden
9–6
16
July 8
Utah
L 63–65
Jackie Stiles (18)
Sylvia Crawley (10)
Tamicha Jackson (5)
Rose Garden
9–7
17
July 10
@ Minnesota
L 52–73
Sylvia Crawley (15)
Sylvia Crawley (9)
Bevilaqua Burras Stiles Witherspoon (7)
Target Center
9–8
18
July 12
Houston
L 57–71
Jackie Stiles (19)
Sylvia Crawley (11)
Tully Bevilaqua (6)
Rose Garden
9–9
19
July 19
@ Phoenix
L 58–60
Kristin Folkl (12)
Kristin Folkl (10)
Bevilaqua Stiles (3)
America West Arena
9–10
20
July 20
@ Seattle
W 56–49
Sophia Witherspoon (21)
Kristin Folkl (11)
Tully Bevilaqua (4)
KeyArena
10–10
21
July 22
Detroit
L 77–80 (OT)
Jackie Stiles (21)
Kristin Folkl (12)
Tully Bevilaqua (4)
Rose Garden
10–11
22
July 24
New York
W 86–68
Sophia Witherspoon (15)
Kristin Folkl (7)
Bevilaqua Crawley (4)
Rose Garden
11–11
23
July 27
@ Sacramento
L 62–85
Tamicha Jackson (12)
Burras Crawley (4)
Sophia Witherspoon (3)
ARCO Arena
11–12
24
July 28
Los Angeles
L 83–88
Jackie Stiles (32)
Kristin Folkl (13)
Crawley Folkl Stiles (4)
Rose Garden
11–13
25
July 30
Utah
L 73–79
Jackie Stiles (16)
Kristin Folkl (9)
Folkl Jackson Stiles (3)
Rose Garden
11–14 :
August
: 0–7 (Home: 0–4; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
26
August 1
@ Orlando
L 63–65
Jackie Stiles (13)
Kristin Folkl (6)
Sylvia Crawley (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
11–15
27
August 3
@ Washington
L 50–64
Carolyn Young (13)
Sylvia Crawley (11)
Stacey Thomas (3)
MCI Center
11–16
28
August 4
@ Detroit
L 65–70
Jackie Stiles (16)
Kristin Folkl (6)
Carolyn Young (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
11–17
29
August 8
Minnesota
L 58–70
Jackie Stiles (14)
Kristin Folkl (7)
Tamicha Jackson (4)
Rose Garden
11–18
30
August 11
@ Phoenix
L 62–73
Jackie Stiles (18)
DeMya Walker (6)
Tully Bevilaqua (4)
America West Arena
11–19
31
August 12
Sacramento
L 58–64
Alisa Burras (18)
Kristin Folkl (6)
Tully Bevilaqua (5)
Rose Garden
11–20
32
August 14
Los Angeles
L 58–67
Sophia Witherspoon (15)
Kristin Folkl (7)
Bevilaqua Crawley (5)
Rose Garden
11–21 :
2001 season schedule :

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 28 | 4 | .875 | 19–2 | – |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 13–8 | 8.0 |
| Utah Starzz $^x$ | 19 | 13 | .594 | 11–10 | 9.0 |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 19 | 13 | .594 | 13–8 | 9.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 13 | 19 | .406 | 8–13 | 15.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 12 | 20 | .375 | 9–12 | 16.0 |
| Portland Fire $^o$ | 11 | 21 | .344 | 5–16 | 17.0 |
| Seattle Storm $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 6–15 | 18.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Jackie Stiles | 32 | 32 | 32.0 | .405 | .431 | .779 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.9 |
| Sylvia Crawley | 32 | 32 | 28.8 | .449 | .000 | .766 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| Sophia Witherspoon | 31 | 30 | 27.8 | .316 | .313 | .849 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.0 |
| Kristin Folkl | 32 | 31 | 26.9 | .428 | .417 | .825 | 7.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 31 | 31 | 25.4 | .328 | .315 | .732 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 4.9 |
| Tamicha Jackson | 32 | 1 | 15.5 | .325 | .154 | .696 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| DeMya Walker | 21 | 0 | 14.1 | .440 | .667 | .575 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5.4 |
| Stacey Thomas | 32 | 1 | 12.9 | .367 | .000 | .429 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Carolyn Young | 23 | 1 | 12.1 | .374 | .294 | .730 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| Alisa Burras | 26 | 1 | 10.5 | .530 | N/A | .581 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| Vanessa Nygaard | 31 | 0 | 8.4 | .389 | .388 | .333 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
| LaQuanda Barksdale | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | .100 | .000 | N/A | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Jenny Mowe | 5 | 0 | 3.4 | 1.000 | N/A | N/A | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season