# 2002 Charlotte Sting season

The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth for the Charlotte Sting. The team advanced to the playoffs, but they were later swept in the opening round to the Washington Mystics.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 7 | Sheila Lambert | United States | Baylor |
| 1 | 9 | Shaunzinski Gortman | United States | South Carolina |
| 3 | 41 | Edniesha Curry | United States | Oregon |
| 4 | 57 | Jessie Stomski | United States | Wisconsin |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 18, 2002 | Traded Clarisse Machanguana to the Orlando Miracle in exchange for a 2002 1st Round Pick |
| April 19, 2002 | Drafted Sheila Lambert, Shaunzinski Gortman, Edniesha Curry and Jessie Stomski in the 2002 WNBA Draft |
| April 19, 2002 | Traded Shaunzinski Gortman to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Erin Buescher and Maylana Martin |
| May 2, 2002 | Waived Jessie Stomski |
| May 20, 2002 | Waived Anna DeForge |
| May 24, 2002 | Waived Edniesha Curry, Maylana Martin, Rasheeda Clark and Tiffany Travis |
| May 24, 2002 | Waived Beth Cunningham |
| June 17, 2002 | Traded a 2003 3rd Round Pick to the Houston Comets in exchange for Elena Shakirova |
| June 17, 2002 | Waived Shantia Owens |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2002 game log Total: 18–14 (Home: 11–5; Road: 7–9) :
June: 6–6 (Home: 5–0; Road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 2
Los Angeles
W 94–87 (OT)
Kelly Miller (23)
Charlotte Smith (9)
Dawn Staley (9)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–0
2
June 3
Houston
W 67–52
Andrea Stinson (23)
Stinson Sutton-Brown (6)
Dawn Staley (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
2–0
3
June 6
@ Seattle
L 59–65
Tammy Sutton-Brown (11)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (6)
Dawn Staley (6)
KeyArena
2–1
4
June 8
@ Utah
L 64–69
Tammy Sutton-Brown (14)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (10)
Andrea Stinson (5)
Delta Center
2–2
5
June 9
@ Phoenix
L 77–80
Andrea Stinson (24)
Andrea Stinson (8)
Dawn Staley (3)
America West Arena
2–3
6
June 11
@ Houston
L 66–78
Tammy Sutton-Brown (18)
Stinson Sutton-Brown (7)
Dawn Staley (7)
Compaq Center
2–4
7
June 13
Indiana
W 75–64
Andrea Stinson (15)
Erin Buescher (6)
Charlotte Smith (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
3–4
8
June 16
@ New York
L 53–54
Tammy Sutton-Brown (14)
Andrea Stinson (11)
Dawn Staley (6)
Madison Square Garden
3–5
9
June 19
Washington
W 78–64
Andrea Stinson (27)
Andrea Stinson (10)
Dawn Staley (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
4–5
10
June 22
Miami
W 76–63
Allison Feaster (23)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (9)
Andrea Stinson (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
5–5
11
June 26
@ Detroit
W 80–73
Andrea Stinson (22)
Andrea Stinson (8)
Dawn Staley (10)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–5
12
June 30
@ Washington
L 55–56
Andrea Stinson (14)
Allison Feaster (8)
Allison Feaster (4)
MCI Center
6–6 :
July
: 8–5 (Home: 5–4; Road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 1
Phoenix
W 90–68
Tonya Edwards (14)
Erin Buescher (11)
Miller Stinson (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–6
14
July 3
Portland
L 73–76
Allison Feaster (17)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (10)
Charlotte Smith (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–7
15
July 5
@ Miami
W 72–68
Andrea Stinson (18)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (9)
Dawn Staley (6)
American Airlines Arena
8–7
16
July 6
Cleveland
W 78–67
Allison Feaster (24)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (8)
Dawn Staley (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
9–7
17
July 9
Miami
L 55–66
Dawn Staley (13)
Andrea Stinson (8)
Feaster Smith Staley (2)
Charlotte Coliseum
9–8
18
July 12
@ Orlando
W 72–67
Allison Feaster (19)
Kelly Miller (7)
Dawn Staley (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
10–8
19
July 13
Minnesota
W 63–60
Tammy Sutton-Brown (13)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (7)
Miller Staley Stinson (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
11–8
20
July 17
Orlando
W 89–62
Tammy Sutton-Brown (22)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (6)
Staley Stinson (8)
Charlotte Coliseum
12–8
21
July 19
Sacramento
W 70–51
Kelly Miller (16)
Andrea Stinson (6)
Dawn Staley (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
13–8
22
July 22
@ Indiana
L 72–73
Dawn Staley (14)
Stinson Sutton-Brown (6)
Allison Feaster (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse
13–9
23
July 24
@ Cleveland
W 73–66 (OT)
Andrea Stinson (17)
Andrea Stinson (12)
Dawn Staley (5)
Gund Arena
14–9
24
July 25
Cleveland
L 73–83
Andrea Stinson (14)
Andrea Stinson (6)
Dawn Staley (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–10
25
July 27
Detroit
L 66–74
Andrea Stinson (17)
Andrea Stinson (5)
Staley Stinson (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–11 :
August
: 4–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
26
August 1
@ Orlando
L 63–65
Allison Feaster (14)
Allison Feaster (6)
Dawn Staley (8)
TD Waterhouse Centre
14–12
27
August 3
@ Indiana
L 48–69
Feaster Staley (8)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (5)
Edwards Staley (2)
Conseco Fieldhouse
14–13
28
August 4
New York
L 58–71
Andrea Stinson (16)
Charlotte Smith (7)
Allison Feaster (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–14
29
August 6
@ Detroit
W 76–65
Tammy Sutton-Brown (19)
Tammy Sutton-Brown (9)
Dawn Staley (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
15–14
30
August 9
@ Minnesota
W 68–62
Kelly Miller (15)
Allison Feaster (5)
Dawn Staley (6)
Target Center
16–14
31
August 11
@ New York
W 71–58
Allison Feaster (18)
Erb Stinson (7)
Dawn Staley (6)
Madison Square Garden
17–14
32
August 13
Washington
W 67–57
Allison Feaster (20)
Stinson Sutton-Brown (7)
Dawn Staley (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
18–14 :
2002 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2002 playoff game log :
First round vs. Washington Mystics Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 15
@ Washington
L 62–74
Andrea Stinson (16)
Smith Stinson Sutton-Brown (5)
Dawn Staley (5)
MCI Center
0–1
2
August 17
Washington
L 59–62
Andrea Stinson (14)
Allison Feaster (12)
Staley Stinson (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
0–2 :
2002 playoff 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 |
| Dawn Staley | 32 | 32 | 33.2 | .366 | .398 | .762 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| Allison Feaster | 32 | 32 | 29.9 | .394 | .418 | .824 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 11.8 |
| Andrea Stinson | 32 | 32 | 29.7 | .456 | .414 | .688 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.8 |
| Charlotte Smith | 32 | 32 | 27.8 | .410 | .374 | .741 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Tammy Sutton-Brown | 32 | 29 | 27.7 | .529 | N/A | .713 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 11.9 |
| Kelly Miller | 32 | 0 | 17.3 | .446 | .471 | .763 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| Shalonda Enis | 4 | 0 | 14.8 | .278 | .000 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Erin Buescher | 29 | 0 | 13.5 | .402 | .364 | .694 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| Summer Erb | 31 | 3 | 11.0 | .565 | N/A | .720 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Tonya Edwards | 29 | 0 | 10.4 | .364 | .280 | .717 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Sheila Lambert | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | .333 | N/A | N/A | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Elena Shakirova | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | N/A | N/A | .500 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Keisha Anderson | 7 | 0 | 4.4 | .250 | .250 | N/A | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Shantia Owens | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season