# 2002 Miami Sol season

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Miami Sol. The team missed the playoffs for the second and final time in their history. The team later folded after the season due to financial issues.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 15 | Tamara Moore | United States | Wisconsin |
| 2 | 29 | Lindsey Yamasaki | United States | Stanford |
| 3 | 45 | Jerica Watson | United States | Iowa |
| 4 | 61 | Jerkisha Dosty | United States | Saint Mary's |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| March 4, 2002 | Traded Tracy Reid and a 2002 1st Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and 2002 1st Round Pick |
| April 19, 2002 | Drafted Tamara Moore, Lindsey Yamasaki, Jerica Watson and Jerkisha Dosty in the 2002 WNBA Draft |
| April 23, 2002 | Waived Levys Torres |
| April 30, 2002 | Signed Iziane Castro Marques and Shaka Massey |
| May 3, 2002 | Waived Jerkisha Dosty |
| May 5, 2002 | Traded a 2003 3rd Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Claudia Neves |
| May 5, 2002 | Signed Carolyn Moos |
| May 12, 2002 | Waived Shaka Massey |
| May 16, 2002 | Waived Kisha Ford |
| May 22, 2002 | Traded Marla Brumfield and Katrina Colleton to the Portland Fire in exchange for Vanessa Nygaard |
| May 24, 2002 | Waived Jerica Watson |
| June 11, 2002 | Traded Tamara Moore and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Betty Lennox and a 2003 1st Round Pick |
| June 13, 2002 | Signed Betty Lennox |
| June 18, 2002 | Traded Marlies Askamp to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2003 1st Round Pick |
| June 18, 2002 | Signed Trisha Stafford-Odom |
| July 1, 2002 | Waived Carolyn Moos |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2002 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 9–7; Road: 6–10) :
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 28
Minnesota
L 63–66
Tamara Moore (22)
Vanessa Nygaard (6)
Tamara Moore (4)
American Airlines Arena
0–1
2
May 30
Los Angeles
L 65–69
Sandy Brondello (20)
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (8)
Debbie Black (5)
American Airlines Arena
0–2 :
June
: 4–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
June 2
@ New York
L 52–58
Sandy Brondello (17)
Sheri Sam (8)
Black Moore Rasmussen (2)
Madison Square Garden
0–3
4
June 4
Orlando
L 69–71
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (16)
Sheri Sam (9)
Black Brondello (5)
American Airlines Arena
0–4
5
June 9
@ Washington
L 67–76
Sheri Sam (23)
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7)
Debbie Black (9)
MCI Center
0–5
6
June 11
Cleveland
W 74–65
Sheri Sam (18)
Debbie Black (9)
Black Sam (5)
American Airlines Arena
1–5
7
June 15
@ Orlando
W 69–65
Sheri Sam (17)
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7)
Debbie Black (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
2–5
8
June 18
Houston
L 46–53
Riley Sam (11)
Debbie Black (7)
Black Riley (3)
American Airlines Arena
2–6
9
June 21
Washington
L 60–65
Sheri Sam (18)
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (9)
Black Sam (4)
American Airlines Arena
2–7
10
June 22
@ Charlotte
L 63–76
Betty Lennox (18)
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (12)
Claudia Neves (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
2–8
11
June 25
@ Cleveland
L 50–71
Betty Lennox (19)
Betty Lennox (6)
Sheri Sam (4)
Gund Arena
2–9
12
June 28
@ Detroit
W 78–74 (OT)
Sheri Sam (27)
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7)
Debbie Black (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
3–9
13
June 30
Indiana
W 65–59
Sheri Sam (19)
Kristen Rasmussen (6)
Lennox Sam (4)
American Airlines Arena
4–9 :
July
: 8–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 4–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
July 3
Phoenix
W 86–61
Betty Lennox (16)
Johns Kimbrough Nygaard (6)
Debbie Black (7)
American Airlines Arena
5–9
15
July 5
Charlotte
L 68–72
Sandy Brondello (23)
Kristen Rasmussen (6)
Debbie Black (4)
American Airlines Arena
5–10
16
July 7
Seattle
W 65–61 (OT)
Betty Lennox (19)
Kristen Rasmussen (9)
Sheri Sam (7)
American Airlines Arena
6–10
17
July 9
@ Charlotte
W 66–55
Sheri Sam (23)
Sheri Sam (6)
Kristen Rasmussen (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–10
18
July 12
@ Indiana
W 68–62
Sheri Sam (15)
Sheri Sam (10)
Debbie Black (9)
Conseco Fieldhouse
8–10
19
July 13
Orlando
W 70–56
Betty Lennox (24)
Sheri Sam (6)
Black Neves Rasmussen (3)
American Airlines Arena
9–10
20
July 17
Sacramento
L 62–78
Betty Lennox (18)
Kristen Rasmussen (8)
Johns Kimbrough Lennox (2)
American Airlines Arena
9–11
21
July 19
@ Minnesota
W 61–58
Brondello Sam (11)
Betty Lennox (7)
Debbie Black (7)
Target Center
10–11
22
July 20
@ Detroit
L 48–69
Claudia Neves (9)
Sheri Sam (7)
Ruth Riley (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
10–12
23
July 23
New York
W 54–46
Sheri Sam (24)
Black Rasmussen (8)
Debbie Black (4)
American Airlines Arena
11–12
24
July 25
@ Houston
L 60–69
Sheri Sam (17)
Sheri Sam (7)
Sheri Sam (7)
Compaq Center
11–13
25
July 27
@ Portland
L 61–71
Sheri Sam (15)
Kristen Rasmussen (7)
Debbie Black (5)
Rose Garden
11–14
26
July 30
@ Los Angeles
W 82–73
Sheri Sam (18)
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7)
Debbie Black (7)
Staples Center
12–14
27
July 31
@ Utah
L 76–81 (OT)
Sheri Sam (18)
Sheri Sam (9)
Sandy Brondello (7)
Delta Center
12–15 :
August
: 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 2
@ New York
L 54–66
Kristen Rasmussen (19)
Sheri Sam (7)
Betty Lennox (4)
Madison Square Garden
12–16
29
August 4
Washington
W 55–50
Sheri Sam (13)
Ruth Riley (6)
Debbie Black (6)
American Airlines Arena
13–16
30
August 9
Cleveland
W 65–59
Sheri Sam (18)
Rasmussen Sam (6)
Debbie Black (5)
American Airlines Arena
14–16
31
August 11
@ Indiana
L 63–77
Sheri Sam (20)
Kristen Rasmussen (5)
Debbie Black (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
14–17
32
August 13
Detroit
W 61–56
Betty Lennox (20)
Rasmussen Sam (7)
Debbie Black (4)
American Airlines Arena
15–17 :
2002 season 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 |
| Sheri Sam | 32 | 32 | 33.5 | .434 | .342 | .618 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 14.5 |
| Debbie Black | 32 | 32 | 28.1 | .400 | .000 | .758 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough | 31 | 30 | 25.8 | .523 | N/A | .629 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 7.0 |
| Sandy Brondello | 30 | 23 | 25.4 | .365 | .318 | .821 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.8 |
| Betty Lennox | 26 | 3 | 22.3 | .358 | .351 | .759 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.9 |
| Kristen Rasmussen | 31 | 5 | 21.7 | .552 | .429 | .848 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Ruth Riley | 26 | 8 | 20.0 | .465 | N/A | .609 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| Tamara Moore | 5 | 3 | 16.6 | .320 | .222 | 1.000 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| Vanessa Nygaard | 29 | 22 | 15.3 | .426 | .375 | .769 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| Marlies Askamp | 6 | 1 | 12.0 | .400 | N/A | .273 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Lindsey Yamasaki | 15 | 0 | 9.8 | .442 | .529 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| Claudia Neves | 20 | 0 | 9.7 | .355 | .190 | .688 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| Iziane Castro Marques | 19 | 1 | 9.6 | .333 | .059 | .680 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Trisha Stafford-Odom | 6 | 0 | 6.3 | .167 | N/A | .750 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Carolyn Moos | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season