# 2001 Miami Sol season

The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Miami Sol. The team earned its first and only playoff berth, losing in the opening round to the New York Liberty in three games.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 5 | Ruth Riley | United States | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 21 | Georgia Schweitzer | United States | Duke |
| 3 | 37 | Levys Torres | Colombia | Florida State |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Ruth Riley, Georgia Schweitzer and Levys Torres in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 20, 2001 | Traded Georgia Schweitzer to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Marla Brumfield |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Monique Morehouse and Rhonda Smith |
| May 4, 2001 | Waived Monique Morehouse |
| May 14, 2001 | Waived Rhonda Smith and Umeki Webb |
| May 26, 2001 | Waived Jameka Jones and Jamie Cassidy |
| July 3, 2001 | Waived Milena Flores |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 20–12 (Home: 10–5; Road: 10–7) :
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
New York
W 68–59
Sandy Brondello (21)
Elena Baranova (8)
Debbie Black (7)
American Airlines Arena
1–0 :
June
: 4–7 (Home: 1–5; Road: 3–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 5
Indiana
W 63–61
Sheri Sam (21)
Askamp Baranova Black Riley Sam (4)
Debbie Black (4)
American Airlines Arena
2–0
3
June 7
@ Seattle
W 70–57
Sandy Brondello (23)
Marlies Askamp (8)
Sheri Sam (4)
KeyArena
3–0
4
June 9
@ Sacramento
W 71–67
Sheri Sam (21)
Elena Baranova (7)
Debbie Black (9)
ARCO Arena
4–0
5
June 12
Detroit
L 67–68 (OT)
Sandy Brondello (23)
Baranova Black Sam (7)
Debbie Black (6)
American Airlines Arena
4–1
6
June 16
@ Cleveland
L 53–70
Sandy Brondello (16)
Elena Baranova (6)
Debbie Black (4)
Gund Arena
4–2
7
June 17
New York
L 48–55
Elena Baranova (22)
Elena Baranova (8)
Sandy Brondello (4)
American Airlines Arena
4–3
8
June 21
@ Washington
W 74–63
Baranova Brondello (18)
Elena Baranova (12)
Sandy Brondello (6)
MCI Center
5–3
9
June 22
@ Minnesota
L 57–63
Sandy Brondello (13)
Elena Baranova (8)
Marla Brumfield (4)
Target Center
5–4
10
June 24
Cleveland
L 35–54
Elena Baranova (9)
Debbie Black (8)
Marla Brumfield (4)
American Airlines Arena
5–5
11
June 27
Utah
L 63–68 (OT)
Marla Brumfield (12)
Elena Baranova (10)
Brondello Sam (3)
American Airlines Arena
5–6
12
June 29
Portland
L 72–74 (OT)
Sandy Brondello (20)
Debbie Black (7)
Baranova Black Brondello Sam (2)
American Airlines Arena
5–7 :
July
: 10–4 (Home: 5–0; Road: 5–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 1
@ Los Angeles
L 60–86
Sandy Brondello (13)
Ruth Riley (6)
Debbie Black (5)
Staples Center
5–8
14
July 2
@ Utah
W 69–59
Sheri Sam (23)
Sheri Sam (9)
Debbie Black (5)
Delta Center
6–8
15
July 4
@ Phoenix
L 47–60
Elena Baranova (12)
Baranova Sam (4)
Debbie Black (6)
America West Arena
6–9
16
July 7
Sacramento
W 66–54
Elena Baranova (21)
Elena Baranova (7)
Elena Baranova (5)
American Airlines Arena
7–9
17
July 10
@ Orlando
W 65–63 (OT)
Sheri Sam (26)
Ruth Riley (11)
Baranova Black (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
8–9
18
July 13
@ Detroit
W 56–55
Sandy Brondello (14)
Ruth Riley (10)
Sheri Sam (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
9–9
19
July 14
Detroit
W 66–51
Sandy Brondello (14)
Sheri Sam (6)
Sandy Brondello (6)
American Airlines Arena
10–9
20
July 18
Charlotte
W 68–48
Sandy Brondello (23)
Baranova Black Sam (5)
Sheri Sam (3)
American Airlines Arena
11–9
21
July 20
Houston
W 64–50
Sheri Sam (18)
Askamp Baranova (7)
Debbie Black (6)
American Airlines Arena
12–9
22
July 22
@ New York
W 68–52
Sheri Sam (17)
Debbie Black (8)
Debbie Black (4)
Madison Square Garden
13–9
23
July 25
@ Cleveland
L 48–52 (OT)
Elena Baranova (14)
Kristen Rasmussen (7)
Debbie Black (4)
Gund Arena
13–10
24
July 27
Orlando
W 71–63 (OT)
Sandy Brondello (23)
Riley Sam (8)
Elena Baranova (7)
American Airlines Arena
14–10
25
July 28
@ Indiana
W 69–63
Sheri Sam (17)
Elena Baranova (9)
Black Sam (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
15–10
26
July 31
@ Charlotte
L 45–63
Marla Brumfield (9)
Debbie Black (5)
Brumfield Ford Sam (2)
Charlotte Coliseum
15–11 :
August
: 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27
August 3
Phoenix
W 72–61
Sheri Sam (25)
Elena Baranova (6)
Debbie Black (5)
American Airlines Arena
16–11
28
August 5
Washington
W 52–44
Baranova Sam (15)
Elena Baranova (5)
Sheri Sam (5)
American Airlines Arena
17–11
29
August 8
@ Washington
W 42–36
Sheri Sam (15)
Elena Baranova (11)
Black Sam (3)
MCI Center
18–11
30
August 10
Indiana
W 72–67 (OT)
Baranova Sam (21)
Baranova Riley (7)
Black Brondello (6)
American Airlines Arena
19–11
31
August 11
@ Orlando
W 75–64
Elena Baranova (19)
Elena Baranova (5)
Sheri Sam (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
20–11
32
August 14
Charlotte
L 41–48
Sheri Sam (14)
Sheri Sam (8)
Debbie Black (3)
American Airlines Arena
20–12 :
2001 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2001 playoff game log :
First round vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 1–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
August 17
New York
L 46–62
Ruth Riley (12)
Baranova Sam (5)
Debbie Black (5)
American Airlines Arena
0–1
2
August 19
@ New York
W 53–50
Sheri Sam (17)
Debbie Black (8)
Sandy Brondello (5)
Madison Square Garden
1–1
3
August 21
@ New York
L 61–72
Baranova Brondello (18)
Ruth Riley (9)
Debbie Black (4)
Madison Square Garden
1–2 :
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 |
| Sheri Sam | 32 | 32 | 34.4 | .432 | .276 | .750 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.9 |
| Elena Baranova | 32 | 30 | 30.8 | .427 | .375 | .930 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 11.8 |
| Debbie Black | 32 | 32 | 29.6 | .374 | .150 | .771 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 5.6 |
| Sandy Brondello | 29 | 29 | 29.3 | .413 | .394 | .814 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 12.7 |
| Ruth Riley | 32 | 20 | 25.0 | .475 | N/A | .771 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 6.8 |
| Kristen Rasmussen | 28 | 3 | 14.9 | .360 | .250 | .750 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
| Marlies Askamp | 30 | 11 | 14.4 | .483 | N/A | .563 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
| Kisha Ford | 30 | 1 | 13.2 | .325 | .091 | .563 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| Tracy Reid | 21 | 2 | 13.2 | .508 | N/A | .615 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Marla Brumfield | 27 | 0 | 9.1 | .283 | .333 | 1.000 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Katrina Colleton | 14 | 0 | 8.6 | .256 | .000 | .600 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Levys Torres | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | N/A | 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