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OUR HOUSE RULES<br />
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<strong>2012</strong> MEDIA GUIDE<br />
IF YOU BREAK<br />
ANYTHING<br />
IT BETTER<br />
BE A RECORD<br />
PHOENIXMERCURY.COM
MEDIA<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Information.......................................................................................2<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Directory ...........................................................................................3<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> <strong>2012</strong> Key Dates...............................................................................4<br />
PERSONNEL<br />
Team Directory.............................................................................................6<br />
Front Office Staff..........................................................................................8<br />
Mercury Coaching Staff............................................................................15<br />
PLAYERS<br />
<strong>2012</strong> Mercury Roster.................................................................................18<br />
Player Bios...................................................................................................19<br />
DeWanna Bonner......................................................................................19<br />
Candice Dupree.........................................................................................22<br />
Alexis Gray-Lawson...................................................................................25<br />
Alexis Hornbuckle......................................................................................27<br />
Charde Houston ........................................................................................29<br />
Andrea Riley................................................................................................31<br />
Nakia Sanford.............................................................................................33<br />
Diana Taurasi..............................................................................................36<br />
Penny Taylor...............................................................................................40<br />
Krystal Thomas ..........................................................................................44<br />
Samantha Prahalis.....................................................................................47<br />
C’eira Ricketts.............................................................................................48<br />
Christine Flores..........................................................................................49<br />
Amanda Johnson ......................................................................................50<br />
Chastity Reed..............................................................................................51<br />
Dymond Simon .........................................................................................52<br />
Zane Tamane..............................................................................................53<br />
Brittney Thomas ........................................................................................54<br />
Avery Warley ..............................................................................................55<br />
Mighty Mercury Olympians....................................................................56<br />
2011 SEASON IN REVIEW<br />
Season Summary / Team Photo ...........................................................58<br />
Mercury Statistics.......................................................................................60<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Statistics .........................................................................................64<br />
RECORDS<br />
Mercury Honor Roll ..................................................................................74<br />
Mercury Team Highs and Lows.............................................................75<br />
Mercury Individual Records....................................................................80<br />
Opponent Team Highs and Lows .........................................................85<br />
Opponent Top Nights ..............................................................................86<br />
Mercury Year by Year Statistics...............................................................87<br />
US Airways Center Records.....................................................................91<br />
Miscellaneous Records.............................................................................92<br />
Coaching Records ...................................................................................104<br />
<strong>2012</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />
Executive Editor: Bret Burchard<br />
Assistant Editor: Brooke Baker<br />
Layout: Page One Productions Photography: Barry Gossage, NBAE, Getting Images<br />
Special Thanks to: Bob Sertich, Liz Magura, Elias Sports Bureau<br />
The <strong>2012</strong> Phoenix Mercury <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> was written and edited by the Mercury Communications Department. The information contained in<br />
this publication was <strong>com</strong>piled by the Phoenix Mercury and is provided as a courtesy to our fans and the media and may be used only for<br />
personal or editorial purposes. Any <strong>com</strong>mercial use of this information is prohibited without the prior written consent of the Phoenix Mercury.<br />
All <strong>WNBA</strong> and team insignias depicted in this publication are the property of the <strong>WNBA</strong>.<br />
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
HISTORY<br />
Mercury in the Rafters ...........................................................................106<br />
1997 Season .............................................................................................108<br />
1998 Season..............................................................................................110<br />
1999 Season .............................................................................................112<br />
2000 Season .............................................................................................114<br />
2001 Season..............................................................................................116<br />
2002 Season .............................................................................................118<br />
2003 Season.............................................................................................120<br />
2004 Season.............................................................................................122<br />
2005 Season.............................................................................................124<br />
2006 Season.............................................................................................126<br />
2007 Season.............................................................................................128<br />
2008 Season.............................................................................................130<br />
2009 Season.............................................................................................132<br />
2010 Season..............................................................................................134<br />
All-Time Roster.........................................................................................136<br />
Year by Year Transactions ......................................................................167<br />
Draft History..............................................................................................179<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> History..........................................................................................182<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Timeline.......................................................................................186<br />
PLAYOFFS<br />
All-time Playoff Results...........................................................................196<br />
Mercury Playoff Records........................................................................216<br />
Opponent Playoff Records....................................................................220<br />
OPPONENTS<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Team PR Contacts .....................................................................224<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> League PR Contacts..................................................................225<br />
Atlanta Dream..........................................................................................226<br />
Chicago Sky..............................................................................................228<br />
Connecticut Sun......................................................................................230<br />
Indiana Fever ...........................................................................................232<br />
Los Angeles Sparks.................................................................................234<br />
Minnesota Lynx........................................................................................236<br />
New York Liberty.....................................................................................238<br />
San Antonio Silver Stars........................................................................240<br />
Seattle Storm............................................................................................242<br />
Tulsa Shock...............................................................................................244<br />
Washington Mystics ...............................................................................246<br />
COMMUNITY RELATIONS/USAC<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Community Relations...............................................................250<br />
Mercury Community Relations............................................................252<br />
US Airways Center..................................................................................253<br />
Seating Chart ...........................................................................................254<br />
Court Diagram.........................................................................................255<br />
<strong>2012</strong> Schedule .........................................................................................256
MEDIA GUIDELINES <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
On behalf of the entire Phoenix Mercury organization, wel<strong>com</strong>e to the <strong>2012</strong> Women’s National<br />
Basketball Association season. There is sure to be many exciting moments at US Airways Center this<br />
summer as the Mercury uses its record-setting offense to seek a third championship in six years.<br />
The Mercury Basketball Communications Department is here to serve and will ac<strong>com</strong>modate your<br />
needs as quickly and thoroughly as possible. In an effort to continue to provide a professional<br />
working environment, please note the following guidelines.<br />
CREDENTIALS<br />
All media working at USAC are required to be credentialed.<br />
Season credentials will be made available to writers and<br />
broadcasters regularly assigned to the club. All single-game<br />
credential requests must be made to the Mercury<br />
<strong>com</strong>munications department before noon the day before<br />
a weeknight game and by 4:00 p.m. on Friday for a<br />
Saturday or Sunday game. All single-game passes are<br />
distributed the day of the game and available for pick up at<br />
media will call located at guest relations in the Casino<br />
Arizona Pavilion.<br />
PRESS ENTRANCE<br />
The designated press entrance at USAC is located at Guest<br />
Relations in the Casino Arizona Pavilion. All members of the<br />
media must use this entrance, accessible from the street<br />
level of the attached parking garage through the double<br />
doors on the south side of the building.<br />
PRESS PARKING<br />
The Mercury provides a limited number of press parking<br />
spaces in the USAC garage, located on the east side of the<br />
arena on 1st Street. Members of the media with season<br />
credentials will be allowed entrance to the garage by<br />
showing their passes. All single-game parkers must be on<br />
the parking list and receive approval from the Mercury<br />
<strong>com</strong>munications department to park in the garage.<br />
PRESS SEATING<br />
<strong>Media</strong> seating on press row at USAC is restricted to<br />
accredited working media representatives. All seating<br />
requests, including photographers, are filled on a first <strong>com</strong>e,<br />
first served basis and must be submitted to the Mercury<br />
<strong>com</strong>munications department. Press seating is located<br />
courtside between the team benches and in sections 102<br />
and 103 (approximately 20 rows off the floor). All live<br />
broadcasters will be seated courtside.<br />
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TELEVISION CAMERA LOCATIONS<br />
Television camera locations are available in approximately<br />
16 different areas in the building. For more information,<br />
contact Dan Siekmann at (602) 379-7673.<br />
PRACTICES<br />
All Mercury practices are open to the media for the final 30<br />
minutes. It is advisable to check with the Mercury<br />
<strong>com</strong>munications department for all practice times and<br />
locations. Please be aware that all times are approximate<br />
and practices do run long or end early on any given day.<br />
<strong>Media</strong> are not allowed on the court during practice, nor are<br />
the media allowed to talk with players or coaches during<br />
practice.<br />
GAMES<br />
Mercury players and coaches are available for pregame<br />
interviews, per <strong>WNBA</strong> guidelines, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.<br />
for a 6:00 p.m. game and from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for<br />
7:00 p.m. games.<br />
The Mercury locker room will be closed for a maximum of<br />
10 minutes following a game. Assistance will be provided<br />
in arranging interviews for visiting players and coaches.<br />
WORKING AREAS<br />
Phones and working space for the media will be provided<br />
in the Al McCoy <strong>Media</strong> Center prior to, during and following<br />
all Mercury games. Workspace is available during games on<br />
press row.<br />
WIRELESS INTERNET<br />
Wireless internet access is provided throughout USAC. For<br />
the wireless login information, please see a member of the<br />
Basketball Communications staff in the Al McCoy <strong>Media</strong><br />
Center on game day.<br />
Thank you for your continued coverage of the Phoenix Mercury. We look forward to<br />
an exciting <strong>2012</strong> season. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you need anything.<br />
Bret Burchard<br />
Basketball Communications Manager<br />
Office: 602.514.8305<br />
Email: bburchard@phoenixmercury.<strong>com</strong><br />
Fax: 602.379.7540
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> MEDIA DIRECTORY<br />
NEWSPAPERS<br />
The Arizona Republic<br />
200 E. Van Buren<br />
Phoenix, AZ 85004<br />
Ph: (602) 444-8641<br />
Fax: (602) 444-8686<br />
Odeen Domingo (beat)<br />
Mark Faller (sports editor)<br />
Tom Blodgett (asst. sports editor)<br />
Odeen Domingo Al Bravo<br />
Arizona Republic Associated Press<br />
Beat Writer Beat Writer<br />
Kevin Ray<br />
Mercury Play-by-Play<br />
14 Seasons<br />
WIRE SERVICES<br />
Associated Press<br />
1850 N. Central Ave., #640<br />
Phoenix, AZ 85004<br />
Ph: (602) 258-8934<br />
Fax: (602) 254-9573<br />
Al Bravo (writer)<br />
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FS ARIZONA/SUNS PRODUCTIONS<br />
201 E. Jefferson St<br />
Phoenix, AZ 85004<br />
Ph: (602) 279-7900<br />
Kevin Ray (play-by-play)<br />
Dan Siekmann (director of broadcasting)<br />
Bob Adloch (director/producer)<br />
David Hughes (director/producer)<br />
Marc Goldberg (director/producer)
<strong>WNBA</strong> <strong>2012</strong> KEY DATES <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
April 16 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft – ESPN/Bristol, CT<br />
April 29 <strong>WNBA</strong> Training Camps Open<br />
May 5 <strong>WNBA</strong> Preseason Begins<br />
May 17 Final Roster Cut-down Date: 11 players<br />
May 18 <strong>WNBA</strong> Season Tipoff<br />
May 20 Tipoff Game on ABC: Mercury at Lynx<br />
June 23 40th Anniversary of Title IX<br />
July 14 – August 15 Hiatus<br />
July 27 – August 12 <strong>2012</strong> London Olympic Games<br />
August 30 Trade Deadline<br />
September 23 End of Regular Season<br />
September 27 <strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs Begin<br />
October 14 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals Begin<br />
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PERSONNEL<br />
THERE’S NO I<br />
IN TEAM<br />
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TEAM DIRECTORY<br />
US AIRWAYS CENTER<br />
201 E. JEFFERSON ST.<br />
PHOENIX, AZ 85004<br />
Tel: (602) 514-8333<br />
Fax: (602) 379-7540<br />
www.phoenixmercury.<strong>com</strong><br />
PERSONNEL <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
SENIOR MANAGEMENT<br />
Managing Partner..................................................................Robert Sarver<br />
Vice Chairman ...........................................................................Sam Garvin<br />
Jahm Najafi<br />
Andrew Kohlberg<br />
President, Phoenix Suns.........................................................Brad Casper<br />
CEO, Phoenix Suns................................................................Jason Rowley<br />
Executive VP, Finance/Administration ...................................Jim Pitman<br />
President and Chief Operating Officer .................................Amber Cox<br />
Vice President ..........................................................Ann Meyers Drysdale<br />
BASKETBALL OPERATIONS STAFF<br />
General Manager and Head Coach...................................Corey Gaines<br />
Assistant Coach....................................................................Julie Hairgrove<br />
Earl Cureton<br />
Head Athletic Trainer ............................................................Tamara Poole<br />
Equipment Manager...............................................................Eric Hallman<br />
Strength and Conditioning Coach ...................Pro Advantage Training<br />
Video Coordinator......................................................................Nick U’Ren<br />
Team Physician............................................................Dr. Evan Lederman<br />
BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS<br />
Basketball Communications/Operations Manager .......Bret Burchard<br />
Basketball Communications Assistant...............................Brooke Baker<br />
MARKETING, PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS<br />
PR/CR Director ........................................................................Lesley Factor<br />
Marketing Manager ..............................................................Shayna Kuper<br />
Marketing/PR Assistant..................................................................Ben York<br />
Marketing/PR Intern....................................................Courtney Giovanni<br />
GAME ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Vice President, Game Entertainment..........................................Kip Helt<br />
Game Entertainment Manager......................................Shaun Stanhibel<br />
Game Entertainment Coordinator .....................................Steve Friesen<br />
Music Operator....................................................................Shawn Crespin<br />
Hip Hop Squad Coach .........................................Luis “Weezy” Egurrola<br />
Scorch Executive Assistant......................................................Randy Gillie<br />
Mercury TV Director......................................................................Rob Hart<br />
Mercury TV Producer .........................................................Kevin Bonham<br />
Mercury TV Producer ........................................................Steven Mitchell<br />
Mercury Editor ........................................................................Martin Flores<br />
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MARKETING PARTNERSHIPS<br />
Sr. Executive Vice President ................................................Harvey Shank<br />
Sr. Vice President, Marketing Partnerships,<br />
Suite Sales & Service..............................................................Lynn Agnello<br />
Vice President of Sales, Marketing Partnerships................Matt Wright<br />
Vice President of Activation, Marketing Partnerships..Scott Horowitz<br />
Director of National Sales, Marketing Partnerships........Dan Costello<br />
Director of Local Sales, Marketing Partnerships...........Carlissa Henry<br />
Account Executive, Marketing Partnerships..............Michael Shockley<br />
Account Executive, Marketing Partnerships .......................Todd Merrill<br />
Digital Sales Executive, Marketing Partnerships ........Mandy Medsker<br />
Senior Director, Marketing Partnerships Activation ....Devney Preuss<br />
Senior Partnership Activation Specialist ............................Nicole Taylor<br />
Promotions Manager,<br />
Marketing Partnerships Activation ........................Megan Montgomery<br />
Partnership Activation Specialist.........................................Jorge Aguirre<br />
Partnership Activation Specialist.................................................Jen Clark<br />
Partnership Activation Specialist.....................................Amber Accardo<br />
Partnership Activation Specialist.............................................Kyra Joiner<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Traffic Manager ................................................Benicia Thompson<br />
Marketing Accounting Manager ...........................................Sandra Vega<br />
Executive Assistant to the Sr. Vice President,<br />
Marketing Partnerships ........................................................April Johnson<br />
Marketing Partnerships Assistant .....................................Andrew Fisher<br />
CREATIVE SERVICES<br />
Director, Creative Design...................................................Angela Woods<br />
Sr. Graphic Designers.....................................................Cheyenne Lopez<br />
Erin Wolfe<br />
Graphic Designers......................................................................Liz Magura<br />
Ashley Moore<br />
SALES AND TICKETING<br />
Director, Ticket Operations....................................................Daren Mitch<br />
Asst. Director, Ticket Operations.......................................Adam Somers<br />
Assistant Ticket Managers .....................................................Daniel Serna<br />
Kylie Rausch<br />
Vice President, Sales...................................................................Jeff Ianello<br />
Senior Director, Suite Experience .......................................Geoff Budoff<br />
Manager, Suite and Premium Sales ............................Kevin Stevenson<br />
Director, Group Sales...............................................................Bob Hamer<br />
Manager, SES/Mercury Group Sales .........................................Eric Little<br />
Sr. Group Sales Account Executives .....................................David Segal<br />
Group Sales Account Executives........................................Hairat Agbaje<br />
Shawn McIntosh<br />
Manager of New Business Development .......................Dave Baldwin<br />
Account Executives ........................................................................Jen Fusci<br />
Kelly Wilson<br />
China Nelson<br />
Sales Consultants..................................................................Logan Nourse<br />
Mark McLaughlin<br />
Matt Finamore<br />
Marc Faulkner<br />
Brandon Short<br />
Sales & Service Coordinators...........................................Lauren Hopper<br />
Kelsey Freese
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> PERSONNEL<br />
X-FACTOR EXPERIENCE<br />
Director, X-Factor Experience...............................................Kyle Hudson<br />
X-Factor Experience Specialist ...........................................Chris Clement<br />
Julie Bohling<br />
Khalif Fortune<br />
Travis Campbell<br />
Ian Solomon<br />
Sabrina Wallasch<br />
Chris Baugh<br />
Chris Moran<br />
PHOENIXMERCURY.COM<br />
Vice President, Digital ......................................................Jeramie McPeek<br />
Digital Analytics Manager .........................................................Dan Hilton<br />
Digital Content Producer........................................................Stefan Swiat<br />
Digital Content Producer............................................................Brad Faye<br />
Digital Content Editor...........................................................Aaron Seidlitz<br />
Social <strong>Media</strong> Specialist.........................................................Greg Esposito<br />
Digital Creative Specialist ..........................................................Bill Ramos<br />
Digital Video Producer...............................................................Colin Kelly<br />
Photo Archivist ...........................................................................John Olson<br />
Assistant Photo Archivist ............................................................Neal Walk<br />
SUITE SERVICES<br />
Suite Event Manager.................................................................Trent Dutry<br />
Suite Rental Sales Manager....................................................Collin Krickl<br />
Suite Account Coordinator ..................................................Michael Pettit<br />
Suite Account Coordinator ...............................................Melissa Fender<br />
MERCURY BROADCASTING<br />
Director of Broadcasting....................................................Dan Siekmann<br />
Mercury Play-by-Play ...................................................................Kevin Ray<br />
Sr. Videographer.............................................................David Grapentine<br />
Videographer.......................................................................Paden Wigness<br />
Producer/Director...................................................................Bob Adlhoch<br />
Producer/Director ...............................................................Marc Goldberg<br />
Producer/Director.................................................................David Hughes<br />
Sports Editor ....................................................................Tommy Arguelles<br />
Associate Producer............................................................Shawn Deloney<br />
Feature Producer ...................................................................Nick Williams<br />
Chief Engineer ..........................................................................Roger Dunn<br />
Engineer......................................................................................Alan Mickell<br />
US AIRWAYS CENTER<br />
General Manager, Sports & Entertainment<br />
& Sr. Vice President, Ticket Operations .......................Ralph Marchetta<br />
Vice President, Facility Management .................................Alvan Adams<br />
Manager of Facility Services ............................................Hector Dorame<br />
Manager, Administrative Services.........................................Gerri Sandy<br />
Sr. Director of Marketing & Promotions...............................Niki Adams<br />
Tele<strong>com</strong>munications Manager................................................Kevin Pires<br />
Director of Security.....................................................................Jon Bloom<br />
Security Manager..................................................................Taryn Aguilera<br />
Director of Event Operations .............................................Jim Bochenek<br />
Assistant Director of Event Services.......................................Jen Barnett<br />
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Sr. Event Manager..................................................................Sarah Schock<br />
Event Coordinator..............................................................Marlo McKinley<br />
Guest Services Manager ............................................................Paul Robb<br />
Suite Services Manager ............................................................Trent Dutry<br />
Director of Traffic Support Services.........................“Woodie” Browder<br />
Manager of Traffic Support Services........................................JD Hanna<br />
Director of Engineering............................................................Ed Addison<br />
Booking Manager and Assistant Controller.................Nick Vaerewyck<br />
Marketing and <strong>Media</strong> Coordinator......................................Rita Rabbani<br />
Mail/Print Center Manager ......................................................David Case<br />
Receptionists..............................................................................Jan Forshee<br />
Ceola Coaston<br />
HUMAN RESOURCES<br />
Vice President, Human Resources ........................................Peter Wong<br />
Director, Human Resources................................................Karen Rausch<br />
Benefits Manager ..........................................................Daniella Gonzalez<br />
Employment Manager.......................................................Jonathan Tellez<br />
Administrative Assistant ......................................................Patricia Tejeda<br />
INFORMATION SERVICES<br />
Vice President, Information Technology .............................William Bolt<br />
IT Events Coord/Network Manager.........................Michael McDonald<br />
Help Desk Manager/Admin. Support..........................Michelle Cassata<br />
Systems Manager/Database Support ......................................Paul Scott<br />
GAME NIGHT PERSONNEL<br />
Public Address Announcer ............................................................Kip Helt<br />
Team Photographer.............................................................Barry Gossage<br />
Game Night Press Operations ..........................................Kelli Sampson<br />
Press Room Staff .....................................................................Katie Brewer<br />
Tommy Palomino<br />
STATISTICAL CREW<br />
Official Scorer ...............................................................................Jerry Heck<br />
Official Timer .............................................................................Fred Ciarico<br />
Mike Lange<br />
30-Second Clock Operator .....................................................Dana Smith<br />
Mike Orcutt<br />
Scoreboard Operator ............................................................Rick Showers<br />
Doug King<br />
Director of Statistical IDS ......................................................Ron Amstutz<br />
Statistics Crew.................................................................................Brian Hill<br />
Jeff Hosterman<br />
Tyler Barton<br />
Floyd Agosta<br />
OTHER INFORMATION<br />
Home Court..................................................US Airways Center (10,200)<br />
201 E. Jefferson Street<br />
Phoenix, AZ 85004<br />
Opened 1992<br />
Phoenix Mercury Ticket Office ....................................(602) 252-<strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Team Colors............Mercury Purple, Mercury Gray, Mercury Orange<br />
Executive Office .................................................................(602) 379-2000
PERSONNEL <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Robert G. Sarver<br />
Managing Partner<br />
Robert Sarver is not simply the managing partner of Arizona’s original sports franchise. The<br />
Tucson native and Valley resident is a successful businessman and a <strong>com</strong>mitted philanthropist,<br />
husband and father with a lifelong passion for basketball, the Suns, the state of Arizona, and —<br />
above all — winning.<br />
THE OWNER<br />
As an 8-year-old boy, Robert Sarver attended his first Phoenix Suns basketball game after receiving tickets as a birthday gift from<br />
Donald Diamond, one of the franchise’s original owners. Thirty-five years later in 2004, Sarver became the majority owner of one of<br />
the NBA’s model franchises, assembling a group of investors that purchased the Suns, the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Phoenix Mercury, and the operating<br />
rights to US Airways Center.<br />
In seven years under Sarver’s leadership, the Suns have enjoyed virtually unparalleled success on the court. Phoenix owns the thirdbest<br />
record in the NBA since the start of the 2004-05 season (405-235, .633). His tenure includes three appearances in the Western<br />
Conference Finals and two of the three 60-win seasons in the franchise’s 44-year history. With his goal to create sustained success, the<br />
Suns’ payroll increased in each of Sarver’s first five seasons as owner, and ranked in the top 10 in the league in three of those campaigns<br />
and three of the last four seasons.<br />
Sarver’s passion for winning extends beyond the men’s game. His continued <strong>com</strong>mitment to the <strong>WNBA</strong> in Phoenix has resulted<br />
in the Mercury winning two league championships in 2007 and 2009. The Mercury have made have four Western Conference Finals<br />
appearances in the last five seasons. In 2009, the Mercury partnered with Tempe-based LifeLock and became the first team in NBA<br />
or <strong>WNBA</strong> history to secure a corporate-branded jersey.<br />
<strong>Guide</strong>d by his stated mission, the Suns and Mercury organizations are industry leaders in business innovation and <strong>com</strong>munity<br />
outreach and involvement.<br />
Sarver is a member of the NBA’s Board of Governors, Labor Relations Committee, Advisory Finance Committee, and Audit and<br />
Compensation Committee.<br />
THE BUSINESSMAN<br />
Sarver is the Chairman and CEO of Western Alliance Bancorporation, which has $6.5 billion in assets and does business in Arizona,<br />
California, Nevada and Colorado. Western Alliance is the largest financial institution headquartered in Arizona. The <strong>com</strong>pany recently<br />
moved to the CityScape tower across the street from US Airways Center. More than 200 of the <strong>com</strong>pany’s 1,000 employees are in<br />
Phoenix. Despite tough economic times, the bank has written more than $1 billion in local business and real estate loans in Arizona<br />
over the last three years, and has continued to be one of the most active small business lenders in Arizona. The bank also financed<br />
the retail <strong>com</strong>ponent of CityScape, demonstrating his <strong>com</strong>mitment to the continued renaissance of downtown Phoenix.<br />
Sarver is the co-founder of Southwest Value Partners, a 25-year-old contrarian real estate fund. He has served as a director of<br />
SkyWest Airlines since 2000 and Phoenix-based Meritage Corporation since 1996.<br />
After the passing of his father, Jack, and with very little start-up capital, Sarver founded National Bank of Tucson in 1984, be<strong>com</strong>ing<br />
the youngest person ever to found a national bank. Robert served as the <strong>com</strong>pany’s president until its sale in 1994.<br />
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THE PHILANTHROPIST<br />
Sarver’s ever-growing philanthropic efforts focus not simply on worthy causes but also giving back to Arizona and its local<br />
<strong>com</strong>munities, both through Phoenix Suns Charities and his own personal contributions.<br />
Under Sarver’s leadership, Phoenix Suns Charities has made nearly $6 million in donations to local non-profits. Most recently, PSC<br />
handed out a record $1.36 million in grants and scholarships to a record 178 non-profit organizations in 2011.<br />
Among his proudest ac<strong>com</strong>plishments, Sarver helped to build the Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona in memory of<br />
his late father, who was among the first to undergo heart bypass surgery. The center is <strong>com</strong>posed of more than 150 physicians and<br />
scientists and aims to prevent and cure cardiovascular diseases through the three pillars of research, education and patient care.<br />
Pioneering doctors at the center have spearheaded the development of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, an award-winning<br />
project that became the world’s first and only total artificial heart to win FDA approval as a bridge to human heart transplant in patients<br />
near death from heart failure. The innovation earned SynCardia recognition from the Arizona BioIndustry Association as “Arizona<br />
Bioscience Company of the Year” in 2011 for “doing to the most to transform the world during the last 12 months.” Sarver personally<br />
funded the initial stages of the project and currently sits on the Board of Trustees for the center.<br />
Doctors and researchers at the center developed a hands-only CPR method called Continuous Chest Compression CPR that doubles<br />
a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest, and are continuing a program of outreach and education to make use of the method<br />
more widespread.<br />
The center recently started a women’s heart health program focused on expanding research and providing statewide awareness<br />
programs about women’s heart issues.<br />
The Sarvers were also instrumental in helping to build the Children’s Museum of Phoenix, located in downtown Phoenix. A $1<br />
million donation from the Penny and Robert Sarver Charitable Foundation aided in the <strong>com</strong>pletion of the 70,000-square-foot facility.<br />
Sarver is on the board of directors for the Weil Foundation, established by Dr. Andrew Weil, an internationally recognized leader<br />
in integrative medicine.<br />
THE PERSON<br />
The 50-year-old Sarver is a 1979 graduate of Sabino High School in Tucson and a 1982 graduate of the University of Arizona. Sarver<br />
earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration, and became a certified public accountant in 1983.<br />
Sarver and wife Penny have three sons, Max, Jake and Zach. On their first date, Robert invited Penny to watch the NCAA Men’s<br />
Basketball Tournament at his house. Sarver is a “soccer dad,” who can regularly be found at one of his three boys’ soccer games<br />
or coaching<br />
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Brad Casper<br />
President of Business Operations<br />
Phoenix Suns<br />
Brad Casper’s career as an innovator in the arenas of branding and promotion has led him<br />
to do on-the-ground business in more than 35 countries with some of the world’s largest<br />
<strong>com</strong>panies and most-recognized products, and he now brings that marketing expertise to the<br />
Suns’ front office as the club’s president in charge of all business and non-basketball operations.<br />
Casper was named to the post, his first in professional sports, on Oct. 10, 2011, with the stated goal to engage, excite, educate and<br />
energize Suns fans.<br />
A 25-year veteran of consumer businesses, Casper moved to the Valley in 2005 to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer<br />
of The Dial Corporation and lead its integration into German-based Henkel Group as Henkel Consumer Goods, Inc., a $1.7 billion North<br />
American business based in Scottsdale, Ariz. During his tenure, which lasted until fall 2010, Casper oversaw construction of the<br />
<strong>com</strong>pany’s headquarters and research lab in Scottsdale, engineered the acquisition of Right Guard deodorants, and led the<br />
development and promotion of successful new products like Dial body washes, Renuzit air fresheners, and Purex Complete 3-in-1<br />
Laundry Sheets.<br />
It was in this position that Casper, a former high school football and basketball player, attended his first Suns game and was recruited<br />
to make Henkel a sponsor at a 2005 playoff game against the Mavericks. Struck by the style of play, fan loyalty, and the entertainment<br />
value both on and off the court, Henkel became a sponsor and Casper became a fan.<br />
An Ohio native, Casper is a magna cum laude graduate of Virginia Tech University in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in finance whose<br />
entrance into the business world came as a financial analyst with General Electric. He left GE in 1985 to join Procter & Gamble in their<br />
famous brand management department. Then, in what he considers the big break of his career, Casper transferred internationally with<br />
P&G three years later at the age of 28. The position took him and his wife to Kobe, Japan, though the couple never had previously<br />
owned passports. As one of the youngest international expats in the firm’s history, Casper’s performance earned him mulitple<br />
promotions that took him to Hong Kong and then mainland China where he oversaw the launch of numerous products in the Asian<br />
market, including Pantene hair products. He spent 16 years with the <strong>com</strong>pany, including nine in Asia, and rose to the position of Vice<br />
President and General Manager of Procter & Gamble before being named the President of New Jersey-based Church & Dwight, the<br />
manufacturer of Arm & Hammer products. He subsequently joined Dial.<br />
Named by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of the state’s “Most Admired CEOs” in both 2008 and 2009, Casper’s extensive<br />
involvement in civic and business organizations includes the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC), Greater Phoenix Leadership<br />
(GPL), the Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS) at Arizona State University, and the Scottsdale Unified School District Foundation.<br />
He is also a Fellow at the Thunderbird Graduate School of Management and serves on the board of directors of Grand Canyon<br />
Education, Inc., which operates Grand Canyon University.<br />
The 51-year-old Casper and wife Kay reside in Paradise Valley and have been married for 28 years. The couple began dating in<br />
high school but first met as 10-year-olds at a cotton candy stand. They have three children: 19-year-old Colton, a student at Arizona<br />
State, 15-year-old Carly and 14-yearold Brody, students at Chaparral High School.<br />
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<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> PERSONNEL<br />
Jason Rowley<br />
Chief Operating Officer<br />
Phoenix Suns<br />
Jason Rowley begins his first season as the Suns’ Chief Operating Officer and his fifth season<br />
overall with the organization. In his new role, Rowley oversees arena operations, ticket<br />
operations, television production, the team’s broadcasters, and Information technology<br />
department. He will also oversee the club’s interests in joint ventures including the Legends<br />
Entertainment District. Rowley, who joined the Suns organization originally as Senior Vice President and General Counsel in 2008,<br />
will continue to serve as the chief legal officer for the NBA club as well as the organization’s other entities, the Phoenix Mercury and<br />
US Airways Center.<br />
Rowley began his legal career in 2011 with the law firm of Snell & Wilmer in Phoenix, and while there he assisted the Suns’ current<br />
ownership group in their acquisition of the club in 2004. At Snell, his practice included private and public mergers and acquisitions,<br />
<strong>com</strong>plex real estate transactions, securities regulation, entity formation, <strong>com</strong>mercial contracts and general business law.<br />
After leaving Snell, Rowley served two years as corporate counsel for Van Tuyl, the nation’s largest<br />
privately held automotive retailer. While at Van Tuyl, his practice focused on real estate and dealership acquisitions and development,<br />
as well as general corporate and contract law.<br />
Rowley earned his bachelor’s degree in 1994 from the University of Arizona, where he was president of Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji)<br />
fraternity and a member of the U of A Boxing Club. After graduation, Rowley joined the United States Navy, an experience he considers<br />
one of the proudest and most formative of his life. He worked as an intelligence analyst with the Commander 3rd Fleet Intelligence<br />
Division until his honorable discharge in 1998.<br />
Rowley is involved in a number of civic organizations. He is a Thunderbird, the non-profit group that hosts the Waste Management<br />
Phoenix Open, serves on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics Arizona, and serves as General Counsel to Phoenix Suns Charities.<br />
He was named the 2011 Phoenix Father of the Year by the Phoenix Father’s Day Council.<br />
Rowley and wife Kristi met while working in the sales department for The Daily Wildcat, the University of Arizona’s student<br />
newspaper. The couple has two daughters, Abigail (5) and Lucille (2), who are avid Suns and Mercury fans with a particular fondness<br />
for Steve Nash, Penny Taylor and The Gorilla.<br />
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PERSONNEL <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Amber Cox<br />
President and Chief Operating Officer<br />
Phoenix Mercury<br />
Amber Cox enters her eighth season overall with the Phoenix Mercury and first season with<br />
the joint title of President and Chief Operating Officer, putting her in charge of all business and<br />
basketball operations. Originally joining the franchise in 2005, a season before then-Head Coach<br />
Paul Westhead and assistant Corey Gaines introduced “The System” to Phoenix and<br />
revolutionized the <strong>WNBA</strong> with an up-tempo brand of basketball that is be<strong>com</strong>ing a standard in the league, Cox has similarly<br />
revolutionized the branding of the Mercury product.<br />
Beginning her stint with the franchise as Director of Marketing for five seasons, Cox aggressively expanded the fan base, reaching<br />
not just female fanatics but mainstream sports fans as well, most recently with the “Basketball is Basketball” campaign. Also in her<br />
marketing role, Cox was actively involved in the 2009 LifeLock partnership, which became the first marquee partner of any American<br />
professional sports franchise, a trend that was subsequently followed by four other <strong>WNBA</strong> teams and through a league-wide initiative<br />
in 2011.<br />
Upon her arrival in Phoenix, Cox also contributed to the marketing efforts of the Phoenix Roadrunners, the Valley’s former minor<br />
league hockey team, from 2006-09.<br />
Recognizing her tremendous success and quick climb in the business industry the Phoenix Business Journal named Cox to its Forty-<br />
Under-40 Class of <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Before joining the professional ranks, Cox served on the collegiate level as assistant director of athletics in charge of media relations<br />
and development at Columbia College in Columbia, Mo. She administered statewide marketing strategies to promote five sports and<br />
built internal promotion programs targeting students, faculty, and staff. Her duties also included managing the sports information office<br />
and game operations, as well as serving as coordinator of the athletic department’s fundraising and <strong>com</strong>munity relations efforts.<br />
While in Missouri, she also served as the Sports Information Director for the American Midwest Conference (AMC) and the National<br />
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Region V. She was responsible for the <strong>com</strong>pilation and distribution of weekly statistical<br />
information to 18 member institutions and administered all-conference voting and player of the week selections for six sports.<br />
Prior to that, Cox spent time as an account executive at Visionworks Marketing and Communications, supervising all phases of<br />
development plans for the firm’s clients in addition to serving as the financial officer.<br />
A Missouri native, Cox earned her bachelor’s degree in <strong>com</strong>munications/journalism and master’s degree in business administration<br />
from William Woods University in Fulton, Mo<br />
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<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> PERSONNEL<br />
Ann Meyers Drysdale<br />
Vice President, Phoenix Mercury<br />
Vice President, Phoenix Suns<br />
One of the true pioneers in women’s basketball, Hall of Famer and award-winning broadcaster<br />
Ann Meyers Drysdale enters her first season as Vice President of both the Phoenix Mercury and<br />
the Phoenix Suns. The role follows five successful seasons as General Manager for the Mercury<br />
where she constructed the franchise’s two <strong>WNBA</strong> championship teams in 2007 and 2009.<br />
Enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. as a player in 1993, Meyers Drysdale’s basketball resume<br />
enters its fifth decade, which she most recently documented in her autobiography “You Let Some Girl Beat You?” released in conjunction<br />
with the 40th anniversary of Title IX.<br />
Meyers Drysdale’s storied basketball life began when she became the first-ever high school player to make a United States National<br />
Team in 1974 and later was the first woman to receive a full athletic scholarship from UCLA. The UCLA basketball legend was a fourtime<br />
Kodak All-American, the first male or female to achieve that honor. Upon graduation, she held 12 of 13 school records and led<br />
the Bruins to a national championship in 1978. Meyers Drysdale became the first female to be named in the school’s athletics Hall of<br />
Fame and had her jersey No. 15 retired. In addition to her basketball ac<strong>com</strong>plishments, Meyers Drysdale <strong>com</strong>peted in volleyball and<br />
won a national championship title in track in 1975.<br />
As a standout player, the 5-9, 140-pound guard represented the United States in the 1976 Olympics, 1975 and ’79 Pan American<br />
Games, and the 1975 and ’79 World Championships. As part of the first women’s US Olympic Basketball team, Meyers Drysdale earned<br />
a silver medal at the Montreal Games in 1976.<br />
Meyers Drysdale remains the only female to sign a free-agent contract with an NBA team when she signed with the Indiana Pacers<br />
in 1979. After being released by the Pacers, she served as a color <strong>com</strong>mentator for the Pacers broadcasts and was the first woman to<br />
broadcast an NBA game.<br />
In 1978 she became the first player drafted in the Women’s Professional Basketball League (WBL) and resumed her playing career<br />
with the New Jersey Gems, where she was named MVP after leading the league in steals and averaging 22.2 points. She also took home<br />
the title as one of only two women to win the ABC Sports Superstars <strong>com</strong>petition three years in a row from 1981-1983 and was the<br />
only woman to participate in the men’s <strong>com</strong>petition.<br />
Meyers Drysdale has established herself as an expert analyst on ESPN, NBC, ABC, FOX Sports, and CBS and has done <strong>com</strong>mentary<br />
for men’s and women’s basketball, softball, tennis, volleyball, and baseball since 1979. Her illustrious broadcasting resume includes<br />
the 1984, 2000, 2004, 2008 and <strong>2012</strong> Summer Olympics as well as a stint as a broadcaster for the 1988-89 Loyola Marymount men’s<br />
basketball team, coached by former Mercury Head Coach Paul Westhead and featuring current Mercury General Manager and Head<br />
Coach Corey Gaines, a guard on the team. In 2006, her incredible sports journalism contributions were honored as the winner of the<br />
United States Sports Academy’s (USSA) Ronald Reagan <strong>Media</strong> Award, joining an elite group of winners that includes Howard Cosell,<br />
Bob Costas, Keith Jackson, Frank Deford and Rupert Murdoch.<br />
In <strong>2012</strong>, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association renamed its Women’s National Player of the Year Award, the Ann Meyers Drysdale<br />
National Player of the Year Award, in honor of her impact in the sport.<br />
Meyers Drysdale has five sisters and five brothers, including brother Dave Meyers, who played college basketball at UCLA under<br />
legendary coach John Wooden and won two NCAA Championships with teammate Bill Walton. He played five seasons (1975-80) for<br />
the Milwaukee Bucks after being one of four players traded from the Los Angeles Lakers for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975.<br />
In 1986, Annie married former Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Famer pitcher Don Drysdale and took the name Ann Meyers Drysdale.<br />
It was the first time that a married couple was members of their respective sports’ Hall of Fame. The Southern California native and<br />
Drysdale, who passed away in 1993, have three children together: sons Don Jr. (D.J.) and Darren, and daughter Drew.<br />
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Ann Meyers Drysdale<br />
PERSONNEL <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
UCLA<br />
1975-78 – First four-time Kodak All-American (Male or Female)<br />
1978 – NCAA National Champion<br />
1978 – UCLA Athlete of the Year and Outstanding Basketball Player<br />
1978 – Broderick Award for Outstanding Collegiate Basketball Player<br />
1978 – Broderick Cup Award for Outstanding Female Athlete<br />
Competed in Volleyball (1977-78), Track and Field (1975, 1979);<br />
1975 National Champions<br />
AAU<br />
1977, ’78, ’79 – Three-time MU and National Champions for<br />
Anna’s Banana’s – MVP 1978<br />
1972, ’73, ’74 – National General West<br />
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS<br />
1974 – First high school player to make the USA National team,<br />
toured US vs. Soviets<br />
1975, 1979 – World Championship Games (Columbia – 8th place,<br />
Korea – Gold Medal, captain)<br />
1975, 1979 – Pan Am Games (Mexico City – Gold Medal, Puerto<br />
Rico – Silver Medal, captain; first woman to carry flag for USA 1979)<br />
1975, 1979 – Jones Cup (Taiwan – two Gold Medals, captain in 1979)<br />
1976 – Olympic Games (Montreal – Silver Medal; first time for<br />
Women’s Basketball in the Olympics)<br />
1977 – World University Games (Bulgaria Silver Medal)<br />
1979 – Spatikade Games (Russia – Silver Medal, captain)<br />
PROFESSIONAL<br />
1978 – Number one player drafted in the WBL (first women’s<br />
professional basketball league)<br />
1979 – Signed as a free-agent with the Indiana Pacers of the NBA;<br />
first and only woman to do so<br />
1979-80 – Signed with the New Jersey Gems of the WBL; MVP of<br />
the League<br />
WOMEN’S SUPERSTARS<br />
1979 – Fourth-place finish<br />
1980, ’81, ’82 – First-place finish<br />
1981 – World Superstars, first and only woman to <strong>com</strong>pete<br />
SPEAKING<br />
Has made presentations to athletic and corporate groups, including:<br />
AAU National Basketball Tourn.<br />
Nike Women’s Sports Conference<br />
US Bank<br />
Merrill Lynch<br />
New York Athletic Club<br />
University of Nebraska<br />
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BROADCASTING<br />
Worked both Men’s and Women’s basketball, softball, tennis,<br />
volleyball and soccer in her career that began in 1979.<br />
1979-80 (12 games) – Indian Pacers, color <strong>com</strong>mentator; first<br />
woman on an NBA broadcast<br />
1980-81 – University of Hawaii Men’s Basketball; color <strong>com</strong>mentator<br />
1982 – Versatile Video; <strong>com</strong>mentator<br />
1983 – Parade Magazine; co-host<br />
1983 – Metro Sports on ESPN, UCLA Men’s Basketball; color<br />
<strong>com</strong>mentator<br />
1983-84, 87-89 – ESPN, Women’s Softball Nationals; color<br />
<strong>com</strong>mentator<br />
1984 – ABC, Olympics, Los Angeles<br />
1984 – CBS, Men’s Basketball and Women’s NCM Basketball<br />
Finals, color <strong>com</strong>mentator and features<br />
1984 – ESPN, Women’s Regional Basketball Finals, semifinals for<br />
the NCAA Final; color <strong>com</strong>mentator<br />
1984 – WTTV Indiana, Pre-game for Men’s US Olympic<br />
Basketball vs. the NBA Pros; co-host<br />
1984 – ABC, Women’s Olympic Basketball<br />
1985 – Sportstime, Big 8 Women’s Basketball Finals<br />
1985-89 – ESPN, Women’s West Regional Basketball Finals<br />
1985-87 – Sportsvision, No. 1 color <strong>com</strong>mentator for Chicago-area<br />
college sports<br />
1985-95 – Prime Ticket, Women’s collegiate basketball and softball<br />
1986, ’90, ’94 – WTBS, Goodwill Games<br />
1988-89 – SportsChannel, Loyola Marymount Univ. Men’s Bball<br />
1989-1990 – KMPC Radio and UCLA Men’s Basketball<br />
1992-97 – CBS TV – Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball<br />
1992-94 – Creative Sports, Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball<br />
1994 – CBS TV Women’s NCAA Volleyball<br />
1994-96 – ABC-TV, NCAA Women’s Basketball<br />
1994-96 – NBC-TV, Hoop-lt-Up<br />
1996-Present – ESPN, Women’s NCAA Basketball, Regionals, Finals<br />
1997-2003 – NBC-TV, NBA, <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
2000, 2004, 2008 – NBC-TV, Olympics<br />
INDUCTIONS<br />
1985 – Orange County Sports Hall of Fame<br />
1986 – Cincinnati Sports HOF<br />
1987 – UCLA Sports Hall of Fame; first woman inducted<br />
1987 – Women’s Sports Hall of Fame; first team athlete inducted<br />
1990 – California High School Sports Hall of Fame<br />
1993 – National Basketball HOF<br />
1995 – National High School HOF<br />
1996 – Catholic Youth Organization Hall of Fame<br />
1999 – First class, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame<br />
2007 – First class, FIBA HOF<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Ann Elizabeth Meyers Drysdale<br />
Graduate of Sonora High School<br />
Graduate of UCLA.<br />
Sons: Don, Jr., Darren<br />
Daughter: Drew<br />
Born: March 26,1955<br />
Height: 5 feet, 9 inches<br />
Married in 1986 to the late Baseball Hall of Famer Don Drysdale
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> PERSONNEL<br />
Corey Gaines<br />
General Manager and Head Coach<br />
Entering his fifth season as Head Coach of the Phoenix Mercury, Corey Gaines will be<strong>com</strong>e<br />
the longest-tenured coach in franchise history and last year became the all-time winningest<br />
coach in franchise history surpassing the legendary Cheryl Miller. Following the 2011 season,<br />
Gaines was given authority over player personnel when he was named General Manager in<br />
addition to his coaching responsibilities.<br />
Gaines also serves as an assistant coach for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns.<br />
A 22-year veteran of the up-tempo, fastbreak style of play which has be<strong>com</strong>e a Phoenix staple,<br />
Gaines learned the system at Loyola Marymount as the point guard for Paul Westhead, the “Guru of Go”. Westhead took over as head<br />
coach of the Mercury in 2006 and Gaines followed his mentor as the club’s top assistant in charge of an offense that set <strong>WNBA</strong> records<br />
for scoring average in both 2006 (87.1) and 2007 (89.0).<br />
After winning the first <strong>WNBA</strong> championship in franchise history in 2007, Gaines was named the seventh head coach in team history<br />
and in 2009 led the Mercury to its second title. The Mercury was the first team to secure a spot in postseason play that season and<br />
entered the playoffs as the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s top seed, eventually defeating the Indiana Fever in five games in the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals to hoist the<br />
2009 championship trophy at US Airways Center on Oct. 9, 2009.<br />
With Gaines on the sideline, the Mercury has led the league in scoring in six consecutive seasons, setting league records four times,<br />
and has established a style of play that is being replicated throughout the league.<br />
As a collegiate athlete, the Los Angeles native spent his first three seasons at UCLA alongside Reggie Miller before transferring to<br />
LMU in 1986, redshirting during the 1986-87 campaign and starting at point guard the following season when he engineered a 26-game<br />
win streak as a teammate of Bo Kimble and Hank Gathers.<br />
Gaines was originally selected by the Seattle Supersonics in the third round (65th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft and spent five<br />
seasons with five different NBA teams, earning him a trip to the 1994 NBA Finals with the New York Knicks. Gaines <strong>com</strong>peted 12 years<br />
internationally, including a stint as the starting point guard with Scavalini in Italy, playing against a Benetton team, which was coached<br />
at the time by former Phoenix Suns Head Coach Mike D’Antoni.<br />
The 45-year-old re-joined Westhead in the ABA with the Long Beach Jam in 2003, serving as a player and an assistant helping the<br />
team to a championship. Gaines coached a squad with six current and former NBA players including Matt Barnes (Orlando Magic),<br />
Matt Carroll (Dallas Mavericks), Yuta Tabuse and Dennis Rodman.<br />
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PERSONNEL <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Julie Hairgrove Assistant Coach<br />
Top assistant Julie Hairgrove enters her eighth season with the Phoenix Mercury. Prior to joining the<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong>, she spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount University.<br />
As a college athlete, Hairgrove was a key contributor as a four-year starter at the University of Arizona,<br />
helping lead the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament in each of her four seasons. Hairgrove also served as<br />
team captain for three seasons.<br />
In addition to playing basketball, Hairgrove worked as an assistant coach at Lute Olson’s basketball<br />
camps and served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Board. She <strong>com</strong>pleted her bachelor’s degree in social<br />
and behavioral sciences in <strong>com</strong>munication and minored in business.<br />
Hairgrove is the granddaughter of NCAA Hall of Famer and former University of Arizona coach Lute Olson.<br />
She and her husband Mike are the proud parents of three daughters, Madison (6), Hailey (4) and Grace (2).<br />
Earl Cureton Assistant Coach<br />
Earl Cureton enters his fourth season as a <strong>WNBA</strong> assistant coach and first on the Mercury sideline.<br />
Cureton previously worked for the Charlotte Sting from 2005-06 and for the Detroit Shock in 2009 where<br />
he worked under Rick Mahorn and coached current Mercury guard Alexis Hornbuckle.<br />
A 12-year NBA veteran, Cureton was originally drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 58th overall<br />
pick in the 1979 NBA Draft. Known as “The Twirl”, the 6-9 forward was a part of two NBA championships<br />
teams, the 76ers in 1982-83 and the Houston Rockets in 1993-94. Cureton also played for the Pistons, Bulls,<br />
Clippers, Hornets and Raptors during his career.<br />
A basketball journeyman, Cureton has made coaching stops in the NBA, United States Basketball<br />
League, Continental Basketball Association following his retirement from the NBA in 1997, and was an<br />
assistant coach with the ABA’s Long Beach Jam, alongside current Mercury Head Coach Corey Gaines and under former Mercury Head Coach<br />
Paul Westhead. When Westhead left to be<strong>com</strong>e an assistant for the Orlando Magic, Cureton took over as head coach and led the Jam to an<br />
ABA Championship along with Gaines.<br />
Most recently, Cureton served as an analyst for FOX Sports Detroit.<br />
Cureton played collegiately at Division I Robert Morris University before transferring to University of Detroit Mercy for his final two seasons<br />
under head coach Dick Vitale.<br />
Tamara Poole Head Athletic Trainer<br />
A veteran of athletic training and sports medicine in women’s professional sports, Tamara Poole enters<br />
her seventh season with the Mercury as Head Athletic Trainer. Just the second head trainer in Mercury<br />
history, Poole serves as a medical liaison with the team’s medical and organizational staff and focuses her<br />
daily on injury prevention and management.<br />
Prior to joining the Mercury staff, Poole served as Head Athletic Trainer of the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Connecticut Sun,<br />
Seattle Storm and served two seasons with the Charlotte Sting. Poole’s experience also includes stints in<br />
the CBA, ABL and Italian Women’s Professional League.<br />
Poole graduated from California State Dominguez Hills in 1995 with a degree in physical education with<br />
an emphasis in athletic training and a minor in biology.<br />
Pro Advantage Training<br />
Pro Advantage Training, a leader in sports-performance training, has <strong>com</strong>e on board as the new<br />
Strength and Conditioning Coaches for the Mercury.<br />
Pro Advantage was founded in 2000 by Keith Wilson, former Strength and Conditioning Coordinator<br />
for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Milwaukee Brewers. Pro Advantage has training facilities in Tempe and<br />
Gilbert and has grown to the level of working with international and domestic athletes from the NBA, <strong>WNBA</strong>, MLB, NFL, AFL, and PGA.<br />
In addition to working with professional athletes, Pro Advantage Training has very successful college, high school, youth, and post-rehab<br />
training programs.<br />
For more information about Pro Advantage Training, please visit www.proadvantagetraining.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
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OUR HOUSE RULES<br />
#19<br />
PLAYERS<br />
INDIVIDUALS<br />
PLAY THE GAME,<br />
BUT TEAMS<br />
BEAT THE ODDS<br />
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PLAYERS MEDIA GUIDE <strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong> PHOENIX MERCURY<br />
OFFICIAL ROSTER<br />
MERCURY ALPHABETICAL ROSTER<br />
NO. PLAYER POS. HT. WT. BIRTHDATE EXP FROM/YEAR<br />
24 DeWanna Bonner G/F 6-4 137 08/21/1987 3 Auburn ’09<br />
4 Candice Dupree F 6-2 175 08/16/1984 6 Temple ’06<br />
50 Christine Flores F 6-3 187 07/27/1990 R Missouri ’12<br />
21 Alexis Gray-Lawson G 5-8 176 04/21/1987 1 California ’10<br />
14 Alexis Hornbuckle G 5-10 165 10/16/1985 4 Tennessee ‘08<br />
22 Charde Houston F 6-0 193 04/10/1986 4 Connecticut ’08<br />
2 Amanda Johnson F 6-2 186 04/21/1990 R Oregon ’12<br />
99 Samantha Prahalis G 5-7 129 01/23/1990 R Ohio State ’12<br />
0 Chastity Reed F 6-1 155 03/28/1989 1 Arkansas-LR ’11<br />
11 C’eira Ricketts G 5-9 144 02/22/1990 R Arkansas ’12<br />
10 Andrea Riley G 5-5 136 07/22/1988 2 Oklahoma State ’10<br />
43 Nakia Sanford F/C 6-4 195 05/10/1976 9 Kansas ’03<br />
1 Dymond Simon G 5-5 137 09/29/1989 R Arizona State ’11<br />
6 Zane Tamane C 6-7 170 09/24/1983 1 Western Illinois ’06<br />
3 Diana Taurasi G 6-0 163 06/11/1982 8 Connecticut ’04<br />
13 Penny Taylor F 6-1 165 05/24/1981 10 Australia<br />
20 Brittney Thomas G 5-11 162 02/13/1989 R Michigan State ’11<br />
34 Krystal Thomas C 6-5 195 06/10/1989 1 Duke ’11<br />
23 Avery Warley C 6-3 202 05/17/1990 R Liberty ’12<br />
0 Chastity Reed<br />
1 Dymond Simon<br />
2 Amanda Johnson<br />
3 Diana Taurasi<br />
4 Candice Dupree<br />
6 Zane Tamane<br />
10 Andrea Riley<br />
Head Coach: Corey Gaines (Loyola Marymount)<br />
Assistant Coach: Julie Hairgrove (Arizona), Earl Cureton (Detroit Mercy)<br />
Athletic Trainer: Tamara Poole (Cal. State-Dominguez Hills)<br />
Strength And Conditioning Coach: Pro Advantage Training<br />
NUMERICAL ROSTER<br />
11 C’eira Ricketts<br />
13 Penny Taylor<br />
14 Alexis Hornbuckle<br />
20 Brittney Thomas<br />
21 Alexis Gray-Lawson<br />
22 Charde Houston<br />
23 Avery Warley<br />
18<br />
24 DeWanna Bonner<br />
34 Krystal Thomas<br />
43 Nakia Sanford<br />
50 Christine Flores<br />
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HEIGHT: 6-4<br />
WEIGHT: 137<br />
BIRTHDATE: August 21, 1987<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Fairfield, Alabama<br />
COLLEGE: Auburn ’09<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 3 years<br />
ACQUIRED: Selected with the fifth overall pick<br />
in the first round of the 2009<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Draft on April 11, 2009<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 25 Twice 25 Twice<br />
Field Goals Made 8 Twice 9 vs. LA, 6/4/10<br />
Field Goals Attempted 20 vs. CON, 8/7 20 vs. CON, 8/7/11<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made 4 Twice 4 Three Times<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted 10 vs. CON, 8/7 10 vs. CON, 8/7/11<br />
Free Throws Made 9 vs. ATL, 8/11 9 Three Times<br />
Free Throws Attempted 9 vs. ATL, 8/11 11 Twice<br />
Offensive Rebounds 6 at TUL, 7/8 6 at TUL, 7/8/11<br />
Defensive Rebounds 11 at SEA, 9/9 12 vs. ATL, 5/28/10<br />
Total Rebounds 14 at SEA, 9/9 14 vs. SEA, 9/9/11<br />
Assists 3 Three Times 5 at ATL, 6/29/10<br />
Steals 5 at TUL, 9/8 5 vs. TUL, 9/8/11<br />
Blocks 5 vs. SAN. 8/20 5 vs. SAN, 8/20/11<br />
Minutes Played 36 at SEA, 9/9 37 at ATL, 6/29/10<br />
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<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ <strong>WNBA</strong> champion (2009).<br />
▪ Three-time <strong>WNBA</strong> Sixth Woman of the Year (2009, 2010, 2011)… Only player in league history to win the award multiple times… Only<br />
player in league history to win a voted-on postseason award in three consecutive seasons<br />
▪ Matched or outscored opponent’s entire bench nine times when <strong>com</strong>ing off the bench herself<br />
▪ Has scored at least 20 points off the bench eight times, the most in franchise history… Owns five of the top nine scoring efforts off the<br />
bench in franchise history<br />
▪ June 6, 2009: Became first rookie in franchise history to record a double-double in a <strong>WNBA</strong> debut with 16 points and 11 rebounds<br />
▪ Owns 14 career double-doubles<br />
▪ Eighteen career double-digit rebound games, second most in franchise history (Candice Dupree-19)<br />
▪ Owns the highest career rebounding average in franchise history (6.3)<br />
▪ Owns the second-highest career blocked shots average in franchise history (1.0)<br />
▪ Owns five career 20-point, 10-rebound games, third most in franchise history (Jennifer Gillom-8)<br />
▪ Originally selected with the fifth overall pick (first round) in the 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft on April 9, 2009<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> SEASON<br />
▪ 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> Sixth Woman of the Year<br />
▪ Grabbed 500th career rebound Aug. 2<br />
▪ Scored 1,000th career point Aug. 11<br />
▪ Named Western Conference Player of the Week Sept. 6… First of her career… Only regular reserve to win the award in 2011<br />
▪ Aug. 30-Sept. 1: Scored 20+ points in consecutive games for the first time in her career<br />
▪ Five 20-point games<br />
▪ Scored at least 10 points off the bench 12 times<br />
▪ Aug. 7-11: Single-handedly outscored the opponent’s bench in three straight games while <strong>com</strong>ing off the bench herself<br />
▪ Made eight 3-pointers in a three-game span twice, the best three-game total of her career<br />
▪ Shot better than 34.0 percent from the 3-point line for the second straight season after shooting just 15.4 percent her rookie season<br />
▪ Recorded 238 rebounds, the fourth highest single-season total in franchise history<br />
▪ Recorded 176 defensive rebounds, the third highest single-season total in franchise history<br />
▪ Sept. 3-9: Grabbed at least 10 rebounds in three straight games, the longest streak of her career and tied for the second-longest streak in<br />
franchise history<br />
▪ Nine double-digit rebound games<br />
▪ Led the team in rebounding 11 times<br />
▪ Recorded four double-doubles<br />
▪ Recorded two 20-point, 10-rebound games (24-11, Aug. 7 vs. Connecticut; 25-13, Aug. 11 vs. Atlanta)<br />
▪ Aug. 20 vs. San Antonio: Blocked a career-high five shots, matching a US Airways Center record<br />
▪ Led the team with 36 blocked shots on the season<br />
▪ One of just three Mercury players to appear in all 34 games<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ Led the SEC in scoring in 2008-09, be<strong>com</strong>ing the first Auburn player to do so<br />
▪ As a senior in 2008-09, posted averages of 21.1 points (9th- NCAA Division I) and 8.5 rebounds in 33.0 minutes per game<br />
▪ Was one of eight players in the country ranked in the top 25 in scoring and top 80 in rebounding in 2008-09<br />
▪ Posted eight double-doubles in 2008-09<br />
▪ Second player ever at Auburn to lead the team in scoring and rebounding all four years (Becky Jackson, 1981-84)<br />
▪ Started all 126 games in which she appeared at Auburn<br />
▪ Set an Auburn career scoring record with 2,162 points (prev. Becky Jackson)<br />
▪ Set an Auburn single-season scoring record of 716 points (prev. Carolyn Jones)<br />
▪ Ranks second on Auburn’s all-time rebounding list with 1,047 total rebounds<br />
▪ Her 600 career free throws stands as a school record, surpassing the previous mark by more than 150 made free throws<br />
▪ Averaged 17.2 points and 8.3 rebounds in four seasons at Auburn<br />
▪ SEC Player of the Year (2009)<br />
▪ Naismith, Wooden and Wade Award Finalist (2009)<br />
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▪ State Farm/WBCA All-America First Team (2008-09)<br />
▪ USBWA and ESPN.<strong>com</strong> First Team All-American (2008-09)<br />
▪ AP Second Team All-American (2008-09)<br />
▪ Honorable Mention All-American (2007-08)<br />
▪ Three-time First Team All-SEC (2008-09, 2007-08, 2006-07)<br />
▪ Associated Press First Team All-SEC (2007-08)<br />
▪ SEC All-Tournament Team (2007-08)<br />
▪ SEC All-Freshman Team (2005-06)<br />
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Spent the 2011-12 offseason playing for Perfumerias Avenida in Salamanca, Spain… Ranked second in scoring (19.3 points per game) and<br />
third in rebounding (9.6) during Euroleague play.<br />
▪ Named a <strong>2012</strong> Euroleague All-Star<br />
▪ Named the 2011 top shooting guard in Europe by Eurobasket.<strong>com</strong><br />
▪ Spent the 2010-11 offseason playing for Rivas Ecopolis in Madrid, Spain… Ranked third in scoring (18.8 points per game) and ninth in<br />
rebounding (8.5 rebounds) for Euroleague play.<br />
▪ Named a 2011 Euroleague All-Star.<br />
▪ Spent 2009-10 offseason playing for Frisco Sika Brno in Brno, Czech Republic<br />
▪ Gold medalist - USA Basketball U21 National Team FIBA Americas U21 Championship<br />
▪ Gold medalist - USA Basketball U20 National Team in FIBA Americas U20 Championship<br />
PERSONAL<br />
▪ Daughter of LaShelle Bonner and Greg McCall<br />
▪ Has three siblings: two sisters (Vin'Centia Dewberry & Erica Mccall) and one brother (Justin Mccall)<br />
▪ Wears No. 24 in honor of her mother, who wore the number in high school<br />
▪ Attended Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Alabama, where she became the first athlete in school history to have her jersey retired on<br />
April 24, 2009<br />
▪ Aside from basketball, enjoys volleyball and cooking<br />
CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2009 PHOENIX 34 724 127 278 .457 2 13 .154 125 154 .812 70 126 196 5.8 13 0.4 70 0 23 25 381 11.2<br />
2010 PHOENIX 32 813 132 284 .465 19 53 .358 100 119 .840 67 129 196 6.1 40 1.3 58 0 22 37 383 12.0<br />
2011 PHOENIX 34 857 120 279 .430 35 102 .343 90 99 .909 62 176 238 7.0 27 0.8 61 0 34 36 365 10.7<br />
TOTALS 100 2394 379 841 .451 56 168 .333 315372.847 199 431 630 6.3 80 0.8 189 0 79 98 112911.3<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2009 PHOENIX 11 186 34 69 .493 0 1 .000 29 35 .829 17 30 47 4.3 3 0.3 13 0 5 6 97 8.8<br />
2010 PHOENIX 4 91 11 24 .458 3 4 .750 5 6 .833 3 10 13 3.3 2 0.5 14 0 3 7 30 7.5<br />
2011 PHOENIX 5 179 23 66 .348 5 23 .217 12 14 .857 11 36 47 9.4 6 1.2 10 0 7 6 63 12.6<br />
TOTALS 20 456 68 159 .428 8 28 .286 46 55 .836 31 76 107 5.4 11 0.6 37 0 15 19 190 9.5<br />
CAREER FINALS STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2009 PHOENIX 5 75 11 25 .440 0 0 — 15 19 .789 7 9 16 3.2 1 0.2 6 0 2 5 37 7.4<br />
TOTALS 5 75 11 25 .440 0 0 — 15 19 .789 7 9 16 3.2 1 0.2 6 0 2 5 37 7.4<br />
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CANDICE DUPREE FORWARD<br />
HEIGHT: 6-2<br />
WEIGHT: 175<br />
BIRTHDATE: August 16, 1984<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Midwest City, Oklahoma<br />
COLLEGE: Temple ’06<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 6 years<br />
ACQUIRED: Acquired from Chicago in a threeteam<br />
trade on March 30, 2010<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 27 at WAS, 8/28 32 at MIN, 7/24/10<br />
Field Goals Made 10 at WAS, 8/28 13 at MIN, 7/24/10<br />
Field Goals Attempted 17 vs. SAN, 6/17 26 at DET, 7/10/07<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made 1 at MIN, 7/13 3 Twice<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted 2 vs. IND, 6/19 5 Twice<br />
Free Throws Made 7 at WAS, 8/28 10 Three times<br />
Free Throws Attempted 8 vs. SAN, 8/20 12 Twice<br />
Offensive Rebounds 8 vs. IND, 6/19 8 Twice<br />
Defensive Rebounds 13 vs. LA, 9/3 14 vs. IND, 8/7/07<br />
Total Rebounds 19 vs. LA, 9/3 20 vs. IND, 8/7/07<br />
Assists 6 at CON, 8/26 7 vs. DET, 8/31/08<br />
Steals 3 vs. IND, 6/19 5 at SAC, 7/7/09<br />
Blocks 4 vs. MIN, 8/9 4 Three Times<br />
Minutes Played 40 vs. IND, 6/19 52 vs. SEA, 7/14/10<br />
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<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ Three-time <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star (2009, 2007, 2006)<br />
▪ Has appeared in all 34 games in five of her six seasons… Missed just one game in her career (2007)… Has played 203 career games since<br />
entering the league in 2006… Only one player has played more games in that span (Michelle Snow-204)<br />
▪ Has started all but three games she has played in for her career (200/203), including all 34 in each of the last four seasons and 33-of-33 in<br />
2007… Only Nicole Powell (202) has started more games than Dupree since the 2006 season<br />
▪ Has started 142 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the <strong>WNBA</strong> and 10th longest in <strong>WNBA</strong> history<br />
▪ Has started 68 consecutive games in a Mercury uniform, tied for the fifth-longest streak in franchise history (105-Jennifer Gillom)<br />
▪ Holds Mercury franchise record for highest field goal percentage in a season (.664, 2010), which is the second-best performance in league<br />
history<br />
▪ Holds Mercury franchise record for most field goals made in a game without a miss (9; June 12, 2010)… Made 14 consecutive field goals<br />
from June 10-12, 2010, tying the second-best performance in <strong>WNBA</strong> history.<br />
▪ Owns franchise record for most double-digit rebound games in a Mercury uniform (19)<br />
▪ Holds three of the top four single-game rebounding performances in franchise history, including a franchise-record 19 rebounds on<br />
Sept. 3, 2011<br />
▪ Owns 21 career 20-point, 10-rebound performances and seven with the Mercury, second most in franchise history (Jennifer Gillom-8)<br />
▪ Owns 46 career double-doubles, including a franchise record 18 in a Mercury uniform<br />
▪ Recorded a single-season franchise record 10 double-doubles in 2011, including a franchise record four consecutive from June 10-21<br />
▪ Owns franchise record for highest field goal percentage in a Mercury career (.605)<br />
▪ Made 32 consecutive free throws from July 24, 2010-June 10, 2011, tying the fourth longest streak in franchise history<br />
▪ A four-time Western Conference Player of the Week<br />
▪ <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Rookie Team (2006)<br />
▪ Was acquired from Chicago on March 30, 2010 in a three-team trade that sent Cappie Pondexter and Kelly Mazzante to New York<br />
▪ Originally selected sixth overall (first round) by the Chicago Sky in the 2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft… Was the first draft pick in Chicago franchise<br />
history<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> SEASON<br />
▪ Started all 34 games, the only Mercury player to do so… Finished the season with the 10th longest streak of consecutive starts in <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
history (142), the longest active streak in the league<br />
▪ Led the team in minutes played (1,075), field goal percentage (.548), total rebounds (279) and rebound average (8.2)<br />
▪ Sept. 3: Played her 200th career game<br />
▪ June 20: Named the Western Conference Player of the Week… fourth such award of her career<br />
▪ Shot 54.8 percent (198/361) from the field, the third highest single-season performance in franchise history<br />
▪ Shot at least 60 percent from the field 14 times<br />
▪ Aug. 23: Became the 27th <strong>WNBA</strong> player with 3,000 career points and just the third player to reach the mark in a Mercury uniform (Diana<br />
Taurasi, Penny Taylor)<br />
▪ Sept. 8: Became the 19th player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history with 3,000 career points and 1,500 career rebounds<br />
▪ Recorded two 20-15 performances… Owns three for her career<br />
▪ Recorded four 20-10 games this season… Owns 21 in her career and seven with the Mercury, second most in franchise history (Jennifer<br />
Gillom-8)<br />
▪ June 19-21: Recorded her third career back-to-back 20-point, 10-rebound performance<br />
▪ June 10-21: Recorded four consecutive double-doubles, tying the longest streak in franchise history<br />
▪ Recorded 10 double-doubles, the highest single-season total in franchise history… One of just five <strong>WNBA</strong> players with 10+ double-doubles<br />
▪ Sept. 3: Grabbed a franchise-record 19 rebounds and franchise-record 13 defensive rebounds<br />
▪ Grabbed 279 rebounds, the highest single-season total in franchise history<br />
▪ Grabbed 193 defensive rebounds, the highest single-season total in franchise history<br />
▪ Grabbed 86 offensive rebounds, tying the second-highest single-season total in franchise history<br />
▪ Averaged 8.2 rebounds per game, the highest single-season average in franchise history<br />
▪ June 10-21: Recorded 10+ rebounds in four consecutive games, tying the longest streak in franchise history<br />
▪ Recorded 11 double-digit rebound games… Surpassed Adrian Williams for the most double-digit rebound games in a Mercury uniform<br />
(19)… Broke Williams’ mark in just 55 games, <strong>com</strong>pared to 130 games for Williams<br />
▪ Aug. 9: Blocked the 200th shot of her career<br />
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COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ Graduated from Temple University, where she played for <strong>WNBA</strong> great Dawn Staley. The two later became the only coach-player duo to<br />
<strong>com</strong>pete against each other in the <strong>WNBA</strong> in 2006<br />
▪ As a senior, played in every game for the Owls, averaging 17.4 points and 8.0 rebounds<br />
▪ In 2006, was nominated for pre-season John R. Wooden Award and pre-season WBCA/State Farm Wade Trophy<br />
▪ In 2005, was named AP All-American Honorable Mention, Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year<br />
▪ Two-Time Most Outstanding Player in the Atlantic 10 Tournament (2004, 2005)<br />
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Spent the 2011-12 offseason playing for Spartak M VR in Moscow, Russia<br />
▪ Named the 2011 top power forward in Europe by Eurobasket.<strong>com</strong><br />
▪ Spent the 2010-11 offseason playing for Good Angels in Kosice, Slovakia.<br />
▪ Averaged a double-double in 2011 Euroleague play with 15.4 points (17th best in Euroleague) and 10.2 rebounds (third best).<br />
▪ Gold medalist - USA Basketball National Team FIBA World Championship for Women 2010<br />
▪ Spent 2009-10 playing for Good Angels in Kosice, Slovakia. She ranked first in all of Euroleague in rebounding (11.0 rpg) and third in<br />
scoring (18.9 ppg)<br />
▪ Three-time Euroleague Women All-Star (2011, 2010, 2009) and starter in 2010 and 2011. In 2010, started alongside Mercury teammate<br />
Diana Taurasi, posting 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds<br />
▪ Made her debut with USA Basketball Women’s National Team in October 2009 at the Ekaterinburg International Invitational in Russia<br />
▪ Spent 2008-09 offseason playing for Wisla Can-Pack in Krakow, Poland<br />
▪ Spent 2007-08 offseason playing for Wisla Can-Pack in Krakow, Poland<br />
PERSONAL<br />
▪ Grew up in Tampa, Florida and owns a home there<br />
▪ Has a twin sister, Crystal, and younger sister, Shayna<br />
▪ Is very close to her mother, who she describes as her biggest inspiration and craziest fan<br />
▪ Has a dog named Little Bit, a Shihpoo (half schitzoo and half toy poodle)<br />
▪ Her game is often <strong>com</strong>pared to that of Tim Duncan<br />
▪ One of the most interesting places she’s visited is Auschwitz, Poland, near where she played during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 offseasons<br />
▪ Favorite movie is Sister Act 2<br />
▪ Enjoys watching HGTV, specifically shows like House Hunters<br />
▪ Loves to shop for sneakers<br />
CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2006 CHICAGO 34 1034 186 407 .457 0 5 .000 95 122 .779 55 133 188 5.5 60 1.8 72 0 43 25 467 13.7<br />
2007 CHICAGO 33 1078 210 471 .446 0 5 .000 124 160 .775 79 175 254 7.7 46 1.4 82 1 29 41 544 16.5<br />
2008 CHICAGO 34 1119 208 455 .457 1 7 .143 138 177 .780 77 193 270 7.9 78 2.3 78 0 36 45 555 16.3<br />
2009 CHICAGO 34 1186 204 476 .429 24 62 .387 102 130 .785 76 192 268 7.9 75 2.2 54 0 35 41 534 15.7<br />
2010 PHOENIX 34 1014 231 348 .664 0 1 .000 73 78 .936 75 182 257 7.6 45 1.3 84 0 35 28 535 15.7<br />
2011 PHOENIX 34 1075 198 361 .548 1 6 .167 98 115 .852 86 193 279 8.2 61 1.8 74 1 19 25 495 14.6<br />
TOTALS 203 6506 1237 2518 .491 26 86 .302 630 782 .806 448 1068 1516 7.5 365 1.8 444 2 197 205 3130 15.4<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2010 PHOENIX 4 129 34 54 .630 0 0 — 15 16 .938 10 23 33 8.3 5 1.3 13 0 6 3 83 20.8<br />
2011 PHOENIX 5 163 35 58 .603 0 1 .000 7 8 .875 11 17 28 5.6 3 0.6 16 1 3 4 77 15.4<br />
TOTALS 9 292 69 112 .616 0 1 .000 22 24 .917 21 40 61 6.8 8 0.9 29 1 9 7 160 17.8<br />
CAREER ALL-STAR STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2006 CHICAGO 1 12 4 8 .500 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 4 5 5.0 2 2.0 0 0 1 0 8 8.0<br />
2007 CHICAGO 1 14 4 5 .800 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 4 4 4.0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 8 8.0<br />
2009 CHICAGO 1 17 5 12 .417 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 4 2 6 6.0 2 2.0 0 0 1 0 12 12.0<br />
TOTALS 3 43 13 25 .520 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 5 10 15 5.0 4 1.3 0 0 3 0 28 9.3<br />
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ALEXIS GRAY-LAWSON GUARD<br />
HEIGHT: 5-8<br />
WEIGHT: 180<br />
BIRTHDATE: April 21, 1987<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Oakland, California<br />
COLLEGE: California ’10<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 1 year<br />
ACQUIRED: Signed with the Mercury<br />
on Feb. 24, 2011<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 12 vs. TUL, 9/8 12 vs. TUL, 9/8/11<br />
Field Goals Made 6 vs. TUL, 9/8 6 vs. TUL, 9/8/11<br />
Field Goals Attempted 9 vs. NY, 8/23 9 vs. NY, 8/23/11<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made 3 vs. MIN, 9/11 3 vs. MIN, 9/11/11<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted 7 vs. NY, 8/23 7 vs. NY, 8/23/11<br />
Free Throws Made 4 Twice 4 Twice<br />
Free Throws Attempted 4 Three Times 4 Three Times<br />
Offensive Rebounds 1 Five Times 1 Five Times<br />
Defensive Rebounds 5 vs. NY, 8/23 5 vs. NY, 8/23/11<br />
Total Rebounds 6 vs. NY, 8/23 6 vs. NY, 8/23/11<br />
Assists 5 at IND, 6/28 5 at IND, 6/28/11<br />
Steals 2 at TUL, 7/8 2 at TUL, 7/8/11<br />
Blocks - -<br />
Minutes Played 28 vs. NY, 8/23 28 vs. NY, 8/23/11<br />
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<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ Originally selected by the Washington Mystics in the third round (30th overall) of the 2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
▪ Waived by the Mystics prior to the 2010 season<br />
▪ Signed a training camp contract with the Mercury on Feb. 24, 2011… made the team<br />
▪ Appeared in 27 games her rookie season with the Mercury, playing at least 10 minutes 15 times<br />
▪ Played nine games as backup point guard due to team injuries… averaged 3.9 points and 2.6 assists in 16.9 minutes in those nine games<br />
▪ June 24: Scored her first career <strong>WNBA</strong> points with five on 2-of-3 shooting at Atlanta<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ All-Pac 10 First Team (2010, 2009)<br />
▪ Pac-10 All-Defensive Team (2010)<br />
▪ Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention (2009)<br />
▪ All-Pac 10 Second Team (2008)<br />
▪ Pac 10 Freshman of the Year (2006)<br />
▪ Women’s Basketball News Service All-Freshman Team (2006)<br />
▪ Pac 10 All-Freshman Team (2006)<br />
▪ 2010 WNIT Champion<br />
▪ Played just nine games in 2006-07 before suffering a season-ending knee injury<br />
▪ First on the California career list for made 3-pointers (148)<br />
▪ Was named one of the top five shooting guards in the nation by ESPN.<strong>com</strong> in a 2008-09 preseason ranking.<br />
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Spent the 2011-12 offseason playing for Hapoel Rishon in Israel<br />
▪ Spent the 2010-11 offseason playing in the Turkish League for Samsun Basketbol<br />
▪ Participated on the 2009 Team USA squad that <strong>com</strong>peted at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia<br />
PERSONAL<br />
▪ Grew up in Oakland, Calif.<br />
▪ Majored in legal studies and social welfare at CAL<br />
▪ Is taking LSAT in summer of <strong>2012</strong><br />
▪ Is interested in be<strong>com</strong>ing a DA for social welfare<br />
▪ Enjoys lyrical writing<br />
CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2011 PHOENIX 27 308 33 83 .398 15 43 .349 23 28 .821 5 15 20 0.7 35 1.3 30 0 6 0 104 3.9<br />
TOTALS 27 308 33 83 .398 15 43 .349 23 28 .821 5 15 20 0.7 35 1.3 30 0 6 0 104 3.9<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2011 PHOENIX 2 14 1 6 .167 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 2 0 2 1.0 1 0.5 1 0 0 0 4 2.0<br />
TOTALS 2 14 1 6 .167 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 2 0 2 1.0 1 0.5 1 0 0 0 4 2.0<br />
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ALEXIS HORNBUCKLE GUARD<br />
HEIGHT: 5-10<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 4 years<br />
WEIGHT: 168<br />
ACQUIRED: Acquired from Minnesota in a<br />
BIRTHDATE: October 16, 1985<br />
sign-and-trade deal on Feb. 2,<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Charleston, West Virginia<br />
<strong>2012</strong>, in exchange for a 2013<br />
COLLEGE: Tennessee ’08<br />
second round draft pick<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 7 at PHX, 9/11 14 Twice<br />
Field Goals Made 3 at PHX, 9/11 6 at MIN, 9/9/09<br />
Field Goals Attempted 3 Four Times 12 at PHX, 6/14/08<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made 1 Five Times 3 vs. SAN, 8/23/09<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted 3 vs. LA, 8/20 5 Twice<br />
Free Throws Made 2 at TUL, 6/30 6 Twice<br />
Free Throws Attempted 2 Twice 10 at WAS, 9/6/08<br />
Offensive Rebounds 2 vs. CON, 7/9 7 at PHX, 6/14/08<br />
Defensive Rebounds 5 at ATL, 6/19 9 Twice<br />
Total Rebounds 5 at ATL, 6/19 15 at PHX, 6/14/08<br />
Assists 2 Four Times 7 vs. SAN, 8/23/09<br />
Steals 2 Twice 7 vs. HOU, 5/17/08<br />
Blocks 1 Three Times 3 vs. NY, 6/25/10<br />
Minutes Played 20 at PHX, 9/11 40 vs. NY, 9/10/09<br />
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ALEXIS HORNBUCKLE (CONTINUED)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ Two-time <strong>WNBA</strong> Champion (2008-Detroit, 2011-Minnesota)<br />
▪ Only women’s basketball player to win NCAA Championship and <strong>WNBA</strong> Title in same year<br />
▪ Best statistical season in 2009 with the Detroit Shock: 6.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.7 assists<br />
▪ Drafted by the Detroit Shock in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
▪ Followed the Shock franchise to Tulsa following the 2009 season... Was traded to Minnesota on July 26, 2010 in exchange for Rashanda McCants<br />
▪ Acquired by Phoenix on Feb. 2, <strong>2012</strong> in a sign-and-trade deal that sent a 2013 second round draft pick to the Lynx<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ Two-time NCAA National Champion with the Tennessee Volunteers (2007, 2008)<br />
▪ Two-time All-SEC First Team selection (2007, 2008)<br />
▪ Named to the All-SEC Defensive Team in 2008<br />
▪ Selected to the SEC All-Tournament Team in 2007<br />
▪ All-SEC Freshman Team in 2005<br />
▪ As a freshman was awarded Tennessee’s diamond ring for best unifying the team<br />
▪ After her junior season, joined Chamique Holdsclaw and Tamika Catchings as the only three Lady Vols to amass 900+ points, 500+<br />
rebounds, 350+ assists, 250+ steals and 50+ blocks<br />
▪ Tennessee’s career leader in steals (373)<br />
▪ Recorded 503 career assists, fourth-most in school history<br />
▪ Her senior season recorded her 500th career assist in the same NCAA Final Four game that she hit the game-winning shot with 0.3<br />
seconds left to beat LSU and advance to the championship game<br />
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Spent the 2011-12 offseason playing for Hapoel Tel-Aviv in Israel averaging 17.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists<br />
▪ Spent the 2010-11 offseason playing for Ramat Hasharon in Israel and later for Tarsus in Turkey<br />
▪ Spent the 2009-10 offseason playing for PeKa (Finland) and Elizur Holon (Israel)<br />
▪ Was a member of the 2004 Pan-American games team that won Gold in Brazil<br />
PERSONAL<br />
▪ Modeled her game after Cynthia Cooper<br />
▪ Grew up in Dunbar, West Virginia<br />
▪ Loves almost all music, including R&B, jazz and hip hop<br />
CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 DETROIT 34 747 63 178 .354 16 45 .356 42 66 .636 53 85 138 4.1 71 2.1 97 1 79 10 184 5.4<br />
2009 DETROIT 32 850 81 213 .380 25 64 .391 26 48 .542 46 112 158 4.9 86 2.7 93 2 42 9 213 6.7<br />
2010 TUL.-MIN. 28 510 44 129 .341 14 49 .286 24 30 .800 21 51 72 2.6 57 2.0 71 1 41 13 126 4.5<br />
2011 MIN. 29 208 12 32 .375 5 17 .294 2 4 .500 6 27 33 1.1 16 0.6 30 0 10 3 31 1.1<br />
TOTALS 123 2314 200 552 .362 60 175 .343 94 148 .635 126 275 401 3.3 230 1.9 291 4 172 35 554 4.5<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 DETROIT 9 220 18 42 .429 6 16 .375 15 20 .750 12 32 44 4.9 19 2.1 21 0 11 7 57 6.3<br />
2009 DETROIT 5 177 22 45 .489 3 9 .333 6 6 1.000 8 22 30 6.0 20 4.0 19 1 9 3 53 10.6<br />
2011 MIN. 4 15 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 5 5 1.000 3 2 5 1.3 5 1.3 1 0 0 2 11 2.8<br />
TOTALS 18 412 43 92 .467 9 26 .346 26 31 .839 23 56 79 4.4 44 2.4 41 1 20 12 121 6.7<br />
CAREER FINALS STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 DETROIT 3 76 6 16 .375 2 5 .400 7 10 .700 6 10 16 5.3 10 3.3 6 0 5 3 21 7.0<br />
TOTALS 3 76 6 16 .375 2 5 .400 7 10 .700 6 10 16 5.3 10 3.3 6 0 5 3 21 7.0<br />
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CHARDE HOUSTON FORWARD<br />
HEIGHT: 6-0<br />
WEIGHT: 193<br />
BIRTHDATE: April 10, 1986<br />
BIRTHPLACE: San Diego, California<br />
COLLEGE: Connecticut ’08<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 4 years<br />
ACQUIRED: Acquired from Minnesota<br />
Feb. 24, <strong>2012</strong> in a sign-and-trade<br />
deal that also exchanged second<br />
round picks<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 9 Twice 26 Twice<br />
Field Goals Made 4 Twice 12 at PHX, 7/29/10<br />
Field Goals Attempted 8 at CON, 8/16 23 at PHX, 7/29/10<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made 2 vs. PHX, 8/2 4 Four Times<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted 3 Twice 9 Twice<br />
Free Throws Made 3 at PHX, 7/20 8 vs. SEA, 9/5/09<br />
Free Throws Attempted 4 at PHX, 7/20 9 vs. SEA, 9/5/09<br />
Offensive Rebounds 1 10 Times 4 Three Times<br />
Defensive Rebounds 4 Twice 11 at PHX, 7/29/10<br />
Total Rebounds 5 Twice 13 Twice<br />
Assists 2 Twice 5 at SAC, 6/16/09<br />
Steals 2 at TUL, 6/30 5 at NY, 8/23/09<br />
Blocks 1 Twice 3 Three Times<br />
Minutes Played 17 vs. PHX, 8/2 39 at IND, 8/22/10<br />
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PLAYERS MEDIA GUIDE <strong>2012</strong><br />
CHARDE HOUSTON (CONTINUED)<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ <strong>WNBA</strong> champion (2011-Minnesota)<br />
▪ 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star<br />
▪ Named the recipient of the Dawn Staley Community Leadership award in 2011<br />
▪ Selected by Minnesota in the third round (30th overall) of the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
▪ Acquired from Minnesota Feb. 24, <strong>2012</strong> in a sign-and-trade deal that also exchanged second round picks<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> SEASON<br />
▪ Named the recipient of the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award<br />
▪ Appeared in 27 games as a reserve for the <strong>WNBA</strong> Champion Minnesota Lynx<br />
▪ Did not play on June 9 at Seattle, ending a consecutive games played streak at 80 games<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ Two-time AP All-America Honorable Mention (2007 and 2008)<br />
▪ Finished her career at UConn ranked 22nd on the all-time scoring list with 1,365 points and eighth all-time with 132 career blocks<br />
▪ 2008 Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player during UConn's three-game run to the ’08 title<br />
▪ Second Team All-Big East selection as a junior<br />
▪ 2007 Big East All-Tournament Team<br />
▪ Finalist for the Naismith Award (2007)... Naismith Award Watch List (2006)<br />
▪ 2006 Big East Honorable Mention<br />
▪ All-Big East Third team as a freshman and Big East All-Freshman Team<br />
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Spent the 2011-12 offseason playing for Istanbul University (Turkey) and later Maccabi Ramat Hen (Israel)<br />
▪ Spent the 2010-11 offseason playing for Good Angels Kosice (Slovakia) and later for Elizur Ramla (Israel)<br />
▪ Spent the 2009-10 offseason playing for Tarbes (France) and later USK Praha (Czech Republic) and finally USK Praha (Prague)<br />
▪ Spent the 2008-09 season playing for Raanana Hertzliya (Israel), and was named the league’s MVP<br />
▪ Member of the Gold Medal-winning Pan American Games team in 2007, the first U.S. squad to capture Gold since 1997<br />
PERSONAL<br />
▪ Full name is Charde Lakishia Houston... Daughter of Dorothy Green and Terry Houston<br />
▪ Graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2008 with a degree in Sociology<br />
▪ Became the all-time leading scorer in California high school history (3,837 points), breaking Cheryl Miller’s mark<br />
▪ Named McDonald’s, WBCA and Street and Smith’s All-American as a senior at San Diego High School<br />
▪ Loves fashion<br />
▪ Founded Project Y.O.U. (Youth Opportunities Unlimited) to educate, motivate and empower today’s youth<br />
CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 MIN. 33 581 116 236 .492 0 0 — 60 81 .741 27 95 122 3.7 28 0.8 70 0 30 13 292 8.8<br />
2009 MIN. 34 792 175 376 .465 23 69 .333 72 99 .727 44 142 186 5.5 59 1.7 107 2 43 21 445 13.1<br />
2010 MIN. 34 758 153 368 .416 46 126 .365 50 71 .704 32 106 138 4.1 46 1.4 70 0 43 20 402 11.8<br />
2011 MIN. 27 210 31 85 .365 6 23 .261 9 12 .750 10 37 47 1.7 14 0.5 34 0 9 2 77 2.9<br />
TOTALS 128 2340 475 1065 .446 75 218 .344 191 263 .726 113 380 493 3.9 147 1.1 281 2 125 56 1216 9.5<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2011 MIN. 2 12 3 8 .375 0 1 .000 0 0 — 2 2 4 2.0 1 0.5 2 0 1 1 6 3.0<br />
TOTALS 2 12 3 8 .375 0 1 .000 0 0 — 2 2 4 2.0 1 0.5 2 0 1 1 6 3.0<br />
CAREER ALL-STAR STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2009 MIN. 1 17 7 10 .700 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 6.0 1 1.0 0 0 3 0 16 16.0<br />
TOTALS 1 17 7 10 .700 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 6.0 1 1.0 0 0 3 0 16 16.0<br />
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ANDREA RILEY GUARD<br />
HEIGHT: 5-5<br />
WEIGHT: 136<br />
BIRTHDATE: July 22, 1988<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Dallas, Texas<br />
COLLEGE: Oklahoma State ’10<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 2 years<br />
ACQUIRED: Acquired from Tulsa on Jan. 12, <strong>2012</strong><br />
in exchange for Temeka Johnson<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 20 vs. SAN, 9/11 20 vs. SAN, 9/11/11<br />
Field Goals Made 6 Three Times 6 Three Times<br />
Field Goals Attempted 15 Twice 15 Twice<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made 4 vs. SAN, 9/11 4 vs. SAN, 9/11/11<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted 9 at CHI, 7/13 10 at PHX, 5/15/10<br />
Free Throws Made 8 at LA, 9/9 8 at LA, 9/9/11<br />
Free Throws Attempted 8 at LA, 9/9 8 at LA, 9/9/11<br />
Offensive Rebounds 1 Five Times 2 vs. IND, 8/10/10<br />
Defensive Rebounds 6 at LA, 9/9 6 at LA, 9/9/11<br />
Total Rebounds 7 at LA, 9/9 7 at LA, 9/9/11<br />
Assists 6 vs. SAN, 9/11 6 Twice<br />
Steals 5 at SAN, 8/6 5 at SAN, 8/6/11<br />
Blocks 1 Three Times 1 Four Times<br />
Minutes Played 39 vs. SAN, 9/11 39 vs. SAN, 9/11/11<br />
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ANDREA RILEY (CONTINUED)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ Selected by Los Angeles in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
▪ Acquired by Tulsa from Los Angeles in exchange for a <strong>2012</strong> second round pick<br />
▪ Acquired by Phoenix on Jan. 12, <strong>2012</strong> in exchange for Temeka Johnson<br />
▪ Made her <strong>WNBA</strong> debut on May 15, 2010 against Phoenix as a member of the Sparks… Recorded 16 points and four assists<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> SEASON<br />
▪ Played 33 of Tulsa’s 34 games after giving birth to daughter Tiana on March 29, 2011, missing only the first game of the season<br />
▪ Started 10 of those 33 games, including the final five games of the season in place of the injured Ivory Latta… averaged 13.2 points and<br />
3.8 assists in those five games<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ Averaged 26.7 points per game as a senior at Oklahoma State, be<strong>com</strong>ing the first player in Big 12 history to lead the league in scoring for<br />
three straight seasons<br />
▪ Named a unanimous First Team All-Big 12 Selection in 2010<br />
▪ AP Second Team All-America in 2010<br />
▪ 2010 Nancy Lieberman Award recipient as the nation’s top point guard<br />
PERSONAL<br />
▪ Daughter Tiana was born on March 29, 2011, prior to the start of Riley’s second <strong>WNBA</strong> season<br />
▪ Very active on Twitter at @a_RiLeY10<br />
▪ Enjoys going to the movies, citing Avengers as her favorite new movie<br />
▪ Grew up in Dallas, Texas<br />
▪ Enjoys online shopping<br />
CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2010 L.A. 29 224 27 89 .303 15 51 .294 31 37 .838 5 17 22 0.8 29 1.0 23 0 14 1 100 3.4<br />
2011 TULSA 33 626 64 204 .314 24 112 .214 47 55 .855 5 33 38 1.2 58 1.8 77 0 32 3 199 6.0<br />
TOTALS 62 850 91 293 .311 39 163 .239 78 92 .848 10 50 60 1.0 87 1.4 100 0 46 4 299 4.8<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2010 L.A. 1 2 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 1 2 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 05<br />
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NAKIA SANFORD FORWARD/CENTER<br />
HEIGHT: 6-4<br />
WEIGHT: 190<br />
BIRTHDATE: May 10, 1976<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Lithonia, Georgia<br />
COLLEGE: Kansas ’99<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 9 years<br />
ACQUIRED: Signed as a free agent<br />
on Feb. 24, 2011<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 14 at CON, 8/26 25 Twice<br />
Field Goals Made 6 at CON, 8/26 10 vs. CHI, 7/9/06<br />
Field Goals Attempted 9 vs. CON, 8/7 14 vs. CHI, 7/9/06<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made - -<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted - -<br />
Free Throws Made 7 at SAN, 7/28 15 at HOU, 6/22/07<br />
Free Throws Attempted 8 Twice 18 at HOU, 6/22/07<br />
Offensive Rebounds 6 vs. CHI, 7/1 8 at SAC, 8/12/07<br />
Defensive Rebounds 8 Twice 10 Three Times<br />
Total Rebounds 11 at CON, 8/26 15 at CON, 8/19/07<br />
Assists 3 at IND, 6/28 5 Twice<br />
Steals 1 Seven Times 4 Three Times<br />
Blocks 2 at IND, 6/28 3 Three Times<br />
Minutes Played 27 at SEA, 9/9 39 Three Times<br />
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NAKIA SANFORD (CONTINUED)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ Has played in 204 of her team’s last 205 regular season games<br />
▪ Has played in 203 games since the start of the 2006 season… Only Michelle Snow (204) has played more in that span<br />
▪ Tallied 1,750+ points and 1,250+ rebounds in her career<br />
▪ Recorded her best season statistically in 2007 with 11.0 points and 7.1 rebounds per game while shooting 53.0 percent from the field, all<br />
career highs<br />
▪ Originally signed as a free agent with the Washington Mystics on April 30, 2003<br />
▪ Signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Mercury on Feb. 24, 2011<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> SEASON<br />
▪ Appeared in 33 of the team’s 34 games… Has played in 204 of her team’s last 205 regular season games<br />
▪ June 10: First DNP since 2005, snapping a streak of 173 consecutive games played<br />
▪ Started the final 16 games of the season<br />
▪ Aug. 26: Grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds, her first double-digit rebound game since July 23, 2008<br />
▪ Aug. 26: Recorded her 14th career double-double<br />
▪ Scored in double figures four times<br />
▪ Shot 48.4 percent from the field, her best since 2007 (.530)<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ Two-time All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (1997, 1999)<br />
▪ Graduated from Kansas ranked fourth on the school’s all-time career rebounding list (832) and blocked shots list (89)<br />
▪ Left Kansas ranked fifth on the school’s all-time career minutes played list (3,403)<br />
▪ Appeared in 128 career games, then the second-most of any player in Jayhawks history<br />
▪ A member of the 1995-96 Kansas team that won the final Big Eight title<br />
▪ A member of the 1996-97 Kansas team that won the first ever Big 12 title<br />
▪ Made four trips to the NCAA tournament, including the school’s first two Sweet Sixteen appearances (1996, 1998)<br />
▪ Graduated in 1999 with career averages of 7.6 points and 6.5 rebounds<br />
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Spent 2011-12 offseason playing with TED Kayseri in Turkey<br />
▪ Spent 2010-11 offseason playing with TED Kayseri in Turkey<br />
▪ Spent 2009-10 offseason playing in Ibita, Spain<br />
▪ Spent 2008-09 season playing in the Eurocup for Vologda-Chevakata<br />
▪ Spent 2007-08 offseason playing for Umana Reyer in Venezia, Italy<br />
▪ Spent 2006-07 offseason playing for Umana Reyer in Venezia, Italy<br />
▪ Spent 2005-06 offseason playing in Israel<br />
PERSONAL<br />
▪ Parents are Jackie and Gary Johnson and Jerome and Angela Choates<br />
▪ Has two puppies: Zoe, a shih tzu, and Lea, a rescue yorkie<br />
▪ Raised in Decatur, Ga.<br />
▪ Majored in broadcast journalism<br />
▪ Founded the Betty Ann Robinson foundation, which provides support to young people (www.thebarfoundation.net)<br />
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NAKIA SANFORD (CONTINUED)<br />
CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2003 WASH. 17 134 20 40 .500 0 0 — 9 20 .450 10 16 26 1.5 1 0.1 35 0 3 2 49 2.9<br />
2004 WASH. 31 653 63 126 .500 0 0 — 43 75 .573 53 101 154 5.0 18 0.6 99 0 18 16 169 5.5<br />
2005 WASH. 27 293 29 60 .483 0 0 — 30 62 .484 15 30 45 1.7 6 0.2 50 0 10 11 88 3.3<br />
2006 WASH. 34 888 112 216 .519 0 0 — 77 125 .616 69 134 203 6.0 36 1.1 118 2 28 21 301 8.9<br />
2007 WASH. 34 994 123 232 .530 0 0 — 129 194 .665 100 142 242 7.1 23 0.7 141 5 27 28 375 11.0<br />
2008 WASH. 34 795 90 199 .452 0 0 — 49 123 .398 77 116 193 5.7 40 1.2 138 3 21 11 229 6.7<br />
2009 WASH. 34 663 77 164 .470 0 0 — 59 102 .578 55 92 147 4.3 22 0.6 109 1 26 14 213 6.3<br />
2010 WASH. 34 608 76 159 .478 0 0 — 53 76 .697 51 92 143 4.2 25 0.7 100 1 25 8 205 6.0<br />
2011 PHOENIX 33 476 46 95 .484 0 0 — 45 60 .750 50 87 137 4.2 12 0.4 73 1 7 7 137 4.2<br />
TOTALS 278 5505 636 1291 .493 0 0 — 494 837 .590 480 810 1290 4.6 183 0.7 863 13 165 118 1766 6.4<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2004 WASH. 3 62 4 12 .333 0 0 — 5 6 .833 8 11 19 6.3 0 0.0 12 0 2 1 13 4.3<br />
2006 WASH. 2 60 5 15 .333 0 1 .000 3 11 .273 7 9 16 8.0 1 0.5 5 0 3 0 13 6.5<br />
2009 WASH. 2 35 5 7 .714 0 0 — 0 2 .000 3 2 5 2.5 3 1.5 10 1 0 1 10 5.0<br />
2010 WASH. 2 28 5 7 .714 0 0 — 1 2 .500 3 3 6 3.0 1 0.5 8 0 1 1 11 5.5<br />
2011 PHOENIX 4 80 7 11 .636 0 0 — 5 10 .500 7 11 18 4.5 1 0.3 13 0 1 3 19 4.8<br />
TOTALS 13 264 26 52 .500 0 1 .000 14 31 .452 28 36 64 4.9 6 0.5 48 1 7 6 66 5.1<br />
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DIANA TAURASI GUARD<br />
HEIGHT: 6-0<br />
WEIGHT: 163<br />
BIRTHDATE: June 11, 1982<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Glendale, California<br />
COLLEGE: Connecticut ’04<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 8 years<br />
ACQUIRED: Signed a multi-year contract extension<br />
with the Mercury on Sept. 12, 2011<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 36 at SEA, 9/9 47 at HOU, 8/10/06<br />
Field Goals Made 11 at SEA, 6/4 17 at HOU, 8/10/06<br />
Field Goals Attempted 23 Twice 33 Twice<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made 6 at SEA, 9/9 8 Twice<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted 13 vs. CON, 8/7 16 at HOU, 8/10/06<br />
Free Throws Made 13 at SAN, 9/1 17 vs. HOU, 9/7/08<br />
Free Throws Attempted 14 vs. MIN, 7/20 18 vs. HOU, 9/7/08<br />
Offensive Rebounds 2 vs. SEA, 8/16 4 at HOU, 7/22/08<br />
Defensive Rebounds 8 vs. CON, 8/7 11 at NY, 7/26/09<br />
Total Rebounds 8 Twice 13 at NY, 7/26/09<br />
Assists 8 at MIN, 7/13 11 vs. CHI, 8/1/10<br />
Steals 3 Twice 7 vs. MIN, 8/8/06<br />
Blocks 4 vs. MIN, 9/11 5 Twice<br />
Minutes Played 38 Twice 49 vs. SEA, 7/14/10<br />
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<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ Two-time <strong>WNBA</strong> Champion (2009, 2007)<br />
▪ Five-time <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star (2011, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005)… There was no All-Star game in 2004, 2008 or 2010<br />
▪ 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> MVP<br />
▪ 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals MVP<br />
▪ Seven-time All-<strong>WNBA</strong> First Team (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004)<br />
▪ Two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008, 2004)<br />
▪ <strong>WNBA</strong>-best five-time Peak Performer as the league’s leading scorer… four-straight… five times in the last six seasons… won the closest<br />
scoring race in <strong>WNBA</strong> history in 2011, outscoring Atlanta’s Angel McCoughtry by .07 points per game<br />
▪ All-<strong>WNBA</strong> Second Team (2005)<br />
▪ Named one the 15 greatest players in <strong>WNBA</strong> history during the league’s 15th anniversary celebration in 2011<br />
▪ <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Decade Team Honorable Mention<br />
▪ 2004 <strong>WNBA</strong> Rookie of the Year<br />
▪ No. 1 overall pick by Phoenix in the 2004 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
▪ Five-time ESPY award winner including twice for Best <strong>WNBA</strong> Player (2011, 2010), twice for Best Female College Athlete (2003, 2004) and<br />
once as the Best Female Athlete (2004)<br />
▪ 14-time Player of the Week (once in 2011, three times in 2010, once in 2009, four times in 2008, twice in 2007, twice in 2006, once in<br />
2005), tied for third-most in <strong>WNBA</strong> history<br />
▪ Mercury all-time franchise leader in 16 categories: seasons, games played, minutes played, points scored, scoring average, field goals made,<br />
field goal attempts, 3-pointers, 3-point attempts, free throws made, free throw attempts, rebounds, defensive rebounds, assists, steals,<br />
blocks.<br />
▪ Was just the second player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to record 5,000 career points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists<br />
▪ Was the fastest player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to record 4,500 points, 1,000 rebounds and 900 assists (224 games)<br />
▪ Was the fastest player in league history to eclipse 4,000 career points (197 games)<br />
▪ Was the first player in league history to record 500 or more points in each of her first five seasons… has scored 500 or more points in<br />
each of her eight <strong>WNBA</strong> seasons, the longest streak by any player in league history.<br />
▪ The only player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to score 600 or more points in six consecutive seasons (2006-2011).<br />
▪ Only player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to record 800 points in a season… has done so twice (860 in 2006, 820 in 2008)<br />
▪ Since entering the league in 2004, has scored a league-high 5,423 points, over 1,100 more than second place (Lauren Jackson-4,293)<br />
▪ Owns the <strong>WNBA</strong> record for most consecutive games with at least one made three-pointer (55 games)<br />
▪ Scored in double figures in a franchise-record 50 consecutive games (July 1, 2009 – Aug. 13, 2010)<br />
▪ Owns league scoring records for scoring average in a season (25.3 ppg), points in a season (860), and shares single-game record (47)<br />
▪ Second player all-time to record multiple 40-point games in the same season (2006; Smith)… Has most career 40-point games in <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
history (three)<br />
▪ Five career back-to-back 30-point performances, most in <strong>WNBA</strong> history (one in 2008, two in 2006, two in 2010)<br />
▪ 34 career 30-point efforts, most in <strong>WNBA</strong> history<br />
▪ Scored 20 or more points in a <strong>WNBA</strong>-record 13 consecutive games (final 12 games of 2006 and first game of 2007)<br />
▪ Has scored 20 or more points 150 times in her career, the most in <strong>WNBA</strong> history<br />
▪ Scored 10 or more points in a franchise-record 50 consecutive games from July 1, 2009 – Aug. 13, 2010.<br />
▪ Became the fourth player in league history with 600 made threes<br />
▪ Owns seven career double-doubles, including two with points/assists<br />
2011 SEASON<br />
▪ 2011 All-<strong>WNBA</strong> First Team<br />
▪ Voted by fans as a starter for her fifth career All-Star game<br />
▪ 2011 Peak Performer for leading the league in scoring with 21.6 points per game… Won the closest scoring race in <strong>WNBA</strong> history (.07<br />
points over Angel McCoughtry)<br />
▪ Led the league in scoring for the fourth straight season, fifth time in the last six years<br />
▪ Scored 23.4 points per game in the month of August, the seventh best scoring month in franchise history<br />
▪ Scored 15+ points in a franchise-record 18 straight games to end the season (active streak entering <strong>2012</strong>)<br />
▪ Scored 20+ points 23 times<br />
▪ Scored 20+ points in nine straight games from Aug. 2-30, her longest streak since a <strong>WNBA</strong>-record 13 straight in 2007<br />
▪ Scored 30+ points three times<br />
▪ Shot 44.9 percent from the field, the second best performance of her career (45.2, 2006)<br />
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▪ Sept. 9: Scored 28 first-half points, three shy of the <strong>WNBA</strong> record… Made six first-half 3-pointers, tying the <strong>WNBA</strong> record she shares with<br />
Sue Bird<br />
▪ Sept. 1: Scored 18 points on two made field goals, the second most points scored on two or fewer field goals in <strong>WNBA</strong> history<br />
▪ Sept. 1: Made 13-of-13 free throws, second most made in a game without a miss in <strong>WNBA</strong> history (shares the record with two others, 14)<br />
▪ Aug. 20-23: Missed two games with back spasms<br />
▪ Aug. 15: Named Western Conference Player of the Week for the 14th time in her career<br />
▪ July 28: Recorded the 1,000th assist of her career… Became just the second player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history with 5,000 career points, 1,000<br />
rebounds and 1,000 assists (Katie Smith).<br />
▪ July 23: Was named one of the 15 greatest players in <strong>WNBA</strong> history<br />
▪ July 15: Became the fifth player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to score 5,000 career points… quickest to do so in just 243 games.<br />
▪ July 13: Won ESPY for Best <strong>WNBA</strong> Player for the second straight year… her fifth career ESPY.<br />
▪ July 13: Recorded her 300th career steal<br />
▪ June 28: Became the fourth player in league history with 600 made threes<br />
▪ June 4: Scored 31 points, the best performance of her career in a <strong>WNBA</strong> season opener… Three points shy of the best season opening<br />
performance in <strong>WNBA</strong> history<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ Led UCONN to three consecutive national championships (2002, 2003, 2004)<br />
▪ NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player in two consecutive seasons (2003, 2004)<br />
▪ Naismith Player of the Year Award (best female player in the nation) winner in two consecutive seasons (2003, 2004)<br />
▪ Just the fourth player ever to win back-to-back Naismith awards (Cheryl Miller, Dawn Staley, Chamique Holdsclaw)<br />
▪ Named to the first women’s Wooden Award All-American team for senior season<br />
▪ 2003-04 Big East Player of the Year<br />
▪ 2004 AP All-American<br />
▪ 2002, 2003, 2004 All-BIG EAST First Team<br />
▪ First player in UCONN history to finish career with 2,000 points, 600 assists and 600 rebounds<br />
▪ 2003 USBWA National Player of the Year<br />
▪ 2003 Honda Trophy Award winner for basketball<br />
▪ 2003 Wade Trophy recipient<br />
▪ 2003 BIG EAST All-Tournament team<br />
▪ 2001 Kodak All-American and AP Second Team All-American<br />
▪ 2001-02 Naismith Player of the Year and Honda Award for Women’s Basketball Finalist<br />
▪ Named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA East Region in 2001<br />
▪ Named 2001 BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player, the first rookie ever to earn the honor<br />
▪ 2001 BIG EAST All-Rookie Team<br />
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Won gold medal at the 2010 FIBA World Championships<br />
▪ Member of the 2008 USA Basketball Senior National Team that captured the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics<br />
▪ Two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008, 2004)<br />
▪ Named 2006 Female Athlete of the Year by USA Basketball<br />
▪ Member of the bronze medal-winning 2006 USA National Team at the World Championships in Brazil<br />
▪ Averaged 14.3 points in nine games (8-1), second-most behind leading scorer Tina Thompson<br />
▪ Youngest member of the gold medal-winning 2004 US Women’s National Team in the Athens Olympics<br />
▪ Earned a bronze medal as a member of the 2001 USA Junior World Championship team<br />
▪ Earned a gold medal as a member of the 2000 USA Basketball Women’s Junior World Championship Qualifying team<br />
▪ Member of the 2001 All-FIBA Junior World Championship team<br />
▪ Named July 2001 USA Basketball “Female Athlete of the Month”<br />
▪ Spent 2011-12 offseason playing for Galatasaray in Istanbul, Turkey where she led the league in scoring with 20.9 points per game.<br />
▪ Spent 2010-11 offseason playing for Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Turkey<br />
▪ Spent 2009-10 offseason playing for Spartak Moscow in Russia where she led the league in scoring with 24.9 points per game<br />
▪ Spent 2008-09 offseason playing for Spartak Moscow in Russia where she led the league in scoring with 20.5 points per game<br />
▪ Spent 2007-08 offseason playing for Spartak Moscow in Russia<br />
▪ Spent 2006-07 offseason playing for Spartak Moscow in Russia<br />
▪ Spent 2005-06 offseason playing for Dynamo in Russia<br />
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PERSONAL<br />
▪ Born Diana Lurena Taurasi, goes by the nickname “Dee”<br />
▪ Mother Lili is from Argentina and father Mario Taurasi, once a pro soccer goalie, hails from Taurasi, Italy<br />
▪ Has an older sister, Jessika<br />
▪ Spanish is the language of choice spoken in the Taurasi household<br />
▪ Sociology major at UCONN<br />
▪ Scored 3,047 career points at Don Lugo High School in Chino, CA<br />
▪ Received the 2000 Cheryl Miller Award, presented by the LA Times to the best player in Southern California<br />
▪ Lists “Above the Rim” as her favorite basketball movie and “Duck Tales” as her favorite cartoon growing up<br />
▪ Would like to play one-on-one against Magic Johnson<br />
▪ A favorite pass time is ironing<br />
▪ First car was a 1986 Toyota Corolla that was “the ugliest thing”<br />
▪ In 2006, launched official website: dianataurasi.<strong>com</strong><br />
CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2004 PHOENIX 34 1130 209 503 .416 62 188 .330 98 129 .760 28 121 149 4.4 132 3.9 117 4 43 25 578 17.0<br />
2005 PHOENIX 33 1089 175 427 .410 56 179 .313 121 151 .801 22 116 138 4.2 150 4.5 111 2 38 28 527 16.0<br />
2006 PHOENIX 34 1152 298 660 .452 121 305 .397 143 183 .781 25 97 122 3.6 139 4.1 100 2 42 27 860 25.3<br />
2007 PHOENIX 32 1025 206 468 .440 95 259 .367 106 127 .835 18 117 135 4.2 137 4.3 106 1 45 34 613 19.2<br />
2008 PHOENIX 34 1083 258 579 .446 89 247 .360 215 247 .870 26 146 172 5.1 121 3.6 125 2 46 46 820 24.1<br />
2009 PHOENIX 31 976 200 434 .461 79 194 .407 152 170 .894 18 160 178 5.7 109 3.5 95 0 36 43 631 20.4<br />
2010 PHOENIX 31 998 212 497 .427 80 214 .374 198 217 .912 12 120 132 4.3 146 4.7 110 0 38 19 702 22.6<br />
2011 PHOENIX 32 965 208 463 .449 81 205 .395 195 216 .903 13 88 101 3.2 114 3.6 113 0 24 20 692 21.6<br />
TOTALS 261 8417 1766 4031 .438 663 1791 .370 1228 1440 .853 162 965 1127 4.3 1048 4.0 877 11 312 242 5423 20.8<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 9 299 64 127 .504 32 82 .390 19 26 .731 6 33 39 4.3 27 3.0 31 1 13 7 179 19.9<br />
2009 PHOENIX 11 362 82 182 .451 31 85 .365 50 56 .893 9 56 65 5.9 42 3.8 41 2 8 14 245 22.3<br />
2010 PHOENIX 4 125 26 55 .473 13 24 .542 9 11 .818 3 18 21 5.3 15 3.8 14 1 7 3 74 18.5<br />
2011 PHOENIX 5 156 33 83 .398 8 28 .286 26 28 .929 1 15 16 3.2 12 2.4 21 1 1 1 100 20.0<br />
TOTALS 29 941 205 447 .459 84 219 .384 104 121 .860 19 122 141 4.9 96 3.3 107 5 29 25 598 20.6<br />
CAREER FINALS STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 5 163 35 71 .493 18 46 .391 11 16 .688 5 25 30 6.0 12 2.4 21 1 7 6 99 19.8<br />
2009 PHOENIX 5 175 32 86 .372 12 41 .293 26 31 .839 4 30 34 6.8 14 2.8 20 0 3 8 102 20.4<br />
TOTALS 10 338 67 157 .427 30 87 .345 37 47 .787 9 55 64 6.4 26 2.6 41 1 10 14 201 20.1<br />
CAREER ALL-STAR STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2005 PHOENIX 1 24 3 8 .375 2 6 .333 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 2.0 4 4.0 0 0 1 0 10 10.0<br />
2006 PHOENIX 1 19 3 11 .273 3 8 .375 0 0 — 0 2 2 2.0 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 9 9.0<br />
2007 PHOENIX 1 25 5 11 .455 2 8 .250 1 1 1.000 0 4 4 4.0 9 9.0 2 0 0 1 13 13.0<br />
2009 PHOENIX 1 21 7 11 .636 2 6 .333 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 4.0 4 4.0 0 0 0 0 18 18.0<br />
2011 PHOENIX 1 24 5 14 .357 3 11 .273 0 0 — 0 3 3 3.0 7 7.0 1 0 0 0 13 13.0<br />
TOTALS 5 114 23 55 .418 12 39 .308 5 5 1.000 1 14 15 3.0 26 5.2 4 0 1 1 63 12.6<br />
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HEIGHT: 6-1<br />
WEIGHT: 165<br />
BIRTHDATE: May 24, 1981<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Melbourne, Australia<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 10 years<br />
ACQUIRED: Re-signed with the Mercury<br />
on April 16, 2010<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 30 at SAN, 6/21 33 vs. PHX, 8/1/03<br />
Field Goals Made 11 at SAN, 6/21 13 vs. NY, 8/9/07<br />
Field Goals Attempted 18 at CON, 8/26 23 at ORL, 6/8/02<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made 5 at LA, 8/12 6 Twice<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted 10 at CON, 8/26 12 at TUL, 5/25/10<br />
Free Throws Made 13 vs. SAN, 8/20 14 vs. HOU, 6/24/07<br />
Free Throws Attempted 13 vs. SAN, 8/20 15 Twice<br />
Offensive Rebounds 3 Twice 7 vs. MIN, 7/22/07<br />
Defensive Rebounds 10 at ATL, 6/24 10 at ATL, 6/24/11<br />
Total Rebounds 10 at ATL, 6/24 11 Four Times<br />
Assists 10 vs. SAN, 6/17 10 vs. SAN, 6/17/11<br />
Steals 5 vs. WAS, 7/15 6 vs. SEA, 7/17/07<br />
Blocks 1 11 Times 4 Twice<br />
Minutes Played 38 at LA, 8/12 51 vs. SEA, 7/14/10<br />
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<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ Two-time <strong>WNBA</strong> Champion (2009, 2007)<br />
▪ 2006 World Championships MVP for Australia, gold medalist<br />
▪ Three-time <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star (2011, 2007, 2002)<br />
▪ 2007 All-<strong>WNBA</strong> First Team<br />
▪ 2011 All-<strong>WNBA</strong> Second Team<br />
▪ No. 1 pick, 2004 Cleveland dispersal draft (Phoenix)<br />
▪ No. 11 pick, 2001 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft (Cleveland)<br />
▪ Two-time Olympic silver medalist for Australia (2008, 2004)<br />
▪ Ten-year <strong>WNBA</strong> veteran, seven-year member of the Mercury… second-longest tenure in franchise history (Taurasi-8)… Did not play in<br />
2008 due to <strong>com</strong>mitment to the Australian National Team for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games<br />
▪ Eight 30-point efforts since joining the Mercury, tied for second-most in franchise history (Taurasi-31, Pondexter-8)<br />
▪ Second highest career field goal percentage in franchise history (.487 entering <strong>2012</strong>)<br />
▪ Mercury franchise leader in career 3-point percentage (.406 entering <strong>2012</strong>) and free throw percentage (.877)<br />
▪ Shot better than 40 percent from the 3-point line five times in her career, including three straight seasons (2009-11)… Only Jennifer Azzi<br />
owns a longer record in <strong>WNBA</strong> history (five straight, 1999-2003)<br />
▪ Second on the Mercury franchise career rebounding chart (923)<br />
▪ Has made the second-most three-pointers in franchise history (193)<br />
▪ Owns 10 career double-doubles, including one with points/assists<br />
▪ Made a franchise-record 38 consecutive free throws from July 6-Aug. 17, 2010… Owns two of the three longest streaks in franchise history<br />
(34, June 9-24, 2007)<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> SEASON<br />
▪ All-<strong>WNBA</strong> Second Team<br />
▪ <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star<br />
▪ Surpassed Jennifer Gillom for second on the Mercury career rebounding chart (923)<br />
▪ Shot a career-high 51.1 percent from the field<br />
▪ Shot better than 40 percent from the 3-point line for the fifth time in her career and the third straight season… Only Jennifer Azzi owns a<br />
longer record in <strong>WNBA</strong> history (five straight, 1999-2003)<br />
▪ Averaged 16.7 points per game, second-high average of her career, highest since 2007 (17.8)<br />
▪ Second straight season averaging more than 15.0 points per game, third in the last four seasons<br />
▪ Averaged 4.7 assists per game, second most of her career<br />
▪ Averaged more than 4.5 assists per game in consecutive seasons for the first time in her career (5.0 in 2010)<br />
▪ Averaged 4.7 rebounds, fourth-highest average of her career, most since 2007<br />
▪ Averaged 21.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in two games without running mate Diana Taurasi<br />
▪ Recorded two double-doubles, one with points/rebounds and one with points/assists<br />
▪ Recorded one 30-point effort, the eighth of her career, tied for the second most in franchise history<br />
▪ Scored 20+ points six times<br />
▪ Aug. 11-26: Scored 14+ points in six straight games, her longest streak since 2007<br />
▪ June 17-28: Recorded 5+ assists in six straight games<br />
▪ June 17: Recorded her 100th career block<br />
▪ June 25: Became the 25th player in league history to score 3,500 career points<br />
▪ June 27: Named Western Conference Player of the Week, the second such award of her career<br />
▪ July 5: Made her 300th career 3-point field goal<br />
▪ July 26: Recorded 800th assist of her career<br />
▪ Aug. 20: Shot 13-of-13 from the free throw line, the second most free throws made without a miss in <strong>WNBA</strong> history<br />
▪ Missed five of the last six games of the regular season with muscle spasms…Returned for the playoffs<br />
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INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Spent 2011-12 offseason playing for Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Turkey<br />
▪ Named by Eurobasket.<strong>com</strong> the top Player of 2011 in Europe and the small forward of the year<br />
▪ Spent 2010-11 offseason playing for Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Turkey<br />
▪ Spent 2009-10 offseason playing for Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Turkey<br />
▪ Spent 2008-09 offseason playing for UMMC Ekaterinburg in Ekaterinburg, Russia<br />
▪ Helped lead the Australian National Team to a silver medal in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China<br />
▪ Spent 2007-08 offseason playing for UMMC Ekaterinburg in Ekaterinburg, Russia<br />
▪ Spent 2006-07 offseason playing for Famila Basket in Shio, Italy<br />
▪ Spent 2005-06 offseason playing for Famila Basket in Shio, Italy<br />
▪ Named the Most Valuable Player at the 2006 FIBA World Championships in Brazil<br />
▪ 2006 gold medalist at the World Championships in Brazil<br />
▪ 2004 silver medalist as a member of the Australian Women’s National Team in Athens Olympics<br />
▪ 2000 bronze medalist in the Sydney Olympics as a member of the Australian Women’s National Team<br />
▪ During the 2005 offseason, played for Termomeccanica La Spezia in the Italian Championship<br />
▪ Played for WNBL Dandenong Rangers from 1998-2002<br />
▪ Led the league in scoring with 25.5 ppg and steals with 2.5 spg during the 2000-01<br />
▪ Named the WNBL Most Valuable Player during the 2000-01 season and was selected to the WNBL All-Star Five<br />
▪ Member of the 1999 WNBL championship team<br />
▪ 1997-98: Played for the AIS (Australian Institute of Sports)<br />
PERSONAL<br />
▪ Full name is Penelope Jane Taylor<br />
▪ Has been a member of the Australian National Team since 1998<br />
▪ Began playing basketball at the age of four and decided she wanted to pursue basketball professionally when she was offered a scholarship<br />
with the AIS<br />
▪ Says her favorite place to be is on the beach with a good book<br />
▪ Her parents are Michael Taylor and Denna Noble<br />
▪ She has one brother (Phillip) and one sister (Heather)<br />
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CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2001 CLEVELAND 32 561 86 225 .382 22 73 .301 36 46 .783 36 76 112 3.5 44 1.4 46 0 35 11 230 7.2<br />
2002 CLEVELAND 30 908 133 320 .416 38 111 .342 87 102 .853 51 107 158 5.3 68 2.3 66 0 37 11 391 13.0<br />
2003 CLEVELAND 34 898 143 340 .421 34 99 .343 78 95 .821 44 104 148 4.4 80 2.4 53 0 38 10 398 11.7<br />
2004 PHOENIX 33 1076 150 310 .484 41 96 .427 93 108 .861 51 109 160 4.8 82 2.5 108 1 52 14 434 13.2<br />
2005 PHOENIX 29 852 121 261 .464 38 94 .404 102 118 .864 38 82 120 4.1 94 3.2 86 2 38 11 382 13.2<br />
2006 PHOENIX 20 536 98 220 .445 24 65 .369 57 66 .864 32 81 113 5.7 51 2.6 57 1 29 9 277 13.9<br />
2007 PHOENIX 34 1010 198 397 .499 34 90 .378 175 198 .884 73 141 214 6.3 98 2.9 120 2 51 22 605 17.8<br />
2009 PHOENIX 14 283 50 108 .463 10 25 .400 43 48 .896 12 22 34 2.4 32 2.3 32 0 18 2 153 10.9<br />
2010 PHOENIX 32 959 173 340 .509 46 104 .442 117 131 .893 32 109 141 4.4 161 5.0 88 2 47 9 509 15.9<br />
2011 PHOENIX 29 864 164 321 .511 45 112 .402 111 127 .874 28 113 141 4.9 135 4.7 67 1 49 11 484 16.7<br />
TOTALS 287 7947 1316 2842 .463 332 869 .382 8991039 .865 397 944 1341 4.7 845 2.9 723 9 394 110 3863 13.5<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2001 CLEVELAND 3 59 8 25 .320 2 11 .182 3 4 .750 2 7 9 3.0 3 1.0 4 0 6 1 21 7.0<br />
2003 CLEVELAND 3 99 16 36 .444 3 10 .300 10 12 .833 1 12 13 4.3 3 1.0 10 0 6 1 45 15.0<br />
2007 PHOENIX 9 311 52 112 .464 8 20 .400 62 68 .912 24 47 71 7.9 34 3.8 33 0 16 10 174 19.3<br />
2009 PHOENIX 11 265 49 93 .527 15 31 .484 44 51 .863 10 28 38 3.5 37 3.4 23 0 4 2 157 14.3<br />
2010 PHOENIX 4 127 18 38 .474 5 9 .556 15 17 .882 5 14 19 4.8 27 6.8 6 0 8 2 56 14.0<br />
2011 PHOENIX 5 154 22 46 .478 4 13 .308 10 12 .833 4 22 26 5.2 15 3.0 17 0 4 1 58 11.6<br />
TOTALS 35 1014 165 350 .471 37 94 .394 144 164 .878 46 130 176 5.0 119 3.4 93 0 44 17 511 14.6<br />
CAREER FINALS STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 5 173 24 57 .421 2 10 .200 43 47 .915 16 23 39 7.8 16 3.2 20 0 9 4 93 18.6<br />
2009 PHOENIX 5 126 24 39 .615 6 9 .667 24 27 .889 5 11 16 3.2 13 2.6 10 0 3 0 78 15.6<br />
TOTALS 10 299 48 96 .500 8 19 .421 67 74 .905 21 34 55 5.5 29 2.9 30 0 12 4 171 17.1<br />
CAREER ALL-STAR STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2002 CLEVELAND 1 17 4 8 .500 0 2 .000 1 1 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 9 9.0<br />
2007 PHOENIX 1 15 1 6 .167 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 3 1 4 4.0 2 2.0 2 0 3 0 4 4.0<br />
2011 PHOENIX 1 15 5 7 .714 1 3 .333 0 0 — 3 2 5 5.0 2 2.0 0 0 0 1 11 11.0<br />
TOTALS 3 47 10 21 .476 2 8 .250 2 3 .667 7 5 12 4.0 4 1.3 2 0 5 1 24 8.0<br />
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KRYSTAL THOMAS CENTER<br />
HEIGHT: 6-5<br />
WEIGHT: 197<br />
BIRTHDATE: June 10, 1989<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Orlando, Florida<br />
COLLEGE: Duke ’11<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 1 year<br />
ACQUIRED: Signed to a seven-day contract on<br />
Aug. 13, 2011… signed for the<br />
remainder of the season Aug. 20, 2011<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON/CAREER HIGHS<br />
2011 SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS<br />
Points 4 Three Times 4 Three Times<br />
Field Goals Made 2 Three Times 2 Three Times<br />
Field Goals Attempted 5 vs. TUL, 9/8/11 5 vs. TUL, 9/8/11<br />
Three Point Field Goals Made - -<br />
Three Point Field Goals Attempted - -<br />
Free Throws Made 2 at WAS, 8/28 2 at WAS, 8/28/11<br />
Free Throws Attempted 2 Twice 2 Twice<br />
Offensive Rebounds 3 vs. TUL, 9/8 3 vs. TUL, 9/8/11<br />
Defensive Rebounds 3 at MIN, 7/29 3 at MIN, 7/29/11<br />
Total Rebounds 4 vs. TUL, 9/8 4 vs. TUL, 9/8/11<br />
Assists 1 Twice 1 Twice<br />
Steals 2 at MIN, 7/29 2 at MIN, 7/29/11<br />
Blocks 4 at SEA, 9/9 4 at SEA, 9/9/11<br />
Minutes Played 22 vs. TUL, 9/8 22 vs. TUL, 9/8/11<br />
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KRYSTAL THOMAS (CONTINUED)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> SEASON<br />
▪ Drafted by the Seattle Storm in the third round (36th overall) of the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
▪ Waived by Seattle on July 21… re-signed to a seven-day contract on July 24<br />
▪ Signed by the Phoenix Mercury to a seven-day contract on August 13<br />
▪ Signed by the Mercury for the remainder of the season Aug. 20<br />
▪ Appeared in eight of her 11 games with the Mercury, playing at least 17 minutes four times<br />
▪ Scored in six of her eight games with Phoenix<br />
▪ Appeared in seven of 17 games with Seattle, never playing more than six minutes<br />
▪ Made her Mercury debut Aug. 23 vs. New York, making both of her field goal attempts and scoring a career-high four points<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ Averaged 6.1 points and 5.8 rebounds in four years at Duke University<br />
▪ Selected to the All-ACC Third Team as a senior<br />
▪ Grabbed 300 rebounds in 2010-11, the third-most in Duke single-season history<br />
▪ 2010-11: Named Full Court Press ACC Defensive Player of the Year<br />
▪ 2010-11: Led the ACC in rebounding with a 9.0 average in the regular season (10.3 rebounds per game in conference play)<br />
PERSONAL<br />
▪ Full name is Krystal Victoria Thomas<br />
▪ Daughter of the late Natalie Thomas… father is Victor Thomas<br />
▪ Guardians are Don and Sheri Deluzio<br />
▪ Has one brother, Victory (15), and three sisters, Loren (20), Erika (17) and Kelli (11)<br />
▪ Deluzio family includes Alexa (22), Ben (16), Brynna (11), Joe (10)<br />
CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2011 SEA.-PHO. 15 120 10 17 .588 0 0 — 3 6 .500 5 7 12 0.8 2 0.1 22 0 2 7 23 1.5<br />
TOTALS 15 120 10 17 .588 0 0 — 3 6 .500 5 7 12 0.8 2 0.1 22 0 2 7 23 1.5<br />
CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2011 SEA.-PHO. 4 20 1 3 .333 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 5 3 8 2.0 1 0.3 2 0 1 0 4 1.0<br />
TOTALS 4 20 1 3 .333 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 5 3 8 2.0 1 0.3 2 0 1 0 4 1.0<br />
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SAMANTHA PRAHALIS GUARD<br />
HEIGHT: 5-7<br />
WEIGHT: 129<br />
BIRTHDATE: January 23, 1990<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Commack, New York<br />
COLLEGE: Ohio State ’12<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: Rookie<br />
ACQUIRED: Selected by the Mercury with the sixth<br />
overall pick in the <strong>2012</strong> <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ 2011-12 Wade Trophy, Wooden and Lieberman Awards finalist<br />
▪ 2011-12 AP All-America Second Team<br />
▪ 2011-12 Big Ten Player of the Year<br />
▪ 2011-12 All-Big Ten First Team<br />
▪ As a senior, ranked 1-2 in the conference in assists and scoring, and sixth in steals<br />
▪ Finished college career as the Big Ten’s all-time leader in assists (901)<br />
▪ One of just two Division I players to record at least 2,000 points and 900 assists in a career<br />
(Courtney Vandersloot)<br />
▪ 2010-11 NCAA Dayton Regional All-Tournament Team,<br />
▪ 2010-11 All-Big Ten Second Team (media) and Third Team (coaches)<br />
▪ 2009-10 WBCA/State Farm and AP All-America Hon. Mention<br />
▪ 2009-10 First Team All-Big Ten<br />
▪ 2008-09 Big Ten Freshman of the Year<br />
▪ 2008-09 All-Big Ten Second Team (media) and Hon. Mention (coaches)<br />
▪ 2008-09 NCAA Reg. All-Tournament Team<br />
COLLEGE CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS 3-PT F.G.’S<br />
YEAR G FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% FG FGA FG% REB AST STL BL PTS AVG<br />
2008-09 35 113 328 .345 96 123 .780 36 140 .257 102 203 68 4 358 10.2<br />
2009-10 36 201 471 .427 132 163 .810 54 145 .372 136 289 63 3 588 16.3<br />
2010-11 31 159 403 .395 95 115 .826 38 141 .270 108 215 49 1 451 14.5<br />
2011-12 30 212 482 .440 118 140 .843 62 176 .352 125 191 66 6 604 20.1<br />
TOTALS 132 685 1684 .407 441 541 .815 190 602 .316 471 898 246 14 2001 15.2<br />
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C’EIRA RICKETTS GUARD<br />
HEIGHT: 5-9<br />
WEIGHT: 144<br />
BIRTHDATE: February 22, 1990<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Louisville, Kentucky<br />
COLLEGE: Arkansas ’12<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: Rookie<br />
ACQUIRED: Selected by the Mercury in the<br />
second round (24th overall) of<br />
the <strong>2012</strong> <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ As a senior, led the Razorbacks to a 24-9 overall record (10-6 SEC), and the school’s first<br />
NCAA tournament appearance since 2003<br />
▪ 2011-12 All-SEC First Team honors<br />
▪ Ranked second in steals (tied) and assist/turnover ratio, fourth in assists and 16th in scoring<br />
as a senior<br />
▪ 2010-11 All-SEC Second-Team pick in both the coaches and media poll<br />
▪ 2008-09 Associated Press SEC New<strong>com</strong>er of the Year and Full Court Press Freshman<br />
All-America Team<br />
▪ Finished her career ranked seventh in points (1,537), 10th in rebounding (664), third in assists<br />
(516), sixth in field goals made (606), third in field goal attempts (1,498) and first in career<br />
steals (320) in school history.<br />
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COLLEGE CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG<br />
2008-09 32-30 1020/31.9 156-365 .427 12-54 .222 78-111 .703 65 137 202 6.3 56 0 125 84 16 82 402 12.6<br />
2009-10 30-30 1007/33.6 127-313 .406 7-32 .219 29-55 .527 52 99 151 5.0 53 1 121 95 23 73 290 9.7<br />
2010-11 34-34 1145/33.7 171-449 .381 29-83 .349 101-148 .682 31 130 161 4.7 49 0 127 80 13 77 472 13.9<br />
2011-12 33-33 1027/31.1 152-371 .410 15-57 .263 54-79 .684 48 102 150 4.5 48 0 143 75 11 88 373 11.3<br />
TOTAL 129-127 4199/32.6 606-1498 .405 63-226 .279 262-393 .667 196 468 664 5.1 206 1 516 334 63 320 1537 11.9
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> DRAFT PICKS<br />
CHRISTINE FLORES FORWARD<br />
HEIGHT: 6-3<br />
WEIGHT: 187<br />
BIRTHDATE: July 27, 1990<br />
BIRTHPLACE: San Antonio, Texas<br />
COLLEGE: Missouri ’12<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: Rookie<br />
ACQUIRED: Selected by the Mercury in the<br />
third round (30th overall) of<br />
the <strong>2012</strong> <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ 2011-12 All-Big 12 Second Team<br />
▪ As a senior, ranked second in the conference in scoring and blocks, trailing only Brittney Griner<br />
in both categories<br />
▪ Ranked sixth in the Big 12 in rebounding as a senior<br />
▪ In 2010-11 led Missouri in both free throw percentage and rebounding and ranked second<br />
in scoring<br />
▪ Selected to represent the United States on the 2011 USA Basketball Women’s Pan American<br />
Games Team<br />
COLLEGE CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS 3-PT F.G.’S<br />
YEAR G FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% FG FGA FG% REB AST STL BL PTS AVG<br />
2008-09 28 43 95 .453 33 62 .532 0 2 .000 71 7 12 21 119 4.30<br />
2009-10 30 94 204 .461 90 122 .738 1 5 .200 134 18 22 39 279 9.30<br />
2010-11 30 132 307 .430 102 143 .713 23 68 .338 183 52 19 56 389 13.0<br />
2011-12 31 167 392 .426 149 193 .772 42 117 .359 242 72 35 93 525 16.9<br />
TOTALS 119 436 998 .437 374 520 .719 66 192 .344 630 149 88 209 1312 11.0<br />
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AMANDA JOHNSON FORWARD<br />
HEIGHT: 6-2<br />
WEIGHT: 186<br />
BIRTHDATE: April 21, 1990<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Santa Rosa, California<br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ 1,146 career points rank 18th all-time at Oregon<br />
▪ 701 career rebounds rank ninth all-time at Oregon<br />
▪ 164 career steals rank eighth all-time at Oregon<br />
▪ 124 career three-pointers rank eighth all-time at Oregon<br />
▪ 20 double-doubles rank seventh all-time at Oregon<br />
▪ 2011 Global Sports Cage Classic Most Valuable Player<br />
▪ 2011 Pac-10 Honorable Mention<br />
▪ 2011 <strong>Media</strong> All-Pac-10 Team<br />
▪ 2010 Pac-10 Honorable Mention<br />
▪ 2010 Doyle Higdon Memorial Trophy<br />
▪ 2009 Pac-10 All-Freshman Honorable Mention<br />
COLLEGE CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
COLLEGE: Oregon ’12<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: Rookie<br />
ACQUIRED: Selected by the Mercury in the<br />
third round (33rd overall) of<br />
the <strong>2012</strong> <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS 3-PT F.G.’S<br />
YEAR G FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% FG FGA FG% REB AST STL BL PTS AVG<br />
2008-09 30 86 223 .386 32 42 .762 33 107 .308 163 51 42 7 237 7.90<br />
2009-10 34 176 416 .423 38 47 .809 42 152 .276 290 66 58 45 432 12.7<br />
2010-11 30 180 485 .371 68 90 .756 49 173 .283 248 38 64 27 477 15.9<br />
2011-12 20 130 300 .433 55 67 .821 44 117 .376 192 21 31 10 359 18.0<br />
TOTALS 114 572 1424 .402 193 246 .785 168 549 .306 893 176 195 89 1505 13.2<br />
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CHASTITY REED FORWARD<br />
HEIGHT: 6-1<br />
WEIGHT: 165<br />
BIRTHDATE: March 28, 1989<br />
BIRTHPLACE: New Orleans, Louisiana<br />
COLLEGE: University of Arkansas Little Rock ’11<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 1 year<br />
ACQUIRED: Signed with the Mercury as a<br />
free agent on April 13, <strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
CAREER CAPSULE<br />
▪ Originally selected by Tulsa in the third round (25th overall) of the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
▪ Appeared in 11 games for the Shock, averaging 3.5 points and 1.7 rebounds in 13.2 minutes<br />
per game<br />
▪ Signed with the Mercury as a free agent on April 13, <strong>2012</strong><br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ First UALR Women’s Basketball Player drafted to <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
▪ 2011 Sun Belt Conference Student-Athlete of the Year<br />
▪ 2011 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year<br />
▪ 2011 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player<br />
▪ 2010 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year<br />
▪ Named to 2010-11 John R. Wooden Award Women’s Preseason Top 30 List<br />
▪ Named to 2010-11 Preseason “Wade Watch” List<br />
▪ Associated Press All-American Honorable Mention 2010<br />
▪ State Farm WBCA Coaches’ All-American Finalist 2010<br />
▪ State Farm WBCA Coaches’ All-American Regional Finalist 2009, 2010<br />
▪ First Team All-Sun Belt Conference 2009, 2010, 2011<br />
▪ First Team Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference 2009, 2010<br />
▪ Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team 2009, 2010, 2011<br />
▪ Full Court Press Preseason Mid-Major Top 25 Honorable Mention 2010<br />
▪ Had Jersey Hung in Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Ring of Honor May 2011<br />
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CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MIN FG FGA FG FGA FTM FTA OFF DEF TOT AST STL BLK TO PF PTS<br />
2011 TULSA 11 1 145 17 46 0 1 4 6 2 19 21 8 3 1 12 26 38<br />
CAREER 11 1 145 17 46 0 1 4 6 2 19 21 8 3 1 12 26 38
CAMP INVITEES MEDIA GUIDE <strong>2012</strong><br />
DYMOND SIMON GUARD<br />
HEIGHT: 5-5<br />
WEIGHT: 137<br />
BIRTHDATE: September 29, 1989<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Phoenix, Arizona<br />
COLLEGE: Arizona State ’11<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 1 year<br />
ACQUIRED: Signed with the Mercury as a<br />
free agent on April 13, <strong>2012</strong><br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ 2011 All-Pac 10 Team<br />
▪ 2009 All-Pac 10 Second Team<br />
▪ 2008 Pac10 All-Tournament Team<br />
▪ Earned Pac-10 All-Freshmen honors in 2007<br />
▪ Set ASU’s single-season record for free throw percentage (88.2 percent) in 2009<br />
▪ Concluded her career 11th on ASU’s all-time list in scoring (1,216 points), ninth in three-point<br />
field goals (104) and seventh in career free throw percentage (.801, 254-317).<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
▪ Spent the 2011-12 offseason playing in Croatia<br />
COLLEGE CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
YEAR G FG FGA FG% FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% OFF DEF REB AVG AST STL BL PTS AVG<br />
2010-11 29 123 358 0.344 36 135 0.267 100 124 0.806 17 36 53 1.8 78 39 1 382 13.2<br />
2008-09 29 136 344 0.395 37 97 0.381 90 102 0.882 14 42 56 1.9 95 39 0 399 13.8<br />
2007-08 30 93 261 0.356 21 84 0.250 41 54 0.759 13 28 41 1.4 58 22 0 248 8.3<br />
2006-07 20 77 161 0.478 10 25 0.400 23 37 0.622 13 20 33 1.7 37 32 0 187 9.4<br />
TOTAL 108 429 1124 0.382 104 341 0.305 254 317 0.801 57 126 183 1.7 268 132 1 1216 11.3<br />
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ZANE TAMANE CENTER<br />
HEIGHT: 6-7<br />
WEIGHT: 176<br />
BIRTHDATE: September 24, 1983<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Riga, Latvia<br />
COLLEGE: Western Illinois ’06<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: 1 year<br />
ACQUIRED: Signed with the Mercury as a<br />
free agent on April 13, <strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> CAREER<br />
▪ Originally selected by the Detroit Shock in the third round (35th overall) of the<br />
2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
▪ Signed with the Washington Mystics as a free agent on May 19, 2006 for the remainder<br />
of the season<br />
▪ Signed with the Mercury as a free agent on April 13, <strong>2012</strong><br />
INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Has been playing internationally since her one-year stint in 2006 with the <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
▪ Spent the 2011-12 offseason playing in Turkey with Fenerbahce alongside Mercury forward<br />
Penny Taylor<br />
▪ Has also played for teams in Spain, Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic<br />
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CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MIN FG FGA FG FGA FTM FTA OFF DEF TOT AST STL BLK TO PF PTS<br />
2006 WAS 16 0 105 14 26 0 0 1 2 11 16 27 1 3 3 4 18 29<br />
CAREER 16 0 105 14 26 0 0 1 2 11 16 27 1 3 3 4 18 29
CAMP INVITEES MEDIA GUIDE <strong>2012</strong><br />
BRITTNEY THOMAS GUARD<br />
HEIGHT: 5-11<br />
WEIGHT: 162<br />
BIRTHDATE: February 13, 1989<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Bolingbrook, Illinois<br />
COLLEGE: Michigan State ’11<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: Rookie<br />
ACQUIRED: Signed with the Mercury as a<br />
free agent on April 13, <strong>2012</strong><br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ Finished her career ranked fourth in minutes played (4,026), fifth in assists (401) and games<br />
started (122), sixth in steals (201)<br />
▪ Had a career line of 7.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.6 steals in 32.5 minutes<br />
▪ Led MSU in assists per game in all four seasons<br />
▪ Holds the MSU single-game record with 14 made free throws vs. Purdue (2/6/11)<br />
▪ All-Big Ten Honorable Mention in each of her four seasons<br />
▪ One of five MSU players to be a four-time All-Big Ten selections<br />
▪ Three-time Academic All-Big Ten<br />
▪ Two-time MSU Defensive Player of the Year<br />
▪ All-Big Ten Freshman Team.<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
▪ Played in the Swedish league during the 2011-12 season for Telge<br />
▪ Averaged 13.2 points per game in 32.1 minutes per game in the Swedish league<br />
▪ Averaged 9.3 points in 36.5 minutes per game in Eurocup action<br />
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SEASON GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG<br />
2007-08 37-37 1300/35.1 101-213 .474 5-22 .227 65-88 .739 67 135 202 5.5 113 2 133 145 11 65 272 7.4<br />
2008-09 21-19 683/32.5 47-103 .456 4-16 .250 28-37 .757 31 55 86 4.1 57 2 68 66 4 34 126 6.0<br />
2009-10 33-33 1032/31.3 82-194 .423 21-60 .350 55-70 .786 11 93 104 3.2 80 1 104 89 12 46 240 7.3<br />
2010-11 33-33 1011/30.6 109-253 .431 13-37 .351 63-74 .851 33 69 102 3.1 81 3 96 99 8 56 294 8.9<br />
TOTAL 124-122 4026/32.5 339-763 .444 43-135 .319 211-269 .784 142 352 494 4.0 331 8 401 399 35 201 932 7.5
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AVERY WARLEY FORWARD<br />
HEIGHT: 6-3<br />
WEIGHT: 202<br />
BIRTHDATE: May 17, 1990<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Washington, DC<br />
COLLEGE: Liberty ’12<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> EXP: Rookie<br />
ACQUIRED: Signed with the Mercury as a<br />
free agent on April 26, <strong>2012</strong><br />
COLLEGE CAREER<br />
▪ 2011-12 All-Big South First Team acclaim for third straight year<br />
▪ 2010-11 First team All-Big South<br />
▪ 2010-11 All-Defensive Team<br />
▪ Led the Big South in field goal percentage for the third time<br />
▪ As a senior, broke the Big South season rebounding record held by former <strong>WNBA</strong> player<br />
Katie Feenstra<br />
▪ Ranked in top 15 nationally in rebounds and double-doubles during 2010-11 season<br />
▪ 2009-10 first team All-Big South selection<br />
▪ 2008-09 Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) State Rookie of the Year<br />
NATIONAL TEAM<br />
▪ Selected to represent the United States on the 2011 USA Basketball Women’s Pan American<br />
Games Team<br />
COLLEGE CAREER SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS 3-PT F.G.’S<br />
YEAR G FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% FG FGA FG% REB AST STL BL PTS AVG<br />
2008-09 33 112 179 .626 42 81 .519 0 0 .000 256 11 23 47 266 8.10<br />
2009-10 33 149 247 .603 66 117 .564 0 1 .000 282 13 32 26 364 11.0<br />
2010-11 33 155 250 .620 87 138 .630 0 0 .000 363 26 33 38 397 12.0<br />
2011-12 32 155 269 .576 110 161 .683 0 0 .000 371 20 31 52 420 13.1<br />
TOTALS 131 571 945 .604 305 497 .614 0 1 .000 1272 70 119 163 1447 11.0<br />
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MIGHTY MERCURY OLYMPIANS<br />
Over the years, many Mercury players have earned the honor to represent their respective countries in the<br />
Olympic Games. This year, two-time gold medal-winner Diana Taurasi will join Team USA in its pursuit of a<br />
fifth straight gold medal at the <strong>2012</strong> Olympic Games in London.<br />
Below is a listing of past and present Mercury players who have <strong>com</strong>peted in the Olympics.<br />
PLAYER OLYMPICS COUNTRY MEDAL MERCURY SEASON(S)<br />
Ann Meyers Montreal, 1976 USA Silver 2007-present<br />
Nancy Lieberman Montreal, 1976 USA Silver 1997<br />
Cheryl Miller Los Angeles, 1984 USA Gold 1997-2000<br />
Jennifer Gillom Seoul, 1988 USA Gold 1997-2002<br />
Clarissa Davis Wrightsil Barcelona, 1992 USA Bronze<br />
Nikki McCray Atlanta, 1996 USA Gold 2004<br />
Sydney, 2000 Gold<br />
Diana Taurasi Athens, 2004 USA Gold 2004-present<br />
Beijing, 2008<br />
London, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Gold<br />
Cappie Pondexter Beijing, 2008 USA Gold 2006-09<br />
Michele Timms Barcelona, 1992 Australia — 1997-2001, 2002-05<br />
Atlanta, 1996 Bronze<br />
Sydney, 2000 Silver<br />
Trisha Fallon Atlanta, 1996 Australia Bronze 1999-2002<br />
Sydney, 2000 Silver<br />
Kristi Harrower Sydney, 2000 Australia Silver 1998-99<br />
Athens, 2004 Silver<br />
Beijing, 2008 Silver<br />
Penny Taylor Sydney, 2000 Australia Silver 2004-present<br />
Athens, 2004 Silver<br />
Beijing, 2008 Silver<br />
Carrie Graf Sydney, 2000 Australia Silver 1998-99, 2001, 2003-05<br />
Belinda Snell Athens, 2004 Australia Silver 2005--07<br />
Beijing, 2008 Silver<br />
Maria Stepanova Sydney, 2000 Russia — 1998-99, 2000-01, 2005<br />
Athens, 2004 —<br />
Beijing, 2008 Bronze<br />
Ilona Korstine Athens, 2004 Russia — 2001<br />
Beijing, 2008 Bronze<br />
Mikiko Hagiwara Atlanta, 1996 Japan — 1997-98<br />
Yuko Oga Athens, 2004 Japan — 2008<br />
Adriana Moises Sydney, 2000 Brazil Bronze 2001-02, 2007<br />
Athens, 2004 —<br />
Zane Tamane Beijing, 2008 Latvia — <strong>2012</strong><br />
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#11<br />
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THE PAST, BUILD<br />
FOR THE FUTURE<br />
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After winning championships in 2007 and 2009, optimism was high for 2011 based on the Phoenix Mercury’s recent success in odd years.<br />
Adding to the apparent luck of the calendar, the team returned its core group from the 2010 squad that advanced to the Western Conference<br />
Finals and held a full training camp with its full <strong>com</strong>plement of players, a rarity in the <strong>WNBA</strong>. Diana Taurasi and Penny Taylor received an<br />
unexpected, and much-needed, extended rest prior to the start of the season, Candice Dupree was entering her second full season in “The<br />
System” and Kara Braxton had a full training camp to condition for the up-tempo style.<br />
All of the pieces seemed to be in place but the season got off to a slow start, both in schedule – the Mercury played just three games in the<br />
first three weeks of the <strong>WNBA</strong> season, and in success – Phoenix started 0-3. But then things began to click as the club won 10 of its next 11 games<br />
including a season-high six-game winning streak. The 11-game stretch started with an overtime win at home against perennial Eastern Conference<br />
power Indiana followed by a road win over San Antonio, handing the then-undefeated Silver Stars their first loss of the season. Highlighting the<br />
back end of the six-game win streak was a 39-point home win over the Tulsa Shock, the largest margin of victory in franchise history, and a 112-105<br />
win at Minnesota, the highest scoring regulation game in <strong>WNBA</strong> history, that left the Mercury with the best record in the <strong>WNBA</strong> (10-4).<br />
A week later, however, the Lynx entered the US Airways Center and snapped the Mercury’s six-game winning streak in the final game<br />
before the All-Star Break, a game that featured six of the 12 West All-Stars. The Mercury lost four of its next five games after the break, but<br />
endured a more crucial loss on Aug. 4 when it traded starting center Braxton to the New York Liberty, two days after she was suspended for<br />
conduct detrimental to the team. In return Phoenix received reserve guard/forward Sidney Spencer but ultimately lost the interior presence<br />
acquired in 2010 that was expected to deliver the club’s third championship.<br />
So, Head Coach Corey Gaines adjusted and reserve players filled holes. The always high-octane Mercury played even faster, increasing<br />
the number of possessions and shots attempted and decreasing its number of turnovers; veteran center Nakia Sanford entered the starting<br />
lineup and served the role of the hard-working post player; and DeWanna Bonner emerged to win her third consecutive <strong>WNBA</strong> Sixth<br />
Woman of the Year award, be<strong>com</strong>ing the only player in league history to win a voted-on postseason award three straight years. A sleeper in<br />
the first half of the season (9.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game), Bonner increased her averages to 12.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game<br />
in the 15 games following the trade.<br />
The highlight win of the second half of the season came Aug. 16 when the Mercury defeated the Seattle Storm 81-79 at US Airways Center,<br />
snapping a nine-game series losing streak in the regular season and playoffs. Phoenix trailed by as many as 18 points in the game, tying it for<br />
the second-largest <strong>com</strong>eback in franchise history. Breaking the streak proved to be even more valuable <strong>com</strong>e the postseason when the thirdseeded<br />
Mercury drew the second-seeded Storm in a best-of-three first-round series.<br />
Seattle routed the Mercury 80-61 at Key Arena in Game 1 holding the league’s best shooting team to just 29.7 percent shooting from the field.<br />
Penny Taylor, who missed five of the last six regular season games with back spasms, led the Mercury with 13 points. With its back against the wall,<br />
the Mercury found renewed life in Phoenix, leading Game 2 from start to finish evening the series at 1-1. Candice Dupree, who was held to just<br />
eight points in Game 1, erupted for 29 points and seven rebounds, and DeWanna Bonner, who started every game in the 2011 postseason, added<br />
a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. The win forced a decisive Game 3 at Key Arena where the Mercury had not won since 2009.<br />
Phoenix trailed 20-9 after the first quarter and fell behind by as many as 18 points midway through the second quarter, but crawled back<br />
to within nine, 39-30, at the half. The Mercury eventually took its first lead 60-59 with 6:56 remaining in the game, but one possession later<br />
Taurasi fouled out of the game. With the league’s leading scorer out, Taylor filled the vacancy scoring 11 of her 19 points in the final 6:00 and<br />
grabbing a franchise postseason record 17 rebounds in the game. Tied at 75 with 10.5 seconds remaining, Taylor drove baseline and missed<br />
the potential game winner, but the rebound bounced into Dupree’s hands who hit a six-foot jumper with 1.9 seconds on the clock to seal the<br />
win and the series for Phoenix.<br />
The Mercury advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the third straight year and ran into league-leading Minnesota who ended the<br />
best-of-three series convincingly in two games. The Lynx won Game 1 in Minnesota 95-67 and Game 2 in Phoenix 103-86.<br />
2011 (19-15)<br />
Back Row left to right: Basketball Communications Manager Bret Burchard, COO Amber Cox, Director of Basketball Operations Bridget<br />
Pettis, Assistant Coach Julie Hairgrove, Head Coach Corey Gaines, Candice Dupree, DeWanna Bonner, Nakia Sanford, Krystal Thomas,<br />
Head Athletic Trainer Tamara Poole, Strength and Conditioning Coach Ben Hadley, President and General Manager Ann Meyers Drysdale,<br />
PR/CR Director Lesley Factor, Equipment Manager Eric Hallman, Marketing Manager Shayna Kuper Front Row left to right: Sidney Spencer,<br />
Penny Taylor, Ketia Swanier, Diana Taurasi, Alexis Gray-Lawson, Marie Ferdinand-Harris, Temeka Johnson<br />
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PHOENIX MERCURY GAME-BY-GAME<br />
REGULAR SEASON 2011<br />
Date Opponent W/L Opp Home Road Total High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Opp Scoring Attendance<br />
Jun 4 @Seattle L 71-78 0-0 0-1 0-1 Taurasi-31 Braxton/Dupree-9 Taylor-5 Little-18 11,548<br />
Jun 10 @Los Angeles L 84-98 0-0 0-2 0-2 Taylor-18 Dupree-11 Johnson-6 Parker-22 10,616<br />
Jun 17 SAN ANTONIO L 99-101 0-1 0-2 0-3 Taurasi-20 Dupree-12 Taylor-10 Young-26 12,274<br />
Jun 19 INDIANA W 93-89(OT) 1-1 0-2 1-3 Taurasi-32 Dupree-18 Taylor-6 Davenport-20 7,701<br />
Jun 21 @San Antonio W 105-98 1-1 1-2 2-3 Taylor-30 Dupree-13 Johnson-6 Hammon-28 7,072<br />
Jun 24 @Atlanta W 92-83 1-1 2-2 3-3 Taurasi-20 Taylor-10 Taylor-8 McCoughtry-24 5,492<br />
Jun 25 @Chicago W 86-78 1-1 3-2 4-3 Taurasi-23 Braxton/Taylor-9 Taylor-7 Fowles-28 5,547<br />
Jun 28 @Indiana L 86-91 1-1 3-3 4-4 Bonner/Taurasi-15 Braxton-7 Gray/Taylor-5 Douglas-26 6,625<br />
Jul 1 CHICAGO W 97-84 2-1 3-3 5-4 Taurasi-24 Dupree-9 Taurasi-6 Prince-19 9,517<br />
Jul 5 LOS ANGELES W 101-82 3-1 3-3 6-4 Dupree/Taurasi-20 Braxton-5 Taurasi-7 Hoffman-21 9,826<br />
Jul 8 @Tulsa W 86-78 3-1 4-3 7-4 Taurasi-17 Bonner-13 Taylor-7 Cambage-19 4,081<br />
Jul 10 TULSA W 102-63 4-1 4-3 8-4 Taylor-18 Sanford-7 Taurasi-6 Jackson-19 7,696<br />
Jul 13 @Minnesota W 112-105 4-1 5-3 9-4 Taurasi-27 Dupree/Taylor-8 TJ/PT/DT-8 Augustus-22 11,820<br />
Jul 15 WASHINGTON W 78-64 5-1 5-3 10-4 Dupree-20 Taylor-8 Taylor-7 Langhorne-17 9,075<br />
Jul 20 MINNESOTA L 98-106 5-2 5-3 10-5 Taurasi-24 Bonner/Dupree-7 Taurasi-6 Augustus-25 12,118<br />
Jul 26 SEATTLE L 77-83 5-3 5-3 10-6 Taurasi-26 Braxton/Bonner-7 Johnson-5 Bird-18 6,108<br />
Jul 28 @San Antonio L 91-102 5-3 5-4 10-7 Taurasi-27 Dupree-14 Johnson/Taylor-5 Hammon-33 14,797<br />
Jul 30 @New York W 91-84 5-3 6-4 11-7 Taylor-29 Bonner-9 Swanier-7 Powell-16 7,214<br />
Aug 2 @Minnesota L 73-90 5-3 6-5 11-8 Taurasi-20 Bonner-8 Johnson-4 Moore-22 7,126<br />
Aug 7 CONNECTICUT L 95-96(OT) 5-4 6-5 11-9 Taurasi-29 Dupree-12 Taurasi-6 Montgomery-28 8,514<br />
Aug 9 MINNESOTA W 85-80 6-4 6-5 12-9 Taurasi-26 Dupree-11 Johnson-5 Moore-28 6,726<br />
Aug 11 ATLANTA W 109-95 7-4 6-5 13-9 Bonner-25 Bonner-13 Taylor-6 McCoughtry-25 7,940<br />
Aug 12 @Los Angeles L 90-93(OT) 7-4 6-6 13-10 Taylor-29 Bonner-10 Johnson-12 Lavender-25 10,512<br />
Aug 16 SEATTLE W 81-79 8-4 6-6 14-10 Taurasi-24 DB/NS/DT-5 Johnson/Taurasi-4 Bird-23 8,870<br />
Aug 20 SAN ANTONIO W 87-81 9-4 6-6 15-10 Taylor-28 Bonner-11 Taylor-5 Hammon-22 10,134<br />
Aug 23 NEW YORK L 70-74 9-5 6-6 15-11 Dupree-17 Taylor-9 Johnson/Taylor-4 Pondexter-25 8,871<br />
Aug 26 @Connecticut L 92-95 9-5 6-7 15-12 Taylor/Taurasi-26 Dupree/Sanford-11 Johnson-7 Charles-17 9,007<br />
Aug 28 @Washington W 86-79 9-5 7-7 16-12 Dupree-27 Sanford-9 Johnson-8 Langhorne-27 11,614<br />
Aug 30 @Tulsa W 96-74 9-5 8-7 17-12 Bonner-25 Bonner/Sanford-9 Bonner/Johnson-3 Cambage-16 3,590<br />
Sep 1 @San Antonio L 68-86 9-5 8-8 17-13 Bonner-23 Dupree-13 Swanier/Taurasi-3 Perkins-23 6,502<br />
Sep 3 LOS ANGELES W 93-77 10-5 8-8 18-13 Taurasi-24 Dupree-19 Johnson-9 Parker-32 9,620<br />
Sep 8 TULSA W 91-76 11-5 8-8 19-13 Taurasi-21 Bonner-10 Swanier-9 Cambage-22 8,189<br />
Sep 9 @Seattle L 70-85 11-5 8-9 19-14 Taurasi-36 Bonner-14 Johnson-3 Smith-26 9,686<br />
Sep 11 MINNESOTA L 90-96 11-6 8-9 19-15 Taurasi-19 Dupree-6 Swanier-4 Wright/Augustus/Moore-1512,666<br />
POSTSEASON 2011<br />
Date Opponent W/L Opp Home Road Total High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Opp Scoring Attendance<br />
Sep 15 @Seattle L 61-80 0-0 0-1 0-1 Taylor-13 Bonner-8 TJ/KS/PT-3 Wright-21 7,279<br />
Sep 17 SEATTLE W 92-83 1-0 0-1 1-1 Dupree-29 Bonner-13 Johnson-9 Wright-18 9,356<br />
Sep 19 @Seattle W 77-75 1-0 1-1 2-1 Dupree-20 Taylor-17 Johnson/Taurasi-3 Bird-22 8,589<br />
Sep 22 @Minnesota L 67-95 1-0 1-2 2-2 Taurasi-22 Bonner-8 Johnson-4 Augustus-21 8,912<br />
Sep 25 MINNESOTA L 86-103 1-1 1-2 2-3 Bonner/Taurasi-22 Dupree-11 Johnson-6 McWilliams-Frank/Moore-218,617<br />
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PHOENIX MERCURY REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Taurasi 32 32 965 208 463 .449 81 205 .395 195 216 .903 13 88 101 114 113 0 24 96 20 692 21.6<br />
Taylor 29 29 864 164 321 .511 45 112 .402 111 127 .874 28 113 141 135 67 1 49 65 11 484 16.7<br />
Dupree 34 34 1075 198 361 .548 1 6 .167 98 115 .852 86 193 279 61 74 1 19 67 25 495 14.6<br />
Bonner 34 5 857 120 279 .430 35 102 .343 90 99 .909 62 176 238 27 61 0 34 34 36 365 10.7<br />
Braxton 18 18 356 81 145 .559 4 8 .500 25 42 .595 29 60 89 24 57 0 15 32 14 191 10.6<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 34 2 593 87 260 .335 18 54 .333 38 39 .974 14 37 51 39 61 0 19 43 7 230 6.8<br />
Johnson 30 30 717 74 170 .435 25 65 .385 19 22 .864 9 51 60 132 53 0 24 57 5 192 6.4<br />
Sanford 33 16 476 46 95 .484 0 0 --- 45 60 .750 50 87 137 12 73 1 7 29 7 137 4.2<br />
Gray 27 0 308 33 83 .398 15 43 .349 23 28 .821 5 15 20 35 30 0 6 21 0 104 3.9<br />
Swanier 29 4 429 27 79 .342 12 42 .286 11 16 .688 6 49 55 66 50 1 23 50 1 77 2.7<br />
Spencer (TOT) 24 0 178 22 50 .440 7 16 .438 4 4 1.000 4 14 18 11 14 0 0 2 0 55 2.3<br />
Spencer (PHO) 8 0 65 5 16 .313 3 4 .750 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 6 4 0 0 0 0 15 1.9<br />
Sanni 14 0 73 10 15 .667 0 0 --- 2 6 .333 4 6 10 0 23 0 3 13 1 22 1.6<br />
Thomas (TOT) 15 0 120 10 17 .588 0 0 --- 3 6 .500 5 7 12 2 22 0 2 10 7 23 1.5<br />
Thomas (PHO) 8 0 98 9 16 .563 0 0 --- 3 6 .500 4 4 8 1 15 0 0 3 5 21 2.6<br />
MERCURY 34 - 6875 1062 2303 .461 239 641 .373 662 778 .851 310 884 1194 652 681 4 223 524 132 3025 89.0<br />
OPPONENTS 34 - 6875 1071 2435 .440 228 623 .366 553 731 .756 346 818 1164 628 709 4 274 462 124 2923 86.0<br />
CAREER HIGHS<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME (C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Taurasi 38 8 8 3 8 4 36 30.2 3.2 3.6 0.75 3.0 0.63 21.6 17 33 17 18 13 11 47<br />
Taylor 38 10 10 5 4 1 30 29.8 4.9 4.7 1.69 2.2 0.38 16.7 13 23 14 15 11 10C 33<br />
Dupree 40 19 6 3 4 4 27 31.6 8.2 1.8 0.56 2.0 0.74 14.6 13 26 10 12 20 7 32<br />
Bonner 36 14 3 5 4 5 25 25.2 7.0 0.8 1.00 1.0 1.06 10.7 9 20C 9T 11 14C 5 25C<br />
Braxton 26 9 3 4 4 4 17 19.8 4.9 1.3 0.83 1.8 0.78 10.6 12 19 8 11 13 4 26<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 25 5 3 3 4 1 17 17.4 1.5 1.1 0.56 1.3 0.21 6.8 12 20 11 14 9 7 27<br />
Johnson 33 5 12 3 7 1 16 23.9 2.0 4.4 0.80 1.9 0.17 6.4 10 18 6 8 8 12T 23<br />
Sanford 27 11 3 1 3 2 14 14.4 4.2 0.4 0.21 0.9 0.21 4.2 10 14 15 18 15 5 25<br />
Gray 28 6 5 2 3 0 12 11.4 0.7 1.3 0.22 0.8 0.00 3.9 6C 9C 4C 4C 6C 5C 12C<br />
Swanier 28 5 9 3 6 1 8 14.8 1.9 2.3 0.79 1.7 0.03 2.7 7 11 4T 5 5T 9C 17<br />
Spencer (TOT) 17 4 3 0 1 0 9 7.4 0.8 0.5 0.00 0.1 0.00 2.3 8 19 6 6 12 5 25<br />
Spencer (PHO) 17 3 3 0 0 0 6 8.1 0.6 0.8 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.9<br />
Sanni 16 2 0 1 2 1 7 5.2 0.7 0.0 0.21 0.9 0.07 1.6 8 13 5 7 8 3 16<br />
Thomas (TOT) 22 4 1 2 3 4 4 8.0 0.8 0.1 0.13 0.7 0.47 1.5 2C 5C 2C 2C 4C 1C 4C<br />
Thomas (PHO) 22 4 1 0 1 4 4 12.3 1.0 0.1 0.00 0.4 0.63 2.6<br />
MERCURY 225 49 30 12 22 7 112 202.2 35.1 19.2 6.56 15.4 3.88 89.0 47 98 42C 47 49T 30T 127<br />
OPPONENTS 225 45 29 13 23 9 106 202.2 34.2 18.5 8.06 13.6 3.65 86.0 43 100 39 48<br />
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PHOENIX MERCURY MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS<br />
RECORD HOME ROAD OT<br />
Overall 19-15 11-6 8-9 1-2<br />
EASTERN 8-4 4-2 4-2 1-1<br />
WESTERN 11-11 7-4 4-7 0-1<br />
TEAM WINNING & LOSING STREAKS<br />
OVERALL HOME ROAD<br />
Loss - 2 Loss - 1 Loss - 2<br />
Long: Win - 6 Win - 5 Win - 3<br />
Loss - 3 Loss - 3 Loss - 3<br />
Last: Win - 09/08 vs. TUL 91-76 Win - 09/08 vs. TUL 91-76 Win - 08/30 @ TUL 96-74<br />
Loss - 09/11 vs. MIN 90-96 Loss - 09/11 vs. MIN 90-96 Loss - 09/09 @ SEA 70-85<br />
WON LOST OFFENSE vs OPP HOME ATTENDANCE<br />
May 0 0 70+ 19-14 .500+ 9-12 17 Games<br />
June 4 4 70< 0- 1 .500< 10-2 155,845 Total<br />
July 7 3 DEFENSE 9,167 Average<br />
Aug. 6 5 70+ 17-15 12,666 High<br />
Sep. 2 3 70< 2-0<br />
MARGINS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 … 39<br />
Won By: 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1<br />
Lost By: 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1<br />
AT START OF: OVERALL HOME ROAD FG% OVERALL HOME ROAD<br />
2nd Ahead: 12-7 7-4 5-3 -44% 5-9 5-3 0-6<br />
Behind: 5-8 3-2 2-6 45-49% 5-4 2-2 3-2<br />
Tied: 2-0 1-0 1-0 50-54% 7-1 3-1 4-0<br />
3rd Ahead: 11-8 5-5 6-3 55-59% 2-1 1-0 1-1<br />
Behind: 7-7 5-1 2-6 +60% 0-0 0-0 0-0<br />
Tied: 1-0 1-0 0-0<br />
4th Ahead: 15-4 8-2 7-2<br />
Behind: 4-11 3-4 1-7<br />
Tied: 0-0 0-0 0-0<br />
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PHOENIX MERCURY 2011 HIGH GAMES<br />
PLAYER MIN FG FT OFF REB DEF REB TOT REB AST STL TO BLK POINTS<br />
DEWANNA 36 8 (2) 9T 6C 11 14C 3 (3) 5C 4 5C 25C (2)<br />
BONNER SEP. 9 AUG. 30 AUG. 11 JUL. 8 SEP. 9 SEP. 9 AUG. 30 SEP. 8 SEP. 8 AUG. 20 AUG. 30<br />
at Sea. at Tulsa vs Atl. at Tulsa at Sea. at Sea. at Tulsa vs Tulsa vs Tulsa vs S.A. at Tulsa<br />
KARA 26 8 5 4 (2) 6 9 (3) 3 4 4 (2) 4T 17 (2)<br />
BRAXTON JUL. 20 JUL. 15 JUL. 1 JUN. 21 JUN. 25 JUN. 25 JUN. 28 JUN. 28 JUL. 10 JUL. 10 JUL. 15<br />
vs Minn. vs Wash. vs Chi. at S.A. at Chi. at Chi. at Ind. at Ind. vs Tulsa vs Tulsa vs Wash.<br />
CANDICE 40 10 7 8T 13 19 6 3 4 (4) 4T 27<br />
DUPREE JUN. 19 AUG. 28 AUG. 28 JUN. 19 SEP. 3 SEP. 3 AUG. 26 JUN. 19 SEP. 3 AUG. 9 AUG. 28<br />
vs Ind. at Wash. at Wash. vs Ind. vs L.A. vs L.A. at Conn. vs Ind. vs L.A. vs Minn. at Wash.<br />
MARIE 25 6 6 2 (2) 5 5 3 (2) 3 4 (2) 1 (7) 17<br />
FERDINAND-HARRIS SEP. 8 SEP. 8 JUN. 19 SEP. 9 JUL. 10 JUL. 10 AUG. 12 JUN. 21 SEP. 1 AUG. 20 JUN. 19<br />
vs Tulsa vs Tulsa vs Ind. at Sea. vs Tulsa vs Tulsa at L.A. at S.A. at S.A. vs S.A. vs Ind.<br />
ALEXIS 28C 6C 4C(2) 1C(5) 5C 6C 5C 2C 3C(3) 0C 12C<br />
GRAY AUG. 23 SEP. 8 JUL. 5 SEP. 11 AUG. 23 AUG. 23 JUN. 28 JUL. 8 SEP. 1 SEP. 8<br />
vs N.Y. vs Tulsa vs L.A. vs Minn. vs N.Y. vs N.Y. at Ind. at Tulsa at S.A. vs Tulsa<br />
TEMEKA 33 7 4 2 (2) 5 5 (3) 12T 3 (2) 7C 1 (5) 16 (2)<br />
JOHNSON AUG. 7 JUN. 10 JUN. 19 AUG. 11 JUL. 8 AUG. 11 AUG. 12 AUG. 9 JUL. 20 SEP. 11 AUG. 30<br />
vs Conn. at L.A. vs Ind. vs Atl. at Tulsa vs Atl. at L.A. vs Minn. vs Minn. vs Minn. at Tulsa<br />
NAKIA 27 6 7 6 8 (2) 11 3 1 (7) 3 (4) 2 14<br />
SANFORD SEP. 9 AUG. 26 JUL. 28 JUL. 1 AUG. 30 AUG. 26 JUN. 28 SEP. 11 SEP. 3 JUN. 28 AUG. 26<br />
at Sea. at Conn. at S.A. vs Chi. at Tulsa at Conn. at Ind. vs Minn. vs L.A. at Ind. at Conn.<br />
OLAYINKA 16 3 1 (2) 2 1 (6) 2 0 1 (3) 2 (3) 1 7<br />
SANNI JUL. 10 JUL. 8 JUL. 10 JUL. 10 JUL. 15 JUL. 10 JUL. 10 JUL. 10 JUL. 8 JUL. 8<br />
vs Tulsa at Tulsa vs Tulsa vs Tulsa vs Wash. vs Tulsa vs Tulsa vs Tulsa at Tulsa at Tulsa<br />
SIDNEY 17 (2) 3 (2) 2 (2) 2 3 (2) 4 3 0 1 (2) 0 9<br />
SPENCER SEP. 1 JUL. 1 AUG. 11 JUN. 11 SEP. 1 JUL. 1 SEP. 11 JUN. 26 JUL. 1<br />
N.Y.-Pho. at S.A. vs S.A. vs Atl. vs Ind. at S.A. vs S.A. vs Minn. vs L.A. vs S.A.<br />
SIDNEY 17 2 (2) 2 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 6<br />
SPENCER SEP. 1 SEP. 11 AUG. 11 SEP. 1 SEP. 1 SEP. 11 SEP. 11<br />
Pho. at S.A. vs Minn. vs Atl. at S.A. at S.A. vs Minn. vs Minn.<br />
KETIA 28C 3 4T 1 (6) 5C 5T 9C 3C 6C 1T 8<br />
SWANIER JUN. 24 SEP. 11 AUG. 30 SEP. 11 AUG. 11 AUG. 11 SEP. 8 JUN. 4 JUL. 1 AUG. 26 JUL. 30<br />
at Atl. vs Minn. at Tulsa vs Minn. vs Atl. vs Atl. vs Tulsa at Sea. vs Chi. at Conn. at N.Y.<br />
DIANA 38 (2) 11 13 2 8 8 (2) 8 3 (2) 8 4 36<br />
TAURASI AUG. 7 JUN. 4 SEP. 1 AUG. 16 AUG. 7 AUG. 7 JUL. 13 JUL. 26 JUL. 15 SEP. 11 SEP. 9<br />
vs Conn. at Sea. at S.A. vs Sea. vs Conn. vs Conn. at Minn. vs Sea. vs Wash. vs Minn. at Sea.<br />
PENNY 38 11 13 3 (2) 10C 10 10C 5 4 (7) 1 (11) 30<br />
TAYLOR AUG. 12 JUN. 21 AUG. 20 AUG. 9 JUN. 24 JUN. 24 JUN. 17 JUL. 15 AUG. 23 AUG. 16 JUN. 21<br />
at L.A. at S.A. vs S.A. vs Minn. at Atl. at Atl. vs S.A. vs Wash. vs N.Y. vs Sea. at S.A.<br />
KRYSTAL 22C 2C (3) 2C 3C 3C 4C 1C (2) 2C 3C 4C 4C (3)<br />
THOMAS SEP. 8 SEP. 8 AUG. 28 SEP. 8 JUL. 29 SEP. 8 AUG. 23 JUL. 29 JUN. 19 SEP. 9 SEP. 8<br />
Sea.-Pho. vs Tulsa vs Tulsa at Wash. vs Tulsa at Minn. vs Tulsa vs N.Y. at Minn. at L.A. at Sea. vs Tulsa<br />
KRYSTAL 22C 2C (3) 2C 3C 2 4C 1T 0 1 (3) 4C 4C (3)<br />
THOMAS SEP. 8 SEP. 8 AUG. 28 SEP. 8 SEP. 9 SEP. 8 AUG. 23 AUG. 30 SEP. 9 SEP. 8<br />
Pho. vs Tulsa vs Tulsa at Wash. vs Tulsa at Sea. vs Tulsa vs N.Y. at Tulsa at Sea. vs Tulsa<br />
MERCURY 225 (3) 39 (2) 42 18 36 49 30 12 22 (3) 7 (3) 112<br />
High Games AUG. 12 JUL. 13 JUL. 1 AUG. 7 JUN. 24 AUG. 7 JUL. 13 JUN. 4 AUG. 23 SEP. 11 JUL. 13<br />
at L.A. at Minn. vs Chi. vs Conn. at Atl. vs Conn. at Minn. at Sea. vs N.Y. vs Minn. at Minn.<br />
MERCURY 200 (31) 19 10 (2) 4 15 (2) 22 9 2 7 0 (2) 68<br />
Low Games SEP. 11 SEP. 1 AUG. 26 JUL. 13 SEP. 11 SEP. 11 SEP. 1 AUG. 28 SEP. 11 AUG. 23 SEP. 1<br />
vs Minn. at S.A. at Conn. at Minn. vs Minn. vs Minn. at S.A. at Wash. vs Minn. vs N.Y. at S.A.<br />
OPPONENTS 225 (3) 42 24 18 32 (2) 45 29 13 (2) 23 9 106<br />
High Games AUG. 12 JUL. 13 AUG. 11 JUN. 19 AUG. 7 JUN. 19 JUL. 28 SEP. 1 JUL. 1 AUG. 2 JUL. 20<br />
at L.A. at Minn. vs Atl. vs Ind. vs Conn. vs Ind. at S.A. at S.A. vs Chi. at Minn. vs Minn.<br />
OPPONENTS 200 (31) 23 9 5 (2) 15 20 12 (3) 3 (4) 8 0 (3) 63<br />
Low Games SEP. 11 JUL. 15 AUG. 28 SEP. 3 JUL. 10 JUL. 10 SEP. 9 AUG. 20 JUN. 10 AUG. 26 JUL. 10<br />
vs Minn. vs Wash. at Wash. vs L.A. vs Tulsa vs Tulsa at Sea. vs S.A. at L.A. at Conn. vs Tulsa<br />
“C” indicates a new career-high, “T” a tied career-high.<br />
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of games in which a player or team has reached a given total (if more than one).<br />
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2011 PHOENIX MERCURY HIGHS & LOWS<br />
HIGHS LOWS<br />
TOTAL PTS (REGULATION) 112, at Minnesota, 7/13 70, vs. New York, 8/23; at Seattle, 9/10<br />
TOTAL PTS (OVERTIME) 95, vs. Connecticut, 8/7+ 90, at Los Angeles, 8/12+<br />
PTS, 1ST HALF 60, vs. Tulsa, 7/10 28, vs. Seattle, 8/16<br />
PTS, 2ND HALF 64, at Minnesota, 7/13 29, at Seattle, 9/10<br />
PTS, 1ST QUARTER 36, vs. Tulsa, 7/10 8, vs. New York, 8/23<br />
PTS, 2ND QUARTER 32, vs. Chicago, 7/1 10, at Los Angeles, 6/10<br />
PTS, 3RD QUARTER 37, vs. Los Angeles, 7/5 11, at San Antonio, 9/1<br />
PTS, 4TH QUARTER 39*!, at Minnesota, 7/13 10, at Tulsa, 7/8<br />
PTS, OT PERIOD 11, vs. Indiana, 6/19+; vs. Connecticut, 8/7+ 10, at Los Angeles, 8/12+<br />
FGM 39, at San Antonio, 6/21; at Minnesota, 7/13 19, at San Antonio, 9/1<br />
FGA 89, vs. Connecticut, 8/7+ 53, at San Antonio, 7/28<br />
FG% .591, vs. Tulsa, 7/10 .311, at San Antonio, 9/1<br />
3PT FGM 15, vs. Minnesota, 9/11 3, vs. Chicago, 7/1; at Tulsa, 7/8; vs. Washington 7/15;<br />
vs. San Antonio, 8/20<br />
3PT FGA 33, vs. Connecticut, 8/7+ 10, at Minnesota, 8/2<br />
3PT FG% .667, vs. Tulsa, 7/10 .179, vs. Indiana, 6/19+<br />
FTM 42*, vs. Chicago, 7/1 10, at Los Angeles, 6/10<br />
FTA 45, vs. Chicago, 7/1 11, vs. Washington 7/15<br />
FT% 1.000, at Chicago 6/25; vs. Washington 7/15;<br />
at Connecticut, 8/26; vs. Los Angeles, 9/3<br />
.625, at Indiana, 6/28<br />
OFF REBS 18, vs. Connecticut, 8/7+ 4, at Minnesota, 7/13<br />
DEF REBS 36, at Atlanta, 6/24 15, vs. Seattle, 8/16; vs. Minnesota, 9/11<br />
TOTAL REBS 49, vs. Connecticut, 8/7+ 22, vs. Minnesota, 9/11<br />
ASSISTS 30*, at Minnesota, 7/13 9, at San Antonio, 9/1<br />
STEALS 10, vs. Chicago, 7/1 0, at Los Angeles, 6/10; vs. San Antonio, 6/17<br />
TURNOVERS 22, at Atlanta, 6/24; vs. New York, 8/23 7, vs. Minnesota, 9/11<br />
BLOCKED SHOTS 7, vs. Minnesota, 8/9; vs. San Antonio, 8/20; vs. Minnesota, 9/11 0, vs. New York, 8/23<br />
PTS IN THE PAINT 50, at San Antonio, 6/21; vs. Washington 7/15 16, at San Antonio, 9/1<br />
SECOND CHANCE PTS 28, at Chicago 6/25 4, at Washington, 8/28<br />
FASTBREAK PTS 34, at Tulsa, 7/8 7, vs. Minnesota. 7/20; at Seattle, 9/10<br />
2011 OPPONENTS HIGHS & LOWS<br />
HIGHS LOWS<br />
TOTAL PTS (REGULATION) 106, vs. Minnesota. 7/20 63, vs. Tulsa, 7/10<br />
TOTAL PTS (OVERTIME) 93, at Los Angeles, 8/12+ 89, vs. Indiana, 6/19<br />
PTS, 1ST HALF 54, at Los Angeles, 6/10 27, vs. Washington 7/15<br />
PTS, 2ND HALF 64, vs. San Antonio, 6/17 31, vs. Tulsa, 9/8<br />
PTS, 1ST QUARTER 31, at Los Angeles, 6/10 9, vs. Tulsa, 7/10<br />
PTS, 2ND QUARTER 28, at Minnesota, 7/13; vs. Atlanta, 8/11; vs. Minnesota, 9/11 12, vs. New York, 8/23<br />
PTS, 3RD QUARTER 37, vs. San Antonio, 6/17 13, at Chicago 6/25<br />
PTS, 4TH QUARTER 30, at Connecticut, 8/26 13, vs. Washington 7/15; vs. Los Angeles, 9/3<br />
PTS, OT PERIOD 13, at Los Angeles, 8/12+ 7, vs. Indiana, 6/19+<br />
FGM 42, at Minnesota, 7/13 23, vs. Washington 7/15<br />
FGA 86, at Minnesota, 7/13 57, vs. Seattle, 8/16<br />
FG% .563, vs. Minnesota. 7/20 .348, vs. Washington 7/15<br />
3PT FGM 13, at Los Angeles, 6/10; at Seattle, 9/10 2, vs. Chicago, 7/1<br />
3PT FGA 28, at Los Angeles, 6/10 8, vs. Atlanta, 8/11<br />
3PT FG% .700, vs. Minnesota, 9/11 .111, at Tulsa, 7/8<br />
FTM 24, vs. Atlanta, 8/11 9, at Washington, 8/28<br />
FTA 34, at Atlanta, 6/24 13, vs. Minnesota, 8/9; at Seattle, 9/10<br />
FT% .950, at Los Angeles, 6/10; at Tulsa, 8/30 .579, at New York, 7/30<br />
OFF REBS 18, vs. Indiana, 6/19+ 5, vs. Tulsa, 7/10; vs. Los Angeles, 9/3<br />
DEF REBS 32, vs. Seattle, 7/26; vs. Connecticut, 8/7+ 15, vs. Tulsa, 7/10; vs. Minnesota, 9/11<br />
TOTAL REBS 45, vs. Indiana, 6/19+ 20, vs. Tulsa, 7/10<br />
ASSISTS 29, at San Antonio, 7/28 12, vs. Chicago, 7/1; vs. Washington 7/15; vs. Tulsa, 9/8; at Seattle, 9/10<br />
STEALS 13, at New York, 7/30; at San Antonio, 9/1 3, Five Times<br />
TURNOVERS 21, vs. Chicago, 7/1 7, vs. Minnesota, 9/11<br />
BLOCKED SHOTS 9, at Minnesota, 8/2 0, at Tulsa, 7/8; vs. Seattle, 8/16; at Connecticut, 8/26<br />
PTS IN THE PAINT 54, at Minnesota, 7/13 18, vs. Minnesota, 8/9<br />
SECOND CHANCE PTS 22, at Atlanta, 6/24 3, vs. San Antonio, 8/20<br />
FASTBREAK PTS 25, at San Antonio, 9/1 2, vs. Indiana, 6/19+<br />
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2011 TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES<br />
PHOENIX MERCURY OPPONENTS<br />
PTS (REGULATION) 36 Diana Taurasi, at SEA, 9/9 33 Becky Hammon, at SAN, 7/28<br />
PTS (OT GAME) 32 Diana Taurasi, vs. IND, 6/19+ 28 Renee Montgomery, vs. CON 8/7+<br />
PTS (HALF) 28 Diana Taurasi, at SEA, 9/9 20 Sophia Young, vs. SAN, 6/17<br />
Becky Hammon, at SAN, 7/28 (2nd)<br />
MINS 40 Candice Dupree, vs. IND, 6/19+ 42 Tina Charles, vs. CON, 8/7+<br />
FGM 11 Diana Taurasi, at SEA, 6/4<br />
Penny Taylor, at SAN, 6/21<br />
Candace Parker, vs. LA, 9/3<br />
13 Asjha Jones, vs. CON, 8/7+<br />
FGA 23 Diana Taurasi, vs. IND, 6/19+<br />
Diana Taurasi, vs. CON, 8/7+<br />
25 Candace Parker, vs. LA, 9/3<br />
3PT FGM 6 Diana Taurasi, at SEA, 9/9 7 Becky Hammon, at SAN, 7/28<br />
3PT FGA 13 Diana Taurasi, vs. CON, 8/7+ 12 Renee Montgomery, vs. CON 8/7+<br />
FTM 13 Penny Taylor, vs. SAN, 8/20<br />
Diana Taurasi, at SAN, 9/1<br />
10 Ivory Latta, at TUL, 8/30<br />
FTA 14 Diana Taurasi, vs. MIN, 7/20 15 Angel McCoughtry, vs. ATL, 8/11<br />
OFF REBS 8*# Candice Dupree, vs. IND, 6/19+ 7 Jantel Lavender, at LA, 8/12+<br />
DEF REBS 13* Candice Dupree, vs. LA, 9/3 13 Swin Cash, vs. SEA, 8/16<br />
TOTAL REBS 19*#Candice Dupree, vs. LA, 9/3 17 Rebekkah Brunson, at MIN, 7/13<br />
ASSISTS 12 Temeka Johnson, at LA, 8/12+ 10 Sue Bird, at SEA, 6/4<br />
Becky Hammon, vs. SAN, 8/20<br />
STEALS 5 Penny Taylor, vs. WAS, 7/15<br />
DeWanna Bonner, vs TUL, 9/8<br />
6 Nicole Powell, at NY, 7/30<br />
TURNOVERS 8 Diana Taurasi, vs. WAS, 7/15 7 Beck Hammon, vs. SAN, 6/17<br />
BLOCKS 5 DeWanna Bonner, vs. SAN, 8/20 4 Tammy Sutton-Brown, vs. IND, 6/19+<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> STANDINGS<br />
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EASTERN CONFERENCE<br />
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT GB HOME ROAD LAST 10 STREAKS<br />
Connecticut 21 13 .618 — 15- 2 6-11 5-5 Won 1<br />
Indiana 21 13 .618 — 13- 4 8- 9 4-6 Lost 2<br />
Atlanta 20 14 .588 1 11- 6 9- 8 8-2 Won 4<br />
New York 19 15 .559 2 12- 5 7-10 6-4 Lost 1<br />
Chicago 14 20 .412 7 10- 7 4-13 4-6 Lost 5<br />
Washington 6 28 .176 15 4-13 2-15 1-9 Lost 4<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE<br />
TEAM WINS LOSSES PCT GB HOME ROAD LAST 10 STREAKS<br />
Minnesota 27 7 .794 — 14- 3 13- 4 9-1 Won 3<br />
Seattle 21 13 .618 6 15- 2 6-11 8-2 Won 4<br />
Phoenix 19 15 .559 8 11- 6 8- 9 5-5 Lost 2<br />
San Antonio 18 16 .529 9 9- 8 9- 8 5-5 Won 3<br />
Los Angeles 15 19 .441 12 10- 7 5-12 5-5 Won 2<br />
Tulsa 3 31 .088 24 2-15 1-16 2-8 Lost 6<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> AWARD WINNERS<br />
Most Valuable Player Tamika Catchings, Indiana Fever<br />
Coach of the Year Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx<br />
Defensive Player of the Year Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Sky<br />
Most Improved Player Kia Vaughn, New York Liberty<br />
Rookie of the Year Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx<br />
Peak Performers (league leaders)<br />
Scoring: Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury<br />
Rebounding: Tina Charles, Connecticut Sun<br />
Assists: Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota Lynx<br />
Sixth Woman of the Year DeWanna Bonner, Phoenix Mercury
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REGULAR SEASON – TEAMS’ STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
TEAM G MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. OFF. DEF. TOT. AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG.<br />
Phoe. 34 1062 2303 .461 239 641 .373 662 778 .851 310 884 1194 652 681 4 223 524 132 3025 89.0<br />
Atl. 34 1084 2432 .446 74 284 .261 563 811 .694 391 837 1228 627 636 1 317 511 181 2805 82.5<br />
Minn. 34 1074 2330 .461 169 459 .368 454 616 .737 371 871 1242 617 603 3 249 439 124 2771 81.5<br />
Conn. 34 1010 2384 .424 202 557 .363 502 658 .763 340 869 1209 583 533 2 248 446 116 2724 80.1<br />
Ind. 34 936 2114 .443 223 589 .379 548 695 .788 295 778 1073 556 609 4 299 502 165 2643 77.7<br />
S.A. 34 969 2251 .430 221 620 .356 481 640 .752 241 824 1065 617 593 1 286 434 124 2640 77.6<br />
L.A. 34 973 2188 .445 237 598 .396 440 554 .794 293 784 1077 617 575 2 249 516 115 2623 77.1<br />
N.Y. 34 999 2306 .433 197 551 .358 389 504 .772 358 757 1115 534 644 5 286 504 129 2584 76.0<br />
Chi. 34 943 2153 .438 163 448 .364 475 616 .771 310 838 1148 567 618 1 269 599 185 2524 74.2<br />
Sea. 34 892 2036 .438 213 599 .356 439 549 .800 269 807 1076 545 643 5 253 547 117 2436 71.6<br />
Wash. 34 878 2165 .406 171 520 .329 481 658 .731 391 735 1126 476 637 5 282 576 113 2408 70.8<br />
Tulsa 34 848 2140 .396 167 589 .284 490 611 .802 303 740 1043 491 681 2 251 582 106 2353 69.2<br />
REGULAR SEASON – OPPONENTS’ STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
TEAM MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. OFF. DEF. TOT. AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG. DIFF.<br />
Sea. 885 2116 .418 168 468 .359 437 572 .764 291 722 1013 509 545 1 269 482 127 2375 69.9 +1.8<br />
Minn. 896 2169 .413 231 653 .354 480 611 .786 268 757 1025 512 616 1 204 508 121 2503 73.6 +7.9<br />
Ind. 925 2182 .424 179 534 .335 481 655 .734 359 776 1135 537 647 1 269 542 134 2510 73.8 +3.9<br />
N.Y. 923 2154 .429 190 593 .320 506 646 .783 308 792 1100 560 571 2 230 576 124 2542 74.8 +1.2<br />
Chi. 936 2240 .418 166 492 .337 518 679 .763 331 776 1107 566 590 4 313 501 159 2556 75.2 -0.9<br />
S.A. 940 2200 .427 175 500 .350 513 642 .799 312 946 1258 552 631 4 250 549 143 2568 75.5 +2.1<br />
Conn. 1003 2340 .429 197 568 .347 409 549 .745 345 895 1240 617 652 5 262 526 109 2612 76.8 +3.3<br />
Wash. 995 2142 .465 157 407 .386 531 664 .800 303 779 1082 589 601 3 318 492 167 2678 78.8 -7.9<br />
L.A. 1042 2332 .447 207 615 .337 440 572 .769 376 808 1184 616 607 4 262 464 77 2731 80.3 -3.2<br />
Atl. 1006 2333 .431 191 530 .360 544 690 .788 351 827 1178 588 694 3 269 593 183 2747 80.8 +1.7<br />
Tulsa 1046 2159 .484 187 472 .396 512 679 .754 282 828 1110 608 590 3 292 485 139 2791 82.1 -12.9<br />
Phoe. 1071 2435 .440 228 623 .366 553 731 .756 346 818 1164 628 709 4 274 462 124 2923 86.0 +3.0<br />
REGULAR SEASON – TEAMS’ STATISTICS (PER GAME)<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
TEAM G MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. OFF. DEF. TOT. AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS<br />
Atl. 34 31.88 71.53 .446 2.18 8.35 .261 16.56 23.85 .694 11.50 24.62 36.12 18.44 18.71 0.03 9.32 15.03 5.32 82.5<br />
Chi. 34 27.74 63.32 .438 4.79 13.18 .364 13.97 18.12 .771 9.12 24.65 33.76 16.68 18.18 0.03 7.91 17.62 5.44 74.2<br />
Conn. 34 29.71 70.12 .424 5.94 16.38 .363 14.76 19.35 .763 10.00 25.56 35.56 17.15 15.68 0.06 7.29 13.12 3.41 80.1<br />
Ind. 34 27.53 62.18 .443 6.56 17.32 .379 16.12 20.44 .788 8.68 22.88 31.56 16.35 17.91 0.12 8.79 14.76 4.85 77.7<br />
L.A. 34 28.62 64.35 .445 6.97 17.59 .396 12.94 16.29 .794 8.62 23.06 31.68 18.15 16.91 0.06 7.32 15.18 3.38 77.1<br />
Minn. 34 31.59 68.53 .461 4.97 13.50 .368 13.35 18.12 .737 10.91 25.62 36.53 18.15 17.74 0.09 7.32 12.91 3.65 81.5<br />
N.Y. 34 29.38 67.82 .433 5.79 16.21 .358 11.44 14.82 .772 10.53 22.26 32.79 15.71 18.94 0.15 8.41 14.82 3.79 76.0<br />
Phoe. 34 31.24 67.74 .461 7.03 18.85 .373 19.47 22.88 .851 9.12 26.00 35.12 19.18 20.03 0.12 6.56 15.41 3.88 89.0<br />
S.A. 34 28.50 66.21 .430 6.50 18.24 .356 14.15 18.82 .752 7.09 24.24 31.32 18.15 17.44 0.03 8.41 12.76 3.65 77.6<br />
Sea. 34 26.24 59.88 .438 6.26 17.62 .356 12.91 16.15 .800 7.91 23.74 31.65 16.03 18.91 0.15 7.44 16.09 3.44 71.6<br />
Tulsa 34 24.94 62.94 .396 4.91 17.32 .284 14.41 17.97 .802 8.91 21.76 30.68 14.44 20.03 0.06 7.38 17.12 3.12 69.2<br />
Wash. 34 25.82 63.68 .406 5.03 15.29 .329 14.15 19.35 .731 11.50 21.62 33.12 14.00 18.74 0.15 8.29 16.94 3.32 70.8<br />
REGULAR SEASON – OPPONENTS’ STATISTICS (PER GAME)<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
TEAM G MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. OFF. DEF. TOT. AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS<br />
Atl. 34 29.59 68.62 .431 5.62 15.59 .360 16.00 20.29 .788 10.32 24.32 34.65 17.29 20.41 0.09 7.91 17.44 5.38 80.8<br />
Chi. 34 27.53 65.88 .418 4.88 14.47 .337 15.24 19.97 .763 9.74 22.82 32.56 16.65 17.35 0.12 9.21 14.74 4.68 75.2<br />
Conn. 34 29.50 68.82 .429 5.79 16.71 .347 12.03 16.15 .745 10.15 26.32 36.47 18.15 19.18 0.15 7.71 15.47 3.21 76.8<br />
Ind. 34 27.21 64.18 .424 5.26 15.71 .335 14.15 19.26 .734 10.56 22.82 33.38 15.79 19.03 0.03 7.91 15.94 3.94 73.8<br />
L.A. 34 30.65 68.59 .447 6.09 18.09 .337 12.94 16.82 .769 11.06 23.76 34.82 18.12 17.85 0.12 7.71 13.65 2.26 80.3<br />
Minn. 34 26.35 63.79 .413 6.79 19.21 .354 14.12 17.97 .786 7.88 22.26 30.15 15.06 18.12 0.03 6.00 14.94 3.56 73.6<br />
N.Y. 34 27.15 63.35 .429 5.59 17.44 .320 14.88 19.00 .783 9.06 23.29 32.35 16.47 16.79 0.06 6.76 16.94 3.65 74.8<br />
Phoe. 34 31.50 71.62 .440 6.71 18.32 .366 16.26 21.50 .756 10.18 24.06 34.24 18.47 20.85 0.12 8.06 13.59 3.65 86.0<br />
S.A. 34 27.65 64.71 .427 5.15 14.71 .350 15.09 18.88 .799 9.18 27.82 37.00 16.24 18.56 0.12 7.35 16.15 4.21 75.5<br />
Sea. 34 26.03 62.24 .418 4.94 13.76 .359 12.85 16.82 .764 8.56 21.24 29.79 14.97 16.03 0.03 7.91 14.18 3.74 69.9<br />
Tulsa 34 30.76 63.50 .484 5.50 13.88 .396 15.06 19.97 .754 8.29 24.35 32.65 17.88 17.35 0.09 8.59 14.26 4.09 82.1<br />
Wash. 34 29.26 63.00 .465 4.62 11.97 .386 15.62 19.53 .800 8.91 22.91 31.82 17.32 17.68 0.09 9.35 14.47 4.91 78.8<br />
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2011 AL L-<strong>WNBA</strong> TEAMS<br />
SEASON IN REVIEW <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
FIRST TEAM<br />
Player Team Position Points<br />
Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever Forward 187<br />
Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream Forward 172<br />
Tina Charles Connecticut Sun Center 166<br />
Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury Guard 168<br />
Lindsay Whalen Minnesota Lynx Guard 164<br />
SECOND TEAM<br />
Player Team Position Points<br />
Penny Taylor Phoenix Mercury Forward 82<br />
Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx Forward 69<br />
Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky Center 150<br />
Sue Bird Seattle Storm Guard 123<br />
Cappie Pondexter New York Liberty Guard 94<br />
TEAMS’ STATISTICS RANK WITHIN LEAGUE<br />
ATL CHI CT IND LA MIN NY PHO SA SEA TUL WAS<br />
Points/game 2 9 4 5 7 3 8 1 6 10 12 11<br />
FG pct. 3 7 10 5 4 2 8 1 9 6 12 11<br />
FT pct. 12 7 8 5 4 10 6 1 9 3 2 11<br />
3-pt FG pct. 12 5 6 2 1 4 7 3 8 9 11 10<br />
Off. Reb./gm 1t 6t 5 9 10 3 4 6t 12 11 8 1t<br />
Def. Reb./gm 5 4 3 9 8 2 10 1 6 7 11 12<br />
Rebounds/game 2 5 3 10 8 1 7 4 11 9 12 6<br />
Assists/game 2 7 6 8 3t 3t 10 1 3t 9 11 12<br />
Steals/game 1 6 11 2 9t 9t 3t 12 3t 7 8 5<br />
Turnovers/gm 6 12 3 4 7 2 5 8 1 9 11 10<br />
Blocks/gm 2 1 9 3 10 6t 5 4 6t 8 12 11<br />
Pers.Fouls/gm 7 6 1 5 2 4 10 11t 3 9 11t 8<br />
DQ/game 1t 1t 4t 8t 4t 7 10t 8t 1t 10t 4t 10t<br />
OPPONENTS’ STATISTICS RANK WITHIN LEAGUE<br />
ATL CHI CT IND LA MIN NY PHO SA SEA TUL WAS<br />
Points/game 10 5 7 3 9 2 4 12 6 1 11 8<br />
FG pct. 8 2 7 4 10 1 6 9 5 3 12 11<br />
FT pct. 10 5 2 1 7 9 8 4 11 6 3 12<br />
3-pt FG pct. 9 4 5 2 3 7 1 10 6 8 12 11<br />
Off. Reb./gm 10 7 8 11 12 1 5 9 6 3 2 4<br />
Def. Reb./gm 9 3t 11 3t 7 2 6 8 12 1 10 5<br />
Rebounds/game 9 5 11 7 10 2 4 8 12 1 6 3<br />
Assists/game 7 6 11 3 10 2 5 12 4 1 9 8<br />
Steals/game 6t 11 4t 6t 4t 1 2 9 3 6t 10 12<br />
Turnovers/gm 1 7 5 4 11 6 2 12 3 10 9 8<br />
Blocks/gm 12 10 2 7 1 3 4t 4t 9 6 8 11<br />
Pers.Fouls/gm 2 9t 3 4 7 6 11 1 5 12 9t 8<br />
DQ/game 6t 2t 1 10t 2t 10t 9 2t 2t 10t 6t 6t<br />
COMBINATION TEAM/OPPONENT STATISTICS, RANK WITHIN LEAGUE<br />
ATL CHI CT IND LA MIN NY PHO SA SEA TUL WAS<br />
Pts/game/diff. 7 9 3 2 10 1 8 4 5 6 12 11<br />
Off. Reb. Pct. 3 5 7 6 11 2 4 8 12 9 10 1<br />
Def. Reb. Pct. 10 6 7 11 12 1 8 5 3 2 4 9<br />
Total Reb. Pct. 3 6 9 10 11 1 4 7 12 5 8 2<br />
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2011 ALL-ROOKIE TEAM<br />
Player Team Position Votes<br />
Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx Forward 11<br />
Danielle Robinson San Antonio Silver Stars Guard 11<br />
Courtney Vandersloot Chicago Sky Guard 10<br />
Danielle Adams San Antonio Silver Stars Forward 9<br />
Liz Cambage Tulsa Shock Center 9
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> SEASON IN REVIEW<br />
REGULAR SEASON - <strong>WNBA</strong> LEADERS<br />
SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT PTS AVG<br />
Taurasi, Pho. 32 208 195 692 21.6<br />
McCoughtry, Atl. 33 235 223 712 21.6<br />
Fowles, Chi. 34 263 154 680 20.0<br />
Langhorne, Was. 31 227 108 563 18.2<br />
Charles, Ct. 34 254 92 600 17.6<br />
Pondexter, N.Y. 34 212 109 591 17.4<br />
Taylor, Pho. 29 164 111 484 16.7<br />
Augustus, Min. 34 231 64 551 16.2<br />
Hammon, S.A. 33 176 99 526 15.9<br />
Catchings, Ind. 33 168 143 511 15.5<br />
Ajavon, Was. 34 174 116 501 14.7<br />
Bird, Sea. 34 183 63 500 14.7<br />
Dupree, Pho. 34 198 98 495 14.6<br />
Montgomery, Ct. 34 154 126 495 14.6<br />
Douglas, Ind. 32 166 47 445 13.9<br />
Prince, Chi. 34 162 90 464 13.6<br />
Whalen, Min. 34 179 89 464 13.6<br />
Jones, Ct. 34 198 54 453 13.3<br />
Cash, Sea. 34 151 115 452 13.3<br />
Moore, Min. 34 164 63 449 13.2<br />
Young, S.A. 33 171 93 435 13.2<br />
Pierson, N.Y. 33 173 79 427 12.9<br />
Jackson, Tul. 34 151 121 423 12.4<br />
Perkins, S.A. 34 154 60 408 12.0<br />
de Souza, Atl. 32 171 36 378 11.8<br />
Milton-Jones, L.A. 34 154 64 397 11.7<br />
Cambage, Tul. 33 134 112 380 11.5<br />
Carson, N.Y. 32 139 59 361 11.3<br />
Toliver, L.A. 32 126 49 357 11.2<br />
Bonner, Pho. 34 120 90 365 10.7<br />
Davenport, Ind. 34 145 73 363 10.7<br />
Harding, Atl. 34 141 66 358 10.5<br />
Lawson, Ct. 33 111 65 342 10.4<br />
Brunson, Min. 34 137 74 348 10.2<br />
Wright, Sea. 33 118 78 332 10.1<br />
Vaughn, N.Y. 34 149 44 342 10.1<br />
Thompson, L.A. 34 120 55 338 9.9<br />
Powell, N.Y. 33 118 29 319 9.7<br />
Little, Sea. 33 129 55 318 9.6<br />
Phillips, Ind. 31 91 60 268 8.6<br />
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REBOUNDS PER GAME G OFF DEF TOT AVG<br />
Charles, Ct. 34 126 248 374 11.0<br />
Fowles, Chi. 34 100 247 347 10.2<br />
Brunson, Min. 34 96 205 301 8.9<br />
Jackson, Tul. 34 100 186 286 8.4<br />
Dupree, Pho. 34 86 193 279 8.2<br />
Langhorne, Was. 31 96 139 235 7.6<br />
de Souza, Atl. 32 83 157 240 7.5<br />
Anosike, Was. 34 83 162 245 7.2<br />
Catchings, Ind. 33 63 170 233 7.1<br />
Bonner, Pho. 34 62 176 238 7.0<br />
Cash, Sea. 34 52 182 234 6.9<br />
Vaughn, N.Y. 34 96 131 227 6.7<br />
Young, S.A. 33 48 164 212 6.4<br />
Jones, Ct. 34 64 153 217 6.4<br />
Snow, Chi. 34 39 174 213 6.3<br />
McWilliams-Frank, Min 34 74 131 205 6.0<br />
McCoughtry, Atl. 33 53 120 173 5.2<br />
Pierson, N.Y. 33 62 110 172 5.2<br />
Little, Sea. 33 46 125 171 5.2<br />
Taylor, Pho. 29 28 113 141 4.9<br />
Coleman, Was. 34 46 118 164 4.8<br />
Davenport, Ind. 34 50 113 163 4.8<br />
Cambage, Tul. 33 54 102 156 4.7<br />
Bales, Atl. 34 35 125 160 4.7<br />
Milton-Jones, L.A. 34 55 103 158 4.6<br />
Moore, Min. 34 57 100 157 4.6<br />
Thompson, L.A. 34 50 106 156 4.6<br />
Appel, S.A. 31 40 102 142 4.6<br />
Hollingsworth, N.Y. 31 54 83 137 4.4<br />
Powell, N.Y. 33 32 108 140 4.2<br />
Willingham, Sea. 34 53 90 143 4.2<br />
Hoffman, L.A. 34 44 98 142 4.2<br />
Sanford, Pho. 33 50 87 137 4.2<br />
Braxton, Pho.-N.Y. 31 46 82 128 4.1<br />
Swoopes, Tul. 33 21 115 136 4.1<br />
Pondexter, N.Y. 34 22 117 139 4.1<br />
Douglas, Ind. 32 31 95 126 3.9<br />
Robinson, Sea. 34 41 91 132 3.9<br />
Riley, S.A. 34 27 103 130 3.8<br />
Greene, Ct. 33 26 99 125 3.8
SEASON IN REVIEW <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
REGULAR SEASON - <strong>WNBA</strong> LEADERS (cont’d)<br />
ASSISTS PER GAME G AST AVG<br />
Whalen, Min. 34 199 5.9<br />
Hammon, S.A. 33 192 5.8<br />
Montgomery, Ct. 34 167 4.9<br />
Bird, Sea. 34 165 4.9<br />
Harding, Atl. 34 162 4.8<br />
Penicheiro, L.A. 34 162 4.8<br />
Pondexter, N.Y. 34 160 4.7<br />
Taylor, Pho. 29 135 4.7<br />
Johnson, Pho. 30 132 4.4<br />
D. Robinson, S.A. 34 132 3.9<br />
Vandersloot, Chi. 34 127 3.7<br />
Taurasi, Pho. 32 114 3.6<br />
Catchings, Ind. 33 115 3.5<br />
Ajavon, Was. 34 105 3.1<br />
Prince, Chi. 34 102 3.0<br />
Mitchell, N.Y. 34 100 2.9<br />
Wright, Sea. 33 97 2.9<br />
Lawson, Ct. 33 96 2.9<br />
Toliver, L.A. 32 93 2.9<br />
Douglas, Ind. 32 91 2.8<br />
Price, Atl. 34 96 2.8<br />
Miller, Was. 34 95 2.8<br />
Moore, Min. 34 90 2.6<br />
McCoughtry, Atl. 33 84 2.5<br />
Thorn, Chi. 34 83 2.4<br />
Phillips, Ind. 31 74 2.4<br />
Holt, Tul. 26 62 2.4<br />
Cash, Sea. 34 81 2.4<br />
McWilliams-Frank, Min. 34 81 2.4<br />
Powell, N.Y. 33 76 2.3<br />
Swoopes, Tul. 33 76 2.3<br />
Young, S.A. 33 76 2.3<br />
Swanier, Pho. 29 66 2.3<br />
Augustus, Min. 34 75 2.2<br />
Jackson, Tul. 34 68 2.0<br />
Smith, Sea. 34 68 2.0<br />
Milton-Jones, L.A. 34 67 2.0<br />
Quinn, L.A. 33 65 2.0<br />
White, Ct. 34 66 1.9<br />
3 tied 1.9<br />
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FIELD GOAL PCT. FG FGA PCT<br />
Fowles, Chi. 263 445 .591<br />
Dupree, Pho. 198 361 .548<br />
Langhorne, Was. 227 425 .534<br />
Davenport, Ind. 145 274 .529<br />
Price, Atl. 108 208 .519<br />
Braxton, Pho.-N.Y. 104 203 .512<br />
Cambage, Tul. 134 262 .511<br />
Whalen, Min. 179 350 .511<br />
Brunson, Min. 137 268 .511<br />
Parker, L.A. 116 227 .511<br />
Taylor, Pho. 164 321 .511<br />
Augustus, Min. 231 458 .504<br />
De Souza, Atl. 171 343 .499<br />
Vaughn, N.Y. 149 300 .497<br />
Wright, Sea. 118 240 .492<br />
Pierson, N.Y. 173 362 .478<br />
Charles, Ct. 254 543 .468<br />
Douglas, Ind. 166 357 .465<br />
Little, Sea. 129 278 .464<br />
Milton-Jones, L.A. 154 333 .462<br />
Jackson, Tul. 151 331 .456<br />
Harding, Atl. 141 310 .455<br />
Lawson, Ct. 111 247 .449<br />
Taurasi, Pho. 208 463 .449<br />
Bird, Sea. 183 408 .449<br />
McWilliams-Frank, Mi 116 261 .444<br />
Jones, Ct. 198 446 .444<br />
Hammon, S.A. 176 400 .440<br />
Moore, Min. 164 374 .439<br />
Catchings, Ind. 168 384 .438<br />
Carson, N.Y. 139 318 .437<br />
Bonner, Pho. 120 279 .430<br />
Young, S.A. 171 399 .429<br />
Young, Chi. 102 240 .425<br />
McCoughtry, Atl. 235 554 .424<br />
Toliver, L.A. 126 298 .423<br />
Perkins, S.A. 154 368 .418<br />
Latta, Tul. 110 266 .414<br />
Powell, N.Y. 118 288 .410<br />
Pondexter, N.Y. 212 528 .402
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> SEASON IN REVIEW<br />
REGULAR SEASON - <strong>WNBA</strong> LEADERS (cont’d)<br />
3-PT FIELD GOAL PCT. 3FG 3GA PCT<br />
Pohlen, Ind. 29 62 .468<br />
O'Hea, L.A. 28 63 .444<br />
Miller, Was. 49 111 .441<br />
Douglas, Ind. 66 150 .440<br />
Lawson, Ct. 55 128 .430<br />
Bird, Sea. 71 166 .428<br />
Toliver, L.A. 56 131 .427<br />
Phillips, Ind. 26 61 .426<br />
Augustus, Min. 25 60 .417<br />
Kraayeveld, Chi. 52 127 .409<br />
Taylor, Pho. 45 112 .402<br />
Hodges, S.A. 32 80 .400<br />
Smith, Sea. 49 124 .395<br />
Wiggins, Min. 49 124 .395<br />
Taurasi, Pho. 81 205 .395<br />
Thorn, Chi. 32 81 .395<br />
McCray, Ct. 34 87 .391<br />
Hammon, S.A. 75 193 .389<br />
Johnson, Pho. 25 65 .385<br />
Montgomery, Ct. 61 159 .384<br />
Prince, Chi. 50 134 .373<br />
Moore, Min. 58 157 .369<br />
Coleman, Was. 53 144 .368<br />
Mitchell, N.Y. 43 118 .364<br />
Powell, N.Y. 54 153 .353<br />
Milton-Jones, L.A. 25 71 .352<br />
Latta, Tul. 34 97 .351<br />
Adams, S.A. 35 100 .350<br />
Lacy, Tul. 28 80 .350<br />
Catchings, Ind. 32 92 .348<br />
Pondexter, N.Y. 58 168 .345<br />
Bonner, Pho. 35 102 .343<br />
Smith, Ind. 32 94 .340<br />
Thompson, L.A. 43 127 .339<br />
Swoopes, Tul. 29 91 .319<br />
Perkins, S.A. 40 128 .313<br />
Cash, Sea. 35 123 .285<br />
Ajavon, Was. 37 134 .276<br />
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FREE THROW PCT. FT FTA PCT<br />
Bonner, Pho. 90 99 .909<br />
D. Robinson, S.A. 84 93 .903<br />
Taurasi, Pho. 195 216 .903<br />
Wright, Sea. 78 87 .897<br />
Hammon, S.A. 99 111 .892<br />
Lawson, Ct. 65 73 .890<br />
Catchings, Ind. 143 162 .883<br />
Bird, Sea. 63 72 .875<br />
Taylor, Pho. 111 127 .874<br />
Augustus, Min. 64 74 .865<br />
Dupree, Pho. 98 115 .852<br />
Cash, Sea. 115 136 .846<br />
Perkins, S.A. 60 71 .845<br />
Phillips, Ind. 60 72 .833<br />
Thompson, L.A. 55 66 .833<br />
Milton-Jones, L.A. 64 77 .831<br />
Montgomery, Ct. 126 152 .829<br />
Ajavon, Was. 116 140 .829<br />
Pondexter, N.Y. 109 134 .813<br />
Pierson, N.Y. 79 98 .806<br />
Prince, Chi. 90 112 .804<br />
Cambage, Tul. 112 141 .794<br />
Moore, Min. 63 80 .788<br />
Zellous, Ind. 58 74 .784<br />
McCoughtry, Atl. 223 287 .777<br />
Jackson, Tul. 121 156 .776<br />
Fowles, Chi. 154 201 .766<br />
Adams, S.A. 53 71 .746<br />
Sutton-Brown, Ind. 52 70 .743<br />
Carson, N.Y. 59 80 .738<br />
Parker, L.A. 64 87 .736<br />
Anosike, Was. 89 121 .736<br />
Harding, Atl. 66 90 .733<br />
Whalen, Min. 89 122 .730<br />
Young, Chi. 55 76 .724<br />
Jones, Ct. 54 76 .711<br />
Langhorne, Was. 108 152 .711<br />
Davenport, Ind. 73 104 .702<br />
Charles, Ct. 92 134 .687<br />
Brunson, Min. 74 111 .667
SEASON IN REVIEW <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
REGULAR SEASON - <strong>WNBA</strong> LEADERS (cont’d)<br />
STEALS PER GAME G STL AVG<br />
Lyttle, Atl. 22 52 2.36<br />
Prince, Chi. 34 79 2.32<br />
McCoughtry, Atl. 33 72 2.18<br />
Catchings, Ind. 33 67 2.03<br />
Young, S.A. 33 67 2.03<br />
Taylor, Pho. 29 49 1.69<br />
Ajavon, Was. 34 57 1.68<br />
Price, Atl. 34 52 1.53<br />
Hammon, S.A. 33 49 1.48<br />
Anosike, Was. 34 49 1.44<br />
Montgomery, Ct. 34 49 1.44<br />
Bird, Sea. 34 48 1.41<br />
Moore, Min. 34 48 1.41<br />
Little, Sea. 33 45 1.36<br />
Powell, N.Y. 33 45 1.36<br />
Mitchell, N.Y. 34 44 1.29<br />
Perkins, S.A. 34 44 1.29<br />
Douglas, Ind. 32 41 1.28<br />
Pondexter, N.Y. 34 43 1.26<br />
Langhorne, Was. 31 39 1.26<br />
Wright, Sea. 33 40 1.21<br />
Fowles, Chi. 34 41 1.21<br />
Carson, N.Y. 32 38 1.19<br />
De Souza, Atl. 32 38 1.19<br />
Jackson, Tul. 34 40 1.18<br />
Vaughn, N.Y. 34 40 1.18<br />
White, Ct. 34 40 1.18<br />
Pierson, N.Y. 33 38 1.15<br />
Thompson, L.A. 34 39 1.15<br />
Young, Chi. 33 37 1.12<br />
Whalen, Min. 34 37 1.09<br />
Pedersen, Tul. 33 35 1.06<br />
Hoffman, L.A. 34 36 1.06<br />
Sutton-Brown, Ind. 34 36 1.06<br />
McWilliams-Frank, Mi. 34 35 1.03<br />
Bonner, Pho. 34 34 1.00<br />
Harding, Atl. 34 34 1.00<br />
Riley, Tul. 33 32 0.97<br />
Bobbitt, Ind. 31 30 0.97<br />
Phillips, Ind. 31 30 0.97<br />
BLOCKS PER GAME G BLK AVG<br />
Fowles, Chi. 34 68 2.00<br />
Charles, Ct. 34 60 1.76<br />
Bales, Atl. 34 53 1.56<br />
de Souza, Atl. 32 43 1.34<br />
Davenport, Ind. 34 45 1.32<br />
Snow, Chi. 34 44 1.29<br />
Sutton-Brown, Ind. 34 41 1.21<br />
Bonner, Pho. 34 36 1.06<br />
Robinson, Sea. 34 33 0.97<br />
McCoughtry, Atl. 33 32 0.97<br />
Catchings, Ind. 33 30 0.91<br />
Pierson, N.Y. 33 30 0.91<br />
Riley, S.A. 34 30 0.88<br />
Cambage, Tul. 33 29 0.88<br />
Anosike, Was. 34 28 0.82<br />
Dupree, Pho. 34 25 0.74<br />
Vaughn, N.Y. 34 25 0.74<br />
McWilliams-Frank, Min. 34 24 0.71<br />
Thompson, L.A. 34 23 0.68<br />
Little, Sea. 33 22 0.67<br />
Appel, S.A. 31 20 0.65<br />
Braxton, Pho.-N.Y. 31 20 0.65<br />
Carson, N.Y. 32 20 0.63<br />
Taurasi, Pho. 32 20 0.63<br />
Cash, Sea. 34 21 0.62<br />
Jackson, Tul. 34 21 0.62<br />
Adair, Min. 31 18 0.58<br />
Brunson, Min. 34 18 0.53<br />
Irvin, Atl. 30 15 0.50<br />
Lacy, Tul. 34 17 0.50<br />
Smith, Ind. 33 16 0.48<br />
Young, S.A. 33 16 0.48<br />
Langhorne, Was. 31 15 0.48<br />
Wisdom-Hylton, Chi. 29 14 0.48<br />
Jones, Ct. 34 16 0.47<br />
Moore, Min. 34 16 0.47<br />
Gardin, Was. 28 13 0.46<br />
Zellous, Ind. 33 15 0.45<br />
Augustus, Min. 34 15 0.44<br />
Coleman, Was. 34 14 0.41<br />
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MINUTES PER GAME G MIN AVG<br />
Fowles, Chi. 34 1175 34.6<br />
Langhorne, Was. 31 1063 34.3<br />
Jackson, Tul. 34 1152 33.9<br />
Pondexter, N.Y. 34 1151 33.9<br />
Charles, Ct. 34 1136 33.4<br />
Cash, Sea. 34 1128 33.2<br />
Bird, Sea. 34 1123 33.0<br />
Hammon, S.A. 33 1050 31.8<br />
Dupree, Pho. 34 1075 31.6<br />
Young, S.A. 33 1043 31.6<br />
Catchings, Ind. 33 1040 31.5<br />
Ajavon, Was. 34 1065 31.3<br />
Harding, Atl. 34 1037 30.5<br />
Taurasi, Pho. 32 965 30.2<br />
Taylor, Pho. 29 864 29.8<br />
Prince, Chi. 34 1001 29.4<br />
Douglas, Ind. 32 940 29.4<br />
Augustus, Min. 34 997 29.3<br />
Montgomery, Ct. 34 991 29.1<br />
Wright, Sea. 33 953 28.9<br />
Pierson, N.Y. 33 945 28.6<br />
Jones, Ct. 34 971 28.6<br />
McWilliams-Frank, Min. 34 966 28.4<br />
Powell, N.Y. 33 935 28.3<br />
Whalen, Min. 34 956 28.1<br />
Vaughn, N.Y. 34 955 28.1<br />
Moore, Min. 34 951 28.0<br />
McCoughtry, Atl. 33 921 27.9<br />
Miller, Was. 34 943 27.7<br />
Brunson, Min. 34 938 27.6<br />
de Souza, Atl. 32 877 27.4<br />
Anosike, Was. 34 924 27.2<br />
Coleman, Was. 34 918 27.0<br />
Little, Sea. 33 887 26.9<br />
Swoopes, Tul. 33 879 26.6<br />
Milton-Jones, L.A. 34 891 26.2<br />
Holt, Tul. 26 666 25.6<br />
Mitchell, N.Y. 34 864 25.4<br />
Lawson, Ct. 33 832 25.2<br />
Bonner, Pho. 34 857 25.2
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> SEASON IN REVIEW<br />
2011 SINGLE-GAME RECORDS<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS — PLAYERS<br />
Minutes 46, Fowles, CHI vs. CT, 6/23 (2 OT)<br />
46, Charles, CT at CHI, 6/23 (2 OT)<br />
40, (9 times, most recently) Jackson,<br />
TUL vs. CT, 8/28<br />
Field Goals 14, D. Robinson, SA at TUL, 9/11 (OT)<br />
14, McCoughtry, ATL at CT, 7/31<br />
14, Hammon, SA at LA, 9/6<br />
FG Attempts 27, McCoughtry, ATL at CT, 7/31<br />
3-Pt. Field Goals 7, Hammon, SA vs. PHO, 7/28<br />
3-Pt. FG Attempts 13, Taurasi, PHO vs. CT, 8/7 (OT)<br />
11, (4 times, most recently Taurasi,<br />
PHO at SEA, 9/9)<br />
Free Throws 17, Catchings, IND vs. NY, 8/13<br />
FT Attempts 19, McCoughtry, ATL at TUL, 7/26<br />
19, Catchings, IND vs. NY, 8/13<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AND LOWS — TEAMS<br />
Field Goals 43, Chicago, vs. CT, 6/23 (2 OT)<br />
42, Minnesota, vs. PHO, 7/13<br />
Fewest Field Goals 16, Indiana, at SEA, 6/17<br />
FG Attempts 89, Phoenix, vs. CT, 8/7 (OT)<br />
FG Attempts 86, Minnesota, vs. PHO, 7/13<br />
Fewest FG Attempts 50, (4 times, most recently)<br />
Tulsa, at MIN, 8/14<br />
Field Goal Pct. .600, Chicago, at WAS, 6/11<br />
Lowest Field Goal Pct. .269, Washington, vs. CT, 9/4<br />
3-Pt. Field Goals 15, Phoenix, vs. MIN, 9/11<br />
3-Pt. FG Attempts 33, Phoenix, vs. CT, 8/7 (OT)<br />
3-Pt. FG Attempts 30, San Antonio, at NY, 7/1<br />
3-Pt. FG Pct. .750, Indiana, at CHI, 9/4<br />
Free Throws 42, Phoenix, vs. CHI, 7/1<br />
Fewest Free Throws 2, Seattle, at IND, 7/5<br />
FT Attempts 45, Phoenix, vs. CHI, 7/1<br />
Fewest FT Attempts 4, Seattle, at IND, 7/5<br />
Free Throw Pct. 1.000, Los Angeles, vs. WAS, 7/17 (OT)<br />
1.000, (13 times, most recently)<br />
Connecticut, at WAS, 9/4<br />
Lowest Free Throw Pct. .438, Seattle, at SA, 7/14<br />
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Off. Rebounds 8, Dupree, PHO vs. IND, 6/19 (OT)<br />
8, Jackson, TUL vs. CHI, 7/28<br />
Def. Rebounds 16, Snow, CHI vs. CT, 6/23 (2 OT)<br />
16, Charles, CT vs. LA, 6/28<br />
Rebounds 23, Charles, CT vs. LA, 6/28<br />
Assists 12, Johnson, PHO at LA, 8/12 (OT)<br />
11, Penicheiro, LA at ATL, 7/28<br />
11, Hammon, SA vs. WAS, 9/10<br />
Steals 7, Anosike, WAS vs. CHI, 8/20<br />
7, Young, CHI at WAS, 8/20<br />
Turnovers 11, Langhorne, WAS vs. TUL, 6/26<br />
Blocks 8, Bales, ATL vs. CHI, 7/16<br />
8, Fowles, CHI at ATL, 7/16<br />
Points 37, McCoughtry, ATL at TUL, 7/26<br />
37, Hammon, SA at LA, 9/6<br />
Off. Rebounds 21, Connecticut, at NY, 8/18 (OT)<br />
20, Minnesota, vs. LA, 8/20<br />
Fewest Off. Rebounds 2, (3 times, most recently)<br />
Los Angeles, at TUL, 8/21<br />
Def. Rebounds 38, Minnesota, at SA, 8/28<br />
Fewest Def. Rebounds 10, New York, vs. IND, 6/11<br />
Rebounds 52, Connecticut, at ATL, 8/19 (OT)<br />
51, Minnesota, at ATL, 6/19<br />
Fewest Rebounds 19, Indiana, at NY, 9/9<br />
Assists 30, Phoenix, at MIN, 7/13<br />
Fewest Assists 6, San Antonio, at SEA, 7/21<br />
6, Chicago, at NY, 8/4<br />
Personal Fouls 31, Indiana, at WAS, 6/21<br />
Fewest Personal Fouls 9, (3 times, most recently)<br />
Los Angeles, vs. SA, 9/6<br />
Steals 17, Atlanta, vs. WAS, 6/9 (OT)<br />
16, Chicago, at WAS, 8/20<br />
Turnovers 29, Washington, at ATL, 6/9 (OT)<br />
29, Seattle, at ATL, 8/7<br />
Fewest Turnovers 6, Connecticut, at TUL, 8/28<br />
Blocks 14, San Antonio, vs. ATL, 6/11<br />
Points 112, Phoenix, at MIN, 7/13<br />
Fewest Points 48, Washington, vs. CT, 9/4
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> ATTENDANCE<br />
SEASON IN REVIEW <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
HOME ATTENDANCE ROAD ATTENDANCE<br />
TEAM G ATT AVG G ATT AVG<br />
Atlanta Dream 17 110,278 6,487 17 139,671 8,216<br />
Chicago Sky 17 94,116 5,536 17 145,093 8,535<br />
Connecticut Sun 17 119,951 7,056 17 128,366 7,551<br />
Indiana Fever 17 136,915 8,054 17 124,386 7,317<br />
Los Angeles Sparks 17 175,436 10,320 17 136,680 8,040<br />
Minnesota Lynx 17 143,607 8,447 17 143,890 8,464<br />
New York Liberty 17 130,936 7,702 17 129,553 7,621<br />
Phoenix Mercury 17 155,845 9,167 17 142,849 8,403<br />
San Antonio Silver Stars 17 148,767 8,751 17 130,692 7,688<br />
Seattle Storm 17 147,196 8,659 17 129,219 7,601<br />
Tulsa Shock 17 82,069 4,828 17 145,059 8,533<br />
Washington Mystics 17 177,639 10,449 17 127,297 7,488<br />
Totals 204 1,622,755 7,955 204 1,622,755 7,955<br />
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RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL-STAR<br />
1999 (New York) . . . . . . . Jennifer Gillom<br />
Michele Timms<br />
2000 (Phoenix) . . . . . . . . Brandy Reed<br />
2003 (New York) . . . . . . . Adrian Williams<br />
2005 (Connecticut) . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
2006 (New York) . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
Cappie Pondexter<br />
2007 (Washington) . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
Cappie Pondexter<br />
Penny Taylor<br />
2009 (Connecticut) . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
Cappie Pondexter<br />
2011 (San Antonio) . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
Penny Taylor<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> MVP<br />
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS MVP<br />
2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cappie Pondexter<br />
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> SELECT TEAM<br />
2004 (New York) . . . . . . . Anna DeForge<br />
ALL-<strong>WNBA</strong> FIRST TEAM<br />
1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Gillom<br />
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
Penny Taylor<br />
2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
Cappie Pondexter<br />
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
ALL-<strong>WNBA</strong> SECOND TEAM<br />
1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Gillom<br />
2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penny Taylor<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL-DECADE TEAM<br />
2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
(honorable mention)<br />
74<br />
15TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM<br />
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> SIXTH WOMAN OF THE YEAR<br />
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWanna Bonner<br />
2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWanna Bonner<br />
2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWanna Bonner<br />
KIM PERROT SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD<br />
2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Gillom<br />
BRIDGET PETTIS HUSTLE AWARD<br />
2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeWanna Bonner<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ROOKIE OF THE YEAR<br />
2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Taurasi<br />
PLAYER OF THE WEEK<br />
Anna DeForge . . . . . . . . . August 18, 2003<br />
July 5, 2004<br />
Candice Dupree . . . . . . July 12, 2010<br />
June 20, 2011<br />
Jennifer Gillom . . . . . . . . August 17, 1997<br />
July 12, 1998<br />
Cappie Pondexter . . . . . . June 12, 2006<br />
July 21, 2008<br />
July 5, 2009<br />
July 12, 2009<br />
July 18, 2009<br />
Brandy Reed . . . . . . . . . . June 5, 2000<br />
Diana Taurasi . . . . . . . . August 8, 2005<br />
July 10, 2006<br />
August 14, 2006<br />
May 28, 2007<br />
August 6, 2007<br />
June 9, 2008<br />
June 23, 2008<br />
June 30, 2008<br />
September 8, 2008<br />
August 16, 2009<br />
June 14, 2010<br />
July 26, 2010<br />
August 2, 2010<br />
August 15, 2011<br />
Penny Taylor . . . . . . . . . August 13, 2007<br />
June 27, 2011<br />
DeWanna Bonner . . . . September 6, 2011
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> RECORDS<br />
MERCURY TEAM HIGHS AND LOWS<br />
TEAM OFFENSE<br />
SCORING<br />
Highest average, points per game, season<br />
93.9 2010 (3,156/34)<br />
92.8 2009 (3,156/34)<br />
89.0 2011 (3025/34)<br />
89.0 2007 (3,025/34)<br />
88.5 2008 (3,010/34)<br />
87.1 2006 (2,960/34)<br />
Lowest average, points per game, season<br />
61.7 2003 (2,097/34)<br />
64.5 2001 (2064/32)<br />
Most points, game<br />
127 at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
123 at Tulsa, July 22, 2010<br />
116 vs. Tulsa, June 12, 2010<br />
115 vs. Sacramento, June 13, 2009 (OT)<br />
112 vs. Charlotte, August 3, 2006<br />
vs. Chicago, June 20, 2008 (OT)<br />
at Minnesota, July 13, 2011<br />
Fewest points, game<br />
45 at Seattle, June 3, 2004<br />
46 at Houston, August 10, 2003<br />
47 at Sacramento, July 29, 2001<br />
at Minnesota, July 3, 1999<br />
Largest margin of victory, game<br />
39 vs. Tulsa, July 10, 2011 (102-63)<br />
34 vs. San Antonio, August 19, 2005 (91-57)<br />
33 at Charlotte, June 22, 2000 (90-57)<br />
vs. Seattle, June 7, 2000 (82-49)<br />
vs. Minnesota, July 29, 1999 (79-46)<br />
vs. Utah, June 26, 1998 (96-63)<br />
32 at Tulsa, July 22, 2010 (123-91)<br />
vs. Tulsa, June 12, 2010 (116-84<br />
vs. San Antonio, July 21, 2004 (87-55)<br />
vs. Utah, August 6, 1997 (78-46)<br />
31 vs. Minnesota, August 8, 2006 (99-68)<br />
Largest margin of defeat, game<br />
41 at Seattle, July 19, 2002 (48-89)<br />
38 at New York, August 14, 2010 (69-107)<br />
33 at New York, June 22, 2008 (72-105)<br />
30 at Atlanta, July 30, 2009 (76-106)<br />
BY HALF<br />
Most points, first half<br />
69 vs. Minnesota, July 29, 2010<br />
67 at Tulsa, July 22, 2010<br />
60 vs. Tulsa, July 10, 2011<br />
59 vs. Atlanta, August 11, 2011<br />
59 vs. Tulsa, June 12, 2010<br />
58 at Tulsa, May 25, 2010<br />
at Atlanta, July 1, 2008<br />
Fewest points, first half<br />
14 at Sacramento, July 29, 2001<br />
15 at Cleveland, July 31, 1997<br />
18 at Utah, July 12, 1997<br />
75<br />
Largest lead at halftime<br />
32 vs. Tulsa, July 10, 2011 (60-28)<br />
29 vs. San Antonio, August 19, 2005 (53-24)<br />
28 vs. Washington, August 4, 1998 (48-20)<br />
26 at Tulsa, July 22, 2010 (67-41)<br />
24 vs. Minnesota, August 8, 2006<br />
23 vs. Minnesota, August 1, 2009<br />
vs. Houston, September 19, 2004 (50-27)<br />
22 at Miami, June 24, 2000 (39-17)<br />
Largest halftime deficit over<strong>com</strong>e to win game<br />
15 vs. Seattle, August 16, 2011<br />
(trailed 28-43; won 81-79)<br />
14 vs. Utah, August 17, 1997<br />
(trailed 21-35; won 71-63 in OT)<br />
12 at Sacramento, July 11, 2009<br />
(trailed 42-54: won 107-105)<br />
at Washington, June 22, 1999<br />
(trailed 32-44; won 79-76)<br />
at Detroit, July 8, 1998<br />
(trailed 32-44; won 78-76)<br />
Most points, second half<br />
65 at Sacramento, July 11, 2009<br />
64 at Minnesota, July 13, 2011<br />
63 vs. Minnesota, September 3, 2008<br />
61 vs. Houston, May 25, 2007<br />
60 at Chicago, August 18, 2009<br />
at Detroit, September 1, 2009<br />
vs. Washington, August 4, 1998<br />
Fewest points, second half<br />
18 at San Antonio, June 5, 2003<br />
19 at Miami, August 3, 2001<br />
vs. Los Angeles, June 21, 2003<br />
vs. Charlotte, June 12, 2003<br />
BY QUARTER<br />
Most points, quarter<br />
39 at Minnesota, July 13, 2011 (fourth quarter)<br />
38 vs. Atlanta, July 19, 2008 (third quarter)<br />
37 vs. Los Angeles, July 5, 2011 (third quarter)<br />
at Chicago, August 18, 2009 (fourth quarter)<br />
36 vs. Tulsa, July 10, 2011 (first quarter)<br />
at Sacramento, July 11, 2009 (third quarter)<br />
at Los Angeles, July 5, 2009 (third quarter)<br />
Fewest points, quarter<br />
6 at Sacramento, May 20, 2006 (second quarter)<br />
vs. San Antonio, August 28, 2008 (second quarter)<br />
OVERTIME<br />
Most points, overtime period<br />
18 vs. Sacramento, June 13, 2009<br />
17 at Minnesota, July 24, 2010<br />
at Seattle, August 4, 2009<br />
vs. Chicago, June 20, 2008<br />
Fewest points, overtime period<br />
4 vs. Los Angeles, July 25, 1997<br />
5 at Washington, August 3, 2003<br />
Largest margin of victory, overtime period<br />
11 vs. Sacramento, June 13, 2009 (115-104)<br />
at Seattle, August 4, 2090 (101-90)<br />
8 vs. Utah, August 17, 1997 (71-63)
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
Highest field goal percentage, season<br />
.472 2010 (1151/2432)<br />
.461 2011 (1062/2303)<br />
.460 2009 (1128/2454)<br />
.446 2000 (803/1800)<br />
Lowest field goal percentage, season<br />
.373 1997 (660/1768)<br />
Highest field goal percentage, game<br />
.636 vs. Seattle, August 3, 2000 (28/44)<br />
.618 vs. Charlotte, August 3, 2006 (42/68)<br />
.607 vs. Sacramento, July 15, 2009 (37/61)<br />
.603 vs. San Antonio, August 6, 2010 (36/63)<br />
Lowest field goal percentage, game<br />
.255 at Sacramento, July 29, 2001 (14/55)<br />
.264 at Minnesota, June 22, 2005 (19/72)<br />
.270 at Seattle, July 25, 2003 (20/74)<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
Most field goals per game, season<br />
33.9 2010 (1151/34)<br />
33.2 2009 (1128/34)<br />
31.7 2006 (1079/34)<br />
31.4 2008 (1069/34)<br />
31.3 2007 (1063/34)<br />
Fewest field goals per game, season<br />
23.6 1997 (660/28)<br />
23.6 2003 (801/34)<br />
Most field goals, game<br />
47 vs. Minnesota, July 29, 2010<br />
at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
46 at Tulsa, July 22, 2010<br />
45 vs. Atlanta, July 19, 2008<br />
43 at San Antonio, August 3, 2010<br />
vs. Tulsa, June 6, 2010<br />
vs. Connecticut, July 6, 2007 (2 OT)<br />
42 vs. Atlanta, September 5, 2009<br />
at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
vs. Charlotte, August 3, 2006<br />
Fewest field goals, game<br />
14 at Sacramento, July 29, 2001<br />
16 at Charlotte, August 9, 1997<br />
17 at Seattle, June 3, 2004<br />
at Los Angeles, June 10, 2000<br />
at Minnesota, July 3, 1999<br />
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS<br />
Most field goal attempts per game, season<br />
73.1 2008 (2485/34)<br />
72.2 2009 (2454/34)<br />
71.6 2006 (2434/34)<br />
71.5 2010 (2432/34)<br />
71.2 2007 (2419/34)<br />
Fewest field goal attempts per game, season<br />
56.3 2000 (1,800/32)<br />
Most field goal attempts, game<br />
98 vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
97 vs. Atlanta, July 19, 2008<br />
96 vs. Connecticut, July 6, 2007 (2 OT)<br />
94 at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3 OT)<br />
93 at Los Angeles, July 15, 2003 (2 OT)<br />
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
76<br />
Most field goal attempts, regulation game<br />
97 vs. Atlanta, July 19, 2008<br />
84 vs. Atlanta, September 5, 2009<br />
83 vs. Detroit, July 18, 2009<br />
vs. Washington, June 20, 2007<br />
Fewest field goal attempts, game<br />
44 vs. Seattle, August 3, 2000<br />
at Sacramento, August 20, 1997<br />
vs. Minnesota, August 9, 1999<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
Highest three-point field goal percentage, season<br />
.386 2009 (257/665)<br />
.373 2011 (239/641)<br />
.370 2004 (192/519)<br />
Lowest three-point field goal percentage, season<br />
.294 1999 (134/456)<br />
Highest three-point field goal percentage, game<br />
.800 vs. Charlotte, July 13, 2005 (4/5)<br />
.778 vs. Houston, June 14, 2003 (7/9)<br />
Lowest three-point field goal percentage, game<br />
.000 Seven times<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS<br />
Most three-point field goals per game, season<br />
8.3 2007 (283/34)<br />
7.8 2006 (265/34)<br />
Fewest three-point field goals per game, season<br />
3.1 2002 (100/32)<br />
Most three-point field goals, game<br />
16 at Tulsa, May 25, 2010<br />
15 vs. Minnesota, September 11, 2011<br />
at Sacramento, August 17, 2007<br />
14 at Minnesota, July 13, 2011<br />
vs. Minnesota, June 10, 2010<br />
vs. Minnesota, July 22, 2007<br />
Fewest three-point field goals, game<br />
0 Seven times<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS<br />
Most 3-pt field goal attempts per game, season<br />
23.6 2007 (802/34)<br />
21.2 2006 (722/34)<br />
Fewest 3-pt field goal attempts per game, season<br />
9.8 2001 (313/32)<br />
Most three-point field goal attempts, game<br />
36 at Tulsa, May 25, 2010<br />
at Detroit, July 8, 2007<br />
35 vs. Los Angeles, August 11, 2007<br />
Fewest three-point field goal attempts, game<br />
3 at Seattle, June 28, 2000<br />
4 vs. Minnesota, June 23, 2002<br />
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE<br />
Highest free throw percentage, season<br />
.855 2009 (643/752)<br />
.851 2011 (662/778)<br />
.848 2010 (638/752)<br />
.831 2008 (642/773)<br />
.817 2007 (616/754)<br />
.785 2006 (537/684)
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> RECORDS<br />
Lowest free throw percentage, season<br />
.682 2003 (379/556)<br />
Highest free throw percentage, game<br />
1.000 16 times<br />
Most free throws made without a miss, game<br />
21 at Los Angeles, July 6, 2010<br />
Lowest free throw percentage, game<br />
.167 vs. Houston, August 14, 2001(1/6)<br />
.364 vs. Washington, September 17, 2004 (4/11)<br />
.480 vs. Los Angeles, July 7, 1999 (12/25)<br />
FREE THROWS MADE<br />
Most free throws made per game, season<br />
19.47 2011 (662/34)<br />
18.91 2009 (643/34)<br />
18.88 2008 (642/34)<br />
Fewest free throws made per game, season<br />
11.1 2003 (379/34)<br />
Most free throws made, game<br />
42 vs. Chicago, July 1, 2011<br />
35 at San Antonio, July 28, 2011<br />
vs. Sacramento, August 4, 1997<br />
34 vs. Los Angeles, July 17, 1999<br />
Fewest free throws made, game<br />
1 vs. Houston, August 14, 2001<br />
2 at Washington, July 9, 2002<br />
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS<br />
Most free throw attempts per game, season<br />
23.6 1998 (709/30)<br />
22.9 2011 (778/34)<br />
22.7 2008 (773/34)<br />
Fewest free throw attempts per game, season<br />
16.4 2003 (556/34)<br />
Most free throw attempts, game<br />
47 vs. San Antonio, August 22, 2003<br />
45 vs. Chicago, July 1, 2011<br />
vs. Sacramento, August 4, 1997<br />
Fewest free throw attempts, game<br />
2 at Washington, July 9, 2002<br />
4 vs. Sacramento, August 17, 1999<br />
REBOUNDS<br />
Most rebounds per game, season<br />
36.1 2008 (1226/34)<br />
35.7 2010 (1215/34)<br />
35.1 2011 (1194/34)<br />
35.0 2009 (1190/34)<br />
33.9 2007 (1152/34)<br />
Fewest rebounds per game, season<br />
26.9 2004 (916/34)<br />
27.9 2000 (894/32)<br />
Most rebounds, game<br />
49 vs. Connecticut, August 7, 2011 (OT)<br />
at Minnesota, September 12, 2008<br />
48 vs. Minnesota, June 17, 2009<br />
vs. Portland, June 4, 2001 (OT)<br />
77<br />
Fewest rebounds, game<br />
17 at Seattle, June 3, 2004<br />
18 at Minnesota, June 27, 2003<br />
19 5 Times<br />
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
Most offensive rebounds per game, season<br />
11.5 1997 (322/28)<br />
11.0 2008 (375/34)<br />
Fewest offensive rebounds per game, season<br />
7.8 2004 (264/34)<br />
Most offensive rebounds, game<br />
22 at Cleveland, July 31, 1997<br />
21 at New York, June 29, 1997<br />
Fewest offensive rebounds, game<br />
1 at Connecticut, May 22, 2004<br />
2 vs. Sacramento, July 15, 2009<br />
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
Most defensive rebounds per game, season<br />
27.1 2010 (920/34)<br />
26.7 2009 (643/34)<br />
26.0 2011 (884/34)<br />
25.7 2007 (873/34)<br />
25.0 2008 (652/34)<br />
Fewest defensive rebounds per game, season<br />
18.9 2003 (643/34)<br />
Most defensive rebounds, game<br />
37 at Minnesota, September 12, 2008<br />
36 at Atlanta, June 24, 2011<br />
at Connecticut, July 28, 2009<br />
vs. Chicago, July 8, 2009<br />
vs. Minnesota, August 8, 2006<br />
Fewest defensive rebounds, game<br />
10 vs. Charlotte, June 11, 2004<br />
at Minnesota, August 4, 2003<br />
11 at Seattle, June 3, 2004<br />
at Utah, June 6, 2000<br />
12 Six Times<br />
ASSISTS<br />
Most assists per game, season<br />
20.2 2010 (686/34)<br />
20.1 2007 (683/34)<br />
Fewest assists per game, season<br />
13.3 2002 (427/32)<br />
Most assists, game<br />
30 Minnesota, July 13, 2011<br />
vs. Minnesota, July 29, 2010<br />
at Tulsa, July 22, 2010<br />
29 at Los Angeles, August 12, 2011 (OT)<br />
vs. Tulsa, June 12, 2010<br />
vs. Sacramento, July 15, 2009<br />
at Atlanta, July 1, 2008<br />
Fewest assists, game<br />
5 at Seattle, July 25, 2003<br />
7 vs. Minnesota, July 18, 2004<br />
vs. Los Angeles, August 23, 2002<br />
vs. New York, July 5, 2008
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
PERSONAL FOULS<br />
Most personal fouls per game, season<br />
23.4 2008 (794/34)<br />
22.0 2004 (748/34)<br />
Fewest personal fouls per game, season<br />
19.4 2007 (658/34)<br />
Most personal fouls, game<br />
36 at Minnesota, August 1, 2009<br />
35 at Sacramento, June 12, 1999<br />
Fewest personal fouls, game<br />
9 Three times, most recently at Los Angeles, July 5, 2001<br />
DISQUALIFICATIONS<br />
Most disqualifications per game, season<br />
0.38 2004 (13/34)<br />
Fewest disqualifications per game, season<br />
0.03 2002 (1/34)<br />
Most disqualifications, game<br />
3 at Sacramento, June 12, 1999<br />
vs. Indiana, August 18, 2005<br />
2 Six times, most recently at Houston, August 10, 2009 (3OT)<br />
STEALS<br />
Most steals per game, season<br />
12.3 1997 (343/28)<br />
Fewest steals per game, season<br />
6.6 2011 (223/34)<br />
2009 (225/34)<br />
6.8 2008 (232/34)<br />
7.0 2010 (237/34)<br />
Most steals, game<br />
20 vs. Utah, August 17, 1997 (OT)<br />
18 at Minnesota, June 27, 2003<br />
Fewest steals, game<br />
0 vs. San Antonio, June 17, 2011<br />
at Los Angeles, June 10, 2011<br />
BLOCKED SHOTS<br />
Most blocked shots per game, season<br />
5.32 2009 (181/34)<br />
5.26 2005 (179/34)<br />
Fewest blocked shots per game, season<br />
2.84 2000 (91/32)<br />
Most blocked shots, game<br />
12 vs. Seattle, July 6, 2005<br />
10 at Minnesota, June 27, 2009<br />
at Los Angeles, August 7, 2007<br />
vs. Detroit, August 16, 2005<br />
Fewest blocked shots, game<br />
0 Many times, most recently vs. New York, August 23, 2011<br />
TURNOVERS<br />
Most turnovers per game, season<br />
17.0 1997 (475/28)<br />
Fewest turnovers per game, season<br />
13.0 2006 (442/34)<br />
78<br />
Most turnovers, game<br />
28 at Minnesota, August 1, 2009<br />
at Houston, June 4, 2005<br />
26 at Indiana, July 18, 2006<br />
at Sacramento, June 10, 2005<br />
Fewest turnovers, game<br />
6 Four times, most recently at Indiana, June 15, 2007<br />
7 Four times, most recently vs. Minnesota, September 11, 2011<br />
TEAM MISCELLANEOUS<br />
GAMES WON AND LOST<br />
Highest winning percentage, season<br />
.676 2009 (23-11)<br />
2007 (23-11)<br />
.633 1998 (19-11)<br />
Lowest winning percentage, season<br />
.235 2003 (8-26)<br />
Most wins in a season<br />
23 2009 (23-11)<br />
2007 (23-11)<br />
Most consecutive games won<br />
8 August 1, 2006 – May 19, 2007<br />
6 July 1-15, 2011<br />
July 1-18, 2009<br />
July 22-August 2, 2007<br />
August 20, 1997-June 15, 1998<br />
5 July 14-27, 2001<br />
Most consecutive games won, one season<br />
7 August 1-August 13, 2006<br />
6 July 1-15, 2011<br />
July 1-18, 2009<br />
July 22-August 2, 2007<br />
Most consecutive game lost<br />
7 August 23, 2005-June 2, 2006<br />
July 2-July 29, 2003<br />
July 29, 2001- August 10, 2001<br />
6 Many Times<br />
Most consecutive game lost, one season<br />
7 July 2 –July 29, 2003<br />
July 29, 2001- August 10, 2001<br />
6 Many times<br />
Most losses in a season<br />
26 2003 (8-26)<br />
21 2002 (11-21)<br />
Highest winning percentage, home games, season<br />
.800 1998 (12-3)<br />
Lowest winning percentage, home games, season<br />
.353 2003 (6-11)<br />
.529 2010 (9-8)<br />
.588 2004, 2006, 2008 (10-7)<br />
Most consecutive home games won<br />
11 July 17-August 17, 1999<br />
9 August 4, 1997-June 15, 1998<br />
Most consecutive home games lost<br />
4 June 17-July 19, 2003<br />
3 Six Times, most recently July 20-August 17, 2011<br />
Highest winning percentage, road games, season<br />
.647 2009 (11-6)<br />
2007 (11-6)<br />
.563 2000 (9-7)
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> RECORDS<br />
Lowest winning percentage, road games, season<br />
.063 2002 (1-15)<br />
Most consecutive road games won<br />
4 July 5-28, 2009<br />
June 24-July 1, 2008<br />
July 25-August 2, 2007<br />
June 13-24, 2000<br />
Most consecutive road games lost<br />
21 July 27, 2002 - August 11, 2002<br />
8 July 31, 2005-June 18, 2006<br />
7 July 21, 2000 - May 31, 2001<br />
6 Four times<br />
OVERTIME GAMES<br />
Most overtime games, season<br />
4 2009<br />
3 1997, 2003, 2010, 2011<br />
Most consecutive overtime games, season<br />
2 August 10-August 11, 1998<br />
Most overtime games won, season<br />
4 2009<br />
2 1997, 2006<br />
Most overtime games won, no losses, season<br />
4 2009<br />
2 2006<br />
1 2000, 2007, 2008<br />
Most consecutive overtime games won<br />
8 July 9, 2006-September 10, 2009<br />
3 August 17, 1997-August 10, 1998<br />
Most overtime games lost, season<br />
2 2001, 2003, 2010, 2011<br />
Most overtime games lost, no wins, season<br />
2 2001<br />
Most consecutive overtime games lost<br />
2 8/7/11 & 8/12/11<br />
5/22/10 & 7/14/10<br />
6/4/01 & 7/1/01<br />
Most overtime periods, game<br />
3 vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010<br />
at Houston, August 10, 2006<br />
TEAM DEFENSE<br />
POINTS<br />
Fewest points allowed per game, season<br />
65.2 1997 (1,826/28)<br />
Most points allowed per game, season<br />
93.8 2010 (3188/34)<br />
89.2 2009 (3031/34)<br />
88.5 2008 (3009/34)<br />
86.0 2011 (2923/34)<br />
85.4 2007 (2,904/34)<br />
Fewest points allowed, game<br />
38 vs. Houston, August 14, 2001<br />
44 at Miami, June 24, 2000<br />
45 vs. Minnesota, July 29, 2002<br />
Most points allowed, game<br />
124 at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
111 vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
111 at Seattle, August 4, 2007<br />
111 at Detroit, July 8, 2007<br />
79<br />
Fewest points allowed, first half<br />
15 vs. Charlotte, August 15, 1999<br />
16 vs. Minnesota, July 29, 1999<br />
Most points allowed, first half<br />
65 vs. Atlanta, May 28, 2010<br />
61 at New York, August 14, 2010<br />
at San Antonio, August 15, 2009<br />
at Seattle, July 4, 2007<br />
Fewest points allowed, second half<br />
14 vs. Seattle August 15, 2003<br />
15 vs. Detroit, August 16, 2005<br />
17 vs. Seattle, June 7, 2000<br />
Most points allowed, second half<br />
73 at Detroit, June 8, 2007<br />
Fewest points allowed, quarter<br />
7 vs. Minnesota, August 8, 2006 (second quarter)<br />
Most points allowed, quarter<br />
40 at Detroit, June 8, 2007<br />
at Seattle, July 4, 2007<br />
vs. Chicago, June 20, 2008<br />
Fewest points allowed, overtime period<br />
3 vs. Utah, August 17, 1997<br />
4 vs. Los Angeles, August 24, 1997<br />
at Washington, August 3, 2003<br />
Most points allowed, overtime period<br />
18 at Indiana, July 1, 2001<br />
14 vs. Minnesota, July 24, 2010<br />
vs. San Antonio, June 26, 2004<br />
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
Lowest opponents’ field goal percentage, season<br />
.405 2007 (1,022/2,526)<br />
Highest opponents’ field goal percentage, season<br />
.455 2010 (1186/2605)<br />
2002 (850/1,870)<br />
Lowest opponents’ field goal percentage, game<br />
.226 at Miami, June 24, 2000 (14/62)<br />
.236 vs. Houston, August 14, 2001 (13/55)<br />
Highest opponents’ field goal percentage, game<br />
.619 vs. Detroit, July 26, 2001<br />
.614 at Utah, July 14, 2000<br />
TURNOVERS<br />
Most opponents’ turnovers per game, season<br />
21.4 1997 (599/28)<br />
Fewest opponents’ turnovers per game, season<br />
13.1 2010 (445/34)<br />
13.5 2009 (460/34)<br />
Most opponents’ turnovers, overtime game<br />
33 vs. Utah, August 17, 1997 (OT)<br />
30 at New York, August 11, 1998 (OT)<br />
Most opponents’ turnovers, regulation game<br />
27 Four times, most recently vs. Houston, May 25, 2007<br />
Fewest opponents’ turnovers, game<br />
5 at Connecticut, June 29, 2008
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
MERCURY INDIVIDUAL RECORDS<br />
TENURE<br />
Most Seasons<br />
8 Diana Taurasi<br />
7 Penny Taylor<br />
6 Jennifer Gillom<br />
Lisa Harrison<br />
Bridget Pettis<br />
5 Kayte Christensen<br />
Maria Stepanova<br />
Michele Timms<br />
Adrian Williams<br />
GAMES<br />
Most games, career<br />
261 Diana Taurasi<br />
191 Penny Taylor<br />
187 Lisa Harrison<br />
183 Jennifer Gillom<br />
Most consecutive games, career<br />
154 Bridget Pettis, June 22, 1997-August 14, 2001<br />
105 Jennifer Gillom, June 22, 1997-July 2, 2000<br />
104 Lisa Harrison, June 24, 2000-July 15, 2003<br />
MINUTES<br />
Most minutes, career<br />
8,400 Diana Taurasi<br />
5,577 Penny Taylor<br />
5,489 Jennifer Gillom<br />
4,527 Lisa Harrison<br />
Highest average minutes per game, career<br />
(Minimum 100 games)<br />
33.1 Anna DeForge (3348/101)<br />
32.2 Diana Taurasi (8400/261)<br />
31.9 Cappie Pondexter (4110/129)<br />
Most minutes, season<br />
1,152 Anna DeForge, 2004<br />
Diana Taurasi, 2006<br />
1,131 Anna DeForge, 2005<br />
1,130 Diana Taurasi, 2004<br />
Highest average minutes per game, season<br />
35.8 Michele Timms, 1997 (966/27)<br />
34.3 Anna DeForge, 2005 (1131/33)<br />
34.2 Jennifer Gillom, 1999 (1095/32)<br />
Most minutes, game<br />
52 Candice Dupree, vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
52 Kelly Miller, at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
51 Penny Taylor, vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
51 Kristen Rasmussen, at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
80<br />
SCORING<br />
Most points, career<br />
5,423 Diana Taurasi<br />
2,844 Penny Taylor<br />
2,793 Jennifer Gillom<br />
2,483 Cappie Pondexter<br />
Most points, season<br />
860 Diana Taurasi, 2006<br />
820 Diana Taurasi, 2008<br />
702 Diana Taurasi, 2010<br />
Highest average points per game, career<br />
(Minimum 100 games)<br />
20.8 Diana Taurasi (5423/261)<br />
19.2 Cappie Pondexter (2483/129)<br />
15.3 Jennifer Gillom (2793/183)<br />
Highest average points per game, season<br />
25.3 Diana Taurasi, 2006 (860/34)<br />
24.1 Diana Taurasi, 2008 (820/34)<br />
22.6 Diana Taurasi, 2010 (702/31)<br />
Most points, game<br />
47 Diana Taurasi, at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
44 Diana Taurasi, vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
41 Diana Taurasi, at Houston, July 27, 2006<br />
39 Diana Taurasi, vs. San Antonio, June 18, 2010<br />
37 Diana Taurasi, vs. Houston, May 25, 2007<br />
Diana Taurasi, at Seattle, June 11, 2008<br />
Most games, 30 or more points, career<br />
38 Diana Taurasi<br />
8 Penny Taylor<br />
Cappie Pondexter<br />
Most games, 20 or more points, career<br />
150 Diana Taurasi<br />
66 Cappie Pondexter<br />
48 Jennifer Gillom<br />
44 Penny Taylor<br />
Most consecutive games 20 or more points<br />
13 Diana Taurasi, July 22, 2006-May 19, 2007<br />
9 Diana Taurasi, August 2-30, 2011<br />
8 Brandy Reed, July 13-28, 2000<br />
7 Diana Taurasi, June 6-23, 2006<br />
Most consecutive games 10 or more points<br />
50 Diana Taurasi, July 1, 2009-August 14, 2010<br />
36 Cappie Pondexter, July 25, 2007-July 27, 2008<br />
27 Jennifer Gillom, June 29, 1998--June 21, 1999<br />
26 Diana Taurasi, July 8, 2008-June 25, 2009<br />
Diana Taurasi, August 18, 2005-July 16, 2006
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> RECORDS<br />
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
Highest field goal percentage, career<br />
(Minimum 400 field goals)<br />
.605 Candice Dupree (429/709)<br />
.487 Penny Taylor (954/1957)<br />
.466 Lisa Harrison (467/1002)<br />
.438 Diana Taurasi (1766/4031)<br />
Highest field goal percentage, season<br />
(Minimum 85 field goals made)<br />
.664 Candice Dupree, 2010 (231/348)<br />
.570 Le'Coe Willingham, 2008 (139/244)<br />
.548 Candice Dupree, 2011 (198/361)<br />
.533 Le’Coe Willingham, 2009 (136/255)<br />
.511 Penny Taylor, 2011 (164/321)<br />
.509 Penny Taylor, 2010 (173/340)<br />
Highest field goal percentage, game<br />
(Minimum 8 field goals made)<br />
1.000 Candice Dupree, vs. Tulsa, June 12 (9/9)<br />
.909 Kamila Vodichkova, vs. LA, July 26, 2005 (10/11)<br />
.900 Maria Stepanova, vs. Detroit, July 26, 2001 (9/10)<br />
Most field goals made, none missed, game<br />
9 Candice Dupree, vs. Tulsa, June 12, 2010<br />
7 Jen Lacy, vs. Charlotte, August 3, 2006<br />
6 Lisa Harrison, at Seattle, May 31, 2001<br />
Most field goals attempted, none made, game<br />
12 Tangela Smith, at Washington, June 13, 2007<br />
11 Slobodanka Tuvic, at Seattle, July 25, 2003<br />
10 Umeki Webb, vs. Utah, August 6, 1997<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
Most field goals, career<br />
1,766 Diana Taurasi<br />
1,009 Jennifer Gillom<br />
954 Penny Taylor<br />
882 Cappie Pondexter<br />
Most field goals, season<br />
298 Diana Taurasi, 2006<br />
258 Diana Taurasi, 2008<br />
236 Cappie Pondexter, 2009<br />
Most field goals, game<br />
17 Diana Taurasi, at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
16 Diana Taurasi, vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
14 Diana Taurasi, at Houston, July 27, 2006<br />
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS<br />
Most field goal attempts, career<br />
4,031 Diana Taurasi<br />
2,367 Jennifer Gillom<br />
2,023 Cappie Pondexter<br />
Most field goal attempts, season<br />
660 Diana Taurasi, 2006<br />
579 Diana Taurasi, 2008<br />
567 Cappie Pondexter, 2008<br />
Most field goals attempted, game<br />
33 Diana Taurasi, vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
Diana Taurasi, at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
28 Diana Taurasi, at Houston, July 27, 2006<br />
81<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
Highest 3-pt field goal percentage, career<br />
(Minimum 100 3-pt field goals made)<br />
.406 Penny Taylor (238/586)<br />
.376 Anna DeForge (178/473)<br />
.371 Tangela Smith (129/347)<br />
.370 Diana Taurasi (663/1791)<br />
Highest 3-pt FG percentage, season<br />
(Minimum 35 3-pt field goals made)<br />
.452 Tangela Smith, 2009 (42/93)<br />
.442 Penny Taylor, 2010 (46/104)<br />
.427 Penny Taylor, 2004 (41/96)<br />
.414 Temeka Johnson, 2009 (36/87)<br />
Most 3-pt field goals made, none missed, game<br />
4 Cappie Pondexter, vs. Los Angeles, July 17, 2008<br />
Shereka Wright, vs. Houston, June 1, 2004<br />
Anna DeForge, vs. Minnesota, August 20, 2003<br />
Jennifer Gillom, at Cleveland, July 2, 1998<br />
3 By many<br />
Most 3-pt field goals attempts, none made, game<br />
7 Michele Timms, at Houston, August 6, 1998<br />
6 By many<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS<br />
Most 3-pt field goals made, career<br />
663 Diana Taurasi<br />
238 Penny Taylor<br />
178 Anna DeForge<br />
Most 3-pt field goals made, season<br />
121 Diana Taurasi, 2006<br />
95 Diana Taurasi, 2007<br />
89 Diana Taurasi, 2008<br />
Most 3-pt field goals made, game<br />
8 Diana Taurasi, at Tulsa, May 25, 2010<br />
Diana Taurasi, at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
7 Diana Taurasi, vs. Minnesota, June 17, 2009<br />
Diana Taurasi, at Seattle, June 11, 2008<br />
Diana Taurasi, at Sacramento, August 17, 2007<br />
Diana Taurasi, at New York, July 9, 2006 (OT)<br />
Diana Taurasi, at Los Angeles, June 13, 2006<br />
6 By many<br />
Most consecutive 3-pt field goals made<br />
11 Michele Timms, August 6, 1997-June 11, 1998<br />
10 Edna Campbell, July 19, 1999-August 7, 1999<br />
Most consecutive games, three-point field goal made<br />
55 Diana Taurasi, July 22, 2007-June 25, 2009<br />
40 Diana Taurasi, June 30, 2006-July 17, 2007<br />
28 Diana Taurasi, May 22-August 13, 2010
THREE-PONT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS<br />
Most 3-pt field goal attempts, career<br />
1,791 Diana Taurasi<br />
501 Bridget Pettis<br />
485 Cappie Pondexter<br />
Most 3-pt field goal attempts, season<br />
305 Diana Taurasi, 2006<br />
259 Diana Taurasi, 2007<br />
247 Diana Taurasi, 2008<br />
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Most 3-pt field goal attempts, game<br />
16 Diana Taurasi, at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
15 Diana Taurasi, at Sacramento, August 17, 2007<br />
Diana Taurasi, vs. Sacramento, August 13, 2006<br />
Diana Taurasi, vs. Washington, July 2, 2006<br />
13 Diana Taurasi, vs. Connecticut, August 7, 2011 (OT)<br />
Diana Taurasi, at Tulsa, May 25, 2010<br />
Diana Taurasi, vs. Sacramento, June 13, 2009 (OT)<br />
Diana Taurasi, vs. Houston, July 8, 2008<br />
Diana Taurasi, at San Antonio, August 2, 2007<br />
Belinda Snell, vs. Houston, June 24, 2007<br />
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE<br />
Highest free throw percentage, career<br />
(Minimum 200 free throws)<br />
.877 Penny Taylor (698/796)<br />
.853 Diana Taurasi (1228/1440)<br />
.847 DeWanna Bonner (315/372)<br />
.849 Cappie Pondexter (552/650)<br />
Highest free throw percentage, season<br />
(Minimum 100 free throws)<br />
.912 Diana Taurasi, 2010 (198/217)<br />
.903 Diana Taurasi, 2011 (195/216)<br />
.901 Brandy Reed, 2000 (128/142)<br />
.898 Bridget Pettis, 1997 (97/108)<br />
.894 Diana Taurasi, 2009 (152/170)<br />
Most free throws made, none missed, game<br />
14 Diana Taurasi, at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
13 Diana Taurasi, at San Antonio, September 1, 2011<br />
Penny Taylor, vs. San Antonio, August 20, 2011<br />
Cappie Pondexter, at Sacramento, July 11, 2009<br />
Penny Taylor, vs. Los Angeles, August 11, 2007<br />
12 Cappie Pondexter, vs. Sacramento, June 13, 2009 (OT)<br />
Jennifer Gillom, vs. Portland, June 14, 2000 (OT)<br />
Kristi Harrower, vs. Los Angeles, July 17, 1999<br />
Most free throw attempts, none made, game<br />
4 Plenette Pierson, vs. Indiana, July 24, 2004<br />
Tracy Reid, vs. Detroit, June 13, 2002<br />
Maria Stepanova, vs. Washington, July 7, 2001<br />
Marlies Askamp, vs. New York, July 18, 1998<br />
Michelle Brogan, vs. Cleveland, July 10, 1998<br />
82<br />
FREE THROWS MADE<br />
Most free throws made, career<br />
1,228 Diana Taurasi<br />
698 Penny Taylor<br />
627 Jennifer Gillom<br />
Most free throws made, season<br />
215 Diana Taurasi, 2008<br />
198 Diana Taurasi, 2010<br />
195 Diana Taurasi, 2011<br />
175 Penny Taylor, 2007<br />
Most free throws made, game<br />
17 Diana Taurasi, vs. Houston, September 7, 2008<br />
15 Cappie Pondexter, vs. Detroit, June 14, 2008<br />
14 Diana Taurasi, at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
Diana Taurasi, at Houston, July 22, 2008<br />
Penny Taylor, vs. Houston, June 24, 2007<br />
FREE THROW ATTEMPTS<br />
Most free throw attempts, career<br />
1,440 Diana Taurasi<br />
826 Jennifer Gillom<br />
796 Penny Taylor<br />
Most free throw attempts, season<br />
247 Diana Taurasi, 2008<br />
217 Diana Taurasi, 2010<br />
216 Diana Taurasi, 2011<br />
201 Cappie Pondexter, 2008<br />
198 Penny Taylor, 2007<br />
Most free throw attempts, game<br />
19 Plenette Pierson, vs. Los Angeles, August 8, 2003<br />
18 Diana Taurasi, vs. Houston, September 7, 2008<br />
17 Cappie Pondexter, vs. Detroit, June 14, 2008<br />
Most consecutive free throws<br />
38 Penny Taylor, July 6-August 17, 2010<br />
36 Tangela Smith, July 8, 2008-July 18, 2009<br />
34 Penny Taylor, June 9, 2007 – June 24, 2007<br />
32 Candice Dupree, July 24, 2010 - June 10, 2011<br />
Diana Taurasi, July 14-27, 2010<br />
REBOUNDS<br />
Most rebounds, career<br />
1,127 Diana Taurasi<br />
923 Penny Taylor<br />
913 Jennifer Gillom<br />
756 Tangela Smith<br />
Highest average rebounds per game, career<br />
(Minimum 100 games)<br />
6.3 DeWanna Bonner (630/100)<br />
5.9 Tangela Smith (756/127)<br />
5.0 Jennifer Gillom (913/183)<br />
4.9 Adrian Williams (639/130)<br />
4.8 Penny Taylor (923/191)<br />
Most rebounds, season<br />
279 Candice Dupree, 2011<br />
257 Candice Dupree, 2010<br />
252 Adrian Williams, 2003<br />
238 DeWanna Bonner, 2011
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> RECORDS<br />
Highest average rebounds per game, season<br />
(Minimum 20 games or 200 rebounds)<br />
8.2 Candice Dupree, 2011 (279/34)<br />
7.6 Candice Dupree, 2010 (257/34)<br />
7.4 Adrian Williams, 2003 (252/34)<br />
7.3 Jennifer Gillom, 1998 (219/30)<br />
Most rebounds, game<br />
19 Candice Dupree, vs. Los Angeles, September 3, 2011<br />
18 Candice Dupree, vs. Indiana, June 19, 2011 (OT)<br />
16 Candice Dupree, at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
Adrian Williams, vs. San Antonio, May 28, 2003<br />
15 Adrian Williams, at Los Angeles, July 15, 2003 (2OT)<br />
Marlies Askamp, vs. Cleveland, June 19, 1999<br />
Jennifer Gillom, vs. Sacramento, June 14, 1999<br />
Most games, 10+ rebounds, career<br />
19 Candice Dupree<br />
18 DeWanna Bonner<br />
14 Adrian Williams<br />
12 Jennifer Gillom<br />
11 Marlies Askamp<br />
Kamila Vodichkova<br />
Most consecutive games, 10+ rebounds<br />
4 Candice Dupree, June 10-21, 2011<br />
Maria Stepanova, August 6-11, 1999<br />
3 DeWanna Bonner, September 3-9, 2011<br />
Kamila Vodichkova, August 23-27, 2005<br />
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
Most offensive rebounds, career<br />
266 Penny Taylor<br />
263 Jennifer Gillom<br />
222 Lisa Harrison<br />
Highest average, offensive rebounds per game, career<br />
(Minimum 100 games)<br />
1.8 DeWanna Bonner (199/100)<br />
1.7 Maria Stepanova (189/114)<br />
1.4 Penny Taylor (266/191)<br />
Adrian Williams (187/130)<br />
Most offensive rebounds, season<br />
92 Marlies Askamp, 1999<br />
86 Candice Dupree, 2011<br />
86 Le'Coe Willingham, 2008<br />
75 Candice Dupree, 2010<br />
73 Penny Taylor, 2007<br />
Most offensive rebounds, game<br />
8 Candice Dupree, vs. Indiana, June 19, 2011<br />
Le’Coe Willingham, at Los Angeles, June 6, 2008<br />
Brandy Reed, at Charlotte, June 22, 2000<br />
7 Candice Dupree, vs. Connecticut, August 7, 2011<br />
Penny Taylor, vs. Minnesota, July 22, 2007<br />
Adrian Williams, vs. San Antonio, May 28, 2003<br />
Marlies Askamp, vs. Los Angeles, July 17, 1999<br />
Marlies Askamp, at Minnesota, July 3, 1999<br />
83<br />
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
Most defensive rebounds, career<br />
965 Diana Taurasi<br />
657 Penny Taylor<br />
650 Jennifer Gillom<br />
584 Tangela Smith<br />
Highest average defensive rebounds per game, career<br />
(Minimum 100 games)<br />
4.6 Tangela Smith (584/127)<br />
3.7 Diana Taurasi (965/261)<br />
3.6 Jennifer Gillom (650/183)<br />
Most defensive rebounds, season<br />
193 Candice Dupree, 2011<br />
184 Adrian Williams, 2003<br />
182 Candice Dupree, 2010<br />
176 DeWanna Bonner, 2011<br />
Most defensive rebounds, game<br />
13 Candice Dupree, vs. Los Angeles, September 3, 2011<br />
12 Candice Dupree, at San Antonio, September 1, 2011<br />
Candice Dupree, at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
DeWanna Bonner, vs. Atlanta, May 28, 2010<br />
Adrian Williams, vs. Houston, June 14, 2003<br />
Jennifer Gillom, vs. Sacramento, June 14, 1999<br />
11 DeWanna Bonner, at Seattle, September 9, 2011<br />
Candice Dupree, at San Antonio, July 28, 2011<br />
Diana Taurasi, at New York, July 26, 2009<br />
Adrian Williams, at Los Angeles, July 15, 2003 (2OT)<br />
Adrian Williams, vs. Los Angeles, August 13, 2002<br />
Jennifer Gillom, at Houston, July 28, 1998<br />
ASSISTS<br />
Most assists, career<br />
1,048 Diana Taurasi<br />
653 Penny Taylor<br />
551 Michele Timms<br />
Highest average assists per game, career<br />
(Minimum 100 games)<br />
4.8 Michele Timms (551/116)<br />
4.1 Cappie Pondexter (527/129)<br />
4.0 Diana Taurasi (1048/261)<br />
Most assists, season<br />
171 Cappie Pondexter, 2009<br />
161 Penny Taylor, 2010<br />
160 Temeka Johnson, 2010<br />
158 Michele Timms, 1998<br />
157 Temeka Johnson, 2009<br />
Highest avg. assists per game, season<br />
5.3 Michele Timms, 1998 (158/30)<br />
5.1 Michele Timms, 1997 (137/27)<br />
5.0 Penny Taylor, 2010 (161/32)<br />
Michele Timms, 1999 (151/30)
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Most assists, game<br />
15 Cappie Pondexter, vs. Sacramento, July 15, 2009<br />
12 Temeka Johnson, at Los Angeles, August 12, 2011 (OT)<br />
Temeka Johnson, at Atlanta, June 29, 2010<br />
Michelle Cleary, vs. Utah, July 19, 2000<br />
11 Diana Taurasi, vs. Chicago, August 1, 2010<br />
Temeka Johnson, vs. Washington, July 1, 2010<br />
10 Diana Taurasi, at San Antonio, August 3, 2010<br />
Temeka Johnson, vs. Minnesota, June 10, 2010<br />
Kristen Veal, vs. Houston, June 10, 2001<br />
Michele Timms, vs. Sacramento, August 17, 1999<br />
Michele Timms, at Sacramento, June 12, 1999<br />
Most games 10+ assists, career<br />
4 Temeka Johnson<br />
2 Diana Taurasi<br />
Michele Timms<br />
1 Penny Taylor<br />
Cappie Pondexter<br />
Michelle Cleary<br />
Kristen Veal<br />
PERSONAL FOULS<br />
Most personal fouls, career<br />
877 Diana Taurasi<br />
564 Jennifer Gillom<br />
558 Penny Taylor<br />
Most personal fouls, season<br />
125 Diana Taurasi, 2008<br />
120 Penny Taylor, 2007<br />
117 Diana Taurasi, 2004<br />
Most personal fouls, game<br />
6 By many<br />
DISQUALIFICATIONS<br />
Most disqualifications, career<br />
13 Tangela Smith<br />
12 Diana Taurasi<br />
8 Kayte Christensen<br />
Most consecutive games without a<br />
disqualification, career<br />
155 Lisa Harrison, May 31, 2000-August 25, 2005<br />
116 Michele Timms, June 22, 1997-August 14, 2001<br />
105 Adrian Williams, May 31, 2000-July 24, 2003<br />
STEALS<br />
Most steals, career<br />
312 Diana Taurasi<br />
284 Penny Taylor<br />
205 Jennifer Gillom<br />
Highest average steals per game, career<br />
(Minimum 100 games)<br />
1.62 Michele Timms (188/116)<br />
1.49 Penny Taylor (284/191)<br />
1.42 Anna DeForge (143/101)<br />
Most steals, season<br />
71 Michele Timms, 1997<br />
68 Umeki Webb, 1997<br />
66 Brandy Reed, 2000<br />
84<br />
Highest average steals per game, season<br />
(Min. 20 games or 35 steals)<br />
2.63 Michele Timms, 1997 (71/27)<br />
2.43 Umeki Webb, 1997 (68/28)<br />
2.06 Brandy Reed, 2000 (66/32)<br />
Most steals, game<br />
9 Michelle Brogan, at Utah, July 27, 1998<br />
8 Michele Timms, vs. Utah, August 17, 1997 (OT)<br />
Michele Timms, at Utah, July 3, 1997<br />
7 Diana Taurasi, vs. Minnesota, August 8, 2006<br />
Brandy Reed, vs. Los Angeles, July 21, 2000<br />
Brandy Reed, at Charlotte, June 22, 2000<br />
BLOCKED SHOTS<br />
Most blocked shots, career<br />
242 Diana Taurasi<br />
184 Maria Stepanova<br />
171 Tangela Smith<br />
Highest averaged blocked shots per game, career<br />
(Minimum 100 games)<br />
1.61 Maria Stepanova (184/114)<br />
0.98 DeWanna Bonner (98/100)<br />
0.93 Diana Taurasi (242/261)<br />
0.74 Slobodanka Tuvic (78/106)<br />
Most blocked shots, season<br />
64 Maria Stepanova, 2001<br />
62 Maria Stepanova, 1999<br />
57 Tangela Smith, 2009<br />
Highest averaged blocked shots per game, season<br />
(Minimum 20 games or 25 blocked shots)<br />
2.53 Maria Stepanova, 2005 (38/15)<br />
2.00 Maria Stepanova, 2001 (64/32)<br />
1.94 Maria Stepanova, 1999 (62/32)<br />
Most blocked shots, game<br />
6 Plenette Pierson, at Los Angeles, June 8, 2005<br />
Maria Stepanova, at Detroit, June 26, 1999<br />
5 By many<br />
TURNOVERS<br />
Most turnovers, career<br />
736 Diana Taurasi<br />
592 Penny Taylor<br />
425 Jennifer Gillom<br />
Most turnovers, season<br />
112 Diana Taurasi, 2005<br />
110 Diana Taurasi, 2010<br />
96 Diana Taurasi, 2011<br />
93 Cappie Pondexter, 2008<br />
Most turnovers, game<br />
11 Diana Taurasi, vs. New York, July 3, 2010<br />
9 Kelly Miller, at Indiana, July 18, 2006<br />
Diana Taurasi, at Sacramento, August 23, 2005<br />
8 Diana Taurasi, vs. Washington, July 15, 2011<br />
Candice Dupree, vs. Los Angeles, May 15, 2010<br />
Diana Taurasi, vs. Minnesota, September 3, 2008<br />
Penny Taylor, vs. Houston, August 5, 2005<br />
Plenette Pierson, at Houston, June 4, 2005<br />
Bridget Pettis, at Cleveland, June 28, 1997
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> RECORDS<br />
OPPONENT TEAM HIGHS & LOWS<br />
OPPONENT TEAM HIGHS<br />
Most Points<br />
124 at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
111 vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
at Detroit, July 8, 2007<br />
at Seattle, August 4, 2007<br />
124 at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
110 at Indiana, August 13, 2010<br />
at Houston (3 OT), August 10, 2006<br />
Most Points, First Half<br />
65 vs. Atlanta, May 28, 2010<br />
61 at New York, August 14, 2010<br />
at San Antonio, August 18, 2009<br />
at Seattle, August 4, 2007<br />
59 at Atlanta, July 30, 2009<br />
57 at Indiana, September 14, 2008<br />
55 vs. Houston, July 8, 2008<br />
Most Points, Second Half<br />
73 at Detroit, July 8, 2007<br />
70 vs. Minnesota, September 3, 2008<br />
Most Points, Quarter<br />
40 Twice, most recently at Seattle, August 4, 2007 (first)<br />
Most Field Goals Made<br />
43 at Indiana, August 13, 2010<br />
42 at Minnesota, July 13, 2011<br />
vs. Indiana, August 8, 2010<br />
at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
at Detroit, September 1, 2009<br />
40 vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
at Atlanta, July 30, 2009<br />
Most Field Goals Attempted<br />
100 vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
96 vs. Atlanta, May 28, 2010<br />
95 at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
Most Free Throws Made<br />
39 at Sacramento, July 12, 2008<br />
Most Free Throws Attempted<br />
48 at Sacramento, June 12, 1999<br />
Most 3-Point Field Goals Made<br />
16 vs. San Antonio, July 11, 2007<br />
vs. Connecticut, July 6, 2007<br />
Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted<br />
32 vs. Indiana, July 29, 2007<br />
at Chicago, July 27, 2007<br />
Most Rebounds<br />
57 vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
55 at Detroit, July 8, 2007<br />
at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3 OT)<br />
Most Offensive Rebounds<br />
25 at Chicago, June 26, 2008<br />
23 at Seattle, June 23, 2008<br />
Most Defensive Rebounds<br />
42 at Detroit, July 8, 2007<br />
Most Assists<br />
32 vs. New York, June 21, 2001<br />
85<br />
Most Steals<br />
18 vs. New York, July 7, 1997<br />
Most Blocked Shots<br />
13 vs. Los Angeles, July 11, 2001<br />
Most Turnovers<br />
33 vs. Utah, August 17, 1997<br />
Largest Margin of Victory<br />
41 at Seattle, July 19, 2002<br />
Highest Field Goal Percentage<br />
.619 vs. Detroit, July 26, 2001<br />
OPPONENT TEAM LOWS<br />
Fewest Points<br />
44 at Miami, June 24, 2000<br />
Fewest Points, First Half<br />
15 vs. Charlotte, August 15, 1999<br />
Fewest Points, Second Half<br />
14 vs. Seattle, August 15, 2003<br />
Fewest Points, Quarter<br />
7 vs. Minnesota, August 8, 2006 (second)<br />
Fewest Field Goals Made<br />
14 at San Antonio, July 23, 2005<br />
at Miami, June 24, 2000<br />
Fewest Field Goals Attempted<br />
41 at Minnesota, August 3, 2003<br />
vs. Charlotte, June 11, 2004<br />
Fewest Free Throws Made<br />
2 Three times, most recently vs. Seattle, July 6, 2005<br />
Fewest Free Throws Attempted<br />
2 vs. Seattle, July 6, 2005<br />
vs. Sacramento, July 20, 1998<br />
Fewest Rebounds<br />
17 at Houston, June 4, 2005<br />
Fewest Offensive Rebounds<br />
0 at Houston, July 27, 2006<br />
Fewest Defensive Rebounds<br />
11 at Houston, June 4, 2005<br />
at Charlotte, July 1, 2004<br />
Fewest Assists<br />
4 vs. Houston, June 24, 1998<br />
Fewest Steals<br />
1 vs. Chicago, June 7, 2007<br />
vs. Charlotte, May 11, 2004<br />
Fewest Blocked Shots<br />
0 19 times, most recently at Connecticut, August 26, 2011<br />
Fewest Turnovers<br />
5 at Connecticut, June 29, 2008<br />
Lowest Field Goal Percentage<br />
.226 at Miami, June 24, 2000
OPPONENT TOP NIGHTS<br />
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Points<br />
38 Delisha Milton-Jones vs. Los Angeles, July 17, 2008<br />
37 Tina Thompson at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
36 Seimone Augustus at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
Katie Smith vs. Minnesota, August 1, 2001<br />
35 Sylvia Fowles at Chicago, August 1, 2010<br />
Lauren Jackson vs. Seattle, May 25, 2006<br />
Field Goals Made<br />
14 Tina Thompson at Los Angeles, August 17, 2010<br />
Sylvia Fowles vs. Chicago, August 1, 2010<br />
Seimone Augustus at Minnesota, July 24, 2010 (2OT)<br />
Latasha Byears vs. Sacramento, July 20, 1998<br />
Field Goals Attempted<br />
28 Angel McCoughtry vs. Atlanta, May 28, 2010<br />
Mwadi Mabika at Los Angeles, July 15, 2003<br />
27 Katie Douglas vs. Indiana, August 8, 2009<br />
Tina Thompson at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
Free Throws Made<br />
15 Tamika Catchings at Indiana, May 24, 2005<br />
13 Five times<br />
Free Thows Attempted<br />
19 Yolanda Griffiths at Sacramento, June 12, 1999<br />
3-Point Field Goals Made<br />
7 Becky Hammon, at San Antonio, July 28, 2011<br />
Lauren Jackson vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
Shannon Johnson vs. Detroit, June 22, 2007<br />
Stacey Dales at Chicago, July 27, 2007<br />
Shanna Crossley at San Antonio, August 2, 2007<br />
3-Point Field Goals Attempted<br />
13 Four times, most recently<br />
Nicole Powell vs. Sacramento, July 15, 2009<br />
Offensive Rebounds<br />
10 Chastity Melvin at Chicago, June 26, 2008<br />
Tamika Williams vs. Minnesota, June 23, 2002<br />
Defensive Rebounds<br />
16 Tina Charles at Connecticut, June 25, 2010<br />
15 Margo Dydek at Utah, July 26, 2002<br />
86<br />
Total Rebounds<br />
23 Tina Charles at Connecticut, June 25, 2010<br />
19 Janell Burse at Seattle, May 23, 2007<br />
18 Yolanda Griffith at Sacramento, August 7, 1999<br />
Yolanda Griffith at Sacramento, June 14, 2001<br />
Assists<br />
14 Ticha Penicheiro at Sacramento, May 30, 2003<br />
13 Shannon Johnson vs. Houston, July 8, 2008<br />
12 Suzie McConnell Serio at Cleveland, July 2, 1998<br />
Steals<br />
7 Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, vs. Houston, June 24, 2007<br />
Teresa Weatherspoon at New York, August 11, 1998<br />
Ticha Penicheiro at Sacramento, August 6, 2002<br />
6 Eight Times, most recently Nicole Powell, at New York,<br />
July 30, 2011<br />
Blocked Shots<br />
7 Margo Dydek vs. Utah, August 8, 1998<br />
Margo Dydek at Utah, August 13, 1999<br />
6 Lisa Leslie at Los Angeles, June 8, 2005<br />
Margo Dydek vs. Utah, June 1, 2002<br />
Lisa Leslie at Los Angeles, July 13, 1997<br />
Shameka Christon vs. New York, July 16, 2006<br />
Minutes<br />
55 Sheryl Swoopes at Houston, August 10, 2006 (3OT)<br />
50 Sue Bird vs. Seattle, July 14, 2010 (3OT)<br />
Nikki Teasley at Los Angeles, July 15, 2003 (2OT
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> RECORDS<br />
MERCURY YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS<br />
GAMES PLAYED<br />
1997 Several players ...........................................28<br />
1998 Several players ...........................................30<br />
1999 Several players ...........................................32<br />
2000 Several players ...........................................32<br />
2001 Several players ...........................................32<br />
2002 Several players ...........................................32<br />
2003 Several players ...........................................34<br />
2004 Several players ...........................................34<br />
2005 Ashley Robinson........................................34<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi/Kristen Rasmussen......34<br />
2007 Several Players ...........................................34<br />
2008 Five Players .................................................34<br />
2009 Five Players .................................................34<br />
2010 Dupree/T. Smith/T. Johnson..................34<br />
2011 Dupree/Bonner/Ferdinand-Harris......34<br />
TOTAL POINTS<br />
1997 Jennifer Gillom ........................................440<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom .......................................624<br />
1999 Jennifer Gillom .......................................485<br />
2000 Brandy Reed.............................................608<br />
2001 Jennifer Gillom.........................................395<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom.........................................473<br />
2003 Anna DeForge..........................................405<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi ........................................578<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi ........................................527<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi........................................860<br />
2007 Diana Taurasi .......................................613<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi ........................................820<br />
2009 Cappie Pondexter ...................................648<br />
2010 Diana Taurasi ........................................702<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi........................................693<br />
SCORING AVERAGE<br />
1997 Jennifer Gillom........................................15.7<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom........................................20.8<br />
1999 Jennifer Gillom........................................15.2<br />
2000 Brandy Reed ............................................19.0<br />
2001 Jennifer Gillom........................................12.3<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom........................................15.3<br />
2003 Anna DeForge..........................................11.9<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi ........................................17.0<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi........................................16.0<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi .......................................25.3<br />
2007 Diana Taurasi ......................................19.2<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi ......................................24.1<br />
2009 Diana Taurasi .......................................20.4<br />
2010 Diana Taurasi .......................................22.6<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi........................................21.6<br />
MINUTES PLAYED<br />
1997 Michele Timms........................................966<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom ........................................962<br />
1999 Jennifer Gillom .....................................1,095<br />
2000 Brandy Reed..........................................1,090<br />
2001 Lisa Harrison .............................................915<br />
2002 Lisa Harrison ............................................899<br />
2003 Anna DeForge.......................................1,065<br />
2004 Anna DeForge........................................1,152<br />
2005 Anna DeForge........................................1,131<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi......................................1,152<br />
2007 Tangela Smith........................................1,072<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi.....................................1,083<br />
2009 Cappie Pondexter.................................1,075<br />
2010 Candice Dupree .................................1,014<br />
2011 Candice Dupree.................................1,075<br />
87<br />
FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
1997 Jennifer Gillom.........................................163<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom.........................................228<br />
1999 Jennifer Gillom.........................................163<br />
2000 Brandy Reed .............................................231<br />
2001 Jennifer Gillom.........................................150<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom.........................................166<br />
2003 Anna DeForge...........................................147<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi........................................209<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi.........................................175<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi........................................298<br />
2007 Diana Taurasi .......................................206<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi .......................................258<br />
2009 Cappie Pondexter....................................236<br />
2010 Candice Dupree....................................231<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi .......................................208<br />
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
1997 Jennifer Gillom.........................................376<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom.........................................492<br />
1999 Jennifer Gillom.........................................428<br />
2000 Brandy Reed.............................................456<br />
2001 Jennifer Gillom ......................................355<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom ........................................400<br />
2003 Tamicha Jackson ......................................361<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi........................................503<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi ........................................427<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi........................................660<br />
2007 Diana Taurasi........................................259<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi ........................................579<br />
2009 Cappie Pondexter ....................................513<br />
2010 Diana Taurasi ........................................497<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi........................................463<br />
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Minimum 85 made)<br />
1997 Toni Foster........................... .468 (94-201)<br />
1998 Michelle Griffiths ................ .505 (93-184)<br />
1999 Maria Stepanova ................ .485 (96-198)<br />
2000 Brandy Reed ..................... .507 (231-456)<br />
2001 Maria Stepanova .............. .507 (143-282)<br />
2002 Lisa Harrison..................... .496 (120-242)<br />
2003 Anna DeForge.................... .412 (147-357)<br />
2004 Penny Taylor .................. .484 (150-310)<br />
2005 Kamila Vodichkova........... .494 (127-257)<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi................ .452 (298-660)<br />
2007 Penny Taylor.................. .499 (198-397)<br />
2008 Le’Coe Willingham .......... .570 (139-244)<br />
2009 Le’Coe Willingham .......... .533 (136-255)<br />
2010 Candice Dupree............ .664 (231-348)<br />
2011 Candice Dupree ............ .548 (198-361)<br />
FREE THROWS MADE<br />
1997 Bridget Pettis...............................................97<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom.........................................137<br />
1999 Jennifer Gillom .........................................141<br />
2000 Brandy Reed .............................................128<br />
2001 Jennifer Gillom ...........................................71<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom.........................................105<br />
2003 Plenette Pierson.........................................64<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi ..........................................98<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi.........................................121<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi.........................................143<br />
2007 Penny Taylor..........................................175<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi.........................................215<br />
2009 Diana Taurasi ........................................152<br />
2010 Diana Taurasi ........................................198<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi.........................................195
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
MERCURY YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS<br />
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED<br />
1997 Jennifer Gillom .........................................121<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom.........................................195<br />
1999 Jennifer Gillom .........................................177<br />
2000 Brandy Reed .............................................142<br />
2001 Jennifer Gillom...........................................96<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom ........................................131<br />
2003 Plenette Pierson .......................................101<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi ........................................129<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi .........................................151<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi.........................................183<br />
2007 Penny Taylor..........................................198<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi ........................................247<br />
2009 Diana Taurasi.........................................170<br />
2010 Diana Taurasi.........................................217<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi.........................................216<br />
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Minimum 20 made)<br />
1997 Bridget Pettis ....................... .898 (97-108)<br />
1998 Bridget Pettis ......................... .865 (77-89)<br />
1999 Marlies Askamp.................... .816 (93-114)<br />
2000 Brandy Reed ...................... .901 (128-142)<br />
2001 Lisa Harrison ......................... .864 (51-59)<br />
2002 Lisa Harrison.......................... .870 (20-23)<br />
2003 Edwina Brown........................ .818 (36-44)<br />
2004 Anna DeForge..................... .863 (88-102)<br />
2005 Penny Taylor................... .864 (102-118)<br />
2006 Penny Taylor...................... .864 (57-66)<br />
2007 Penny Taylor .................. .884 (175-198)<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi ................. .870 (215-247)<br />
2009 Penny Taylor...................... .896 (43-48)<br />
2010 Candice Dupree ................ .936 (73-78)<br />
2011 Marie Ferdinand-Harris...........974 (38/39)<br />
THREE-POINTERS MADE<br />
1997 Michele Timms...........................................49<br />
1998 Bridget Pettis...............................................35<br />
1999 Edna Campbell...........................................38<br />
2000 Tonya Edwards ...........................................35<br />
2001 Jennifer Gillom ........................................24<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom...........................................36<br />
2003 Anna DeForge.............................................61<br />
2004 Anna DeForge ............................................70<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi ..........................................56<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi.........................................121<br />
2007 Diana Taurasi ..........................................95<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi .........................................89<br />
2009 Diana Taurasi...........................................79<br />
2010 Diana Taurasi ..........................................80<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi...........................................81<br />
THREE-POINTERS ATTEMPTED<br />
1997 Michele Timms.........................................142<br />
1998 Bridget Pettis.............................................123<br />
1999 Edna Campbell.........................................101<br />
2000 Tonya Edwards..........................................114<br />
2001 Jennifer Gillom ........................................70<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom...........................................93<br />
2003 Anna DeForge ..........................................148<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi ........................................188<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi.........................................179<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi ........................................305<br />
2007 Diana Taurasi .......................................259<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi ........................................247<br />
2009 Diana Taurasi ........................................194<br />
2010 Diana Taurasi.........................................214<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi ........................................205<br />
88<br />
3-PT. FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Minimum 20 made)<br />
1997 Michele Timms ................... .345 (49-142)<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom...................... .378 (31-82)<br />
1999 Edna Campbell.................... .376 (38-101)<br />
2000 Tonya Edwards .................... .307 (35-101)<br />
2001 Jennifer Gillom ................... .343 (24-70)<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom...................... .387 (36-93)<br />
2003 Anna DeForge...................... .412 (61-148)<br />
2004 Penny Taylor ...................... .427 (41-96)<br />
2005 Penny Taylor...................... .404 (38-94)<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi ................. .397 (121-305)<br />
2007 Kelly Miller............................. .386 (27-70)<br />
2008 Kelly Miller ............................. .385 (20-52)<br />
2009 Tangela Smith........................ .452 (42-93)<br />
2010 Penny Taylor .................... .442 (46-104)<br />
2011 Penny Taylor..................... .402 (45-112)<br />
REBOUNDS<br />
1997 Toni Foster.................................................172<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom .........................................219<br />
1999 Marlies Askamp........................................215<br />
2000 Brandy Reed..............................................187<br />
2001 Maria Stepanova......................................201<br />
2002 Adrian Williams........................................220<br />
2003 Adrian Williams........................................252<br />
2004 Penny Taylor..........................................160<br />
2005 Kamila Vodichkova...................................196<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi........................................208<br />
2007 Tangela Smith...........................................220<br />
2008 Le’Coe Willingham..................................202<br />
2009 DeWanna Bonner................................196<br />
2010 Candice Dupree....................................257<br />
2011 Candice Dupree....................................279<br />
REBOUND AVERAGE<br />
1997 Toni Foster..................................................6.1<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom...........................................7.3<br />
1999 Jennifer Gillom..........................................5.8<br />
2000 Brandy Reed ..............................................5.8<br />
2001 Maria Stepanova.......................................6.3<br />
2002 Adrian Williams.........................................6.9<br />
2003 Adrian Williams..........................................7.4<br />
2004 Penny Taylor...........................................4.8<br />
2005 Kamila Vodichkova ....................................7.0<br />
2006 Kamila Vodichkova...................................6.7<br />
2007 Tangela Smith............................................6.5<br />
2008 Tangela Smith.............................................7.0<br />
2009 DeWanna Bonner ............................... 5.8<br />
2010 Candice Dupree .....................................7.6<br />
2011<br />
ASSISTS<br />
Candice Dupree.....................................8.2<br />
1997 Michele Timms.........................................137<br />
1998 Michele Timms.........................................158<br />
1999 Michele Timms.........................................151<br />
2000 Brandy Reed ...............................................86<br />
2001 Kristen Veal ...............................................125<br />
2002 Gordana Grubin.......................................104<br />
2003 Tamicha Jackson ......................................146<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi ........................................132<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi ........................................150<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi ........................................139<br />
2007 Kelly Miller ................................................156<br />
2008 Cappie Pondexter/Kelly Miller..............135<br />
2009 Cappie Pondexter ....................................171<br />
2010 Penny Taylor..........................................161<br />
2011 Penny Taylor..........................................135
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> RECORDS<br />
MERCURY YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS<br />
ASSISTS AVERAGE<br />
1997 Michele Timms..........................................5.1<br />
1998 Michele Timms..........................................5.3<br />
1999 Michele Timms..........................................5.0<br />
2000 Michelle Cleary..........................................3.2<br />
2001 Kristen Veal ................................................4.3<br />
2002 Gordana Grubin........................................3.3<br />
2003 Tamicha Jackson .......................................4.3<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi .........................................3.9<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi .........................................4.5<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi..........................................4.1<br />
2007 Kelly Miller..................................................4.6<br />
2008 Cappie Pondexter.....................................4.2<br />
2009 Cappie Pondexter.....................................5.0<br />
2010 Penny Taylor...........................................5.0<br />
2011 Penny Taylor...........................................4.7<br />
PERSONAL FOULS<br />
1997 Michele Timms...........................................95<br />
1998 Umeki Webb.............................................105<br />
1999 Jennifer Gillom.........................................105<br />
2000 Jennifer Gillom ...........................................91<br />
2001 Maria Stepanova.......................................110<br />
2002 Jennifer Gillom...........................................90<br />
2003 Kayte Christensen....................................104<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi .........................................117<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi.........................................111<br />
2006 Jen Lacy .....................................................102<br />
2007 Penny Taylor ........................................120<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi ........................................125<br />
2009 Tangela Smith ...........................................107<br />
2010 Tangela Smith ...........................................116<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi.........................................113<br />
STEALS<br />
1997 Michele Timms...........................................71<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom...........................................50<br />
1999 Michele Timms...........................................43<br />
2000 Brandy Reed ...............................................66<br />
2001 Maria Stepanova........................................43<br />
2002 Adrian Williams..........................................48<br />
2003 Adrian Williams ..........................................57<br />
2004 Penny Taylor............................................52<br />
2005 Anna DeForge.............................................41<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi ..........................................42<br />
2007 Penny Taylor............................................51<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi ..........................................46<br />
2009 Diana Taurasi ..........................................36<br />
2010 Penny Taylor............................................47<br />
2011 Penny Taylor............................................49<br />
89<br />
STEALS AVERAGE (Minimum 5 Games)<br />
1997 Michele Timms .......................................2.63<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom........................................1.67<br />
1999 Michele Timms........................................1.43<br />
2000 Brandy Reed............................................2.06<br />
2001 Maria Stepanova.....................................1.34<br />
2002 Adrian Williams.......................................1.50<br />
2003 Adrian Williams.......................................1.68<br />
2004 Penny Taylor.........................................1.58<br />
2005 Penny Taylor.........................................1.31<br />
2006 Penny Taylor.........................................1.50<br />
2007 Penny Taylor.........................................1.50<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi .......................................1.35<br />
2009 Penny Taylor.........................................1.29<br />
2010 Penny Taylor.........................................1.47<br />
2011 Penny Taylor.........................................1.69<br />
TURNOVERS<br />
1997 Bridget Pettis...............................................82<br />
1998 Jennifer Gillom...........................................89<br />
1999 Michele Timms...........................................89<br />
2000 Brandy Reed ...............................................90<br />
2001 Kristen Veal .................................................82<br />
2002 Adriana Moises...........................................72<br />
2003 Tamicha Jackson ........................................76<br />
2004 Diana Taurasi ..........................................90<br />
2005 Diana Taurasi.........................................112<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi...........................................79<br />
2007 Kelly Miller ..................................................86<br />
2008 Cappie Pondexter......................................93<br />
2009 Cappie Pondexter......................................86<br />
2010 Diana Taurasi.........................................110<br />
2011 Diana Taurasi ..........................................96<br />
BLOCKED SHOTS<br />
1997 Toni Foster...................................................21<br />
1998 Umeki Webb...............................................21<br />
1999 Maria Stepanova .......................................62<br />
2000 Jennifer Gillom...........................................29<br />
2001 Maria Stepanova........................................64<br />
2002 Adrian Williams..........................................29<br />
2003 Adrian Williams...........................................19<br />
2004 Slobodanka Tuvic.......................................37<br />
2005 Maria Stepanova........................................38<br />
2006 Diana Taurasi/Kristen Rasmussen......27<br />
2007 Tangela Smith.............................................56<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi ..........................................46<br />
2009 Tangela Smith.............................................57<br />
2010 DeWanna Bonner..................................37<br />
2011 DeWanna Bonner..................................36
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
MERCURY YEAR-BY-YEAR STATS<br />
YEAR G FG FGA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG AST AVG STL BLK PTS AVG<br />
1997 28 660 1768 .373 322 599 921 32.9 437 15.6 343 80 1938 69.2<br />
1998 30 787 1856 .424 327 614 941 31.4 543 18.1 288 86 2217 73.9<br />
1999 32 762 1910 .399 343 659 1002 31.3 510 15.9 229 121 2177 68.0<br />
2000 32 803 1800 .446 275 619 894 27.9 465 14.5 285 91 2243 70.1<br />
2001 32 767 1894 .405 300 642 942 29.4 514 16.1 292 138 2064 64.5<br />
2002 32 793 1889 .420 292 626 918 28.7 427 13.3 267 94 2091 65.3<br />
2003 34 801 2095 .382 357 643 1000 29.4 461 13.6 310 111 2097 61.7<br />
2004 34 826 1922 .430 264 652 916 26.9 501 14.7 282 137 2300 67.6<br />
2005 34 826 1994 .414 342 720 1062 31.2 549 16.1 243 179 2361 69.4<br />
2006 34 1079 2434 .443 334 811 1145 33.7 640 18.8 275 127 2960 87.1<br />
2007 34 1063 2419 .439 279 873 1152 33.9 683 20.1 285 159 3025 89.5<br />
2008 34 1069 2485 .430 375 851 1226 36.1 560 16.5 232 156 3010 88.5<br />
2009 34 1128 2454 .460 284 906 1190 35.0 625 18.4 225 181 3156 92.8<br />
2010 34 1151 2432 .473 295 920 1215 35.7 686 20.2 237 148 3192 93.9<br />
2011 34 1062 2303 .461 310 884 1194 35.1 652 19.2 223 132 3025 89.0<br />
OPPONENTS YEAR-BY-YEAR STATS<br />
YEAR G FG FGA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG AST AVG STL BLK PTS AVG<br />
1997 28 670 1622 .413 275 649 924 33.0 408 14.6 243 114 1826 65.2<br />
1998 30 758 1747 .434 298 643 941 31.4 406 13.5 242 96 2025 67.5<br />
1999 32 794 1911 .415 334 678 1012 31.6 494 15.4 234 108 2182 68.2<br />
2000 32 773 1828 .423 334 635 969 30.3 486 15.2 224 91 2102 65.7<br />
2001 32 785 1892 .415 333 698 1031 32.2 524 16.4 283 127 2169 67.8<br />
2002 32 850 1870 .455 309 692 1001 31.3 532 16.6 268 127 2291 71.6<br />
2003 34 834 1867 .447 303 811 1114 32.8 509 15.0 275 147 2270 66.8<br />
2004 34 784 1845 .425 309 711 1020 30.0 456 13.4 226 137 2235 65.7<br />
2005 34 855 1993 .429 319 705 1024 30.1 470 13.8 265 112 2354 69.2<br />
2006 34 1023 2360 .433 408 875 1283 37.7 578 17.0 231 126 2879 84.7<br />
2007 34 1022 2526 .405 445 945 1390 40.9 628 18.5 244 109 2904 85.4<br />
2008 34 1036 2460 .421 440 858 1298 38.2 650 19.1 234 129 3009 88.5<br />
2009 34 1094 2582 .424 421 864 1285 37.8 607 17.9 260 143 3031 89.1<br />
2010 34 1186 2605 .455 397 883 1280 37.6 729 21.4 303 115 3188 93.8<br />
2011 34 1071 2435 .440 346 818 1164 34.2 628 18.5 274 124 2923 86.0<br />
ALL-TIME RECORDS VS. <strong>WNBA</strong> TEAMS<br />
TEAM W L PCT.<br />
Atlanta 5 3 .625<br />
Charlotte 11 8 .579<br />
Chicago 11 1 .917<br />
Cleveland 8 7 .533#<br />
Connecticut 8 9 .471<br />
Detroit 14 10 .583***<br />
Houston 18 24 .429#<br />
Indiana 7 14 .333<br />
Los Angeles 22 34 .393<br />
Miami 2 2 .500#<br />
Minnesota 27 21 .563<br />
New York 13 18 .419<br />
Orlando 3 3 .500*<br />
Portland 6 3 .667#<br />
Sacramento 24 22 .522#<br />
San Antonio 19 16 .543<br />
Seattle 16 28 .364<br />
Tulsa 8 0 1.000<br />
Utah 11 10 .524**<br />
Washington 16 10 .615<br />
# Franchise Folded<br />
* Franchise relocated to Connecticut<br />
**Franchise relocated to San Antonio<br />
*** Franchise relocated to Tulsa<br />
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US AIRWAYS CENTER (FORMERLY AMERICA WEST ARENA) HIGHS<br />
TEAM RECORDS<br />
Mercury Scoring 116 June 12, 2010 vs. Tulsa<br />
Opponent Scoring 111 July 14, 2010 vs. Seattle (3OT)<br />
Mercury Rebounds 49 August 7, 2011 vs. Connecticut (OT)<br />
Opponent Rebounds 57 July 14, 2010 vs. Seattle (3OT)<br />
Mercury Assists 30 July 29, 2010 vs. Minnesota<br />
July 22, 2010 vs. Tulsa<br />
Opponents Assists 32 June 21, 2001 vs. New York<br />
Mercury Blocks 9 May 28, 2010 vs. Atlanta<br />
August 21, 2009 vs. Washington<br />
August 19, 2007 vs. Sacramento<br />
Opponent Blocks 13 July 11, 2001 vs. Los Angeles<br />
Mercury Steals 20 August 17, 1997 vs. Utah<br />
Opponent Steals 18 July 7, 1997 vs. New York<br />
Mercury FG Percentage .636 (28-44) August 3, 2000 vs. Seattle<br />
Opponent FG Percentage .619 (26-42) July 26, 2001 vs. Detroit<br />
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS<br />
Mercury Scoring 44 Diana Taurasi, July 14, 2010 vs. Seattle<br />
Opponent Scoring 38 Delisha Milton-Jones, July 17, 2008 vs. Los Angeles<br />
Mercury Rebounds 19 Candice Dupree, September 3, 2011 vs. Los Angeles<br />
Opponent Rebounds 18 Yolanda Griffith, June 14, 1999 vs. Sacramento<br />
Mercury Assists 15 Cappie Pondexter, July 15, 2009 vs. Sacramento<br />
Opponents Assists 13 Shannon Johnson, July 8, 2008 vs. Houston<br />
Mercury Blocks 5 Tangela Smith, August 8, 2009 vs. Indiana<br />
Diana Taurasi, June 21, 2009 vs. Seattle<br />
Diana Taurasi, September 3, 2008 vs. Minnesota<br />
LaToya Pringle, June 14, 2008 vs. Detroit<br />
Slobodanka Tuvic, September 4, 2004 vs. Seattle<br />
Maria Stepanova, August 11, 1999 vs. Detroit<br />
Opponent Blocks 7 Margo Dydek, August 8, 1998 vs. Utah<br />
Mercury Steals 8 Michele Timms, August 17, 1997 vs. Utah<br />
Opponent Steals 7 Hamchetou Maiga-Ba, June 24, 2007 vs. Houston<br />
US AIRWAYS CENTER (FORMERLY AMERICA WEST ARENA) LOWS<br />
TEAM RECORDS<br />
Mercury Scoring 48 June 21, 2003 vs. Los Angeles<br />
Opponent Scoring 38 August 14, 2001 vs. Houston<br />
Mercury Rebounds 19 June 11, 2004 vs. Charlotte<br />
July 27, 2002 vs. Sacramento<br />
Opponent Rebounds 19 August 6, 1997 vs. Utah<br />
Mercury Assists 7 July 5, 2008 vs. New York<br />
July 18, 2004 vs. Minnesota<br />
August 13, 2002 vs. Los Angeles<br />
Opponents Assists 4 June 24, 2998 vs. Houston<br />
Mercury Blocks 0 Four times<br />
Opponent Blocks 0 15 times<br />
Mercury Steals 2 August 9, 1999 vs. Minnesota<br />
Opponent Steals 1 Three times<br />
Mercury FG Percentage .275 (19-69) August 28, 2008 vs. San Antonio<br />
Opponent FG Percentage .236 (13-55) August 14, 2001 vs. Houston<br />
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MERCURY MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS<br />
MOST DOUBLE-FIGURE SCORING GAMES<br />
Season: 33 Cappie Pondexter, 2009<br />
Diana Taurasi, 2006<br />
Career: 241 Diana Taurasi<br />
Consecutive: 50 Diana Taurasi, July 1, 2009-August 14, 2010<br />
29* Diana Taurasi, May 15-August 13, 2010<br />
MOST 20-POINT SCORING GAMES<br />
Season: 26 Diana Taurasi, 2006, 2008<br />
Career: 150 Diana Taurasi<br />
Consecutive: 9* Diana Taurasi, August 2-30, 2011<br />
*within the same season<br />
MOST 30-POINT SCORING GAMES<br />
Season: 10 Diana Taurasi, 2008<br />
Career: 34 Diana Taurasi<br />
Consecutive: 2 Diana Taurasi (five times)<br />
three others (two times each)<br />
MOST DOUBLE-DOUBLES<br />
Season: 10 Candice Dupree, 2011<br />
8 Candice Dupree, 2010<br />
6 Adrian Williams-Strong, 2003<br />
Maria Stepanova, 1999<br />
Jennifer Gillom, 1998<br />
Career: 18 Candice Dupree<br />
Adrian Williams-Strong<br />
Consecutive: 4* Maria Stepanova, August 6-11, 1999<br />
4* Candice Dupree, June 10-21, 2011<br />
*within the same season<br />
MERCURY CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED STREAKS<br />
GAMES PLAYER DATES<br />
154 Bridget Pettis 6/22/97 – 8/14/01<br />
115 Lisa Harrison 6/24/00 – 7/19/03<br />
105 Jennifer Gillom 6/22/97 – 7/2/00<br />
MERCURY CONSECUTIVE GAMES STARTED STREAKS<br />
GAMES PLAYER DATES<br />
105 Jennifer Gillom 6/22/97 – 7/2/00<br />
91 Kelly Miller 6/25/06 – 8/14/08<br />
85 Anna DeForge 6/12/03 – 8/3/05<br />
83 Jennifer Gillom 7/11/00 – 8/7/02<br />
68 Candice Dupree 5/15/10 – Present<br />
68 Tangela Smith 8/6/09 – 8/22/10<br />
61 Diana Taurasi 7/3/07 – 8/14/08<br />
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MERCURY 20-POINT, 10-REBOUND GAMES<br />
PLAYER POINTS, REBOUNDS DATE OPPONENT<br />
Jennifer Gillom 23 points, 10 rebounds 6/29/97 at New York<br />
Jennifer Gillom 24 points, 10 rebounds 7/08/98 at Detroit<br />
Jennifer Gillom 28 points, 10 rebounds 7/10/98 vs. Cleveland<br />
Jennifer Gillom 24 points, 11 rebounds 7/21/98 vs. Houston<br />
Jennifer Gillom 23 points, 13 rebounds 7/28/98 at Houston<br />
Jennifer Gillom 23 points, 10 rebounds 7/31/98 at Los Angeles<br />
Jennifer Gillom 29 points, 15 rebounds 6/14/99 vs. Sacramento<br />
Jennifer Gillom 25 points, 11 rebounds 6/21/99 at Orlando<br />
Brandy Reed 32 points, 13 rebounds 6/22/00 at Charlotte<br />
Brandy Reed 25 points, 10 rebounds 7/13/00 vs. Sacramento<br />
Brandy Reed 21 points, 10 rebounds 7/21/00 vs. Los Angeles<br />
Lisa Harrison 22 points, 10 rebounds 6/26/02 vs. Seattle<br />
Adrian Williams 20 points, 11 rebounds 6/28/03 at Detroit<br />
Penny Taylor 20 points, 10 rebounds 7/18/04 vs. Minnesota<br />
Diana Taurasi 27 points, 11 rebounds 9.03/04 at Houston<br />
Cappie Pondexter 26 points, 10 rebounds 5/31/06 vs. San Antonio<br />
Penny Taylor 21 points, 10 rebounds 6/7/07 vs. Chicago<br />
Penny Taylor 23 points, 10 rebounds 6/22/07 vs. Detroit<br />
Tangela Smith 21 points, 11 rebounds 6/29/08 at Connecticut<br />
Diana Taurasi 33 points, 10 rebounds 6/20/08 vs. Chicago<br />
DeWanna Bonner 21 points, 10 rebounds 6/17/09 vs. Minnesota<br />
Cappie Pondexter 22 points, 11 rebounds 7/1/09 vs. Seattle<br />
Diana Taurasi 22 points, 10 rebounds 7/8/09 vs. Chicago<br />
Diana Taurasi 34 points, 13 rebounds 7/26/09 at New York<br />
DeWanna Bonner 24 points, 12 rebounds 5/22/10 vs. Seattle<br />
Tangela Smith 21 points, 10 rebounds 7/3/10 vs. New York<br />
Candice Dupree 25 points, 12 rebounds 7/6/10 at Los Angeles<br />
Candice Dupree 32 points, 16 rebounds 7/24/10 at Minnesota (2OT)<br />
Candice Dupree 24 points, 12 rebounds 8/3/10 at San Antonio<br />
DeWanna Bonner 20 points, 12 rebounds 8/22/10 at San Antonio<br />
Candice Dupree 21 points, 18 rebounds 6/19/11 vs. Indiana (OT)<br />
Candice Dupree 20 points, 13 rebounds 6/21/11 at San Antonio<br />
Candice Dupree 20 points, 10 rebounds 8/20/11 vs. San Antonio<br />
Candice Dupree 22 points, 19 rebounds 9/3/11 vs. Los Angeles<br />
DeWanna Bonner 24 points, 11 rebounds 8/7/11 vs. Connecticut<br />
DeWanna Bonner 25 points, 13 rebounds 8/11/11 vs. Atlanta<br />
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MOST COMBINED POINTS, BOTH CLUBS<br />
251 Mercury 127, Lynx 124 (2OT) at Minnesota 7/24/10<br />
221 Mercury 111, Comets 110 at Houston 8/10/06<br />
220 Mercury 123, Shock 97 at Tulsa 7/22/10<br />
Mercury 111, Sun 109 vs. Connecticut 7/6/07<br />
219 Mercury 115, Monarchs 104 (OT) vs. Sacramento 6/13/09<br />
218 Storm 111, Mercury 107 (3OT) vs. Seattle 7/14/10<br />
217 Mercury 112, Lynx 105 at Minnesota 7/13/11<br />
Mercury 112, Chicago 105 vs. Chicago 6/20/08<br />
213 Silver Stars 108, Mercury 105 vs. San Antonio 6/18/10<br />
212 Mercury 107, Monarchs 105 at Sacramento 7/11/09<br />
Storm 111, Mercury 101 at Seattle 8/4/07<br />
211 Washington 107, Mercury 104 vs. Washington 7/1/10<br />
207 Mystics 106, Mercury 101 vs. Washington 6/20/07<br />
206 Mercury 110, Shock 96 at Tulsa 5/25/10<br />
205 Mercury 106, Sky 99 at Chicago 8/19/09<br />
204 Mercury 109, Dream 95 vs. Atlanta 8/11/11<br />
Mercury 98, Lynx 106 vs. Minnesota 7/20/11<br />
203 Mercury 105, Silver Stars 98 at San Antonio 6/21/11<br />
202 Mercury 110, Lynx 92 vs. Minnesota 7/29/10<br />
Monarchs 105, Mercury 97 at Sacramento 7/12/08<br />
200 Mercury 99, Silver Stars 101 vs. San Antonio 6/17/11<br />
Mercury 116, Shock 84 vs. Tulsa 6/12/10<br />
Fever 110, Mercury 90 at Indiana 8/13/10<br />
Mercury 99, Shock 101 at Detroit 9/1/09<br />
ALL-TIME LOWEST SCORING GAMES<br />
MERCURY OPPONENTS<br />
45 at Seattle 6/03/04 38 vs. Houston 8/14/01<br />
46 at Houston 8/10/03 44 at Miami 6/24/00<br />
47 at Sacramento 7/29/01 45 vs. Minnesota 7/29/02<br />
at Minnesota 7/3/99 46 vs. Minnesota 6/22/04<br />
48 at Seattle 7/19/02 vs. Minnesota 7/29/99<br />
at Houston 8/6/01 vs. Utah 8/6/97<br />
49 at Sacramento 5/30/03 47 vs. Miami 7/4/01<br />
50 at Los Angeles 7/5/01 48 vs. New York 5/31/00<br />
vs. Houston 7/19/99<br />
COMBINED, BOTH CLUBS<br />
94 Mercury 56, Comets 38 vs. Houston 8/14/01<br />
99 Mercury 51, Liberty 48 vs. New York 5/31/00<br />
101 Mercury 51, Silver Stars 50 vs. San Antonio 5/28/03<br />
102 Sparks 54, Mercury 48 vs. Los Angeles 6/21/03<br />
Mercury 57, Lynx 45 vs. Minnesota 7/29/02<br />
103 Lynx 56, Mercury 47 at Minnesota 7/3/99<br />
Starzz 52, Mercury 51 at Utah 7/12/97<br />
105 Mercury 56, Lynx 49 vs. Minnesota 8/06/04<br />
107 Mercury 60, Sol 47 vs. Miami 7/4/01<br />
108 Sting 58, Mercury 50 vs. Charlotte 6/12/03<br />
Mercury 60, Comets 48 vs. Houston 7/19/99<br />
109 Mercury 59, Shock 51 vs. Detroit 8/16/05<br />
Mercury 58, Starzz 50 vs. Utah 7/21/01<br />
110 Sting 59, Mercury 51 vs. Charlotte 6/11/04<br />
Mercury 58, Comets 52 vs. Houston 7/11/02<br />
Mercury 56, Storm 54 at Seattle 7/27/01<br />
Monarchs 63, Mercury 47 at Sacramento 7/29/01<br />
Comets 62, Mercury 48 at Houston 8/6/01<br />
111 Mercury 67, Sol 44 at Miami 6/24/00<br />
113 Storm 58, Mercury 55 vs. Seattle 6/22/01<br />
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TOP DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCES<br />
38 vs. Houston 8/14/01<br />
44 at Miami 6/24/00<br />
45 vs. Minnesota 7/29/02<br />
46 vs. Minnesota 6/22/04<br />
46 vs. Minnesota 7/29/99<br />
46 vs. Utah 8/06/97<br />
47 vs. Miami 7/04/01<br />
48 vs. New York 5/31/00<br />
48 vs. Houston 7/19/99<br />
49 vs. San Antonio 7/23/05<br />
49 vs. Minnesota 8/06/03<br />
49 vs. Seattle 6/07/00<br />
50 vs. San Antonio 5/28/03<br />
50 vs. Seattle 8/15/03<br />
50 vs. New York 7/07/97<br />
50 vs. Utah 7/21/01<br />
51 vs. Detroit 8/16/05<br />
52 vs. Washington 7/07/01<br />
52 vs. Houston 7/11/02<br />
53 vs. Seattle 6/26/02<br />
54 vs. Los Angeles 6/21/03<br />
54 vs. Charlotte 8/15/99<br />
54 vs. Washington 6/15/98<br />
54 at Sacramento 8/20/97<br />
54 at Seattle 7/27/01<br />
55 vs. Seattle 9/04/04<br />
55 vs. San Antonio 7/21/04<br />
55 vs. New York 8/06/99<br />
55 vs. Minnesota 8/09/99<br />
55 vs. Cleveland 8/14/97<br />
55 at Utah 7/03/97<br />
95<br />
MERCURY 100-POINT GAMES<br />
SCORE OPPONENT DATE W/L<br />
127-124 at Minnesota 07/24/2010 W 2OT<br />
123-97 at Tulsa 07/22/2010 W<br />
116-84 vs. Tulsa 06/12/2010 W<br />
115-104 vs. Sacramento 06/13/2009 W OT<br />
112-105 at Minnesota 07/13/2011 W<br />
112-105 vs. Chicago 06/20/2008 W OT<br />
112-84 vs. Charlotte 08/03/2006 W<br />
111-109 vs. Connecticut 07/06/2007 W 2OT<br />
111-85 vs. Houston 05/25/2007 W<br />
111-110 at Houston 08/10/2006 W 3OT<br />
110-92 vs. Minnesota 07/29/2010 W<br />
110-96 at Tulsa 05/25/2010 W<br />
110-84 vs. Atlanta 07/19/2008 W<br />
109-95 vs. Atlanta 08/11/2011 W<br />
107-111 vs. Seattle 07/14/2010 L 3OT<br />
107-105 at Sacramento 07/11/2009 W<br />
106-90 at Indiana 09/02/2009 W<br />
106-99 at Chicago 08/18/2009 W<br />
106-93 vs. Minnesota 07/22/2007 W<br />
105-108 vs. San Antonio 06/18/2010 L<br />
105-98 at San Antonio 06/21/2011 W<br />
104-107 vs. Washington 07/01/2010 L<br />
104-89 at Los Angeles 07/05/2009 W<br />
104-80 vs. Minnesota 06/17/2009 W<br />
103-87 vs. San Antonio 08/06/2010 W<br />
103-92 at San Antonio 08/03/2010 W<br />
103-96 vs. Minnesota 09/03/2008 W<br />
103-79 at Minnesota 07/25/2007 W<br />
102-81 vs. Connecticut 06/18/2008 W<br />
102-63 vs. Tulsa 07/10/2011 W<br />
101-90 at Seattle 08/04/2009 W OT<br />
101-91 at Sacramento 08/17/2007 W<br />
101-82 vs. Los Angeles 07/05/2011 W<br />
101-111 at Seattle 08/04/2007 L<br />
101-106 vs. Washington 06/20/2007 L<br />
100-82 vs. Atlanta 09/05/2009 W<br />
100-81 vs. Sacramento 07/15/2009 W<br />
100-83 vs. Los Angeles 08/11/2007 W
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
MERCURY MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS (cont’d)<br />
STREAKS AND EXTREMES<br />
Longest regular season winning streak: 8 8/1/06 to 5/19/07<br />
Longest single season winning streak: 7 8/1/06 to 8/13/06<br />
Longest losing streak: 7 7/2/03 to 7/25/03<br />
7/29/01 to 8/10/01<br />
Longest win streak on road: 4 7/7/09 to 7/28/09<br />
6/24/08 to 6/31/08<br />
7/25/07 to 8/2/07<br />
6/13/00 to 6/24/00<br />
Longest losing streak on road: 21 7/29/01 to 8/11/02<br />
Longest single season winning streak at home: 11 7/12/99 to 8/17/99<br />
Longest losing streak at home: 4 6/17/03 to 7/19/03<br />
ALL-TIME MERCURY LARGEST MARGINS OF VICTORY<br />
(+) OPPONENT SCORE DATE<br />
39 vs. Tulsa 102-63 7/10/11<br />
34 vs. San Antonio 91-57 8/19/05<br />
33 vs. Seattle 82-49 7/07/00<br />
at Charlotte 90-57 6/22/00<br />
vs. Minnesota 79-46 7/29/99<br />
vs. Utah 96-63 6/26/98<br />
32 vs. Tulsa 123-91 7/22/10<br />
vs. Tulsa 116-84 6/12/10<br />
vs. San Antonio 87-55 7/21/04<br />
vs. Utah 78-46 8/06/97<br />
ALL-TIME MERCURY LARGEST MARGINS OF DEFEAT<br />
(-) OPPONENT SCORE DATE<br />
41 at Seattle 48-89 7/19/02<br />
38 at New York 69-107 8/14/10<br />
33 at New York 72-105 6/22/08<br />
30 at Atlanta 76-106 7/30/09<br />
29 at Minnesota 80-109 6/27/09<br />
at Detroit 82-111 7/8/07<br />
at Seattle 53-82 7/25/03<br />
27 at Sacramento 78-105 5/20/06<br />
at Seattle 45-72 6/03/04<br />
25 at Miami 61-86 7/03/02<br />
vs. New York 70-95 6/21/01<br />
24 at Minnesota 51-75 8/02/02<br />
23 at Los Angeles 63-86 7/02/05<br />
at Houston 46-69 8/10/03<br />
at Los Angeles 50-73 7/05/01<br />
22 vs. Indiana 82-104 8/8/10<br />
vs. San Antonio 55-77 8/28/08<br />
at Sacramento 59-81 6/14/01<br />
21 at Washington 56-77 6/21/05<br />
at Los Angeles 63-84 7/21/99<br />
20 at Indiana 90-110 8/13/10<br />
at Washington 62-82 8/01/04<br />
at Sacramento 49-69 5/30/03<br />
at Charlotte 59-79 8/09/97<br />
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MERCURY MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS (cont’d)<br />
ALL-TIME RECORD BY MONTH<br />
MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER<br />
1997 0-0 2-2 6-6 8-4 0-0<br />
1998 0-0 6-2 6-7 7-2 0-0<br />
1999 0-0 3-5 7-7 5-5 0-0<br />
2000 1-0 8-5 8-5 3-2 0-0<br />
2001 0-2 4-6 7-5 2-6 0-0<br />
2002 0-1 7-4 2-12 2-4 0-0<br />
2003 1-3 2-8 1-8 4-8 0-0<br />
2004 2-1 5-6 5-5 0-1 5-4<br />
2005 1-3 2-7 7-3 6-5 0-0<br />
2006 0-3 6-5 5-8 7-0 0-0<br />
2007 4-1 5-6 8-3 6-1 0-0<br />
2008 0-4 7-3 5-8 0-1 4-2<br />
2009 0-0 6-4 8-2 6-3 3-2<br />
2010 2-2 3-8 6-3 4-6 0-0<br />
2011 0-0 4-4 7-3 6-5 2-3<br />
Totals 11-20 70-75 88-85 66-53 14-11<br />
ALL-TIME RECORD BY DAY OF THE WEEK<br />
MON. TUES. WED. THURS. FRI. SAT. SUN.<br />
1997 3-2 1-2 4-1 2-2 1-1 1-3 4-1<br />
1998 5-2 1-3 4-0 2-2 3-1 1-2 3-1<br />
1999 3-4 3-0 1-3 1-2 2-3 3-4 2-1<br />
2000 1-1 4-1 6-1 4-0 2-2 3-4 0-3<br />
2001 0-2 3-0 1-4 2-4 1-5 6-0 0-4<br />
2002 2-2 1-3 2-5 2-0 0-6 1-3 3-2<br />
2003 0-1 1-3 2-4 0-5 2-5 2-7 2-0<br />
2004 0-0 3-1 4-2 3-2 3-4 3-4 1-4<br />
2005 0-0 3-3 5-1 1-4 5-1 1-7 1-2<br />
2007 0-0 5-1 1-4 4-0 5-2 4-2 4-2<br />
2008 0-0 4-4 2-1 2-4 5-0 1-5 2-4<br />
2009 0-0 3-2 6-1 4-1 1-2 7-3 2-2<br />
2010 0-0 4-5 0-1 3-1 2-5 5-2 2-3<br />
2011 0-0 5-3 1-2 4-1 4-5 3-1 3-2<br />
Totals 14-14 41-31 39-30 34-28 36-42 41-47 29-31<br />
ALL-TIME RECORD BY CONFERENCE<br />
WESTERN EASTERN<br />
1997 9-3 7-9<br />
1998 10-6 9-5<br />
1999 7-13 8-4<br />
2000 11-10 9-2<br />
2001 8-13 5-6<br />
2002 7-14 4-7<br />
2003 5-19 3-7<br />
2004 11-11 6-6<br />
2005 12-10 4-8<br />
2006 8-12 10-4<br />
2007 17-5 6-6<br />
2008 8-12 8-6<br />
2009 13-7 10-4<br />
2010 13-9 2-10<br />
2011 11-11 8-4<br />
Totals 150-155 99-88<br />
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YEARLY STATISTICAL RANKINGS<br />
OFFENSE POINTS FG% FT% REBS ASTS STLS<br />
1997 4th 8th 1st 3rd 5th 1st<br />
1998 2nd 5th 4th 7th 2nd 3rd<br />
1999 7th 11th 5th 5th 6th 10th<br />
2000 6th 4th 3rd 14th 1st 2nd<br />
2001 10th 9th 13th 13th 5th 3rd<br />
2002 11th 9th 8th 13th 16th 5th<br />
2003 14th 14th 13th 11th 13th 1st<br />
2004 7th 3rd 4th 12th 9th 4th<br />
2005 3rd 9th 4th 5th 5th 2nd<br />
2006 1st 3rd 4th 6th 1st 7th<br />
2007 1st 1st 1st 8th 1st 5th<br />
2008 1st 3rd 1st 4th 5th 13th<br />
2009 1st 1st 1st 5th 1st 12th<br />
2010 1st 1st 1st 4th 1st 12th<br />
2011 1st 1st 1st 4th 1st 12th<br />
DEFENSE POINTS FG% FT% REBS ASTS STLS<br />
1997 1st T 4th 1st 7th 3rd 2nd<br />
1998 3rd 9th 7th 3rd 1st T 3rd<br />
1999 5th 5th 11th 9th 3rd 5th<br />
2000 4th 5th 6th 10th 6th 2nd<br />
2001 11th 11th 15th 13th 13th 14th<br />
2002 14th 16th 3rd 12th 16th 12th<br />
2003 6th 13th 8th 11th 5th T 12th<br />
2004 4th 7th 5th 5th 1st 1st<br />
2005 11th 8th 3rd 6th 3rd 7th<br />
2006 14th 11th 3rd 14th 11th 1st<br />
2007 13th 3rd 11th 13th 13th 2nd<br />
2008 14th 9th 5th 14th 13th 2nd<br />
2009 13th 6th 1st 13th 10th 3rd<br />
2010 12th 10th 1st 12th 12th 10th<br />
2011 12th 9th 4th 8th 12th 9th<br />
ALL-TIME OVERTIME RESULTS<br />
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTENDANCE<br />
July 25, 1997 vs. Los Angeles L 86-83 15,648<br />
August 17, 1997 vs. Utah W 71-63 14,591<br />
August 24, 1997 vs. Los Angeles W 73-68 17,747<br />
August 10, 1998 at Cleveland* W 82-80 13,011<br />
August 11, 1998 at New York L 79-78 15,524<br />
June 14, 2000 vs. Portland W 81-80 9,919<br />
June 4, 2001 at Portland L 71-69 7,041<br />
July 1, 2001 at Indiana L 86-78 7,459<br />
July 15, 2003 at Los Angeles* L 80-77 7,145<br />
August 3, 2003 at Washington* W 70-69 11,052<br />
August 16, 2003 vs. Sacramento L 65-61 10,203<br />
June 26, 2004 vs. San Antonio L 80-72 9,597<br />
July 9, 2006 at New York W 94-88 9,207<br />
August 10, 2006 at Houston** W 111-110 7,382<br />
July 6, 2007 Connecticut* W 111-109 7,131<br />
June 20, 2008 vs. Chicago W 112-105 7,311<br />
June 13, 2009 vs. Sacramento W 115-104 7,173<br />
July 18, 2009 vs. Detroit W 97-90 8,288<br />
August 4, 2009 at Seattle W 101-90 6,728<br />
September 10, 2009 at Seattle W 92-84 9,089<br />
May 22, 2010 vs. Seattle L 89-95 10,144<br />
July 14, 2010 vs. Seattle*** L 107-111 13,508<br />
July 24, 2010 at Minnesota** W 127-124 8,518<br />
June 19, 2011 vs. Indiana W 93-89 7,701<br />
August 7, 2011 vs. Connecticut L 95-96 8,514<br />
August 12, 2011 at Los Angeles L 90-93 10,512<br />
*Double overtime **Triple overtime<br />
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OVERTIME RECORDS BY SEASON<br />
SEASON RECORD<br />
1997 2-1<br />
1998 1-1<br />
1999 0-0<br />
2000 1-0<br />
2002 0-0<br />
2003 1-2<br />
2004 0-1<br />
2005 0-0<br />
2006 2-0<br />
2007 1-0<br />
2008 1-0<br />
2009 4-0<br />
2010 1-2<br />
2011 1-2<br />
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MERCURY MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS (cont’d)<br />
ALL-TIME ATTENDANCE<br />
HOME AWAY OVERALL<br />
YEAR TOTAL AVERAGE TOTAL AVERAGE TOTAL AVERAGE<br />
1997 191,835 13,703 142,156 10,154 333,991 11,928<br />
1998 206,476 13,765 168,759 11,251 375,235 12,508<br />
1999 195,508 12,219 144,652 9,041 340,160 10,630<br />
2000 162,078 10,130 150,353 9,397 312,431 9,763<br />
2001 136,982 8,561 128,060 8,004 265,042 8,283<br />
2002 139,796 8,737 145,843 9,115 285,641 8,926<br />
2003 144,511 8,501 150,510 8,854 295,021 8,677<br />
2004 129,848 7,638 154,344 9,079 284,192 8,359<br />
2005 124,146 7,302 138,232 8,131 262,378 7,717<br />
2006 127,430 7,495 150,557 8,856 277,987 8,176<br />
2007 131,085 7,711 134,567 7,916 265,652 7,814<br />
2008 144,867 8,522 144,604 8,506 289,471 8,514<br />
2009 144,884 8,523 126,949 7,468 271,833 7,996<br />
2010 152,686 8,982 123,143 7,244 275,829 8,113<br />
2011 155,845 9,167 142,849 8,403 298,694 8,785<br />
TOTALS 2,287,977 9,301 2,145,578 8,721 4,433,555 9,011<br />
ALL-TIME TOP HOME ATTENDANCE NIGHTS<br />
DATE ATTENDANCE OPPONENT W/L SCORE<br />
August 24, 1997 17,747 Los Angeles W 73-68 (OT)<br />
August 8, 1998 16,823 Utah W 68-62<br />
August 12, 1997 16,371 New York W 77-67<br />
June 22, 1997 16,102 Charlotte W 76-59<br />
June 25, 1997 15,648 Los Angeles L 86-83 (OT)<br />
May 15, 2010 14,772 Los Angeles W 78-77<br />
July 21, 1998 14,705 Houston L 65-62<br />
July 18, 1998 14,655 New York L 69-63<br />
August 17, 1997 14,591 Utah W 71-63 (OT)<br />
May 17, 2008 13,749 Los Angeles L 94-99<br />
June 6, 2009 13,582 San Antonio W 90-79<br />
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PHOENIX MERCURY ALL-TIME SCORING OFF THE BENCH<br />
POINTS MINUTES PLAYER OPPONENT DATE<br />
26 34 Plenette Pierson at Los Angeles 7/15/03 (2OT)<br />
29 Bridget Pettis at Minnesota 6/02/01<br />
25 31 DeWanna Bonner vs. Atlanta 8/11/11<br />
24 21 DeWanna Bonner at Minnesota 7/13/11<br />
32 DeWanna Bonner vs. Connecticut 8/7/11<br />
28 DeWanna Bonner vs. Los Angeles 6/14/10<br />
33 DeWanna Bonner vs. Seattle 5/22/10 (3OT)<br />
26 Penny Taylor vs. Minnesota 8/8/06<br />
33 Trisha Fallon vs. Portland 8/11/01<br />
23 24 Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil at Washington 6/22/99<br />
22 27 Penny Taylor at San Antonio 7/28/06<br />
30 Brandy Reed at Sacramento 7/22/00<br />
21 20 DeWanna Bonner vs. Minnesota 6/17/09<br />
33 Kamila Vodichkova vs. San Antonio 6/15/05<br />
20 18 Kara Braxton vs. Minnesota 7/29/10<br />
33 DeWanna Bonner at Minnesota 7/24/10 (2OT)<br />
24 DeWanna Bonner vs. Atlanta 9/5/09<br />
24 Plenette Pierson vs. Los Angeles 8/08/03<br />
27 Adriana Moises vs. Seattle 6/14/02<br />
32 Kristi Harrower vs. Los Angeles 7/17/99<br />
MERCURY OPPONENTS ALL-TIME SCORING GAMES OFF THE BENCH<br />
POINTS MINUTES PLAYER OPPONENT DATE<br />
32 26 Monica Wright at Minnesota 6/1/10<br />
26 32 Katie Smith at Seattle 9/9/11<br />
26 Charde Houston vs. Minnesota 7/29/10<br />
25 39 Jantel Lavender at Los Angeles 8/12/11<br />
31 Monique Currie Washington 6/13/07<br />
29 Jae Kingi at Detroit 6/29/01<br />
23 21 Tamicha Jackson vs. Portland 7/21/02<br />
22 23 Liz Cambage vs. Tulsa 9/8/11<br />
29 Danielle Adams at San Antonio 6/21/11<br />
20 Kristi Toliver at Chicago 8/18/09<br />
33 Chamique Holdsclaw vs. Los Angeles 7/14/06<br />
30 Chamique Holdsclaw at Los Angeles 6/13/06<br />
21 Ruthie Bolton vs. Sacramento 7/27/02<br />
21 27 Charde Houston at Minnesota 7/24/10 (2OT)<br />
22 Monica Wright vs. Minnesota 6/10/10<br />
24 Belinda Snell at San Antonio 6/23/09<br />
26 Tiffany Jackson at New York 6/22/08<br />
28 Shanna Crossley San Antonio 8/2/07<br />
26 Cathy Joens Chicago 7/27/07<br />
31 Ashley Shields Houston 5/25/07<br />
26 Becky Hammon vs. New York 6/21/01<br />
20 23 Jessica Davenport vs. Indiana 6/19/11<br />
27 Amber Holt at Tulsa 5/25/10<br />
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ALL-TIME OPENING NIGHT RESULTS<br />
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTENDANCE<br />
June 22, 1997 vs. Charlotte W 76-59 16,102<br />
June 11, 1998 at Sacramento W 73-70 7,816<br />
June 12, 1999 at Sacramento L 96-85 11,221<br />
May 31, 2000 vs. New York W 51-48 10,540<br />
May 30, 2001 vs. Utah L 81-62 9,057<br />
May 29, 2002 at Houston L 61-56 7,887<br />
May 22, 2003 vs. Sacramento L 65-56 9,303<br />
May 20, 2004 vs. Sacramento L 72-66 10,493<br />
May 21, 2005 vs. Sacramento L 77-72 10,503<br />
May 20, 2006 at Sacramento L 105-78 17,317<br />
May 19, 2007 San Antonio W 81-72 10,401<br />
May 17, 2008 vs. Los Angeles L 94-99 13,749<br />
June 6, 2009 vs. San Antonio W 90-79 13,582<br />
May 15, 2010 vs. Los Angeles W 78-77 14,772<br />
June 4, 2011 at Seattle L 71-78 11,548<br />
ALL-TIME HOME OPENERS<br />
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTENDANCE<br />
June 22, 1997 vs. Charlotte W 76-59 16,102<br />
June 14, 1998 vs. Los Angeles W 70-60 13,057<br />
June 14, 1999 vs. Sacramento L 74-64 13,228<br />
May 31, 2000 vs. New York W 51-48 10,540<br />
May 30, 2001 vs. Utah L 81-62 9,057<br />
June 1, 2002 vs. Utah W 71-66 9,647<br />
May 22, 2003 vs. Sacramento L 65-56 9,303<br />
May 20, 2004 vs. Sacramento L 72-66 10,493<br />
May 21, 2005 vs. Sacramento L 77-72 10,503<br />
May 25, 2006 vs. Seattle L 94-81 10,401<br />
May 19, 2007 vs. San Antonio W 81-72 10,401<br />
May 17, 2008 vs. Los Angeles L 94-99 13,749<br />
June 6, 2009 vs. San Antonio W 90-79 13,582<br />
May 15, 2010 vs. Los Angeles W 78-77 14,772<br />
June 17, 2011 vs. San Antonio L 99-101 12,274<br />
ALL-TIME OPENING NIGHT STARTING LINEUPS<br />
1997 Tia Jackson, Toni Foster, Jennifer Gillom, Bridget Pettis, Michele Timms<br />
1998 Toni Foster, Umeki Webb, Jennifer Gillom, Bridget Pettis, Michele Timms<br />
1999 Clarissa Davis Wrightsil, Jennifer Gillom, Marlies Askamp, Edna Campbell, Michele Timms<br />
2000 Brandy Reed, Jennifer Gillom, Maria Stepanova, Tonya Edwards, Michele Timms<br />
2001 Lisa Harrison, Jennifer Gillom, Adrian Williams, Bridget Pettis, Kristen Veal<br />
2002 Lisa Harrison, Jennifer Gillom, Adrian Williams, Gordana Grubin, Adriana Moises<br />
2003 Lisa Harrison, Plenette Pierson, Nevirye Yilmaz, Tamicha Jackson, Edwina Brown<br />
2004 Nikki McCray, Penny Taylor, Adrian Williams, Diana Taurasi, Anna DeForge<br />
2005 Gwen Jackson, Shereka Wright, Ashley Robinson, Diana Taurasi, Anna DeForge<br />
2006 Cappie Pondexter, Jennifer Lacy, Kamila Vodichkova, Kelly Miller, Diana Taurasi<br />
2007 Cappie Pondexter, Penny Taylor, Tangela Smith, Diana Taurasi, Kelly Miller<br />
2008 Diana Taurasi, Willnett Crockett, Tangela Smith, Kelly Miller, Cappie Pondexter<br />
2009 Cappie Pondexter, Le’Coe Willingham, Tangela Smith, Diana Taurasi, Temeka Johnson<br />
2010 Penny Taylor, Candice Dupree, Tangela Smith, Diana Taurasi, Temeka Johnson<br />
2011 Penny Taylor, Candice Dupree, Kara Braxton, Diana Taurasi, Temeka Johnson<br />
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ALL-TIME SCORING MONTHS<br />
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
PLAYER YEAR GAMES POINTS AVERAGE<br />
MAY<br />
Cappie Pondexter 2008 4 107 26.8<br />
Diana Taurasi 2004 3 70 23.3<br />
Diana Taurasi 2010 4 92 23.0<br />
Diana Taurasi 2006 3 70 22.3<br />
Diana Taurasi 2008 4 84 21.0<br />
JUNE<br />
Diana Taurasi 2008 10 262 26.2<br />
Diana Taurasi 2010 10 229 22.9<br />
Diana Taurasi 2006 11 251 22.8<br />
Cappie Pondexter 2006 11 248 22.5<br />
Cappie Pondexter 2008 10 224 22.4<br />
JULY<br />
Diana Taurasi 2006 13 328 25.2<br />
Diana Taurasi 2010 9 221 24.6<br />
Jennifer Gillom 1998 13 301 23.2<br />
Diana Taurasi 2008 13 298 22.9<br />
Candice Dupree 2010 9 201 22.3<br />
AUGUST<br />
Diana Taurasi 2006 7 211 30.1<br />
Diana Taurasi 2008 7 176 25.1<br />
Diana Taurasi 2011 9 211 23.4<br />
Diana Taurasi 2007 7 155 22.1<br />
Jennifer Gillom 1998 9 196 21.8<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Diana Taurasi 2011 5 118 23.6<br />
Cappie Pondexter 2008 6 117 19.5<br />
Cappie Pondexter 2009 5 96 19.2<br />
Diana Taurasi 2004 9 165 18.3<br />
Diana Taurasi 2009 4 69 17.3<br />
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ALL-TIME BIGGEST LEADS<br />
THAT GOT AWAY<br />
BIGGEST<br />
DATE OPPONENT LEAD RESULT<br />
8/20/99 vs. Utah 22 62-70 L<br />
5/22/08 vs. Seattle 21 83-87 L<br />
7/09/04 at Minnesota 20 59-61 L<br />
7/8/06 at Connecticut 19 77-82 L<br />
7/01/01 at Indiana 19 78-86 (OT) L<br />
7/27/10 at Seattle 18 85-91 L<br />
7/04/98 at Charlotte 18 66-68 L<br />
7/2/06 vs. Washington 17 78-81 L<br />
7/31/05 at Detroit 17 66-63 L<br />
6/21/02 at Houston 17 59-61 L<br />
8/12/11 at Los Angeles 16 90-93 L<br />
6/17/11 vs. San Antonio 16 99-101 L<br />
6/22/07 vs. Detroit 16 84-87 L<br />
6/12/99 at Sacramento 16 85-96 L<br />
7/21/98 at Los Angeles 16 68-70 L<br />
6/18/10 vs. San Antonio 15 105-108 L<br />
8/08/03 vs. Los Angeles 15 64-67 L<br />
6/29/01 at Detroit 15 71-75 L<br />
6/29/10 at Atlanta 14 88-94 L<br />
9/15/04 at Seattle 14 58-73 L<br />
6/05/04 at Minnesota 14 68-76 L<br />
8/13/03 vs. Detroit 14 76-78 L<br />
9/17/04 vs. Washington 13 67-74 L<br />
6/05/03 at San Antonio 13 55-70 L<br />
6/25/10 at Connecticut 12 79-82 L<br />
9/13/09 vs. Los Angeles 12 78-81 L<br />
7/22/08 at Houston 12 92-94 L<br />
6/3/07 at New York 12 82-83 L<br />
7/21/02 vs. Portland 12 75-87 L<br />
6/17/00 vs. Minnesota 12 62-69 L<br />
8/26/11 at Connecticut 11 92-95 L<br />
7/26/11 vs. Seattle 11 77-83 L<br />
8/10/10 at Chicago 11 82-91 L<br />
6/8/10 at Los Angeles 11 91-92 L<br />
7/8/07 at Detroit 11 82-111 L<br />
6/04/01 at Portland 11 69-71 (OT) L<br />
6/21/98 vs. Charlotte 11 71-72 L<br />
7/15/08 vs. San Antonio 10 87-97 L<br />
9/11/04 vs. Detroit 10 72-80 L<br />
7/22/97 vs. Houston 10 69-77 L<br />
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ALL-TIME BIGGEST<br />
COMEBACKS<br />
BIGGEST<br />
DATE OPPONENT DEFICIT RESULT<br />
6/22/99 at Washington 19 79-76 W<br />
8/16/11 vs. Seattle 18 81-79 W<br />
8/27/09 at Los Angeles 18 98-90 W<br />
6/6/08 at Los Angeles 18 85-79 W<br />
8/15/03 vs. Seattle 18 64-50 W<br />
7/24/10 at Minnesota 17 127-124 (2OT) W<br />
5/29/07 vs. Sacramento 17 76-75 W<br />
6/24/04 vs. New York 17 72-60 W<br />
6/13/02 vs. Detroit 17 70-67 W<br />
7/29/05 at Minnesota 16 69-65 W<br />
8/11/01 vs. Portland 16 73-62 W<br />
7/1/11 vs. Chicago 15 97-84 W<br />
7/11/09 at Sacramento 15 107-105 W<br />
7/13/97 at Los Angeles 15 57-56 W<br />
6/19/11 vs. Indiana 14 93-89 W<br />
7/8/08 vs. Houston 14 99-94 W<br />
7/6/07 vs. Connecticut 14 111-109 W<br />
7/29/02 vs. Minnesota 14 57-45 W<br />
8/17/97 vs. Utah 14 71-63 W<br />
7/17/08 vs. Los Angeles 13 99-92 W<br />
7/17/07 vs. Seattle 13 89-79 W<br />
8/18/09 at Chicago 12 106-99 W<br />
7/26/09 at New York 12 94-88 W<br />
7/31/07 at Houston 12 76-74 W<br />
6/15/07 at Indiana 12 89-78 W<br />
7/21/01 vs. Utah 12 59-50 W<br />
7/08/98 at Detroit 12 78-76 W<br />
7/13/11 at Minnesota 11 112-105 W<br />
8/3/10 at San Antonio 11 103-92 W<br />
8/1/10 vs. Chicago 11 97-96 W<br />
7/27/07 at Chicago 11 98-96 W<br />
7/26/01 vs. Detroit 11 63-62 W<br />
7/17/99 vs. Los Angeles 11 84-76 W<br />
8/10/98 at Cleveland 11 82-80 (OT) W<br />
9/3/11 vs. Los Angeles 10 93-77 W<br />
7/5/11 vs. Los Angeles 10 101-82 W<br />
6/4/10 vs. Los Angeles 10 90-89 W<br />
9/04/04 vs. Seattle 10 63-55 W<br />
6/16/01 vs. Orlando 10 72-68 W<br />
7/08/00 at Indiana 10 66-65 W<br />
6/13/00 at Portland 10 75-69 W
COACHES AND RECORDS<br />
RECORDS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
YEAR COACH FINISH REG. SEASON PLAYOFFS<br />
1997 Cheryl Miller 1st/West 16-12 0-1<br />
1998 Cheryl Miller 2nd/West 19-11 3-3<br />
1999 Cheryl Miller T4th/West 15-17 —<br />
2000 Cheryl Miller 4th/West 20-12 0-2<br />
2001 Cynthia Cooper 5th/West 13-19 —<br />
2002 Cynthia Cooper 6-4<br />
Linda Sharp 7th/West 5-17 —<br />
2003 John Shumate 7th/West 8-26 —<br />
2004 Carrie Graf 5th/West 17-17 —<br />
2005 Carrie Graf 5th/West 16-18 —<br />
2006 Paul Westhead T3rd/West 18-16 —<br />
2007 Paul Westhead 1st/West 23-11 7-2<br />
2008 Corey Gaines 7th/West 16-18 —<br />
2009 Corey Gaines 1st/West 23-11 7-4<br />
2010 Corey Gaines 2nd/West 15-19 2-2<br />
2011 Corey Gaines 3rd/West 19-15 2-3<br />
MERCURY CUMULATIVE COACHING RECORDS<br />
Coach Years Record Pct. Playoffs Pct.<br />
Cheryl Miller 1997-00 70-52 .574 3-6 .333<br />
Cynthia Cooper 2001-02 19-23 .452 — —<br />
Linda Sharp 2002 5-17 .227 — —<br />
John Shumate 2003 8-26 .235 — —<br />
Carrie Graf 2004-05 33-35 .485 — —<br />
Paul Westhead 2006-07 41-27 .603 7-2 .778<br />
Corey Gaines 2008-11 73-63 .537 11-9 .550<br />
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#97<br />
HISTORY<br />
HONOR YOUR<br />
ANCESTORS<br />
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MERCURY IN THE RAFTERS<br />
MERCURY IN THE RAFTERS MEDIA GUIDE <strong>2012</strong><br />
In a unique ceremony at halftime of the club’s nationally televised matchup with the Sacramento Monarchs on<br />
June 6, 2006, the Phoenix Mercury unveiled a tribute to four of the organization’s pillars since its inception<br />
in 1997. The banner features photographs of the first three players ever to join the organization—forward<br />
Jennifer Gillom and guards Michele Timms and Bridget Pettis—and the original coach and general manager,<br />
Cheryl Miller. It hangs permanently in the northeast corner of the US Airways Center rafters.<br />
“To celebrate the tenth anniversary of our league and our franchise<br />
without creating a lasting tribute to the four most important individuals<br />
in our team’s history would have been a mistake. In honoring our past, we use<br />
these individuals as an example to our current and future players because they<br />
exemplify the will and spirit of Mercury basketball on the court and in<br />
our <strong>com</strong>munity. We look forward to the day when we will raise a<br />
championship banner alongside this tribute to Bridget Pettis,<br />
Jennifer Gillom, Michele Timms and Cheryl Miller.”<br />
— Jay Parry<br />
President and Chief Operating Officer, Phoenix Mercury<br />
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<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> MERCURY IN THE RAFTERS<br />
JENNIFER GILLOM – 22<br />
First player allocated to the Mercury in team history… played six seasons in Phoenix from 1997-2002… 1999<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star… 1998 All-<strong>WNBA</strong> First Team… 1997 All-<strong>WNBA</strong> Second Team… winner of the 2002 Kim Perrot<br />
Sportsmanship Award…two-time <strong>WNBA</strong> Player of the Week… averaged 15.3 points per game while in the<br />
Valley of the Sun… averaged 20.8 points per game in 1998 for the Mercury, a franchise-record which stood<br />
until 2006.<br />
MICHELE TIMMS – 7<br />
Second player allocated to the Mercury in team history… played five seasons in Phoenix from 1997-2001…<br />
1999 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star…Owns career averages of 7.5 points and a franchise-record 4.8 assists per game… Owns<br />
Mercury records for assists in a season (158), assists per game in a single season (5.3), steals in a season (71)<br />
and steals per game in a single season (2.6).<br />
BRIDGET PETTIS – 32<br />
Selected by the Mercury in the 1997 Elite Draft (seventh overall), be<strong>com</strong>ing the third player in franchise<br />
his tory… played in Phoenix from 1997-2001 and in 2006… made the first basket in franchise history, a<br />
three-pointer against Charlotte on June 22, 1997… played in 154 consecutive games, still a franchise record…<br />
owns career averages of 6.2 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists… named a Mercury assistant coach on<br />
June 29, 2006.<br />
CHERYL MILLER<br />
First coach and general manager in team history… served in that position from 1997-2000… led the<br />
Mercury to three postseason appearances (1997, 1998, 2000), including a berth in the 1998 <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Finals… owns a 70-52 (.574) record as Mercury head coach, the most wins and second-highest winning<br />
percentage in team history.<br />
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1997 SEASON<br />
HISTORY MEDIA GUIDE <strong>2012</strong><br />
When Phoenix became one of eight cities (Charlotte, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento and Utah)<br />
awarded a women’s professional basketball team, the organization was not aware of the overwhelming amount of support the<br />
team would receive. The city of Phoenix wel<strong>com</strong>ed the women’s team with open arms and showed their support by making<br />
Phoenix one of the top cities in attendance averaging 13,000 plus fans the first season. The spark was lit when one of the greatest<br />
pioneers of women’s basketball, Cheryl Miller, was named Head Coach/General Manager of the Phoenix Mercury. With the<br />
allocation of Jennifer Gillom and Michele Timms, Miller led the Mercury to a winning record of 16-12, the Western Conference<br />
title and a playoff birth.<br />
In the elite draft, two more key players were drafted by the Mercury, Bridget Pettis and Nancy Lieberman-Cline who<br />
added depth to the Mercury roster. The final roster included 10 active players and two developmental players. The Phoenix<br />
Mercury played their inaugural game on June 22, 1997 and defeated the Charlotte Sting 79-59 at America West Arena in front of<br />
a crowd of 16,102 fans. Gillom stepped it up and took control of the Mercury leading the team in scoring averaging 15.7 ppg for<br />
the season and ended the season being tied for fifth in the league in scoring and being named to the All-<strong>WNBA</strong> second team.<br />
Timms led the team in assists (5.1 apg); while, Foster led the team in rebounding (6.1 rpg). Pettis was second on the team in<br />
scoring (12.6 ppg) and ranked 12th in the league.<br />
It didn’t take long for Phoenix to make their mark in the <strong>WNBA</strong>. The first ever <strong>WNBA</strong> player trade was made on July 31, with<br />
the Mercury obtaining Mikiko Hagiwara from Sacramento for future considerations. Phoenix led the league in forcing their<br />
opponents to turn the ball over, with opponents averaging 21.4 turnovers per game. At the same time, the Mercury had the fewest<br />
turnovers in the league, averaging 17.0 turnovers per game. The Mercury also led the league in rebounding percentage with .508,<br />
as well as holding their opponents to a scoring low, an average of 65.2 points per game. Phoenix was tied with Los Angeles for<br />
the most steals in a single game (20) and was second behind Cleveland, for the most offensive rebounds in a single game (22).<br />
There was one team that the Mercury fought against all season, the Los Angeles Sparks. In three meetings, the Mercury<br />
went into overtime twice and had a buzzer beater victory once. Toni Foster hit the only buzzer beater shot of the season on<br />
July 13 at Los Angeles in a 57-56 victory. In the final game of the season on August 24, the Mercury had a sellout crowd for an<br />
overtime victory of 73-68 against Los Angeles, which advanced Phoenix into the playoffs.<br />
Phoenix made the playoffs and faced the New York Liberty in the semi-final game (single elimination game). Phoenix fell<br />
to New York, 59-41, in front of their home crowd of 16,751 at America West Arena. Gillom and reserve Marlies Askamp each<br />
posted 9 points and Gillom grabbed 7 rebounds.<br />
1997 (16-12)<br />
ROW ONE: Bridget Pettis, Nancy Lieberman-Cline, Tia Jackson, Umeki Webb, Tara Williams, Michele Timms.<br />
ROW TWO: Trainer Carolyn Griffiths, Assistant Coach Steve Smith, Mikiko Hagiwara, Marlies Askamp,<br />
Jennifer Gillom, Monique Ambers, Toni Foster, Head Coach Cheryl Miller.<br />
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1997 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Gillom 28 28 874 163 376 .434 20 65 .308 94 121 .777 45 106 151 21 93 0 37 58 15 440 15.7<br />
Pettis 28 28 842 107 321 .333 41 134 .306 97 108 .898 36 71 107 78 57 1 49 82 12 352 12.6<br />
Timms 27 27 966 99 295 .336 49 142 .345 79 104 .760 23 76 99 137 95 0 71 80 3 326 12.1<br />
Foster 28 28 736 94 201 .468 1 6 .167 57 81 .704 64 108 172 27 77 1 53 53 21 246 8.8<br />
Askamp 28 1 517 70 178 .393 0 1 .000 71 93 .763 66 80 146 23 59 0 21 46 9 211 7.5<br />
Webb 28 17 775 47 158 .297 1 15 .067 46 67 .687 42 75 117 68 92 2 68 55 8 141 5.0<br />
Williams 12 0 84 16 39 .410 5 11 .455 0 0 — 1 7 8 3 9 0 3 4 0 37 3.1<br />
Hagiwara (TOT) 26 7 360 25 86 .291 17 61 .279 9 16 .563 7 16 23 20 16 0 4 16 2 76 2.9<br />
Hagiwara (PHO) 12 5 186 10 39 .256 8 28 .286 5 10 .500 5 9 14 10 10 0 2 7 0 33 2.8<br />
Jackson 26 6 320 25 73 .342 3 8 .375 21 25 .840 24 31 55 26 31 0 23 37 8 74 2.8<br />
Lieberman-Cline 25 0 279 25 77 .325 6 26 .231 8 10 .800 6 26 32 40 34 0 15 39 2 64 2.6<br />
Ambers 19 0 85 4 9 .444 0 0 — 6 15 .400 10 10 20 4 13 0 0 7 2 14 0.7<br />
Becenti 1 0 8 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0<br />
Tuter 3 0 3 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
MERCURY 28 5675 660 1768 .373 134 436 .307 484 634 .763 322 599 921 437 570 4 343 475 80 1938 69.2<br />
OPPONENTS 28 5675 670 1622 .413 89 313 .284 397 589 .674 275 649 924 408 598 11 243 599 114 1826 65.2<br />
— SINGLE-GAME HIGHS — ——— AVERAGE PER GAME ——— —— CAREER HIGHS ——<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Gillom 42 13 2 5 6 2 29 31.2 5.4 0.8 1.32 2.1 0.54 15.7 13 27T 11 15 15 5 36<br />
Pettis 42 9 7 6 8 2 27 30.1 3.8 2.8 1.75 2.9 0.43 12.6 10C 19 11C 13C 9C 7T 27C<br />
Timms 42 7 9 8 6 2 24 35.8 3.7 5.1 2.63 3.0 0.11 12.1 9C 18C 6T 9 9 10 24C<br />
Foster 37 12 3 4 5 3 16 26.3 6.1 1.0 1.89 1.9 0.75 8.8 7C 12C 7C 8C 12C 3T 16C<br />
Askamp 31 10 4 2 5 2 16 18.5 5.2 0.8 0.75 1.6 0.32 7.5 7 12 11 14 15 4C 23<br />
Webb 38 10 7 6 4 1 9 27.7 4.2 2.4 2.43 2.0 0.29 5.0 7 11 6 6T 10C 8 15<br />
Williams 14 4 1 1 1 0 9 7.0 0.7 0.3 0.25 0.3 0.00 3.1 4C 8C 0C 0C 4C 1C 9C<br />
Hagiwara TOT) 28 3 2 1 3 1 9 13.8 0.9 0.8 0.15 0.6 0.08 2.9 4C 9C 2T 4C 3C 2T 9C<br />
Hagiwara (PHO) 26 3 2 1 3 0 7 15.5 1.2 0.8 0.17 0.6 0.00 2.8<br />
Jackson 27 6 4 3 4 3 11 12.3 2.1 1.0 0.88 1.4 0.31 2.8 4C 9C 3C 4C 6C 4C 11C<br />
Lieberman-Cline 21 5 5 2 5 1 9 11.2 1.3 1.6 0.60 1.6 0.08 2.6 4C 8C 2C 2C 5C 5C 9C<br />
Ambers 16 4 1 0 1 1 4 4.5 1.1 0.2 0.00 0.4 0.11 0.7 1C 3C 2C 4C 4C 1C 4C<br />
Becenti 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 8.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 1.0 0.00 0.0 0C 0C 0C 0C 0C 0C 0C<br />
Tuter 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0C 1C 0C 0C 0C 0C 0C<br />
MERCURY 225 47 25 20 24 7 84 202.7 32.9 15.6 12.25 17.0 2.86 69.2 34 81C 35C 45C 47C 27 96<br />
OPPONENTS 225 45 21 18 33 10 86 202.7 33.0 14.6 8.68 21.4 4.07 65.2 33T 75C 31 48 45T 27 96<br />
(C=SET, T=TIED THIS SEASON)<br />
1997 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Date Opponent Score W/L Record Attend. High Scorer Opponent High Scorer<br />
6/22 CHARLOTTE 76-59 W 1-0 16,102 Pettis - 17 Stinson - 18<br />
6/24 @Houston 55-70 L 1-1 16,285 Foster - 13 Arcain - 23<br />
6/28 @Cleveland 68-63 W 2-1 5,930 Gillom, Pettis - 14 Edwards - 14<br />
6/29 @New York 57-65 L 2-2 17,780 Gillom - 23 Johnson - 20<br />
7/3 @Utah 77-55 W 3-2 6,718 Gillom - 21 Palmer - 19<br />
7/7 NEW YORK 69-50 W 4-2 13,731 Pettis - 25 Johnson - 11<br />
7/9 HOUSTON 69-64 W 5-2 11,892 Gillom - 20 Cooper - 16<br />
7/12 @Utah 51-52 L 5-3 7,076 Foster - 14 Palmer - 15<br />
7/13 @Los Angeles 57-56 W 6-3 10,494 Timms - 17 Burgess - 12<br />
7/16 SACRAMENTO 84-67 W 7-3 12,636 Gillom - 19 Gordon - 19<br />
7/21 @Sacramento 70-57 W 8-3 5,913 Gillom - 19 Byears - 21<br />
7/22 HOUSTON 69-77 L 8-4 12,581 Timms - 24 Cooper - 32<br />
7/25 LOS ANGELES 83-86 (OT) L 8-5 15,648 Gillom, Pettis - 17 Leslie - 17<br />
7/28 CLEVELAND 64-76 L 8-6 11,012 Gillom - 19 Nemcova - 22<br />
7/30 @Charlotte 67-68 L 8-7 9,166 Gillom - 16 Bullett - 20<br />
7/31 @Cleveland 67-79 L 8-8 7,014 Askamp, Gillom - 12 Nemcova - 17<br />
8/2 @New York 70-78 L 8-9 14,660 Timms - 20 Witherspoon - 20<br />
8/4 SACRAMENTO 83-60 W 9-9 10,898 Pettis - 23 Bolton-Holifield - 22<br />
8/6 UTAH 78-46 W 10-9 11,694 Timms - 18 Baranova - 16<br />
8/7 @Houston 70-74 L 10-10 10,001 Timms - 24 Cooper - 34<br />
8/9 @Charlotte 59-79 L 10-11 10,139 Pettis - 14 Stinson - 25<br />
8/12 NEW YORK 77-67 W 11-11 16,371 Gillom - 23 Hampton - 14<br />
8/14 CLEVELAND 61-55 W 12-11 11,818 Gillom - 19 Jones - 14<br />
8/17 UTAH 71-63 (OT) W 13-11 14,591 Gillom - 15 Palmer - 21<br />
8/18 @Los Angeles 66-75 L 13-12 10,496 Gillom - 18 Leslie - 26<br />
8/20 @Sacramento 69-54 W 14-12 10,484 Pettis - 18 Bolton-Holifield - 12<br />
8/22 CHARLOTTE 78-63 W 15-12 15,114 Pettis - 27 Congreaves - 13<br />
8/24 LOS ANGELES 73-68 (OT) W 16-12 17,747 Gillom - 29 Dixon - 25<br />
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The second <strong>WNBA</strong> season got even hotter for the Phoenix Mercury. With the expansion of the league from 8 to 10 teams<br />
(Washington and Detroit) and a longer playoff series, Phoenix took their game all the way to the <strong>WNBA</strong> finals. Under the guidance<br />
of head coach Cheryl Miller, the team posted a 19-11 record and a second trip to the playoffs. The Mercury ended the regular season<br />
on a positive note posting a 7-2 record for the month of August, with a 4-0 record at home. Jennifer Gillom made two buzzer<br />
beater shots that not only led Phoenix into overtime victories, but also helped the Mercury advance to the playoffs. In June and July<br />
the Mercury posted a winning record of 12-9 with Gillom leading the way in scoring and rebounding. She was also named Player<br />
of the Week for the week of July 12th.<br />
The 1998 Phoenix squad featured seven international players. The Mercury drafted the talented 6'8", 19 year old Russian,<br />
Maria Stepanova, in the first round (8th pick) of the 1998 draft. Three players were from Australia (Michelle Griffiths, Kristi<br />
Harrower, Michele Timms), one from Slovakia (Andrea Kuklova), Germany (Marlies Askamp) and Japan (Mikiko<br />
Hagiwara). Hagiwara, Kuklova and Stepanova all had traveling interpreters during the season.<br />
Gillom became the second player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history (behind Cynthia Cooper) to surpass the 1,000 point mark in her career and<br />
ended the season with 1,064 points. She finished the season ranked second in the league in scoring, fifth in rebounding, sixth in<br />
three-point field goal percentage and tenth in steals. Gillom was named to the All-<strong>WNBA</strong> first team and led the team in scoring for<br />
the second straight season, averaging 20.8 ppg.<br />
Phoenix faced the Cleveland Rockers in the first round of the <strong>WNBA</strong> playoffs. The Mercury finished the semi-final series with a<br />
2-1 record. The Mercury defeated the Rockers in game one of the semi-finals in front of their home crowd (78-68). Phoenix had a<br />
heart breaking loss in game two in Cleveland by one point (67-66). In game three, Bridget Pettis led all scorers recording 27 points<br />
and 11 rebounds and helped secure the Mercury win (71-60). Gillom led the series against Cleveland averaging 19.7 ppg and 7.3<br />
rpg. The Mercury advanced to the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals where they faced the defending World Champion Houston Comets. The Mercury<br />
were victorious in game one at America West Arena (54-51). Michele Timms turned up the heat in game two of the Finals at Houston<br />
and led the team with 21 points (7-18 FG, 2-8 3-pt FG, 5-5 FT). The two teams went into overtime but the Comets came away with<br />
the win (74-69). The Comets won game three (80-71) and walked away with the <strong>WNBA</strong> Championship title. Gillom led the team<br />
in scoring and rebounding in the playoffs, posting an average of 17.0 ppg and 7.8 rpg.<br />
The Mercury had arguably the best bench around the league. Phoenix was 11-2 when their bench scored 20+ points in a game.<br />
The bench posted an all-time high 47 points in an 88-59 victory vs. Washington on 8/4. Marlies Askamp led the bench during the<br />
season in scoring and rebounding, averaging 5.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg.<br />
The Mercury fans filled the stands and kept Phoenix ranked in the top three in the league for attendance, averaging 13,765.<br />
1998 (19-11)<br />
ROW ONE: Kristi Harrower, Mikiko Hagiwara, Bridget Pettis, Jennifer Gillom, Michele Timms, Michelle Griffiths, Brandy Reed, Andrea Kuklova.<br />
ROW TWO: Trainer Carolyn Griffiths, Assistant Coach Kathy Anderson, Assistant Coach Ernie Carr, Umeki Webb, Marlies Askamp,<br />
Maria Stepanova, Toni Foster, Head Coach Cheryl Miller, Assistant Coach Carrie Graf.<br />
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1998 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Gillom 30 30 962 228 492 .463 31 82 .378 137 195 .703 62 157 219 42 94 1 50 89 10 624 20.8<br />
Pettis 30 28 849 113 300 .377 35 123 .285 77 89 .865 34 69 103 62 75 0 29 62 9 338 11.3<br />
Griffiths 30 25 779 93 184 .505 11 23 .478 78 98 .796 45 88 133 41 48 0 44 52 5 275 9.2<br />
Timms 30 30 934 71 223 .318 31 104 .298 34 49 .694 18 56 74 158 76 0 38 69 4 207 6.9<br />
Webb 30 30 846 59 161 .366 4 14 .286 39 59 .661 47 69 116 92 105 2 47 41 21 161 5.4<br />
Askamp 26 0 319 49 104 .471 0 0 — 41 62 .661 36 49 85 12 45 0 12 22 7 139 5.3<br />
Reed 24 0 254 50 95 .526 2 8 .250 22 31 .710 36 42 78 20 30 0 18 33 7 124 5.2<br />
Foster 16 5 218 28 60 .467 0 0 — 23 30 .767 10 20 30 19 20 0 14 15 5 79 4.9<br />
Kuklova 29 2 340 38 95 .400 1 7 .143 20 36 .556 19 18 37 31 40 0 18 40 4 97 3.3<br />
Stepanova 20 0 130 26 61 .426 0 0 — 14 22 .636 17 21 38 7 29 0 3 9 11 66 3.3<br />
Jordan 6 0 30 5 8 .625 0 0 — 5 7 .714 1 4 5 4 4 0 0 1 0 15 2.5<br />
Harrower 30 0 355 19 52 .365 11 32 .344 21 28 .750 2 19 21 52 25 0 15 31 3 70 2.3<br />
Hagiwara 10 0 59 8 21 .381 4 12 .333 2 3 .667 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 5 0 22 2.2<br />
Johnson (TOT) 6 0 32 0 6 .000 0 0 — 2 4 .500 3 7 10 0 5 0 2 3 0 2 0.3<br />
MERCURY 30 6075 787 1856 .424 130 405 .321 513 709 .724 327 614 941 543 595 3 288 483 86 2217 73.9<br />
OPPONENTS 30 6075 758 1747 .434 77 244 .316 432 601 .719 298 643 941 406 664 9 242 581 96 2025 67.5<br />
— SINGLE-GAME HIGHS — ——— AVERAGE PER GAME ——— —— CAREER HIGHS ——<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Gillom 44 13 4 5 7 2 36 32.1 7.3 1.4 1.67 3.0 0.33 20.8 13C 27T 11C 15C 13T 4C 36C<br />
Pettis 38 8 6 4 6 1 23 28.3 3.4 2.1 0.97 2.1 0.30 11.3 10 19C 11 13 9 7 27<br />
Griffiths 38 9 4 9 5 2 18 26.0 4.4 1.4 1.47 1.7 0.17 9.2 7C 13C 8C 9C 9C 4C 18C<br />
Timms 41 7 9 4 6 2 15 31.1 2.5 5.3 1.27 2.3 0.13 6.9 9 18 6 9C 7T 9T 24<br />
Webb 45 7 8 4 4 3 15 28.2 3.9 3.1 1.57 1.4 0.70 5.4 7C 11C 6C 6T 10 8C 15C<br />
Askamp 24 11 2 2 4 1 13 12.3 3.3 0.5 0.46 0.8 0.27 5.3 6C 11 8 11C 11C 4 16<br />
Reed 24 8 4 3 4 1 13 10.6 3.3 0.8 0.75 1.4 0.29 5.2 6C 9C 5C 7C 8C 4C 13C<br />
Foster 27 5 3 2 2 2 14 13.6 1.9 1.2 0.88 0.9 0.31 4.9 7 12 7 8 12 3T 16<br />
Kuklova 24 5 3 2 6 2 10 11.7 1.3 1.1 0.62 1.4 0.14 3.3 4C 7C 4C 10C 5C 3C 10C<br />
Stepanova 20 8 1 2 2 2 15 6.5 1.9 0.3 0.15 0.5 0.55 3.3 7C 13C 2C 4C 8C 1C 15C<br />
Jordan 17 2 2 0 1 0 9 5.0 0.8 0.7 0.00 0.2 0.00 2.5 3T 7 4 8 9 3 9C<br />
Harrower 20 4 7 2 4 1 7 11.8 0.7 1.7 0.50 1.0 0.10 2.3 3C 5C 4C 4C 4C 7C 7C<br />
Hagiwara 15 2 2 0 2 0 8 5.9 0.2 0.3 0.00 0.5 0.00 2.2 4 9 2T 4 3 2T 9<br />
Johnson (TOT) 10 4 0 1 3 0 1 5.3 1.7 0.0 0.33 0.5 0.00 0.3 0C 3C 1C 2C 4C 0C 1C<br />
MERCURY 250 43 27 16 24 7 96 202.5 31.4 18.1 9.60 16.1 2.87 73.9 34C 81 35 45 47 27C 96C<br />
OPPONENTS 250 45 24 17 30 10 90 202.5 31.4 13.5 8.07 19.4 3.20 67.5 33T 75 25C 34 45T 24C 90C<br />
1998 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Date Opponent Score W/L Record Attend. High Scorer Opponent High Scorer<br />
6/11 @Sacramento 73-70 W 1-0 7,816 Gillom - 20 Bolton-Holifield - 15<br />
6/14 LOS ANGELES 70-60 W 2-0 13,057 Gillom - 20 Leslie - 18<br />
6/15 WASHINGTON 69-54 W 3-0 12,522 Gillom - 19 McCray - 20<br />
6/21 CHARLOTTE 71-72 L 3-1 13,503 Pettis - 20 Reid - 21<br />
6/24 HOUSTON 69-66 W 4-1 12,622 Pettis - 20 Cooper - 27<br />
6/26 UTAH 96-63 W 5-1 13,676 Gillom - 19 Baranova - 12<br />
6/28 @Washington 86-69 W 6-1 15,191 Pettis - 23 Page - 18<br />
6/29 @New York 68-71 L 6-2 12,683 Griffiths - 15 Johnson, Witherspoon - 23<br />
7/2 @Cleveland 76-61 W 7-2 7,990 Gillom - 29 Fijalkowski - 16<br />
7/4 @Charlotte 66-68 L 7-3 8,210 Pettis - 7 Stinson - 19<br />
7/8 @Detroit 78-76 W 8-3 9,276 Gillom - 24 Porter - 18<br />
7/10 CLEVELAND 76-60 W 9-3 13,407 Gillom - 28 Braxton - 13<br />
7/13 LOS ANGELES 72-62 W 10-3 13,071 Gillom - 27 Leslie - 13<br />
7/15 DETROIT 73-60 W 11-3 13,002 Gillom - 17 Hlede - 16<br />
7/18 NEW YORK 63-69 L 11-4 14,655 Griffiths - 14 Witherspoon - 24<br />
7/20 SACRAMENTO 88-67 W 12-4 13,257 Pettis - 18 Byears - 28<br />
7/21 HOUSTON 62-65 L 12-5 14,705 Gillom - 24 Cooper - 23<br />
7/23 @Los Angeles 68-70 L 12-6 7,751 Gillom - 27 Dixon - 23<br />
7/27 @Utah 80-90 L 12-7 8,624 Gillom - 31 Johnson - 15<br />
7/28 @Houston 62-72 L 12-8 16,285 Gillom - 23 Cooper - 27<br />
7/31 @Los Angeles 56-71 L 12-9 9,563 Gillom - 23 Mabika, Leslie - 15<br />
8/4 WASHINGTON 88-59 W 13-9 13,589 Gillom - 21 Burge - 19<br />
8/6 @Houston 64-75 L 13-10 16,285 Gillom - 19 Cooper - 21<br />
8/8 UTAH 68-62 W 14-10 16,823 Pettis - 21 Dydek - 19<br />
8/10 @Cleveland 82-80 (2 OT) W 15-10 13,011 Gillom - 36 Nemcova - 19<br />
8/11 @New York 78-79 (OT) L 15-11 15,524 Gillom - 21 Witherspoon - 17<br />
8/14 DETROIT 84-59 W 16-11 14,398 Gillom, Pettis - 23 Brondello - 20<br />
8/16 @Sacramento 85-69 W 17-11 6,788 Gillom - 25 A. Barnes - 24<br />
8/17 @Utah 75-64 W 18-11 13,762 Gillom - 20 Palmer - 16<br />
8/19 SACRAMENTO 71-62 W 19-11 14,189 Gillom - 18 Byears - 18<br />
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Whitney Houston sang the national anthem as all the stars came out in New York for the Inaugural <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star game at<br />
Madison Square Garden. Jennifer Gillom and Michele Timms were selected to play in the inaugural <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star game on the<br />
Western Conference team on July 14 in New York. With Van Chancellor coaching the Western Conference team, the West defeated<br />
the Eastern Conference team, which was coached by Linda Hill-MacDonald, 79-61.<br />
With an overall record of 15-17 and Cheryl Miller re-signing a multi-year contract, the Mercury heated things up in the<br />
second half of the season. If the season had been decided on second half performance alone, Phoenix would have fared much<br />
better than their fourth place Western Conference finish. Based on the last 18 games of the season, the Mercury would have<br />
ended the season with an 11-7 record placing themselves in second place in the Western Conference. In the last 18 games<br />
the Mercury averaged 68.1 ppg, 39.6 rpg, 16.4 apg and 7.7 spg while in the first half of the season they averaged 67.6 ppg,<br />
32.2 rpg, 15.3 apg and 6.5 spg and a record of 4-10. Phoenix also ended the season holding three <strong>WNBA</strong> single game records.<br />
They had the most field goal attempts (79), the most three-point field goal attempts (29) and the fewest free throw attempts<br />
(4). The Mercury won 11 consecutive home games, from 7/17 through 8/17, which set a new franchise record and ranked<br />
Phoenix second in the <strong>WNBA</strong> record books (behind the Houston Comets) for the most consecutive home games won.<br />
Gillom became one of two players in the league to record 1,500 career points (behind Cynthia Cooper) and led the team in<br />
scoring for the third straight season (15.2 ppg). Gillom also scored in double figures 82 out of 90 regular season games in the last<br />
three seasons. She also recorded her 550th career rebound vs. Utah on 8/20. Gillom became the only Mercury player to have started<br />
and played in every game (90 games) in the last three years. Timms was a close second, having not played in three games and<br />
not starting in one game.<br />
Maria Stepanova stepped it up off the bench and recorded career-high numbers. Her 62 total blocks landed her ranked second<br />
in league for blocks per game (1.94 bpg). She had a streak of at least one blocked shot (41 total blocks) in 18 straight games from<br />
7/17 through 8/20. Her career-high six blocks on 6/26 at Detroit was a Mercury franchise record for the most blocks in a single game.<br />
Stepanova recorded four consecutive double-doubles and ended the season with six double-doubles.<br />
With the Mercury bench having so much depth, they outscored their opponents bench 19 out of 32 times and 12 out of 16<br />
times at home. Maria Stepanova led the bench in scoring (7.8 ppg) and rebounding (5.1 rpg).<br />
Once the American Basketball League (ABL) closed its doors, many of those talented players joined the <strong>WNBA</strong> and heated up<br />
the <strong>com</strong>petition. With the <strong>com</strong>petition fierce, America West Arena had no problem packing the house and maintaining Phoenix’s<br />
top three ranking in the league for attendance.<br />
1999 (15-17)<br />
ROW ONE: Edna Campbell, Kristi Harrower, Bridget Pettis, Jennifer Gillom, Lisa Harrison, Michele Timms, Amanda Wilson.<br />
ROW TWO: Head Coach Cheryl Miller, Angela Aycock, Maria Stepanova, Michelle Griffiths, Marlies Askamp, Toni Foster,<br />
Assistant Coach Carrie Graf, Trainer Carolyn Griffiths.<br />
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1999 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Gillom 32 32 1095 163 428 .381 18 72 .250 141 177 .797 53 131 184 54 105 2 37 87 7 485 15.2<br />
Campbell 28 24 750 95 261 .364 38 101 .376 40 56 .714 11 42 53 37 53 0 25 48 10 268 9.6<br />
Askamp 30 30 781 95 197 .482 0 2 .000 93 114 .816 92 123 215 25 98 1 22 37 18 283 9.4<br />
Davis-Wrightsil 14 9 259 52 120 .433 10 33 .303 16 24 .667 15 23 38 20 39 2 12 22 4 130 9.3<br />
Stepanova 32 2 554 96 198 .485 1 1 1.000 55 88 .625 62 102 164 24 86 1 13 43 62 248 7.8<br />
Timms 30 29 804 68 192 .354 31 89 .348 38 49 .776 17 62 79 151 87 0 43 89 7 205 6.8<br />
Harrison 32 23 828 81 170 .476 1 9 .111 30 44 .682 47 83 130 52 65 1 23 35 5 193 6.0<br />
Pettis 32 8 541 65 214 .304 22 98 .224 29 47 .617 29 30 59 45 57 1 26 30 2 181 5.7<br />
Harrower 32 3 666 36 99 .364 12 43 .279 59 73 .808 9 54 63 96 45 0 25 45 4 143 4.5<br />
Foster 10 0 42 7 12 .583 0 0 — 11 16 .688 4 4 8 1 6 0 0 4 1 25 2.5<br />
Wilson 12 0 34 4 12 .333 1 5 .200 3 3 1.000 4 2 6 2 3 0 1 2 1 12 1.0<br />
Aycock 8 0 30 0 4 .000 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 3 5 0 2 6 0 4 0.5<br />
Kuklova 5 0 13 0 3 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0.0<br />
Lange-Harris 1 0 3 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
MERCURY 32 6400 762 1910 .399 134 456 .294 519 695 .747 343 659 1002 510 652 8 229 460 121 2177 68.0<br />
OPPONENTS 32 6400 794 1911 .415 119 395 .301 475 637 .746 334 678 1012 494 676 15 234 479 108 2182 68.2<br />
— SINGLE-GAME HIGHS — ——— AVERAGE PER GAME ——— —— CAREER HIGHS ——<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Gillom 40 15 5 4 6 2 29 34.2 5.8 1.7 1.16 2.7 0.22 15.2 13 27 11 15 15C 5C 36<br />
Campbell 39 6 4 2 6 2 22 26.8 1.9 1.3 0.89 1.7 0.36 9.6 8C 16C 4C 4C 6C 4C 22C<br />
Askamp 35 15 2 5 3 4 23 26.0 7.2 0.8 0.73 1.2 0.60 9.4 7C 12C 11C 14C 15C 4 23C<br />
Davis-Wrightsil 30 7 3 3 3 2 23 18.5 2.7 1.4 0.86 1.6 0.29 9.3 9C 17C 4C 7C 7C 3C 23C<br />
Stepanova 36 13 3 2 4 6 19 17.3 5.1 0.8 0.41 1.3 1.94 7.8 8C 15C 6C 11C 13C 3C 19C<br />
Timms 38 9 10 6 7 2 22 26.8 2.6 5.0 1.43 3.0 0.23 6.8 9 18 6T 9 9C 10C 24<br />
Harrison 39 9 5 3 3 2 21 25.9 4.1 1.6 0.72 1.1 0.16 6.0 10C 12C 5C 6C 9C 5C 21C<br />
Pettis 30 7 7 4 5 1 16 16.9 1.8 1.4 0.81 0.9 0.06 5.7 10 19 11 13 9 7T 27<br />
Harrower 36 6 9 3 4 1 20 20.8 2.0 3.0 0.78 1.4 0.13 4.5 5C 7C 12C 12C 6C 9C 20C<br />
Foster 9 2 1 0 2 1 5 4.2 0.8 0.1 0.00 0.4 0.10 2.5 7 12 7 8 12 3 16<br />
Wilson 9 2 1 1 1 1 6 2.8 0.5 0.2 0.08 0.2 0.08 1.0 2C 4C 2C 2C 2C 1C 6C<br />
Aycock 10 1 1 1 2 0 4 3.8 0.1 0.4 0.25 0.8 0.00 0.5 0C 3C 4C 4C 1C 1C 4C<br />
Kuklova 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.2 0.00 0.0 4 7 4 10 5 3 10<br />
Lange-Harris 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0C 0C 0C 0C 2C 0C 0C<br />
MERCURY 200 43 25 16 23 9 86 200.0 31.3 15.9 7.16 14.4 3.78 68.0 34 81 35 45 47 27 96<br />
OPPONENTS 200 42 27 14 24 9 96 200.0 31.6 15.4 7.31 15.0 3.38 68.2 33T 75 31C 48C 45 27C 96C<br />
1999 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Date Opponent Score W/L Record Attend. High Scorer Opponent High Scorer<br />
6/12 @Sacramento 85-96 L 0-1 11,221 Gillom - 23 Griffith - 31<br />
6/14 SACRAMENTO 64-74 L 0-2 13,228 Gillom - 29 Bolton-Holifield, Holland-Corn - 16<br />
6/19 CLEVELAND 76-67 W 1-2 13,024 Campbell - 21 Edwards, Nemcova - 14<br />
6/21 @Orlando 76-80 L 1-3 7,771 Gillom - 25 Sam, Sales - 20<br />
6/22 @Washington 79-76 W 2-3 11,060 Davis-Wrightsil - 23 McCray - 24<br />
6/24 @Charlotte 72-88 L 2-4 4,514 Gillom - 20 Stinson - 23<br />
6/26 @Detroit 66-60 W 3-4 7,651 Gillom - 17 Canty - 16<br />
6/28 @Cleveland 51-70 L 3-5 9,752 Pettis - 13 Melvin - 15<br />
7/1 @New York 67-83 L 3-6 13,739 Davis-Wrightsil - 20 Johnson - 22<br />
7/3 @Minnesota 47-56 L 3-7 9,560 Gillom - 18 Reed - 14<br />
7/7 LOS ANGELES 61-67 L 3-8 11,366 Gillom - 17 Mabika - 16<br />
7/9 HOUSTON 70-71 L 3-9 12,236 Timms - 22 Swoopes - 18<br />
7/11 @Los Angeles 58-67 L 3-10 6,392 Campbell - 17 Milton - 14<br />
7/12 @Utah 80-66 W 4-10 5,030 Akamp - 23 Williams, Dydek - 22<br />
7/17 LOS ANGELES 84-76 W 5-10 13,483 Gillom, Harrower - 20 Leslie - 21<br />
7/19 HOUSTON 60-48 W 6-10 12,285 Gillom - 18 Cooper - 19<br />
7/21 @Los Angeles 63-84 L 6-11 5,723 Gillom - 18 Leslie - 18<br />
7/23 ORLANDO 73-67 W 7-11 12,226 Harrower - 16 S. Johnson - 22<br />
7/25 WASHINGTON 72-59 W 8-11 11,776 Gillom - 16 McCray - 18<br />
7/27 UTAH 86-73 W 9-11 11,990 Gillom - 21 Goodson - 17<br />
7/29 MINNESOTA 79-46 W 10-11 12,120 Gillom - 22 Reed - 12<br />
7/31 @Houston 70-77 L 10-12 16,285 Campbell - 15 Swoopes - 23<br />
8/2 @Minnesota 56-73 L 10-13 9,374 Askamp - 12 Reed - 17<br />
8/6 NEW YORK 68-55 W 11-13 12,884 Gillom - 15 Robinson - 27<br />
8/7 @Sacramento 60-71 L 11-14 7,590 Stepanova - 19 Holland-Corn - 21<br />
8/9 MINNESOTA 64-55 W 12-14 11,964 Gillom - 15 Edwards - 18<br />
8/11 DETROIT 68-57 W 13-14 11,352 Stepanova - 16 Porter - 14<br />
8/13 @Utah 64-67 L 13-15 7,493 Stepanova - 17 Dydek - 17<br />
8/15 CHARLOTTE 65-54 W 14-15 11,868 Harrison - 21 Staley - 16<br />
8/17 SACRAMENTO 71-59 W 15-15 11,328 Gillom - 28 Smith - 20<br />
8/18 @Houston 60-70 L 15-16 11,497 Gillom - 14 Swoopes - 24<br />
8/20 UTAH 62-70 L 15-17 12,378 Gillom, Stepanova - 17 Goodson - 22<br />
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Phoenix hosted the second annual <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game on July 17, and Brandy Reed represented the Mercury on the<br />
Western Conference team that bested the East, 73-61.<br />
The Mercury finished the season with a franchise-best 20-12 record and their third playoff berth in four seasons.<br />
At the start of the season, the Mercury put together a franchise-record four-game road winning streak (6/13-6/24), and the<br />
team continued its winning ways by tying a franchise record with four consecutive overall wins from July 7-13. In August, the<br />
Mercury shot a scorching <strong>WNBA</strong>-record 63.6 percent from the field vs. the Seattle Storm.<br />
Phoenix also secured a mention in the record books by holding the Miami Sol to a 2000 <strong>WNBA</strong> season-low and Mercury franchise-low<br />
44 points, while limiting the Sol to a franchise-low 22.6 percent from the field.<br />
Despite the injuries the team faced, many Mercury players excelled individually as well. Reed finished the season ranked third<br />
in the league and first on the team in scoring (19.0 ppg), while Jennifer Gillom (12.5 ppg) had the second-best scoring average<br />
for Phoenix. Reed (5.8 rpg) and Michelle Griffiths (4.0 rpg) were the top Mercury rebounders. The Mercury ac<strong>com</strong>plished these<br />
milestones in spite of the numerous injuries to key players. Michelle Cleary, Maria Stepanova and Michele Timms all suffered<br />
season-ending knee injuries, while Gillom and Griffiths each missed time due to sprained ankles. To <strong>com</strong>pensate for these<br />
injuries, Phoenix signed guards Dena Head and Nicole Kubik mid-season.<br />
The 2000 season was one which saw Reed return to Phoenix through a trade after spending one season in Minnesota, and<br />
finish the year ranked third in the <strong>WNBA</strong> in free throw percentage, third in scoring, fifth in steals and tied for 15th in rebounding.<br />
Also, Michelle Cleary set a new franchise record for individual assists in a game with 12 assists on 7/19 vs. Utah, and Tonya Edwards<br />
was nominated for the second annual American Express Small Business Services <strong>WNBA</strong> Entrepreneurial Award. Edwards has a snack<br />
vending business out of Columbus, Ohio. In addition, Gillom set a new career high and also tied the Mercury’s all-time record for<br />
most free throws in a game by shooting 12-12 from the line on 6/14 vs. Portland, and Lisa Harrison finished second in the league<br />
with a 1.36 steals-to-turnovers ratio. “The Sparkplug” Bridget Pettis kept her streak alive of consecutive games played with 122. Finally,<br />
rookie Adrain Williams was one of only two Mercury players (Reed is the other) to record a double-double this season.<br />
Phoenix’s impressive finish led the team to the playoffs for the third time in its four-year existence. In the First Round of the<br />
2000 Playoffs, the Mercury faced the league’s top team, the Los Angeles Sparks, and fought hard, but lost both games to their<br />
Western Conference foe.<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> wel<strong>com</strong>ed four new teams (Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire and Seattle Storm) to the league and the<br />
Mercury won all nine games against the 2000 expansion teams.<br />
The 2000 season also featured the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Four Mercury players joined their national teams in<br />
Sydney for the Games. Trisha Fallon, Michelle Griffiths and Michele Timms suited up for the host Australian National Team, and<br />
won a silver medal, and Maria Stepanova played for the Russian National Team.<br />
2000 (20-12)<br />
ROW ONE: Tonya Edwards, Michelle Cleary, Lisa Harrison, Jennifer Gillom, Adrain Williams, Bridget Pettis, Michele Timms.<br />
ROW TWO: Assistant Coach Linda Sharp, Assistant Coach Tom Lewis, Mactabene Amachree, Michelle Griffiths, Maria Stepanova, Rankica<br />
Sarenac, Brandy Reed, Amanda Wilson, Head Coach Cheryl Miller, Assistant Coach Vonn Read, Trainer Carolyn Griffiths.<br />
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2000 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Reed 32 30 1090 231 456 .507 18 43 .419 128 142 .901 59 128 187 86 52 0 66 90 21 608 19.0<br />
Gillom 30 30 826 139 316 .440 19 69 .275 79 106 .745 31 85 116 45 91 1 21 59 29 376 12.5<br />
Edwards 32 32 926 112 298 .376 35 114 .307 79 101 .782 19 57 76 58 80 0 36 63 9 338 10.6<br />
Griffiths 28 23 725 70 137 .511 8 25 .320 63 79 .797 40 71 111 49 88 2 30 36 6 211 7.5<br />
Harrison 31 20 750 81 154 .526 8 12 .667 30 37 .811 38 83 121 36 62 0 30 22 4 200 6.5<br />
Pettis 32 6 583 60 168 .357 20 75 .267 49 61 .803 19 41 60 46 62 1 31 39 4 189 5.9<br />
Stepanova 15 1 170 24 54 .444 0 0 —- 9 15 .600 15 33 48 8 42 1 4 22 9 57 3.8<br />
Timms 8 8 176 11 30 .367 4 17 .235 4 4 1.000 2 14 16 18 22 0 15 18 2 30 3.8<br />
Sarenac 20 0 142 23 44 .523 1 1 1.000 17 27 .630 11 19 30 8 30 0 0 17 1 64 3.2<br />
Williams 28 2 351 29 72 .403 0 0 —- 20 38 .526 24 47 71 16 42 0 14 29 4 78 2.8<br />
Cleary 24 7 509 14 45 .311 10 30 .333 19 27 .704 12 25 37 77 36 0 34 14 2 57 2.4<br />
Head (TOT) 17 1 149 8 22 .364 1 7 .143 10 16 .625 5 13 18 15 17 0 4 11 0 27 1.6<br />
Head( PHO) 17 1 149 8 22 .364 1 7 .143 10 16 .625 5 13 18 15 17 0 4 11 0 27 1.6<br />
Kubik (TOT) 4 0 19 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 3 0 6 1.5<br />
Kubik (PHO) 4 0 19 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 3 0 6 1.5<br />
Wilson 3 0 9 0 1 .000 0 0 —- 2 4 .500 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.7<br />
MERCURY 32 6425 803 1800 .446 124 394 .315 513 661 .776 275 619 894 465 630 5 285 429 91 2243 70.1<br />
OPPONENTS 32 6425 773 1828 .423 135 416 .325 421 574 .733 334 635 969 486 698 8 224 531 91 2102 65.7<br />
— SINGLE-GAME HIGHS — ——— AVERAGE PER GAME ——— —— CAREER HIGHS ——<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Reed 40 13 8 7 7 3 32 34.1 5.8 2.7 2.06 2.8 0.66 19.0 13C 23 11C 12T 13T 8C 32C<br />
Gillom 44 9 5 3 5 3 28 27.5 3.9 1.5 0.70 2.0 0.97 12.5 13 27 12C 15 15 5T 36<br />
Edwards 39 5 5 3 5 2 19 28.9 2.4 1.8 1.13 2.0 0.28 10.6 10 22 9 10 8 8 25<br />
Griffiths 38 9 4 4 4 1 18 25.9 4.0 1.8 1.07 1.3 0.21 7.5 7T 13 9C 9T 9T 4T 18T<br />
Harrison 39 9 4 4 2 1 22 24.2 3.9 1.2 0.97 0.7 0.13 6.5 10 12 12C 13C 9T 5 22C<br />
Pettis 30 7 5 3 5 1 22 18.2 1.9 1.4 0.97 1.2 0.13 5.9 10 19 11 13 9 7 27<br />
Stepanova 26 8 1 1 4 2 9 11.3 3.2 0.5 0.27 1.5 0.60 3.8 8 15 6 11 13 3 19<br />
Timms 32 4 6 4 4 1 11 22.0 2.0 2.3 1.88 2.3 0.25 3.8 9 18 6 9 9 10 24<br />
Sarenac 22 8 3 0 4 1 15 7.1 1.5 0.4 0.00 0.9 0.05 3.2 5C 8C 7C 8C 8C 3C 15C<br />
Williams 27 10 3 2 3 1 12 12.5 2.5 0.6 0.50 1.0 0.14 2.8 6C 8C 4C 6C 10C 3C 12C<br />
Cleary 37 6 12 6 3 1 12 21.2 1.5 3.2 1.42 0.6 0.08 2.4 4C 6C 3C 4C 6C 12C 12C<br />
Head (TOT) 23 3 4 1 2 0 6 8.8 1.1 0.9 0.24 0.6 0.00 1.6 6 11 8 8 6 7 15<br />
Head (PHO) 23 3 4 1 2 0 6 8.8 1.1 0.9 0.24 0.6 0.00 1.6<br />
Kubik (TOT) 8 2 1 0 1 0 4 4.8 0.5 0.5 0.00 0.8 0.00 1.5 1C 1C 4C 4C 2C 1C 4C<br />
Kubik (PHO) 8 2 1 0 1 0 4 4.8 0.5 0.5 0.00 0.8 0.00 1.5<br />
Wilson 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.7 2 4 2T 2T 2 1T 6<br />
MERCURY 225 40 22 14 21 6 90 200.8 27.9 14.5 8.91 13.4 2.84 70.1 34 81 35 45 47 27 96<br />
OPPONENTS 225 43 22 16 26 6 87 200.8 30.3 15.2 7.00 16.6 2.84 65.7 35C 75 31 48 45 27 96<br />
(C=Set/T=Tied thisseason)<br />
2000 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Date Opponent Score W/L Record Attend. High Scorer Opponent High Scorer<br />
5/31 NEW YORK 51- 48 W 1-0 10,540 Reed-22 Johnson-14<br />
6/3 @Houston 80- 62 W 2-0 12,385 Reed-32 Swoopes-31<br />
6/6 @Utah 61- 76 L 2-1 4,520 Edwards-13, Reed-13 Williams-20<br />
6/7 SEATTLE 82- 49 W 3-1 9,509 Reed-24 Vodichkova-12<br />
6/10 @Los Angeles 57- 76 L 3-2 6,349 Timms-11 Milton-17<br />
6/13 @Portland 75- 69 W 4-2 7,738 Reed-23 Witherspoon-19<br />
6/14 PORTLAND 81- 80(OT) W 5-2 9,919 Gillom-28 Witherspoon-22<br />
6/17 MINNESOTA 62- 69 L 5-3 10,498 Reed-22 Smith-26<br />
6/20 @Minnesota 74- 55 W 6-3 6,461 Pettis-22 Lennox-14<br />
6/22 @Charlotte 90- 57 W 7-3 8,425 Reed-32 Stinson-20<br />
6/24 @Miami 67- 44 W 8-3 8,005 Edwards-12 Flores-8<br />
6/25 @Cleveland 61- 64 L 8-4 6,707 Reed-19 Brown-13, Nemcova-13, Melvin-13<br />
6/28 @New York 69- 82 L 8-5 13,054 Griffiths-17 Phillips-22<br />
6/30 @Washington 66- 57 W 9-5 16,485 Reed-25 McCray-19<br />
7/2 @Houston 58- 69 L 9-6 13,865 Edwards-14 Cooper-20, Swoopes-20<br />
7/6 DETROIT 81- 69 W 10-6 10,497 Reed-22 das Neves-12<br />
7/8 @Indiana 66- 65 W 11-6 11,659 Sarenac-15 Grubin-18, Maxwell-18<br />
7/11 MINNESOTA 64- 54 W 12-6 9,675 Harrison-22 Smith-24<br />
7/13 SACRAMENTO 72- 64 W 13-6 9,747 Reed-25 Holland-Corn-19<br />
7/14 @Utah 84- 87 L 13-7 6,984 Reed-25 Hlede-20<br />
7/19 UTAH 86- 76 W 14-7 9,327 Reed-31 Williams-20<br />
7/21 LOS ANGELES 68- 74 L 14-8 11,053 Reed-21 Leslie-30<br />
7/22 @Sacramento 60- 61 L 14-9 9,480 Reed-22 Griffith-21<br />
7/24 CLEVELAND 67- 57 W 15-9 9,327 Reed-31 Wauters-14<br />
7/26 INDIANA 79- 65 W 16-9 9,487 Reed-24 Wolters-18<br />
7/28 @Seattle 65- 55 W 17-9 8,767 Reed-25 Campbell-14<br />
7/30 SACRAMENTO 63- 70 L 17-10 11,337 Gillom-23 Griffith-16<br />
8/1 ORLANDO 84- 77 W 18-10 9,564 Gillom-28 A. Johnson-24<br />
8/3 SEATTLE 85- 63 W 19-10 9,439 Edwards-15, Harrison-15 Barnes-17<br />
8/5 LOS ANGELES 63- 77 L 19-11 11,390 Reed-25 Leslie-22<br />
8/7 HOUSTON 54- 71 L 19-12 10,770 Reed-21 Thompson-26<br />
8/9 @Portland 68- 60 W 20-12 9,469 Reed-18 Nygaard-14<br />
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The 2001 season marked the fifth anniversary of the Phoenix Mercury and the <strong>WNBA</strong>. One of eight inaugural members of the<br />
league, the Mercury has seen the league raise the level of <strong>com</strong>petition and expand to 16 teams over the years. Phoenix boasts and<br />
83-71 overall record and captured a Western Conference title in 1997 and a trip to the <strong>WNBA</strong> finals in 1998.<br />
On January 8, 2001, the Phoenix Mercury named Cynthia Cooper the second head coach in franchise history. Cooper,<br />
winner of four straight <strong>WNBA</strong> titles with the Houston Comets and two-time league MVP, took over for Cheryl Miller, who resigned<br />
following the 2000 season. Cooper guided the Mercury to a 13-19 record and a fifth-place finish in the Western Conference.<br />
As a team, the Mercury enjoyed the longest winning streak in franchise history from July 14-27, where they won five games<br />
in a row This included two game-winning shots by fifth-year veteran Jennifer Gillom, who hit buzzer-beaters to defeat Detroit<br />
and Seattle during that streak. Another highlight saw all five starters score in double figures for the first time in Mercury history as<br />
Phoenix downed Minnesota on 7/14/01. Eight different players led the team in scoring throughout the year while ten different<br />
players led in rebounds.<br />
Individually, Maria Stepanova (.507) and Trisha Fallon (.490) ranked among league leaders in field goal percentage while<br />
point guards Kristen Veal (4.3) and Michele Timms (4.1) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, among assist leaders. Veal also<br />
ranked first among <strong>WNBA</strong> rookies in the assist category. Lisa Harrison ranked eighth among <strong>WNBA</strong> free throw shooters with a<br />
.864 percentage.<br />
Three of the original Mercury members, continued to make headlines in 2001. Bridget Pettis saw action in all 32 games in<br />
2001, extending her streak to 154 games played over five seasons in the <strong>WNBA</strong>. She joins a select group of just six players who have<br />
appeared in every game in <strong>WNBA</strong> history. Jennifer Gillom notched her 2,000th career point on 6/10/01, be<strong>com</strong>ing only the third<br />
player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to reach this milestone. Michele Timms capped off her professional career and the 2001 season on ‘Michele<br />
Timms Night’ by hitting a three pointer with 7.5 seconds left in the 56-38 victory over Houston on 8/14/01.<br />
Off the court, the Mercury continued their strong showing in the <strong>com</strong>munity with various appearances and programs.<br />
Mercury players volunteered their time at events such as spaghetti dinners, hospital visits, book drives, kid’s clinics and Boys and<br />
Girls Club visits. For the month of July, Michele Timms was named the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Hometown Hero, honoring a player who donates<br />
time and energy to their local <strong>com</strong>munity. A $5,000 check was presented in her name to the Mary Cobb ‘Building Dream’<br />
Foundation, a program created by Cynthia Cooper that raises funds for breast cancer patients.<br />
2001 (13-19)<br />
ROW ONE: Adriana Moises, Bridget Pettis, Jennifer Gillom, Ilona Korstine, Kristen Veal, Michele Timms.<br />
ROW TWO: Equipment Manager Val Turik, Trainer Carolyn Griffiths, Head Coach Cynthia Cooper, Lisa Harrison,<br />
Slobodanka Tuvic, Maria Stepanova, Trisha Fallon, Adrian Williams, Jaynetta Saunders,<br />
Assistant Coach Carrie Graf, Assistant Coach Eric Cooper.<br />
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2001 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Gillom 32 32 858 150 355 .423 24 70 .343 71 96 .740 36 91 127 35 91 1 31 71 19 395 12.3<br />
Stepanova 32 31 815 143 282 .507 0 2 .000 48 78 .615 66 135 201 41 110 3 43 50 64 334 10.4<br />
Fallon 31 16 841 127 259 .490 15 37 .405 53 65 .815 35 42 77 33 43 0 35 47 12 322 10.4<br />
Harrison 32 32 915 96 223 .430 3 9 .333 51 59 .864 39 100 139 52 58 0 39 49 1 246 7.7<br />
Moises Pinto 7 0 123 14 36 .389 4 12 .333 9 12 .750 4 12 16 17 11 0 6 16 0 41 5.9<br />
Pettis 32 1 497 53 159 .333 20 63 .317 46 56 .821 30 30 60 50 47 1 28 38 4 172 5.4<br />
Timms 21 18 408 38 110 .345 14 46 .304 8 10 .800 11 34 45 87 42 0 21 42 2 98 4.7<br />
Veal 29 14 658 35 125 .280 14 50 .280 32 42 .762 14 46 60 125 58 0 33 82 4 116 4.0<br />
Williams 25 1 375 38 113 .336 0 0 —- 20 28 .714 21 54 75 11 43 0 15 34 5 96 3.8<br />
Reed 1 0 13 1 8 .125 0 0 —- 1 1 1.000 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0<br />
Saunders 28 6 253 25 77 .325 1 3 .333 17 25 .680 13 27 40 7 28 0 10 14 8 68 2.4<br />
Tuvic 30 0 325 13 42 .310 0 0 —- 28 59 .475 18 45 63 17 49 0 16 28 17 54 1.8<br />
Korstine 12 0 75 7 25 .280 1 3 .333 6 7 .857 6 5 11 5 4 0 3 9 0 21 1.8<br />
MERCURY 32 6450 767 1894 .405 101 313 .323 429 587 .731 300 642 942 514 625 6 292 519 138 2064 64.5<br />
OPPONENTS 32 6450 785 1892 .415 137 391 .350 462 584 .791 333 698 1031 524 603 4 283 517 127 2169 67.8<br />
— SINGLE-GAME HIGHS — —— AVERAGE PER GAME —— —— CAREER HIGHS ——<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Gillom 41 11 4 4 7 3 25 26.8 4.0 1.1 0.97 2.2 0.59 12.3 13 27 12 15 15 5 36<br />
Stepanova 39 11 5 5 4 5 20 25.5 6.3 1.3 1.34 1.6 2.00 10.4 9C 17C 6 11 13 5C 20C<br />
Fallon 42 7 3 4 5 2 24 27.1 2.5 1.1 1.13 1.5 0.39 10.4 8C 15C 8C 9C 7C 4 24C<br />
Harrison 42 9 4 3 5 1 15 28.6 4.3 1.6 1.22 1.5 0.03 7.7 10 15C 12 13 9T 5 22<br />
Moises Pinto 22 5 5 2 4 0 13 17.6 2.3 2.4 0.86 2.3 0.00 5.9 4C 9C 3C 4C 5C 5C 13C<br />
Pettis 29 8 5 3 4 1 26 15.5 1.9 1.6 0.88 1.2 0.13 5.4 10 19 11 13 9 7 27<br />
Timms 31 6 7 4 7 1 14 19.4 2.1 4.1 1.00 2.0 0.10 4.7 9 18 6 9 9 10 24<br />
Veal 36 6 10 5 6 3 16 22.7 2.1 4.3 1.14 2.8 0.14 4.0 6C 9C 4C 6C 6C 10C 16C<br />
Williams 27 7 2 3 4 1 12 15.0 3.0 0.4 0.60 1.4 0.20 3.8 6 12C 8C 8C 10 3 12T<br />
Reed 13 3 0 0 0 0 3 13.0 3.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.0 13 23 11 12 13 8 32<br />
Saunders 26 9 2 2 2 2 12 9.0 1.4 0.3 0.36 0.5 0.29 2.4 4C 9C 5C 6C 9C 2C 12C<br />
Tuvic 28 7 3 3 4 3 8 10.8 2.1 0.6 0.53 0.9 0.57 1.8 3C 5C 4C 10C 7C 3C 8C<br />
Korstine 21 2 3 3 2 0 6 6.3 0.9 0.4 0.25 0.8 0.00 1.8 2C 5C 3C 4C 2C 3C 6C<br />
MERCURY 225 48 24 15 24 9 89 201.6 29.4 16.1 9.13 16.2 4.31 64.5 34 81 35 45 48C 27 96<br />
OPPONENTS 225 42 32 14 26 13 95 201.6 32.2 16.4 8.84 16.2 3.97 67.8 39C 78C 34C 48 45 32C 96<br />
(C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
2001 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Team/ High High High Opponent<br />
Date Opponent W/L Opp Home Road Total Scoring Rebounds Assists Scoring Attendance<br />
May 30 UTAH L 62-81 0-1 0-0 0-1 Edwards-15 Stepanova-7 Cleary-3 Goodson-16 9,057<br />
May 31 @Seattle L 70-83 0-1 0-1 0-2 Edwards/Harrison-14 Pettis-8 Veal-5 Jackson-21 7,567<br />
Jun 2 @Minnesota W 89-80 0-1 1-1 1-2 Pettis-26 Harrison-7 Cleary-6 Smith-22 10,040<br />
Jun 4 @Portland L 69-71(OT) 0-1 1-2 1-3 Gillom-14 Gillom-11 Veal-5 Witherspoon-22 7,041<br />
Jun 5 CHARLOTTE W 76-69 1-1 1-2 2-3 Fallon-18 Stepanova-8 Veal-7 Stinson-21 7,008<br />
Jun 10 HOUSTON L 58-60 1-2 1-2 2-4 Gillom-15 Harrison/Stepanova-6 Veal-10 Thompson-22 8,883<br />
Jun 12 SACRAMENTO W 78-64 2-2 1-2 3-4 Gillom-24 Tuvic/Stepanova-7 Veal-9 Griffith-17 7,113<br />
Jun 14 @Sacramento L 59-81 2-2 1-3 3-5 Harrison-13 Stepanova-5 Veal-5 Griffith-15 5,611<br />
Jun 16 ORLANDO W 72-68 3-2 1-3 4-5 Harrison-15 Williams-6 Veal-8 Sales-14 8,323<br />
Jun 21 NEW YORK L 70-95 3-3 1-3 4-6 Pettis/Williams-12 Williams-7 Veal-3 Phillips-23 8,638<br />
Jun 22 SEATTLE L 55-58 3-4 1-3 4-7 Fallon-12 Stepanova-6 Timms-5 Jackson-17 7,123<br />
Jun 29 @Detroit L 71-75 3-4 1-4 4-8 Gillom-25 Gillom-9 Timms-5 Kingi-25 6,716<br />
Jul 1 @Indiana L 78-86(OT) 3-4 1-5 4-9 Fallon-18 Stepanova-9 Timms-7 R. Williams-21 7,459<br />
Jul 4 MIAMI W 60-47 4-4 1-5 5-9 Veal-16 Gillom/Stepanova-5 Veal-4 Baranova-12 6,680<br />
Jul 5 @Los Angeles L 50-73 4-4 1-6 5-10 Williams-12 Fallon/Stepanova-5 Korstine/Timms-3 Leslie-23 6,591<br />
Jul 7 WASHINGTON W 66-52 5-4 1-6 6-10 Fallon-16 Stepanova-9 Timms-6 McCray-10 7,463<br />
Jul 11 LOS ANGELES L 61-75 5-5 1-6 6-11 Gillom-15 Gillom/Timms-6 Veal-7 Figgs-16 7,649<br />
Jul 13 @Cleveland L 61-69 5-5 1-7 6-12 Stepanova-13 Timms-6 Timms-7 Jones-22 7,564<br />
Jul 14 @Minnesota W 80-67 5-5 2-7 7-12 Stepanova-19 Stepanova-9 Timms-5 Smith-27 6,373<br />
Jul 19 PORTLAND W 60-58 6-5 2-7 8-12 Gillom-18 Stepanova-10 Timms/Veal-4 Folkl-12 8,232<br />
Jul 21 UTAH W 59-50 7-5 2-7 9-12 Gillom-18 Saunders-9 Stepanova-5 Ferdinand-19 8,378<br />
Jul 26 DETROIT W 63-62 8-5 2-7 10-12 Stepanova-20 Gillom/Stepanova-5 Timms-5 Ndiaye-Diatta-23 8,508<br />
Jul 27 @Seattle W 56-54 8-5 3-7 11-12 Stepanova-11 Stepanova-9 Gillom-4 Randall-19 5,278<br />
Jul 29 @Sacramento L 47-63 8-5 3-8 11-13 Fallon-18 Stepanova-8 Timms/Tuvic-3 Griffith-25 7,768<br />
Aug 1 MINNESOTA L 63-68 8-6 3-8 11-14 Gillom/Stepanova-15 Tuvic-6 Timms/Veal-5 Smith-36 8,927<br />
Aug 3 @Miami L 61-72 8-6 3-9 11-15 Gillom-25 Moises Pinto-5 Tied with-2 Sam-25 9,011<br />
Aug 5 @Orlando L 69-78 8-6 3-10 11-16 Fallon-17 Gillom-7 Veal-7 S. Johnson-25 6,334<br />
Aug 6 @Houston L 48-62 8-6 3-11 11-17 Fallon-12 Stepanova-11 Moises/Veal-3 Arcain-18 13,310<br />
Aug 8 @Los Angeles L 67-79 8-6 3-12 11-18 Fallon-15 Gillom-6 Timms-6 Leslie-24 10,086<br />
Aug 10 @Utah L 57-69 8-6 3-13 11-19 Gillom-10 Stepanova/Tuvic-5 Timms-4 Goodson-15 11,311<br />
Aug 11 PORTLAND W 73-62 9-6 3-13 12-19 Fallon-24 Gillom-8 Gillom/Fallon-3 Stiles-18 10,823<br />
Aug 14 HOUSTON W 56-38 10-6 3-13 13-19 Fallon-14 Fallon/Harrison-7 Veal/Timms-4 Arcain-13 14,177<br />
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The 2002 season marked the sixth year for both the <strong>WNBA</strong> and one of its original eight teams, the Phoenix Mercury. In six<br />
seasons, Phoenix owns an overall record of 94-92. The “Mighty Mercury” won the Western Conference Title in 1997 and earned a<br />
trip to the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals in 1998.<br />
2002 could only be described as a frustrating year for the Mercury. In the first few days of training camp, the club learned<br />
that 6’8” Russian center Maria Stepanova would miss the season due to pregnancy. Rebounding from the loss of Stepanova, the<br />
team came out of the gate quickly, winning four out of the first five games. Soon after the hot start, things began to change. On<br />
June 26, Head Coach Cynthia Cooper resigned from her position to spend more time with her family and Assistant Coach Linda<br />
Sharp was named Interim Coach for the remainder of the season. When Cooper left, the team held a 6-4 record. The Mercury<br />
responded by winning their first game under Sharp, knocking off the Seattle Storm 62-53. After a home loss to the defending champion<br />
LA Sparks, the team embarked on a five-game road swing.<br />
The road would prove to be a thorn in the Mercury’s side all season, as they endured a 15-game losing streak on the road.<br />
The team finally earned a win in Portland on August 11, the last road game of the year, beating the Fire 73-70 to finish the season<br />
1-15 away from America West Arena.<br />
On August 7, the Mercury honored an original member of the team by retiring Michele Timms’ jersey. “Timmsy’s” #7 was<br />
sent to the rafters in front of 10,286 Mercury fans, the largest crowd of the season. After the halftime ceremony, the X-Factor was<br />
treated to a 59-57 Mercury victory.<br />
The 2002 Mercury finished with a record of 11-21, missing the playoffs for the second consecutive season. On October 23,<br />
2002, the Mercury announced the hiring of John Shumate as the club’s third head coach in franchise history. Shumate joined the<br />
Mercury with a wealth of basketball knowledge having played in the NBA for several seasons before joining the Toronto Raptors<br />
coaching staff as an assistant and then the Phoenix Suns scouting staff.<br />
2002 (11-21)<br />
ROW ONE: Adriana Moises, Gordana Grubin, Lisa Harrison,<br />
Jennifer Gillom, Tracy Reid, Jaynetta Saunders, Susanna Bonfiglio, Kristen Veal.<br />
ROW TWO: Equipment Manager Jay Gaspar, Trainer Carolyn Griffiths, Kayte Christensen, Oksana Zakaluzhnaya,<br />
Assistant Coach Eric Cooper, Head Coach Linda Sharp, Assistant Coach Michele Timms, Slobodanka Tuvic,<br />
Adrian Williams, Video Coordinator Ron Dubois, Assistant Equipment Manager Michelle McCloskey.<br />
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2002 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Gillom 31 31 874 166 400 .415 36 93 .387 105 131 .802 36 80 116 37 90 0 29 61 21 473 15.3<br />
Grubin 32 31 859 114 297 .384 29 92 .315 60 79 .759 16 48 64 104 59 0 36 58 3 317 9.9<br />
Harrison 32 28 899 120 242 .496 2 6 .333 20 23 .870 43 83 126 40 62 0 31 45 3 262 8.2<br />
Reed 5 4 85 15 41 .366 0 5 .000 8 11 .727 1 3 4 4 8 0 2 8 3 38 7.6<br />
Williams 32 30 878 79 169 .467 0 0 —- 42 60 .700 64 156 220 35 88 0 48 63 29 200 6.3<br />
Moises Pinto 32 4 619 63 164 .384 19 66 .288 48 60 .800 15 45 60 79 53 0 30 72 3 193 6.0<br />
Bonfiglio 22 6 306 43 89 .483 0 6 .000 19 25 .760 16 21 37 23 35 0 12 18 0 105 4.8<br />
Reid 24 12 421 48 117 .410 0 1 .000 17 28 .607 33 44 77 14 29 0 22 36 2 113 4.7<br />
Christensen 30 2 413 48 95 .505 0 1 .000 24 35 .686 39 41 80 15 73 1 24 32 13 120 4.0<br />
Saunders 27 1 302 39 103 .379 0 4 .000 21 32 .656 10 28 38 23 23 0 9 20 4 99 3.7<br />
Tuvic 26 1 320 30 77 .390 1 6 .167 25 32 .781 11 52 63 11 53 0 9 31 9 86 3.3<br />
Veal 23 10 361 24 79 .304 13 47 .277 10 13 .769 6 21 27 41 41 0 14 42 2 71 3.1<br />
Zakaluzhnaya(TOT) 8 0 47 3 9 .333 0 0 —- 2 4 .500 0 3 3 0 7 0 0 4 1 8 1.0<br />
Zakaluzhnaya(PHO) 5 0 7 2 6 333 0 0 —- 2 4 .500 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 4 0 6 1.2<br />
MERCURY 32 6400 793 1889 .420 100 328 .305 405 538 .753 292 626 918 427 623 1 267 501 94 2091 65.3<br />
OPPONENTS 32 6400 850 1870 .455 155 388 .399 436 608 .717 309 692 1001 532 600 6 268 491 127 2291 71.6<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME CAREER HIGHS<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Gillom 38 8 4 3 6 3 26 28.2 3.7 1.2 0.94 2.0 0.68 15.3 13 27 12 5 15 5 36<br />
Grubin 38 7 8 5 4 1 23 26.8 2.0 3.3 1.13 1.8 0.09 9.9 8T 19 9 10 7T 8C 23T<br />
Harrison 40 12 3 3 5 1 22 28.1 3.9 1.3 0.97 1.4 0.09 8.2 10T 15 12 13 12C 5 22T<br />
Reed 30 1 1 2 4 2 20 17.0 0.8 0.8 0.40 1.6 0.60 7.6 13 23 11 12 13 8 32<br />
Williams 37 14 4 4 5 5 15 27.4 6.9 1.1 1.50 2.0 0.91 6.3 7C 12 8 8 14C 4C 15C<br />
Moises Pinto 31 7 6 5 6 1 20 19.3 1.9 2.5 0.94 2.3 0.09 6.0 6C 10C 6C 7C 7C 6C 20C<br />
Bonfiglio 27 5 3 3 4 0 12 13.9 1.7 1.0 0.55 0.8 0.00 4.8 5C 10C 4C 4C 5C 3C 12C<br />
Reid 33 7 2 3 5 1 16 17.5 3.2 0.6 0.92 1.5 0.08 4.7 10 16 11 16 12 4 22<br />
Christensen 22 8 2 3 3 3 11 13.8 2.7 0.5 0.80 1.1 0.43 4.0 5C 8C 5C 5C 8C 2C 11C<br />
Saunders 30 6 3 2 3 3 12 11.2 1.4 0.9 0.33 0.7 0.15 3.7 5C 14C 4C 6C 6C 3C 12C<br />
Tuvic 26 8 2 4 6 2 11 12.3 2.4 0.4 0.35 1.2 0.35 3.3 4C 11C 6C 10 8C 3 11C<br />
Veal 31 4 7 5 6 1 9 15.7 1.2 1.8 0.61 1.8 0.09 3.1 6 10C 4 6 6 10 16<br />
Zakaluzhnaya (TOT) 10 2 0 0 2 1 3 5.9 0.4 0.0 0.00 0.5 0.13 1.0 6 10 4 4 7 1 15<br />
Zakaluzhnaya (PHO) 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 7.4 0.6 0.0 0.00 0.8 0.00 1.2<br />
MERCURY 200 41 19 12 23 8 82 200.0 28.7 13.3 8.34 15.7 2.94 65.3 34 81 35 45 48 27 96<br />
OPPONENTS 200 49 27 14 25 9 91 200.0 31.3 16.6 8.38 15.3 3.97 71.6 39 78 34 48 49C 32 96<br />
(C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
2002 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Team/ High High High Opponent<br />
Date Opponent W/L Opp Home Road Total Scoring Rebounds Assists Scoring Attendance<br />
May 29 @Houston L 56- 61 0-0 0-1 0-1 Grubin-17 Harrison-7 Grubin-3 Swoopes-20 7,887<br />
Jun 1 UTAH W 71- 66 1-0 0-1 1-1 Reid-16 Williams-10 Grubin-5 Goodson-18 9,647<br />
Jun 3 WASHINGTON W 71- 65 2-0 0-1 2-1 Grubin-15 Williams-11 Grubin-7 Dales-Schuman-15 7,984<br />
Jun 9 CHARLOTTE W 80- 77 3-0 0-1 3-1 Reed-20 Reid-7 Grubin-6 Stinson-24 7,875<br />
Jun 13 DETROIT W 70- 67 4-0 0-1 4-1 Gillom-15 Williams-12 Grubin-7 Palmer-20 7,358<br />
Jun 14 SEATTLE L 82- 90 4-1 0-1 4-2 Gillom-25 Williams-7 Grubin-6 Jackson-23 8,237<br />
Jun 18 SACRAMENTO W 78- 63 5-1 0-1 5-2 Gillom-17 Gillom-7 Gillom-4 Holland-Corn-19 7,199<br />
Jun 21 @Houston L 59- 61 5-1 0-2 5-3 Grubin-15 Harrison-12 Grubin-8 Swoopes-27 10,460<br />
Jun 23 MINNESOTA W 70- 61 6-1 0-2 6-3 Harrison-14 Williams-9 Grubin-3 Williams-19 7,623<br />
Jun 25 @Los Angeles L 66- 89 6-1 0-3 6-4 Grubin-10 Tuvic-7 Veal-7 Mabika-20 9,698<br />
Jun 26 SEATTLE W 62- 53 7-1 0-3 7-4 Harrison-22 Williams-12 Grubin-5 Jackson-13 7,836<br />
Jun 28 LOS ANGELES L 72- 84 7-2 0-3 7-5 Grubin-23 Grubin-Harrison-7 Grubin-5 Leslie-18 8,596<br />
Jul 1 @Charlotte L 68- 90 7-2 0-4 7-6 Gillom-16 Tied with-4 Moises-6 Edwards-14 6,114<br />
Jul 3 @Miami L 61- 86 7-2 0-5 7-7 Gillom-12 Christensen-8 Gillom-Grubin-Reid-2 Lennox-16 5,932<br />
Jul 6 @Orlando L 70- 72 7-2 0-6 7-8 Grubin-23 Gillom-5 Gillom-Grubin-4 Douglas-19 8,140<br />
Jul 8 @New York L 71- 77 7-2 0-7 7-9 Gillom-25 Grubin-Reid-Williams-5 Grubin-5 Whitmore-28 15,629<br />
Jul 9 @Washington L 54- 68 7-2 0-8 7-10 Gillom-26 Williams-7 Saunders-3 Dales-Schuman-16 15,217<br />
Jul 11 HOUSTON W 58- 52 8-2 0-8 8-10 Gillom-14 Williams-8 Grubin-4 Swoopes-20 8,495<br />
Jul 13 @Utah L 66- 75 8-2 0-9 8-11 Gillom-14 Williams-9 Grubin-3 Williams-22 7,886<br />
Jul 17 @Portland L 61- 73 8-2 0-10 8-12 Grubin-21 Reid-7 Grubin-5 Walker-17 7,231<br />
Jul 19 @Seattle L 48- 89 8-2 0-11 8-13 Grubin-10 Saunders-Reid-4 Moises-Veal-3 Jackson-22 6,759<br />
Jul 21 PORTLAND L 75- 87 8-3 0-11 8-14 Gillom-26 Williams-9 Moises-Grubin-5 Jackson-19 8,694<br />
Jul 26 @Utah L 61- 74 8-3 0-12 8-15 Gillom-17 Williams-10 Veal-5 Dydek-21 8,230<br />
Jul 27 SACRAMENTO L 64- 79 8-4 0-12 8-16 Christensen-10 Williams-4 Veal-3 Griffith-22 9,344<br />
Jul 29 MINNESOTA W 57- 45 9-4 0-12 9-16 Saunders-Williams-12 Williams-10 Moises-5 Abrosimova-13 9,177<br />
Jul 31 INDIANA L 56- 58 9-5 0-12 9-17 Gillom-15 Harrison-6 Moises-5 Catchings-22 10,100<br />
Aug 2 @Minnesota L 51- 75 9-5 0-13 9-18 Gillom-12 Williams-7 Saunders-Williams-3 Smith-22 12,544<br />
Aug 4 @Detroit L 75- 91 9-5 0-14 9-19 Gillom-20 Gillom-6 Gillom-Moises-3 Cash-14 6,977<br />
Aug 6 @Sacramento L 70- 73 9-5 0-15 9-20 Gillom-22 Williams-7 Moises-4 Penicheiro-21 6,591<br />
Aug 7 CLEVELAND W 59- 57 10-5 0-15 10-20 Gillom-15 Williams-8 Moises-3 Wauters-16 10,286<br />
Aug 11 @Portland W 73- 70 10-5 1-15 11-20 Grubin-17 Williams-Tuvic-8 Moises-Williams-Veal-3 Walker-10 10,548<br />
Aug 13 LOS ANGELES L 56- 63 10-6 1-15 11-21 Williams-12 Williams-14 Williams-3 Leslie-23 11,347<br />
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HISTORY MEDIA GUIDE <strong>2012</strong><br />
The 2003 season marked the seventh anniversary for the <strong>WNBA</strong>, and one of it’s charter franchises, the Phoenix<br />
Mercury. Under the direction of first-year head coach John Shumate, the 2003 Mercury finished the season with an 8-26<br />
record. Although not the season they had hoped for, the record was certainly not indicative of the effort put forth both on<br />
and off the court by the Mercury.<br />
The Mercury had the fourth pick in the 2003 Draft, the club’s highest draft pick to date, and selected 6’2” forward<br />
Plenette Pierson from Texas Tech. The Mercury also added veteran leadership at the point guard position by selecting<br />
Tamicha Jackson in the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Dispersal Draft. After all their preseason moves, the Mercury found themselves with one<br />
of the youngest rosters in the <strong>WNBA</strong>.<br />
With a new coach in place, and just four players returning from the 2002 squad, the 2003 Mercury spent the majority<br />
of the season trying to implement a new defensive style, as well as jell together as a team during the short 34-game season.<br />
Not an easy task for such a young squad.<br />
On July 2, 2002 veteran forward Adrian Williams was named to the 2003 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Team, the first Mercury<br />
player to be named to an All-Star Team since 2000. Williams joins Michele Timms, Jennifer Gillom and Brandy Reed<br />
as representatives of Phoenix in the All-Star Game. In her All-Star debut, the 6’4” Williams saw 19 minutes of action en route<br />
to nine points, six rebounds and two steals as the West defeated the East 84-75.<br />
Signed by the Mercury as a free agent in April, Anna DeForge quickly stepped up as the Mercury’s on-court leader.<br />
Returning to the league after a two-year absence, DeForge finished the season as the Mercury’s leading scorer (11.9 ppg)<br />
and finished among the league’s top ten in three-point shooting (.412). A strong candidate for the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Most Improved<br />
Player Award, DeForge led the Mercury in scoring on 14 occasions.<br />
While the Mercury managed eight victories on the season, the club lost 17 games by nine points or less and eight<br />
games by less than five points. On July 15, the Mercury battled the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Sparks to<br />
double-overtime before falling one point shy of the victory. Phoenix would see another double-overtime contest August 3<br />
at Washington, this time emerging victorious in the extra sessions.<br />
Off the court, the Mercury continued their strong support within the <strong>com</strong>munity by making numerous ap pearances<br />
through team and league programs. Mercury players volunteered their time to assist Valley children in the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Read to<br />
Achieve Program and also visited numerous schools, YMCAs and other venues for basketball clinics and camps. For her offseason<br />
dedication to the <strong>com</strong>munity, forward Kayte Christensen won the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Community Assist Award in May for all<br />
of her efforts across the Valley.<br />
2003 (8-26)<br />
ROW ONE: Edniesha Curry, Anna DeForge, Edwina Brown, Lisa Harrison, Tamicha Jackson, Tamara Moore, Gergana Slavtcheva.<br />
ROW TWO: Director of Communications Tami Nealy, Equipment Manager Jay Gaspar, Adrian Williams, Kayte Christensen,<br />
Assistant Coach Carrie Graf, Head Coach John Shumate, Assistant Coach Gary Kloppenburg, Slobodanka Tuvic,<br />
Plenette Pierson, Sonja Mallory, Trainer Carolyn Griffiths, Staff Assistant Adam Goldberg, General Manager Seth Sulka.<br />
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2003 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
DeForge 34 27 1065 147 357 .412 61 148 .412 50 69 .725 32 73 105 72 61 0 51 53 12 405 11.9<br />
Williams 34 33 985 141 351 .402 0 1 .000 52 85 .612 68 184 252 31 95 1 57 73 19 334 9.8<br />
Jackson 34 34 958 124 361 .343 35 99 .354 17 21 .810 24 58 82 146 62 0 52 76 4 300 8.8<br />
Tuvic 17 14 365 45 116 .388 0 4 .000 37 46 .804 31 36 67 12 61 2 10 32 15 127 7.5<br />
Christensen 30 16 659 78 161 .484 0 0 — 50 83 .602 61 65 126 16 104 4 25 39 16 206 6.9<br />
Pierson 33 5 602 67 177 .379 0 2 .000 64 101 .634 37 43 80 22 87 1 19 42 13 198 6.0<br />
Harrison 33 33 838 74 179 .413 0 3 .000 35 51 .686 42 76 118 36 58 0 29 34 6 183 5.5<br />
Castro Marques 16 0 178 25 71 .352 8 27 .296 11 18 .611 6 6 12 9 11 0 6 10 1 69 4.3<br />
Brown 34 6 524 41 152 .270 0 3 .000 36 44 .818 29 42 71 62 44 0 30 47 7 118 3.5<br />
Moore (TOT) 26 0 176 19 42 .452 0 9 .000 16 19 .842 6 22 28 12 14 0 9 16 6 54 2.1<br />
Moore (PHO) 11 0 110 11 26 .423 0 5 .000 11 13 .846 3 16 19 8 9 0 5 10 4 33 3.0<br />
Mallory 6 0 44 4 9 .444 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 4 6 10 0 7 0 1 6 4 10 1.7<br />
Curry 20 0 205 13 35 .371 5 22 .227 2 3 .667 1 10 11 24 25 0 9 15 0 33 1.7<br />
Ivanyi 4 0 34 3 8 .375 0 2 .000 0 0 — 2 2 4 2 4 0 0 2 1 6 1.5<br />
Pavlickova 8 0 29 3 7 .429 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 6 0.8<br />
Slavtcheva 2 0 12 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0.0<br />
MERCURY 34 6925 801 2095 .382 116 349 .332 379 556 .682 357 643 1000 461 664 8 310 479 111 2097 61.7<br />
OPPONENTS 34 6925 834 1867 447 136 371 .367 466 626 .744 303 811 1114 509 667 4 275 610 146 2270 66.8<br />
CAREER HIGHS<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME (C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
DeForge 43 9 7 4 5 2 24 31.3 3.1 2.1 1.50 1.6 0.35 11.9 9C 24C 7C 8C 9C 7T 24C<br />
Williams 46 16 3 5 4 3 20 29.0 7.4 0.9 1.68 2.1 0.56 9.8 9C 18C 8 8T 16C 4 20C<br />
Jackson 36 6 9 6 5 1 20 28.2 2.4 4.3 1.53 2.2 0.12 8.8 9T 21C 8 10 7 9C 21<br />
Tuvic 30 7 4 2 4 3 17 21.5 3.9 0.7 0.59 1.9 0.88 7.5 5C 11T 7C 10 8 4C 17C<br />
Christensen 36 12 2 3 4 3 16 22.0 4.2 0.5 0.83 1.3 0.53 6.9 6C 9C 10C 16C 12C 2T 16C<br />
Pierson 34 6 5 3 3 2 26 18.2 2.4 0.7 0.58 1.3 0.39 6.0 11C 17C 12C 19C 6C 5C 26C<br />
Harrison 38 8 3 3 4 1 16 25.4 3.6 1.1 0.88 1.0 0.18 5.5 10 15 12 13 12 5 22<br />
Castro Marques 21 2 2 2 2 1 12 11.1 0.8 0.6 0.38 0.6 0.06 4.3 5C 11 3T 6C 4 2T 12C<br />
Brown 34 7 7 3 4 1 15 15.4 2.1 1.8 0.88 1.4 0.21 3.5 7 14C 9 9 9 8 19<br />
Moore (TOT) 18 6 2 2 3 1 8 6.8 1.1 0.5 0.35 0.6 0.23 2.1 7 13 8 8 7 7 22<br />
Moore (PHO) 18 6 2 2 3 1 8 10.0 1.7 0.7 0.45 0.9 0.36 3.0<br />
Mallory 22 4 0 1 3 3 4 7.3 1.7 0.0 0.17 1.0 0.67 1.7 2C 4C 2C 2C 4C 0C 4C<br />
Curry 19 2 3 4 3 0 8 10.3 0.6 1.2 0.45 0.8 0.00 1.7 3C 5C 2C 3C 2C 3C 8C<br />
Ivanyi 10 3 1 0 2 1 2 8.5 1.0 0.5 0.00 0.5 0.25 1.5 3 9 4 5 7 7 9<br />
Pavlickova 8 1 1 1 1 0 2 3.6 0.5 0.1 0.13 0.3 0.00 0.8 1C 2C 1 2 2 1T 2C<br />
Slavtcheva 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.0 0.0 0.5 0.00 0.5 0.00 0.0 0C 2C 0C 0C 0C 1C 0C<br />
MERCURY 250 47 20 18 23 7 89 203.7 29.4 13.6 9.12 14.1 3.26 61.7 34 93C 35 47C 48 27 96<br />
OPPONENTS 250 44 22 14 27 10 82 203.7 32.8 15.0 8.09 17.9 4.29 66.8 39 78 34 48 49 32 96<br />
2003 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Team/ High High High Opponent<br />
Date Opponent W/L Opp Home Road Total Scoring Rebounds Assists Scoring Attendance<br />
May 22 SACRAMENTO L 56 - 65 0-1 0-0 0-1 Brown-15 Christensen-7 Brown-4 Griffith-27 9,303<br />
May 24 HOUSTON L 62 - 69 0-2 0-0 0- DeForge-12 Harrison-8 Brown-Jackson-3 Swoopes-23 8,758<br />
May 28 SAN ANTONIO W 51 - 50 1-2 0-0 1-2 Williams-14 Williams-16 Jackson-6 Ferdinand-15 6,840<br />
May 30 @Sacramento L 49 - 69 1-2 0-1 1-3 Pierson-13 Williams-8 Jackson-6 Griffith-22 17,317<br />
Jun 3 @Houston L 51 - 66 1-2 0-2 1-4 Jackson-Pierson-9 Williams-6 Brown-Daley-Jackson-3 Arcain-Thompson-14 6,639<br />
Jun 5 @San Antonio L 55 - 70 1-2 0-3 1-5 Williams-18 Williams-9 Jackson-4 Ferdinand-22 8,774<br />
Jun 7 @Seattle L 57 - 66 1-2 0-4 1-6 DeForge-16 Jackson-Williams-6 Jackson-7 Jackson-27 6,549<br />
Jun 12 CHARLOTTE L 50 - 58 1-3 0-4 1-7 Christensen-DeForge-10 Williams-8 Jackson-4 Stinson-19 6,464<br />
Jun 14 HOUSTON W 76- 61 2-3 0-4 2-7 Jackson-18 Williams-14 Jackson-8 Arcain-15 7,260<br />
Jun 17 SEATTLE L 60- 61 2-4 0-4 2-8 DeForge-22 Williams-10 Brown-5 Jackson-23 8,950<br />
Jun 21 LOS ANGELES L 48- 54 2-5 0-4 2-9 Williams-14 Christensen-9 Jackson-7 Leslie-17 7,964<br />
Jun 25 @New York L 64- 70 2-5 0-5 2-10 Williams-14 Williams-10 Jackson-6 Johnson-19 10,021<br />
Jun 27 @Minnesota L 59 - 67 2-5 0-6 2-11 Jackson-18 Williams-5 Jackson-4 Smith-18 6,237<br />
Jun 28 @Detroit W 68 - 65 2-5 1-6 3-11 Williams-20 Williams-11 Jackson-9 Nolan-14 6,928<br />
Jul 2 @Indiana L 68 - 79 2-5 1-7 3-12 Williams-18 DeForge-6 Jackson-Pierson-5 Catchings-26 6,195<br />
Jul 5 @San Antonio L 70 - 81 2-5 1-8 3-13 DeForge-14 Williams-9 Jackson-3 Ferdinand-16 9,370<br />
Jul 10 CLEVELAND L 67 - 68 2-6 1-8 3-14 DeForge-15 Christensen-Williams-7 DeForge-3 Thomas-20 8,420<br />
Jul 15 @Los Angeles L 77 - 80(2OT) 2-6 1-9 3-15 Pierson-26 Williams-15 Brown-7 Mabika-26 7,145<br />
Jul 19 CONNECTICUT L 67- 75 2-7 1-9 3-16 DeForge-18 Williams-7 DeForge-Jackson-4 Douglas-16 7,602<br />
Jul 24 @Los Angeles L 65 - 82 2-7 1-10 3-17 Harrison-Pierson-12 Williams-9 Jackson-4 Milton-Teasley-16 9,859<br />
Jul 25 @Seattle L 53 - 82 2-7 1-11 3-18 Jackson-13 Williams-8 Tuvic-2 Jackson-26 6,753<br />
Jul 29 NEW YORK W 66- 59 3-7 1-11 4-18 Tuvic-17 Williams-9 Tuvic-4 Johnson-17 8,811<br />
Aug 1 @Cleveland L 56- 73 3-7 1-12 4-19 Christensen-Harrison-12 Christensen-8 Curry-3 Taylor-33 8,131<br />
Aug 3 @Washington W 70 - 69(2OT) 3-7 2-12 5-19 DeForge-14 Christensen-12 Jackson-6 Penn-13 11,052<br />
Aug 4 @Minnesota L 56 - 61 3-7 2-13 5-20 Jackson-Harrison-14 Harrison-5 Jackson-4 Sam-18 5,223<br />
Aug 6 MINNESOTA W 56 - 49 4-7 2-13 6-20 DeForge-15 DeForge-Williams-7 DeForge-4 Williams-12 8,282<br />
Aug 8 LOS ANGELES L 64 - 67 4-8 2-13 6-21 Pierson-20 Williams-6 Jackson-4 Teasley-16 9,219<br />
Aug 10 @Houston L 46 - 69 4-8 2-14 6-22 Pierson-Tuvic-8 Tuvic-5 Jackson-Williams-3 Thompson-21 8,535<br />
Aug 13 DETROIT L 76- 78 4-9 2-14 6-23 DeForge-21 Williams-8 Jackson-7 Nolan-20 7,132<br />
Aug 15 SEATTLE W 64- 50 5-9 2-14 7-23 Jackson-20 Brown-Tuvic-6 DeForge-4 Bird-Jackson-14 9,423<br />
Aug 16 SACRAMENTO L 61- 65(OT) 5-10 2-14 7-24 DeForge-15 DeForge-9 DeForge-7 Griffith-16 10,203<br />
Aug 20 MINNESOTA L 66- 69 5-11 2-14 7-25 DeForge-18 Harrison-8 Brown-5 Burse-Smith-16 9,757<br />
Aug 22 SAN ANTONIO W 89- 62 6-11 2-14 8-25 DeForge-24 Williams-6 Jackson-8 Dydek-22 10,123<br />
Aug 23 @Sacramento L 54- 61 6-11 2-15 8-26 DeForge-14 Williams-7 Jackson-4 Griffith-15 15,782<br />
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The 2004 season marked a new era in Mercury history with a new coach, new owners and the number one pick in<br />
both the draft and the dispersal draft. While the Mercury fell a game short of making the playoffs, the Mercury more than<br />
doubled their win total from the previous season and established themselves as an improved team and contender for the<br />
up<strong>com</strong>ing seasons.<br />
In February 2004, as the <strong>WNBA</strong> entered its eighth season, the Phoenix Mercury became the first team in <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
history to have individual owners invest in the team as Anne Mariucci and Kathy Munro paid 1 million for an initial 10<br />
percent stake in the Mercury.<br />
Two months later, the Phoenix Mercury announced the hiring of Carrie Graf as their head coach. Graf was no<br />
stranger to the Mercury, having spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the Mercury (1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003).<br />
Graf became the fifth head coach in Mercury history and led the Mercury to a 17-17 record in her first season.<br />
Joining Graff on the sidelines was former Minnesota Lynx head coach Brian Agler and a familiar face in the Mercury<br />
organization, former guard/forward Lisa Harrison who retired in the offseason.<br />
On April 17, 2004, history was made as the Mercury selected UCONN sensation Diana Taurasi with the first pick.<br />
Mercury joined Penny Taylor who was selected first overall in the dispersal draft.<br />
With a new coach and new players, the Mercury started the season slow, falling to 8-12 after a home loss to Minnesota<br />
on July 19. However, after acquiring Gwen Jackson from the San Antonio Silver Stars for 2003 All-Star Adrian Williams,<br />
the Mercury went on to win eight of their next nine games.<br />
The Mercury and the rest of the <strong>WNBA</strong> took a break from action during the month of August to let their players <strong>com</strong>pete<br />
in the 2004 Olympics in Greece. The Mercury sent two players to the Olympics. Taurasi represented the United States<br />
and forward Taylor represented Australia. The two met face to face in the gold medal game, where the United States<br />
prevailed 73-63 and took home the gold medal. Taurasi scored eight points in that game and Taylor led Australia with 16<br />
points in that game.<br />
The Mercury returned to action on September 1, and won their first four games and improved to 16-13, but the<br />
Mercury dropped their next four games and fell one game short of making the playoffs.<br />
Individually, the 2004 season was led by three players, Taurasi, Taylor and veteran guard Anna DeForge. The trio<br />
scored 1,500 of the Mercury’s 2,300 points, or 65 percent of the team’s offense (Taurasi 578, DeForge 488 and Taylor 434).<br />
Taurasi became the first player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to start her career with three consecutive 20+ point games. She went<br />
on to average 17.0 ppg and won the Rookie of the Year award and also was named to the All-<strong>WNBA</strong> First Team. DeForge<br />
finished the season averaging 14.4 points a game and was named to the <strong>WNBA</strong> select team that played the US Olympic<br />
team before they traveled to Greece. She also was named <strong>WNBA</strong> Player of the Week for the week of July 5.<br />
Off the court, the Mercury continued their strong showing in the <strong>com</strong>munity with various appearances and team and<br />
league programs. Mercury players volunteered their time to assist Valley children in the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Read to Achieve and Mind,<br />
Body, Spirit programs and also visited numerous schools, YMCAs and other venues for basketball clinics and camps.<br />
2004 (17-17)<br />
Back Row left to right: Brian Agler, Carrier Graf, Lisa Harrison, Plenette Pierson, Kayte Christenson, Ashley Robinson,<br />
Lindsay Taylor, Slobodanka Tuvic, Gwen Jackson, Seth Sulka, Carolyn Griffiths<br />
Front Row left to right: Shereka Wright, Tamara Moore, Penny Taylor, Diana Taurasi, Anna DeForge,<br />
Jae Cross, Nikki McCray<br />
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2004 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Taurasi 34 34 1130 209 503 .416 62 188 .330 98 129 .760 28 121 149 132 117 4 43 90 25 578 17.0<br />
DeForge 34 34 1152 165 396 .417 70 181 .387 88 102 .863 23 100 123 107 51 0 51 68 8 488 14.4<br />
P. Taylor 33 33 1076 150 310 .484 41 96 .427 93 108 .861 51 109 160 82 108 1 52 81 14 434 13.2<br />
Pierson 31 25 803 112 253 .443 0 3 .000 66 109 .606 46 85 131 26 102 4 26 49 17 290 9.4<br />
Williams 11 8 145 27 60 .450 0 0 — 11 14 .786 10 11 21 5 16 0 11 15 5 65 5.9<br />
Jackson (TOT) 33 4 426 46 93 .495 1 6 .167 24 32 .750 31 50 81 15 34 0 6 15 4 17 3.5<br />
Jackson (PHO) 14 0 136 23 45 .511 1 5 .200 9 11 .818 11 16 27 4 11 0 3 4 1 56 4.0<br />
Tuvic 33 26 691 37 99 .374 0 1 .000 17 24 .708 25 98 123 32 115 2 25 41 37 91 2.8<br />
Moore 32 0 387 27 61 .443 3 10 .300 25 29 .862 7 21 28 53 46 0 26 34 9 82 2.6<br />
McCray 27 9 371 30 67 .448 5 1 .455 4 7 .571 10 19 29 13 35 0 7 18 0 69 2.6<br />
Wright 24 0 243 13 42 .310 6 13 .462 25 32 .781 17 10 27 8 19 0 3 15 1 57 2.4<br />
Christensen 32 1 407 19 49 .388 0 0 — 12 19 .632 27 42 69 23 89 2 21 26 7 50 1.6<br />
Cross (TOT) 18 0 143 6 18 .333 3 7 .429 8 11 .727 5 9 14 13 11 0 5 9 2 23 1.3<br />
Cross (PHO) 13 0 128 6 18 .333 3 7 .429 5 7 .714 5 8 13 12 10 0 5 7 2 20 1.5<br />
Robinson 19 0 130 7 14 .500 0 1 .000 3 7 .429 4 9 13 2 22 0 8 4 10 17 .0.9<br />
L. Taylor 5 0 26 1 5 .200 1 3 .333 0 0 — 0 3 3 2 7 0 1 1 1 3 0.6<br />
MERCURY 34 6825 826 1922 .430 192 519 .370 456 598 .763 264 652 916 501 748 13 282 464 137 2300 67.6<br />
OPPONENTS 34 6825 784 1845 .425 133 348 .382 534 724 .738 309 711 1020 456 660 0 226 536 137 2235 65.7<br />
CAREER HIGHS<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME (C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Taurasi 42 11 8 3 6 4 29 33.2 4.4 3.9 1.26 2.6 0.74 17.0 11C 24C 11C 13C 11C 8C 29C<br />
DeForge 40 8 7 5 6 2 31 33.9 3.6 3.1 1.50 2.0 0.24 14.4 11C 25C 8C 9C 9 7T 31C<br />
P. Taylor 41 10 6 5 6 2 25 32.6 4.8 2.5 1.58 2.5 0.42 13.2 11 23 11 13 11 6T 33<br />
Pierson 38 10 4 2 5 2 24 25.9 4.2 0.8 0.84 1.6 0.55 9.4 11T 20C 12 19 10C 5 26<br />
Williams 29 7 1 2 4 1 14 13.2 1.9 0.5 1.00 1.4 0.45 5.9 9 18 8 8 16 4 20<br />
Jackson (TOT) 37 9 3 2 2 1 17 12.9 2.5 0.5 0.18 0.5 0.12 3.5 7 20 6C 8 14 3T 17C<br />
Jackson (PHO) 17 6 1 2 2 1 12 9.7 1.9 0.3 0.21 0.3 0.07 4.0<br />
Tuvic 38 9 4 3 3 5 9 20.9 3.7 1.0 0.76 1.2 1.12 2.8 5 11 7 10 9C 4T 17<br />
Moore 29 3 4 3 5 2 9 12.1 0.9 1.7 0.81 1.1 0.28 2.6 7 13 8 8 7 7 22<br />
McCray 28 4 3 2 2 0 10 13.7 1.1 0.5 0.26 0.7 0.00 2.6 11 23 12 16 9 9 30<br />
Wright 25 4 2 1 3 1 16 10.1 1.1 0.3 0.13 0.6 0.04 2.4 5C 7C 5C 8C 4C 2C 16C<br />
Christensen 24 7 4 3 4 2 5 12.7 2.2 0.7 0.66 0.8 0.22 1.6 6 9 10 16 12 4C 16<br />
Cross (TOT) 21 3 3 1 1 1 7 7.9 0.8 0.7 0.28 0.5 0.11 1.3 7 16 8 10 8 6 25<br />
Cross (PHO) 21 3 3 1 1 1 7 9.8 1.0 0.9 0.38 0.5 0.15 1.5<br />
Robinson 17 3 1 2 1 2 4 6.8 0.7 0.1 0.42 0.2 0.53 0.9 2C 2C 1C 2C 3C 1C 4C<br />
L. Taylor 18 2 2 1 1 1 3 5.2 0.6 0.4 0.20 0.2 0.20 0.6 1C 2C 0C 0C 2C 2C 3C<br />
MERCURY 225 40 23 16 22 9 87 200.7 26.9 14.7 8.29 13.6 4.03 67.6 36C 93 35 47 48 27 96<br />
OPPONENTS 225 39 21 14 22 9 82 200.7 30.0 13.4 6.65 15.8 4.03 65.7 39 78 34 48 49 32 96<br />
2004 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Team/ High High High Opponent<br />
Date Opponent W/L Opp Home Road Total Scoring Rebounds Assists Scoring Attendance<br />
May 20 SACRAMENTO L 66 - 72 0-1 0-0 0-1 Taurasi-22 P. Taylor-5 DeForge/Taurasi-3 Griffith-17 10,493<br />
May 22 @Connecticut W 65- 58 0-1 1-0 1-1 Taurasi-26 DeForge/P. Taylor-7 DeForge-6 McWilliams-Frank-1 9,341<br />
May 28 SEATTLE W 84- 76 1-1 1-0 2-1 DeForge-24 P. Taylor-8 Taurasi-5 Bird-22 5,368<br />
Jun 1 HOUSTON W 73- 63 2-1 1-0 3-1 DeForge/P. Taylor-16 Taurasi-5 Taurasi-6 Thompson-19 5,147<br />
———- Wright-16<br />
Jun 3 @Seattle L 45- 72 2-1 1-1 3-2 DeForge-12 Williams-7 DeForge-5 Lennox-17 7,668<br />
Jun 5 @Minnesota L 68- 76 2-1 1-2 3-3 Pierson-15 Pierson-5 DeForge-7 Williams-22 6,321<br />
Jun 9 CONNECTICUT W 75- 59 3-1 1-2 4-3 Taurasi-17 Pierson-10 DeForge/Taurasi-5 Sales-23 6,241<br />
Jun 11 CHARLOTTE L 51- 59 3-2 1-2 4-4 Taurasi-20 Pierson-5 Moore/Taurasi/P. Taylor-2 Sutton-Brown-18 6,914<br />
Jun 18 LOS ANGELES L 74- 76 3-3 1-2 4-5 Taurasi-25 Pierson-8 Moore-4 Dixon-19 9,022<br />
Jun 22 MINNESOTA W 69- 46 4-3 1-2 5-5 Taurasi-18 P. Taylor-7 Moore-4 Hayden-10 6,292<br />
Jun 24 NEW YORK W 72- 60 5-3 1-2 6-5 DeForge-26 Tuvic-9 Taurasi-5 Hammon-20 7,975<br />
Jun 26 SAN ANTONIO L 72- 80(OT) 5-4 1-2 6-6 P. Taylor-25 Christensen/Taurasi/Tuvic-4 Taurasi/P. Taylor-4 Johnson/Thomas-14 9,597<br />
Jun 27 @Sacramento L 57- 63 5-4 1-3 6-7 Taurasi-16 P. Taylor-7 Moore-4 Lawson-13 7,453<br />
Jun 29 @San Antonio W 77-65 5-4 2-3 7-7 DeForge-26 Tuvic-8 Moore/Taurasi-4 Goodson/Johnson-14 8,924<br />
Jul 1 @Charlotte W 71- 59 5-4 3-3 8-7 Taurasi-29 Taurasi/Tuvic-7 Taurasi-8 Feaster-15 6,683<br />
Jul 3 @Indiana L 60- 61 5-4 3-4 8-8 DeForge-18 Tuvic-8 DeForge-4 Catchings-19 8,917<br />
Jul 7 @Los Angeles L 71- 73 5-4 3-5 8-9 Taurasi-25 P. Taylor-6 Pierson-4 Mabika-14 11,140<br />
Jul 9 @Minnesota L 59- 61 5-4 3-6 8-10 DeForge-25 Tuvic-9 DeForge-4 Smith-10 6,030<br />
Jul 11 @New York L 69- 77 5-4 3-7 8-11 DeForge-31 Pierson/Taurasi-7 Taurasi-5 Johnson-17 12,976<br />
Jul 18 MINNESOTA L 60- 63 5-5 3-7 8-12 P. Taylor-20 P. Taylor-10 P. Taylor-3 Smith-33 6,567<br />
Jul 21 SAN ANTONIO W 87- 55 6-5 3-7 9-12 Pierson-20 P. Taylor-9 Taurasi-4 Bibrzycka/Goodson-12 6,904<br />
Jul 22 @Sacramento W 71- 69 6-5 4-7 10-12 Taurasi-22 Taurasi-8 P. Taylor-6 Penicheiro-15 7,021<br />
Jul 24 INDIANA W 71- 56 7-5 4-7 11-12 DeForge-21 DeForge-7 Taurasi-5 Catchings-15 8,966<br />
Jul 30 @San Antonio W 68- 59 7-5 5-7 12-12 DeForge-23 P. Taylor-7 Moore/P. Taylor-3 Thomas-17 8,861<br />
Aug 1 @Washington L 62- 82 7-5 5-8 12-13 P. Taylor-16 DeForge/Jackson-4 Cross/Moore-3 Melvin-17 15,093<br />
Sep 1 @Detroit W 63- 58 7-5 6-8 13-13 DeForge/Pierson-16 P. Taylor-10 P. Taylor-3 Nolan-20 8,733<br />
Sep 3 @Houston W 70- 60 7-5 7-8 14-13 Taurasi-27 Taurasi-11 Taurasi-5 Swoopes-18 10,429<br />
Sep 4 SEATTLE W 63- 55 8-5 7-8 15-13 P. Taylor/Taurasi-18 Tuvic-9 Taurasi-7 Bird/Vodichkova-12 8,887<br />
Sep 8 LOS ANGELES W 72- 58 9-5 7-8 16-13 Taurasi-21 Taurasi-6 Taurasi-8 Leslie-20 6,062<br />
Sep 11 DETROIT L 72- 80 9-6 7-8 16-14 P. Taylor-23 Pierson-8 DeForge/P. Taylor-3 Nolan-16 8,116<br />
Sep 14 @Los Angeles L 60- 73 9-6 7-9 16-15 DeForge/P. Taylor-12 P. Taylor-7 DeForge-5 Leslie-31 10,899<br />
Sep 15 @Seattle L 58- 73 9-6 7-10 16-16 Taurasi-20 Christensen-7 Taurasi-4 Jackson-25 7,855<br />
Sep 17 WASHINGTON L 67- 74 9-7 7-10 16-17 Taurasi-25 DeForge/P. Taylor/Taurasi-6 Taurasi-5 Beard-23 8,328<br />
Sep 19 HOUSTON W 78- 64 10-7 7-10 17-17 DeForge/Pierson-24 Taurasi-7 Taurasi-6 Thompson-17 8,969<br />
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The story of the 2005 Phoenix Mercury was one of peaks and valleys that left the team headed in the right direction<br />
for 2006, hungry for the postseason play that barely escaped its grasp for the second straight year.<br />
Shorthanded to begin the season, the Mercury opened the 2005 campaign with a 3-10 record. Phoenix played the<br />
first several weeks of the season without what would be<strong>com</strong>e three-fifths of their starting line-up: Penny Taylor, Kamila<br />
Vodichkova and Maria Stepanova, who would all join the team at various points during the season. Stepanova, the final<br />
piece of the puzzle, returned to the club for the first time since the 2001 season, and helped to trigger one of the largest inseason<br />
turnarounds in <strong>WNBA</strong> history.<br />
The 3-10 Mercury went 11-4 once Maria joined the squad, improbably climbing back into the hunt in the West. At<br />
one point from June 15 to August 25, Phoenix won eight straight home contests with the West. However, for the second<br />
straight season, Phoenix lost four of the team’s pivotal final six games and was beaten out of the final Western Conference<br />
playoff spot.<br />
In the process, though, Phoenix played an entertaining brand of basketball, especially at America West Arena. The<br />
Mercury scored 70+ points in 14 of the team’s final 20 games after doing it just three times in the first 14. The Mercury were<br />
11-6 when reaching the 70-point plateau, including 10-3 at home. Phoenix was also 15-4 when holding the opponent under<br />
70 (1-14 when failing to do so).<br />
It was a season of honors for Mercury guard and league icon Diana Taurasi. Taurasi became just the second player<br />
in Mercury history to reach 1,000 career points in just her second season in the league, joining Jennifer Gillom. Taurasi<br />
made her first trip to the All-Star game, be<strong>com</strong>ing the first Mercury player to be voted-in as a starter since Michele Timms<br />
in 1999. Hosted by the Connecticut Sun, Taurasi was no doubt a crowd favorite, returning to the state of her collegiate glory.<br />
In addition, the 6-foot guard was named the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Player of the Week for the first time in her career for the week of August<br />
1, 2005, after leading the team to a 2-0 record against conference foes in the playoff hunt, and nearly recording a triple-double<br />
on August 5th against Houston. Taurasi finished the season fourth in the league in scoring (16.0), fifth in assists (4.5)<br />
and scored 20 or more points seven different times, including a career-high 31 point effort in the season finale in Seattle.<br />
It was a season of firsts for Phoenix against the rival Los Angeles Sparks. The Mercury won the season series (2-1) for<br />
the first time in franchise history, and won at Staples Center for the first ever. Phoenix enters the 2006 season having won<br />
three of the last four meetings against Los Angeles after losing the previous 18.<br />
The Mercury hopes to capitalize on this, other momentum and renewed confidence, and return to the playoffs in their<br />
tenth-anniversary season.<br />
2005 (16-18)<br />
Back Row left to right: Seth Sulka, Carolyn Griffiths, Carrie Graf, Lisa Harrison,<br />
Sandora Irvin, Kamila Vodichkova, Maria Stepanova, Ashley Robinson, Gwen Jackson, Julie Brase,<br />
Michelle Timms and Denise Romero<br />
Front Row left to right: Angelina Williams, Anna DeForge, Diana Taurasi, Penny Taylor, Shereka Wright,<br />
Belinda Snell and Niele Ivey<br />
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2005 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Taurasi, Diana 33 33 1089 175 427 .410 56 179 .313 121 151 .801 22 116 138 150 111 2 38 112 28 527 16.0<br />
Taylor, Penny 29 29 852 121 261 .464 38 94 .404 102 118 .864 38 82 120 94 86 2 38 77 11 382 13.2<br />
DeForge, Anna 33 33 1131 142 364 .390 47 144 .326 102 120 .850 31 83 114 80 66 0 41 81 7 433 13.1<br />
Vodichkova, K. 28 25 821 127 257 .494 3 7 .429 48 72 .667 60 136 196 63 86 2 28 58 22 305 10.9<br />
Wright, Shereka 25 5 346 24 59 .407 11 35 .314 35 52 .673 18 32 50 23 13 0 14 28 3 94 3.8<br />
Irvin, Sandora 12 0 122 14 44 .318 4 8 .500 12 15 .800 16 18 34 5 20 0 5 2 6 44 3.7<br />
Snell, Belinda 20 0 226 19 55 .345 11 37 .297 16 18 .889 19 17 36 18 31 0 7 11 1 65 3.3<br />
Robinson, A. 34 15 659 42 129 .326 0 1 0 19 38 .500 48 70 118 31 108 3 20 38 34 103 3.0<br />
Jackson, Gwen 11 2 121 13 26 .500 2 4 .500 3 6 .500 8 15 23 3 12 0 0 10 3 31 2.8<br />
Williams, A. 16 0 149 15 50 .300 4 18 .222 6 7 .857 9 14 23 9 17 0 4 11 7 40 2.5<br />
Ivey, Niele 14 0 152 8 24 .333 2 10 .200 6 6 1.00 3 7 10 20 17 0 6 6 0 24 1.7<br />
Ivey, Niele (TOT) 26 0 254 13 47 .277 5 22 .227 7 7 1.00 8 14 22 30 31 0 12 11 0 38 1.5<br />
Harrison, Lisa 27 2 297 15 34 .441 0 1 0 11 14 .786 13 26 39 10 33 0 5 12 1 41 1.5<br />
TEAM TOTALS 34 - 6800 826 1994 .414 178 539 .330 531 693 .766 342 720 1062 549 697 1 243 517 179 2361 69.4<br />
OPPONENTS 34 - 6800 855 1993 .429 121 332 .364 523 720 .726 319 705 1024 470 672 0 265 483 112 2354 69.2<br />
CAREER HIGHS<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME (C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Taurasi, Diana 40 9 8 4 9 3 31 33.0 4.2 4.5 1.2 3.4 0.8 16.0 11 25 11 16 11 8 31<br />
Taylor, Penny 40 9 7 4 8 2 31 29.4 4.1 3.2 1.3 2.7 0.4 13.2 11 16 11 13 11 7 33<br />
DeForge, Anna 40 7 9 5 5 2 20 34.3 3.5 2.4 1.2 2.5 0.2 13.1 11 25 8 10 9 9 31<br />
Vodichkova, K. 38 14 4 3 5 3 24 29.3 7.0 2.3 1.0 2.1 0.8 10.9 10 16 9 10 14 4 24<br />
Wright, Shereka 32 7 3 2 4 2 17 13.8 2.0 0.9 0.6 1.1 0.1 3.8 5 10 8 10 7 3 17<br />
Irvin, Sandora 25 7 2 2 2 4 13 10.2 2.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 3.7 6 10 6 6 7 2 13<br />
Snell, Belinda 27 6 3 2 3 1 16 11.3 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.1 3.3 5 8 4 4 6 3 16<br />
Robinson, A. 35 9 4 3 6 5 10 19.4 3.5 0.9 0.6 1.1 1.0 3.0 4 11 6 8 9 4 10<br />
Jackson, Gwen 18 6 2 0 3 1 6 11.0 2.1 0.3 0 0.9 0.3 2.8 7 20 6 8 14 3 17<br />
Williams, A. 22 4 3 2 3 4 11 9.3 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.4 2.5 3 8 5 6 4 3 11<br />
Ivey, Niele 31 4 5 3 2 0 7 10.9 0.7 1.4 0.4 0.4 0 1.7 5 9 6 6 6 7 14<br />
Ivey, Niele (TOT) 31 4 5 3 2 0 7 9.8 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.4 0 1.5 5 9 6 6 6 7 14<br />
Harrison, Lisa 27 6 2 2 4 1 8 11.0 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0 1.5 10 15 12 13 12 5 22<br />
TEAM 200 41 23 13 28 12 91 200.0 31.2 16.1 7.1 15.2 5.3 69.4<br />
OPPONENT 200 40 24 15 25 8 86 200.0 30.1 13.8 7.8 14.2 3.3 69.2<br />
2005 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Team/ High High High Opponent<br />
Date Opponent W/L Opp Home Road Total Scoring Rebounds Assists Scoring Attendance<br />
May 21 SACRAMENTO L 72-77 0-1 0-0 0-1 Taurasi/DeForge-20 Robinson-8 Taurasi-3 Powell/Walker-13 10503<br />
May 24 @Indiana L 76-83 0-1 0-1 0-2 Taurasi-24 DeForge-7 Taurasi-5 Catchings-28 6597<br />
May 26 @Charlotte W 68-58 0-1 1-1 1-2 DeForge-20 Taurasi/Pierson-5 Taurasi-7 Smith-21 4049<br />
May 28 @Connecticut L 68-85 0-1 1-2 1-3 DeForge-20 Pierson-11 DeForge-9 McWilliams-Franklin-25 9341<br />
Jun 2 SEATTLE L 67-78 0-2 1-2 1-4 Taurasi-27 Jackson-6 Taurasi-5 Burse-21 7132<br />
Jun 4 @Houston L 57-59 0-2 1-3 1-5 DeForge-20 Robinson-9 Taylor-5 Canty-15 7439<br />
Jun 8 @Los Angeles W 66-63 0-2 2-3 2-5 Taurasi-26 Pierson/Vodichkova-7 Taurasi-5 Holdsclaw-25 7585<br />
Jun 10 @Sacramento L 61-73 0-2 2-4 2-6 Taylor-25 Taylor-8 DeForge-6 Griffith-16 7524<br />
Jun 15 SAN ANTONIO W 76-62 1-2 2-4 3-6 Vodichkova-21 Taylor-9 Taylor-6 Feenstra-15 9184<br />
Jun 18 @New York L 54-65 1-2 2-5 3-7 Vodichkova-14 Vodichkova-7 Taurasi-4 Wauters-19 12428<br />
Jun 21 @Washington L 56-77 1-2 2-6 3-8 DeForge-18 Vodichkova-11 Taurasi-5 Beard-19 10980<br />
Jun 22 @Minnesota L 59-75 1-2 2-7 3-9 Taurasi-14 Robinson-6 Taurasi-5 Ohlde-14 4817<br />
Jun 25 CONNECTICUT L 69-77 1-3 2-7 3-10 Taurasi-28 Wright-7 4 Tied with-3 Sales-22 8091<br />
Jul 2 @Los Angeles L 63-86 1-3 2-8 3-11 Vodichkova-16 Vodichkova-6 Taurasi-7 Leslie-22 8832<br />
Jul 5 @San Antonio W 76-69 1-3 3-8 4-11 Taylor-21 Vodichkova-14 Taurasi-8 Palmer/Daniel-17 6836<br />
Jul 6 SEATTLE W 73-61 2-3 3-8 5-11 Taylor-17 Stepanova-10 Taylor-5 Lennox-17 6919<br />
Jul 13 CHARLOTTE W 82-62 3-3 3-8 6-11 DeForge-19 Stepanova-7 Taurasi-8 Perkins-21 6063<br />
Jul 15 WASHINGTON W 77-66 4-3 3-8 7-11 Taylor-31 Taylor/Stepanova-7 Taylor-7 Beard-16 6116<br />
Jul 21 NEW YORK L 70-80 4-4 3-8 7-12 Taylor-20 Taurasi/Vodichkova-8 Taurasi-6 Hammon-21 6431<br />
Jul 23 @San Antonio W 66-49 4-4 4-8 8-12 Taylor-22 Vodichkova-12 Taylor-5 Feenstra-12 9098<br />
Jul 26 LOS ANGELES W 77-60 5-4 4-8 9-12 Vodichkova-24 3 Tied with-6 Taurasi-6 Holdsclaw-16 8249<br />
Jul 29 @Minnesota W 69-65 5-4 5-8 10-12 Taylor-20 Vodichkova-10 Vodichkova-4 Abrosimova-20 5723<br />
Jul 31 @Detroit L 63-66 5-4 5-9 10-13 DeForge-20 Vodichkova-8 Taurasi-7 Braxton-16 11130<br />
Aug 3 MINNESOTA W 70-64 6-4 5-9 11-13 Stepanova-18 Vodichkova-8 Taylor-4 Abrosimova-19 5865<br />
Aug 5 HOUSTON W 80-75 7-4 5-9 12-13 Taurasi-27 Taurasi-9 Taurasi-8 Thompson/Swoopes-18 7731<br />
Aug 12 SACRAMENTO W 76-62 8-4 5-9 13-13 Taylor-23 Stepanova-7 DeForge-5 Powell-20 7512<br />
Aug 14 INDIANA L 56-62 8-5 5-9 13-14 DeForge-18 Vodichkova-7 Taurasi-Taylor-4 Williams-15 6279<br />
Aug 16 DETROIT W 58-51 9-5 5-9 14-14 DeForge/Stepanova-14 Vodichkova-7 Taylor-5 Smith-11 6239<br />
Aug 18 @Houston L 66-77 9-5 5-10 14-15 Vodichkova-16 Vodichkova-7 Taylor-6 Thompson-20 5665<br />
Aug 19 SAN ANTONIO W 91-57 10-5 5-10 15-15 Taurasi-16 3 Tied with-6 Taurasi-7 Ely-13 6994<br />
Aug 21 MINNESOTA W 83-69 11-5 5-10 16-15 Taurasi-17 Irvin-6 3 Tied with-4 Ohlde/Abrosimova-14 6310<br />
Aug 23 @Sacramento L 70-76 11-5 5-11 16-16 Taurasi-19 Vodichkova-10 Taurasi-5 Griffith-25 8982<br />
Aug 25 HOUSTON L 72-80 11-6 5-11 16-17 Taurasi-19 Vodichkova-11 Taurasi-8 Thompson-18 8528<br />
Aug 27 @Seattle L 74-85 11-6 5-12 16-18 Taurasi-31 Vodichkova-10 Taurasi-6 Bird-20 11206<br />
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As the heat rose in the desert during the 2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> season, league and franchise records were toppled by the high-powered offense of<br />
the 10th anniversary Phoenix Mercury and its dominant backcourt of Diana Taurasi and rookie Cappie Pondexter.<br />
The Mercury entered 2006 with just four returning players, newly built for the run-and-gun style of first-year head coach Paul Westhead.<br />
Joining All-Star Taurasi was collegiate standout Pondexter, who the Mercury selected with the second overall pick in the draft, a selection that<br />
helped the Phoenix assemble one of the most prolific scoring duos in league history. Guard Kelly Miller was brought in via trade to help<br />
push the tempo and Penny Taylor joined the team late.<br />
With high expectations to begin the season, the young Mercury, still adapting to a new system and players, were humbled in a 27-point<br />
season-opening loss to the defending champion Sacramento Monarchs. Phoenix would drop its first four games of the season. Despite being<br />
slowed by foul trouble in the season-opening loss, the rookie made herself at home in the league quickly. Pondexter scored 30 points in backto-back<br />
games (the fourth and fifth overall games of her career) to be<strong>com</strong>e the third player all-time to ac<strong>com</strong>plish the feat. It was a sign of<br />
things to <strong>com</strong>e for the Mercury and its powerful offense.<br />
In Pondexter’s second 30-point effort on June 6 against Sacramento, Mercury All-Star Diana Taurasi posted her first 30-point game of the<br />
year, the first time in league history teammates scored 30 or more in the same game. Pondexter, named to the All-Rookie team at the season’s<br />
conclusion, garnered one Player of the Week honor (June 5-11) while All-<strong>WNBA</strong> First Team member Taurasi won two (July 3-9, August 7-13).<br />
Taurasi captured the attention of the entire league with the most productive offensive season in <strong>WNBA</strong> history. Dee now holds the league<br />
records for scoring average (25.3), points in a season (860) and points in a single game (47). She took ahold of league records for field goals<br />
made and attempted in a season and three-point field goals made and attempted in both a season and a game. Taurasi tied former Comets<br />
guard Cynthia Cooper’s <strong>WNBA</strong> record with eight 30-point games in 2006 and joined current Shock guard Katie Smith as the only players to<br />
score 40 or more points multiple times in a single season. She scored 30 or more in back-to-back games twice, joining Cooper as the only<br />
players ever to do so.<br />
Taurasi and Pondexter helped the Mercury find its mojo and be<strong>com</strong>e the most powerful offense in league history, averaging a <strong>WNBA</strong>record<br />
87.1 points per game, reaching triple digits twice, including a franchise-record 112-point explosion on August 3 vs. Charlotte.<br />
Clicking on all cylinders, the Mercury closed the season by winning a franchise-record seven consecutive games, posting a perfect 7-0<br />
August and finishing the season 18-16. It marked the Mercury’s first winning season since 2000 and gave Phoenix the same record as three<br />
playoff teams, but unfortunately the club missed a postseason berth for the third consecutive season by the narrowest of margins. Missing<br />
the playoffs automatically qualified the Mercury for the draft lottery, where, despite a 2.5 percent chance (25 out of 1000), Phoenix won the<br />
No. 1 pick in the 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft.<br />
The Mercury is rising in Phoenix and the future is bright.<br />
2006 (18-16)<br />
Back Row left to right: Equipment Manager Denise Romero, Trainer Tamara Poole,<br />
Assistant Coach Julie Brase-Hairgrove, Head Coach Paul Westhead, Kamila Vodichkova, Kristen Rasmussen,<br />
Kayte Christensen, Jen Lacy, Sandora Irvin, Assistant Coach Corey Gaines, Assistant Coach Bridget Pettis,<br />
General Manager Seth Sulka and Strength Coach Justin Walters<br />
Front Row left to right: Kelly Miller, Ann Strother, Diana Taurasi, Crystal Smith, Jen Derevjanik,<br />
Cappie Pondexter, Belinda Snell and Penny Taylor<br />
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2006 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Taurasi, Diana 34 34 1152 298 660 0.452 121 305 0.397 143 183 0.781 25 97 122 139 100 0 42 79 27 860 25.3<br />
Pondexter, Cappie 32 32 1068 219 495 0.442 47 126 0.373 139 163 0.853 37 70 107 98 84 0 37 45 4 624 19.5<br />
Taylor, Penny 20 8 533 98 220 0.445 24 65 0.369 57 66 0.864 32 81 113 51 57 0 29 29 9 277 13.9<br />
Miller, Kelly 27 24 812 109 259 0.421 30 79 0.380 48 62 0.774 41 103 144 94 74 0 28 73 6 296 11.0<br />
Vodichkova, Kamila 28 27 737 111 250 0.444 0 7 0 50 65 0.769 46 141 187 41 89 0 28 53 19 272 9.7<br />
Jackson, Tamicha 3 2 54 10 28 0.357 0 3 0 4 6 0.667 1 3 4 7 7 0 6 4 1 24 8.0<br />
Lacy, Jennifer 33 3 506 61 128 0.477 0 4 0 40 58 0.690 42 60 102 14 102 0 12 45 12 162 4.9<br />
Rasmussen, Kristen 34 32 907 64 125 0.512 6 14 0.429 12 20 0.600 72 136 208 72 98 0 28 33 27 146 4.3<br />
Snell, Belinda 30 0 250 35 90 0.389 20 63 0.317 10 10 1.000 11 28 39 19 28 0 15 17 3 100 3.3<br />
Derevjanik, Jennifer 31 8 460 38 75 0.507 4 15 0.267 16 26 0.615 11 46 57 68 42 0 23 25 7 96 3.1<br />
Smith, Crystal 23 0 209 21 47 0.447 7 19 0.368 11 12 0.917 4 18 22 22 24 0 17 18 0 60 2.6<br />
Strother, Ann 8 0 39 6 14 0.429 4 10 0.400 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 16 2.0<br />
Stevenson, Mandisa 2 0 18 1 5 0.200 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 1.5<br />
Pettis, Bridget 11 0 68 5 19 0.263 1 8 0.125 3 6 0.500 5 4 9 10 11 0 3 2 0 14 1.3<br />
Irvin, Sandora 7 0 38 2 13 0.154 0 3 0 3 5 0.600 2 8 10 1 5 0 2 3 8 7 1.0<br />
Christensen, Kayte 11 0 53 1 6 0.167 0 0 0 1 2 0.500 2 12 14 2 14 0 3 5 1 3 0.3<br />
Christensen, Kayte(TOT) 17 0 141 9 22 0.409 0 0 0 3 4 0.750 11 22 33 6 35 0 3 16 1 21 1.2<br />
TEAM TOTALS 34 - 6900 1079 2434 0.443 265 722 0.367 537 684 0.785 334 811 1145 640 741 9 275 442 127 2960 87.1<br />
OPPONENTS 34 - 6900 1023 2360 0.433 203 618 0.328 630 852 0.739 408 875 1283 578 669 3 231 537 126 2879 84.7<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME<br />
CAREER HIGHS<br />
(C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
TAURASI, DIANA 44 9 9 7 6 4 47 33.4 3.6 4.1 1.2 2.3 0.8 25.3 17 33 11 16 11 9 47<br />
Pondexter, Cappie 38 10 6 4 3 1 35 33.6 3.3 3.1 1.2 1.4 0.1 19.5 13 23 10 11 10 6 35<br />
Taylor, Penny 48 9 7 4 3 4 24 26.7 5.7 2.6 1.5 1.5 0.5 13.9 11 22 11 13 11 7 33<br />
Miller, Kelly 52 12 7 3 9 1 22 30.1 5.3 3.5 1.0 2.7 0.2 11.0 8 15 6 8 12 7 23<br />
Vodichkova, Kamila 35 14 5 4 5 3 19 25.8 6.7 1.5 1.0 1.9 0.7 9.7 10 16 9 10 14 5 24<br />
Lacy, Jennifer 26 8 2 1 4 2 16 15.7 3.1 0.4 0.4 1.4 0.4 4.9 7 9 4 7 8 2 16<br />
Rasmussen, Kristen 52 14 6 4 5 3 13 26.3 6.1 2.1 0.8 1.0 0.8 4.3 8 11 11 12 14 6 19<br />
Snell, Belinda 21 5 3 3 3 1 14 8.6 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.1 3.3 5 10 4 4 6 3 16<br />
Derevjanik, Jennifer 32 7 5 3 3 2 13 15.4 1.8 2.2 0.7 0.8 0.2 3.1 5 7 2 4 7 5 13<br />
Smith, Crystal 25 3 5 3 2 0 8 8.6 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 0 2.6 3 7 4 4 3 5 8<br />
Strother, Ann 17 2 2 1 0 1 12 4.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 0 0.3 2.0 4 6 0 0 2 2 12<br />
Irvin, Sandora 11 3 1 1 1 3 5 5.4 1.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.1 1.0 6 10 6 6 7 2 13<br />
Christensen, Kayte 23 6 2 1 4 1 6 4.8 1.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 6 9 10 16 12 4 16<br />
Christensen, Kayte (TOT) 23 6 2 1 4 1 6 8.2 1.9 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.1 1.2 6 9 10 16 12 4 16<br />
TEAM 275 46 28 14 26 8 112 202.9 33.7 18.8 8.1 13.0 3.7 87.1<br />
OPPONENT 275 55 26 17 23 9 110 202.9 37.7 17.0 6.8 15.8 3.7 84.7<br />
2006 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Team/ High High High Opponent<br />
Date Opponent W/L Opp Home Road Total Scoring Rebounds Assists Scoring Attendance<br />
May 20 @Sacramento L 78-105 0-0 0-1 0-1 Taurasi/Jackson-14 Pettis-5 Pettis-6 Buescher-18 17317<br />
May 25 SEATTLE L 81-94 0-1 0-1 0-2 Taurasi-28 Vodichkova-5 Taurasi-4 Jackson-35 10401<br />
May 31 SAN ANTONIO L 76-82 0-2 0-1 0-3 Taurasi-28 Pondexter-10 Rasmussen-3 Wecker-18 5091<br />
Jun 2 @Seattle L 87-97 0-2 0-2 0-4 Pondexter-30 Derevjanik-7 Taurasi-6 Jackson-27 7753<br />
Jun 6 SACRAMENTO W 90-76 1-2 0-2 1-4 Pondexter/Taurasi-30 Vodichkova-14 3 Tied with-4 Griffith-21 7121<br />
Jun 9 DETROIT W 93-79 2-2 0-2 2-4 Pondexter-27 Vodichkova-9 Taurasi-8 Ford-20 6157<br />
Jun 13 @Los Angeles L 84-98 2-2 0-3 2-5 Taurasi-32 Vodichkova-9 Smith-5 Leslie-26 6770<br />
Jun 16 CONNECTICUT W 91-86 3-2 0-3 3-5 Taurasi-35 Rasmussen-14 Pondexter-6 Douglas-27 6378<br />
Jun 18 @Minnesota L 82-94 3-2 0-4 3-6 Taurasi-23 Vodichkova-8 Derevjanik-4 Augustus-32 5596<br />
Jun 21 @Seattle W 87-80 3-2 1-4 4-6 Pondexter-27 Vodichkova-8 Pondexter/Rasmussen-4 Jackson-28 7536<br />
Jun 23 INDIANA L 73-83 3-3 1-4 4-7 Taurasi-21 Vodichkova-8 Taurasi/Vodichkova-3 Whitmore-26 5968<br />
Jun 25 CHICAGO W 90-77 4-3 1-4 5-7 Pondexter-23 Vodichkova-9 Miller-7 Dupree-15 6124<br />
Jun 28 MINNESOTA W 81-78 5-3 1-4 6-7 Pondexter-19 Rasmussen/Vodichkova-8 Taurasi-5 Augustus-24 11661<br />
Jun 30 @Los Angeles L 83-85 5-3 1-5 6-8 Pondexter-21 Miller-12 Miller-4 Holdsclaw-18 8626<br />
Jul 2 WASHINGTON L 78-81 5-4 1-5 6-9 Pondexter-25 Rasmussen-7 Miller-5 Melvin-20 6847<br />
Jul 6 @Detroit W 91-76 5-4 2-5 7-9 Pondexter-35 Vodichkova-8 Miller-6 Nolan-15 9832<br />
Jul 8 @Connecticut L 77-82 5-4 2-6 7-10 Taurasi-25 Miller-10 Miller-6 Douglas-22 9341<br />
Jul 9 @New York W 94-88(OT) 5-4 3-6 8-10 Taurasi-36 Taurasi-9 Taurasi-5 Hammon-24 9207<br />
Jul 14 LOS ANGELES L 85-95 5-5 3-6 8-11 Taurasi-34 Taurasi-7 3 Tied with-3 Leslie-30 8616<br />
Jul 16 NEW YORK W 80-70 6-5 3-6 9-11 Taurasi-29 Vodichkova-11 3 Tied with-3 Christon-18 6727<br />
Jul 18 @Indiana L 65-71 6-5 3-7 9-12 Taylor-18 Vodichkova-8 Taurasi-5 Catchings-17 7807<br />
Jul 19 @Washington W 96-83 6-5 4-7 10-12 Taylor/Miller-22 Miller-8 Taylor-6 Beard-23 15103<br />
Jul 22 @Charlotte W 78-74 6-5 5-7 11-12 Taurasi-27 Rasmussen-12 Pondexter/Taurasi-4 Smith-25 6179<br />
Jul 25 SEATTLE L 85-91 6-6 5-7 11-13 Taurasi-27 Miller-8 Taurasi-5 Bird-25 7164<br />
Jul 27 @Houston L 95-98 6-6 5-8 11-14 Taurasi-41 Rasmussen-13 Pondexter-4 Staley-21 7167<br />
Jul 28 @San Antonio L 96-98 6-6 5-9 11-15 Pondexter-27 Rasmussen-13 Derevjanik/Taurasi-5 Johnson-25 9088<br />
Jul 30 HOUSTON L 80-82 6-7 5-9 11-16 Taurasi-24 Taylor-8 Pondexter-6 Staley-17 7755<br />
Aug 1 @Chicago W 90-70 6-7 6-9 12-16 Taurasi-29 Vodichkova-11 Miller-6 Lovelace-14 5219<br />
Aug 3 CHARLOTTE W 112-84 7-7 6-9 13-16 Taurasi-25 Taylor-7 Miller-6 Currie-19 7078<br />
Aug 5 LOS ANGELES W 96-80 8-7 6-9 14-16 Taurasi-34 Rasmussen-6 Taurasi-7 Johnson-17 7952<br />
Aug 8 MINNESOTA W 99-68 9-7 6-9 15-16 Taylor-24 Taylor-9 Taylor-7 Augustus-19 8240<br />
Aug 10 @Houston W 111-110(3OT) 9-7 7-9 16-16 Taurasi-47 Rasmussen-10 Taurasi-9 Thompson-37 7382<br />
Aug 12 @San Antonio W 95-93 9-7 8-9 17-16 Taurasi-26 Rasmussen-9 Miller/Rasmussen-6 Johnson-28 10634<br />
Aug 13 SACRAMENTO W 81-71 10-7 8-9 18-16 Taurasi-29 3 Tied with-6 4 Tied with-3 Lawson-19 8150<br />
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The 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> season saw a unique start. Despite a 2.5 percent chance (25 out of 1,000), Phoenix won the lottery for the No. 1 pick in<br />
the <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft. With this pick, General Manager Ann Meyers Drysdale made the groundbreaking decision to trade the draft rights to No.<br />
1 pick Lindsey Harding to Minnesota for veteran post player Tangela Smith. The Mercury had closed out the 2006 season on a franchiserecord<br />
seven game win-streak, and with the addition of Smith along with the return of its dominant backcourt of Diana Taurasi and rookie<br />
Cappie Pondexter, the team looked to pick up where they left off with the fast-paced offense of Head Coach Paul Westhead.<br />
Phoenix started the season off that way with an opening day victory at home versus the conference rival San Antonio Silver Stars on May<br />
19, 2007 in front of an electric home crowd, the “X-Factor”, of over 10,000 fans. Phoenix would see continued early success, finishing the<br />
month of May with a 4-1 record. Taurasi scored a Mercury season-high 37 points on May 25 as Phoenix defeated Houston, 111-85, tied for<br />
the third-highest point-scoring game by one team in <strong>WNBA</strong> history.<br />
The 2007 Mercury shattered league scoring records for the second consecutive season, averaging a league-high 89.0 points per game.<br />
Phoenix became just the second team in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to lead the league in scoring in back-to-back seasons, joining the 2001 and 2002 Los<br />
Angeles Sparks, who won back-to-back <strong>WNBA</strong> Championships. The squad also increased their all-time number of 100-point games from two<br />
to 12, all of which have <strong>com</strong>e under coach Westhead.<br />
The offensive guru became the second-winningest coach in franchise history, passing Carrie Graf. In his two seasons with the club,<br />
Westhead <strong>com</strong>piled a 41-27 record and a .603 winning percentage, the highest in franchise history. Westhead also owns the best 68-game<br />
record in team history and was the fastest Mercury coach to 40 wins.<br />
After back-to-back home losses on June 20 to Washington and June 22 to Detroit dropped the Mercury to .500 at 7-7, Phoenix won<br />
sixteen of its last twenty games and turned the season around. Through those final 20 games Penny Taylor, a strong candidate for 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
MVP, caught fire and averaged 20.8 points per game to end the season. Taylor also scored at least 25 points in four consecutive games (all<br />
victories) from June 30-July 6, tying the <strong>WNBA</strong> record for consecutive games of 25 or more points.<br />
Phoenix would finish the season with a franchise-record 23 victories and finish a franchise-record 12 games over .500. Entering the 2007<br />
season, no Mercury team had ever been 10 games above .500.<br />
The Mighty Mercury entered the 2007 Playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. The team ended the longest postseason<br />
drought in <strong>WNBA</strong> history, clinching a playoff berth for the first time since the 2000 season on August 17. The Mercury would face 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
MVP Lauren Jackson and the Seattle Storm in the first round.<br />
In Game One of the series, the Mercury won their first postseason game in almost nine years as they defeated the Storm 101-84. In Game<br />
Two, Phoenix jumped out to an early 27-14 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back. “The Storm was over” as Phoenix ended<br />
Seattle’s playoff run, winning the series 2-0. Cappie Pondexter led the team in the series, scoring 23.0 points per game. Phoenix now faced<br />
the powerhouse San Antonio Silver Stars in the Western Conference Finals.<br />
Game One against the Silver Stars was a different story, with the two teams tied, 20-20, at the end of the first period. The rest of the game<br />
was much the same, with Becky Hammon hitting a three-pointer to tie the game at 100. On the inbound, Pondexter was fouled and sent to<br />
the charity stripe, where she hit both shots to go up 1-0 in the series. The Mercury trailed, 47-42, at halftime in Game Two. Late in the game,<br />
Phoenix used a 12-2 run to go up, 96-86, in the last minute. The Mercury went on to defeat the Silver Stars, and won the series 2-0. Phoenix<br />
advanced to the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals where they would face the Eastern Conference juggernaut Detroit Shock.<br />
Game One of the Finals was a true nail-biter, with the Mercury trailing by just four points in the waning minutes of the game. Phoenix was<br />
unable to over<strong>com</strong>e the deficit and fell, 100-108. Game Two was all Mercury as they enjoyed a 48-23 halftime lead. Diana Taurasi led the<br />
Mercury to victory with a playoff career-high 30 points, and Phoenix evened the series at 1-1 heading back to the Valley of the Sun. The Mercury<br />
(continued on next page)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> CHAMPIONS<br />
2007 (23-11)<br />
Back Row left to right: Assistant Coach Julie-Brase Hairgrove, Head Coach Paul Westhead, Olympia Scott, Teana Miller,<br />
Kelly Schumacher, Tangela Smith, Assistant Coach Bridgett Pettis and Assistant Coach Corey Gaines<br />
Front Row left to right: Belinda Snell, Jen Derevjanik, Kelly Miller, Cappie Pondexter, Diana Taurasi, Penny Taylor, Kelly Mazzante and Jen Lacy<br />
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struggled from the floor in Game Three and were defeated 83-88. It was now a must-win situation for Phoenix, who needed to win Game Four<br />
at home in order to force a fifth in Detroit. As the lead went back-and-forth in the closing minutes of Game Four, Deanna Nolan hit a jump shot<br />
to go up, 76-75. Pondexter, the eventual <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals MVP, came back and hit a close bank shot with 21.7 seconds to go, and the Mercury<br />
defeated the Shock, 77-76. Game Five belonged to the Mighty Mercury, who got out to an early 30-17 lead, shooting 73.3% from the field in<br />
the first quarter. The Mercury never trailed as they went on to win 108-92. For the first time in <strong>WNBA</strong> history a champion was crowned on the<br />
road. For the sixth time in the 11-year league history, the <strong>WNBA</strong> scoring champion went on to be<strong>com</strong>e the eventual <strong>WNBA</strong> champion.<br />
The Sun shines brightly in the Land of the Mighty Mercury.<br />
2007 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Taurasi 32 32 1025 206 468 .440 95 259 .367 106 127 .835 18 117 135 137 106 1 45 84 34 613 19.2<br />
Taylor 34 34 1010 198 397 .499 34 90 .378 175 198 .884 73 141 214 98 120 2 51 77 22 605 17.8<br />
Pondexter 31 31 966 193 448 .431 36 108 .333 110 135 .815 15 97 112 123 59 0 29 69 8 532 17.2<br />
Ta. Smith 34 34 1072 165 399 .414 20 61 .328 78 99 .788 54 166 220 44 101 1 40 56 56 428 12.6<br />
K. Miller 34 34 1040 115 240 .479 27 70 .386 64 82 .780 47 121 168 156 94 1 42 86 5 321 9.4<br />
Mazzante 34 3 488 64 165 .388 39 114 .342 15 15 1.000 11 45 56 38 28 0 26 20 2 182 5.4<br />
Schumacher 34 0 543 57 125 .456 3 7 .429 34 46 .739 29 118 147 12 66 0 17 34 25 151 4.4<br />
Snell 30 2 343 37 106 .349 26 79 .329 7 11 .636 12 34 46 44 31 0 20 18 4 107 3.6<br />
Lacy 20 0 94 12 29 .414 1 3 .333 10 18 .556 10 9 19 2 26 0 3 10 0 35 1.8<br />
Moises 4 0 31 2 5 .400 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 3 4 7 3 2 0 3 10 0 7 1.8<br />
Derevjanik 23 0 200 13 30 .433 1 10 .100 9 11 .818 5 18 23 24 18 0 6 16 1 36 1.6<br />
Scott 8 0 32 1 7 .143 0 0 —- 6 8 .750 2 2 4 2 6 0 3 3 1 8 1.0<br />
T. Miller 2 0 5 0 0 —- 0 0 —- 0 2 .000 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0<br />
MERCURY 34 - 6850 1063 2419 .439 283 802 .353 616 754 .817 279 873 1152 683 658 5 285 486 159 3025 89.0<br />
OPPONENTS 34 - 6850 1022 2526 .405 290 762 .381 570 716 .796 445 945 1390 628 684 5 244 595 109 2904 85.4<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME CAREER HIGHS (C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Taurasi 43 9 9 6 6 4 37 32.0 4.2 4.3 1.41 2.6 1.06 19.2 17 33 11 16 11 9T 47<br />
Taylor 36 11 8 6 5 4 32 29.7 6.3 2.9 1.50 2.3 0.65 17.8 13C 23 14C 15C 11T 8C 33<br />
Pondexter 40 7 9 3 7 1 31 31.2 3.6 4.0 0.94 2.2 0.26 17.2 13 23T 10 11 10 9C 35<br />
Ta. Smith 43 12 4 4 6 5 24 31.5 6.5 1.3 1.18 1.6 1.65 12.6 14 23 11 12 13 5 28<br />
K. Miller 36 11 9 4 7 2 17 30.6 4.9 4.6 1.24 2.5 0.15 9.4 8 15 7C 9C 12 9C 23<br />
Mazzante 34 7 4 4 4 1 15 14.4 1.6 1.1 0.76 0.6 0.06 5.4 7 14 3T 4 9 6 18<br />
Schumacher 25 10 3 3 3 3 14 16.0 4.3 0.4 0.50 1.0 0.74 4.4 8 18 11 12 12 3T 22<br />
Snell 37 7 5 2 3 1 17 11.4 1.5 1.5 0.67 0.6 0.13 3.6 6C 15C 4 4 7C 5C 17C<br />
Lacy 12 4 1 1 2 0 8 4.7 1.0 0.1 0.15 0.5 0.00 1.8 7 9 4 7 8 2 16<br />
Moises 10 3 1 2 4 0 3 7.8 1.8 0.8 0.75 2.5 0.00 1.8 6 10 6 7 7 6 20<br />
Derevjanik 21 5 5 2 3 1 7 8.7 1.0 1.0 0.26 0.7 0.04 1.6 5 7 4C 4T 7 5T 13<br />
Scott 9 2 1 2 1 1 4 4.0 0.5 0.3 0.38 0.4 0.13 1.0 11 17 9 14 17 5 31<br />
T. Miller 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.50 0.0 5 9 4 8 7 2 12<br />
MERCURY 250 45 27 15 22 10 111 201.5 33.9 20.1 8.38 14.3 4.68 89.0 43C 96C 35 47 48 28 112<br />
OPPONENTS 250 55 27 16 27 8 111 201.5 40.9 18.5 7.18 17.5 3.21 85.4 39 94 34 48 55T 32 111C<br />
2007 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Date Opponent W/L Team/Opp Home Road Total High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Opponent Scoring Attendance<br />
May 19 SAN ANTONIO W 81- 72 1-0 0-0 1-0 Taurasi-20 Taurasi-6 Pondexter-7 Hammon-15 10,401<br />
May 23 @Seattle L 87-100 1-0 0-1 1-1 Pondexter-31 K. Miller-7 Pondexter/K. Miller-5 Jackson-31 6,833<br />
May 25 HOUSTON W 111- 85 2-0 0-1 2-1 Taurasi-37 Ta. Smith-9 K. Miller-5 Thompson-32 8,001<br />
May 29 SACRAMENTO W 76- 75 3-0 0-1 3-1 Pondexter-23 Schumacher-6 Pondexter-5 Brunson-16 7,026<br />
May 31 @San Antonio W 97- 85 3-0 1-1 4-1 Ta. Smith-22 Schumacher-10 Taurasi-6 Hammon-25 5,247<br />
Jun 2 @Connecticut L 67- 76 3-0 1-2 4-2 Ta. Smith-18 Taylor-11 K. Miller-6 Jones-24 8,811<br />
Jun 3 @New York L 82- 83 3-0 1-3 4-3 Pondexter-19 Mazzante/K. Miller-7 Taurasi-6 Moore-22 8,535<br />
Jun 5 MINNESOTA L 85- 90 3-1 1-3 4-4 Ta. Smith-24 Taylor-9 Taylor-6 Augustus-22 6,378<br />
Jun 7 CHICAGO W 80- 66 4-1 1-3 5-4 Taurasi-22 Taylor-10 Pondexter-4 Melvin-15 6,161<br />
Jun 9 @Sacramento W 74- 70 4-1 2-3 6-4 Taurasi-26 Taylor-7 Taurasi-8 Brunson-17 6,956<br />
Jun 13 @Washington L 69- 86 4-1 2-4 6-5 Taurasi-28 Schumacher-9 Pondexter-5 Currie-25 6,838<br />
Jun 15 @Indiana W 89- 78 4-1 3-4 7-5 Pondexter-22 K. Miller-11 K. Miller-8 Catchings/Sutton/Brown-17 6,579<br />
Jun 20 WASHINGTON L 101-106 4-2 3-4 7-6 Taurasi-25 Ta. Smith/Taylor-7 K. Miller-9 Beard-29 6,047<br />
Jun 22 DETROIT L 84- 87 4-3 3-4 7-7 Taylor-23 Taylor-10 Taurasi-8 Johnson-23 6,614<br />
Jun 24 HOUSTON W 90- 85 5-3 3-4 8-7 Taylor-30 Taylor-9 K. Miller-5 Smith-18 6,033<br />
Jun 30 @Houston W 92- 75 5-3 4-4 9-7 Taylor-26 Taylor-6 K. Miller-9 Hodges-17 8,939<br />
Jul 3 @Minnesota W 95- 79 5-3 5-4 10-7 Taylor-26 Ta. Smith-8 Taurasi-9 Augustus-16 7,949<br />
Jul 6 CONNECTICUT W 111-109(2OT) 6-3 5-4 11-7 Taylor-30 Ta. Smith/Taurasi-8 Taurasi-9 Jones/Sales-22 7,131<br />
Jul 8 @Detroit L 82-111 6-3 5-5 11-8 Ta. Smith-16 Ta. Smith-6 Derevjanik-5 K. Smith-20 9,156<br />
Jul 11 SAN ANTONIO L 77- 87 6-4 5-5 11-9 Taurasi-27 Taylor-11 K. Miller/Ta. Smith/Taurasi-3 Young-26 13,569<br />
Jul 17 SEATTLE W 89- 79 7-4 5-5 12-9 Taylor-32 Ta. Smith-11 K. Miller-6 Jackson-33 7,804<br />
Jul 20 LOS ANGELES L 77- 87 7-5 5-5 12-10 Pondexter-23 Ta. Smith-8 K. Miller-5 Spencer-24 6,362<br />
Jul 22 MINNESOTA W 106- 93 8-5 5-5 13-10 Taylor-28 Taylor-9 Pondexter/K. Miller-9 Augustus-23 6,602<br />
Jul 25 @Minnesota W 103- 79 8-5 6-5 14-10 Taylor-30 Taylor-8 K. Miller-8 Augustus/Stansbury-13 13,004<br />
Jul 27 @Chicago W 98- 96 8-5 7-5 15-10 Taurasi-26 Ta. Smith-8 Pondexter-7 Dales-23 4,053<br />
Jul 29 INDIANA W 80- 75 9-5 7-5 16-10 Pondexter-21 Ta. Smith-12 K. Miller-5 White-25 7,495<br />
Jul 31 @Houston W 76- 74 9-5 8-5 17-10 Taurasi-19 Ta. Smith-8 Taylor-6 Snow-21 8,084<br />
Aug 2 @San Antonio W 84- 79 9-5 9-5 18-10 Taurasi-24 Pondexter-7 Taylor-8 Crossley-21 6,914<br />
Aug 4 @Seattle L 101-111 9-5 9-6 18-11 Taurasi-28 Ta. Smith/Taylor-8 Taylor/Taurasi/Snell-3 Lennox-25 7,759<br />
Aug 7 @Los Angeles W 96- 93 9-5 10-6 19-11 Taylor-23 Schumacher-10 Pondexter-9 Brown/McWilliams-Frank-18 10,079<br />
Aug 9 NEW YORK W 97- 86 10-5 10-6 20-11 Taylor-31 Ta. Smith-8 Taurasi-5 Christon/McCarville-25 6,971<br />
Aug 11 LOS ANGELES W 100- 83 11-5 10-6 21-11 Taylor-28 K. Miller/Schumacher-8 Taurasi-8 Spencer-18 9,555<br />
Aug 17 @Sacramento W 101- 91 11-5 11-6 22-11 Taurasi-32 Ta. Smith-7 Pondexter-6 Brunson-17 8,831<br />
Aug 19 SACRAMENTO W 87- 73 12-5 11-6 23-11 Taurasi-24 Tied with-5 Pondexter/Taurasi-3 Brunson-24 8,935<br />
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Phoenix kicked off its 12th season with Championship Saturday, where at the Mercury’s home opener on May 17, 2008, the team received<br />
its 2007 championship rings while a banner was raised to <strong>com</strong>memorate the city’s first <strong>WNBA</strong> championship. The 13,749 fans at US Airways<br />
Center marked the second-highest home opener attendance in franchise history, second only to the Mercury’s inaugural game on June 22,<br />
1997. The season concluded with overall increases in attendance, television ratings, and website traffic.<br />
Behind first-year head coach Corey Gaines, the Mercury started the season 0-4. However, Phoenix turned it around by winning eight of<br />
its next 11 games to improve to 8-7 on July 1. That stretch included a five-game East Coast road trip on which Phoenix went 4-1.<br />
The Mercury continued its high-scoring ways in 2008, be<strong>com</strong>ing the first team in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to lead the league in scoring in three<br />
consecutive seasons. The club averaged 88.5 points per game and missed setting a <strong>WNBA</strong> record in scoring for the third-straight season by<br />
just a half-point. Phoenix recorded back-to-back 100-point games for the third time in franchise history, defeating the Connecticut Sun 102-81<br />
on June 18 and the Chicago Sky 112-105 on June 20, the third highest-scoring game in <strong>WNBA</strong> history. The Mercury’s 112 points matched the<br />
club’s franchise record for points in a game as well.<br />
Phoenix brought in a few new faces to help with rebounding and post scoring, an area the team looked to improve in 2008. Veteran post<br />
Barbara Farris was signed, as well as Le’Coe Willingham, who finished the season with the league’s highest field goal percentage. The<br />
Mercury selected North Carolina’s LaToya Pringle with the 13th overall pick in the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft. Pringle became the first rookie in<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> history to record five blocks in consecutive games, doing so on June 11 and 14.<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> took a month-long hiatus in 2008 while the Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China. At that point, the Mercury owned a<br />
12-15 record. Phoenix was one of just two teams in the league to have two players represent USA in the Olympics. Phoenix All-Stars Diana<br />
Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter helped the U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team to an undefeated 8-0 record and gold medal in the<br />
games, the second gold medal for Taurasi and first for Pondexter.<br />
After a loss to San Antonio in the first game back from the break on August 28, the Mercury went on a three-game win streak from<br />
September 3-7. Phoenix went 4-3 after the month-long break, and finished 16-18 on the season, barely missing the postseason. Taurasi and<br />
Pondexter finished as the league’s top two scorers, averaging 24.1 and 21.2 points per game, respectively. It was the first time in league<br />
history that teammates have finished a season No. 1 and 2 in scoring. Taurasi was named the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Peak Performer in scoring after<br />
leading the league in scoring for the second time in her career (2006).<br />
With the fifth overall pick in the 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> draft and behind the fast-paced offense of coach Gaines, the Mercury look to return to the<br />
Western Conference playoffs in 2009.<br />
2008 (16-18)<br />
Back Row left to right: Basketball Communications Manager Eric Barkyoumb, Athletic Trainer Tamara Poole, General Manager Ann Meyers<br />
Drysdale, Head Coach Corey Gaines, Barbara Farris, LaToya Pringle, Tangela Smith, Olympia Scott, Brooke Smith, Assistant Coach Julie<br />
Hairgrove, Assistant Coach Bridget Pettis, Strength and Conditioning Coach Ben Hadley, Equipment Manager Tiffany Yallup.<br />
Front Row left to right: Kelly Miller, Allie Quigley, Le’Coe Willingham, Diana Taurasi, Cappie Pondexter, Kelly Mazzante, Jen Derevjanik, Yuko Oga<br />
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2008 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Taurasi 34 34 1083 258 579 .446 89 247 .360 215 247 .870 26 146 172 121 125 2 46 83 46 820 24.1<br />
Pondexter 32 32 1002 234 567 .413 41 131 .313 170 201 .846 26 93 119 135 82 1 38 93 5 679 21.2<br />
T. Smith 25 25 722 111 266 .417 16 46 .348 39 45 .867 50 126 176 28 98 3 28 41 29 277 11.1<br />
Willingham 34 27 834 139 244 .570 5 27 .185 60 81 .741 86 116 202 29 116 2 22 46 7 343 10.1<br />
K. Miller 34 34 945 107 262 .408 20 52 .385 49 58 .845 50 98 148 135 66 0 22 84 4 283 8.3<br />
Mazzante 34 2 641 68 205 .332 56 169 .331 5 6 .833 15 51 66 38 44 0 24 18 2 197 5.8<br />
Pringle 29 7 377 43 96 .448 0 0 — 42 51 .824 52 50 102 9 71 0 10 27 44 128 4.4<br />
B. Smith 10 0 134 16 28 .571 0 0 — 9 13 .692 10 26 36 9 29 0 2 9 3 41 4.1<br />
Farris 34 8 553 44 93 .473 0 0 — 30 43 .698 38 92 130 8 87 0 20 35 4 118 3.5<br />
Scott 6 0 69 8 22 .364 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 17 19 3 23 1 1 6 6 16 2.7<br />
Oga 23 0 180 20 57 .351 0 10 .000 16 17 .941 5 12 17 14 13 1 7 22 0 56 2.4<br />
Quigley 14 0 100 13 39 .333 2 11 .182 1 2 .500 6 5 11 4 9 0 6 6 1 29 2.1<br />
Crockett 5 1 41 3 8 .375 0 0 — 3 5 .600 4 7 11 0 14 1 4 1 1 9 1.8<br />
Derevjanik 17 0 145 5 19 .263 1 8 .125 3 4 .750 5 12 17 27 17 0 2 10 4 14 0.8<br />
MERCURY 34 - 6825 1069 2485 .430 230 701 .328 642 773 .831 375 851 1226 560 794 11 232 489 156 3010 88.5<br />
OPPONENTS 34 - 6825 1036 2460 .421 243 695 .350 694 932 .745 440 858 1298 650 717 2 234 500 129 3009 88.5<br />
CAREER HIGHS<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME (C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Taurasi 38 10 9 3 8 5 37 31.9 5.1 3.6 1.35 2.4 1.35 24.1 17 33 17C 18C 11 9T 47<br />
Pondexter 39 9 8 4 7 1 33 31.3 3.7 4.2 1.19 2.9 0.16 21.2 13T 27C 15C 17C 10 9 35<br />
T. Smith 36 12 3 3 7 5 21 28.9 7.0 1.1 1.12 1.6 1.16 11.1 14 23 11 12 13 5 28<br />
Willingham 32 12 3 2 4 1 17 24.5 5.9 0.9 0.65 1.4 0.21 10.1 7C 12C 6T 8T 12C 3T 17C<br />
K. Miller 35 9 8 3 5 1 20 27.8 4.4 4.0 0.65 2.5 0.12 8.3 8 17C 8C 9 12 9 23<br />
Mazzante 27 6 4 3 2 1 15 18.9 1.9 1.1 0.71 0.5 0.06 5.8 7 14 3 4 9 6 18<br />
Pringle 24 8 2 3 3 5 14 13.0 3.5 0.3 0.34 0.9 1.52 4.4 4C 10C 10C 10C 8C 2C 14C<br />
B. Smith 24 9 2 1 3 2 9 13.4 3.6 0.9 0.20 0.9 0.30 4.1 4C 6C 3C 5C 9C 2C 9C<br />
Farris 32 8 2 2 3 1 11 16.3 3.8 0.2 0.59 1.0 0.12 3.5 8 13 8 10 12 5 20<br />
Scott 15 6 1 1 2 2 6 11.5 3.2 0.5 0.17 1.0 1.00 2.7 11 17 9 14 17 5 31<br />
Oga 17 3 4 1 3 0 8 7.8 0.7 0.6 0.30 1.0 0.00 2.4 4C 5C 3C 3C 3C 4C 8C<br />
Quigley 24 5 3 3 2 1 11 7.1 0.8 0.3 0.43 0.4 0.07 2.1 5C 9C 1C 2C 5C 3C 11C<br />
Crockett 15 4 0 2 1 1 7 8.2 2.2 0.0 0.80 0.2 0.20 1.8 3C 4C 1C 2C 4C 0C 7C<br />
Derevjanik 16 4 4 1 3 2 4 8.5 1.0 1.6 0.12 0.6 0.24 0.8 5 7 4 4 7 5 13<br />
MERCURY 225 49 29 11 21 9 112 200.7 36.1 16.5 6.82 14.4 4.59 88.5 45C 97C 35 47 49C 29C 112T<br />
OPPONENTS 225 52 27 12 23 8 105 200.7 38.2 19.1 6.88 14.7 3.79 88.5 40C 94 39C 48 55 32 111<br />
2008 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Date Opponent W/L Team/Opp Home Road Total High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Opponent Scoring Attendance<br />
May 17 LOS ANGELES L 94- 99 0-1 0-0 0-1 Pondexter-32 T. Smith-7 Pondexter-7 Parker-34 13,749<br />
May 20 @San Antonio L 76- 81 0-1 0-1 0-2 Pondexter-23 K. Miller/T. Smith-6 Pondexter/K. Miller/Taurasi-4 Young-25 9,103<br />
May 22 SEATTLE L 83- 87 0-2 0-1 0-3 Taurasi-23 Willingham/T. Smith-8 K. Miller-7 Jackson-30 7,059<br />
May 31 @Minnesota L 83- 94 0-2 0-2 0-4 Pondexter-31 T. Smith-10 K. Miller-4 Augustus-22 6,914<br />
Jun 3 WASHINGTON W 98- 93 1-2 0-2 1-4 Taurasi-29 T. Smith-9 K. Miller-5 Beard-33 7,561<br />
Jun 6 @Los Angeles W 85- 79 1-2 1-2 2-4 Taurasi-29 Willingham-12 Pondexter/K. Miller-4 Parker-19 13,142<br />
Jun 11 @Seattle L 77- 83 1-2 1-3 2-5 Taurasi-37 Pringle-7 Pondexter-7 Jackson-20 7,483<br />
Jun 14 DETROIT L 79- 89 1-3 1-3 2-6 Pondexter-28 Willingham-10 Pondexter-5 Humphrey-28 7,696<br />
Jun 18 CONNECTICUT W 102-81 2-3 1-3 3-6 Taurasi-32 Pondexter-9 K. Miller-8 Jones-18 4,478<br />
Jun 20 CHICAGO W 112-105(OT) 3-3 1-3 4-6 Taurasi-33 Taurasi-10 K. Miller-6 Perkins-30 7,311<br />
Jun 22 @New York L 72-105 3-3 1-4 4-7 Taurasi-21 T. Smith-9 Mazzante-4 Jackson-21 8,688<br />
Jun 24 @Washington W 98- 90 3-3 2-4 5-7 Taurasi-31 Taurasi-8 Taurasi-6 McWilliams-Frank-3 6,662<br />
Jun 26 @Chicago W 89- 79 3-3 3-4 6-7 K. Miller-17 T. Smith-12 Taurasi-9 Melvin-19 3,103<br />
Jun 29 @Connecticut W 87- 80 3-3 4-4 7-7 Taurasi-25 T. Smith-11 Pondexter-8 Jones-16 9,518<br />
Jul 1 @Atlanta W 97- 79 3-3 5-4 8-7 Taurasi-28 Willingham-9 K. Miller-8 Lennox-18 9,795<br />
Jul 5 NEW YORK L 83- 93 3-4 5-4 8-8 Taurasi-25 T. Smith-8 K. Miller-3 Christon-25 6,481<br />
Jul 6 @Los Angeles L 80- 91 3-4 5-5 8-9 CP/KM-14 Willingham-9 Pondexter-5 Parker-31 10,004<br />
Jul 8 HOUSTON W 99- 94 4-4 5-5 9-9 Taurasi-30 Willingham/T. Smith-6 Taurasi-6 Thompson-23 15,499<br />
Jul 10 @Seattle L 78- 89 4-4 5-6 9-10 Pondexter-20 Willingham-7 Pondexter-5 Jackson-25 10,454<br />
Jul 12 @Sacramento L 97-105 4-4 5-7 9-11 Pondexter-33 T. Smith-8 Pondexter-8 Newton-18 7,044<br />
Jul 15 SAN ANTONIO L 87- 97 4-5 5-7 9-12 CP/DT-23 T. Smith-8 Pondexter-7 Young-26 6,451<br />
Jul 17 LOS ANGELES W 99- 92 5-5 5-7 10-12 Pondexter-27 Taurasi-8 Taurasi-6 Milton-Jones-38 7,981<br />
Jul 19 ATLANTA W 110- 84 6-5 5-7 11-12 Taurasi-21 Pondexter/T. Smith-7 K. Miller-7 Latta-18 7,913<br />
Jul 22 @Houston L 92- 94 6-5 5-8 11-13 Taurasi-31 Taurasi-7 Pondexter-4 Thompson-19 6,134<br />
Jul 24 @Sacramento L 74- 83 6-5 5-9 11-14 Pondexter-23 Willingham/Taurasi-7 K. Miller/Oga-4 Brunson-18 11,946<br />
Jul 25 SEATTLE W 94- 80 7-5 5-9 12-14 Taurasi-31 Taurasi-9 Pondexter/K. Miller-4 Griffith-17 8,323<br />
Jul 27 INDIANA L 84- 88 7-6 5-9 12-15 Taurasi-25 Willingham-8 K. Miller-5 Catchings-25 7,924<br />
Aug 28 SAN ANTONIO L 55- 77 7-7 5-9 12-16 Taurasi-13 Taurasi-10 K. Miller-5 Young-18 7,931<br />
Sep 3 MINNESOTA W 103- 96 8-7 5-9 13-16 Taurasi-32 Pondexter/Taurasi-7 Pondexter-6 Augustus-27 7,722<br />
Sep 5 SACRAMENTO W 81- 69 9-7 5-9 14-16 Taurasi-26 Farris/Taurasi-8 K. Miller-7 Lawson-19 10,527<br />
Sep 7 HOUSTON W 99- 74 10-7 5-9 15-16 Taurasi-33 K. Miller-9 K. Miller-6 Williams-17 10,261<br />
Sep 9 @Detroit L 78- 89 10-7 5-10 15-17 Pondexter-23 K. Miller/Taurasi-5 Pondexter/Taurasi-5 Nolan-18 7,495<br />
Sep 12 @Minnesota W 96- 87 10-7 6-10 16-17 Taurasi-31 Willingham-9 K. Miller-6 Harding-20 8,343<br />
Sep 14 @Indiana L 89-103 10-7 6-11 16-18 Pondexter-23 B. Smith-9 Oga/Taurasi-3 Sutton-Brown-26 8,776<br />
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The 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> season began the way the Mercury had hoped in a few ways. First, the Mercury selected Auburn guard/forward DeWanna<br />
Bonner with the fifth overall pick in the 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft. The Mercury would later state that the club would’ve selected her had they owned<br />
the first overall selection. General Manager Ann Meyers Drysdale made a number of moves in the offseason to bring in players like Temeka<br />
Johnson and Nicole Ohlde to surround the team’s core with talented role players. Pair these offseason transactions with the opportunity to take<br />
advantage of a full training camp and preseason <strong>com</strong>plete with stars Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter, and the Mercury was prepared for a<br />
championship-caliber 2009 campaign.<br />
Phoenix started off with a league-best 5-1 record through its first six games. That start included four 90-point games and a 115-104 overtime<br />
victory over the Sacramento Monarchs at US Airways Center on June 13. The Mercury’s 115 points marked the most points scored in a single game<br />
(non-regulation) in <strong>WNBA</strong> history. Behind second-year Head Coach Corey Gaines, the Mercury won 14 of its first 19 games, marking the team’s<br />
best 19-game start in franchise history. The Mercury lost consecutive games just once in 2009 on June 21 and 23. After those two losses, Phoenix<br />
won 18 of its last 26 games overall.<br />
On July 17, 2009, the Mercury announced the return of one of the world’s highest-profile players, Penny Taylor, to its lineup. Taylor had been<br />
a pivotal contributor to the club’s championship success in 2007, and after her absence from the team for the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> season, the Mercury<br />
felt she was the missing piece needed for another championship run.<br />
Diana Taurasi continued to make her mark on the franchise and <strong>WNBA</strong> in 2009. On Aug. 8 vs. Indiana, Taurasi became the franchise’s all-time<br />
leader in games played, giving her the top spot on the club's lists for tenure, games and minutes played, scoring, field goals made, defensive<br />
rebounds and blocks. On Sept. 5, 2009, Taurasi became the fastest player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to record 4,000 career points. DT3 eclipsed the<br />
milestone in 197 games, 12 games faster than any other player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history.<br />
In 2009, the Mercury not only led the league in scoring for an unprecedented fourth-straight season, but set a new <strong>WNBA</strong> record for scoring<br />
average for the third time in four seasons with its blistering 92.8 points per game. The Mercury reached the century mark nine times in 2009,<br />
more than any other team in the league has in their respective franchise history. Phoenix also became the first franchise in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to lead<br />
the league in scoring, field goal percentage and free throw percentage in multiple seasons, joining the 2007 Mercury and 2000 Houston Comets.<br />
From the charity stripe, the 2009 Mercury shot an astonishing 85.5 percent, better than any team in the history of the <strong>WNBA</strong> or NBA.<br />
Head Coach Corey Gaines guided the Mercury to a franchise-record tying 23-11 mark, earning the top overall seed in the 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs<br />
and home court advantage throughout. After narrowly missing the postseason in his first season as head coach in 2008, Phoenix became the first<br />
team in the <strong>WNBA</strong> to clinch a playoff berth in 2009.<br />
The Mercury took on the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Western Conference Semifinals. In Game One of the best-of-three series at AT&T<br />
Center on Sept. 17, Phoenix fell 91-92 to the Silver Stars despite a 13-point fourth quarter from Penny Taylor. Heading back to Phoenix facing<br />
elimination, the Mercury handed the Silver Stars a 106-78 loss at US Airways Center on Sept. 19, thanks to 16 points and 13 rebounds in just 22<br />
minutes from first-round draft pick and 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Sixth Woman of the Year DeWanna Bonner. Despite trailing after three quarters in Game<br />
Three on Sept. 21, Phoenix outscored San Antonio 34-23 in the final period to earn a 100-92 victory and advance to the Western Conference Finals.<br />
On deck for the Mercury in the Western Conference Finals were the Los Angeles Sparks. In Game One, played at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, the<br />
Mercury’s three-point prowess helped the club earn a 103-94 victory to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series heading back to Phoenix. Game<br />
Two was a different story, with the Mercury trailing from start to finish and suffering a low-scoring, 76-87 defeat, forcing another decisive Game<br />
Three. With a trip to the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals on the line in Game Three on Sept. 26, the Mercury held the Sparks to just seven first quarter points and<br />
enjoyed a 15-point lead at the end of the first half. In Lisa Leslie’s last <strong>WNBA</strong> game before retiring, Phoenix’s defense scored 21 points off of 16<br />
Los Angeles turnovers and held 2008 MVP Candace Parker to just six points, earning an 85-74 victory and the club’s second <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals<br />
appearance in three seasons.<br />
The Mercury faced the Eastern Conference’s most elite team, the Indiana Fever, in the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals. Game One at US Airways Center on Sept.<br />
29 will not soon be forgotten. Tied 105-105 going into overtime, the Mercury trailed (115-116) with just 1:40 remaining before Cappie Pondexter,<br />
the 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals MVP, scored five-straight to push the game out of reach and secure a 120-116 victory in the highest-scoring game in <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> CHAMPIONS<br />
2009 (23-11)<br />
Back Row left to right: President/COO Jay Parry, Basketball Communications Manager Eric Barkyoumb, Head Trainer Tamara Poole, Head Coach<br />
Corey Gaines, Assistant Coach Bridget Pettis, DeWanna Bonner, Brooke Smith, Tangela Smith, Nicole Ohlde, Assistant Coach Julie Hairgrove,<br />
General Manager Ann Meyers Drysdale, Senior Marketing Director Amber Cox, PR/CR Manager Lesley Factor<br />
Front Row left to right: Equipment Manager Denise Romero, Le’Coe Willingham, Ketia Swanier, Diana Taurasi, Cappie Pondexter, Kelly Mazzante,<br />
Temeka Johnson, Penny Taylor, Strength and Conditioning Coach Ben Hadley<br />
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history. In Game Two, Phoenix struggled from the field and lost Penny Taylor midgame due to injury, suffering an 84-93 defeat to even the series<br />
heading to Indiana for Games Three and Four. The Mercury was dealt a one-point (85-86) loss in a controversial Game Three at Conseco<br />
Fieldhouse and faced elimination going into Game Four on Oct. 7. With their backs against the wall, Phoenix evened the series, earning a 90-77<br />
victory in Game Four and bringing the series back to the Valley of the Sun for a winner-take-all Game Five. On Oct. 9, in front of a sold-out US<br />
Airways Center crowd of 17,313 (the largest postseason attendance in Mercury history), the Mercury and Fever gave fans their money’s worth.<br />
Tied 80-80 with less than five minutes remaining, Phoenix outscored Indiana 14-6 the rest of the way to seal a 94-86 victory and hoist the club’s<br />
second <strong>WNBA</strong> championship trophy in three years.<br />
The Mercury, with two championship trophies in-hand and a world-class core of players and coaches, looks to continue its championship<br />
success in 2010.<br />
2009 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Taurasi 31 31 976 200 434 .461 79 194 .407 152 170 .894 18 160 178 109 95 0 36 82 43 631 20.4<br />
Pondexter 34 34 1075 236 513 .460 43 120 .358 133 151 .881 32 112 144 171 99 0 31 86 12 648 19.1<br />
Bonner 34 0 724 127 278 .457 2 13 .154 125 154 .812 70 126 196 13 70 0 23 34 25 381 11.2<br />
Taylor 14 1 283 50 108 .463 10 25 .400 43 48 .896 12 22 34 32 32 0 18 31 2 153 10.9<br />
Willingham 34 34 713 136 255 .533 1 8 .125 67 79 .848 64 79 143 35 91 0 22 46 9 340 10.0<br />
T. Smith 34 34 920 137 304 .451 42 93 .452 20 23 .870 35 148 183 27 107 4 34 37 57 336 9.9<br />
Johnson 34 34 901 125 281 .445 36 87 .414 42 50 .840 8 112 120 157 79 1 29 76 4 328 9.6<br />
Ohlde 21 0 311 38 71 .535 0 0 — 33 46 .717 19 40 59 6 55 1 5 29 20 109 5.2<br />
Mazzante 31 2 433 36 99 .364 31 88 .352 3 3 1.000 7 33 40 17 42 0 10 10 3 106 3.4<br />
Swanier 33 0 388 33 88 .375 11 33 .333 16 18 .889 7 46 53 54 34 0 15 46 3 93 2.8<br />
Quigley 6 0 32 3 8 .375 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 1 6 0 0 5 0 10 1.7<br />
B. Smith 21 0 144 7 15 .467 0 0 — 7 8 .875 11 24 35 3 30 0 2 7 3 21 1.0<br />
MERCURY 34 - 6900 1128 2454 .460 257 665 .386 643 752 .855 284 906 1190 625 740 6 225 500 181 3156 92.8<br />
OPPONENTS 34 - 6900 1094 2582 .424 205 608 .337 638 851 .750 421 864 1285 607 671 2 260 460 143 3031 89.1<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME<br />
CAREER HIGHS<br />
(C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Taurasi 39 13 7 5 6 5 34 31.5 5.7 3.5 1.16 2.6 1.39 20.4 17 33 17 18 13C 9 47<br />
Pondexter 41 11 15 3 7 2 29 31.6 4.2 5.0 0.91 2.5 0.35 19.1 13 27 15 17 11C 15C 35<br />
Bonner 30 11 2 3 3 3 21 21.3 5.8 0.4 0.68 1.0 0.74 11.2 7C 14C 9C 11C 11C 2C 21C<br />
Taylor 26 5 4 3 4 1 18 20.2 2.4 2.3 1.29 2.2 0.14 10.9 13 23 14 15 11 8 33<br />
Willingham 33 7 5 3 5 2 26 21.0 4.2 1.0 0.65 1.4 0.26 10.0 11C 17C 7C 8 12 5C 26C<br />
T. Smith 34 13 3 3 4 5 23 27.1 5.4 0.8 1.00 1.1 1.68 9.9 14 23 11 12 13T 5 28<br />
Johnson 33 7 9 3 6 2 18 26.5 3.5 4.6 0.85 2.2 0.12 9.6 9 18 6 8 8 11 21<br />
Ohlde 25 7 1 2 4 2 11 14.8 2.8 0.3 0.24 1.4 0.95 5.2 9 18 13 15 14 8 25<br />
Mazzante 32 3 3 2 1 1 14 14.0 1.3 0.5 0.32 0.3 0.10 3.4 7 14 3T 4 9 6 18<br />
Swanier 18 5 6 2 5 1 13 11.8 1.6 1.6 0.45 1.4 0.09 2.8 4C 9 4 4 5C 6C 13C<br />
Quigley 9 2 1 0 2 0 3 5.3 0.8 0.2 0.00 0.8 0.00 1.7 5 9 2C 2T 5 3 11<br />
B. Smith 17 6 1 1 3 1 4 6.9 1.7 0.1 0.10 0.3 0.14 1.0 4 6 3 5 9 2 9<br />
MERCURY 225 48 29 14 28 10 115 202.9 35.0 18.4 6.62 14.7 5.32 92.8 45 97 35 47 49 29T 115C<br />
OPPONENTS 225 49 28 13 24 9 109 202.9 37.8 17.9 7.65 13.5 4.21 89.1 42C 94 39 48 55 32 111<br />
2009 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Date Opponent W/L Team/Opp Home Road Total High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Opponent Scoring Attendance<br />
Jun 6 SAN ANTONIO W 90-79 1-0 0-0 1-0 Taurasi-25 Bonner-11 Johnson-9 Young-25 13,582<br />
Jun 10 NEW YORK W 91-84 2-0 0-0 2-0 Pondexter-26 Tied with-5 Johnson/Taurasi-5 Carson-18 5,080<br />
Jun 12 @Sacramento L 71-90 2-0 0-1 2-1 Bonner-13 Bonner-5 Pondexter-4 Powell-19 6,438<br />
Jun 13 SACRAMENTO W 115-104(OT) 3-0 0-1 3-1 Taurasi-31 T. Smith-7 Johnson-8 Powell-28 7,173<br />
Jun 17 MINNESOTA W 104-80 4-0 0-1 4-1 Taurasi-28 Bonner-10 Pondexter-9 Anosike/Houston-21 6,524<br />
Jun 19 LOS ANGELES W 89-80 5-0 0-1 5-1 Pondexter-21 T. Smith-8 Johnson-7 Lennox-16 8,255<br />
Jun 21 SEATTLE L 84-93 5-1 0-1 5-2 Taurasi-25 Pondexter-5 Pondexter-6 Jackson-25 6,181<br />
Jun 23 @San Antonio L 87-91 5-1 0-2 5-3 Pondexter-26 Taurasi-8 Johnson-5 Snell-21 6,692<br />
Jun 25 @Washington W 93-87 5-1 1-2 6-3 Pondexter-24 Bonner/T. Smith/Taurasi-8 Johnson-6 Beard-21 9,808<br />
Jun 27 @Minnesota L 80-109 5-1 1-3 6-4 DB/CP-19 Taurasi-8 CP/KS-3 Hodges/Wiggins-22 5,911<br />
Jul 1 SEATTLE W 93-81 6-1 1-3 7-4 CP/DT-22 Pondexter-11 Pondexter-8 Cash/Jackson-17 6,341<br />
Jul 5 @Los Angeles W 104-89 6-1 2-3 8-4 Pondexter-21 Bonner-10 Taurasi-6 Lennox/Thompson-17 9,872<br />
Jul 8 CHICAGO W 90-70 7-1 2-3 9-4 Taurasi-22 T. Smith-13 Pondexter-6 Dupree-22 5,597<br />
Jul 11 @Sacramento W 107-105 7-1 3-3 10-4 Pondexter-23 Bonner/Taurasi-8 Pondexter-8 Powell-23 7,798<br />
Jul 15 SACRAMENTO W 100-81 8-1 3-3 11-4 Taurasi-22 Johnson-6 Pondexter-15 Powell-23 11,590<br />
Jul 18 DETROIT W 97-90(OT) 9-1 3-3 12-4 Pondexter-26 Pondexter/Willingham-7 Pondexter-8 Smith-21 8,288<br />
Jul 22 MINNESOTA L 86-99 9-2 3-3 12-5 Pondexter-28 Bonner-10 Johnson-6 Anosike-21 7,360<br />
Jul 26 @New York W 94-88 9-2 4-3 13-5 Taurasi-34 Taurasi-13 Johnson-7 Christon-21 11,211<br />
Jul 28 @Connecticut W 95-80 9-2 5-3 14-5 Pondexter-29 T. Smith/Taurasi-9 Johnson-7 Jekabsone-Zogota-1 7,739<br />
Jul 30 @Atlanta L 76-106 9-2 5-4 14-6 T. Smith-15 Taurasi-7 Swanier-5 McCoughtry-17 7,827<br />
Aug 1 @Minnesota W 87-74 9-2 6-4 15-6 Taurasi-20 T. Smith-7 Willingham-5 Hollingsworth-17 6,631<br />
Aug 4 @Seattle W 101-90(OT) 9-2 7-4 16-6 Taurasi-19 Pondexter/T. Smith-8 Johnson-7 Wright-25 6,728<br />
Aug 8 INDIANA L 83-90 9-3 7-4 16-7 Taurasi-16 Bonner/Taurasi-5 Swanier-6 Douglas-28 9,867<br />
Aug 13 SAN ANTONIO W 95-83 10-3 7-4 17-7 Taurasi-29 Bonner/Taurasi-6 Taurasi-6 Young-29 6,522<br />
Aug 15 @San Antonio L 89-106 10-3 7-5 17-8 Taurasi-21 Bonner-5 TJ/CP-4 Young-25 8,933<br />
Aug 18 @Chicago W 106-99 10-3 8-5 18-8 Taurasi-27 Bonner-10 Taurasi-7 Ely-26 1<br />
Aug 21 WASHINGTON L 81-91 10-4 8-5 18-9 Taurasi-16 Bonner-7 Pondexter-6 Langhorne-19 9,155<br />
Aug 27 @Los Angeles W 98-90 10-4 9-5 19-9 Pondexter-26 Bonner-9 TJ/CP-6 Leslie-23 9,586<br />
Aug 29 CONNECTICUT W 95-84 11-4 9-5 20-9 Taurasi-21 Taurasi-9 Taurasi-5 Jekabsone-Zogota-2 9,977<br />
Sep 1 @Detroit L 99-101 11-4 9-6 20-10 Pondexter-25 T. Smith/Willingham7 Taurasi-6 Ford-22 5,239<br />
Sep 2 @Indiana W 106-90 11-4 10-6 21-10 Pondexter-25 Ohlde-7 Johnson-6 Catchings-27 7,446<br />
Sep 5 ATLANTA W 100-82 12-4 10-6 22-10 Bonner-20 Bonner-7 Taurasi-7 de Souza-23 10,424<br />
Sep 10 @Seattle W 92-84(OT) 12-4 11-6 23-10 Taurasi-22 Taurasi-8 Pondexter-8 Wright-24 9,089<br />
Sep 13 LOS ANGELES L 78-81 12-5 11-6 23-11 Johnson-14 Willingham-7 Taylor-4 Parker-24 12,968<br />
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HISTORY MEDIA GUIDE <strong>2012</strong><br />
The foundation of the defending champion Phoenix Mercury seemed to be rocked just prior to the start of the 2010 season when All-Star guard<br />
Cappie Pondexter requested a trade to New York after winning two championships in four years in the Valley of the Sun, but General Manager<br />
Ann Meyers Drysdale quickly reassembled the club from inside out. As part of the three-team deal involving Pondexter, the Mercury acquired<br />
All-Star forward Candice Dupree from the Chicago Sky on March 30 and two-and-a-half weeks later forward Penny Taylor and guard Temeka<br />
Johnson re-signed multi-year deals with the club. It appeared then that the two-time <strong>WNBA</strong> champions had all of the right pieces to repeat in<br />
2010.<br />
The season tipped off on May 15 when the players and coaches received their rings as part of Championship Saturday and promptly defeated<br />
Los Angeles 78-77 thanks to a pair of made free throws by Taylor with 1.5 seconds left. It was a promising start as the Mercury has made the<br />
playoffs each year it has won the season opener.<br />
After an overtime loss to Seattle a week later and a win over the relocated Tulsa Shock in the first of four record-setting matchups, the Mercury<br />
went on to win just three of its next 13 games stumbling to a 5-11 start. Similar to its two championship seasons, though, the month of July became<br />
the bright spot of the regular season and the Mercury seemed to round into championship form.<br />
Racing to a 6-3 record for the month, the league’s most potent offense averaged 105.3 points in those nine games highlighted by a <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
record seven consecutive 90-point performances and back-to-back record nights. On July 22 the Mercury scored 123 points in a win at Tulsa, a<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> record that lasted all of 48 hours. In its next game at Minnesota on July 24, the Mercury overcame a 14-point fourth quarter deficit to force<br />
overtime and eventually win 127-124 in 2OT. The 251 <strong>com</strong>bined points shattered the previous <strong>WNBA</strong> record for most points scored in a game set<br />
in 2006 during a triple overtime matchup between Phoenix (111) and Houston (110).<br />
Sandwiched between the bombshell outings was another burst of fireworks <strong>com</strong>ing in the form of a trade. After defeating the Shock on<br />
Thursday night, the Mercury acquired Tulsa forward Kara Braxton on Friday. The 6-6 forward added a physical presence that was absent from<br />
the Mercury front court and wasted no time making an impact. In her first game in front of the X-Factor on July 29, the same game Phoenix scored<br />
a <strong>WNBA</strong> record 69 first half points, Braxton poured in 20 points and grabbed six rebounds in just 18 minutes of play helping the Mercury to a<br />
110-92 win over Minnesota.<br />
An even larger factor in the club’s turnaround was the emergence of Dupree who finally caught up to the Mercury’s up-tempo pace. Through<br />
nine games in July, the 6-2 forward topped her previous season high in scoring five times, including a career-high 32 points at Minnesota, and<br />
recorded three double-doubles to average 22.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. On her way to setting a franchise record for highest field goal<br />
percentage in a season (.664), Dupree made 69.7% of her shots during the month and won her third career Player of the Week award.<br />
The momentum carried into the first week of August when the Mercury won a season-best four consecutive games to cap off nine wins in a<br />
span of 11 games and moved above .500 (14-13) for the first time since starting the year 2-1. However, injuries and the decision to rest key players<br />
for the playoffs left the club with just one win in its final seven games.<br />
Despite the 15-19 record, the Mercury still secured the second seed in the Western Conference and hosted San Antonio in the first round of<br />
the playoffs. Making the first postseason appearance of her career, Dupree led the Mercury to a Game One win with 32 points, the most ever<br />
scored by a postseason rookie. She followed that performance with a 19-point, 11-rebound double-double in Game Two to help Phoenix sweep<br />
San Antonio and advance to the Western Conference Finals.<br />
The Western Conference Finals became the matchup every <strong>WNBA</strong> fan was anticipating: the defending champion Phoenix Mercury vs. the<br />
league-leading Seattle Storm. After a hard-fought Game One loss in Seattle the Mercury was forced into its eighth must-win situation in the last<br />
three postseasons (7-0). Playing in front of a raucous US Airways Center crowd for Game Two, the home team used a 20-1 run to take a 15-point<br />
first half lead and a 48-40 advantage into the break. The Mercury led by as many as 19 in the second half and by 13 with 5:35 left in the game<br />
behind Taurasi’s game-high 28 points. The Storm took over from there, though, finishing the game on a 15-0 run capped by a Sue Bird threepointer<br />
with 2.8 seconds left to steal the 91-88 win and the series.<br />
2010 (15-19)<br />
Back Row left to right: COO Amber Cox, Basketball Communications Manager Bret Burchard, Director of Basketball Operations Bridget<br />
Pettis, Head Coach Corey Gaines, Candice Dupree, Tangela Smith, Kara Braxton, DeWanna Bonner, Brooke Smith, Assistant Coach Julie<br />
Hairgrove, President/General Manager Ann Meyers Drysdale, Equipment Manager Denise Romero, PR/CR Manager Lesley Factor<br />
Front Row left to right: Head Athletic Trainer Tamara Poole, Taylor Lilley, Ketia Swanier, Diana Taurasi, Penny Taylor, Temeka Johnson,<br />
Sequoia Holmes, Strength and Conditioning Coach Ben Hadley<br />
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Aside from the final record, the changes in personnel did not seem to slow the 2010 edition of the Phoenix Mercury. Living up to reputation,<br />
head coach Corey Gaines’ squad led the league in scoring for the fifth consecutive season with 93.9 points per game, setting a new <strong>WNBA</strong> record<br />
for the fourth time in the last five years. The league’s most potent offense eclipsed the century mark 10 times during the regular season surpassing<br />
its record set in 2009. Along with 22 <strong>WNBA</strong> and franchise single game records tied or broken in four meetings with Tulsa, Phoenix also shot<br />
a franchise best 47.3% from the field and dished out a <strong>WNBA</strong> record 20.2 assists per game.<br />
2010 MERCURY FINAL STATISTICS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Taurasi 31 31 998 212 497 .427 80 214 .374 198 217 .912 12 120 132 146 110 0 38 110 19 702 22.6<br />
Taylor 32 32 959 173 340 .509 46 104 .442 117 131 .893 32 109 141 161 88 2 47 76 9 509 15.9<br />
Dupree 34 34 1014 231 348 .664 0 1 .000 73 78 .936 75 182 257 45 84 0 35 65 28 535 15.7<br />
Bonner 32 4 813 132 284 .465 19 53 .358 100 119 .840 67 129 196 40 58 0 22 41 37 383 12.0<br />
Braxton (TOT) 35 16 593 146 283 .516 1 4 .250 55 81 .679 55 108 163 45 91 0 33 93 22 348 9.9<br />
Braxton (PHO) 13 0 224 56 103 .544 0 0 --- 32 45 .711 28 34 62 16 36 0 8 27 5 144 11.1<br />
T. Smith 34 34 992 118 299 .395 51 147 .347 27 36 .750 33 144 177 30 116 5 23 37 29 314 9.2<br />
Johnson 34 34 928 122 297 .411 30 97 .309 39 49 .796 19 89 108 160 84 0 32 69 7 313 9.2<br />
Lilley 21 1 227 23 58 .397 14 43 .326 10 11 .909 3 15 18 15 18 0 11 16 1 70 3.3<br />
Ohlde 20 0 222 23 52 .442 0 0 --- 14 23 .609 7 30 37 10 32 0 3 15 8 60 3.0<br />
Swanier 32 0 322 36 92 .391 12 31 .387 11 21 .524 5 33 38 53 21 0 11 41 1 95 3.0<br />
B. Smith 16 0 131 17 23 .739 0 0 --- 6 7 .857 6 23 29 4 16 1 1 3 4 40 2.5<br />
Holmes 15 0 119 8 39 .205 0 11 .000 11 15 .733 8 12 20 6 16 0 6 10 0 27 1.8<br />
MERCURY 34 - 6950 1151 2432 .473 252 701 .359 638 752 .848 295 920 1215 686 679 8 237 519 148 3192 93.9<br />
OPPONENTS 34 - 6950 1186 2605 .455 245 670 .366 571 769 .743 397 883 1280 729 673 3 303 445 115 3188 93.8<br />
CAREER HIGHS<br />
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AVERAGE PER GAME (C=Set/T=Tied this season)<br />
PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS<br />
Taurasi 49 7 11 4 11 2 44 32.2 4.3 4.7 1.23 3.5 0.61 22.6 17 33T 17 18 13 11C 47<br />
Taylor 51 11 8 5 7 2 31 30.0 4.4 5.0 1.47 2.4 0.28 15.9 13 23 14 15 11T 8T 33<br />
Dupree 52 16 4 4 8 3 32 29.8 7.6 1.3 1.03 1.9 0.82 15.7 13C 26 10 12 20 7 32C<br />
Bonner 37 13 5 3 5 3 24 25.4 6.1 1.3 0.69 1.3 1.16 12.0 9C 16C 9T 11T 13C 5C 24C<br />
Braxton (TOT) 24 10 4 5 6 4 20 16.9 4.7 1.3 0.94 2.7 0.63 9.9 12 19C 8 11 13 4T 26<br />
Braxton (PHO) 24 8 3 1 5 1 20 17.2 4.8 1.2 0.62 2.1 0.38 11.1<br />
T. Smith 41 10 3 3 3 3 21 29.2 5.2 0.9 0.68 1.1 0.85 9.2 14 23 11 12 13 5 28<br />
Johnson 35 7 12 4 5 2 23 27.3 3.2 4.7 0.94 2.0 0.21 9.2 10C 18 6T 8 8 12C 23C<br />
Lilley 37 4 4 2 4 1 14 10.8 0.9 0.7 0.52 0.8 0.05 3.3 5C 11C 4C 5C 4C 4C 14C<br />
Ohlde 22 8 3 1 3 2 11 11.1 1.9 0.5 0.15 0.8 0.40 3.0 9 18 13 15 14 8 25<br />
Swanier 26 4 6 1 4 1 17 10.1 1.2 1.7 0.34 1.3 0.03 3.0 7C 11C 4 5C 5 6T 17C<br />
B. Smith 29 7 1 1 1 3 10 8.2 1.8 0.3 0.06 0.2 0.25 2.5 5C 6 3 5 9 2 10C<br />
Holmes 25 4 2 1 2 0 8 7.9 1.3 0.4 0.40 0.7 0.00 1.8 4 8T 4T 6C 7 4 8T<br />
MERCURY 275 45 30 14 24 9 127 204.4 35.7 20.2 6.97 15.3 4.35 93.9 47C 98C 35 47 49 30C 127C<br />
OPPONENTS 275 57 27 17 19 8 124 204.4 37.6 21.4 8.91 13.1 3.38 93.8 43C 100C 39 48 57C 32 124C<br />
2010 SEASON GAME-BY-GAME<br />
Date Opponent W/L Team/Opp Home Road Total High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Opponent Scoring Attendance<br />
May 15 LOS ANGELES W 78-77 1-0 0-0 1-0 Dupree-17 Dupree-10 Johnson/Taurasi-3 Parker-24 14,772<br />
May 22 SEATTLE L 89-95(OT) 1-1 0-0 1-1 Bonner-24 Bonner-12 Johnson/Taylor-5 Jackson-25 10,144<br />
May 25 @Tulsa W 110-96 1-1 1-0 2-1 Taurasi-35 Dupree-14 Taylor-7 Holt-20 4,100<br />
May 28 ATLANTA L 93-96 1-2 1-0 2-2 Taurasi-30 Bonner-13 Taylor-7 McCoughtry-28 7,986<br />
Jun 1 @Minnesota L 82-92 1-2 1-1 2-3 Taurasi-21 Dupree-9 Johnson-5 Wright-32 6,854<br />
Jun 4 LOS ANGELES W 90-89 2-2 1-1 3-3 Bonner-24 Dupree-8 Johnson-5 Parker-26 6,485<br />
Jun 6 @Seattle L 74-97 2-2 1-2 3-4 Bonner/Lilley-12 T. Smith-8 Taylor-6 Cash/Jackson/Little-16 7,827<br />
Jun 8 @Los Angeles L 91-92 2-2 1-3 3-5 Taurasi-21 T. Smith-9 Johnson/Taylor-7 Parker-22 7,993<br />
Jun 10 MINNESOTA W 99-88 3-2 1-3 4-5 Taurasi-31 Dupree-8 Johnson-10 Wright-21 5,506<br />
Jun 12 TULSA W 116-84 4-2 1-3 5-5 Dupree/Taurasi-18 Bonner-7 Taylor-8 Crossley-17 6,580<br />
Jun 18 SAN ANTONIO L 105-108 4-3 1-3 5-6 Taurasi-39 Dupree-11 Johnson/Taurasi-7 Young-25 6,147<br />
Jun 20 CONNECTICUT L 94-96 4-4 1-3 5-7 Taurasi-24 Ohlde-7 Taylor-4 Charles-24 6,068<br />
Jun 25 @Connecticut L 79-82 4-4 1-4 5-8 Taurasi-26 Bonner-10 Taurasi-6 Charles-19 9,518<br />
Jun 27 @Washington L 85-95 4-4 1-5 5-9 Taurasi-18 Dupree-9 Taylor-5 Langhorne-31 7,547<br />
Jun 29 @Atlanta L 88-94 4-4 1-6 5-10 Taylor-31 Bonner-9 Johnson-12 McCoughtry-18 4,073<br />
Jul 1 WASHINGTON L 104-107 4-5 1-6 5-11 Dupree/Taylor-23 Dupree-9 Johnson-11 K. Smith-25 5,509<br />
Jul 3 NEW YORK W 97-82 5-5 1-6 6-11 Dupree-24 T. Smith-10 Taurasi-5 Pondexter-21 6,780<br />
Jul 6 @Los Angeles W 98-89 5-5 2-6 7-11 Taurasi-30 Dupree-12 Taurasi-7 Milton-Jones-20 8,336<br />
Jul 14 SEATTLE L 107-111(3OT) 5-6 2-6 7-12 Taurasi-44 Dupree-14 Taurasi/Taylor-5 Jackson-31 13,508<br />
Jul 17 TULSA W 97-88 6-6 2-6 8-12 Taylor-29 Taurasi-7 Taurasi-8 Robinson-15 8,564<br />
Jul 22 @Tulsa W 123-91 6-6 3-6 9-12 Taurasi-26 Ohlde-8 Johnson-7 Braxton-18 3,333<br />
Jul 24 @Minnesota W 127-124(2OT) 6-6 4-6 10-12 Dupree-32 Dupree-16 Johnson-9 Augustus-36 8,518<br />
Jul 27 @Seattle L 85-91 6-6 4-7 10-13 Taurasi-27 Taylor-7 Taurasi/Taylor-6 Jackson-33 8,044<br />
Jul 29 MINNESOTA W 110-92 7-6 4-7 11-13 Taylor-22 Dupree-8 Johnson/T. Smith-8 Houston-26 7,037<br />
Aug 1 CHICAGO W 97-96 8-6 4-7 12-13 Taurasi-35 DB/KB/CD-6 Taurasi-11 Fowles-35 11,237<br />
Aug 3 @San Antonio W 103-92 8-6 5-7 13-13 Dupree-24 Dupree-12 Taurasi-10 Young-24 6,116<br />
Aug 6 SAN ANTONIO W 103-87 9-6 5-7 14-13 T. Smith/Taylor-18 Braxton-7 Taylor-8 Hammon-21 12,909<br />
Aug 8 INDIANA L 82-104 9-7 5-7 14-14 Taurasi-21 Dupree-6 Taurasi-7 Douglas-28 10,995<br />
Aug 10 @Chicago L 82-91 9-7 5-8 14-15 Taurasi-28 T. Smith-10 Taylor-7 Fowles-24 4,089<br />
Aug 13 @Indiana L 90-110 9-7 5-9 14-16 Johnson-23 Braxton/Taylor-6 Taurasi-4 Catchings-29 10,002<br />
Aug 14 @New York L 69-107 9-7 5-10 14-17 Bonner-20 Braxton/Dupree-8 Johnson-4 Pondexter-28 9,645<br />
Aug 17 @Los Angeles W 90-84 9-7 6-10 15-17 Braxton-16 Dupree/Taylor-11 Taylor-7 Thompson-33 8,817<br />
Aug 20 SEATTLE L 73-78 9-8 6-10 15-18 Braxton-15 Bonner-7 Bonner-4 Cash-13 12,459<br />
Aug 22 @San Antonio L 82-83 9-8 6-11 15-19 Bonner-20 Bonner-12 DB/TL/KS-3 Hammon-30 8,331<br />
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MONIQUE AMBERS - 42<br />
6’4” - FORWARD - 169 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: DECEMBER 21, 1970 - ARIZONA STATE ’93<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 19 85 4 9 .444 6 15 .400 10 10 20 4 0 2 7 14 1.1 0.2 0.7<br />
TOTALS 19 85 4 9 .444 6 15 .400 10 10 20 4 0 2 7 14 1.1 0.2 0.7<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-0 (.000)<br />
MARLIES ASKAMP - 14<br />
6’5” - FORWARD - 198 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 7, 1970 - GERMANY<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 28 517 70 178 .393 71 93 .763 66 80 146 23 21 9 46 211 5.2 0.8 7.5<br />
1998 PHOENIX 26 319 49 104 .471 41 62 .661 36 49 85 12 12 7 22 139 3.3 0.5 5.3<br />
1999 PHOENIX 30 781 95 197 .482 93 114 .816 92 123 215 25 22 18 37 283 7.2 0.8 9.4<br />
TOTALS 84 1617 214 479 .447 205 269 .762 194 252 446 60 55 34 105 633 5.0 0.7 7.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-1 (.000); 1998, 0-0 (.000); 1999, 0-2 (.000). TOTAL, 0-3 (.000)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 1 19 2 6 .333 5 5 1.00 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 9 2.0 1.0 9.0<br />
1998 PHOENIX 5 36 4 10 .400 1 4 .250 3 9 12 1 0 1 3 9 2.4 0.2 1.8<br />
TOTALS 6 55 6 16 .375 6 9 .667 4 10 14 2 0 2 3 18 2.3 0.3 3.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-0 (.000); 1998, 0-0 (.000). TOTAL, 0-0 (.000)<br />
ANGELA AYCOCK - 23<br />
6’2” - GUARD/FORWARD - 170 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 28, 1973 - KANSAS ’95<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 PHOENIX 8 30 0 4 .000 4 4 1.00 0 1 1 3 2 0 6 4 0.1 0.4 0.5<br />
TOTALS 8 30 0 4 .000 4 4 1.00 0 1 1 3 2 0 6 4 0.1 0.4 0.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 0-3 (.000)<br />
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QUACY BARNES - 42<br />
6’5” - CENTER - 185 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: SEPTEMBER 26, 1976 - INDIANA ’98<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 SACRAMENTO 17 90 6 15 .400 4 11 .364 5 3 8 2 1 6 9 16 0.5 0.1 0.9<br />
2000 SEATTLE 31 705 89 213 .418 30 56 .536 27 57 84 33 19 33 62 209 2.7 1.1 6.7<br />
2001 SEATTLE 20 229 23 59 .390 21 27 .778 14 20 34 11 9 6 16 68 1.7 0.7 3.4<br />
2002 PHOENIX 2 13 0 7 .000 3 4 .750 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0.5 0.0 1.5<br />
TOTALS 70 1039 118 294 .401 58 98 .592 46 81 127 46 30 47 87 296 1.8 0.7 4.2<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 0-0 (.000); 2000, 1-9 (.111); 2001, 1-1 (1.00); 2002, 0-0 (.000); TOTALS, 2-10 (.200)<br />
RYNELDI BECENTI - 4<br />
5’6” - GUARD - 140 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 11, 1971 - ARIZONA STATE ’93<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 1 8 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 0.8 0.0<br />
TOTALS 1 8 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 0.8 0.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-0 (.000)<br />
SUSANNA BONFIGLIO - 53<br />
5’8” - GUARD - 145 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: SEPTEMBER 8, 1974 - ITALY<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2002 PHOENIX 22 306 43 89 .483 19 25 .760 16 21 37 23 35 0 18 105 1.7 1.0 4.8<br />
TOTALS 22 306 43 89 .483 19 25 .760 16 21 37 23 35 0 18 105 1.7 1.0 4.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2002, 0-6 (.000). TOTAL, 0-6 (.000)<br />
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KARA BRAXTON – 45<br />
6’6” – FORWARD/CENTER – 225 LBS – BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 18, 1983 – GEORGIA ’05<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2005 DETROIT 33 455 97 210 .462 0 1 .000 33 60 .550 42 58 100 3.0 14 0.4 78 0 18 13 227 6.9<br />
2006 DETROIT 34 360 58 143 .406 0 2 .000 30 48 .625 42 75 117 3.4 26 0.8 83 1 11 11 146 4.3<br />
2007 DETROIT 31 545 84 188 .447 0 0 — 39 58 .672 54 112 166 5.4 16 0.5 91 2 14 16 207 6.7<br />
2008 DETROIT 33 590 107 258 .415 0 2 .000 81 109 .743 48 120 168 5.1 27 0.8 84 1 14 24 295 8.9<br />
2009 DETROIT 28 504 106 201 .527 0 0 — 40 62 .645 66 101 167 6.0 41 1.5 79 0 19 18 252 9.0<br />
2010 TUL.-PHO. 35 593 146 283 .516 1 4 .250 55 81 .679 55 108 163 4.7 45 1.3 91 0 33 22 348 9.9<br />
2011 PHO.-N.Y. 31 522 104 203 .512 5 11 .455 29 52 .558 46 82 128 4.1 34 1.1 85 0 20 20 242 7.8<br />
TOTALS 225 3570 7021486 .472 6 20 .300 307470.653 353 6561009 4.5 203 0.9 591 4 129 124 1717 7.6<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> PLAYOFF RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2005 DETROIT 2 36 5 18 .278 0 0 — 5 6 .833 4 3 7 3.5 2 1.0 5 0 0 0 15 7.5<br />
2006 DETROIT 10 123 22 52 .423 0 0 — 6 11 .545 8 20 28 2.8 6 0.6 27 0 8 4 50 5.0<br />
2007 DETROIT 11 170 30 64 .469 0 1 .000 17 24 .708 21 39 60 5.5 5 0.5 29 0 3 8 77 7.0<br />
2008 DETROIT 9 180 32 64 .500 0 0 — 13 20 .650 20 28 48 5.3 9 1.0 22 0 4 5 77 8.6<br />
2009 DETROIT 5 96 20 37 .541 0 0 — 8 14 .571 12 22 34 6.8 7 1.4 10 0 4 7 48 9.6<br />
2010 TUL.-PHO. 4 53 16 27 .593 1 1 1.000 3 7 .429 4 6 10 2.5 3 0.8 7 0 1 1 36 9.0<br />
2011 PHO.-N.Y. 3 48 7 14 .500 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 4 9 13 4.3 5 1.7 8 0 1 1 15 5.0<br />
TOTALS 44 706 132 276 .478 1 3 .333 53 83 .639 73 127 200 4.5 37 0.8 108 0 21 26 318 7.2<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2006 DETROIT 5 79 12 26 .462 0 0 — 5 9 .556 5 8 13 2.6 3 0.6 15 0 5 2 29 5.8<br />
2007 DETROIT 5 75 16 38 .421 0 0 — 9 11 .818 15 19 34 6.8 4 0.8 8 0 0 3 41 8.2<br />
2008 DETROIT 3 66 15 29 .517 0 0 — 1 4 .250 7 10 17 5.7 4 1.3 7 0 3 2 31 10.3<br />
TOTALS 13 221 43 93 .462 0 0 — 15 24 .625 27 37 64 4.9 11 0.8 30 0 8 7 101 7.8<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL-STAR GAME RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 DETROIT 1 12 2 7 .286 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 2 4 4.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 4 4.0<br />
TOTALS 1 12 2 7 .286 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 2 4 4.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 4 4.0<br />
EDWINA BROWN - 24<br />
5’9” - GUARD - 163 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JULY 1, 1978 - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ’00<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 DETROIT 32 619 60 168 .357 67 80 .838 36 52 88 72 24 5 68 188 2.8 2.3 5.9<br />
2001 DETROIT 32 800 85 232 .366 47 60 .783 31 70 101 87 33 7 68 237 3.2 2.7 7.4<br />
2002 DETROIT 28 549 43 131 .328 23 32 .719 28 53 81 59 25 7 60 115 2.9 2.1 4.1<br />
2003 PHOENIX 34 524 41 152 .270 36 44 .818 29 42 71 62 30 7 47 118 2.1 1.8 3.5<br />
TOTALS 126 2493229-683.335173-216.800124-217 341 280 115 26 243 658 2.7 2.2 5.2<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL: 2000, 1-4 (.250); 2001, 20-53 (.377); 2002, 6-12 (.500); 2003, 0-3 (.000); TOTAL, 27-68 (.397)<br />
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EDNA CAMPBELL - 12<br />
5’8” - GUARD - 150 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: NOVEMBER 26, 1968 - TEXAS ’91<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 PHOENIX 28 750 95 261 .364 40 56 .714 11 42 53 37 25 10 48 268 1.9 1.3 9.6<br />
TOTALS 28 750 95 261 .364 40 56 .714 11 42 53 37 25 10 48 268 1.9 1.3 9.6<br />
THREE POINT FIELD GOAL: 1999, 38-101 (.376)<br />
MICHELLE CLEARY - 4<br />
5’6” - GUARD - 126 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JULY 16, 1974 - AUSTRALIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 PHOENIX 24 509 14 45 .311 19 27 .704 12 25 37 77 34 2 14 57 1.5 3.2 2.4<br />
2001 PHOENIX 4 49 0 3 .000 2 2 1.00 2 1 3 9 2 0 3 2 0.8 2.3 0.5<br />
TOTALS 28 558 14 48 .292 21 29 .724 14 26 40 86 36 2 17 59 1.4 3.1 3.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 10-30 (.333); 2001, 0-2 (.000); TOTALS, 10-32 (.313)<br />
KAYTE CHRISTENSEN - 20<br />
6’3” - GUARD 170 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: NOVEMBER 16, 1980 - UCSB ’02<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2002 PHOENIX 30 413 48 95 .505 24 35 .686 39 41 80 15 24 13 32 120 2.7 0.5 4.0<br />
2003 PHOENIX 30 659 78 161 .484 50 83 .602 61 65 126 16 24 25 39 206 4.2 0.5 6.9<br />
2004 PHOENIX 32 407 19 49 .388 12 19 .632 27 42 69 23 21 7 26 50 2.2 0.7 1.6<br />
2005 PHOENIX 11 108 7 15 .467 4 7 .571 9 13 22 7 7 5 10 18 2.0 0.6 1.6<br />
TOTALS 103 1587 152 320 .475 90 144 .625 136 161 297 61 77 41 107 394 2.9 0.6 3.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2002, 0-1 (.000); TOTALS: 0-1 (.000)<br />
WILLNETT CROCKETT – 4<br />
6’2” – FORWARD – 215 LBS – BIRTHDATE: JULY 5, 1984 – CONNECTICUT ’06<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 PHOENIX 5 41 3 8 .375 0 0 — 3 5 .600 4 7 11 2.2 0 0.0 14 1 4 1 1 9 1.8<br />
TOTALS 5 41 3 8 .375 0 0 — 3 5 .600 4 7 11 2.2 0 0.0 14 1 4 1 1 9 1.8<br />
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JAY CROSS - 6<br />
5’8” - GUARD 150 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 20, 1976 - AUSTRALIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2001 DETROIT 29 625 55 142 .387 26 36 .722 20 43 63 74 31 8 53 169 2.2 2.6 5.8<br />
2004 PHOENIX 13 128 6 18 .333 5 7 .714 5 8 13 12 5 2 7 20 1.0 0.9 1.5<br />
2004 DET/PHX 18 143 6 18 .333 8 11 .727 5 9 14 13 5 2 9 23 0.8 0.7 1.3<br />
TOTALS 47 768 61 160 .381 34 -47 .723 25 52 77 87 36 10 62 192 1.6 1.9 4.1<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2001, 33-88 (.375); 2004, 6-18 (.333). TOTALS, 39-106 (.368)<br />
GRACE DALEY – 11<br />
5’6” GUARD 147 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JUNE 26, 1978 TULANE ’00<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 MINNESOTA 30 577 57 147 .388 42 65 .646 32 40 72 57 12 0 50 173 2.4 1.9 5.8<br />
2001 NEW YORK 15 66 10 21 .476 5 9 .556 3 5 8 10 8 1 7 25 0.5 0.7 1.7<br />
2002 HOUSTON 23 185 16 37 .432 29 47 .617 13 10 23 16 3 1 17 63 1.0 0.7 2.7<br />
2003 PHOENIX 3 28 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 1 1 2 3 0 1 3 2 0.7 1.0 0.7<br />
TOTALS 71 856 84 210 .400 76 121 .628 49 56 105 86 23 3 77 263 1.5 1.2 3.7<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 17-56 (.304); 2001, 0-5 (.000); 2002, 2-8 (.250); 2003, 0-2 (.000). TOTALS, 19-71 (.268)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2001 NEW YORK 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
2002 HOUSTON 1 7 0 2 .000 2 2 1.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0.0 2.0<br />
TOTALS 2 8 0 2 .000 2 2 1.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2.0 0.0 2.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2001, 0-0 (.000); 2002, 0-0 (.000). TOTALS, 0-0 (.000).<br />
CLARISSA DAVIS-WRIGHTSIL - 24<br />
6’1” - FORWARD - 165 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: MAY 6, 1967 - TEXAS ’89<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 PHOENIX 14 259 52 120 .433 16 24 .667 15 23 38 20 12 4 22 130 2.7 1.4 9.3<br />
TOTALS 14 259 52 120 .433 16 24 .667 15 23 38 20 12 4 22 130 2.7 1.4 9.3<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999,10-33 (.303)<br />
ANNA DEFORGE - 30<br />
5’10” - GUARD 160 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: APRIL 14, 1976 - NEBRASKA ’98<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 DETROIT 27 433 51 126 .405 25 32 .781 9 38 47 47 27 4 33 145 1.7 1.7 5.4<br />
2003 PHOENIX 34 1065 147 357 .412 50 69 .725 32 73 105 72 51 12 53 405 3.1 2.1 11.9<br />
2004 PHOENIX 34 1152 165 396 .417 88 102 .863 23 100 123 107 51 8 68 488 3.6 3.1 14.4<br />
2005 PHOENIX 33 1131 142 364 .390 102 120 .850 31 83 114 80 41 7 81 433 3.5 2.4 13.1<br />
TOTALS 128 3781 505 1243 .406 265 323 .820 95 294 398 306 170 31 235 1471 3.0 2.3 11.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS:2000, 18-56 (.321); 2003, 61-148 (.412); 2004, 70-181 (.387); 2005, 47-144 (.326); TOTALS, 196-529 (.371)<br />
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JEN DEREVJANIK – 24<br />
5’10” – GUARD – 140 LBS – BIRTHDATE: MARCH 29, 1982 – GEORGE MASON ’04<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2004 CONN. 23 140 7 26 .269 3 12 .250 2 2 1.000 1 8 9 0.4 14 0.6 20 0 8 10 0 19 0.8<br />
2005 CONN. 34 359 8 22 .364 1 7 .143 7 16 .438 10 20 30 0.9 40 1.2 47 0 11 26 2 24 0.7<br />
2006 PHOENIX 31 467 38 75 .507 4 15 .267 16 26 .615 11 46 57 1.8 68 2.2 42 0 23 25 7 96 3.1<br />
2007 PHOENIX 23 200 13 30 .433 1 10 .100 9 11 .818 5 18 23 1.0 24 1.0 18 0 6 16 1 36 1.6<br />
2008 PHOENIX 17 145 5 19 .263 1 8 .125 3 4 .750 5 12 17 1.0 27 1.6 17 0 2 10 4 14 0.8<br />
TOTALS 128 1311 71 172 .413 10 52 .192 37 59 .627 32 104 136 1.1 173 1.4 144 0 50 87 14 189 1.5<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2004 CONN. 1 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
2005 CONN. 8 82 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 1 3 4 0.5 14 1.8 4 0 5 6 0 6 0.8<br />
2007 PHOENIX 1 2 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 10 85 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 1 3 4 0.4 14 1.4 4 0 5 6 0 6 0.6<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2005 CONN. 4 56 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 0 2 2 0.5 5 1.3 2 0 4 5 0 6 1.5<br />
2007 PHOENIX 1 2 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 5 58 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 0 2 2 0.4 5 1.0 2 0 4 5 0 6 1.2<br />
TONYA EDWARDS - 13<br />
5’10” - GUARD - 160 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: MARCH 13, 1968 - TENNESSEE ’90<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 MINNESOTA 32 1,031 165 462 .357 79 98 .806 15 97 112 84 27 13 68 475 3.5 2.6 14.8<br />
2000 PHOENIX 32 926 112 298 .376 79 101 .782 19 57 76 58 36 9 63 338 2.4 1.8 10.6<br />
2001 PHX-CHAR 32 580 60 171 .351 64 84 .762 16 46 62 48 19 7 62 194 1.9 1.5 6.1<br />
TOTALS 96 2,537 337 931 .362 222 283 .785 50 200 250 190 82 29 193 1,007 2.6 2.0 10.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 66-192 (.344); 2000, 35-114 (.307); 2001, 10-36 (.278); TOTALS 111-342 (.325)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 PHOENIX 2 61 5 20 .250 4 6 .667 1 5 6 5 4 0 2 17 30 2.5 8.5<br />
TOTALS 2 61 5 20 .250 4 6 .667 1 5 6 5 4 0 2 17 30 2.5 8.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 3-13 (.231)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL-STAR STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 WEST 1 15 3-8 .375 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 7 1.0 1.0 7.0<br />
TOTALS 1 15 3 8 .375 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 7 1.0 1.0 7.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 1-4 (.250)<br />
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TRISHA FALLON - 9<br />
6’5” - CENTER - 185 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: SEPTEMBER 26, 1976 - INDIANA ’98<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 MINNESOTA 26 281 24 80 .300 23 31 .742 9 13 22 22 11 6 16 77 0.8 0.8 3.0<br />
2000 PHOENIX DID NOT PLAY<br />
2001 PHOENIX 31 841 127 259 .490 53 65 .815 35 42 77 33 35 12 47 322 2.5 1.1 10.4<br />
2002 PHOENIX DID NOT PLAY<br />
TOTALS 57 1122 151 339 .445 76 96 .792 44 55 99 55 46 18 63 399 1.7 1.0 7.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 6-17 (.353); 2001, 15-37 (.405); TOTALS, 21-54 (.389)<br />
BARBARA FARRIS – 54<br />
6’3” – FORWARD/CENTER – 195 LBS – BIRTHDATE: SEPTEMBER 10, 1976 – TULANE ’98<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2000 DETROIT 14 130 15 30 .500 0 1 .000 15 27 .556 16 16 32 2.3 2 0.1 30 0 6 14 1 45 3.2<br />
2001 DETROIT 31 559 46 98 .469 0 0 — 37 58 .638 41 68 109 3.5 16 0.5 68 1 7 30 5 129 4.2<br />
2002 DETROIT 32 564 49 117 .419 0 1 .000 45 61 .738 29 65 94 2.9 16 0.5 62 0 12 38 9 143 4.5<br />
2003 DETROIT 34 522 43 99 .434 0 0 — 41 63 .651 29 53 82 2.4 23 0.7 62 0 10 41 4 127 3.7<br />
2004 DETROIT 26 422 41 80 .513 0 0 — 36 54 .667 28 33 61 2.3 7 0.3 46 0 8 26 2 118 4.5<br />
2005 DETROIT 34 444 25 73 .342 0 0 — 33 54 .611 31 53 84 2.5 19 0.6 55 0 8 43 1 83 2.4<br />
2006 NEW YORK 34 944 95 221 .430 0 3 .000 71 98 .724 56 122 178 5.2 51 1.5 105 1 21 65 5 261 7.7<br />
2007 NEW YORK 28 237 20 58 .345 0 0 — 13 16 .813 16 27 43 1.5 13 0.5 32 0 6 19 1 53 1.9<br />
2008 PHOENIX 34 553 44 93 .473 0 0 — 30 43 .698 38 92 130 3.8 8 0.2 87 0 20 35 4 118 3.5<br />
TOTALS 267 4374 378 869 .435 0 5 .000 321474 .677 284 529 813 3.0 155 0.6 547 2 98 311 32 1077 4.0<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2003 DETROIT 8 133 10 25 .400 0 1 .000 11 17 .647 8 12 20 2.5 4 0.5 14 0 1 10 0 31 3.9<br />
2004 DETROIT 3 78 6 17 .353 0 0 — 6 8 .750 8 7 15 5.0 2 0.7 5 0 1 5 0 18 6.0<br />
2005 DETROIT 2 12 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 1 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
2007 NEW YORK 3 12 3 5 .600 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0 0 2 0 6 2.0<br />
TOTALS 16 235 19 48 .396 0 1 .000 17 25 .680 16 20 36 2.3 6 0.4 22 0 2 17 0 55 3.4<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2003 DETROIT 3 42 2 7 .286 0 0 — 4 4 1.000 2 5 7 2.3 3 1.0 4 0 0 5 0 8 2.7<br />
TOTALS 3 42 2 7 .286 0 0 — 4 41.000 2 5 7 2.3 3 1.0 4 0 0 5 0 8 2.7<br />
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MARIE FERDINAND-HARRIS – 9<br />
5’9” – GUARD – 162 LBS – BIRTHDATE: OCTOBER 13, 1978 – LOUISANA STATE ’01<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2001 UTAH 32 864 143 290 .493 11 42 .262 69 113 .611 23 63 86 2.7 79 2.5 70 1 40 4 366 11.4<br />
2002 UTAH 32 1065 176 371 .474 5 34 .147 132 171 .772 19 88 107 3.3 91 2.8 86 0 51 7 489 15.3<br />
2003 SAN ANT. 34 1116 139 384 .362 16 52 .308 176 223 .789 28 99 127 3.7 90 2.6 87 0 58 6 470 13.8<br />
2004 SAN ANT. 17 509 67 162 .414 10 27 .370 55 64 .859 18 36 54 3.2 29 1.7 34 0 32 2 199 11.7<br />
2005 SAN ANT. 31 999 132 358 .369 20 65 .308 104 134 .776 40 76 116 3.7 68 2.2 74 0 46 5 388 12.5<br />
2007 SAN ANT. 34 481 61 170 .359 6 27 .222 36 40 .900 33 48 81 2.4 28 0.8 55 0 19 3 164 4.8<br />
2008 L.A. 33 680 91 246 .370 12 44 .273 82 92 .891 30 55 85 2.6 43 1.3 71 0 25 4 276 8.4<br />
2009 L.A. 28 339 58 135 .430 4 22 .182 31 37 .838 17 24 41 1.5 24 0.9 44 1 15 2 151 5.4<br />
2010 L.A. 30 728 101 247 .409 14 48 .292 52 62 .839 19 61 80 2.7 37 1.2 64 0 26 5 268 8.9<br />
2011 PHOENIX 34 593 87 260 .335 18 54 .333 38 39 .974 14 37 51 1.5 39 1.1 61 0 19 7 230 6.8<br />
TOTALS 305 7373 10552623.402 116 415 .280 775975.795 241 587 828 2.7 528 1.7 646 2 331 45 3001 9.8<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> PLAYOFF RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2001 UTAH 2 69 7 16 .438 0 2 .000 15 18 .833 2 6 8 4.0 7 3.5 4 0 3 0 29 14.5<br />
2002 UTAH 5 186 25 56 .446 1 5 .200 23 34 .676 4 18 22 4.4 13 2.6 16 0 10 0 74 14.8<br />
2007 SAN ANT. 5 71 11 26 .423 0 2 .000 11 13 .846 7 12 19 3.8 6 1.2 7 0 10 0 33 6.6<br />
2008 L.A. 6 111 15 39 .385 4 11 .364 11 12 .917 5 10 15 2.5 11 1.8 8 0 2 0 45 7.5<br />
2009 L.A. 2 14 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 1.0 0 0.0 2 0 1 0 5 2.5<br />
2010 L.A. 2 65 9 23 .391 3 7 .429 4 4 1.000 2 2 4 2.0 1 0.5 6 0 3 0 25 12.5<br />
2011 PHOENIX 4 49 8 22 .364 2 4 .500 5 5 1.000 3 3 6 1.5 3 0.8 6 0 2 1 23 5.8<br />
TOTALS 26 565 76 186 .409 11 33 .333 71 88 .807 24 52 76 2.9 41 1.6 49 0 31 1 234 9.0<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL-STAR GAME RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2002 UTAH 1 9 1 3 .333 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0<br />
2003 SAN ANT. 1 19 3 7 .429 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 1 1.0 4 0 2 0 6 6.0<br />
2005 SAN ANT. 1 13 5 8 .625 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 0 2 0 10 10.0<br />
TOTALS 3 41 9 18 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 3 1.0 5 0 4 0 18 6.0<br />
TONI FOSTER - 0<br />
6’1” - FORWARD/CENTER - 175 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: OCTOBER 16, 1971 - IOWA ’92<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 28 736 94 201 .468 57 81 .704 64 108 172 27 53 21 53 246 6.1 1.0 8.8<br />
1998 PHOENIX 16 218 28 60 .467 23 30 .767 10 20 30 19 14 5 15 79 1.9 1.2 4.9<br />
1999 PHOENIX 10 42 7 12 .583 11 16 .688 4 4 8 1 0 1 4 25 0.8 0.1 2.5<br />
TOTALS 54 996 129 273 .473 91 127 .717 78 132 210 47 67 27 72 350 3.9 0.9 6.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 1-6 (.167); 1998, 0-0 (.000); 1999, 0-0 (.000); TOTAL 1-6 (.167)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 1 29 3 9 .333 1 2 .500 2 3 5 1 3 0 1 7 5.0 1.0 7.0<br />
1998 PHOENIX 6 50 3 10 .300 4 4 1.0 3 5 8 5 4 0 2 10 1.3 1.0 1.7<br />
TOTALS 7 79 6 19 .316 5 6 .833 5 8 13 6 7 0 3 17 1.9 0.9 1.4<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-0 (.000); 1998, 0-0 (.000); TOTALS 0-0 (.000)<br />
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JENNIFER GILLOM - 22<br />
6’3” - GUARD - 180 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JUNE 13, 1964 - MISSISSIPPI ’86<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS –AVERAGES–<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OR-DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 28 874 163-376 .434 94-121 .777 45-106 151 21 37 15 58 440 5.4 0.8 15.7<br />
1998 PHOENIX 30 962 228-492 .463 137-195 .703 62-157 219 42 50 10 89 624 7.3 1.7 20.8<br />
1999 PHOENIX 32 1095 163-428 .381 141-177 .797 53-131 184 54 37 7 87 485 5.8 1.7 15.2<br />
2000 PHOENIX 30 826 139-316 .440 79-106 .745 31-85 116 45 21 29 59 376 3.9 1.5 12.5<br />
2001 PHOENIX 32 858 150-355 .423 71-96 .740 36-91 127 35 31 19 71 395 4.0 1.1 12.3<br />
2002 PHOENIX 31 874 166-400 .415 105-131 .802 36-80 116 37 29 21 61 473 3.7 1.2 15.3<br />
TOTALS 183 5489 1009-2367.426 627-826 .759 263-650 913 234 205 101 425 2793 5.0 1.3 15.3<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 20-65 (.308); 1998, 31-82 (.378); 1999, 18-72 (.250); 2000, 19-69 (.275); 2001, 24-70 (.343); 2002, 36-<br />
93 (.387). TOTALS, 148-451 (.328).<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS –AVERAGES–<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OR-DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 1 31 4-11 .364 0-0 .000 2-5 7 1 2 0 2 9 7.0 1.0 9.0<br />
1998 PHOENIX 6 214 36-95 .379 22-26 .846 8-39 47 2 8 7 17 102 7.8 0.3 17.0<br />
1999 PHOENIX 2 64 10-20 .500 5-10 .500 1-3 4 2 1 5 4 26 2.0 1.0 13.0<br />
TOTALS 9 309 50-136 .368 27-36 .750 11-47 58 5 11 12 23 137 6.4 0.6 15.2<br />
Three-Point Field Goals: 1997, 1-3 (.333); 1998, 8-16 (.500); 2000, 1-5 (.200); Totals, 10-24 (.417).<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL-STAR STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS –AVERAGES–<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OR-DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 WEST 1 18 2-6 .333 2-2 1.000 0-5 5 1 1 0 0 6 5.0 1.0 6.0<br />
TOTALS 1 18 2-6 .333 2-2 1.000 0-5 5 1 1 0 0 6 5.0 1.0 6.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 0-1 (.000)<br />
MICHELLE GRIFFITHS - 12<br />
6’1” - FORWARD/CENTER - 175 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 8, 1973 - AUSTRALIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 30 779 93 184 .505 78 98 .796 45 88 133 41 44 5 52 275 4.4 1.4 9.2<br />
1999 PHOENIX DID NOT PLAY DUE TO PREGNANCY<br />
2000 PHOENIX 28 725 70 137 .511 63 79 .797 40 71 111 49 30 6 36 211 4.0 1.8 7.5<br />
TOTALS 58 1,504 163 321 .508 141 177 .797 85 159 244 90 74 11 88 486 4.2 1.6 8.4<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 11-23 (.478); 2000, 8-25 (.320); TOTALS, 19-48 (.396)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 6 171 28 56 .500 13 20 .650 14 25 39 14 4 2 10 74 6.5 2.3 12.3<br />
2000 PHOENIX 2 52 5 13 .385 11 14 .786 0 9 9 1 1 1 3 22 4.5 0.5 11.0<br />
TOTALS 8 223 33 69 .478 24 34 .706 14 34 48 15 5 3 13 96 6.0 1.9 12.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 5-11 (.455); 2000, 14 (.250); TOTALS, 6 15 (.400)<br />
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GORDANA GRUBIN – 6<br />
5’8” - GUARD - 165 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 20, 1972 - YUGOSLAVIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 LA 32 708 96 238 .403 52 68 .765 18 54 72 90 24 2 53 284 2.3 2.8 8.9<br />
2000 INDIANA 29 720 90 239 .377 31 40 .775 20 56 76 63 31 0 60 239 2.6 2.2 8.2<br />
2001 INDIANA 27 481 62 167 .371 29 39 .744 19 30 49 33 7 0 34 170 18 1.2 6.3<br />
2002 PHOENIX 32 859 114 297 .384 60 79 759 16 48 64 104 36 3 58 317 2.0 3.3 9.9<br />
TOTALS 120 2,768362-941.385172-226.76173-188261 290 98 5 205 1,010 2.2 2.4 8.4<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2002, 0-6 (.000). TOTAL, 0-6 (.000)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 LA 4 119 13 37 .351 1 2 .500 3 9 12 23 5 0 8 31 3.0 5.8 7.8<br />
TOTALS 4 119 13 37 .351 1 2 .500 3 9 12 23 5 0 8 31 3.0 5.8 7.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 4-6 (.667). TOTALS, 4-6 (.667).<br />
MIKIKO HAGIWARA - 24<br />
5’9” - GUARD - 160 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: APRIL 27, 1970 - JAPAN<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 SACRAMENTO 12 186 10 39 .256 5 10 .500 5 9 14 10 2 0 7 33 1.2 0.8 2.8<br />
1997 PHOENIX 14 174 15 47 .319 4 6 .667 2 7 9 10 2 2 9 43 0.6 0.7 3.1<br />
1998 PHOENIX 10 59 8 21 .381 2 3 .667 0 2 2 3 0 0 5 22 0.2 0.3 2.2<br />
TOTALS 36 419 33 107 .308 11 19 .579 7 18 25 23 4 2 21 98 0.7 0.6 2.7<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 8-28 (.256) (SAC), 9-33 (.273) (PHO); 1998, 4-12 (.333)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 1 11 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0.0 0.0 2.0<br />
TOTALS 1 11 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0.0 0.0 2.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-1 (.000)<br />
KRISTI HARROWER - 4<br />
5’4” - GUARD - 139 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: MARCH 4, 1975 - AUSTRALIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 30 355 19 52 .365 21 28 .750 2 19 21 52 15 3 31 70 0.7 1.7 2.3<br />
1999 PHOENIX 32 666 36 99 .364 59 73 .808 9 54 63 96 25 4 45 143 2.0 3.0 4.7<br />
TOTALS 62 1021 55 151 .364 80 101 .792 11 73 84 148 40 7 76 213 1.4 2.4 3.4<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 11-32 (.344); 1999, 12-43 (.279); TOTAL 23-75 (.307)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 6 78 12 20 .600 0 0 .000 1 5 6 7 5 1 4 27 1.0 1.2 4.5<br />
TOTALS 6 78 12 20 .600 0 0 .000 1 5 6 7 5 1 4 27 1.0 1.2 4..5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 3-7 (.429)<br />
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LISA HARRISON - 24<br />
6’0” - GUARD - 167 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 2, 1971 - TENNESSEE ’93<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 PHOENIX 32 821 81 171 .474 30 44 .682 47 83 130 53 23 5 35 193 4.1 1.7 6.0<br />
2000 PHOENIX 31 750 81 154 .526 30 37 .811 38 83 121 36 30 4 22 200 3.9 1.2 6.5<br />
2001 PHOENIX 32 915 96 223 .430 51 59 .864 39 100 139 52 39 1 49 246 4.3 1.3 7.7<br />
2002 PHOENIX 32 899 120 242 .496 20 23 .870 43 83 126 40 31 3 45 262 3.9 1.3 8.2<br />
2003 PHOENIX 33 838 74 179 .413 35 51 .686 42 76 118 36 29 6 34 183 5.5 3.6 1.1<br />
2004 PHOENIX DNP -ASSISTANT COACH<br />
2005 PHOENIX 27 297 15 34 .441 11 14 .786 13 26 39 10 5 1 12 41 1.4 0.4 1.5<br />
TOTALS 187 4527 467 1002 .466 177 228 .776 222 451 673 226 157 20 197 1125 3.9 1.6 6.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 1-10 (.100); 2000, 8-12 (.750); 2001, 3-9 (.333); 2002, 2-6 (.333); 2003, 0-3 (.000); 2005, 0-1 (.000);<br />
TOTALS: 14-41 (341)<br />
DENA HEAD - 5<br />
5’10” - GUARD - 175 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 16, 1970 - TENNESSEE ’92<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 UTAH 27 471 53 136 .390 38 45 .844 22 41 63 46 14 8 61 154 2.3 1.7 5.7<br />
1998 UTAH 30 467 36 85 .424 23 33 .697 14 38 52 37 30 0 44 108 1.7 1.2 3.6<br />
2000 PHOENIX 17 149 8 22 .364 10 16 .625 5 13 18 15 4 0 11 27 1.1 0.9 1.6<br />
TOTALS 70 1,087 97 243 .399 71 94 .755 41 92 133 98 48 8 116 289 1.8 1.3 3.9<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 10-32 (.313); 1998, 13-27 (.481); 2000, 1-7 (.143); TOTALS, 24-66 (.364)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 PHOENIX 1 6 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.0 1.0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 1 6 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2.0 1.0 0.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 0-1 (.000)<br />
E.C. HILL - 4<br />
5’7” - GUARD - 173 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JULY 6, 1971 - NORTHERN ILLINOIS ’94<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG.<br />
2000 CHARLOTTE 26 213 16 56 .286 2 5 .400 8 15 23 14 5 1 25 39 0.9 0.5 1.5<br />
2001 PHOENIX 3 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 0.0<br />
TOTALS 29 221 16 57 .281 2 5 .400 8 15 23 15 6 1 25 39 0.8 0.5 1.3<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 5-22 (.227); 2001, 0-0 (.000); TOTALS, 5-22 (.227)<br />
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SANDORA IRVIN - 25<br />
6’3” - FORWARD - 185 - FEBRUARY 23, 1982 - TEXAS CHRISTIAN ’05<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS PER GAME<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2005 PHOENIX 12 0 10.2 .318 .500 .800 1.3 1.5 2.8 0.4 0.42 0.50 0.17 1.67 3.7<br />
2006 PHOENIX 7 0 5.4 .154 .000 .600 0.3 1.1 1.4 0.1 0.29 1.14 0.43 0.71 1.0<br />
TOTALS 19 0 8.4 .281 .364 .750 1.0 1.4 2.3 0.3 0.37 0.74 0.26 1.32 2.7<br />
DALMA IVANYI – 6<br />
5’10” - GUARD 135 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: MARCH 18, 1976 - FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL ’99<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 UTAH 14 67 4 12 .333 3 4 .750 3 2 5 7 4 0 11 11 0.4 0.5 0.8<br />
2000 UTAH 27 489 30 96 .313 21 28 .750 12 42 54 63 25 3 50 93 2.0 2.3 3.4<br />
2003 PHOENIX 4 34 3 8 .375 0 0 .000 2 2 4 2 0 1 2 6 1.0 0.5 1.5<br />
TOTALS 45 590 37 116 .319 24 32 .750 17 46 63 72 29 4 63 110 1.4 1.6 2.4<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 0-4 (.000); 2000, 12-43 (.279); 2003, 0-2 (.000). TOTALS, 12-45 (.267)<br />
NIELE IVEY – 11<br />
5’7” - GUARD 149 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: - NOTRE DAME ’01<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2001 INDIANA 32 708 38 102 .373 14 15 .933 16 39 55 70 33 5 35 115 1.7 2.2 3.6<br />
2002 INDIANA 31 439 25 71 .352 17 21 .810 6 22 28 39 16 3 22 86 0.9 1.3 2.8<br />
2003 INDIANA 27 651 45 116 .388 12 17 .706 5 27 32 71 29 7 28 135 1.2 2.6 5.0<br />
2004 INDIANA 15 179 11 37 .297 4 6 .667 2 8 10 18 20 3 6 34 0.7 1.2 2.3<br />
2005 DETROIT 12 102 5 23 .390 1 1 1.000 5 7 12 10 32 0 5 14 1.0 0.8 1.2<br />
2005 PHOENIX 14 152 8 24 .494 6 6 1.000 3 7 10 20 28 0 6 17 0.7 1.4 1.7<br />
TOTALS 131 2231 132 373 .354 54 66 .818 37 110 147 228 145 18 102 401 1.1 1.7 3.1<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2001, 25-70 (.357); 2002, 19-50 (.380); 2003, 33-84 (.393); 2004, 8-24 (.333); 2005, 5-22 (227);<br />
TOTALS: 90-250 (.360)<br />
GWEN JACKSON – 23<br />
6’2” – GUARD 182 LBS. – BIRTHDATE: OCTOBER 23, 1980 – TENNESSEE ’03<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS<br />
SEA TEAM G GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
2003 SAN ANTONIO 33 26 975 114 286 .399 5 30 .167 56 88 .636 86 119 205 20 85 15 46 17 289 8.8<br />
2004 SAN ANTONIO 19 4 290 23 48 .479 0 1 .000 15 21 .714 20 34 54 11 23 3 1 3 61 3.2<br />
2004 PHOENIX 14 0 136 23 45 .511 1 5 .200 9 11 .818 11 16 27 4 11 3 4 1 56 4.0<br />
2005 PHOENIX 11 2 121 13 26 500 2 4 .500 3 6 .500 8 15 23 3 12 0 10 3 31 2.8<br />
TOTALS 77 32 1522 173 405 .343 8 40 .200 82 125 .714 125 184 309 38 131 21 71 24 437 5.7<br />
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TAMICHA JACKSON - 35<br />
5’6” - GUARD - 120 - APRIL 22, 1978 - LOUISIANA TECH ’00<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS PER GAME<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2000 DETROIT 17 0 15.7 .387 .250 .743 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.1 1.29 0.00 1.24 1.76 6.8<br />
2001 PORTLAND 32 1 15.5 .325 .154 .696 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.6 0.88 0.00 1.41 1.09 4.1<br />
2002 PORTLAND 32 10 21.6 .419 .316 .697 0.6 1.2 1.8 3.0 1.72 0.03 2.00 1.84 9.8<br />
2003 PHOENIX 34 34 28.2 .343 .354 .810 0.7 1.7 2.4 4.3 1.53 0.12 2.24 1.82 8.8<br />
2004 WASH 25 12 16.2 .422 .400 .688 0.3 1.2 1.5 1.8 0.80 0.04 1.12 0.84 5.4<br />
2005 WASH 8 0 8.3 .154 .111 .000 0.1 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.63 0.00 0.50 0.63 1.1<br />
2006 PHOENIX 3 2 18.0 .357 .000 .667 0.3 1.0 1.3 2.3 2.00 0.33 1.33 2.33 8.0<br />
TOTALS 151 59 19.5 .370 .297 .710 0.5 1.2 1.7 2.6 1.25 0.05 1.60 1.45 6.8<br />
TIA JACKSON - 3<br />
6’0” - FORWARD - 148 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: APRIL 21, 1972 - IOWA ’95<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 26 320 25 73 .342 21 25 .840 24 31 55 26 23 8 37 74 2.1 1.0 2.8<br />
TOTALS 26 320 25 73 .342 21 25 .840 24 31 55 26 23 8 37 74 2.1 1.0 2.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 3-8 (.375)<br />
TEMEKA JOHNSON – 2<br />
5’3” – GUARD – 142 LBS – BIRTHDATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 1982 – LOUISIANA STATE ’05<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2005 WASH. 34 973 125 273 .458 13 43 .302 52 66 .788 13 91 104 3.1 177 5.2 99 2 44 1 315 9.3<br />
2006 L.A. 32 810 102 254 .402 3 26 .115 48 60 .800 15 82 97 3.0 161 5.0 57 0 47 1 255 8.0<br />
2007 L.A. 11 206 29 88 .330 1 3 .333 11 16 .688 4 25 29 2.6 30 2.7 17 0 8 1 70 6.4<br />
2008 L.A. 23 393 35 101 .347 0 10 .000 26 36 .722 12 31 43 1.9 71 3.1 38 0 24 2 96 4.2<br />
2009 PHOENIX 34 901 125 281 .445 36 87 .414 42 50 .840 8 112 120 3.5 157 4.6 79 1 29 4 328 9.6<br />
2010 PHOENIX 34 928 122 297 .411 30 97 .309 39 49 .796 19 89 108 3.2 160 4.7 84 0 32 7 313 9.2<br />
2011 PHOENIX 30 717 74 170 .435 25 65 .385 19 22 .864 9 51 60 2.0 132 4.4 53 0 24 5 192 6.4<br />
TOTALS 198 4928 612 1464 .418 108 331 .326 237299.793 80 481 561 2.8 888 4.5 427 3 208 21 1569 7.9<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> PLAYOFF RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2006 L.A. 5 140 20 48 .417 1 5 .200 5 6 .833 3 6 9 1.8 24 4.8 12 0 8 0 46 9.2<br />
2008 L.A. 6 115 20 44 .455 2 7 .286 6 7 .857 3 11 14 2.3 21 3.5 10 0 6 1 48 8.0<br />
2009 PHOENIX 11 267 30 76 .395 13 27 .481 10 12 .833 4 17 21 1.9 34 3.1 27 0 8 2 83 7.5<br />
2010 PHOENIX 4 121 16 45 .356 4 12 .333 2 2 1.000 2 13 15 3.8 33 8.3 10 0 4 0 38 9.5<br />
2011 PHOENIX 5 135 11 44 .250 2 18 .111 5 8 .625 1 11 12 2.4 25 5.0 11 0 4 0 29 5.8<br />
TOTALS 31 778 97 257 .377 22 69 .319 28 35 .800 13 58 71 2.3 137 4.4 70 0 30 3 244 7.9<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2009 PHOENIX 5 116 14 33 .424 8 12 .667 8 10 .800 2 11 13 2.6 15 3.0 13 0 3 1 44 8.8<br />
TOTALS 5 116 14 33 .424 8 12 .667 8 10 .800 2 11 13 2.6 15 3.0 13 0 3 1 44 8.8<br />
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PAULINE JORDAN - 11<br />
6’3” - FORWARD/CENTER - 205 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: APRIL 27, 1968 - UNLV ’90<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 6 30 5 8 .625 5 7 .714 1 4 5 4 0 0 1 15 0.8 0.6 2.5<br />
TOTALS 6 30 5 8 .625 5 7 .714 1 4 5 4 0 0 1 15 0.8 0.6 2.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 0-0 (.000)<br />
ILONA KORSTINE - 10<br />
6’0” - FORWARD - 160 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: MAY 30, 1980 - RUSSIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2001 PHOENIX 12 75 7 25 .280 6 7 .857 6 5 11 5 3 0 9 21 0.9 0.4 1.8<br />
TOTALS 12 75 7 25 .280 6 7 .857 6 5 11 5 3 0 9 21 0.9 0.4 1.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2001, 1-3 (.333)<br />
NICOLE KUBIK - 10<br />
5’9” - GUARD - 145 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: MARCH 1, 1978 - NEBRASKA ’00<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 PHOENIX 4 19 1 3 .333 4 4 1.00 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 6 0.5 0.5 1.5<br />
2001 PHOENIX 3 21 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 2 2 5 4 0 3 2 0.7 1.7 0.7<br />
TOTALS 7 40 2 7 .286 4 4 1.00 0 4 4 7 4 0 6 8 0.6 1.0 1.1<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 0-1 (.000); 2001, 0-1 (.000); TOTALS, 0-2 (.000)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 PHOENIX 2 5 0 2 .000 2 2 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.0 0.0 1.0<br />
TOTALS 2 5 0 2 .000 2 2 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.0 0.0 1.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 0-0 (.000)<br />
ANDREA KUKLOVA - 15<br />
6’0” - GUARD/FORWARD - 150 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: - JULY 16, 1971 - SLOVAKIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 29 340 38 95 .400 20 36 .556 19 18 37 31 18 4 40 97 1.3 1.1 3.3<br />
1999 PHOENIX 5 13 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 34 353 38 98 .388 20 36 .556 19 18 37 31 18 4 41 97 1.1 0.9 2.9<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 1-7 (.143); 1999, 0-0 (.000); TOTAL, 1-7 (.143)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 1 11 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0.0 0.0 2.0<br />
TOTALS 1 11 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0.0 0.0 2.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 0-1 (.000)<br />
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JENNIFER LACY – 21<br />
6’3” – FORWARD – 175 LBS - BIRTHDATE: MARCH 21, 1983 – PEPPERDINE ’05<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2006 PHOENIX 33 504 61 128 .477 40 58 .690 42 60 102 14 12 12 45 162 3.1 0.4 4.9<br />
2007 PHOENIX 20 94 12 29 .414 10 18 .556 10 9 19 2 3 0 10 35 1.0 0.1 1.8<br />
TOTALS 53 598 73 157 .465 50 76 .658 52 69 121 16 15 12 55 197 2.3 0.3 3.7<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 1 3 1 2 .500 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 2.0<br />
TOTALS 1 3 1 2 .500 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 2.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2006, (0-4) .000; 2007, (1-3) .333; TOTAL, (1-7) .143<br />
MERLELYNN LANGE-HARRIS - 23<br />
6’6” - CENTER - 250 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: APRIL 28, 1969 - UNLV ’92<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 PHOENIX 1 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 1 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 0-0 (.000)<br />
NANCY LIEBERMAN-CLINE - 10<br />
5’10” - GUARD - 150 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JULY 1, 1958 - OLD DOMINION ’80<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 25 279 25 77 .325 8 10 .800 6 26 32 40 15 2 39 64 1.3 1.6 2.6<br />
TOTALS 25 279 25 77 .325 8 10 .800 6 26 32 40 15 2 39 64 1.3 1.6 2.6<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 6-26 (.231)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-0 (.000)<br />
PAT LUCKEY - 28<br />
6’1” - FORWARD - 173 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: MAY 14, 1975 - HOUSTON ’96<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2001 PHOENIX 1 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 1.0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 1 8 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 1.0 0.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2001, 0-0 (.000)<br />
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SHEA MAHONEY - 30<br />
6’2” - FORWARD - 178 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JULY 3, 1977 - WESTERN KENTUCKY ’99<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 NEW YORK15 158 11 -38 .289 4 8 .500 10 20 30 4 2 1 5 27 2.0 0.3 1.8<br />
2002 PHOENIX 3 13 2 3 .667 1 1 1.00 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 5 1.3 0.3 1.7<br />
TOTALS 18 171 13 41 .317 5 9 .556 12 22 34 5 2 1 6 32 1.9 0.3 1.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 1-5 (.200); 2002, 0-1 (.000); TOTALS, 1-6 (.167)<br />
KELLY MAZZANTE - 33<br />
5’11” – GUARD – 157 LBS – BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 2, 1982 – PENN STATE ’04<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2004 CHARLOTTE 34 339 31 92 .337 13 52 .250 4 6 .667 9 24 33 1.0 9 0.3 22 0 7 20 2 79 2.3<br />
2005 CHARLOTTE 27 226 21 72 .292 14 46 .304 8 10 .800 14 17 31 1.1 7 0.3 9 0 9 7 0 64 2.4<br />
2006 CHARLOTTE 34 721 105 277 .379 64 167 .383 28 33 .848 23 76 99 2.9 64 1.9 37 0 47 48 6 302 8.9<br />
2007 PHOENIX 34 488 64 165 .388 39 114 .342 15 15 1.000 11 45 56 1.6 38 1.1 28 0 26 20 2 182 5.4<br />
2008 PHOENIX 34 641 68 205 .332 56 169 .331 5 6 .833 15 51 66 1.9 38 1.1 44 0 24 18 2 197 5.8<br />
2009 PHOENIX 31 433 36 99 .364 31 88 .352 3 3 1.000 7 33 40 1.3 17 0.5 42 0 10 10 3 106 3.4<br />
TOTALS 194 2847 325 910 .357 217 636 .341 63 73 .863 79 246 325 1.7 173 0.9 182 0 123 123 15 930 4.8<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 9 131 19 45 .422 18 42 .429 2 2 1.000 7 11 18 2.0 6 0.7 9 0 4 0 58 6.4<br />
2009 PHOENIX 4 14 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 2 2 0.5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 13 145 19 47 .404 18 43 .419 2 21.000 7 13 20 1.5 6 0.5 9 0 4 0 58 4.5<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 5 72 11 26 .423 11 25 .440 0 0 — 4 4 8 1.6 3 0.6 7 0 3 0 33 6.6<br />
2009 PHOENIX 2 4 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 7 75 11 26 .423 11 25 .440 0 0 — 4 4 8 1.1 3 0.4 7 0 3 0 33 4.7<br />
NIKKI MCCRAY - 15<br />
5’11” - FORWARD 155 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: DECEMBER 17, 1971 - TENNESSEE ’95<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2004 PHOENIX 27 371 30 67 .448 4 7 .571 10 19 29 13 7 0 18 69 1.1 0.5 2.6<br />
TOTALS 27 371 30 67 .448 4-7 .571 10 9 29 13 7 0 18 69 1.1 0.5 2.6<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2004, 5-11 (.455). TOTALS, 5-11 (.455).<br />
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KELLY MILLER – 2<br />
5’10” – GUARD – 140 LBS – BIRTHDATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 1978 – GEORGIA ’01<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2001 CHARLOTTE 26 225 22 57 .386 7 19 .368 4 5 .800 11 17 28 1.1 14 0.5 14 0 9 9 0 55 2.1<br />
2002 CHARLOTTE 32 554 79 177 .446 24 51 .471 29 38 .763 31 37 68 2.1 49 1.5 39 0 22 27 1 211 6.6<br />
2003 CHARLOTTE 34 523 68 167 .407 22 52 .423 31 40 .775 20 33 53 1.6 47 1.4 44 0 18 35 2 189 5.6<br />
2004 INDIANA 34 1096 126 326 .387 46 112 .411 50 57 .877 28 80 108 3.2 106 3.1 81 3 37 74 5 348 10.2<br />
2005 INDIANA 34 1057 122 278 .439 37 114 .325 67 79 .848 26 60 86 2.5 81 2.4 81 1 40 53 2 348 10.2<br />
2006 PHOENIX 27 814 109 259 .421 30 79 .380 48 62 .774 41 103 144 5.3 94 3.5 74 0 28 73 6 296 11.0<br />
2007 PHOENIX 34 1040 115 240 .479 27 70 .386 64 82 .780 47 121 168 4.9 156 4.6 94 1 42 86 5 321 9.4<br />
2008 PHOENIX 34 945 107 262 .408 20 52 .385 49 58 .845 50 98 148 4.4 135 4.0 66 0 22 84 4 283 8.3<br />
TOTALS 255 6255 7481766 .424 213 549 .388 342421 .812 254 549 803 3.1 682 2.7 493 5 218 441 25 2051 8.0<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2001 CHARLOTTE 2 8 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
2002 CHARLOTTE 2 13 2 4 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 — 0 2 2 1.0 0 0.0 3 0 0 1 0 5 2.5<br />
2003 CHARLOTTE 2 23 4 10 .400 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 1 1 0.5 2 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 8 4.0<br />
2005 CHARLOTTE 4 155 12 39 .308 9 17 .529 7 10 .700 0 7 7 1.8 10 2.5 13 0 5 5 0 40 10.0<br />
2007 PHOENIX 9 297 35 77 .455 8 26 .308 27 33 .818 19 29 48 5.3 32 3.6 18 0 12 18 1 105 11.7<br />
TOTALS 19 496 53 132 .402 18 46 .391 34 45 .756 19 39 58 3.1 44 2.3 36 0 17 25 1 158 8.3<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2001 CHARLOTTE 1 3 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
2007 PHOENIX 5 166 18 47 .383 3 16 .188 15 19 .789 12 20 32 6.4 20 4.0 8 0 8 9 1 54 10.8<br />
TOTALS 6 169 18 49 .367 3 16 .188 15 19 .789 12 20 32 5.3 20 3.3 8 0 8 9 1 54 9.0<br />
ADRIANA MOISES-PINTO – 4<br />
5’6” GUARD 140 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: DECEMBER 16, 1978 - BRAZIL<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2001 PHOENIX 7 123 14 36 .389 9 12 .750 4 12 16 17 6 0 16 41 2.3 2.4 5.9<br />
2002 PHOENIX 32 619 63 164 .384 48 60 .800 15 45 60 79 30 3 72 193 1.9 2.5 6.0<br />
TOTALS 29 642 77-200.38557-72 .79219-57 76 96 36 3 88 234 1.9 25 6.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2001, 4-12 (.333); 2002, 19-66 (.288). TOTALS, 23-78 (.295)<br />
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NICOLE OHLDE - 30<br />
6’5’’ – FORWARD/CENTER – 187 LBS – BIRTHDATE: MARCH 13, 1982 – KANSAS STATE ’04<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2004 MINNESOTA 34 34 29.9 .442 .000 .706 2.4 3.3 5.7 1.8 0.47 1.32 2.18 3.03 11.7<br />
2005 MINNESOTA 34 34 30.5 .455 .000 .817 1.9 3.9 5.7 2.3 0.62 0.65 2.47 2.71 11.2<br />
2006 MINNESOTA 34 34 25.6 .453 .000 .664 1.8 3.8 5.6 1.6 0.59 0.74 2.18 2.91 9.6<br />
2007 MINNESOTA 34 34 27.1 .374 — .845 2.0 4.1 6.1 1.6 0.50 0.59 2.41 3.74 11.5<br />
2008 MINNESOTA 34 34 16.4 .453 — .785 1.3 2.0 3.3 1.3 0.29 0.65 1.47 2.59 5.8<br />
2009 PHOENIX 21 0 14.8 .535 — .717 0.9 1.9 2.8 0.3 0.24 0.95 1.38 2.62 5.2<br />
2010 PHO.-TUL. 32 9 16.4 .443 — .689 0.7 1.9 2.6 0.8 0.34 0.53 1.28 2.09 4.8<br />
TOTALS 223 179 23.5 .437 .000 .755 1.6 3.0 4.7 1.5 0.45 0.77 1.95 2.83 8.8<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2004 MINNESOTA 2 2 37.0 .478 — .600 2.0 3.0 5.0 4.5 0.50 0.00 3.00 2.50 14.0<br />
2009 PHOENIX 11 0 13.6 .636 — .200 0.8 1.9 2.7 0.4 0.36 0.27 0.91 1.91 2.6<br />
TOTALS 13 2 17.2 .556 — .467 1.0 2.1 3.1 1.0 0.38 0.23 1.23 2.00 4.4<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2009 PHOENIX 5 0 11.4 .556 — .500 0.0 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.00 0.20 0.40 1.60 2.2<br />
TOTALS 5 0 11.4 .556 — .500 0.0 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.00 0.20 0.40 1.60 2.2<br />
YUKO OGA - 1<br />
5’7” – GUARD – 135 LBS. – BIRTHDATE: OCTOBER 17, 1982 - JAPAN<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 PHOENIX 23 180 20 57 .351 0 10 .000 16 17 .941 5 12 17 0.7 14 0.6 13 1 7 22 0 56 2.4<br />
TOTALS 23 180 20 57 .351 0 10 .000 16 17 .941 5 12 17 0.7 14 0.6 13 1 7 22 0 56 2.4<br />
MICHAELA PAVLICKOVA– 45<br />
6’3” - FORWARD - 175 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: NOVEMBER 27, 1977 - DENVER ’01<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2003 PHOENIX 8 29 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 1 3 4 1 1 0 2 6 0.5 0.1 0.8<br />
TOTALS 8 29 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 1 3 4 1 1 0 2 6 0.5 0.1 0.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2003, 0-0 (.000)<br />
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BRIDGET PETTIS - 32<br />
5’9” - GUARD - 150 - JANUARY 1, 1979 - FLORIDA ’93<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS PER GAME<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 28 28 30.1 .333 .306 .898 1.3 2.5 3.8 2.8 1.75 0.43 2.93 2.04 12.6<br />
1998 PHOENIX 30 28 28.3 .377 .285 .865 1.1 2.3 3.4 2.1 0.97 0.30 2.07 2.50 11.3<br />
1999 PHOENIX 32 8 16.9 .304 .224 .617 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.4 0.81 0.06 0.94 1.78 5.7<br />
2000 PHOENIX 32 6 18.2 .357 .267 .803 0.6 1.3 1.9 1.4 0.97 0.13 1.22 1.94 5.9<br />
2001 PHOENIX 32 1 15.5 .333 .317 .821 0.9 0.9 1.9 1.6 0.88 0.13 1.19 1.47 5.4<br />
2002 INDIANA 32 0 11.7 .355 .209 .718 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.25 0.00 0.75 0.69 3.5<br />
2003 INDIANA 31 0 4.8 .288 .222 .765 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.13 0.03 0.26 0.55 1.6<br />
2006 PHOENIX 11 0 6.2 .263 .125 .500 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.27 0.00 0.18 1.00 1.3<br />
TOTALS 228 71 17.1 .340 .270 .809 0.8 1.2 2.0 1.4 0.78 0.14 1.25 1.53 6.2<br />
PLENETTE PIERSON - 54<br />
6’2” - GUARD 170 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 31, 1981 - TEXAS TECH ’03<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2003 PHOENIX 33 602 67 177 .379 64 101 .634 37 43 80 22 19 13 42 198 2.4 0.7 6.0<br />
2004 PHOENIX 31 803 112 253 .443 66 109 .606 46 85 131 26 26 17 49 290 4.2 0.8 9.4<br />
2005 PHOENIX 12 318 36 105 .343 20 29 .690 19 40 59 13 10 13 32 92 4.9 1.1 7.7<br />
2005 DETROIT 23 444 55 126 .437 67 96 .698 27 35 62 21 14 6 42 178 2.7 0.9 7.7<br />
TOTALS 99 2167 270 661 .408 217 335 .648 129 203 332 82 69 49 165 758 3.4 0.8 7.7<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2003, 0-2 (.000); 2004, 0-3 (.000); 2005, 1-2 (.500). TOTALS: 1-7 (.143)<br />
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CAPPIE PONDEXTER - 23<br />
5’8” – GUARD – 161 LBS – BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 7, 1983 – RUTGERS ’06<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2006 PHOENIX 32 1067 219 495 .442 47 126 .373 139 163 .853 37 70 107 3.3 98 3.1 84 3 37 45 4 624 19.5<br />
2007 PHOENIX 31 966 193 448 .431 36 108 .333 110 135 .815 15 97 112 3.6 123 4.0 59 0 29 69 8 532 17.2<br />
2008 PHOENIX 32 1002 234 567 .413 41 131 .313 170 201 .846 26 93 119 3.7 135 4.2 82 1 38 93 5 679 21.2<br />
2009 PHOENIX 34 1075 236 513 .460 43 120 .358 133 151 .881 32 112 144 4.2 171 5.0 99 0 31 86 12 648 19.1<br />
TOTALS 129 4110 8822023 .436 167 485 .344 552650.849 110 372 482 3.7 527 4.1 324 4 135 293 29 248319.2<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 9 300 74 160 .463 12 38 .316 55 63 .873 11 32 43 4.8 52 5.8 14 0 11 1 215 23.9<br />
2009 PHOENIX 11 340 76 164 .463 9 36 .250 39 44 .886 11 29 40 3.6 39 3.5 26 0 13 0 200 18.2<br />
TOTALS 20 640 150 324 .463 21 74 .284 94 107 .879 22 61 83 4.2 91 4.6 40 0 24 1 415 20.8<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 5 168 40 94 .426 5 22 .227 25 30 .833 6 10 16 3.2 28 5.6 9 0 6 0 110 22.0<br />
2009 PHOENIX 5 167 42 87 .483 5 17 .294 15 17 .882 9 12 21 4.2 24 4.8 12 0 6 0 104 20.8<br />
TOTALS 10 335 82 181 .453 10 39 .256 40 47 .851 15 22 37 3.7 52 5.2 21 0 12 0 214 21.4<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL-STAR STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2006 PHOENIX 1 16 2 8 .250 0 2 .000 0 0 — 1 1 2 2.0 4 4.0 1 0 1 0 4 4.0<br />
2007 PHOENIX 1 16 5 12 .417 2 6 .333 0 0 — 0 1 1 1.0 2 2.0 1 0 2 1 12 12.0<br />
2009 PHOENIX 1 18 3 10 .300 3 6 .500 0 0 — 3 6 9 9.0 6 6.0 2 0 1 0 9 9.0<br />
TOTALS 3 50 10 30 .333 5 14 .357 0 0 — 4 8 12 4.0 12 4.0 4 0 4 1 25 8.3<br />
LATOYA PRINGLE<br />
6’3” – FORWARD/CENTER – 162 LBS – BIRTHDATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 1986 – NORTH CAROLINA ’08<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 PHOENIX 29 377 43 96 .448 0 0 — 42 51 .824 52 50 102 3.5 9 0.3 71 0 10 27 44 128 4.4<br />
TOTALS 29 377 43 96 .448 0 0 — 42 51 .824 52 50 102 3.5 9 0.3 71 0 10 27 44 128 4.4<br />
ALLIE QUIGLEY - 14<br />
5’10” – GUARD – 147 LBS. – BIRTHDATE: JUNE 20, 1986 – DEPAUL ’08<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 PHOENIX 14 100 13 39 .333 2 11 .182 1 2 .500 6 5 11 0.8 4 0.3 9 0 6 6 1 29 2.1<br />
2009 PHOENIX 6 32 3 8 .375 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 0.8 1 0.2 6 0 0 5 0 10 1.7<br />
TOTALS 20 132 16 47 .340 4 15 .267 3 4 .750 7 9 16 0.8 5 0.3 15 0 6 11 1 39 2.0<br />
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FELICIA RAGLAND– 34<br />
5’7” GUARD 133 LBS. – BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 3, 1980 - OREGON STATE ’02<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2002 SEATTLE 31 432 48 125 .384 23 28 .821 27 21 48 23 27 1 29 141 1.5 0.7 4.5<br />
2003 PHOENIX 3 39 1 12 083 2 2 1.00 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 5 0.7 0.7 1.7<br />
TOTALS 34 471 49 137 .358 25 30 .833 27 23 50 25 29 2 32 146 1.5 0.7 4.3<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2002, 22-55 (.400); 2003, 1-5 (.200). TOTALS, 23-60 (.383)<br />
KRISTEN RASMUSSEN - 52<br />
6’2” - FORWARD - 172 - NOVEMBER 1, 1978 - MICHIGAN STATE ’00<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS PER GAME<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2000 UTAH-MIA 26 7 17.8 .350 .286 .844 1.7 2.0 3.8 1.1 0.96 0.54 1.15 1.88 4.8<br />
2001 MIAMI 28 3 14.9 .360 .250 .750 1.2 2.0 3.1 0.6 0.39 0.50 1.11 1.71 2.7<br />
2002 MIAMI 31 5 21.7 .552 .429 .848 1.3 2.5 3.8 1.3 0.58 0.52 1.19 2.03 5.5<br />
2003 INDIANA 33 25 24.7 .470 .467 .795 1.3 2.2 3.5 1.9 0.73 0.45 1.45 1.97 6.8<br />
2004 INDIANA 33 4 21.0 .415 .370 .789 1.2 2.2 3.4 1.4 0.64 0.42 1.06 1.55 4.6<br />
2005 HOU-CHAR 27 19 20.4 .480 .389 .733 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.9 0.52 0.59 0.74 2.37 4.7<br />
2006 PHOENIX 34 32 26.7 .512 .429 .600 2.1 4.0 6.1 2.1 0.82 0.79 0.97 2.88 4.3<br />
TOTALS 212 95 21.3 .455 .391 .791 1.4 2.4 3.9 1.4 0.67 0.55 1.10 2.07 4.8<br />
BRANDY REED - 23<br />
6’1” - FORWARD 160 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 17, 1977 - SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ’96<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 24 254 50 95 .526 22 31 .710 36 42 78 20 18 7 33 124 3.3 0.8 5.2<br />
1999 MINNESOTA 25 757 168 366 .459 53 70 .757 55 96 151 64 29 17 63 402 6.0 2.6 16.1<br />
2000 PHOENIX 32 1,090 231 456 .507 128 142 .901 59 128 187 86 66 21 90 608 5.8 2.7 19.0<br />
2001 PHOENIX 1 13 1 8 .125 1 1 1.00 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 0.0 3.0<br />
2002 PHOENIX 5 85 15 41 .366 8 11 .727 1 3 4 4 2 3 8 38 0.8 0.8 7.6<br />
TOTALS 87 2199 465 966 .481 212 255 .831 151 272 423 174 115 48 194 1175 4.9 2.0 13.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 2-8 (.250); 1999, 13-38 (.342); 2000, 18-43 (.419); 2001, 0-0 (.000); 2002, 0-5 (.000); TOTALS, 33-94 (.351)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 6 62 9 25 .360 2 2 1.00 7 10 17 5 2 1 6 20 2.8 1.0 3.3<br />
2000 PHOENIX 2 73 12 22 .545 3 4 .750 2 5 7 8 0 1 5 28 3.5 4.0 14.0<br />
TOTALS 8 135 21 47 .447 5 6 .833 9 15 24 13 2 2 11 48 3.0 1.6 6.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 0-1 (.000); 2000, 1-4 (.250); TOTALS, 1-5 (.200)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL-STAR STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 WEST 1 14 1 11 .091 1 2 .500 0 4 4 0 2 0 3 3 4.0 0.0 3.0<br />
TOTALS 1 14 1 11 .091 1 2 .500 0 4 4 0 2 0 3 3 4.0 0.0 3.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 0-2 (.000)<br />
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TRACY REID - 00<br />
5’11” - FORWARD 150 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: NOVEMBER 1, 1976 - NORTH CAROLINA ’98<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 CHARLOTTE 30 966 151 310 .487 111 181 .613 60 97 157 46 40 12 71 413 5.2 1.5 13.8<br />
1999 CHARLOTTE 10 154 21 49 .429 6 14 .429 7 16 23 9 1 2 17 48 2.3 0.9 4.8<br />
2000 CHARLOTTE 29 620 86 180 .478 39 72 .542 45 55 100 29 14 9 51 211 6.8 1.0 7.3<br />
2001 MIAMI 21 278 32 63 .508 16 26 .615 10 27 37 13 15 5 25 80 1.8 0.6 3.8<br />
2002 PHOENIX 24 421 48 117 .410 17 28 .607 33 44 77 14 22 2 36 113 3.2 0.6 4.7<br />
TOTALS 114 2439 338 719 .470 189 321 .589 155 239 394 111 92 30 200 865 3.5 1.0 7.6<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 0-2 (.000); 1999, 0-1 (.000); 2000, 0-2 (.000); 2001, 0-0 (.000); 2002, 0-1 (.000)<br />
TOTALS, 0-6 (.000).<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 CHARLOTTE 2 74 14 25 .560 4 11 .364 5 5 10 0 2 1 5 32 5.0 0.0 16.0<br />
1999 CHARLOTTE 3 7 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0.3 0.0 0.2<br />
TOTALS 5 81 15 27 .556 4 11 .364 6 5 11 0 3 1 6 34 2.2 0.0 6.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 0-0 (.000); 1999, 0-0 (.000); TOTALS, 0-0 (.000)<br />
ASHLEY ROBINSON– 43<br />
6’4” - CENTER 180 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 12, 1980 - TENNESSEE ’04<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2004 PHOENIX 19 130 7 14 .500 3 7 .429 4 9 13 2 8 10 4 17 0.7 0.1 0.9<br />
2005 PHOENIX 34 659 42 129 .326 19 38 .500 48 70 118 31 20 20 38 108 3.5 0.9 3.0<br />
TOTALS 53 789 49-143.34322-45 .48952-79 131 33 28 30 42 125 2.1 0.5 2.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2004, 0-1 (.000); 2005, 0-1 (.000). TOTAL: 0-2 (.000)<br />
RANKICA SARENAC - 11<br />
6’5” - CENTER - 222 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JUNE 27, 1974 - BOSNIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 PHOENIX 20 142 23 44 .523 17 27 .630 11 19 30 8 0 1 17 64 1.5 0.4 3.2<br />
TOTALS 20 142 23 44 .523 17 27 .630 11 19 30 8 0 1 17 64 1.5 0.4 3.2<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 1-1 (1.00)<br />
JAYNETTA SAUNDERS – 21<br />
5’11” - GUARD - 145 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 21, 1979 - TEXAS A&M ’01<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2001 PHOENIX 28 253 25 77 .325 17 25 .680 13 27 40 7 10 8 14 68 1.4 0.3 2.4<br />
2002 PHOENIX 27 302 39 103 .379 21 32 .379 10 28 38 23 9 4 20 99 1.4 0.9 3.7<br />
TOTALS 55 555 64 180 .356 38 57 .667 23 55 78 30 19 12 34 167 1.4 0.5 3.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2001, 1-3 (.333); 2002, 0-4 (.000). TOTALS, 1-7 (.143)<br />
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KELLY SCHUMACHER – 11<br />
6’5” – CENTER – 183 LBS. – BIRTHDATE: OCTOBER 14, 1977 – CONNECTICUT ’01<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2001 INDIANA 28 380 46 93 .495 17 20 .850 23 47 70 10 5 29 21 112 2.5 0.4 4.0<br />
2002 INDIANA 31 352 45 89 .506 18 26 .692 18 41 59 13 7 23 21 108 1.9 0.4 3.5<br />
2003 INDIANA 34 480 81 169 .479 23 27 .852 40 59 99 20 7 24 32 189 2.9 0.6 5.6<br />
2004 INDIANA 32 601 92 196 .469 35 45 .778 36 68 104 25 10 31 52 224 3.3 0.8 7.0<br />
2005 INDIANA 34 516 58 138 .420 17 21 .810 26 42 68 14 10 24 33 135 2.0 0.4 4.0<br />
2006 NEW YORK 21 539 58 141 .411 45 63 .714 38 78 116 23 3 25 35 163 5.5 1.1 7.8<br />
2007 PHOENIX 34 543 57 125 .456 34 46 .739 29 118 147 12 17 25 34 151 4.3 0.4 4.4<br />
TOTALS 214 3,410 437 951 .460 189 248 .762 210 453 663 117 59 181 228 1,082 3.1 0.5 5.0<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2002 INDIANA 3 52 13 20 .650 4 8 .500 6 3 9 3 0 2 2 32 3.0 1.0 10.7<br />
2005 INDIANA 4 42 9 19 .474 2 2 1.000 7 1 8 2 2 4 0 20 2.0 0.5 5.0<br />
2007 PHOENIX 9 118 5 31 .161 1 2 .500 15 14 29 3 4 8 5 11 3.2 .3 1.2<br />
TOTALS 16 212 27 70 .386 7 12 .583 28 18 46 8 6 14 7 63 2.9 .5 3.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2001, (3-5) .666; 2002, (0-1) .000; 2003, (4-9) .444; 2004, (5-13) .385; 2005, (2-11) .182; 2006, (2-8) .250;<br />
2007, (3-7) .429; TOTAL, (19-54) .352<br />
OLYMPIA SCOTT<br />
6’2” – FORWARD/CENTER – 175 LBS – BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 5, 1976 – STANFORD ’98<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
1998 UTAH 29 466 58 135 .430 1 5 .200 37 65 .569 37 48 85 2.9 22 0.8 78 2 24 49 10 154 5.3<br />
1999 UTAH-DET. 12 88 9 28 .321 0 0 — 7 12 .583 8 12 20 1.7 5 0.4 21 0 1 8 3 25 2.1<br />
2000 DETROIT 28 369 37 89 .416 0 2 .000 26 40 .650 28 52 80 2.9 28 1.0 83 2 12 45 10 100 3.6<br />
2001 INDIANA 32 775 99 217 .456 0 2 .000 82 111 .739 52 109 161 5.0 40 1.3 108 1 22 72 12 280 8.8<br />
2002 INDIANA 31 975 113 232 .487 0 4 .000 66 82 .805 80 131 211 6.8 52 1.7 127 2 38 69 13 292 9.4<br />
2004 CHARLOTTE 34 398 27 67 .403 0 1 .000 19 32 .594 28 37 65 1.9 10 0.3 78 0 9 36 13 73 2.1<br />
2005 SACRAMENTO18 170 14 39 .359 0 0 — 10 20 .500 17 16 33 1.8 5 0.3 27 0 4 22 2 38 2.1<br />
2006 INDIANA 21 155 23 53 .434 0 1 .000 4 8 .500 8 25 33 1.6 7 0.3 29 0 7 15 2 50 2.4<br />
2007 PHOENIX 8 32 1 7 .143 0 0 — 6 8 .750 2 2 4 0.5 2 0.3 6 0 3 3 1 8 1.0<br />
2008 PHOENIX 6 69 8 22 .364 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 17 19 3.2 3 0.5 23 1 1 6 6 16 2.7<br />
TOTALS 219 3496 389 889 .438 1 15 .067 257378.680 262 449 711 3.2 174 0.8 580 8 121 325 72 1036 4.7<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2002 INDIANA 3 99 8 16 .500 0 0 — 5 5 1.000 7 17 24 8.0 5 1.7 11 0 1 14 1 21 7.0<br />
2005 SACRAMENTO 7 38 4 8 .500 0 0 — 1 2 .500 2 5 7 1.0 5 0.7 8 0 0 3 1 9 1.3<br />
2006 INDIANA 2 26 5 9 .556 0 1 .000 0 0 — 3 2 5 2.5 0 0.0 5 0 1 3 0 10 5.0<br />
2007 PHOENIX 1 2 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 13 166 17 34 .500 0 1 .000 6 7 .857 12 24 36 2.8 10 0.8 24 0 2 20 2 40 3.1<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2005 SACRAMENTO 3 7 2 4 .500 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 1 2 0.7 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.3<br />
2007 PHOENIX 1 2 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 4 9 2 5 .400 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 1 2 0.5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.0<br />
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CHARMIN SMITH – 2<br />
5’10” - GUARD - 145 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: MAY 2, 1975 - STANFORD ’97<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 MINNESOTA 13 56 1 9 .111 8 10 .800 2 7 9 2 1 0 5 10 0.7 0.2 0.8<br />
2000 SEATTLE 32 516 16 56 .286 10 18 .556 14 33 47 53 16 3 32 52 1.5 1.7 1.6<br />
2001 SEATTLE 32 589 17 63 .270 13 21 .619 18 37 55 39 17 1 26 58 1.7 1.2 1.8<br />
2003 PHOENIX 4 17 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.3 0.0<br />
TOTALS 81 1,178 34 130 .262 31 49 .633 35 80 115 95 34 4 63 120 1.4 1.2 1.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 0-4 (.000); 2000, 10-32 (.313); 2001, 11-38 (.289); 2003, 0-2 (.000). TOTALS, 21-76 (.276)<br />
TANGELA SMITH - 50<br />
6’3’’ – FORWARD/CENTER – 158 LBS – BIRTHDATE: APRIL 1, 1977 – IOWA ‘98<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
1998 SACRAMENTO 28 10 25.3 .405 .357 .741 1.6 3.0 4.6 1.1 0.61 1.64 1.64 2.79 9.7<br />
1999 SACRAMENTO 31 3 20.4 .443 .500 .653 1.5 2.4 3.8 0.5 0.84 1.23 1.23 2.32 8.3<br />
2000 SACRAMENTO 32 32 28.9 .474 — .783 1.9 3.7 5.6 1.3 0.94 2.00 1.88 3.34 12.1<br />
2001 SACRAMENTO 32 32 28.5 .420 .000 .729 1.5 4.1 5.6 1.3 1.06 1.72 2.06 3.31 11.2<br />
2002 SACRAMENTO 32 32 33.2 .423 .357 .851 1.8 4.1 5.9 1.3 0.84 1.44 1.84 3.94 14.7<br />
2003 SACRAMENTO 34 34 29.0 .440 .265 .707 1.8 3.7 5.5 1.5 1.26 0.94 1.65 3.03 12.6<br />
2004 SACRAMENTO 34 33 26.7 .411 .172 .804 1.4 2.7 4.1 1.5 1.12 0.74 1.56 2.53 11.2<br />
2005 CHARLOTTE 31 31 34.3 .417 .000 .798 1.5 3.8 5.2 1.3 1.65 1.03 2.71 3.39 13.6<br />
2006 CHARLOTTE 34 34 28.6 .421 .365 .744 1.4 3.9 5.3 1.5 1.21 0.85 2.06 2.94 13.1<br />
2007 PHOENIX 34 34 31.5 .414 .328 .788 1.6 4.9 6.5 1.3 1.18 1.65 1.65 2.97 12.6<br />
2008 PHOENIX 25 25 28.9 .417 .348 .867 2.0 5.0 7.0 1.1 1.12 1.16 1.64 3.92 11.1<br />
2009 PHOENIX 34 34 27.1 .451 .452 .870 1.0 4.4 5.4 0.8 1.00 1.68 1.09 3.15 9.9<br />
2010 PHOENIX 34 34 29.2 .395 .347 .750 1.0 4.2 5.2 0.9 0.68 0.85 1.09 3.41 9.2<br />
TOTALS 415 368 28.6 .426 .345 .772 1.5 3.8 5.3 1.2 1.04 1.30 1.69 3.14 11.5<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
1999 SACRAMENTO 1 1 38.0 .375 — .333 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 3.00 1.00 1.00 4.00 14.0<br />
2000 SACRAMENTO 2 2 29.5 .409 — .750 0.0 4.0 4.0 0.5 1.00 0.50 1.00 2.50 10.5<br />
2001 SACRAMENTO 5 5 32.8 .383 — .818 1.6 3.2 4.8 1.6 1.00 1.00 0.80 3.20 11.0<br />
2003 SACRAMENTO 6 6 29.3 .397 .333 .700 1.5 6.2 7.7 1.8 0.83 0.50 1.83 2.83 12.8<br />
2004 SACRAMENTO 6 6 30.8 .442 .222 .773 1.8 3.3 5.2 1.3 1.50 2.00 1.83 2.83 15.8<br />
2007 PHOENIX 9 9 31.8 .407 .484 .800 1.8 6.0 7.8 1.7 1.00 1.78 1.44 3.56 11.7<br />
2009 PHOENIX 11 11 26.4 .526 .526 .750 1.3 4.5 5.8 0.8 1.36 0.82 0.64 3.45 9.9<br />
2010 PHOENIX 4 4 32.2 .483 .353 .750 1.5 5.0 6.5 2.3 0.50 1.25 1.25 4.00 9.3<br />
TOTALS 44 44 30.2 .433 .436 .737 1.5 4.7 6.2 1.4 1.14 1.18 1.23 3.30 11.7<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 5 5 31.6 .440 .409 .692 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.4 1.20 2.00 1.40 4.00 12.4<br />
2009 PHOENIX 5 5 29.5 .488 .524 1.000 1.4 5.4 6.8 0.8 1.60 1.20 0.80 3.20 10.6<br />
TOTALS 10 10 30.6 .462 .465 .733 1.4 5.4 6.8 1.1 1.40 1.60 1.10 3.60 11.5<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL-STAR STATS<br />
REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2006 CHARLOTTE 1 0 13.3 .000 .000 1.000 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 2.0<br />
TOTALS 1 0 13.3 .000 .000 1.000 1.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 2.0<br />
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BELINDA SNELL<br />
5’11” – FORWARD – 170 LBS – BIRTHDATE: JANUARY 10, 1981 – VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2005 PHOENIX 20 227 19 55 .345 11 37 .297 16 18 .889 19 17 36 1.8 18 0.9 31 0 7 11 1 65 3.3<br />
2006 PHOENIX 30 250 35 90 .389 20 63 .317 10 10 1.000 11 28 39 1.3 19 0.6 28 0 15 17 3 100 3.3<br />
2007 PHOENIX 30 343 37 106 .349 26 79 .329 7 11 .636 12 34 46 1.5 44 1.5 31 0 20 18 4 107 3.6<br />
TOTALS 80 820 91 251 .363 57 179 .318 33 39 .846 42 79 121 1.5 81 1.0 90 0 42 46 8 272 3.4<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 8 52 4 23 .174 4 18 .222 1 2 .500 6 3 9 1.1 7 0.9 9 0 1 2 0 13 1.6<br />
TOTALS 8 52 4 23 .174 4 18 .222 1 2 .500 6 3 9 1.1 7 0.9 9 0 1 2 0 13 1.6<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 PHOENIX 4 30 3 12 .250 3 11 .273 0 0 — 5 0 5 1.3 5 1.3 6 0 1 1 0 9 2.3<br />
TOTALS 4 30 3 12 .250 3 11 .273 0 0 — 5 0 5 1.3 5 1.3 6 0 1 1 0 9 2.3<br />
SIDNEY SPENCER – 1<br />
6’3” – GUARD – 183 LBS – BIRTHDATE: MARCH 7, 1985 – TENNESSEE ’07<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2007 L.A. 34 828 118 300 .393 54 123 .439 37 42 .881 48 90 138 4.1 42 1.2 86 0 27 11 327 9.6<br />
2008 L.A. 33 451 63 155 .406 31 81 .383 17 18 .944 28 34 62 1.9 18 0.5 48 0 14 4 174 5.3<br />
2009 N.Y. 33 340 34 88 .386 22 57 .386 9 9 1.000 7 31 38 1.2 15 0.5 24 0 6 1 99 3.0<br />
2010 N.Y. 20 168 22 43 .512 8 15 .533 0 0 — 2 14 16 0.8 6 0.3 12 0 6 0 52 2.6<br />
2011 N.Y.-PHO. 24 178 22 50 .440 7 16 .438 4 4 1.000 4 14 18 0.8 11 0.5 14 0 0 0 55 2.3<br />
TOTALS 144 1966 259 636 .407 122 292 .418 67 73 .918 89 183 272 1.9 92 0.6 184 0 53 16 707 4.9<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> PLAYOFF RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 L.A. 5 48 3 12 .250 0 3 .000 1 1 1.000 4 5 9 1.8 1 0.2 5 0 0 1 7 1.4<br />
2010 N.Y. 3 7 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 1 1 0.3 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0<br />
2011 N.Y.-PHO. 2 5 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 1 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 10 60 3 16 .188 0 4 .000 1 11.000 4 7 11 1.1 1 0.1 6 0 1 1 7 0.7<br />
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MARIA STEPANOVA - 8<br />
6’8” - CENTER 187 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 23, 1979 - RUSSIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 20 130 26 61 .426 14 22 .636 17 21 38 7 3 11 9 66 1.9 0.3 3.3<br />
1999 PHOENIX 32 554 96 198 .485 55 88 .625 62 102 164 24 13 62 43 248 5.1 0.8 7.8<br />
2000 PHOENIX 15 170 24 54 .444 9 15 .600 15 33 48 8 4 9 22 57 3.2 0.5 3.8<br />
2001 PHOENIX 32 815 143 282 .507 48 78 .615 66 135 201 41 43 64 50 334 6.3 1.3 10.4<br />
2005 PHOENIX 15 409 68 144 .472 26 40 .650 29 51 80 23 20 38 22 162 5.3 1.5 10.8<br />
TOTALS 114 2,078 57 739 .483 152 243 .626 189 342 531 103 83 184 146 867 4.7 0.9 7.6<br />
Three-Point Field Goals: 1998; 0-0 (.000); 1999, 1-1 (1.00); 2000, 0-0 (.000); 2001, 0-2 (.000); 2005, 0-0 (.000) Totals, 1-3 (.333).<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1998 PHOENIX 4 22 5 11 .455 1 2 .500 3 3 6 1 1 1 1 11 1.5 0.3 2.8<br />
TOTALS 4 22 5 11 .455 1 2 .500 3 3 6 1 1 1 1 11 1.5 0.3 2.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1998, 0-0 (.000)<br />
ANN STROTHER - 43<br />
6’3” - GUARD/FORWARD - 162 - DECEMBER 11, 1983 - CONNECTICUT ’06<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS PER GAME<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2006 PHOENIX 8 0 4.9 .429 .400 .000 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.13 0.25 0.00 0.38 2.0<br />
TOTALS 8 0 4.9 .429 .400 .000 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.13 0.25 0.00 0.38 2.0<br />
KETIA SWANIER – 11<br />
5’7” – GUARD – 150 LBS – BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 10, 1986 – CONNECTICUT ’08<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2008 CONN. 25 231 13 47 .277 7 30 .233 8 10 .800 5 24 29 1.2 26 1.0 17 0 14 1 41 1.6<br />
2009 PHOENIX 33 388 33 88 .375 11 33 .333 16 18 .889 7 46 53 1.6 54 1.6 34 0 15 3 93 2.8<br />
2010 PHOENIX 32 322 36 92 .391 12 31 .387 11 21 .524 5 33 38 1.2 53 1.7 21 0 11 1 95 3.0<br />
2011 PHOENIX 29 429 27 79 .342 12 42 .286 11 16 .688 6 49 55 1.9 66 2.3 50 1 23 1 77 2.7<br />
TOTALS 119 1371 109 306 .356 42 136 .309 46 65 .708 23 152 175 1.5 199 1.7 122 1 63 6 306 2.6<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> PLAYOFF RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2009 PHOENIX 9 91 8 27 .296 4 11 .364 0 0 — 2 7 9 1.0 13 1.4 10 0 2 0 20 2.2<br />
2010 PHOENIX 2 9 1 3 .333 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 2 1.0<br />
2011 PHOENIX 5 47 3 9 .333 0 4 .000 0 0 — 2 8 10 2.0 6 1.2 6 0 3 0 6 1.2<br />
TOTALS 16 147 12 39 .308 4 15 .267 0 0 — 4 15 19 1.2 19 1.2 17 0 5 0 28 1.8<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS RECORD<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2009 PHOENIX 3 27 2 7 .286 1 3 .333 0 0 — 0 2 2 0.7 3 1.0 0 0 0 0 5 1.7<br />
TOTALS 3 27 2 7 .286 1 3 .333 0 0 — 0 2 2 0.7 3 1.0 0 0 0 0 5 1.7<br />
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STACEY THOMAS– 9<br />
5’10” - FORWARD - 154 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 29, 1978 - MICHIGAN ’00<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 PORTLAND 32 863 58 163 .356 44 74 .595 48 78 126 101 54 15 68 163 3.9 3.2 5.1<br />
2001 PORTLAND 32 413 22 60 .367 15 35 .429 31 39 70 41 30 10 40 59 2.2 1.3 1.8<br />
2002 PORTLAND 32 621 51 148 .345 31 61 .508 34 60 94 67 42 12 36 143 2.9 2.1 4.5<br />
2003 PHOENIX 19 187 15 46 .326 10 16 .625 10 17 27 10 11 8 10 46 1.4 0.5 2.4<br />
TOTALS 115 2,084 146 417 .350 100 186 .538 123 194 317 219 137 45 154 411 2.8 1.9 3.6<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 3-12 (.250); 2001, 0-7 (.000); 2002, 10-39 (.256); 2003, 6-22 (.273). TOTALS, 19-80 (.238).<br />
LINDSAY TAYLOR - 44<br />
6’0” - CENTER - 200 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: MAY 21, 1981 - UCSB ’04<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 3 3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 3 3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-0 (.000)<br />
MICHELE TIMMS - 7<br />
5’7” - GUARD - 132 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JUNE 28, 1965 - AUSTRALIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 27 966 99 295 .336 79 104 .760 23 76 99 137 71 3 80 326 3.7 5.1 12.1<br />
1998 PHOENIX 30 934 71 223 .318 34 49 .694 18 56 74 158 38 4 69 207 2.5 5.3 6.9<br />
1999 PHOENIX 30 804 68 192 954 38 49 .776 17 62 79 151 43 7 89 205 2.6 5.0 6.8<br />
2000 PHOENIX 8 176 11 30 .367 4 4 1.00 2 14 16 18 15 2 18 30 2.0 2.3 3.8<br />
2001 PHOENIX 21 408 38 110 .345 8 10 .800 11 34 45 87 21 2 42 98 2.1 4.1 4.7<br />
TOTALS 116 3,288 287 850 .338 163 216 .755 71 242 313 551 188 18 298 866 2.7 4.8 7.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 49-142 (.345); 1998, 31-104 (.298); 1999, 31-89 (.348); 2000, 4-17 (.235); 2001, 14-46 (.304); TOTALS,<br />
129-398 (.324)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 1 40 1 11 .091 3 5 .600 1 3 4 1 4 0 2 5 4.0 1.0 5.0<br />
1998 PHOENIX 6 208 19 54 .352 10 10 1.00 2 18 20 31 5 0 21 54 3.3 5.2 9.0<br />
TOTALS 7 248 20 65 .308 13 15 .867 3 21 24 32 9 0 23 59 3.4 4.6 8.4<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-2 (.000); 1998, 6-22 (.273); TOTALS, 6-24 (.250)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> ALL STAR STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 WEST 1 18 1 1 1.00 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4 1 0 3 3 4.0 4.0 3.0<br />
TOTALS 1 18 1 1 1.00 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4 1 0 3 3 4.0 4.0 3.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 1-1 (1.00)<br />
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MOLLY TUTER - 24<br />
6’0” - GUARD - 145 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: AUGUST 25, 1975 - ARIZONA STATE ’97<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 3 3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 3 3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-0 (.000)<br />
KRISTEN VEAL - 5<br />
5’11” - GUARD - 150 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JULY 24, 1981 - AUSTRALIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS –AVERAGES–<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FTM-FTA PCT OR-DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2001 PHOENIX 29 658 35-125 .280 32-42 .762 14-46 60 125 33 4 82 116 2.1 4.3 4.0<br />
2002 PHOENIX 23 361 24-79 .304 10-13 .769 6-21 27 41 14 2 42 71 1.2 1.8 3.1<br />
TOTALS 52 1019 59-204 .289 42-55 .764 20-67 87 166 47 6 124 187 1.7 3.2 3.6<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2001, 14-50 (.280); 2002, 13-47 (.277). TOTALS, 27-97 (.278).<br />
KAMILA VODICHKOVA - 9<br />
6’4” - CENTER - 190 - DECEMBER 19, 1972 - CZECH REPUBLIC<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS PER GAME<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2000 SEATTLE 23 19 21.3 .398 .200 .769 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.0 0.57 0.52 2.48 2.74 8.7<br />
2001 SEATTLE 29 4 14.0 .418 .400 .864 0.9 1.6 2.4 0.8 0.55 0.24 1.17 1.93 5.2<br />
2002 SEATTLE 32 30 25.5 .465 .342 .806 1.9 3.6 5.5 1.5 1.13 0.56 1.72 3.00 9.2<br />
2003 SEATTLE 28 27 25.3 .474 .000 .812 2.0 3.1 5.1 1.1 0.71 0.75 1.89 3.61 10.1<br />
2004 SEATTLE 34 34 25.7 .390 .500 .778 1.9 3.0 4.9 1.6 0.94 0.35 2.15 3.24 8.0<br />
2005 PHOENIX 28 25 29.3 .494 .429 .667 2.1 4.9 7.0 2.3 1.00 0.79 2.07 3.07 10.9<br />
2006 PHOENIX 28 27 26.3 .444 .000 .769 1.6 5.0 6.7 1.5 1.00 0.68 1.89 3.18 9.7<br />
TOTALS 202 166 24.0 .444 .298 .778 1.7 3.5 5.1 1.4 0.86 0.55 1.90 2.98 8.8<br />
UMEKI WEBB - 21<br />
5’10” - GUARD - 162 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JUNE 26, 1975 - N.C. STATE ’97<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 28 775 47 158 .297 46 67 .687 42 75 117 68 68 8 55 141 4.2 2.4 5.0<br />
1998 PHOENIX 30 846 59 161 .366 39 59 .661 47 69 116 92 47 21 41 161 3.9 3.1 5.4<br />
TOTALS 58 1621 106 319 .332 85 126 .675 89 144 233 160 115 29 96 302 4.0 2.8 5.2<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 1-15 (.067); 1998, 4-14 (.286); TOTALS, 5-29 (.172)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 1 33 2 9 .222 1 2 .500 3 3 6 2 0 0 1 5 6.0 2.0 5.0<br />
1998 PHOENIX 6 15 6 21 .286 2 5 .600 6 9 15 18 1 2 9 16 2.5 3.0 2.7<br />
TOTALS 7 48 8 30 .267 3 7 .429 9 12 21 20 1 2 10 21 3.0 2.9 3.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-0 (.000); 1998, 1-5 (.200); TOTALS, 1-5 (.200)<br />
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ADRIAN WILLIAMS - 33<br />
6’4” - CENTER - 182 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 15, 1977 - USC ’99<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 PHOENIX 28 351 29 72 .403 20 38 .526 24 47 71 16 14 4 29 78 2.5 0.6 2.8<br />
2001 PHOENIX 25 375 38 113 .336 20 28 .714 21 54 75 11 15 5 34 96 3.0 0.4 4.1<br />
2002 PHOENIX 32 878 79 169 .467 42 60 .700 64 156 220 35 48 29 63 200 6.9 1.1 6.3<br />
2003 PHOENIX 34 985 141 351 .402 52 85 .612 68 184 252 31 57 19 73 334 7.4 0.9 9.8<br />
2004 PHOENIX 11 145 27 60 .450 11 14 .786 10 11 21 5 11 5 15 65 1.9 0.5 5.9<br />
TOTALS 130 2,734 314 765 .410 145 225 .644 187 452 639 98 145 62 214 773 4.9 0.8 5.9<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 0-0 (.000); 2001, 0-0 (.000); 2002 0-0 (.000); 2003 0-1 (.000); 2004 0-0<br />
(.000). TOTAL: 0-1 (.000).<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 PHOENIX 2 30 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 1 3 4 1 0 2 1 5 2.0 0.5 2.5<br />
TOTALS 2 30 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 1 3 4 1 0 2 1 5 2.0 0.5 2.5<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS:2000, 0-0 (.000).<br />
ANGELINA WILLIAMS - 33<br />
6’0” - FORWARD - 150 - JULY 21, 1983 - ILLINOIS ’05<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS PER GAME<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2005 PHOENIX 16 0 9.3 .300 .222 .857 0.6 0.9 1.4 0.6 0.25 0.44 0.69 1.06 2.5<br />
2006 DETROIT 21 0 6.3 .326 .250 .647 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.33 0.29 0.71 0.43 2.0<br />
TOTALS 37 0 7.6 .312 .231 .708 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.30 0.35 0.70 0.70 2.2<br />
TARA WILLIAMS - 31<br />
5’11” - GUARD - 170 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JULY 23, 1974 - AUBURN ’97<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 12 84 16 39 .410 0 0 .000 1 7 8 3 3 0 4 37 1.3 1.6 3.1<br />
TOTALS 12 84 16 39 .410 0 0 .000 1 7 8 3 3 0 4 37 1.3 1.6 3.1<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 5-11 (.455)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1997 PHOENIX 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
TOTALS 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1997, 0-0 (.000)<br />
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LE’COE WILLINGHAM – 43<br />
6’0’’ – FORWARD – 204 LBS. – BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 10, 1981 – AUBURN ’04<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS PPG<br />
2004 PHOENIX 23 175 24 38 .632 0 1 .000 20 26 .769 22 21 43 1.9 7 0.3 16 0 8 12 2 68 3.0<br />
2005 PHOENIX 18 91 7 17 .412 0 0 — 10 20 .500 10 7 17 0.9 3 0.2 16 0 2 14 0 24 1.3<br />
2006 PHOENIX 29 209 25 53 .472 6 10 .600 7 13 .538 20 35 55 1.9 17 0.6 23 0 5 15 0 63 2.2<br />
2007 PHOENIX 28 320 20 52 .385 0 4 .000 18 25 .720 27 50 77 2.8 11 0.4 44 0 8 19 6 58 2.1<br />
2008 PHOENIX 34 834 139 244 .570 5 27 .185 60 81 .741 86 116 202 5.9 29 0.9 116 2 22 46 7 343 10.1<br />
2009 PHOENIX 34 713 136 255 .533 1 8 .125 67 79 .848 64 79 143 4.2 35 1.0 91 0 22 46 9 340 10.0<br />
TOTALS 166 2342 351 659 .533 12 50 .240 182244.746 229 308 537 3.2 102 0.6 306 2 67 152 24 896 5.4<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> POSTSEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2004 CONN. 8 60 7 18 .389 0 0 — 3 4 .750 8 11 19 2.4 1 0.1 4 0 0 1 17 2.1<br />
2005 CONN. 3 10 0 2 .000 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0.3 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 2 0.7<br />
2006 CONN. 3 10 2 5 .400 1 1 1.000 0 0 — 3 1 4 1.3 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 5 1.7<br />
2007 CONN. 3 41 6 8 .750 1 1 1.000 3 3 1.000 5 5 10 3.3 2 0.7 5 0 0 1 16 5.3<br />
2009 PHOENIX 11 254 35 65 .538 0 1 .000 20 24 .833 21 27 48 4.4 10 0.9 26 0 4 5 90 8.2<br />
TOTALS 28 375 50 98 .510 2 3 .667 28 33 .848 37 45 82 2.9 13 0.5 35 0 4 9 130 4.6<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-PT F.G.’S FREE THROWS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING<br />
YEAR TEAM G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT RPG AST APG PF DQ STL BLK PTS PPG<br />
2004 CONN. 3 26 3 9 .333 0 0 — 1 1 1.000 4 6 10 3.3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 7 2.3<br />
2005 CONN. 2 9 0 2 .000 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0<br />
2009 PHOENIX 5 130 15 31 .484 0 0 — 9 10 .900 11 15 26 5.2 5 1.0 13 0 2 4 39 7.8<br />
TOTALS 10 165 18 42 .429 0 0 — 12 13 .923 15 22 37 3.7 5 0.5 13 0 2 4 48 4.8<br />
AMANDA WILSON - 30<br />
6’0” - FORWARD - 160 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: FEBRUARY 6, 1977 - LOUISIANA TECH ’99<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
1999 PHOENIX 12 34 4 12 .333 3 3 1.00 4 2 6 2 1 1 1 12 0.5 0.2 1.0<br />
2000 PHOENIX 3 9 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.3 0.3 0.7<br />
TOTALS 15 43 4 13 .308 5 7 .714 4 3 7 3 1 1 1 14 0.5 0.2 0.9<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 1999, 1-5 (.200); 2000, 0-0 (.000); TOTALS, 1-5 (.200)<br />
SHEREKA WRIGHT - 50<br />
5’10” - FORWARD - 155 - SEPTEMBER 21, 1981 - PURDUE ’04<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
REBOUNDS PER GAME<br />
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG<br />
2004 PHOENIX 24 0 10.1 .310 .462 .781 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.13 0.04 0.63 0.79 2.4<br />
2005 PHOENIX 25 5 13.8 .407 .314 .673 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.9 0.56 0.12 1.12 0.52 3.8<br />
TOTALS 49 5 12.0 .366 .354 .714 0.7 0.9 1.6 0.6 0.35 0.08 0.88 0.65 3.1<br />
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NEVRIYE YILMAZ - 42<br />
6’4” - CENTER - 190 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: JUNE 16, 1980 - TURKEY<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2002 PHOENIX 5 34 7 15 .467 0 2 .000 3 0 3 2 0 0 4 14 0.6 0.4 2.8<br />
TOTALS 5 34 7 15 .467 0 2 .000 3 0 3 2 0 0 4 14 0.6 0.4 2.8<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2003, 0-0 (.000).<br />
OKSANA ZAKALUZHNAYA - 13<br />
6’6” - CENTER 174 LBS. - BIRTHDATE: DECEMBER 18, 1977 - RUSSIA<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> REGULAR SEASON STATS<br />
FIELD GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS AVERAGES<br />
SEA TEAM G MIN FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST STL BLK TO PTS RPG APG PPG<br />
2000 DETROIT 23 258 38 73 .521 10 11 .909 15 31 46 2 5 13 19 89 2.0 0.1 3.9<br />
2001 DETROIT DID NOT PLAY<br />
2002 DET/PHX 8 47 3 9 .333 2 4 .500 0 3 3 0 0 1 4 8 0.4 0.0 1.0<br />
TOTALS 31 305 41 82 .500 12 15 .800 15 34 49 2 5 14 23 97 1.6 0.0 3.1<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS: 2000, 3-7 (.429); 2002, 0-0 (.000); TOTALS, 3-7 (.429)<br />
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1997 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
October 30, 1996: Phoenix was one of eight cities<br />
(Charlotte, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles,<br />
New York, Sacramento and Utah) selected to<br />
have a <strong>WNBA</strong> charter team<br />
January 22 Forward/Center Jennifer Gillom and guard<br />
Michele Timms allocated to the Phoenix<br />
Mercury<br />
January 27 Signed Cheryl Miller as Head Coach and<br />
General Manager<br />
February 14 <strong>WNBA</strong> team names and logos announced<br />
February 27 <strong>WNBA</strong> Elite Draft – selected guard Bridget<br />
Pettis (1st round, 7th overall) and Guard<br />
Nancy Lieberman-Cline (2nd round, 15th<br />
overall)<br />
April 19-22 First <strong>WNBA</strong> Pre-Draft camp held in Orlando<br />
April 28 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft — Forward/Center Toni Foster<br />
(1st round, 8th overall), Forward Tia Jackson<br />
(2nd round, 9th overall), guard Umeki Webb<br />
(3rd round, 24th overall), forward Monique<br />
Ambers (4th round,25th overall)<br />
April 30 Phoenix Mercury open tryouts<br />
May 10 Announced the signing of Assistant Coach<br />
Steve Smith<br />
May 21 The inaugural eight <strong>WNBA</strong> uniforms<br />
unveiled in New York<br />
May 22 Final roster allocations – Forward Marlies<br />
Askamp, guard Tara Williams (roster finalized<br />
with a maximum 10 active players and 2<br />
developmental players)<br />
May 28 Start of training camp<br />
June 14 Pre-season game Phoenix Mercury vs. Los<br />
Angeles Sparks at Arizona State University<br />
Activity Center<br />
June 20 Waived guard Ryneldi Becenti and guard<br />
Becky Tibbets<br />
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June 21 Start of regular season<br />
June 22 Inaugural <strong>WNBA</strong> regular season game<br />
Phoenix Mercury vs. Charlotte Sting at<br />
America West Arena<br />
July 5 Activated guard Molly Tuter from developmental<br />
squad<br />
July 22 Waived guard Molly Tuter; Signed guard<br />
Ryneldi Becenti to active roster<br />
July 28 Signed forward Desma Thomas to developmental<br />
squad<br />
July 31 The first ever <strong>WNBA</strong> trade; Acquired forward<br />
Mikiko Hagiwara from Sacramento for future<br />
considerations; Waived guard Ryneldi<br />
Becenti<br />
August 4 Re-signed guard Ryneldi Becenti to developmental<br />
squad; Waived forward Melissa<br />
Gurile<br />
August 7 Activated guard Tara Williams; Placed guard<br />
Nancy Lieberman-Cline on Injured List<br />
August 13 Activated guard Nancy Lieberman-Cline;<br />
Placed forward Monique Ambers on Injured<br />
List<br />
August 17 Jennifer Gillom named <strong>WNBA</strong> Player of the<br />
Week<br />
August 24 End of regular season<br />
August 28 1997 <strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs - Semi-final Game<br />
Phoenix Mercury vs. New York Liberty at<br />
America West Arena (single game<br />
elimination)<br />
August 30 Jennifer Gillom named as a center on the<br />
All-<strong>WNBA</strong> Second Team
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1998 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
February 7 Michele Timms was paired with Phoenix<br />
Suns guard Steve Nash for a 2-Ball<br />
Competition during the NBA All-Star<br />
weekend in New York<br />
February 18 <strong>WNBA</strong> Expansion Draft - Lost guard Tara<br />
Williams to the Detroit Shock<br />
March 17 Phoenix Mercury open tryouts<br />
March 1 Announced the signing of Assistant<br />
Coach Carrie Graf<br />
April 27 Announced the signing of Assistant<br />
Coach Kathy Anderson<br />
April 29 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft — (roster changed from 10<br />
active players to 11 active players and<br />
developmental players eliminated).<br />
Drafted center Maria Stepanova (1st<br />
round, 8th overall), guard/forward<br />
Andrea Kuklova (2nd round,18th overall),<br />
forward Brandy Reed (3rd round, 28th<br />
overall), guard/forward Karen Wilkins<br />
(4th round, 38th overall)<br />
May 12 Start of training camp<br />
May 17 Waived guard/forward Tonya Sampson<br />
May 29 Waived forward Monique Ambers<br />
May 30 Waived guard/forward Karen Wilkins<br />
June 4 Waived guard/forward Tawona Alhaleem<br />
June 8 Waived guard Laura Baker, guard Odile<br />
Santaniello and guard Desma Thomas<br />
June 10 Waived guard Dena Evans and forward<br />
Tia Jackson; Placed guard Mikiko<br />
Hagiwara and center Marlies Askamp on<br />
the Injured List<br />
June 11 Start of regular season<br />
June 20 Activated center Marlies Askamp; Placed<br />
center Maria Stepanova on Injured List<br />
June 24 Activated guard Mikiko Hagiwara;<br />
Placed forward/center Toni Foster on<br />
the Injured List<br />
June 28 Activated center Maria Stepanova; Placed<br />
forward Brandy Reed on the Injured List<br />
July 6 Acquired center Tiffani Johnson from<br />
Sacramento in exchange for<br />
forward/center Pauline Jordan<br />
July 8 Activated forward Brandy Reed; Waived<br />
center Tiffani Johnson<br />
July 12 Jennifer Gillom named <strong>WNBA</strong> Player of<br />
the Week<br />
July 27 Activated forward/center Toni Foster;<br />
Placed guard Mikiko Hagiwara on the<br />
Injured List<br />
July 31 Waived guard Mikiko Hagiwara<br />
August 19 End of regular season<br />
Aug. 22-25 1998 <strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs - Semifinal Series<br />
Phoenix Mercury vs. Cleveland Rockers<br />
(best of three series)<br />
August 27 Jennifer Gillom named as a center on the<br />
All-<strong>WNBA</strong> First Team<br />
August 27 1998 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals<br />
Sept.. 1 Phoenix Mercury vs. Houston Comets<br />
(best of three series)<br />
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1999 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
February 4 Announced the signing of Assistant Coach<br />
Howie Landa<br />
April 6 Lost forward Brandy Reed to Minnesota in<br />
the 1999 Expansion Draft<br />
May 5 Drafted guard Edna Campbell (1st round,<br />
10th overall), forward, Clarissa Davis-<br />
Wrightsil (2nd round, 22nd overall), forward<br />
Lisa Harrison (3rd round, 34th overall) and<br />
forward Amanda Wilson (4th round, 46th<br />
overall)<br />
May 14 Start of training camp, Signed center Jenny<br />
Crouse and center MerleLynn Lange-Harris<br />
May 25 Signed forward Trisha Stafford<br />
May 26 Signed forward/center Eva Antonikova<br />
June 2 Waived forward Trisha Stafford and<br />
forward/center Eva Antonikova<br />
June 7 Waived center Jenny Crouse<br />
June 8 Waived guard Umeki Webb<br />
June 9 Waived forward/center Toni Foster<br />
June 10 1999 regular season roster finalized<br />
June 12 Start of regular season<br />
June 20 Waived forward/center MerleLynn<br />
Lange-Harris<br />
July 7 Cheryl Miller underwent successful surgery to<br />
repair a ruptured achilles tendon in her right<br />
leg. Assistant coaches Carrie Graf and Howie<br />
Landa handled the coaching duties for the<br />
Mercury game vs. the Los Angeles Sparks<br />
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July 14 Inaugural <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game in New York,<br />
Center Jennifer Gillom and guard Michele<br />
Timms represented the Mercury on the<br />
Western Conference team<br />
July 17 Waived forward Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil and<br />
guard/forward Andrea Kuklova<br />
July 19 Signed forward Angela Aycock and<br />
forward/center Toni Foster<br />
July 27 Re-signed Cheryl Miller to a multi-year<br />
contract<br />
August 20 End of regular season<br />
October 27 Acquired forward Adia Barnes, guard Tonya<br />
Edwards, guard/forward Trisha Fallon from<br />
Minnesota in exchange for center Marlies<br />
Askamp, guard Angela Aycock and guard<br />
Kristi Harrower<br />
Nov. 3 Phoenix selected to host the 2000 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-<br />
Star Game on July 17 at America West Arena<br />
Dec. 15 Lost guard Edna Campbell and<br />
forward/center Toni Foster to Seattle in the<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Expansion Draft
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2000 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
January 18 Mercury schedule announced<br />
February 18 Acquired forward Brandy Reed from<br />
Minnesota in exchange for Mercury’s first<br />
round draft selection (5th overall) in 2000<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
February 26 2000 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star logo unveiled at<br />
Mercury Madness<br />
March 9 Signed Assistant Coaches Tom Lewis and<br />
Linda Sharp<br />
April 1 Signed Assistant Coach Vonn Read<br />
April 25 2000 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft - Selected forward/center<br />
Adrian Williams (2nd round, 21st overall),<br />
forward Tauja Catchings (3rd round, 37th<br />
overall) and Shantia Owens (4th round, 53rd<br />
overall)<br />
April 25 Acquired fourth-round draft pick in 2001<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Draft from Miami in exchange for<br />
Shantia Owens (4th round, 53rd overall)<br />
May 3 Start of training camp<br />
May 5 Waived guard Jennifer Crow<br />
May 8 Waived forward Susan Blauser<br />
May 15 Waived guard Holly Rilinger<br />
May 28 Suspended forward Mactabene Amachree<br />
and guard/forward Trisha Fallon<br />
May 28 Placed forward Amanda Wilson on the<br />
Injured List with MCL right knee and guard<br />
Nieves Anula on the Injured List with right<br />
knee tendonitis<br />
May 28 Waived forwards Adia Barnes and Stacy<br />
Hansmeyer<br />
May 29 Start of regular season<br />
June 5 Brandy Reed named <strong>WNBA</strong> Player of the<br />
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June 9 Waived guard Nieves Anula<br />
June 19 Signed guard Dena Head<br />
June 19 Waived forward Mactabene Amachree;<br />
Placed center Rankica Sarenac on the Injured<br />
List with right Achilles tendonitis<br />
July 4 Guard Michele Timms underwent surgery to<br />
repair her left knee<br />
July 5 Placed guard Michele Timms on the Injured<br />
List following surgery to her left knee;<br />
Activated center Rankica Sarenac<br />
July 8 Center Maria Stepanova underwent surgery<br />
to repair a torn meniscus in her right knee<br />
July 17 Cheryl Miller underwent surgery to repair<br />
her left knee. Assistant Coaches Tom Lewis<br />
and Vonn Read handled the coaching duties<br />
while Miller recovered. Phoenix was 1-2<br />
without Miller on the sidelines<br />
July 19 Activated forward Amanda Wilson; Placed<br />
center Maria Stepanova on the Injured List<br />
following right knee surgery<br />
July 27 Guard Michelle Cleary underwent surgery to<br />
repair a torn meniscus in her right knee<br />
July 30 Signed guard Nicole Kubik; Placed guard<br />
Michelle Cleary on the Injured List following<br />
right knee surgery<br />
August 9 End of regular season<br />
August 11 2000 <strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs — First Round Phoenix<br />
Mercury vs. Los Angeles Sparks (best-ofthree<br />
series)<br />
Dec. 1 Cheryl Miller steps down as head coach
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2001 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
January 8 Announced the hiring of Head Coach<br />
Cynthia Cooper<br />
February 16 Signed Assistant Coaches Carrie Graf and<br />
Eric Cooper<br />
April 20 Drafted guard Kristen Veal (1st round,<br />
13th overall), forward Ilona Korstine (2nd<br />
round, 29th overall), forward Tere<br />
Williams (3rd round, 45th overall), center<br />
Carolyn Moos (4th round, 53rd overall)<br />
and guard Megan Franza (4th round, 61st<br />
overall)<br />
April 27 Signed free agents center Elena<br />
Kravchenko, center Fatou Kine N’Diaye,<br />
forward Pat Luckey and center<br />
Slobodanka Tuvic<br />
May 7 Waived guard Megan Franza<br />
May 8 Signed free agent guards LaCresha<br />
Flannigan and Monet Sykes<br />
May 11 Waived guards LaCresha Flannigan and<br />
Monet Sykes<br />
May 27 Placed forward Ilona Korstine, center<br />
Fatou Kine N’Diaye and center<br />
Slobodanka Tuvic on the suspended list<br />
May 27 Traded 2002 second round draft pick to<br />
Cleveland in exchange for guard Jaynetta<br />
Saunders<br />
May 27 Placed guard Michele Timms and forward<br />
Pat Luckey on the Injured List<br />
May 27 Waived center Elena Kravchenko, guard<br />
Nicole Kubik, center Carolyn Moos,<br />
forward Amanda Wilson and forward<br />
Tere Williams<br />
May 30 Start of regular season<br />
May 31 Placed forward Brandy Reed on the<br />
suspended list for conduct detrimental to<br />
the team<br />
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June 2 Activated center Slobodanka Tuvic from<br />
the suspended list<br />
June 5 Waived guard Michelle Cleary; Signed<br />
guard Nicole Kubik<br />
June 5 Placed forward Adrian Williams on the<br />
Injured List; Activated forward Pat Luckey<br />
June 16 Placed forward Pat Luckey on the Injured<br />
List with a strained left hamstring; Waived<br />
guard Nicole Kubik<br />
June 16 Activated guard Michele Timms and<br />
forward Adrian Williams from the Injured<br />
List<br />
June 22 Placed forward Brandy Reed on the<br />
suspended list for the remainder of the<br />
season<br />
June 22 Traded guard Tonya Edwards to Charlotte<br />
in exchange for a 2002 second round<br />
draft pick<br />
June 22 Activated forward Ilona Korstine from the<br />
suspended list<br />
June 29 Placed forward Ilona Korstine on the<br />
Injured List with right knee tendonitis<br />
June 29 Waived forward Pat Luckey and signed<br />
guard EC Hill<br />
July 5 Waived guard EC Hill; Activated forward<br />
Ilona Korstine from the Injured List<br />
August 3 Placed guard Michele Timms on the<br />
Injured List; Activated guard Adriana<br />
Moises-Pinto<br />
August 8 Placed guard Kristen Veal on the Injured<br />
List; Activated guard Michele Timms<br />
August 14 Placed forward Ilona Korstine on the<br />
Injured List; Activated guard Kristen Veal<br />
August 14 End of regular season
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2002 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
March 4 Traded 8th overall in the 2002 draft to<br />
Cleveland in exchange for forward<br />
Pollyana Johns-Kimbrough and the 15th<br />
overall to the Miami Sol in exchange for<br />
forward Tracy Reid and the 13th overall in<br />
the 2002 draft; Traded guard Bridget<br />
Pettis and the 13th overall in the 2002<br />
draft to the Indiana Fever for guard<br />
Gordana Grubin<br />
April 26 2002 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft - Selected forward<br />
Tootie Shaw (2nd round, 25th overall),<br />
Kayte Christensen (3rd round, 40th<br />
overall), and forward Amba Kongolo (4th<br />
round, 56th overall)<br />
April 29 Signed free agent forward Shea<br />
Mahoney, guard Tiffany Moss, guard<br />
Kenya Larkin, guard Susanna Bonfiglio,<br />
guard Monet Sykes, and guard Gulsah<br />
Akkaya<br />
May 1 Waived guards Tiffany Moss and Monet<br />
Sykes<br />
May 3 Traded 2003 fourth round draft overall to<br />
Detroit in exchange for guard Claudia das<br />
Neves<br />
May 5 Traded guard Claudia das Neves to Miami<br />
in exchange for 2003 third round draft<br />
pick<br />
May 6 Waived guard Kenya Larkin and forward<br />
Amba Kongolo; Signed free agent<br />
forward Marianna Balleggi and guard Milli<br />
Martinez<br />
May 14 Waived forwards Gulsah Akkaya and<br />
Tootie Shaw<br />
May 23 Waived guard Milli Martinez; Signed free<br />
agent center Quacy Barnes<br />
May 24 Waived forward Marianna Balleggi and<br />
placed centers Maria Stepanova and<br />
Slobodanka Tuvic on the suspended list;<br />
Placed guard Kristen Veal (knee injuries)<br />
and center Quacy Barnes (strained lower<br />
back) on Injured List<br />
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May 29 Start of regular season<br />
June 7 Waived center Quacy Barnes; Placed<br />
center Maria Stepanova (pregnant) on<br />
the Injured List<br />
June 9 Waived forward Shea Mahoney; Activated<br />
center Slobodanka Tuvic<br />
June 18 Placed forward Brandy Reed on the<br />
suspended list; Activated guard Kristen<br />
Veal<br />
June 25 Placed forward Tracy Reid on Injured List<br />
with a right ankle sprain; Signed center<br />
Quacy Barnes<br />
June 26 Announced the resignation of Cynthia<br />
Cooper and named Linda Sharp as<br />
interim head coach<br />
July 1 Placed center Quacy Barnes on the<br />
Injured List with a strained lower back;<br />
Activated forward Tracy Reid<br />
July 17 Waived center Quacy Barnes; Placed<br />
guard Susanna Bonfiglio on the Injured<br />
List; Signed center Oksana Zakaluzhnaya<br />
July 25 Placed forward Tracy Reid on the Injured<br />
List with a sore right knee; Activated<br />
guard Susanna Bonfiglio<br />
July 31 Placed guard Susanna Bonfiglio on the<br />
Injured List following dental surgery;<br />
Activated forward Tracy Reid<br />
August 7 Activated guard Susanna Bonfiglio; Placed<br />
center Oksana Zakaluzhnaya on the<br />
Injured List for the remainder of the<br />
season with a strained lower back<br />
August 13 End of regular season
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2003 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
April 24 Selected guard Tamicha Jackson with the<br />
fourth pick in the <strong>WNBA</strong> Dispersal Draft<br />
April 25 2003 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft — Selected forward<br />
Plenette Pierson (1st round, 4th overall),<br />
forward Petra Ujhelyi (2nd round, 16th<br />
overall), guard Telisha Quarles (3rd round,<br />
31st overall) and guard Marion Jones (3rd<br />
round, 33rd overall)<br />
April 27 Signed forward Lisa Harrison, forward Adrian<br />
Williams, guard Jaynetta Saunders, guard<br />
Kristen Veal, forward Tracy Reid, forward<br />
Plenette Pierson and guard Tamicha Jackson<br />
to free agent contracts<br />
April 28 Traded forward Petra Ujhelyi and guard<br />
Telisha Quarles to Detroit in exchange for<br />
guard Edwina Brown and forward Lenae<br />
Williams<br />
April 29 Start of training camp<br />
April 30 Signed free agent guard Edniesha Curry,<br />
guard Anna DeForge,guard Iziane Castro-<br />
Marques, forward Elizabeth Pickney and<br />
forward Jerica Watson<br />
May 3 Waived forward Elizabeth Pickney and<br />
signed guard Gergana Slavtcheva and center<br />
Nevriye Yilmaz<br />
May 6 Signed guard Grace Daley to a free agent<br />
contract<br />
May 5 Waived forward Jerica Watson<br />
May 20 Signed free agent guard Dalma Ivanyi<br />
May 21 Waived forward Lenae Williams, guard<br />
Jaynetta Saunders and guard Edniesha<br />
Curry; Placed guard Grace Daley and guard<br />
Iziane Castro Marques on the Injured list<br />
May 22 Start of regular season<br />
May 24 Waived guard Gergana Slavtcheva; Signed<br />
free agent guard Felicia Ragland<br />
May 27 Waived forward Tracy Reid; Signed free<br />
agent guard Stacey Thomas<br />
June 2 Waived guard Dalma Ivanyi; Signed free<br />
agent forward Michaela Pavlickova; Activated<br />
guard Grace Daley from the Injured List<br />
June 3 Placed guard Felicia Ragland on the<br />
Injured List<br />
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June 9 Waived guard Grace Daley; Activated guard<br />
Felicia Ragland from the Injured List; Waived<br />
guard Felicia Ragland; Signed center<br />
Slobodanka Tuvic to a free agent contract;<br />
Placed center Slobodanka Tuvic on the<br />
Injured List with a right foot stress fracture;<br />
Activated guard Iziane Castro-Marques<br />
June 17 Signed free agent guard Charmin Smith;<br />
Placed center Nevriye Yilmaz on the Injured<br />
List with a sore lower back<br />
June 28 Placed forward Michaela Pavlickova on the<br />
Injured List with a sore lower back; Activated<br />
center Slobodanka Tuvic<br />
July 2 Waived guard Charmin Smith; Placed<br />
forward Michaela Pavlickova on the<br />
suspended list; Placed center Slobodanka<br />
Tuvic on the Injured List with a right foot<br />
stress fracture; Signed free agent guard<br />
Edniesha Curry and center Sonja Mallory<br />
July 2 Forward Adrian Williams named to <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
All-Star Team in New York City<br />
July 12 Fifth Annual <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game at<br />
Madison Square Garden in New York City<br />
July 15 Waived center Nevriye Yilmaz; Placed center<br />
Sonja Mallory on the Injured List with a<br />
sprained right knee; Activated center<br />
Slobodanka Tuvic; Signed free agent guard<br />
Gergana Slavtcheva; Placed guard Gergana<br />
Slavtcheva on the Injured List with right<br />
elbow tendonitis<br />
July 31 Traded guard Stacey Thomas to Detroit in<br />
exchange for guard Tamara Moore<br />
August 6 Placed forward Kayte Christensen on the<br />
Injured List with a dislocated left index<br />
finger; Placed guard Iziane Castro-Marques<br />
on the injured list with a sprained right knee;<br />
Activated guard Gergana Slavtcheva;<br />
Activated center Sonja Mallory<br />
August 15 Activated forward Kayte Christensen; Placed<br />
guard Gergana Slavtcheva on the Injured List<br />
with right elbow tendonitis<br />
August 22 End of regular season
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2004 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
May 3 Released G Sheila Lambert, released C<br />
Sonja Mallory<br />
May 4 Signed F Penny Gaylor<br />
May 6 Released G Edneisha Curry<br />
May 15 Released F Linda Frohlich, released G<br />
Erika Valek<br />
May 19 Waived G Iziane Castro Marques, waived<br />
G Tonya Edwards, placed C Sahley<br />
Robinson on injured reserve with left<br />
knee tendonitis, placed G Edwina Brown<br />
on injured reserve with a ruptured left<br />
Achilles tendon<br />
June 7 Activated C Ashley Robinson from injured<br />
reserve, placed C Lindsay Taylor on<br />
injured reserve with a strained right<br />
Achilles tendon<br />
June 26 Placed F/C Adrian Williams on injured<br />
reserved with a strained right knee,<br />
activate C Lindsay Taylor from the<br />
injured list<br />
July 5 Released G Edwina Brown<br />
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July 8 Activated F/C Adrian Williams from the<br />
injured list, placed C Lindsay Taylor on<br />
injured list with a strained right Achilles<br />
Tendon, signed G Jae Cross, placed<br />
G Jae Cross on the injured list with<br />
right knee tendonitis<br />
July 18 Activated G Jae Cross from the injured<br />
list, placed F/C Adrian Williams on the<br />
injured list with strained right knee<br />
July 19 Acquired F Gwen Jackson from the San<br />
Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for F/C<br />
Adrian Williams, placed G Nikki McCray<br />
on the injured list with tendonitis in<br />
both knees<br />
August 1 Activated G Nikki McCray from the<br />
injured list, placed F/C Kayte Christensen<br />
on the injured list with a sore lower back<br />
Sept. 1 Placed F Shereka Wright on the injured<br />
list with a right ankle sprain, activated F/C<br />
Kayte Christensen from the injured list
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2005 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
Feb. 11 Signed forward DeMya Walker to an offer<br />
sheet. As a restricted free agent, the<br />
Sacramento Monarchs matched and retained<br />
her rights.<br />
March 6 Signed center Kamila Vodichkova as a<br />
restricted free agent. The Seattle Storm did<br />
not match the contract offer.<br />
March10 Signed Belinda Snell as a free agent.<br />
April 4 Signed Rita Williams and Latoya Turner.<br />
April 16 Drafted forward Sandora Irvin (3rd overall),<br />
forward Angelina Williams (18th overall) and<br />
guard Jamie Carey.<br />
April 24 Signed Tamara Moore, Jae Cross and Maria<br />
Villaroel.<br />
April 28 Waived Jamie Carey and Latoya Turner.<br />
May 3 Waived Maria Villarroell.<br />
May 19 Waived guard Jae Cross, guard Tamara<br />
Moore, guard Rita Williams and center<br />
Lindsay Taylor.<br />
May 20 Added Lisa Harrison.<br />
June 2 Activated forward Penny Taylor from the<br />
suspended list.<br />
Placed forward Angelina Williams on the<br />
injured list.<br />
June 8 Activated forward Kamila Vodichkova from the<br />
suspended list.<br />
Placed forward Sandora Irvin on the injured<br />
list.<br />
June 18 Activated forward Angelina Williams from the<br />
injured list.<br />
Placed guard Belinda Snell on the injured list<br />
with a sore lower back.<br />
June 25 Activated guard Belinda Snell from the injured<br />
list.<br />
Placed forward Gwen Jackson on the injured<br />
list with a sprained left knee.<br />
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June 29 Signed center Maria Stepanova.<br />
Traded forward Plenette Pierson to the Detroit<br />
Shock for Andrea Draft Pick.<br />
Waived Andrea Stinson.<br />
July 1 Activated forward Sandora Irvin from the<br />
injured list.<br />
Placed forward Kayte Christensen on the<br />
injured list with a sore lower back.<br />
July 7 Waived forward Kayte Christensen.<br />
July 15 Placed guard Belinda Snell on the injured list<br />
with a sore lower back.<br />
Signed guard Niele Ivey to a seven-day<br />
contract.<br />
July 22 Signed guard Niele Ivey to a second sevenday<br />
contract.<br />
July 26 Activated guard Belinda Snell from the injured<br />
list.<br />
Placed forward Shereka Wright on the injured<br />
list with a sprained left wrist.<br />
July 29 Signed guard Niele Ivey to a third seven-day<br />
contract.<br />
Aug. 12 Activated guard Shereka Wright from<br />
the injured list.<br />
Placed guard Angelina Williams on the injured<br />
list with left foot plantar fasciitis.<br />
Signed guard Niele Ivey to a fourth<br />
seven-day contract.<br />
Aug.18 Activated Angelina Williams from the injured<br />
list.<br />
Forward/center Maria Stepanova was placed<br />
on the suspended list.<br />
Oct. 11 Named Paul Westhead the fifth head coach<br />
in team history<br />
Nov. 16 Forward Ashley Robinson selected in<br />
expansion draft by Chicago Sky
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2006 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
Feb. 4 Signed and traded guard Anna DeForge to the<br />
Indiana Fever for guard Kelly Miller<br />
March 2 Signed Kristen Rasmussen<br />
April 5 Drafted Cappie Pondexter and Crystal Smith<br />
…acquired the draft rights to Ann Strother<br />
April 12 Signed Constance Jinks and Tera Bjorklund<br />
April 13 Signed Mandisa Stevenson<br />
April 19 Signed Jennifer Lacy<br />
April 20 Signed Bridget Pettis<br />
May 24 Waived Gwen Jackson…signed Tamicha<br />
Jackson…signed LaToya Davis<br />
May 1 Waived LaToya Davis<br />
May 2 Waived Constance Jinks<br />
May 3 Signed Amber Hall<br />
May 5 Waived Tera Bjorklund<br />
May 13 Waived Amber Hall…signed Andrea Gardner<br />
May 18 Waived Shereka Wright…traded Angelina<br />
Williams to Detroit for two third-round picks<br />
in 2007<br />
2007 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
Jan. 8 Selected Kelly Mazzante with the fifth overall<br />
pick in the Charlotte dispersal draft<br />
Feb. 5 Re-signed Jen Derevjanik and Jen Lacy<br />
Feb. 15 Re-signed Kelly Miller<br />
Feb. 21 Traded Sandora Irvin to the San Antonio Silver<br />
Stars for a 2008 second-round pick<br />
March 2 Announced that Kamila Vodichkova will miss<br />
the 2007 season due to pregnancy<br />
March 7 Acquired Olympia Scott from the Indiana Fever<br />
for Ann Strother<br />
March 8 Re-signed Penny Taylor<br />
March 20 Re-signed Adriana Moises Pinto<br />
April 2 Acquired Kelly Schumacher from the New<br />
York Liberty for a 2008 second-round pick<br />
April 4 Acquired Tangela Smith from the Minnesota<br />
Lynx for the draft rights to No. 1 overall pick<br />
Lindsey Harding<br />
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June 1 Waived Tamicha Jackson…signed Jen<br />
Derevjanik<br />
June 12 Cappie Pondexter named <strong>WNBA</strong> Player of the<br />
Week (Jun. 5-11)<br />
June 15 Waived Mandisa Stevenson…signed Kayte<br />
Christensen<br />
June 29 Bridget Pettis retired and joined Mercury<br />
coaching staff…activated Penny Taylor from<br />
suspended list<br />
July 8 Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter named<br />
Western conference reserves in 2006 <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
All-Star Game presented by Vonage<br />
Aug. 9 Announced Kamila Vodichkova will miss the<br />
remainder of the season with a torn ACL and<br />
MCL in her right knee<br />
Sept. 12 Named Hall of Famer Ann Meyers Drysdale the<br />
third general manager in team history<br />
April 5 Waived Kamila Vodichkova<br />
April 25 Waived Michelle Campbell and Jocelyn Penn<br />
April 26 Waived Charity Egenti and Yolanda Jones<br />
April 30 Waived Natalie Nakase<br />
May 10 Waived Chloe Kerr and Carrie Moore<br />
May 14 Waived Chrissy Givens<br />
May 17 Waived Tyresa Smith, Leah Rush and Mandisa<br />
Stevenson<br />
May 18 Waived Crystal Smith and Sandy Kim<br />
June 21 Waived Adriana Moises<br />
July 5 Signed Teana Miller to a seven-day contract<br />
July 15 Signed Teana Miller for the remainder of the<br />
season<br />
Nov. 7 Named Corey Gaines Head Coach
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2008 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
Feb. 8 Re-signed Teana McKiver (formerly Miller)<br />
Feb. 15 Re-signed Kelly Miller<br />
Feb. 21 Re-signed Kelly Mazzante<br />
March 7 Re-signed Jen Derevjanik<br />
March 10 Signed Le’Coe Willingham<br />
March 11 Re-signed Tangela Smith<br />
March 14 Signed Barbara Farris<br />
March 20 Re-signed Diana Taurasi<br />
April 9 Selected La Toya Pringle with the<br />
No. 13 overall pick (first round) of the<br />
2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
Selected Leilani Mitchell with the<br />
No. 25 overall pick (second round) of<br />
the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
Selected Marscilla Packer with the<br />
No. 41 overall pick (third round) of<br />
the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
2009 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
Jan. 21 Signed Alison Bales<br />
Jan. 30 Acquired Nicole Ohlde from Minnesota in<br />
exchange for Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle<br />
March 20 Acquired A’Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith<br />
from Sacramento in exchange for Barbara<br />
Farris…Waived A’Quonesia Franklin<br />
March 26 Acquired Temeka Johnson from Los Angeles<br />
in exchange for a 2010 first-round draft pick<br />
April 9 Selected DeWanna Bonner with the fifth overall<br />
pick (first round) of the 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
April 9 Selected Sha Brooks (31st overall) and Jessica<br />
Adair (34th overall) in the third round of the<br />
2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
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April 30 Waived Keke Tardy and Teiosha George<br />
May 5 Waived Jaysie Chambers<br />
May 6 Waived Kristen Newlin and Marscilla Packer<br />
May 7 Traded Leilani Mitchell to New York for 2009<br />
third round pick<br />
May 11 Signed Allie Quigley<br />
May 12 Waived Dominique Carter<br />
May 14 Waived LaQuita Owens<br />
May 15 Waived Amy Lewis<br />
May 16 Waived Teana McKiver<br />
June 15 Waived Willnett Crockett<br />
August 6 Signed Olympia Scott for remainder of 2008<br />
season<br />
April 20 Signed Laurie Koehn and waived Kim Smith.<br />
Renounced the rights to Sequoia Holmes<br />
May 13 Waived Jessica Adair<br />
May 18 Signed Murriel Page<br />
May 31 Waived Murriel Page<br />
June 2 Waived Yuko Oga<br />
June 3 Waived Alison Bales, Sha Brooks and<br />
Laurie Koehn. Claimed Ketia Swanier off<br />
waivers from Connecticut<br />
July 14 Waived Allie Quigley<br />
July 17 Signed Penny Taylor<br />
Dec. 8, ’08 Selected Sequoia Holmes with the fifth pick in<br />
the dispersal draft of Houston Comets players
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2010 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
Feb. 26 Signed Ashley Paris<br />
March 10 Signed Lenae Williams<br />
March 30 Acquired Candice Dupree from Chicago in a<br />
three-team trade that sent Cappie Pondexter<br />
and Kelly Mazzante to New York.<br />
April 5 Signed Yuko Oga<br />
April 8 Signed Sequoia Holmes… Drafted Tyra Grant<br />
(24th overall) and Nyeshia Stevenson (36th<br />
overall) in the second and third rounds,<br />
respectively, of the 2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> draft.<br />
2011 MERCURY TRANSACTIONS<br />
Feb. 22 Signed Lauren Ervin to a training camp contract<br />
Feb. 23 Signed Amanda Thompson to a training camp<br />
contract<br />
Feb. 24 Signed free agents Marie Ferdinand-Harris and<br />
Nakia Sanford… Signed Alexis Gray-Lawson<br />
to a training camp contract<br />
March 11 Waived Brooke Smith and Sequoia Holmes<br />
March 21 Signed Erlana Larkins to a training camp<br />
contract<br />
April 11 Drafted Brittany Spears (19th overall) in the<br />
second round and Tahnee Robinson (31st<br />
overall) in the third round of the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Draft… Traded Tahnee Robinson to<br />
Connecticut for a <strong>2012</strong> third round selection<br />
April 15 Waived Amanda Thompson<br />
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April 10 Signed Taylor Lilley<br />
April 16 Re-signed Temeka Johnson and Penny Taylor<br />
to multi-year deals<br />
May 3 Waived Tyra Grant<br />
May 11 Waived Nyeshia Stevenson and Ashley Paris<br />
May 12 Waived Yuko Oga and Lenae Williams<br />
July 23 Acquired Kara Braxton from Tulsa in exchange<br />
for Nicole Ohlde and a 2011 first round pick.<br />
August 20 Signed Kara Braxton to a contract extension.<br />
August 23 Signed Diana Taurasi to a contract extension.<br />
April 20 Signed Olayinka Sanni and Yuko Oga to<br />
training camp contracts<br />
April 27 Waived Lauren Ervin<br />
May 17 Waived Erlana Larkins<br />
May 31 Waived Taylor Lilley and Brittany Spears<br />
June 2 Waived Yuko Oga<br />
August 4 Acquired Sidney Spencer from New York in<br />
exchange for Kara Braxton<br />
August 11 Waived Olayinka Sanni<br />
August 13 Signed Krystal Thomas to a seven-day contract<br />
August 20 Signed Krystal Thomas for remainder of<br />
the season
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MERCURY DRAFT PICKS<br />
1997 Player Allocations - January 22 College<br />
1. Jennifer Gillom University of Mississippi<br />
2. Michele Timms Australia<br />
1997 Elite Draft - February 27 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Bridget Pettis Florida 1 7<br />
2. Nancy Lieberman-Cline Old Dominion 2 15<br />
1997 Draft - April 27 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Toni Foster Iowa 1 8<br />
2. Tia Jackson Iowa 2 9<br />
3. Umeki Webb North Carolina State 3 24<br />
4. Monique Ambers Arizona State 4 25<br />
1997 Final Allocations - May 22 College<br />
1. Marlies Askamp Germany<br />
2. Tara Williams Auburn<br />
1998 Draft - April 29 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Maria Stepanova Russia 1 8<br />
2. Andrea Kuklova Slovakia 2 18<br />
3. Brandy Reed Southern Mississippi 3 28<br />
4. Karen Wilkins Howard 4 38<br />
1999 Draft - May 4 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Edna Campbell Texas 1 10<br />
2. Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil Texas 2 22<br />
3. Lisa Harrison Tennessee 3 34<br />
4. Amanda Wilson Louisiana Tech 4 46<br />
2000 Draft - April 25 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Adrian Williams USC 2 21<br />
2. Tauja Catchings Illinois 3 37<br />
3. Shantia Owens* Kentucky 4 53<br />
* Traded to the Miami Sol in exchange for Miami’s fourth round draft pick in 2001 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft.<br />
2001 Draft - April 20 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Kristen Veal Australia 1 13<br />
2. Ilona Korstine Russia 2 29<br />
3. Tere Williams Virginia Tech 3 45<br />
4. Carolyn Moos Stanford 4 53<br />
5. Megan Franza Washington 4 61<br />
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MERCURY DRAFT PICKS (CONTINUED)<br />
2002 Draft - April 19 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Tootie Shaw Wichita State 2 25<br />
2. Kayte Christensen UCSB 3 40<br />
3. Amba Kongolo N. Carolina Central 4 56<br />
2003 <strong>WNBA</strong> Dispersal Draft – April 24 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Tamicha Jackson Louisiana Tech 1 4<br />
2003 Draft – April 25 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Plenette Pierson Texas Tech 1 4<br />
2. Petra Ujhelyi South Carolina 2 16<br />
3. Telisha Quarles Virginia 3 31<br />
4. Marion Jones North Carolina 3 33<br />
2004 <strong>WNBA</strong> Dispersal Draft – January 6 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Penny Taylor Australia 1 1<br />
2004 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft - April 17 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Diana Taurasi Connecticut 1 1<br />
2. Chandi Jones Houston 1 8<br />
3. Ashley Robinson Tennessee 2 14<br />
4. Maria Villarroel Oklahoma 3 27<br />
2005 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft - April 16 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Sandora Irvin Texas Christian 1 3<br />
2. Angelina Williams Illinois 2 18<br />
3. Jamie Carey Texas 3 31<br />
2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft - April 16 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Cappie Pondexter Rutgers 1 2<br />
2. Liz Shimek** Michigan State 2 18<br />
3. Mistie Williams** Duke 2 21<br />
4. Crystal Smith Iowa 3 32<br />
**Draft rights traded to the Houston Comets for 15th overall pick Ann Strother<br />
2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft - April 4 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Lindsey Harding** Duke 1 1<br />
2. Tyresa Smith Delaware 2 18<br />
3. Leah Rush Oklahoma 3 28<br />
4. Chrissy Givens Middle Tennessee 3 31<br />
5. Emily Westerberg Arizona State 3 37<br />
**Draft rights traded to the Minnesota Lynx for Tangela Smith<br />
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MERCURY DRAFT PICKS (CONTINUED)<br />
2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft – April 9 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. LaToya Pringle North Carolina 1 13<br />
2. Leilani Mitchell Utah 2 25<br />
3. Marscilla Packer Ohio State 3 41<br />
2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft – April 9 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. DeWanna Bonner Auburn 1 5<br />
2. Sha Brooks Florida 3 31<br />
3. Jessica Adair George Washington 3 34<br />
2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft – April 8 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Tyra Grant Penn State 2 24<br />
2. Nyeshia Stevenson Oklahoma 3 36<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft – April 11 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Brittany Spears Colorado 2 19<br />
2. Tahnee Robinson** Nevada 3 31<br />
**Traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Connecticut’s third round pick in the <strong>2012</strong> <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft<br />
<strong>2012</strong> <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft – April 16 College Rd. Pick<br />
1. Samantha Prahalis Ohio State 1 6<br />
2. C’eira Ricketts Arkansas 2 24<br />
3. Christine Flores Missouri 3 30<br />
4. Amanda Johnson Oregon 3 33<br />
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League:<br />
Women’s National Basketball Association<br />
League Office:<br />
645 Fifth Ave; New York, NY 10022<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Teams:<br />
EASTERN CONFERENCE<br />
Atlanta Dream<br />
Chicago Sky<br />
Connecticut Sun<br />
Indiana Fever<br />
New York Liberty<br />
Washington Mystics<br />
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WESTERN CONFERENCE<br />
Los Angeles Sparks<br />
Minnesota Lynx<br />
Phoenix Mercury<br />
San Antonio Silver Stars<br />
Seattle Storm<br />
Tulsa Shock<br />
History:<br />
On April 24, 1996, women’s basketball announced “We Got Next” as the NBA Board of Governors approved the concept of a Women’s<br />
National Basketball Association (<strong>WNBA</strong>) to begin play in June 1997.<br />
Since that day in 1996, there have been many firsts for the <strong>WNBA</strong>:<br />
Val Ackerman -- the first president of the <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Sheryl Swoopes -- the first player signed to the <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Cynthia Cooper -- the league’s first Most Valuable Player<br />
Houston Comets -- the first <strong>WNBA</strong> champions<br />
Lisa Leslie -- the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to dunk (July 30 2002 vs. Miami)<br />
Lauren Jackson -- the first international player to win MVP (2007)<br />
Candace Parker -- the first rookie to earn the league’s MVP honor (2008)<br />
Sylvia Fowles -- the first goaltending call (June 3, 2008 vs. L.A.)<br />
The inaugural <strong>WNBA</strong> season tipped off on June 21, 1997, with the New York Liberty taking on the Los Angeles Sparks at the Great Western<br />
Forum in Inglewood, Calif. A crowd of 14,284 watched as Sparks guard Penny Toler scored the first basket in <strong>WNBA</strong> history. The Liberty<br />
defeated the Sparks, 67-57.<br />
Fifteen years later, in a rematch of those same two teams at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the increased skill, talent, and athleticism of <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
players was evident as the Sparks, led by center/forward Candace Parker, defeated the Liberty 96-91. In 2011, the league also selected its “Top<br />
15 Players of All Time.” Voting was conducted among fans, media, and current players and coaches. Those named to the list were Sue Bird,<br />
Tamika Catchings, Cynthia Cooper, Yolanda Griffith, Becky Hammon, Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie, Ticha Penicheiro, Cappie Pondexter, Katie<br />
Smith, Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes, Diana Taurasi, Tina Thompson, and Teresa Weatherspoon,<br />
A Growing Game:<br />
The influence of the <strong>WNBA</strong> can be seen in the explosive growth of organized women’s basketball over the past 14 seasons. An estimated 100<br />
million women play basketball worldwide, and the league reflects this trend, featuring 15 international players from six countries and territories<br />
at the start of the 2011 season. Female AAU youth basketball participation has increased 277 percent since 1991 (from 28,840 to 108,758<br />
players). Female high school basketball participation has increased 17 percent since 1991 (from 387,802 to 456,967 players). And female<br />
NCAA basketball participation has increased 43 percent since 1991 (from 10,551 to 15,096 players).<br />
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Key Personnel:<br />
Laurel J. Richie – President<br />
Renee Brown – Chief of Basketball Operations and Player Relations<br />
Christine Godleski – Chief Operating Officer<br />
Jamin Dershowitz – General Counsel<br />
Dee Kantner – Supervisor of Officials<br />
Key Players:<br />
Top veterans: Seimone Augustus (Lynx), Sue Bird (Storm), Rebekkah Brunson (Lynx), Swin Cash (Sky), Tamika Catchings (Fever), Tina<br />
Charles (Sun), Katie Douglas (Fever), Candice Dupree (Mercury), Sylvia Fowles (Sky), Becky Hammon (Silver Stars), Lindsey Harding (Dream),<br />
Lauren Jackson (Storm), Asjha Jones (Sun), Crystal Langhorne (Mystics), Angel McCoughtry (Dream), Maya Moore (Lynx), Candace Parker<br />
(Sparks), Cappie Pondexter (Liberty), Diana Taurasi (Mercury), Penny Taylor (Mercury), Tina Thompson ( Storm), Lindsay Whalen (Lynx),<br />
Sophia Young (Silver Stars).<br />
Rising young stars: Matee Ajavaon (Mystics), Danielle Adams (Silver Stars), DeWanna Bonner (Mercury), Liz Cambage (Shock),<br />
Essence Carson (Liberty), Renee Montgomery (Sun), Epiphanny Prince (Sky), Danielle Robinson (Silver Stars), Courtney Vandersloot (Sky),<br />
Kia Vaughn (Liberty)<br />
Key Stats:<br />
Ball size: 28.5” (high school and NCAA women’s)<br />
3-point line: 20’ 6¼” (International)<br />
Length of game: Four 10-minute quarters<br />
All-Star Game:<br />
The San Antonio Silver Stars and the AT&T Center hosted the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game presented by adidas in San Antonio on Saturday,<br />
July 23, 2011.<br />
The first <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game was held in New York at Madison Square Garden in 1999. The Garden also hosted the event in 2003 and in 2006.<br />
Washington’s Verizon Center (2002, 2007) is the other venue to host the game multiple times. Other All-Star Games were played in Phoenix<br />
(2000), Orlando (2001), and at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. (2009). Due to the Olympics, no All-Star Game was held in 2004 and<br />
2008, although Radio City Music Hall in New York City was the site of an exhibition game on August 5, 2004, as the U.S. National Team,<br />
<strong>com</strong>prised mainly of <strong>WNBA</strong> greats, faced a squad of <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Stars in “<strong>WNBA</strong> vs. USA Basketball: The Game at Radio City.” In 2010, the<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> held a special event called “<strong>WNBA</strong> vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun” at Mohegan Sun Arena in order to ac<strong>com</strong>modate the FIBA<br />
World Championship schedule.<br />
Inspiring Women:<br />
The Inspiring Woman Award is an annual honor that celebrates an individual who, on a daily basis, demonstrates her ability to inspire others<br />
through her <strong>com</strong>mitment, passion and dedication to work, family, and <strong>com</strong>munity. Past honorees include Emmy-award winning news anchor<br />
Katie Couric (2011), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (2010), Emmy-award winning journalist Cokie Roberts (2009), Good<br />
Morning America’s Robin Roberts (2008), Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (2007), and the <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Decade Team (2006).<br />
Dawn Staley Award:<br />
The Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award was announced in 2006 and is now presented annually to the player who best exemplifies the<br />
characteristics of a leader in the <strong>com</strong>munity and reflects Staley’s contagious leadership, spirit, charitable efforts, and love for the game. Winners<br />
include Charde Houston (2010), Chamique Holdsclaw (2009), Tamika Raymond (2008), and Tamika Catchings (2007). A member of the<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong>’s All-Decade Team, Staley, who retired following the 2006 season, established herself as one of the greatest ambassadors in women’s<br />
basketball history, while also demonstrating outstanding leadership qualities as a coach on the collegiate level and as a philanthropist and<br />
humanitarian.<br />
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Marketing:<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> maintains marketing, promotional, and media partnerships with a variety of top <strong>com</strong>panies, each with varying levels of activation<br />
and integration in league operations.<br />
Marketing and Promotional Partners: adidas, American Express, Bacardi, BBVA, Boost Mobile, CieAura, Coca-Cola,<br />
Deuce Brand, EA Sports, Gatorade, General Mills/Wheaties, Growums,<br />
Hayworth, HP, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) Hotels, Jamba Juice,<br />
NewTek, Nike, Panasonic, Pepperidge Farm, Pirate’s Booty, Russell Athletic,<br />
Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Spalding<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Partners: USA Today, Parenting Group, Essence, Heart & Soul<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong>’s marketing partners utilize the league to support women’s sports and reach its strong fanbase of women, families, and young girls<br />
through advertising in <strong>WNBA</strong> nationally televised games, national promotions, player endorsements, and special events.<br />
On Aug. 22, 2011 the <strong>WNBA</strong> and Boost Mobile, an industry leader in no-contract wireless service, announced a landmark multiyear marketing<br />
partnership that makes Boost Mobile the first leaguewide marquee partner of the <strong>WNBA</strong>. As the league’s most prominent partner, Boost<br />
Mobile is tied closely to the <strong>WNBA</strong> brand on a national level. As part of this partnership, the Boost Mobile brand is prominently featured on the<br />
front of the game jerseys of 10 teams. Additionally, special programming highlighting the “<strong>WNBA</strong>’s Top 15 Moments presented by Boost<br />
Mobile” is included as part of the league’s 15th season celebration.<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> has an extensive, highly integrated relationship with adidas. The sporting goods and apparel giant has served as the official outfitter<br />
of the <strong>WNBA</strong>, having unveiled new uniforms across the league in 2007 and again in 2011. In 2008, adidas became the first-ever presenting<br />
partner of the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s entire postseason, including both the playoffs and Finals, and was the presenting partner for the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star<br />
Game.<br />
Five <strong>WNBA</strong> teams have entered the league’s Marquee Partnership program, which includes multiyear deals featuring branded sponsorship of<br />
game jerseys – the Phoenix Mercury partnering with LifeLock, the Los Angeles Sparks with Farmers Insurance Group, the Seattle Storm with<br />
Microsoft search engine Bing, the New York Liberty with Foxwoods Resort Casino, and the Washington Mystics with Inova Health System.<br />
Attendance/TV Ratings:<br />
In 2011, <strong>WNBA</strong> attendance increased for the fifth consecutive year and regular-season TV viewership on ESPN2 reached its highest level since<br />
2005, as fans responded to one of the most <strong>com</strong>pelling seasons in the league's 15-year history.<br />
Viewership for the league’s showcase events also increased. Viewership for the <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game on ABC was up 46 percent vs. the last<br />
All-Star on ABC in 2009 (there was no All-Star Game in 2010). Viewership for the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals was up four percent over the 2010<br />
championship series. U.S. ratings for the first round of the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft on ESPN increased 47 percent vs. the first round of 2010 Draft on<br />
ESPN2.<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong>’s broadcast coverage in 2011 included more than two dozen high-definition regular-season playoffs and Finals games on ESPN2<br />
and ABC, as well as 70 regular-season games and up to six playoff games on NBA TV. In addition, all <strong>WNBA</strong> games were available online via<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> LiveAccess unless: (a) They were televised on ABC or ESPN2 – in which case they streamed live on ESPN3.<strong>com</strong> and were later archived<br />
to <strong>WNBA</strong>.<strong>com</strong>, or (b) Their game window fell within a national broadcast window on ABC or ESPN2.<br />
In July 2007, the <strong>WNBA</strong> signed a new, eight-year TV deal with ESPN that tipped off in 2009 and runs through 2016, the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s 20th season.<br />
The agreement, which calls for ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 to telecast <strong>WNBA</strong> games, includes rights fees, a first for any women’s professional team<br />
sports league in the U.S.<br />
Digital/Social <strong>Media</strong>:<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Digital assets continued to increase in popularity as <strong>WNBA</strong>.<strong>com</strong> saw continued growth during the 2011 season, with daily unique visits<br />
up 13 percent and overall visits up 11 percent. <strong>WNBA</strong> games streamed online at <strong>WNBA</strong>.<strong>com</strong> via LiveAccess saw a 55 percent increase in unique<br />
users. In terms of social media, the <strong>WNBA</strong> YouTube channel experienced a 35 percent increase in video views this season. The <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Facebook page (www.Facebook.<strong>com</strong>/wnba) saw an 11 percent increase in fans.<br />
Global Reach:<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> has a wide impact on overseas markets. In 2011, <strong>WNBA</strong> games and programming reached a record 203 countries in 25 languages.<br />
In addition, for the sixth consecutive year, fans around the globe are able to view <strong>WNBA</strong> action via live Webcasts on <strong>WNBA</strong>.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
End-of-season 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> rosters featured 15 international players from seven countries and territories. Among the league’s international<br />
contingent are the three-time MVP, Seattle Storm forward/center Lauren Jackson (Australia), the Indiana Fever’s Tammy Sutton-Brown<br />
(Canada), the San Antonio Silver Stars’ Sophia Young (St. Vincent), the Los Angeles Sparks’ Ticha Penicheiro (Portugal), and Tulsa’s Liz<br />
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Cambage (Australia), whom the Shock selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 Draft.<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Draft:<br />
The <strong>2012</strong> <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft presented by Boost Mobile took place on April 16 at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn. It was the second straight year<br />
in which the league’s draft was held on the ESPN campus. The Los Angeles Sparks selected Stanford University forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike<br />
as the No. 1 overall pick. The Seattle Storm selected Shekinna Stricklen second, the Minnesota Lynx tabbed Devereaux Peters third, the Tulsa<br />
Shock chose Glory Johnson fourth, and the San Antonio Silver Stars took Jantel Lavender fifth to round out the first five selections. In 2011,<br />
Maya Moore, selected No. 1 overall by the Lynx, went on to be<strong>com</strong>e the fifth top pick in the past six seasons to win Rookie of the Year honors.<br />
Ownership:<br />
Six <strong>WNBA</strong> teams now fall under the independent ownership model: the Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Los Angeles Sparks,<br />
Seattle Storm, and Tulsa Shock.<br />
The Tulsa Shock (formerly Detroit), which began play in Tulsa in 2010, is owned by Tulsa Pro Hoops L.L.C. The Connecticut Sun, which began<br />
operation in 2003 after relocating from Orlando, is owned by the Mohegan Tribe. The Chicago Sky is owned by Michael Alter.<br />
Entering the <strong>2012</strong> season, 10 women also serve as majority or minority owners of <strong>WNBA</strong> teams: Dr. Sheila Johnson (Washington Mystics);<br />
Paula Madison, Kathy Goodman and Carla Christofferson (Los Angeles Sparks); Mary Brock and Kelly Loeffler (Atlanta); and Dawn Trudeau,<br />
Ginny Gilder, and Lisa Brummel of Force 10 Hoops L.L.C. (Seattle Storm). A 10th, musical artist Michelle Williams, formerly of “Destiny’s Child,”<br />
is a minority owner of the Chicago Sky.<br />
Key Highlights:<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> player to be<strong>com</strong>e part owner of a team when she joined the existing ownership group of the Los Angeles Sparks led by Paula Madison<br />
and investors Kathy Goodman and Carla Christofferson.<br />
In 2010, Tina Thompson of the Los Angeles Sparks became the all-time scoring leader with 6,413 points, surpassing her former teammate, Lisa<br />
Leslie (6,263) who retired following the 2009 season.<br />
Tina Charles won the 2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> Rookie of the Year award after averaging 15.5 ppg, 11.7 rpg, and 1.7 bpg, while also setting league records<br />
for most rebounds (398) and doubles-doubles (22) in a season.<br />
Lauren Jackson won the 2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> MVP presented by Kia Motors award and also took home 2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals MVP honors.<br />
Jackson also became the third player to earn <strong>WNBA</strong> MVP honors three times (2003, 2007, 2010), joining the Sparks’ Lisa Leslie (2001, 2004,<br />
2006) and the Houston Comets’ Sheryl Swoopes (2000, 2002, 2005). Houston’s Cynthia Cooper earned the award twice (1997, 1998). The<br />
others to capture MVP honors are the Sacramento Monarchs’ Yolanda Griffith (1999), the Sparks’ Candace Parker (2008, when she became the<br />
first rookie in league history to earn the award), and the Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi (2009).<br />
Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks became the first – and only – <strong>WNBA</strong> player to capture the regular-season, All-Star, and Finals MVP awards<br />
in the same season (2001).<br />
Candace Parker became the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the same season (2008). The first<br />
selection in the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft, she earned both honors after leading the league in double-doubles and rebounds per game, while also<br />
ranking second in blocks per game and fourth in points per game.<br />
Lauren Jackson became the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s youngest (26 years, 77 days) and fastest (209 games) to score her 4,000th career point on July 27, 2007.<br />
Diana Taurasi subsequently surpassed Jackson as the fastest to 4,000 points in terms of fewest games played when she reached the milestone<br />
on July 27, 2009 in just 197 games.<br />
Taurasi rewrote the <strong>WNBA</strong> scoring records in 2006 when she led the league with 25.3 points per contest, became the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to top<br />
800 points in a single season (860), and the single-season mark for three-point field-goals (121), and the single-game mark for points (47, a<br />
number later equaled by the Storm’s Lauren Jackson in 2007).<br />
Sheryl Swoopes, who earned MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2000 and 2002, recorded the league’s first triple-double (14<br />
points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists) vs. the Detroit Shock on July 27, 1999.<br />
Lisa Leslie became the first player to dunk in a <strong>WNBA</strong> game when she did so on July 30, 2002 versus the Miami Sol. Candace Parker, also of<br />
the Sparks, was the second, dunking versus the Indiana Fever on June 22, 2008.<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Cares:<br />
Through the <strong>WNBA</strong> Cares initiative, the league is deeply <strong>com</strong>mitted to creating programs that improve the quality of life for all people, with a<br />
special emphasis on promoting health and wellness, youth and family development, and education. <strong>WNBA</strong> teams and players donate<br />
countless dollars and hours each year through league programs including <strong>WNBA</strong> FIT, Breast Health Awareness, and <strong>WNBA</strong> Green.<br />
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April 24, 1996 Women's basketball announces “We Got Next” as the NBA Board of Governors approves the concept of a <strong>WNBA</strong>.<br />
August 7, 1996 Val Ackerman is named first president of the <strong>WNBA</strong>.<br />
October 23, 1996 Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes be<strong>com</strong>es the first player signed by the <strong>WNBA</strong>.<br />
October 30, 1996 <strong>WNBA</strong> announces eight teams to <strong>com</strong>pete in the inaugural season – Charlotte, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New<br />
York, Phoenix, Sacramento and Utah.<br />
January 22, 1997 The league’s first 16 players are allocated to teams, an elite group <strong>com</strong>prised of Olympians and collegiate stars.<br />
April 19, 1997 <strong>WNBA</strong> and Spalding introduce the league’s official orange-and-oatmeal game ball during <strong>WNBA</strong> Pre-Draft Camp at<br />
Disney’s Wide World of Sports <strong>com</strong>plex in Orlando.<br />
April 28, 1997 Tina Thompson is the first No. 1 draft pick, selected by the Houston Comets in the inaugural <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft.<br />
June 21, 1997 The New York Liberty and the Los Angeles Sparks tip-off the first <strong>WNBA</strong> game at the Great Western Forum in Los<br />
Angeles. Sparks guard Penny Toler scores the league’s first basket at 19:01. New York wins 67-57.<br />
June 23, 1997 Utah Starzz be<strong>com</strong>es first team to pass the 100-point mark in a 102-89 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks.<br />
July 2, 1997 New York Liberty center Rebecca Lobo wins her 100th consecutive personal victory when the Liberty defeat the<br />
Houston Comets 70-67. Winning streak <strong>com</strong>prises Lobo’s 35-0 senior season at the University of Connecticut, 60-0 as<br />
member of U.S. Olympic Team and 5-0 as a member of the Liberty. The streak ends at 102.<br />
August 30, 1997 The Houston Comets be<strong>com</strong>e the first <strong>WNBA</strong> Champions, employing the unstoppable Cynthia Cooper and a<br />
suffocating defense for a 65-51 victory over the New York Liberty at The Summit.<br />
October 1, 1997 The <strong>WNBA</strong> announces that franchises in Detroit and Washington will join the fold as expansion teams for the 1998<br />
season.<br />
April 22, 1998 The league announces the addition of expansion teams in Orlando and Minnesota for the 1999 season, bringing the<br />
total number of teams to 12.<br />
June 19, 1998 Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie sets a <strong>WNBA</strong> record by pulling down 21 rebounds in the Sparks’ victory over the<br />
New York Liberty.<br />
June 21, 1998 Lisa Leslie notches her seventh-straight double-double, setting a <strong>WNBA</strong> record.<br />
July 18, 1998 Houston’s Cynthia Cooper be<strong>com</strong>es the first player to reach 1,000 points during Comets’ 75-44 rout of the Sacramento<br />
Monarchs.<br />
July 29, 1998 Sacramento Monarchs guard Ticha Penicheiro dishes out 16 assists in a 75-67 loss vs. the Cleveland Rockers to set a<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> record.<br />
August 29, 1998 In Game 2 of the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals, the Houston Comets, trailing the Phoenix Mercury 1-0 in the best-of-three series, erases<br />
a 12-point deficit in the final 7:24 to force overtime. Houston wins the series and claims its second of four titles.<br />
April 29, 1999 The <strong>WNBA</strong> and WNBPA reaches final accord as the league’s first Collective Bargaining Agreement is signed.<br />
June 7, 1999 <strong>WNBA</strong> announces the addition of four expansion teams for the 2000 season – Indiana, Miami, Portland and Seattle.<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> family now includes 16 teams.<br />
June 29, 1999 The Sacramento Monarchs and the Minnesota Lynx <strong>com</strong>bine for a <strong>WNBA</strong>-record 21 three-pointers (10 by Sacramento,<br />
11 by Minnesota) in the Monarchs’ 86-72 victory over the Lynx.<br />
July 14, 1999 Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem in front of an electrified crowd on hand at Madison Square Garden to<br />
witness the Inaugural <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game. The West defeats the East 79-61 and Lisa Leslie is named MVP.<br />
July 27, 1999 Sheryl Swoopes records the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s first triple-double with 15 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in an 85-46 win over<br />
Detroit at the Compaq Center.<br />
September 4, 1999 New York Liberty guard Teresa Weatherspoon nails a shot from beyond the midcourt line with 2.4 seconds remaining<br />
to give the Liberty a 68-67 victory over the Houston Comets in Game 2 of the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals. The shot sends the series<br />
to a decisive Game 3, which the Comets win to claim their third straight <strong>WNBA</strong> title.<br />
June 7, 2000 Cleveland Rockers forward Eva Nemcova ends her record-streak of 66 consecutive free throws with a miss against<br />
Orlando. Nemcova did not miss from the foul line from June 14, 1999 to June 5, 2000.<br />
July 17, 2000 The West defeats the East 73-61 at the 2000 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game, hosted by the Phoenix Mercury at America West<br />
Arena. Houston’s Tina Thompson captures MVP honors.<br />
August 25, 2000 Cleveland Rockers guard Suzie McConnell Serio is named the recipient of the first Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award<br />
presented by American General, named in honor of Houston’s Kim Perrot, who died of cancer in 1999.<br />
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August 26, 2000 Cynthia Cooper turns in a clutch performance to earn her fourth <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals MVP as the Houston Comets claim<br />
fourth straight title by defeating the New York Liberty. In Game 1 at Madison Square Garden, Cooper converts a crucial<br />
three-point play with 25.4 seconds remaining to push the Comets’ lead to five. In Game 2, she scores six of her 25<br />
points in overtime and nine of Houston’s final 18 points. It marks Cooper’s last appearance in the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals. She<br />
retires as the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s all-time scoring leader.<br />
June 2, 2001 Houston’s Van Chancellor be<strong>com</strong>es first <strong>WNBA</strong> coach to record 100 victories as the Comets defeat the Detroit Shock<br />
74-73.<br />
June 7, 2001 Utah Starzz center Margo Dydek records the <strong>WNBA</strong>'s second triple-double, setting a league record for blocked shots in<br />
the process as her 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks leads Utah to an 82-79 win over Orlando.<br />
July 3, 2001 Washington and Seattle battle through quadruple overtime – the longest game in <strong>WNBA</strong> history – before the Mystics<br />
edge the Storm 72-69.<br />
July 7, 2001 Minnesota Lynx guard Katie Smith sets the <strong>WNBA</strong> single-game scoring record with a 46-point performance, including<br />
six three-pointers, in a 100-95 overtime loss to Los Angeles.<br />
July 14, 2001 The West wins the 2001 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game in Orlando, defeating the East 80-72. Lisa Leslie earns her second All-Star<br />
MVP award.<br />
July 30, 2001 Lisa Leslie scores her 2,538th point to be<strong>com</strong>e the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s career scoring leader, surpassing Cynthia Cooper.<br />
August 10, 2001 Katie Smith scores 22 points in Minnesota’s 65-51 win over Seattle to break the <strong>WNBA</strong> single-season scoring record of<br />
686 points set by Cynthia Cooper in 1999.<br />
August 11, 2001 Los Angeles be<strong>com</strong>es the first team to go undefeated at home for an entire season, finishing 16-0 at the STAPLES<br />
Center.<br />
August 27, 2001 The Charlotte Sting, after dropping the opener of the Eastern Conference Finals at home, go into Madison Square<br />
Garden and take both games against the Liberty to derail New York’s hopes of making a third consecutive trip to the<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Finals. Charlotte advances to the Finals after a 1-10 season start.<br />
September 1, 2001 The Los Angeles Sparks claim their first <strong>WNBA</strong> Championship to give the city of Los Angeles a sweep of professional<br />
basketball titles in 2001. Lisa Leslie be<strong>com</strong>es the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to capture all three MVP awards in the same season,<br />
joining NBA greats Shaquille O’Neal, Michael Jordan and Willis Reed as the only pro hoopsters to ac<strong>com</strong>plish this feat.<br />
Sparks coach Michael Cooper be<strong>com</strong>es the first person to claim NBA and <strong>WNBA</strong> titles, having won five championships<br />
as a player with the Lakers.<br />
September 1, 2001 The <strong>WNBA</strong> wel<strong>com</strong>es its 10 millionth fan prior to Game 2 of the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals at the STAPLES Center.<br />
November 13, 2001 The Seattle Storm win the first pick in the 2002 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft in the inaugural <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft Lottery.<br />
June 4, 2002 Katie Smith be<strong>com</strong>es the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s all-time career leader for three-pointers (233), surpassing Cynthia Cooper (232).<br />
June 5, 2002 Teresa Weatherspoon be<strong>com</strong>es the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to record 1,000 assists during the Liberty’s 60-59 victory over the<br />
Detroit Shock at Madison Square Garden.<br />
June 8, 2002 The Orlando Miracle and the Cleveland Rockers square off for the longest game in <strong>WNBA</strong> history. The Miracle claims a<br />
103-99 victory in the 2:57 contest that spans three overtime periods.<br />
June 22, 2002 Utah Starzz forward Natalie Williams records the first 20/20 performance in <strong>WNBA</strong> history when she scores 22 points<br />
and grabs 20 rebounds in Utah’s 77-61 win over the Sacramento Monarchs at ARCO Arena.<br />
July 15, 2002 The West earns its fourth straight victory in the 2002 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game in Washington, D.C., edging the East 81-76.<br />
Lisa Leslie takes All-Star MVP honors for the second straight year and third time in her career.<br />
July 22, 2002 Lisa Leslie be<strong>com</strong>es the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to record 3,000 points during the Sparks’ 92-84 victory over Orlando at the<br />
STAPLES Center. Leslie records 24 points and 21 rebounds (tying the league record she set on 6/19/98) in the victory.<br />
July 30, 2002 Lisa Leslie be<strong>com</strong>es the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to dunk in a game when she throws down a one-handed breakaway layup<br />
with 4:44 remaining in the first half in Los Angeles’ 82-73 loss to Miami at the STAPLES Center.<br />
August 9, 2002 Margo Dydek be<strong>com</strong>es the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to record 500 career blocks.<br />
August 15, 2002 Washington Mystics forward Chamique Holdsclaw be<strong>com</strong>es the first player to lead the league in both scoring (19.9<br />
ppg) and rebounding (11.6 rpg) in a single season.<br />
August 29, 2002 Los Angeles Sparks rookie guard Nikki Teasley nails the game-winning shot in the waning seconds of Game 2 of the<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Finals to give the Sparks their second consecutive <strong>WNBA</strong> Championship, defeating the New York Liberty.<br />
Lisa Leslie earns <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals MVP honors for the second straight year.<br />
October 8, 2002 The NBA Board of Governors votes to restructure the <strong>WNBA</strong> to allow individual team ownership, to allow teams to be<br />
owned by non-NBA owners and to be located in non-NBA markets.<br />
October 21, 2002 The <strong>WNBA</strong> announces that the Miracle will be relocated from Orlando to a city to be designated by the <strong>WNBA</strong>.<br />
November 27, 2002 The Miami Heat organization elects not to assume ownership of the Sol.<br />
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December 5, 2002 The <strong>WNBA</strong> announces that the Utah Starzz will relocate to San Antonio for the 2003 season.<br />
December 30, 2002 The Portland Trailblazers organization elects not to assume ownership of the Fire.<br />
January 10, 2003 San Antonio announces “Silver Stars” as its official team name.<br />
January 28, 2003 The Connecticut Sun join the <strong>WNBA</strong> for 2003, as the Mohegan Tribe of Indians be<strong>com</strong>e the first non-NBA owner in<br />
league history. The Orlando Miracle be<strong>com</strong>e the Connecticut Sun.<br />
April 24, 2003 The <strong>WNBA</strong> holds the second annual Draft Lottery and a Dispersal Draft to disseminate players from the Miami Sol and<br />
Portland Fire. The Cleveland Rockers win the lottery, while the Detroit Shock make Ruth Riley, formerly of the Sol, the<br />
first selection in the Dispersal Draft.<br />
April 25, 2003 At 3 a.m., the <strong>WNBA</strong> and the <strong>WNBA</strong>PA sign the league’s second Collective Bargaining Agreement. The agreement is for<br />
four years, with a league option for a fifth, and gives <strong>WNBA</strong> players the first free agency rights in the history of women’s<br />
professional team sports.<br />
April 25, 2003 The league holds the 2003 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft, and Cleveland takes Mississippi State’s LaToya Thomas as the first overall pick.<br />
May 23, 2003 Chamique Holdsclaw breaks the <strong>WNBA</strong> record for rebounds in a game grabbing 24 in the Washington Mystics seasonopening<br />
win over the Charlotte Sting. She also added 22 points and be<strong>com</strong>e the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to record two 20point,<br />
20-rebound performances in a career.<br />
June 7, 2003 Seattle Storm center Lauren Jackson be<strong>com</strong>es the youngest player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to reach the 1,000 point milestone<br />
at age 22.<br />
June 10, 2003 Minnesota’s Katie Smith be<strong>com</strong>es the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to record 300 three-point field goals in her career.<br />
July 12, 2003 The West captures its fifth straight <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star victory at New York’s Madison Square Garden by defeating the East<br />
All-Stars 84-75, while Los Angeles’s Nikki Teasley earns MVP honors.<br />
August 25, 2003 Nikki Teasley finishes the year averaging 11.5 points, 6.3 assists, and 5.1 rebounds be<strong>com</strong>ing the first player in <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
history to average more than ten points, five assists, and five rebounds in a season.<br />
September 14, 2003 Seattle’s Lauren Jackson be<strong>com</strong>es the first international player to win the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Most Valuable Player award.<br />
September 16, 2003 The Detroit Shock win their first <strong>WNBA</strong> title against the Los Angeles Sparks in front of a sell-out crowd and record<br />
attendance of 22,076.<br />
Detroit’s Ruth Riley records a career high 27 points in Game Three and earns the series MVP.<br />
September 23, 2003 Rebecca Lobo, one of three original <strong>WNBA</strong> players, (together with Sheryl Swoopes and Lisa Leslie) signed by the<br />
league, retires after a seven-year career.<br />
December 3, 2003 The Phoenix Mercury win the first pick in the <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft in the 2004 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft Lottery.<br />
December 17, 2003 The Board of Governors announces three rules changes. The three-point line moves from 19' 9" to 20' 6¼", and the<br />
lane is widened from 12' to the NBA width of 16'. The 30-second shot clock resets to 20 seconds (as opposed to 30<br />
seconds under the previous rule) when a defensive foul or other defensive violation occurs with less than 20 seconds<br />
remaining on the shot clock.<br />
January 6, 2004 The <strong>WNBA</strong> holds a Dispersal Draft to disseminate the players from the Cleveland Rockers. The Phoenix Mercury select<br />
forward Penny Taylor with the first overall selection.<br />
April 17, 2004 The league holds the 2004 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft, and Phoenix takes the University of Connecticut’s Diana Taurasi as the #1<br />
overall pick.<br />
June 17, 2004 Ticha Penicheiro passes Teresa Weatherspoon to take over the number one spot in career assists.<br />
July 29, 2004 Lisa Leslie scores her 4,000th career point and be<strong>com</strong>es the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to reach the milestone.<br />
August 2-31, 2004 The <strong>WNBA</strong> stops play to give players the opportunity to <strong>com</strong>pete in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.<br />
August 5, 2004 USA Basketball defeats the <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Stars 74-58 as the two teams face-off in the historic game at Radio City Music Hall<br />
in New York City. The game was a send off for the US Women’s National Team as they prepared to <strong>com</strong>pete in the<br />
2004 Olympic Games in Athens.<br />
September 10, 2004 Lisa Leslie records the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s third triple-double, tying Margo Dydek’s record for blocked shots in the process as her<br />
29 points, 15 rebounds and 10 blocked shots leads Los Angeles to an 81-63 victory over the Detroit Shock.<br />
October 12, 2004 The Seattle Storm win their first <strong>WNBA</strong> title against the Connecticut Sun before a sell-out crowd of 17,072. For the first<br />
time in <strong>WNBA</strong> history, all three games of the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals were sell-outs.<br />
Seattle guard Betty Lennox averaged 22.3 points for the three games on her way to earning the series MVP.<br />
December 1, 2004 The Charlotte Sting beat the odds to win the first pick in the 2005 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft in the fourth annual <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft Lottery.<br />
Charlotte had only a 9.7 percent chance of capturing the first pick.<br />
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February 8, 2005 NBA Commissioner David Stern announces that the <strong>WNBA</strong> will be expanding to Chicago for the 2006 season. The<br />
Chicago Sky be<strong>com</strong>es the second <strong>WNBA</strong> team to be owned and run by an entity outside of the NBA. In 2003, the<br />
Connecticut Sun became the first independently owned and operated <strong>WNBA</strong> team.<br />
February 15, 2005 Donna Orender is appointed by David Stern as the second president of the <strong>WNBA</strong>.<br />
April 16, 2005 The league holds the 2005 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft, and Charlotte takes the University of Minnesota center Janel McCarville as the<br />
#1 overall pick.<br />
May 24, 2005 Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, be<strong>com</strong>es the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s first African-American female<br />
owner when she joined Ted Leonsis’ Lincoln Holdings LLC, which in turn purchased the Washington Mystics from<br />
Washington Wizards’ owner Abe Pollin.<br />
July 13, 2005 Katie Smith be<strong>com</strong>es the first woman in U.S. basketball history to score 5,000 points in her professional career (<strong>WNBA</strong><br />
and ABL).<br />
August 18, 2005 Anne Donovan be<strong>com</strong>es the first female <strong>WNBA</strong> coach – and fourth overall in the league – to win 100 games.<br />
September 18, 2005 Sheryl Swoopes be<strong>com</strong>es the first three-time <strong>WNBA</strong> Most Valuable Player in league history.<br />
September 20, 2005 The Sacramento Monarchs clinch the 2005 <strong>WNBA</strong> Championship, bringing the city of Sacramento their first basketball<br />
title.<br />
October 24, 2005 The Minnesota Lynx beat the odds to win the first pick in the 2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft in the fifth annual <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft Lottery.<br />
Minnesota had only a 16.7 percent chance of capturing the first pick.<br />
February 1, 2006 The <strong>WNBA</strong> announces the 2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft and Pre-Draft Camp will be held in Boston, site of the NCAA Women’s<br />
Final Four. The <strong>WNBA</strong> events will conclude a week-long celebration of women’s basketball emanating from Boston.<br />
April 5, 2006 The league holds the 2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft, and Minnesota takes the Louisiana State University’s Seimone Augustus as the<br />
#1 overall pick.<br />
June 13, 2006 The <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Decade Team is selected by fans, a panel of national and <strong>WNBA</strong>-market media and the league’s current<br />
players and coaches. The team is <strong>com</strong>prised of the 10 best and most influential players from its first 10 years of play.<br />
Players named were: Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Cynthia Cooper, Yolanda Griffith, Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie, Katie<br />
Smith, Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson. Van Chancellor, who led the Houston Comets to consecutive<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> championships in the league’s first four seasons, was named the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Coach of Decade.<br />
June 23, 2006 In a game against the San Antonio, Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie scores the 5,000th point in her <strong>WNBA</strong> career<br />
and be<strong>com</strong>es the first player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to reach that milestone.<br />
July 12, 2006 The 2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game takes place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Four rookies – Seimone<br />
Augustus, Cappie Pondexter, Sophia Young and Candice Dupree – are named All-Stars. The East squad, led by All-Star<br />
MVP Katie Douglas of the Connecticut Sun, earns its first–ever victory with a 98-82 decision. Off the court, the inaugural<br />
All-Star Salute: Celebrating Inspiration Luncheon is a key highlight of the festivities as former Secretary of State<br />
Madeleine Albright is the keynote speaker.<br />
August 10, 2006 Diana Taurasi scores a <strong>WNBA</strong> single-game record 47 points in a triple-overtime game against Houston. Taurasi would<br />
also finish the 2006 season with new <strong>WNBA</strong> records for most points in a single-season (860) and highest scoring<br />
average in a single season (25.3).<br />
August 30, 2006 As part of the League’s 10th Anniversary season, the <strong>WNBA</strong> Greatest Moment presented by AOL.<strong>com</strong> is unveiled<br />
during Game 1 of the 2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals. Fans, who were able to log on to www.aol.<strong>com</strong>/wnba, voted Teresa<br />
Weatherspoon’s half-court, buzzer-beater – a shot that propelled the New York Liberty to victory in Game 2 of the 1999<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Finals and on to a deciding Game 3 against the Houston Comets – as their favorite moment in the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s 10year<br />
history.<br />
September 3, 2006 Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks is named MVP for the third time in her career after having also earned the honor<br />
in 2001 and 2004. Leslie joined the Houston Comets’ Sheryl Swoopes as the only players in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to capture<br />
MVP honors three times.<br />
September 9, 2006 The 2006 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals see the Detroit Shock earn their second league championship when they topped the<br />
Sacramento Monarchs in the first <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals match up ever to reach a fifth and deciding game. The historic game<br />
featured a sellout crowd of 19,671 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, the second highest Finals crowd in <strong>WNBA</strong> history.<br />
Detroit’s Deanna Nolan is named Finals MVP.<br />
October 26, 2006 The Phoenix Mercury wins the sixth annual Draft Lottery and earns the top pick in the 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft. It marks the<br />
first time that the team whose odds of winning the top pick were mathematically the smallest actually came away with<br />
the #1 pick.<br />
November 7, 2006 The <strong>WNBA</strong> announces the creation of the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award. The award will be presented to<br />
the player who best exemplifies the characteristics of a leader in the <strong>com</strong>munity and will reflect Staley’s contagious<br />
leadership, spirit, charitable efforts and love for the game.<br />
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December 7, 2006 The <strong>WNBA</strong> Board of Governors approves the sale of the Los Angeles Sparks to an investment group led by Katherine<br />
E. Goodman and Carla J. Christofferson.<br />
December 13, 2006 The Charlotte Bobcats Organization announces that it will no longer operate the Charlotte Sting.<br />
January 8, 2007 The <strong>WNBA</strong> holds a Dispersal Draft to disseminate the players from the Charlotte Sting. The Chicago Sky select guard<br />
Monique Currie with the first overall selection.<br />
January 30, 2007 Rule changes are announced for the 2007 season and include the following: the backcourt rule requires offensive<br />
teams to bring the ball across the mid-court line within eight seconds rather than 10 seconds; the timeout rule requires<br />
that officials grant requests for a timeout (full or 20-second) by a player in the game or the head coach; and the teams<br />
will now be able to designate 11 active players and up to two inactive players on playoff rosters, with the ability to<br />
activate any inactive players on a game-by-game basis.<br />
January 31, 2007 The <strong>WNBA</strong> Board of Governors approves the sale of the Houston Comets to Hilton Koch/Hilton Acquisitions, LLC.<br />
February 16, 2007 Electronic Arts announces that six <strong>WNBA</strong> players are featured in a new videogame NBA STREET Homecourt. Sue Bird,<br />
Tamika Catchings, Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Diana Taurasi are the first female professional<br />
athletes to ever be featured and go head-to-head with their male counterparts in a videogame.<br />
March 31, 2007 Former University of Texas Head Coach Jody Conradt be<strong>com</strong>es the inaugural recipient of the <strong>WNBA</strong> Inspiring Coach<br />
Award.<br />
April 4, 2007 The 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft presented by adidas takes place in Cleveland, marking the second straight year that the draft was<br />
held immediately following the NCAA Women’s Division I Championship Game and conducted in the same city as the<br />
Final Four. The Phoenix Mercury make Lindsey Harding the top overall pick before trading her to the Minnesota Lynx in<br />
exchange for Tangela Smith. The fast-paced draft earned a place in league history when Jessica Davenport, the second<br />
overall pick, was subsequently traded from San Antonio to New York in exchange for all-star guard Becky Hammon and<br />
a future selection. It marked the first time in <strong>WNBA</strong> history that the top two picks were traded on Draft Day.<br />
July 15, 2007 The 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game, the league’s eighth such contest, is played in front of a sellout audience on July 15<br />
at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. A crowd of 19,487 fans witnessed the East defeat the West, 103-99, as<br />
Cheryl Ford of the Detroit Shock clinched the MVP honors. A key highlight of the All-Star festivities in 2007 was<br />
the second annual All-Star Salute: Inspiring Women Luncheon, featuring keynote speaker and Secretary of State<br />
Dr. Condoleezza Rice.<br />
July 15, 2007 Signaling a major milestone in its second decade, the <strong>WNBA</strong> reaches an eight-year agreement with ESPN to have ABC,<br />
ESPN and ESPN2 televise games through the 2016 season. The agreement was announced in conjunction with the<br />
2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game by Donna Orender, <strong>WNBA</strong> President, and John Skipper, ESPN Executive Vice President,<br />
Content. The agreement extends the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s relationship with ESPN, which began with the league’s inaugural season<br />
in 1997, to 20 seasons.<br />
July 24, 2007 Seattle’s Lauren Jackson scores 47 points in a 97-96 overtime loss to the Washington Mystics, tying Diana Taurasi for<br />
the <strong>WNBA</strong> record for most points in a single game.<br />
July 27, 2007 Lauren Jackson scores her 4,000th career point during a 89-75 win over the Indiana Fever, be<strong>com</strong>ing the youngest and<br />
fastest player in league history to reach the milestone. Jackson reaches the milestone in 209 games.<br />
September 5, 2007 Lauren Jackson is named MVP of the league for the second time in her career after having also earned the honor in<br />
2003. Jackson led the <strong>WNBA</strong> in scoring, rebounding and double-doubles and was also named the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Player of<br />
the Week on five occasions. Jackson joined Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Cynthia Cooper as the only players in<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> history to capture multiple MVP honors.<br />
September 16, 2007 The 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals see the Phoenix Mercury win their first-ever championship behind the play of Diana Taurasi,<br />
Penny Taylor and Cappie Pondexter, who was named Finals MVP. The Mercury capped the most exciting <strong>WNBA</strong> season<br />
ever by defeating the defending champion Detroit Shock in five games. It marked the first time that a the <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Championship has been won on the road, and Mercury head coach Paul Westhead became the first head coach to win<br />
both a <strong>WNBA</strong> title and an NBA title (1980, Los Angeles Lakers). Total attendance for the 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals between<br />
the Phoenix Mercury and the Detroit Shock was 74,178, establishing a new all-time <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals record. In addition,<br />
Game 5’s crowd of 22,076 at The Palace of Auburn Hills tied the all-time, single-game attendance record for the <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Finals (also set on Sept. 16 2003 of the 2003 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals, Los Angeles at Detroit).<br />
October 17, 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> President Donna Orender announces that the City of Atlanta was awarded a <strong>WNBA</strong> expansion team for the<br />
2008 season. The new team will be owned and operated by Atlanta businessman J. Ronald Terwilliger.<br />
October 23, 2007 The Los Angeles Sparks win the seventh annual Draft Lottery and earned the top pick in the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft. The<br />
Sparks won the lottery for the first time in franchise history, after tying the Minnesota Lynx for fewest wins in 2007.<br />
January 23, 2008 The Atlanta expansion franchise unveils their team name, logo and colors. The Atlanta Dream’s color scheme will<br />
consist of sky blue and red.<br />
January 28, 2008 The <strong>WNBA</strong> and the <strong>WNBA</strong>PA sign the league’s third collective bargaining agreement covering six seasons,<br />
<strong>com</strong>mencing with the 2008 season and continuing through 2013.<br />
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January 29, 2008 Rule changes are announced for the 2008 season and include the following: the inbounding rule will permit a player<br />
to pass the ball anywhere (frontcourt or backcourt) on the court during the final minute of the fourth period and the<br />
final minute of any overtime period; players not occupying lane spaces shall now remain behind the three-point line<br />
(above the free-throw line extended) during free-throws; and instant-replay rules will now require automatic video<br />
reviews by the officiating crew in the case of flagrant fouls that result in ejections and other player altercations.<br />
February 6, 2008 The <strong>WNBA</strong> holds an Expansion Draft to build the inaugural roster of the Atlanta Dream. The Dream selected one player<br />
from each team, including Betty Lennox, Katie Feenstra, Erika DeSouza and Kristin Haynie. The Dream also<br />
orchestrated trades for Iziane Castro Marques and Ivory Latta.<br />
February 28, 2008 Force 10 Hoops, L.L.C., the entity owned by Seattle businesswomen and civic leaders Anne Levinson, Ginny Gilder, Lisa<br />
Brummel and Dawn Trudeau, purchases the Seattle Storm. Seven <strong>WNBA</strong> teams now fall under the independent<br />
ownership model: the Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Houston Comets, Los Angeles Sparks, Seattle<br />
Storm and Washington Mystics.<br />
April 4, 2008 North Carolina State Head Coach Kay Yow is honored with the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Inspiring Coach Award during the Women’s<br />
Final Four activities in Tampa, Florida.<br />
April 9, 2008 The 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft presented by adidas takes place in Tampa, marking the third year that the draft was held<br />
immediately following the NCAA Women’s Division I Championship Game and conducted in the same city as the Final<br />
Four. Candace Parker, Sylvia Fowles and Candice Wiggins were selected as the top three overall picks.<br />
May 17, 2008 Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks nearly posts a triple-double in her pro debut on vs. Phoenix. She had 34<br />
points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists. Her 34 points broke the record for a rookie in a debut game.<br />
May 29, 2008 On May 29 in a double-overtime loss at Indiana, Candace Parker be<strong>com</strong>es the first player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to record a<br />
5x5, which is total of five or more in five different categories. Parker had 16 points, 16 rebounds, six blocks, five assists<br />
and five steals.<br />
June 6, 2008 Tina Thompson of the Houston Comets be<strong>com</strong>es just the second player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to reach the 5,000 point<br />
milestone, joining Lisa Leslie.<br />
June 22& 24, 2008 Candace Parker dunks in back-to-back games, joining Lisa Leslie as the only players to have dunked in a <strong>WNBA</strong> game.<br />
June 28, 2008 Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks be<strong>com</strong>es the first <strong>WNBA</strong> player to record 3,000 career rebounds.<br />
July 30, 2008 Robin Roberts, co-anchor of ABC News’ Good Morning America, is honored as the recipient of the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Inspiration Award. Roberts is the keynote speaker at the <strong>WNBA</strong> Inspiring Women Luncheon in San Francisco, an event<br />
that also honored the U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team and served as a final send-off to the Beijing for the<br />
Olympic Games.<br />
July 28-Aug. 27, 2008 The <strong>WNBA</strong> stops play to give players the opportunity to <strong>com</strong>pete in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The<br />
U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team defeated Australia in the gold medal game, while Russia defeated China for the<br />
bronze. The United States has now won four consecutive Olympic gold medals.<br />
August 31, 2008 Katie Smith of the Detroit Shock reaches the 5,000 career point milestone, joining Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson.<br />
September 5, 2008 Ticha Penicheiro of the Sacramento Monarchs be<strong>com</strong>es the first player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to record 2,000 career assists.<br />
October 3, 2008 Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker is named the Hanns-G ‘Go Beyond’ Rookie of the Year as well as the<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Most Valuable Player presented by T-Mobile. It marks the first time a rookie won both awards in the same year.<br />
The top overall pick in the 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft, Parker capped a season in which she also earned All-<strong>WNBA</strong> First Team<br />
honors, two Hanns-G ‘Go Beyond’ Rookie of the Month Awards (May and July), one Player of the Week Award (Aug.<br />
31) and the Peak Performer Rebounding Award.<br />
October 5, 2008 The 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals see the Detroit Shock sweep the San Antonio Silver Stars in three games. The Shock earned<br />
their third championship in six years. Detroit’s Katie Smith was named Finals MVP.<br />
December 2, 2008 The League announces that the Houston Comets, an original member of the <strong>WNBA</strong>, would suspend operations.<br />
December 9, 2008 The <strong>WNBA</strong> holds a Dispersal Draft of the Houston Comets players. Teams drafted in inverse order of their regularseason<br />
finish in 2008.<br />
The Atlanta Dream selected Sancho Lyttle with the first pick, the Washington Mystics chose Matee Ajavon with the<br />
second selection and the Chicago Sky took Mistie Williams with the third pick.<br />
December 9, 2008 The Atlanta Dream win the eighth annual <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft Lottery and earned the top pick in the 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft. The<br />
winning team had 420 chances out of 1,000 to receive the first overall selection. The lottery went exactly according to<br />
odds for the first time in <strong>WNBA</strong> history.<br />
February 5, 2009 The <strong>WNBA</strong> Board of Governors votes to allow the expanded use of instant replay by game officials. The two<br />
modifications will allow referees to use instant replay 1.) to determine at any point during a game whether a field goal<br />
was correctly scored as a two- or three-point field goal, and, for the purposes of awarding the correct number of free<br />
throws, whether a shooter was fouled while taking a two- or three-point attempt and 2.) when the game clock<br />
malfunctions during a play concluding with no time remaining on the clock (0:00) at the end of any quarter or<br />
overtime period.<br />
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April 7, 2009 University of Tennessee head coach Pat Summit is named the recipient of the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s Inspiring Coach Award.<br />
April 9, 2009 The 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft presented by adidas takes place at the NBA Entertainment studios in Secaucus, NJ. Angel<br />
McCoughtry, Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver were selected as the top three overall picks.<br />
May 13, 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> LiveAccess, a new feature on <strong>WNBA</strong>.<strong>com</strong> that provides fans with free access to more than 200 live game<br />
Webcasts, is launched and allows fans around the world to access live game Webcasts on individual team Web sites.<br />
June 1, 2009 The Phoenix Mercury announces a groundbreaking marquee partnership with LifeLock to launch the first-ever branded<br />
jersey in <strong>WNBA</strong> or NBA history. The LifeLock name will appear on the front of Phoenix Mercury player jerseys and on<br />
warm-up suits through the 2011 season.<br />
June 5, 2009 The Los Angeles Sparks reach an agreement with the Farmer’s Insurance Group of Companies to be<strong>com</strong>e the second<br />
team to secure a marquee partnership and wear branded jerseys. The Farmer’s Insurance Group of Companies name<br />
and logo will appear on player jerseys.<br />
June 14, 2009 Tamika Raymond is named the recipient of the 2009 Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award.<br />
July 17, 2009 Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm reaches the 3,000-point plateau, be<strong>com</strong>ing just the third player in league history to score<br />
3,000 points and hand out 1,000 career assists. (Shannon Johnson and Vickie Johnson)<br />
July 29, 2009 Cokie Roberts, political <strong>com</strong>mentator for ABC News, senior news analyst for NPR News, and bestselling author, is<br />
honored as the recipient of the 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Inspiration Award. Roberts served as the keynote speaker at the <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Inspiring Women Luncheon in Chicago.<br />
August 10, 2009 Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks be<strong>com</strong>es the first player in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to record 6,000 career points.<br />
August 15, 2009 Lauren Jackson of the Seattle Storm scores her 5,000th point against the Atlanta Dream, be<strong>com</strong>ing the youngest and<br />
fastest player in league history to reach the milestone. Jackson joins Lisa Leslie, Tina Thompson and Katie Smith as the<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong>’s 5,000 point scorers.<br />
September 5, 2009 Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury scores her 4,000th point, eclipsing Lauren Jackson as the youngest and fastest<br />
player in league history to reach the milestone. Taurasi ac<strong>com</strong>plishes the feat in 197 games.<br />
September 26, 2009 Lisa Leslie tallies 22 points and 9 rebounds in the final game of her <strong>WNBA</strong> career as the Los Angeles Sparks are<br />
defeated by the Phoenix Mercury in the Western Conference Finals. Leslie had previously announced that 2009 would<br />
be her final season, and retires as the all-time <strong>WNBA</strong> leader in points (6,263) and rebounds (3,307).<br />
September 29, 2009 The Mercury’s Diana Taurasi wins the <strong>WNBA</strong> Most Valuable Player Award presented by Kia Motors, marking the first<br />
MVP honor of her professional career. Taurasi tallied 20.4 points per game and recorded 20+ points in 20 games in<br />
2009.<br />
October 9, 2009 The Phoenix Mercury defeats the Indiana Fever to clinch the <strong>WNBA</strong> Championship for the second time in three years.<br />
Finals MVP Diana Taurasi, Cappie Pondexter and Penny Taylor led the Mercury and held off a late rally by the tenacious<br />
Indiana Fever for a 94-86 victory in the deciding Game 5. The 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals also featured three sellouts plus the<br />
highest total attendance figure (82,018) in <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals history. Overall, average attendance for the 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Playoffs increased 18.5% over 2008 (9,979 vs. 8,420).<br />
October 20, 2009 The Detroit Shock relocates to Tulsa, Oklahoma under the ownership of Bill Cameron, David Box and Tulsa Pro Hoops,<br />
LLC. Nolan Richardson is named the team’s general manager and head coach.<br />
October 29, 2009 Kathy Betty be<strong>com</strong>es managing partner of the Atlanta Dream after the investment group Dream Too, LLC purchases<br />
the team from Terwilliger.<br />
November 5, 2009 The Minnesota Lynx win the ninth annual <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft Lottery and earned the top pick in the 2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft.<br />
Minnesota had 428 chances out of 1,000 to receive the first overall selection by virtue of owning New York’s<br />
<strong>com</strong>binations (261) in addition to its own (167).<br />
November 20, 2009 The Maloof Family announces that they will no longer operate the Sacramento Monarchs.<br />
December 4, 2009 The <strong>WNBA</strong> Competition Committee and Board of Governors approves the expanded use of instant replay by game<br />
officials in the following situations: 1.) To determine at any point during the game whether a 24-second shot clock<br />
violation occurred prior to the release of a successful field goal attempt or prior to a foul being <strong>com</strong>mitted and 2.) To<br />
determine during the last minute of regulation play and the last minute of any overtime period which player last<br />
touched the ball prior to it going out-of-bounds or whether the ball was last touched simultaneously by two opponents.<br />
December 14, 2009 The <strong>WNBA</strong> holds a Dispersal Draft of the Sacramento Monarchs players. The New York Liberty selected Nicole Powell<br />
with the first pick while the Minnesota Lynx chose Rebekkah Brunson second and the Connecticut Sun took DeMya<br />
Walker with the third selection. The Chicago Sky selected Courtney Paris and the San Antonio Silver Stars took Laura<br />
Harper to round out the top five picks. Teams drafted in inverse order of their regular-season finish in 2009.<br />
January 23, 2010 The Tulsa franchise, with new ownership that brought the team from its former home in Detroit, announces it will keep<br />
the name “Shock,” and unveils a new logo and color scheme featuring black, red and gold.<br />
April 8, 2010 The 2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft presented by adidas takes place at the NBA Entertainment studios in Secaucus, NJ. Tina Charles,<br />
Monica Wright, Kelsey Griffin, Epiphanny Prince and Jayne Appel, respectively, were the top five selections.<br />
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May 15, 2010 The newly relocated Shock – <strong>com</strong>plete with new ownership, a new head coach in Nolan Richardson, new colors and a<br />
new logo – tip-off their first game in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<br />
August 8, 2010 Tina Thompson surpasses Lisa Leslie’s <strong>WNBA</strong> career scoring mark of 6,263, making her the highest scoring player in<br />
league history.<br />
August 13, 2010 Phoenix’s Tangela Smith plays in her 411th career game, breaking Vickie Johnson’s previous record for most career<br />
games played.<br />
August 15, 2010 In a game against Indiana, rookie Tina Charles of the Connecticut Sun sets <strong>WNBA</strong> single-season records for most<br />
double-doubles and total rebounds in a single season.<br />
September 7, 2010 Atlanta's Angel McCoughtry scores a <strong>WNBA</strong> Playoffs record 42 points in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Finals, a<br />
105-93 victory over the New York Liberty. In that same game, New York’s Cappie Pondexter tallies 36 points. Their<br />
<strong>com</strong>bined total of 78 points set a <strong>WNBA</strong> record for most total points by two players in the same post-season game.<br />
September 16, 2010 The Seattle Storm won the 2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> championship by defeating the Atlanta Dream 87-84 in Game 3 of the <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Finals in Atlanta's Philips Arena. The Storm swept the Dream 3-0 in the best-of-five series and Seattle center Lauren<br />
Jackson, the league’s regular season MVP, was named MVP of The Finals. It is the Storm’s second championship and<br />
first since 2004.<br />
December 3, 2010 Donna Orender steps down as <strong>WNBA</strong> President to launch her own marketing, media and strategy <strong>com</strong>pany.<br />
February 28, 2011 As part of <strong>WNBA</strong> Live - Manchester 2011 – a new, multiyear partnership between the Manchester (Eng.) City Council<br />
and the NBA, <strong>WNBA</strong> and USA Basketball – it is announced that the Atlanta Dream will participate in the first <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
game played in Europe. The game is set for May 29, 2011 vs. Standard Life Team GB (Great Britain’s national team)<br />
at Manchester Evening News Arena. The partnership will promote women in sport and encourage participation in<br />
team sports.<br />
March 3, 2011 At a press conference at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, the <strong>WNBA</strong> announces that the Silver Stars will host the 2011<br />
All-Star Game for the first time in franchise history. The contest, set for Saturday, July 23, is to be the second <strong>WNBA</strong> All-<br />
Star Game played in a Western Conference venue and the first since the 2000 game was held in Phoenix.<br />
March 8, 2011 In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, the <strong>WNBA</strong> officially announced plans to<br />
celebrate its 15th season. Among those would be the selection of the Top 15 Players and the Top 15 Moments in league<br />
history. Key among other planned celebrations would be a nationally televised game (ESPN2) in which the New York<br />
Liberty would visit the Los Angeles Sparks on June 21, fifteen years to the date of the league’s inaugural game in 1997<br />
featuring those same two teams.<br />
March 28, 2011 Sheryl Swoopes, 40, returns to the <strong>WNBA</strong>, signing to play with the Tulsa Shock after a two-year hiatus. An inaugural<br />
member of the <strong>WNBA</strong> and a member of the league’s All-Decade Team selected in 2006, Swoopes resume includes<br />
four <strong>WNBA</strong> championships as a member of the Houston Comets (1997-2000), three league MVP awards (2000, ‘02,<br />
‘05) and three Defensive Player of the Year honors (2000, ‘02, ‘03).<br />
April 7, 2011 The Washington Mystics sign a marquee partnership with Inova Health System, be<strong>com</strong>ing the fifth <strong>WNBA</strong> team to have<br />
such a partnership. Players will wear Inova Hospital System’s name and logo on the front of their home and away<br />
jerseys during the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> season.<br />
April 7, 2011 The <strong>WNBA</strong> and partner adidas unveiled new uniforms for all 12 teams featuring Revolution 30 technology and<br />
women’s basketball specific TECHFIT base layers.<br />
April 11, 2011 The <strong>WNBA</strong> be<strong>com</strong>es the first professional sports league to conduct its annual Draft at ESPN headquarters in Bristol,<br />
Conn. The Minnesota Lynx made Maya Moore the top overall selection of the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft presented by adidas.<br />
Australian native Elizabeth Cambage, selected second by the Tulsa Shock, and Courtney Vandersloot, tapped third by<br />
the Chicago Sky, rounded out the top three picks.<br />
April 21, 2011 Laurel J. Richie, a veteran of more than three decades in consumer marketing, corporate branding, public relations and<br />
corporate management, is appointed President of the <strong>WNBA</strong>, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced. Laurel<br />
leaves her post as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Girl Scouts of the USA to join the <strong>WNBA</strong>.<br />
June 21, 2011 The Los Angeles Sparks host the New York Liberty at STAPLES Center in the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s 15th Anniversary Game, played 15<br />
years to the day of the league’s inaugural matchup between the same two teams in LA. The Sparks win, 96-91.<br />
July 23, 2011 In honor of the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s 15th season, the league unveiled its “Top 15 Players of All Time” during a halftime ceremony<br />
live on ABC at the 2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> All-Star Game presented by adidas. With consideration given to on-court performance<br />
and ability, leadership, sportsmanship, and <strong>com</strong>munity service, as well as to contributions to team success and<br />
women’s basketball, voting was conducted by fans, select national and <strong>WNBA</strong>-market media, and by current players<br />
and coaches. The players named were: Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Cynthia Cooper, Yolanda Griffith, Becky Hammon,<br />
Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie, Ticha Penicheiro, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Smith, Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes, Diana<br />
Taurasi, Tina Thompson, and Teresa Weatherspoon.<br />
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August 9, 2011 In a road game at the Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Lynx all-stars Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus be<strong>com</strong>e the<br />
35th and 36th players to to surpass the 3,000-point mark for their respective careers, but the first pair of teammates to<br />
eclipse the mark in the same game. In the process, Augustus also tied the Mercury's Diana Taurasi as the fastest player<br />
in <strong>WNBA</strong> history to reach 3,000 (151 games).<br />
August 22, 2011 The <strong>WNBA</strong> and Boost Mobile, an industry leader in no-contract wireless service, announced a landmark multiyear<br />
marketing partnership that made Boost Mobile the first league-wide marquee partner of the <strong>WNBA</strong>. As part of the deal,<br />
the Boost Mobile brand logo was subsequently featured on the front of the game jerseys of 10 of the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s 12 teams.<br />
It marked the first time the <strong>WNBA</strong> had a league partner with jersey branding for multiple teams throughout the season<br />
other than adidas, the league's official outfitter.<br />
October 2, 2011 Despite falling to the host Minnesota Lynx in Game 1 of the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals, Atlanta Dream forward Angel McCoughtry<br />
set Finals records for points in a quarter (19 in the third), points in a half (27 in the second), and consecutive points (14<br />
from late in the first half into the third quarter).<br />
October 5, 2011 The Atlanta Dream’s Angel McCoughtry surpasses the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals record (set by her in 2010) for most points in a<br />
single game with 38 in a loss to the host Minnesota Lynx.<br />
October 7, 2011 In a celebration of its 15th season, the <strong>WNBA</strong> and partner Boost Mobile unveiled the Top 15 Moments in league history<br />
as voted by fans. The top moment was Teresa Weatherspoon’s half-court shot at the buzzer to win Game 2 of the 1999<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Finals for the New York Liberty and send that series to a decisive third game. Ranking second was the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s<br />
first ever game (NY Liberty at LA Sparks, June 21, 1997); third was Sparks’ center Lisa Leslie throwing down the first<br />
dunk in <strong>WNBA</strong> history in the first half of a game vs. the Miami Sol.<br />
October 7, 2011 The Minnesota Lynx captured their first <strong>WNBA</strong> title with a 73-67 win over the Atlanta Dream. Lynx guard/forward<br />
Seimone Augustus was named Finals MVP after leading the Lynx to a sweep in the best-of-five series. Augustus posted<br />
22 points and seven assists in Game 1 and had a franchise-playoff record 36 points in Game 2, including 15 in the<br />
fourth quarter.<br />
April 16, <strong>2012</strong> The 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong> Draft presented by Boost Mobile takes place at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, CT, marking the second<br />
straight year that the draft was held on the campus of the league’s broadcast partner. Stanford’s Nnemkadi Ogwumike<br />
(Sparks), Tennessee’s Shekinna Stricklen (Storm), Notre Dame’s Devereaux Peters (Lynx), Tennessee’s Glory Johnson<br />
(Shock), and Miami’s Shenise Johnson (Silver Stars) are the top five picks.<br />
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1997 <strong>WNBA</strong> SEMIFINALS VS. NEW YORK LIBERTY<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. L 8/28 AWA 41-59 0-1 Askamp/Gillom 9 Gillom 7 Lobo 16 16,751<br />
1998 <strong>WNBA</strong> SEMIFINALS VS. CLEVELAND ROCKERS<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. W 8/22 AWA 78-68 1-0 Gillom 21 Gillom 5 Fijalkowski 20 11,631<br />
2. L 8/24 Gund 66-67 1-1 Gillom 27 Gillom 10 Edwards 18 10,465<br />
3. W 8/25 Gund 71-60 2-1 Pettis 27 Pettis 11 Fijalkowski 17 8,420<br />
1998 <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS VS. HOUSTON COMETS<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. W 8/27 AWA 54-51 1-0 Gillom 15 Griffiths 12 Cooper 29 13,634<br />
2. L 8/29 Compaq 69-74 (OT) 1-1 Timms 21 Gillom 9 Cooper 27 16,285<br />
3. L 9/01 Compaq 71-80 1-2 Griffiths 24 Gillom 6 Cooper 23 16,285<br />
2000 <strong>WNBA</strong> FIRST ROUND VS. LOS ANGELES SPARKS<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. L 8/11 AWA 71-86 0-1 Reed 17 Harrison 9 Leslie 20 6,167<br />
2. L 8/13 LA 76-101 0-2 Gillom/Harrison 16 Griffiths 6 Leslie 29 9,811<br />
2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS VS. SEATTLE STORM<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP.<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. HIGH SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. W 8/24 Key 101-84 1-0 Taylor/Taurasi 22 Smith 10 Lennox 23 8,833<br />
2. W 8/26 USAC 95-89 2-0 Pondexter 25 Smith 8 Jackson 22 7,428<br />
2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> CONFERENCE FINALS VS. SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP.<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. HIGH SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. W 8/30 AT&T 102-100 1-0 Pondexter 26 Taylor 14 Hammon 32 14,592<br />
2. W 9/1 USAC 98-92 2-0 Pondexter 33 Smith 12 Young 19 8,106<br />
2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS VS. DETROIT SHOCK<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP.<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. HIGH SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. L 9/5 Det 100-108 0-1 Taylor 32 Taylor 7 Pierson 26 10,513<br />
2. W 9/8 Det. 98-70 1-1 Taurasi 30 Smith 10 Nolan 12 16,752<br />
3. L 9/11 USAC 83-88 1-2 Taurasi 22 Taylor 9 Smith 22 12,024<br />
4. W 9/13 USAC 77-76 2-2 Pondexter 26 Taylor 9 Pierson 23 12,813<br />
5. W 9/16 Det. 108-92 3-2 Taylor 30 Taurasi 7 Nolan 27 22,076<br />
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2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS VS. SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. L 9/17 AT&T 91-92 0-1 Taylor 18 Taurasi 7 Young 24 5,721<br />
2. W 9/19 USAC 106-78 1-1 Taurasi 24 Bonner 13 Young 19 7,267<br />
3. W 9/21 USAC 100-92 2-1 Taurasi 30 T. Smith 8 Hammon 29 6,896<br />
2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> CONFERENCE FINALS VS. LOS ANGELES SPARKS<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. W 9/23 UCLA 103-94 1-0 Taurasi 28 T. Smith 6 Parker 28 6,389<br />
2. L 9/25 USAC 76-87 1-1 Taurasi 25 Pondexter 7 Parker 24 7,6268<br />
3. W 9/26 USAC 85-74 2-1 Taurasi 21 Taurasi 7 Leslie 22 7,226<br />
2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS VS. INDIANA FEVER<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. W 9/29 USAC 120-116 (OT) 1-0 Taylor/Pondexter 23 Taurasi 9 Douglas 30 11,617<br />
2. L 10/1 USAC 84-93 1-1 Taurasi 20 Taurasi 7 Catchings 19 16,758<br />
3. L 10/4 Conseco 85-86 1-2 Pondexter 23 T. Smith 10 Hoffman 18 18,165<br />
4. W 10/7 Conseco 90-77 2-2 Pondexter 22 Willingham 8 Catchings 24 18,165<br />
5. W 10/9 USAC 94-86 3-2 Taurasi 26 T. Smith 8 Sutton-Brown 22 17,313<br />
2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS VS. SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. W 8/26 USAC 106-93 1-0 Dupree 32 Dupree 8 Hammon 19 8,927<br />
2. W 8/28 AT&T 92-73 2-0 Taurasi 23 Dupree 11 Hammon 21 6,763<br />
2010 <strong>WNBA</strong> CONFERENCE FINALS VS. SEATTLE STORM<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. L 9/2 Key 74-82 0-1 Taylor 16 Dupree 11 Jackson 23 9,686<br />
2. L 9/5 USAC 88-91 0-2 Taurasi 28 T. Smith 7 Cash 23 9,010<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS VS. SEATTLE STORM<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. L 9/15 Key 61-80 0-1 Taylor 13 Bonner 8 Wright 21 7,279<br />
2. W 9/17 USAC 92-83 1-1 Dupree 29 Bonner 13 Wright 18 9,356<br />
3. W 9/19 Key 77-75 2-1 Dupree 20 Taylor 17 Bird 22 8,589<br />
2011 <strong>WNBA</strong> CONFERENCE FINALS VS. MINNESOTA LYNX<br />
PHOENIX PHOENIX OPP. HIGH<br />
NO. W-L DATE SITE PHO/OPP SERIES HIGH SCORER HIGH REB. SCORER ATTENDANCE<br />
1. L 9/22 Target 67-95 0-1 Taurasi 22 Bonner 8 Augustus 21 8,912<br />
2. L 9/25 USAC 86-103 0-2 Bonner/ Taurasi 22 Dupree 11 McWilliams-Franklin/ 8,617<br />
Moore 21<br />
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PHOENIX/NEW YORK 1997 SEMI-FINALS<br />
PLAYOFFS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
In the inaugural <strong>WNBA</strong> season, the Phoenix Mercury made it all the way to the <strong>WNBA</strong> playoffs. With eight teams in the league and four in<br />
each conference, only four teams would advance to the playoffs. The East was made up of Charlotte, Cleveland, New York and Houston, while<br />
the West was made up of Phoenix, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Utah. The playoff series included two rounds of single elimination games.<br />
Phoenix faced New York in their first playoff appearance in front of a sold out crowd at America West Arena on 8/28. The closest the Mercury<br />
came to the lead was in the first half when they were down by one point (8-7). Phoenix fought a losing battle as they went on a 6-0 run late<br />
in the second half, but it wasn’t enough momentum to keep the Mercury alive. Phoenix only came within five points the second half as New<br />
York defeated Phoenix 59-41. Phoenix was led by the efforts of Jennifer Gillom scoring nine points and grabbing seven rebounds while Marlies<br />
Askamp added nine points. New York went on to meet Houston in the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals. The Comets defeated the Liberty, 65-51, at the Compaq<br />
Center on 8/30.<br />
SEMI-FINALS (PHOENIX 0, NEW YORK 1)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
DATE OPPONENT SCORE W-L HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
8/28/97 vs. New York 41-59 L Askamp 9 Gillom 7 Lobo 16 Hampton 14<br />
Gillom 9<br />
(1-0) NEW YORK LIBERTY 1997 PLAYOFFS / SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Lobo 1-1 34 6-13 .462 0-2 .000 4-8 .500 4 5 9 4 5-0 0 4 3 16 16.0 16<br />
Hampton 1-1 35 4-6 .667 0-0 — 6-6 1.000 2 12 14 1 1-0 0 1 1 14 14.0 14<br />
Johnson 1-1 34 5-10 .500 0-0 — 1-2 .500 0 7 7 2 1-0 1 1 1 11 11.0 11<br />
Witherspoon 1-1 36 3-10 .300 1-1 1.000 0-0 — 1 6 7 2 3-0 3 3 2 7 7.0 7<br />
Weatherspoon 1-1 40 3-4 .750 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 1 1 5 2-0 0 7 0 6 6.0 6<br />
Trice 1-0 5 1-1 1.000 0-0 — 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 0 3-0 1 1 0 3 3.0 3<br />
Wicks 1-0 6 1-3 .333 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 2 2 1 2-0 0 2 1 2 2.0 2<br />
Ford 1-0 10 0-3 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
LIBERTY 1 200 23-50 .460 1-4 .250 12-17 .706 7 34 41 15 19-0 7 19 8 59 59.0 59<br />
OPPONENTS 1 200 15-67 .224 1-11 .091 10-14 .714 14 18 32 9 17-0 11 13 3 41 41.0 41<br />
(0-1) PHOENIX MERCURY 1997 PLAYOFFS / SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Askamp 1-0 19 2-6 .333 0-0 — 5-5 1.000 1 1 2 1 3-0 0 0 1 9 9.0 9<br />
Gillom 1-1 31 4-11 .364 1-3 .333 0-0 — 2 5 7 1 2-0 2 2 0 9 9.0 9<br />
Foster 1-1 29 3-9 .333 0-0 — 1-2 .500 2 3 5 1 2-0 3 1 0 7 7.0 7<br />
Timms 1-1 40 1-11 .091 0-2 .000 3-5 .600 1 3 4 1 5-0 4 2 0 5 5.0 5<br />
Webb 1-1 33 2-9 .222 0-0 — 1-2 .500 3 3 6 2 4-0 0 1 0 5 5.0 5<br />
Pettis 1-1 27 2-15 .133 0-5 .000 0-0 — 3 3 6 2 1-0 2 2 0 4 4.0 4<br />
Hagiwara 1-0 11 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 3 1 2 2.0 2<br />
Jackson 1-0 8 0-4 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 2 0 2 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Lieberman-Cline 1-0 1 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0<br />
Williams 1-0 1 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 1 200 15-67 .224 1-11 .091 10-14 .714 14 18 32 9 17-0 11 13 3 41 41.0 41<br />
OPPONENTS 1 200 23-50 .460 1-4 .250 12-17 .706 7 34 41 15 19-0 7 19 8 59 59.0 59<br />
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1998 PLAYOFFS<br />
PHOENIX/CLEVELAND 1998 SEMI-FINALS<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> playoffs changed for the better in 1998. The same rules applied from the 1997 season, with four teams with the best records<br />
advancing, but the series changed from two rounds of single elimination games to two rounds of the best of three series. For the second year,<br />
Phoenix made it into the post season. In front of their home crowd, the Mercury posted a 78-68 victory over the Rockers in Game One on<br />
8/22. Phoenix dominated the second half, with Jennifer Gillom posting 13 points. Phoenix then traveled to Cleveland on 8/24 for Game Two<br />
of the series. The Mercury came out strong in the first half but the Rockers slowly took the lead. Phoenix had a one-point advantage and a<br />
minute left to play when Merlakia Jones of Cleveland hit a lay-up for 67-66 win. Gillom hit 19 of her 27 points in the second half but it was<br />
not enough to give the Mercury the victory. The series was tied at one game a piece and the Mercury needed a win to advance to the <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Finals. Game Three was a battle at Cleveland on 8/25. The first half was a war with neither team being ahead by more than seven points at a<br />
time. The high energy from Bridget Pettis in the first half carried over into the second half as the Mercury dominated and won, 71-60. Pettis<br />
ended the game with 27 points, 14 points in the first half, and 11 rebounds, helping Phoenix get to the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals. Gillom led the Mercury<br />
in the Cleveland series posting 19.7 ppg and 7.3 rpg in three games. The Mercury won the semi-final series, 2-1 and advanced themselves to<br />
the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals, where they would face their season rivals, the Houston Comets.<br />
SEMI-FINAL (PHOENIX 2, CLEVELAND 1)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
DATE OPPONENT SCORE W-L HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
8/22/98 vs. Cleveland 78-68 W Gillom 21 Gillom 5 Fijalkowski 20 Fijalkowski 9<br />
Reed 5<br />
8/24/98 at Cleveland 66-67 L Gillom 27 Gillom 10 Edwards 18 Braxton 10<br />
8/25/98 at Cleveland 71-60 W Pettis 27 Pettis 11 Fijalkowski 17 Fijalkowski 11<br />
(1-2) CLEVELAND ROCKERS 1998 PLAYOFFS / SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Fijalkowski 3-3 107 17-40 .425 0-1 .000 19-22 .864 6 21 27 4 13-0 2 5 2 53 17.7 20<br />
Braxton 3-3 83 10-26 .385 0-1 .000 12-14 .857 9 10 19 6 9-0 2 7 0 32 10.7 18<br />
Edwards 3-3 95 12-33 .364 1-6 .167 4-7 .571 4 6 10 10 5-0 6 8 0 29 9.7 18<br />
Jones 3-0 65 11-24 .458 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000 5 7 12 1 7-0 0 3 0 27 9.0 10<br />
Nemcova 3-3 92 9-28 .321 1-5 .200 2-2 1.000 4 5 9 14 10-0 2 8 2 21 7.0 9<br />
McConnell Serio 3-3 99 7-14 .500 3-7 .429 2-3 .667 3 4 7 15 9-0 8 9 1 19 6.3 8<br />
Scott 3-0 26 4-12 .333 0-0 — 1-1 1.000 3 4 7 0 4-0 0 0 1 9 3.0 5<br />
Brown 3-0 21 2-6 .333 0-0 — 1-2 .500 3 0 3 0 2-0 5 5 0 5 1.7 3<br />
Johnson 2-0 12 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 — 1 2 3 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
ROCKERS 3 600 72-186 .387 6-24 .250 45-55 .818 38 59 97 50 59-0 26 45 6 195 65.0 68<br />
OPPONENTS 3 600 81-182 .445 13-32 .406 40-48 .833 30 66 96 57 60-1 25 42 5 215 71.7 78<br />
(2-1) PHOENIX MERCURY 1998 PLAYOFFS / SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Gillom 3-3 105 22-48 .458 5-8 .625 10-11 .909 3 19 22 1 12-0 4 9 1 59 19.7 27<br />
Pettis 3-3 97 18-35 .514 2-8 .250 13-14 .929 7 7 14 9 4-0 6 5 1 51 17.0 27<br />
Griffiths 3-3 72 14-28 .500 3-5 .600 4-6 .667 7 8 15 8 7-0 1 4 1 35 11.7 14<br />
Timms 3-3 99 7-20 .350 3-7 .429 5-5 1.000 0 6 6 17 9-0 4 8 0 22 7.3 16<br />
Reed 3-0 45 8-19 .421 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 5 10 15 3 5-0 1 4 0 18 6.0 8<br />
Stepanova 1-0 9 3-5 .600 0-0 — 0-0 — 1 1 2 1 6-1 1 0 1 6 6.0 6<br />
Askamp 3-0 29 4-9 .444 0-0 — 1-4 .250 3 7 10 1 5-0 0 2 0 9 3.0 6<br />
Foster 3-0 25 1-5 .200 0-0 — 4-4 1.000 2 2 4 0 3-0 4 2 0 6 2.0 6<br />
Webb 3-3 93 2-8 .250 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 2 4 6 12 9-0 1 7 1 5 1.7 2<br />
Harrower 3-0 22 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0 2 2 5 0-0 2 1 0 4 1.3 4<br />
Kuklova 1-0 4 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 3 600 81-182 .445 13-32 .406 40-48 .833 30 66 96 57 60-1 25 42 5 215 71.7 78<br />
OPPONENTS 3 600 72-186 .387 6-24 .250 45-55 .818 38 59 97 50 59-0 26 45 6 195 65.0 68<br />
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PHOENIX/HOUSTON 1998 <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS<br />
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Head Coach Cheryl Miller led her team to the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals where they met Houston in a best of three game series. In Game One of the<br />
Finals, in front of a packed America West Arena, Phoenix defeated Houston 54-51 on 8/27. With two minutes left to play, a lay-up by Jennifer<br />
Gillom and a free throw by Michelle Griffiths, secured the Mercury win. The Mercury then traveled to Houston for what would be a battle<br />
till the end. Phoenix dominated Game Two on 8/29, until Houston went on an 11-0 run with two minutes left to play. Michele Timms was<br />
fired up as she led the Mercury with 21 points, 12 of which came in the first half. Then with under a minute left to play, Cynthia Cooper kept<br />
Houston alive with a jump shot, which sent the game into overtime (66-66). The Mercury fought to stay on top but Gillom’s three points<br />
were the only numbers they posted in overtime. The Mercury fell 74-69 in overtime. With the series tied at one a piece, Phoenix had to<br />
defeat Houston at a sold out Compaq Center on 9/1 to capture the <strong>WNBA</strong> title. The battle continued in Game Three as Phoenix and Houston<br />
traded baskets for the first five minutes but the Mercury ended the first half down by six. Phoenix jumped out in the second half with an<br />
11-2 run to take over the lead but could not hold on till the end, losing 80-71. Gillom led the Mercury in the Finals, scoring 14.3 ppg and<br />
rebounding 7.7 rpg in three games.<br />
FINALS (PHOENIX 1, HOUSTON 2)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
DATE OPPONENT SCORE W-L HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
8/27/98 vs. Houston 54-51 W Gillom 15 Griffiths 12 Cooper 29 Swoopes 11<br />
8/29/98 at Houston 69-74 (OT) L Timms 21 Gillom 9 Cooper 27 Swoopes 13<br />
9/1/98 at Houston 71-80 L Griffiths 24 Gillom 6 Cooper 23 Thompson 6<br />
(2-1) HOUSTON COMETS 1998 PLAYOFFS / FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Cooper 3-3 123 27-62 .435 4-14 .286 21-27 .778 2 6 8 13 6-0 5 11 3 79 26.3 29<br />
Swoopes 3-3 117 13-37 .351 2-9 .222 10-11 .909 4 25 29 17 3-0 6 10 5 38 12.7 16<br />
Thompson 3-3 109 13-31 .419 4-11 .364 4-4 1.000 8 14 22 1 12-0 5 3 1 34 11.3 18<br />
Lamb 3-3 65 10-16 .625 0-0 — 0-0 — 3 8 11 0 10-0 1 3 3 20 6.7 12<br />
Perrot 3-3 109 6-24 .250 3-9 .333 3-6 .500 4 8 12 14 4-0 4 9 0 18 6.0 13<br />
Arcain 3-0 68 6-11 .545 0-0 — 0-0 — 1 6 7 3 5-0 2 1 1 12 4.0 6<br />
Moore 3-0 27 2-3 .667 0-0 — 0-1 .000 1 0 1 0 5-0 3 1 0 4 1.3 2<br />
Jackson 2-0 7 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 2 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
COMETS 3 625 77-184 .418 13-43 .302 38-49 .776 23 69 92 48 45-0 26 39 13 205 68.3 80<br />
OPPONENTS 3 625 75-187 .401 13-41 .317 31-44 .705 28 70 98 43 56-1 19 42 14 194 64.7 71<br />
(1-2) PHOENIX MERCURY 1998 PLAYOFFS / FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Gillom 3-3 109 14-47 .298 3-8 .375 12-15 .800 5 20 25 1 6-0 4 8 6 43 14.3 20<br />
Griffiths 3-3 99 14-28 .500 2-6 .333 9-14 .643 7 17 24 6 7-0 3 6 1 39 13.0 24<br />
Timms 3-3 109 12-34 .353 3-15 .200 5-5 1.000 2 12 14 14 11-1 1 13 0 32 10.7 21<br />
Pettis 3-3 86 12-25 .480 0-2 .000 2-5 .400 3 5 8 4 7-0 5 6 1 26 8.7 13<br />
Harrower 3-0 56 10-16 .625 3-6 .500 0-0 — 1 3 4 2 4-0 3 3 1 23 7.7 12<br />
Webb 3-3 65 4-13 .308 1-3 .333 2-3 .667 4 5 9 6 14-0 0 2 1 11 3.7 7<br />
Kuklova 3-0 39 4-6 .667 1-1 1.000 0-0 — 1 1 2 3 2-0 2 0 2 9 3.0 7<br />
Stepanova 3-0 13 2-6 .333 0-0 — 1-2 .500 2 2 4 0 2-0 0 1 0 5 1.7 3<br />
Foster 3-0 25 2-5 .400 0-0 — 0-0 — 1 3 4 5 1-0 0 0 0 4 1.3 2<br />
Reed 3-0 17 1-6 .167 0-0 — 0-0 — 2 0 2 2 1-0 1 2 1 2 0.7 2<br />
Askamp 2-0 7 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 2 2 0 1-0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 3 625 75-187 .401 13-41 .317 31-44 .705 28 70 98 43 56-1 19 42 14 194 64.7 71<br />
OPPONENTS 3 625 77-184 .418 13-43 .302 38-49 .776 23 69 92 48 45-0 26 39 13 205 68.3 80<br />
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2000 PLAYOFFS<br />
PHOENIX/LOS ANGELES 2000 FIRST ROUND<br />
Phoenix made it to the post-season for the third time in four years and for the first time since the 1998 season. With the addition of four<br />
expansion teams in 2000, the playoffs featured the top four teams in each conference and three rounds of best-of-three game series. Phoenix<br />
entered the First Round as the fourth seed in the Western Conference and faced the top team in the league, the Los Angeles Sparks. The<br />
Sparks dominated the first game, never trailing, and building its biggest lead to 23 en route to an 86-71 victory at America West Arena. Lisa<br />
Leslie led L.A. with 20 points and 11 rebounds as the Sparks shot .515 from the field. Brandy Reed paced Phoenix with 17 points and was one<br />
of five Mercury players who scored in double figures. In the second game, the Sparks came out even stronger, shooting .557 from the field,<br />
including .640 in the second half, as they topped the Mercury 101-76 in Los Angeles. Phoenix led 10-8 at the 16:23 mark in the first half, but<br />
L.A. took the lead and never relinquished it as they swept the Mercury and advanced to the Western Conference Semi-Finals. Leslie again led<br />
the Sparks with 29 points, on 12-of-17 shooting, and 8 rebounds, and Mwadi Mabika added 15 points and 8 boards.<br />
FIRST ROUND (PHOENIX 0, LOS ANGELES 2)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
DATE OPPONENT SCORE W-L HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
8/11/00 vs. Los Angeles 71-86 L Reed 17 Harrison 9 Leslie 20 Leslie 11<br />
8/13/00 at Los Angeles 76-101 L Gillom 16 Griffiths 6 Leslie 29 Leslie 8<br />
Harrison 16 Mabika 8<br />
(2-0) LOS ANGELES SPARKS 2000 PLAYOFFS / FIRST ROUND<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Leslie 2-2 66 20-32 0.625 0-1 0.000 9-12 0.750 3 16 19 1 8-0 1 4 2 49 24 29<br />
Mabika 2-2 62 11-21 0.524 7-13 0.538 1-2 0.500 4 9 13 2 5-0 0 2 1 30 15 15<br />
Milton 2-2 68 11-19 0.579 0-0 0.000 8-10 0.800 4 5 9 7 5-0 2 4 2 30 15 19<br />
Dixon 2-2 60 11-22 0.500 3-3 1.000 3-4 0.750 3 5 8 12 6-0 2 3 0 28 14 14<br />
Figgs 2-2 50 5-10 0.500 2-3 0.667 4-4 1.000 0 6 6 10 4-0 1 4 0 16 8 9<br />
Machanguana 2-0 32 4-7 0.571 0-0 0.000 4-6 0.667 5 1 6 0 6-0 1 1 1 12 6 10<br />
McCrimmon 2-0 30 3-7 0.429 1-1 1.000 3-4 0.750 1 3 4 7 2-0 1 3 0 10 5 7<br />
Feaster 2-0 22 2-7 0.286 1-5 0.200 2-2 1.000 2 5 7 2 6-0 2 1 0 7 3 7<br />
Frett 2-0 3 1-1 1.000 0-0 0.000 3-4 0.750 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 5 2 5<br />
Grgin 2-0 5 0-1 0.000 0-1 0.000 0-2 0.000 0 2 2 1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0<br />
Sauer 1-0 2 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 1 1 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
SPARKS 2-10 400 68-127 0.535 14-27 0.519 37-50 0.740 22 53 91 42 43-0 11 23 6 187 93 101<br />
OPPONENTS 2-10 400 53-119 0.445 11-40 0.275 30-42 0.714 12 36 59 34 45-0 11 23 10 147 73 76<br />
(0-2) PHOENIX MERCURY 2000 PLAYOFFS / FIRST ROUND<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Reed 2-2 73 12-22 0.545 1-4 0.250 3-4 0.750 2 5 7 8 5-0 0 5 1 28 14 17<br />
Gillom 2-2 64 10-20 0.500 1-5 0.200 5-10 0.500 1 3 4 2 10-0 1 4 5 26 13 16<br />
Harrison 2-2 68 12-17 0.706 0-2 0.000 2-2 1.000 4 7 11 10 5-0 3 3 0 26 13 16<br />
Griffiths 2-2 52 5-13 0.385 1-4 0.250 11-14 0.786 0 9 9 1 5-0 1 3 1 22 11 13<br />
Pettis 2-0 41 7-18 0.389 5-11 0.455 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 6 7-0 1 3 0 21 10 14<br />
Edwards 2-2 61 5-20 0.250 3-13 0.231 4-6 0.667 1 5 6 5 8-0 4 2 0 17 8 12<br />
Williams 2-0 30 2-4 0.500 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.500 1 3 4 1 3-0 0 1 2 5 2 3<br />
Kubik 2-0 5 0-2 0.000 0-0 0.000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 1 0 2 1 2<br />
Head 1-0 6 0-3 0.000 0-1 0.000 0-0 0.000 2 0 2 1 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0<br />
Wilson 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
Sarenac 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0<br />
MERCURY 2-10 400 53-119 0.445 11-40 0.275 30-42 0.714 12 36 59 34 45-0 11 23 10 147 73 76<br />
OPPONENTS 2-10 400 68-127 0.535 14-27 0.519 37-50 0.740 22 53 91 42 43-0 11 23 6 187 93 101<br />
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PHOENIX/SEATTLE 2007 FIRST ROUND<br />
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Phoenix ended the longest postseason drought in <strong>WNBA</strong> history and made the playoffs for the first time since the 2000 season. Entering the<br />
postseason as the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference, Phoenix went up against the Seattle Storm in a best-of-three series. In Game One<br />
of the series at Key Arena, the Mighty Mercury won their first postseason game in almost nine years as they defeated the Storm, 101-84. Penny<br />
Taylor and Diana Taurasi both contributed a team-high 22 points as Phoenix turned 18 Seattle turnovers into 32 points. In Game Two in front<br />
of a home crowd at US Airways Center, the Mercury jumped ahead to an early 27-14 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second and<br />
third quarters the two teams traded baskets, but in the fourth quarter the Storm outscored the Mercury, 26-19. The fourth quarter push was<br />
not enough, however, as the Mercury won, 95-89. The Storm was over as the Mercury ended Seattle’s playoff run, winning the series 2-0.<br />
Cappie Pondexter led the team in the series, scoring 23.0 points per game. Phoenix would advance to the Western Conference Semi-Finals<br />
where they would face the San Antonio Silver Stars.<br />
FIRST ROUND (PHOENIX 2, SEATTLE 0)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1 W 8/24 101-84 Key 1-0 Taylor 22 Smith 10 Lennox 23 Jackson 9<br />
Taurasi 22<br />
2 W 8/26 95-89 USAC 2-0 Pondexter 25 Smith 8 Jackson 22 Jackson 14<br />
(0-2) SEATTLE STORM 2007 PLAYOFFS / FIRST ROUND<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Jackson 2-2 68 13-23 .565 3-10 .300 9-9 1.000 4 19 23 1 9-0 2 5 3 38 19.0 22<br />
Lennox 2-2 62 13-36 .361 5-13 .385 5-5 1.000 5 8 13 4 9-1 2 4 0 36 18.0 23<br />
Bird 2-2 71 11-24 .458 7-12 .583 4-4 1.000 0 4 4 10 4-0 4 6 0 33 16.5 21<br />
Castro Marques 2-2 51 8-20 .400 4-13 .308 0-0 — 0 4 4 4 6-0 0 4 1 20 10.0 16<br />
Wright 2-0 42 7-15 .467 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 5 0 5 5 6-0 1 6 1 18 9.0 12<br />
Palmer 2-0 27 8-16 .500 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 4 4 8 0 6-0 0 2 1 17 8.5 9<br />
Robinson 2-2 52 4-11 .364 0-0 — 0-0 — 4 12 16 6 4-0 2 3 5 8 4.0 6<br />
Gearlds 2-0 23 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 — 1 2 3 3 2-0 1 1 0 3 1.5 3<br />
Ndiaye-Diatta 1-0 4 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
STORM 2 400 65-148 .439 21-53 .396 22-23 .957 23 53 76 33 46-1 13 32 11 173 86.5 89<br />
MERCURY 2 400 65-150 .433 27-65 .415 39-44 .886 21 48 69 43 23-0 14 18 7 196 98.0 101<br />
(2-0) PHOENIX MERCURY 2007 PLAYOFFS / FIRST ROUND<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Pondexter 2-2 65 15-32 .469 2-9 .222 14-14 1.000 2 8 10 10 0-0 4 3 0 46 23.0 25<br />
Taurasi 2-2 64 15-32 .469 8-21 .381 4-6 .667 0 5 5 9 4-0 2 1 1 42 21.0 22<br />
Taylor 2-2 65 13-25 .520 4-7 .571 10-10 1.000 3 8 11 11 6-0 4 6 0 40 20.0 22<br />
K. Miller 2-2 70 9-15 .600 5-8 .625 3-4 .750 4 6 10 6 3-0 1 2 0 26 13.0 16<br />
Ta. Smith 2-2 64 6-22 .273 3-6 .500 4-4 1.000 6 12 18 4 4-0 2 3 3 19 9.5 13<br />
Mazzante 2-0 25 5-8 .625 4-7 .571 2-2 1.000 2 5 7 0 1-0 0 0 0 16 8.0 11<br />
Snell 2-0 16 1-10 .100 1-7 .143 1-2 .500 1 3 4 1 3-0 0 0 0 4 2.0 4<br />
Schumacher 2-0 31 1-6 .167 0-0 — 1-2 .500 3 1 4 2 2-0 1 3 3 3 1.5 2<br />
MERCURY 2 400 65-150 .433 27-65 .415 39-44 .886 21 48 69 43 23-0 14 18 7 196 98.0 101<br />
STORM 2 400 65-148 .439 21-53 .396 22-23 .957 23 53 76 33 46-1 13 32 11 173 86.5 89<br />
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PHOENIX/SAN ANTONIO 2007 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
The Mercury headed to San Antonio for Game One of a best-of-three series at the AT&T Center. The Mercury and Silver Stars traded baskets<br />
in the first quarter and were tied, 20-20 at the quarter break. At halftime Phoenix was up, 50-47 thanks to Diana Taurasi’s 13 first-half points.<br />
With two seconds left in the fourth quarter, however, Becky Hammon hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 100. As the Mercury in-bounded<br />
the ball, Shanna Crossley fouled Cappie Pondexter, sending her to the free throw line. Pondexter hit both free throws, and the Mercury went<br />
on to win a true nail-biter, 102-100. Pondexter’s team-high 26 points were crucial in a game which saw the lead change 14 times. The battle<br />
continued in Game Two in front of an electric Mercury home crowd. Although Pondexter contributed 16 first-half points, the Mercury trailed,<br />
47-42 at halftime. Tied at 84 with 2:26 left in the final quarter, Phoenix used a 12-2 run to go up, 96-86 in the last minute. The Mercury went<br />
on to defeat the Silver Stars, 98-92 and won the series, 2-0. Pondexter’s 33 points were a 2007 Mercury Playoff high. Phoenix advanced to the<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Finals for the first time since 1998, where they would face the Eastern Conference powerhouse Detroit Shock.<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS (PHOENIX 2, SAN ANTONIO 0)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1 W 8/30 102-100 AT&T 1-0 Pondexter 26 Taylor 14 Hammon 32 Young 18<br />
2 W 9/1 98-92 USAC 2-0 Pondexter 33 Smith 12 Young 19 Young/Riley 10<br />
(0-2) SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS 2007 PLAYOFFS / CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Hammon 2-2 75 17-46 .370 9-25 .360 3-4 .750 3 5 8 12 7-1 2 6 0 46 23.0 32<br />
Young 2-2 73 16-33 .485 0-0 — 11-12 .917 13 15 28 4 6-0 1 3 1 43 21.5 24<br />
Crossley 2-0 27 8-16 .500 7-14 .500 3-3 1.000 0 1 1 2 5-0 0 2 0 26 13.0 20<br />
Darling 2-2 43 7-14 .500 5-9 .556 0-0 — 2 3 5 9 4-0 4 4 0 19 9.5 13<br />
Riley 2-2 54 9-18 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 — 2 10 12 9 7-0 1 2 5 19 9.5 13<br />
Johnson 2-2 67 7-22 .318 3-7 .429 1-2 .500 3 9 12 5 6-0 2 1 0 18 9.0 9<br />
Little 2-0 34 3-6 .500 0-0 — 5-8 .625 1 2 3 3 0-0 0 1 3 11 5.5 6<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2-0 27 3-9 .333 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000 3 2 5 3 2-0 3 2 0 10 5.0 6<br />
SILVER STARS 2 400 70-164 .427 25-59 .424 27-33 .818 27 47 74 47 37-1 13 22 9 192 96.0 100<br />
MERCURY 2 400 70-144 .486 19-40 .475 41-47 .872 20 59 79 41 37-0 14 27 12 200 100.0 102<br />
(2-0) PHOENIX MERCURY 2007 PLAYOFFS / CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Pondexter 2-2 67 19-34 .559 5-7 .714 16-19 .842 3 14 17 14 5-0 1 7 1 59 29.5 33<br />
Taylor 2-2 72 15-30 .500 2-3 .667 9-11 .818 5 16 21 7 7-0 3 5 6 41 20.5 23<br />
Taurasi 2-2 72 14-24 .583 6-15 .400 4-4 1.000 1 3 4 6 6-0 4 3 0 38 19.0 20<br />
K. Miller 2-2 62 8-15 .533 0-2 .000 9-10 .900 3 3 6 6 7-0 3 7 0 25 12.5 15<br />
Ta. Smith 2-2 64 9-19 .474 3-3 1.000 3-3 1.000 3 15 18 4 8-0 1 3 3 24 12.0 17<br />
Mazzante 2-0 34 3-11 .273 3-10 .300 0-0 — 1 2 3 3 1-0 1 1 0 9 4.5 9<br />
Schumacher 2-0 24 2-10 .200 0-0 — 0-0 — 4 6 10 0 3-0 1 0 2 4 2.0 2<br />
Snell 2-0 5 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 2 400 70-144 .486 19-40 .475 41-47 .872 20 59 79 41 37-0 14 27 12 200 100.0 102<br />
SILVER STARS 2 400 70-164 .427 25-59 .424 27-33 .818 27 47 74 47 37-1 13 22 9 192 96.0 100<br />
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PHOENIX/DETROIT 2007 <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS<br />
PLAYOFFS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Head Coach Paul Westhead led his team to the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals where they met Detroit in a best-of-five series. In Game One at the Palace of<br />
Auburn Hills the Mercury trailed, 35-41 at halftime. With three minutes to go in regulation, Phoenix trailed by just four points. The Mercury<br />
was forced to foul in the final minutes and could not over<strong>com</strong>e the deficit, losing 100-108. Kara Braxton led the Shock in rebounds with 12 as<br />
Detroit outrebounded Phoenix, 48-30. Penny Taylor tied a <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals record for most points in a game with her game-high 32 points. Game<br />
Two at the Palace was a different story. The Mercury enjoyed a 48-32 halftime lead as the Shock struggled from the field. Phoenix recorded<br />
team playoff highs in both three-point field goals attempted and made, going 16-of-44 from behind the arc, while Detroit shot a meager<br />
3-of-20 from three-point range. Diana Taurasi led the way with a playoff career-high 30 points as the Mercury won, 98-70, evening the series<br />
at 1-1. The two teams headed back to Phoenix for Game Three at US Airways Center. The Mercury trailed, 45-50 at the half and struggled from<br />
the field, shooting 16.1% from behind the arc. Diana Taurasi led the Mercury with 22 points and six rebounds, as the Mercury fell, 88-83. It<br />
was now a must-win situation for Phoenix, who would now have to win the next two games against the Shock. Game four at US Airways<br />
Center saw another close game, with both teams neck-and-neck late in the game. As both teams exchanged baskets in the closing minutes,<br />
Deanna Nolan hit a jump shot to go up, 76-75. Cappie Pondexter came back and hit a close bank shot with 21.7 seconds to go, sealing a 77-76<br />
Mercury win. Pondexter led the team with a game-high 26 points. Game Five at the Palace of Auburn Hills saw a charged-up Mercury squad.<br />
Out to an early 30-17 first-quarter lead, Phoenix shot 73.3% from the field in the opening period, a <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals record for highest field goal<br />
percentage in a quarter by one team. The Mercury never trailed as Phoenix went on to win, 108-92, be<strong>com</strong>ing the first team ever to win a<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Championship on the road.<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS (PHOENIX 3, DETROIT 2)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1 L 9/5 100-108 Det 0-1 Taylor 32 Taylor 7 Pierson 26 Braxton 12<br />
2 W 9/8 98-70 Det. 1-1 Taurasi 30 Smith 10 Nolan 12 Braxton 9<br />
3 L 9/11 83-88 USAC 1-2 Taurasi 22 Taylor 9 Smith 22 Ford 13<br />
4 W 9/13 77-76 USAC 2-2 Pondexter 26 Taylor 9 Pierson 23 Ford 14<br />
5 W 9/16 108-92 Det. 3-2 Taylor 30 Taurasi 7 Nolan 27 Smith 6<br />
(2-3) DETROIT SHOCK 2007 PLAYOFFS / <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Nolan 5-5 184 30-69 .435 8-23 .348 19-21 .905 5 30 35 18 16-0 4 9 3 87 17.4 27<br />
K. Smith 5-5 181 25-60 .417 17-38 .447 14-18 .778 3 15 18 18 15-1 4 6 1 81 16.2 22<br />
Pierson 5-0 112 27-52 .519 0-0 — 17-20 .850 13 14 27 6 18-1 2 14 5 71 14.2 26<br />
Cash 5-5 105 17-41 .415 0-2 .000 9-11 .818 6 10 16 8 12-0 3 11 0 43 8.6 13<br />
Braxton 5-0 75 16-38 .421 0-0 — 9-11 .818 15 19 34 4 8-0 0 11 3 41 8.2 19<br />
Johnson 5-1 118 13-35 .371 9-22 .409 3-5 .600 5 10 15 19 10-0 3 10 2 38 7.6 13<br />
Feenstra 5-3 61 15-25 .600 0-0 — 5-7 .714 7 11 18 1 5-0 1 7 3 35 7.0 10<br />
Ford 4-3 82 7-24 .292 0-1 .000 5-14 .357 12 24 36 2 12-0 2 8 1 19 4.8 5<br />
Walker 2-0 6 1-2 .500 0-0 — 2-3 .667 0 4 4 1 1-0 0 0 0 4 2.0 4<br />
Latta 5-0 28 2-10 .200 2-8 .250 3-4 .750 0 3 3 2 3-0 2 1 0 9 1.8 4<br />
Powell 5-3 49 1-4 .250 0-0 — 4-4 1.000 2 2 4 7 5-0 4 4 0 6 1.2 2<br />
T. Smith 1-0 0 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
SHOCK 5 1000154-360 .428 36-94 .383 90-118 .763 68 142 210 86 105-2 25 82 18 434 86.8 108<br />
MERCURY 5 1000 156-375 .416 51-152 .336 103-127 .811 63 116 179 92 105-1 42 56 24 466 93.2 108<br />
(3-2) PHOENIX MERCURY 2007 PLAYOFFS / <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Pondexter 5-5 168 40-94 .426 5-22 .227 25-30 .833 6 10 16 28 9-0 6 7 0 110 22.0 27<br />
Taurasi 5-5 163 35-71 .493 18-46 .391 11-16 .688 5 25 30 12 21-1 7 14 6 99 19.8 30<br />
Taylor 5-5 173 24-57 .421 2-10 .200 43-47 .915 16 23 39 16 20-0 9 14 4 93 18.6 32<br />
Ta. Smith 5-5 158 22-50 .440 9-22 .409 9-13 .692 7 27 34 7 20-0 6 7 10 62 12.4 18<br />
K. Miller 5-5 166 18-47 .383 3-16 .188 15-19 .789 12 20 32 20 8-0 8 9 1 54 10.8 13<br />
Mazzante 5-0 72 11-26 .423 11-25 .440 0-0 — 4 4 8 3 7-0 3 0 0 33 6.6 12<br />
Snell 4-0 30 3-12 .250 3-11 .273 0-0 — 5 0 5 5 6-0 1 1 0 9 2.3 6<br />
Lacy 1-0 3 1-2 .500 0-0 — 0-2 .000 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Schumacher 5-0 64 2-15 .133 0-0 — 0-0 — 8 7 15 1 12-0 2 2 3 4 0.8 2<br />
Derevjanik 1-0 2 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Scott 1-0 2 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 5 1000 156-375 .416 51-152 .336 103-127 .811 63 116 179 92 105-1 42 56 24 466 93.2 108<br />
SHOCK 5 1000154-360 .428 36-94 .383 90-118 .763 68 142 210 86 105-2 25 82 18 434 86.8 108<br />
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(7-2) PHOENIX MERCURY 2007 PLAYOFFS / ALL ROUNDS COMBINED<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT ASTPF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Pondexter 9-9 300 74-160 .463 12-38 .316 55-63 .873 11 32 43 52 14-0 11 17 1 215 23.9 33<br />
Taurasi 9-9 299 64-127 .504 32-82 .390 19-26 .731 6 33 39 27 31-1 13 18 7 179 19.9 30<br />
Taylor 9-9 311 52-112 .464 8-20 .400 62-68 .912 24 47 71 34 33-0 16 25 10 174 19.3 32<br />
K. Miller 9-9 297 35-77 .455 8-26 .308 27-33 .818 19 29 48 32 18-0 12 18 1 105 11.7 16<br />
Ta. Smith 9-9 286 37-91 .407 15-31 .484 16-20 .800 16 54 70 15 32-0 9 13 16 105 11.7 18<br />
Mazzante 9-0 131 19-45 .422 18-42 .429 2-2 1.000 7 11 18 6 9-0 4 1 0 58 6.4 12<br />
Lacy 1-0 3 1-2 .500 0-0 — 0-2 .000 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Snell 8-0 52 4-23 .174 4-18 .222 1-2 .500 6 3 9 7 9-0 1 2 0 13 1.6 6<br />
Schumacher 9-0 118 5-31 .161 0-0 — 1-2 .500 15 14 29 3 17-0 4 5 8 11 1.2 2<br />
Derevjanik 1-0 2 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Scott 1-0 2 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
TEAM 9 1800291-669 .435 97-257 .377 183-218 .839 104 223 327 176 165-1 70 101 43 862 95.8 108<br />
OPPONENTS 9 1800289-672 .430 82-206 .398 139-174 .799 118 242 360 166 188-4 51 136 38 799 88.8 108<br />
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PHOENIX/SAN ANTONIO 2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<br />
The Mercury entered the 2009 postseason as the No. 1 overall seed and faced the San Antonio Silver Stars in the best-of-three Western<br />
Conference Semifinals. In Game One at AT&T Center on Sep. 17, Phoenix fell 91-92 in a nail-biter. Facing elimination heading back to Phoenix,<br />
the Mercury retaliated, showing its offensive prowess defeating the Silver Stars in a 28-point landslide (106-78) thanks to a franchise<br />
postseason record 63.9 percent field goal shooting. Rookie sensation and <strong>WNBA</strong> Sixth Woman of the Year DeWanna Bonner poured in 16<br />
points and 13 rebounds in just 22 minutes of play as the Phoenix bench outscored their San Antonio counterparts 44-13. In a decisive Game<br />
Three at US Airways Center two days later, Phoenix trailed going into the fourth quarter (66-69), but outscored San Antonio 34-23 in the final<br />
period to take a 100-92 <strong>com</strong>e-from-behind victory and advance to the Western Conference Finals where they’d face the Los Angeles Sparks.<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (PHOENIX 2, SAN ANTONIO 1)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1 L 9/17 91-92 AT&T 0-1 Taylor 18 Taurasi 7 Young 24 Wauters 11<br />
2 W 9/19 106-78 USAC 1-1 Taurasi 24 Bonner 13 Young 19 Wauters 5<br />
3 W 9/21 100-92 USAC 2-1 Taurasi 30 T. Smith 8 Hammon 29 Young 8<br />
(2-1) PHOENIX MERCURY 2009 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 3-3 94 26-46 .565 8-19 .421 9-9 1.000 4 14 18 16 6-0 3 10 4 69 23.0 30<br />
Pondexter 3-3 84 17-39 .436 3-8 .375 13-14 .929 1 5 6 5 5-0 3 4 0 50 16.7 18<br />
Taylor 3-0 66 14-22 .636 4-8 .500 11-11 1.000 2 10 12 13 8-0 1 3 2 43 14.3 18<br />
Bonner 3-0 63 17-32 .531 0-1 .000 8-10 .800 10 15 25 2 4-0 1 3 1 42 14.0 16<br />
T. Smith 3-3 67 10-17 .588 4-8 .500 4-6 .667 5 13 18 2 9-0 0 1 2 28 9.3 16<br />
Johnson 3-3 73 10-18 .556 2-6 .333 0-0 — 0 5 5 10 7-0 2 3 0 22 7.3 11<br />
Willingham 3-3 46 8-14 .571 0-0 — 2-2 1.000 4 3 7 2 5-0 1 1 1 18 6.0 10<br />
Ohlde 3-0 53 7-8 .875 0-0 — 0-2 .000 6 9 15 4 5-0 2 4 0 14 4.7 8<br />
B. Smith 1-0 6 2-2 1.000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 4 4.0 4<br />
Swanier 3-0 39 3-12 .250 1-4 .250 0-0 — 1 3 4 5 4-0 1 3 0 7 2.3 3<br />
Mazzante 1-0 9 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0 2 2 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 3 600 114-212 .538 22-55 .400 47-54 .870 33 79 112 59 54-0 15 35 10 297 99.0 106<br />
SILVER STARS 3 600 96-208 .462 27-59 .458 43-56 .768 27 53 80 49 49-0 22 29 7 262 87.3 92<br />
(1-2) SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS 2009 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Young 3-3 96 22-48 .458 1-2 .500 13-19 .684 6 10 16 6 9-0 6 5 2 58 19.3 24<br />
Hammon 3-3 101 19-41 .463 8-21 .381 9-10 .900 0 8 8 6 4-0 5 7 0 55 18.3 29<br />
Johnson 3-3 90 18-25 .720 5-7 .714 5-6 .833 3 6 9 14 6-0 5 3 0 46 15.3 24<br />
Lawson-Wade 3-3 75 12-18 .667 8-13 .615 0-0 — 4 5 9 6 6-0 2 3 0 32 10.7 16<br />
Wauters 3-3 82 14-36 .389 0-0 — 4-5 .800 8 15 23 10 7-0 0 4 0 32 10.7 12<br />
Crossley 3-0 31 5-15 .333 5-10 .500 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 0 3-0 0 2 0 17 5.7 11<br />
Riley 3-0 44 4-8 .500 0-0 — 4-6 .667 4 3 7 1 7-0 1 1 4 12 4.0 7<br />
Frazee 1-0 7 0-1 .000 0-0 — 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Darling 3-0 34 1-5 .200 0-0 — 2-4 .500 1 3 4 3 4-0 1 1 0 4 1.3 2<br />
Perperoglou 3-0 33 1-9 .111 0-4 .000 2-2 1.000 1 0 1 2 3-0 2 2 1 4 1.3 2<br />
Snell 1-0 7 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 — 0 2 2 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
SILVER STARS 3 600 96-208 .462 27-59 .458 43-56 .768 27 53 80 49 49-0 22 29 7 262 87.3 92<br />
MERCURY 3 600 114-212 .538 22-55 .400 47-54 .870 33 79 112 59 54-0 15 35 10 297 99.0 106<br />
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PHOENIX/LOS ANGELES 2009 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
The Mercury advanced to the Western Conference Finals where they faced the Los Angeles Sparks led by the <strong>WNBA</strong>’s all-time leading scorer,<br />
Lisa Leslie. Game One was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, where Phoenix stole a 103-94 victory behind Diana Taurasi’s<br />
28 points. Game Two at US Airways Center on Sept. 25 saw the Mercury struggle offensively, managing just 76 points on 39.7 percent<br />
shooting and losing 76-87, pushing the series to a third game. Game Three (the next day) was also a low-scoring contest by the Mercury’s<br />
record-setting offensive standards, but Phoenix held Los Angeles to just 25 first-half points on 24.1 percent shooting and stifled 2008 <strong>WNBA</strong><br />
MVP Candace Parker, holding her to just six points on the night, earning an 85-74 victory and a trip to the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals to face the East’s<br />
top-seeded team, the Indiana Fever.<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS (PHOENIX 2, LOS ANGELES 1)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1 W 9/23 103-94 UCLA 1-0 Taurasi 28 T. Smith 6 Parker 28 Parker 10<br />
2 L 9/25 76-87 USAC 1-1 Taurasi 25 Pondexter 7 Parker 24 Parker 18<br />
3 W 9/26 85-74 USAC 2-1 Taurasi 21 Taurasi 7 Leslie 22 Thompson 11<br />
(2-1) PHOENIX MERCURY 2009 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 3-3 92 24-50 .480 11-25 .440 15-16 .938 1 12 13 12 15-2 2 6 2 74 24.7 28<br />
Pondexter 3-3 90 17-38 .447 1-11 .091 11-13 .846 1 12 13 10 9-0 4 8 0 46 15.3 19<br />
Taylor 3-0 73 11-32 .344 5-14 .357 9-13 .692 3 7 10 11 5-0 0 3 0 36 12.0 18<br />
Willingham 3-3 78 12-20 .600 0-1 .000 9-12 .750 6 9 15 3 8-0 1 4 0 33 11.0 17<br />
T. Smith 3-3 76 10-18 .556 5-9 .556 3-4 .750 2 10 12 3 13-0 7 2 1 28 9.3 14<br />
Bonner 3-0 47 6-12 .500 0-0 — 6-6 1.000 0 6 6 0 3-0 2 1 0 18 6.0 8<br />
Johnson 3-3 78 6-25 .240 3-9 .333 2-2 1.000 2 1 3 9 7-0 3 2 1 17 5.7 9<br />
Swanier 3-0 25 3-8 .375 2-4 .500 0-0 — 1 2 3 5 6-0 1 2 0 8 2.7 5<br />
Ohlde 3-0 40 2-5 .400 0-0 — 0-1 .000 3 5 8 0 8-0 2 4 2 4 1.3 2<br />
Mazzante 1-0 1 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 3 600 91-208 .438 27-73 .370 55-67 .821 19 64 83 53 74-2 22 32 6 264 88.0 103<br />
SPARKS 3 600 91-217 .419 16-50 .320 57-76 .750 40 83 123 48 54-2 15 41 16 255 85.0 94<br />
(1-2) LOS ANGELES SPARKS 2009 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Leslie 3-3 102 26-48 .542 0-0 — 9-20 .450 9 14 23 7 12-1 3 6 6 61 20.3 22<br />
Parker 3-3 102 21-37 .568 0-1 .000 16-20 .800 11 26 37 6 15-1 1 4 5 58 19.3 28<br />
Thompson 3-3 110 15-43 .349 7-17 .412 12-12 1.000 9 16 25 9 6-0 1 8 3 49 16.3 25<br />
Lennox 3-0 73 12-33 .364 6-16 .375 10-10 1.000 2 8 10 5 4-0 1 7 0 40 13.3 19<br />
Milton-Jones 3-3 91 11-31 .355 2-7 .286 4-8 .500 7 10 17 8 7-0 4 6 1 28 9.3 11<br />
Quinn 3-3 78 3-15 .200 0-5 .000 4-4 1.000 1 7 8 9 6-0 4 9 1 10 3.3 8<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2-0 14 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 0 2-0 1 0 0 5 2.5 5<br />
Harrower 2-0 18 2-3 .667 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 3 0-0 0 0 0 4 2.0 2<br />
Bobbitt 2-0 8 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 — 0 1 1 0 2-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Hayden 1-0 2 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Wisdom-Hylton 1-0 2 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
SPARKS 3 600 91-217 .419 16-50 .320 57-76 .750 40 83 123 48 54-2 15 41 16 255 85.0 94<br />
MERCURY 3 600 91-208 .438 27-73 .370 55-67 .821 19 64 83 53 74-2 22 32 6 264 88.0 103<br />
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PHOENIX/INDIANA 2009 <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS<br />
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Behind second-year Head Coach Corey Gaines, the Mercury advanced to the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals for the second time in three seasons, where it<br />
faced the Eastern Conference’s most elite team, the Indiana Fever. Game One of the best-of-five series would not soon be forgotten, as the<br />
two teams battled in an overtime thriller. After four quarters, the game was knotted at 105-105 heading into the extra period. There, the<br />
Mercury trailed (115-116) with just 1:40 remaining before Cappie Pondexter scored five-straight points to push the game out of the Fever’s<br />
reach. Phoenix earned a 1-0 series lead, defeating Indiana 120-116 at US Airways Center in the highest-scoring <strong>WNBA</strong> game to date. The<br />
Mercury suffered an 84-93 loss in Game Two due in part to poor field goal shooting and the loss of Penny Taylor, who suffered an injury to<br />
the face and mouth, and now faced a two-game trip to Indiana with the series tied 1-1. Phoenix dropped a controversial Game Three, 85-86,<br />
and faced elimination heading back to the Valley of the Sun for a “win or go home” Game Four. The Mercury displayed its prolific shooting<br />
at US Airways Center on Oct. 7, winning the long-ball battle (10-2) and shooting better from three-point range than Indiana shot overall<br />
(41.7-40.8). Holding MVP candidate Katie Douglas to just seven points (2-of-14 shooting), the Mercury earned a 90-77 victory to force a<br />
decisive Game Five. Two days later, in front of a sold-out US Airways Center crowd of 17,313 (the largest postseason attendance in Phoenix<br />
history), Game 5 was tied (80-80) with just 4:29 left in regulation. From then on, Phoenix outscored Indiana 14-6, sealing a 94-86 victory<br />
and the Valley’s second <strong>WNBA</strong> title in three years.<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS (PHOENIX 3, INDIANA 2)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1 W 9/29 120-116 (OT) USAC 1-0 CP/PT 23 Taurasi 9 Douglas 30 Hoffman 8<br />
2 L 10/1 84-93 USAC 1-1 Taurasi 20 Taurasi 7 Catchings 19 Catchings 9<br />
3 L 10/4 85-86 Conseco 1-2 Pondexter 23 T. Smith 10 Hoffman 18 Catchings 12<br />
4 W 10/7 90-77 Conseco 2-2 Pondexter 22 Willingham 8 Catchings 24 Catchings 12<br />
5 W 10/9 94-86 USAC 3-2 Taurasi 26 T. Smith 8 T. S-B 22 Catchings 9<br />
(3-2) PHOENIX MERCURY 2009 PLAYOFFS / <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Pondexter 5-5 167 42-87 .483 5-17 .294 15-17 .882 9 12 21 24 12-0 6 4 0 104 20.8 24<br />
Taurasi 5-5 175 32-86 .372 12-41 .293 26-31 .839 4 30 34 14 20-0 3 17 8 102 20.4 26<br />
Taylor 5-0 126 24-39 .615 6-9 .667 24-27 .889 5 11 16 13 10-0 3 6 0 78 15.6 23<br />
T. Smith 5-5 148 20-41 .488 11-21 .524 2-2 1.000 7 27 34 4 16-0 8 4 6 53 10.6 16<br />
Johnson 5-5 116 14-33 .424 8-12 .667 8-10 .800 2 11 13 15 13-0 3 12 1 44 8.8 14<br />
Willingham 5-5 130 15-31 .484 0-0 — 9-10 .900 11 15 26 5 13-0 2 9 4 39 7.8 17<br />
Bonner 5-0 75 11-25 .440 0-0 — 15-19 .789 7 9 16 1 6-0 2 3 5 37 7.4 15<br />
Ohlde 5-0 57 5-9 .556 0-0 — 1-2 .500 0 7 7 0 8-0 0 2 1 11 2.2 6<br />
Swanier 3-0 27 2-7 .286 1-3 .333 0-0 — 0 2 2 3 0-0 0 2 0 5 1.7 5<br />
Mazzante 2-0 4 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 5 1025165-358 .461 43-103 .417 100-118 .847 45 124 169 79 98-0 27 61 25 473 94.6 120<br />
FEVER 5 1025 170-363 .468 32-93 .344 86-110 .782 40 125 165 89 111-2 35 61 28 458 91.6 116<br />
(2-3) INDIANA FEVER 2009 PLAYOFFS / <strong>WNBA</strong> FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Hoffman 5-5 155 33-52 .635 5-10 .500 11-13 .846 3 24 27 2 22-0 3 10 3 82 16.4 27<br />
Catchings 5-5 177 30-66 .455 4-16 .250 17-22 .773 7 41 48 33 18-1 16 14 8 81 16.2 24<br />
Douglas 5-5 187 27-73 .370 10-35 .286 15-16 .938 9 15 24 25 9-0 5 8 3 79 15.8 30<br />
Sutton-Brown 5-5 150 30-62 .484 0-0 — 16-25 .640 7 19 26 2 12-0 3 14 4 76 15.2 22<br />
January 5-0 120 18-41 .439 9-19 .474 15-19 .789 3 6 9 16 13-0 1 4 0 60 12.0 17<br />
Davenport 4-0 36 13-21 .619 0-0 — 5-7 .714 1 5 6 3 5-0 0 1 7 31 7.8 18<br />
Bevilaqua 5-5 103 9-21 .429 4-12 .333 4-4 1.000 1 7 8 8 12-0 3 5 1 26 5.2 14<br />
Moore 5-0 60 5-15 .333 0-0 — 3-4 .750 7 4 11 0 15-1 4 0 2 13 2.6 5<br />
Dixon 5-0 28 4-11 .364 0-1 .000 0-0 — 2 2 4 0 3-0 0 0 0 8 1.6 4<br />
Wirth 2-0 8 1-1 1.000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 2 2 0 1-0 0 1 0 2 1.0 2<br />
Murphy 1-0 1 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
FEVER 5 1025 170-363 .468 32-93 .344 86-110 .782 40 125 165 89 111-2 35 61 28 458 91.6 116<br />
MERCURY 5 1025165-358 .461 43-103 .417 100-118 .847 45 124 169 79 98-0 27 61 25 473 94.6 120<br />
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(7-4) PHOENIX MERCURY 2009 PLAYOFFS / ALL ROUNDS COMBINED<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 11-11 362 82-182 .451 31-85 .365 50-56 .893 9 56 65 42 41-2 8 33 14 245 22.3 30<br />
Pondexter 11-11 340 76-164 .463 9-36 .250 39-44 .886 11 29 40 39 26-0 13 16 0 200 18.2 24<br />
Taylor 11-0 265 49-93 .527 15-31 .484 44-51 .863 10 28 38 37 23-0 4 12 2 157 14.3 23<br />
T. Smith 11-11 290 40-76 .526 20-38 .526 9-12 .750 14 50 64 9 38-0 15 7 9 109 9.9 16<br />
Bonner 11-0 186 34-69 .493 0-1 .000 29-35 .829 17 30 47 3 13-0 5 7 6 97 8.8 16<br />
Willingham 11-11 254 35-65 .538 0-1 .000 20-24 .833 21 27 48 10 26-0 4 14 5 90 8.2 17<br />
Johnson 11-11 267 30-76 .395 13-27 .481 10-12 .833 4 17 21 34 27-0 8 17 2 83 7.5 14<br />
B. Smith 1-0 6 2-2 1.000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 4 4.0 4<br />
Ohlde 11-0 150 14-22 .636 0-0 — 1-5 .200 9 21 30 4 21-0 4 10 3 29 2.6 8<br />
Swanier 9-0 91 8-27 .296 4-11 .364 0-0 — 2 7 9 13 10-0 2 7 0 20 2.2 5<br />
Mazzante 4-0 14 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0 2 2 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 11 2225370-778 .476 92-231 .398 202-239 .845 97 267 364 191 226-2 64 128 41 1034 94.0 120<br />
OPPONENTS 11 2225357-788 .453 75-202 .371 186-242 .769 107 261 368 186 214-4 72 131 51 975 88.6 116<br />
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PHOENIX/SAN ANTONIO 2010 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<br />
Despite a 15-19 regular season record, the Mercury captured the No. 2 seed in the West and faced the San Antonio Silver Stars in the<br />
Conference Semifinals for the second consecutive season. Unlike the 2009 playoffs, however, Phoenix opened the series at home thanks to<br />
a new playoff format. Feeding off the home crowd in her first career postseason, fifth-year veteran Candice Dupree dropped in a game-high<br />
32 points setting a <strong>WNBA</strong> record for points scored in a playoff debut. The performance paced the Mercury to a 106-93 Game One victory. In<br />
San Antonio for Game Two, Dupree continued her torrid pace with 19 points and 11 rebounds joining four starters in double figures, led by<br />
Diana Taurasi’s game-high 23. The Mercury never trailed in the contest and cruised to a convincing 92-73 win to clinch the series and advance<br />
to the Conference Finals vs. top-seeded Seattle.<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (PHOENIX 2, SAN ANTONIO 0)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1 W 8/26 106-93 USAC 1-0 Dupree 32 Dupree 8 Hammon 19 Young 9<br />
2 W 8/28 92-73 AT&T 2-0 Taurasi 23 Dupree 11 Hammon 21 Young 9<br />
(2-0) PHOENIX MERCURY 2010 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Dupree 2-2 64 20-30 .667 0-0 — 11-12 .917 4 15 19 2 8-0 4 1 2 51 25.5 32<br />
Taurasi 2-2 58 15-25 .600 5-9 .556 2-2 1.000 2 7 9 13 6-0 3 5 0 37 18.5 23<br />
Taylor 2-2 59 11-20 .550 0-4 .000 10-10 1.000 3 8 11 19 2-0 4 6 0 32 16.0 20<br />
T. Smith 2-2 60 10-17 .588 3-9 .333 0-0 — 3 12 15 6 7-0 2 2 2 23 11.5 16<br />
Braxton 2-0 26 9-15 .600 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 3 2 5 1 3-0 0 4 1 20 10.0 14<br />
Bonner 2-0 48 8-14 .571 2-2 1.000 0-0 — 2 6 8 2 8-0 2 2 5 18 9.0 9<br />
Johnson 2-2 60 5-18 .278 1-5 .200 0-0 — 1 6 7 14 3-0 1 4 0 11 5.5 6<br />
Lilley 2-0 6 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 2 1.0 2<br />
B. Smith 2-0 9 1-2 .500 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 1 1 0 1-0 0 0 0 2 1.0 2<br />
Swanier 2-0 9 1-3 .333 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 2 1.0 2<br />
Holmes 1-0 1 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 2 400 81-147 .551 12-31 .387 24-26 .923 18 58 76 58 39-0 16 26 10 198 99.0 106<br />
SILVER STARS 2 400 56-133 .421 16-35 .457 38-47 .809 17 42 59 37 30-0 12 29 5 166 83.0 93<br />
(0-2) SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS 2010 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG-FGA 3FG-FGA FT-FTA OFF DEF TOT AST STL BLK TO PF PTS<br />
Becky Hammon 2 2 74 11-28 7-18 11-11 1 6 7 11 1 0 8 3 40<br />
Sophia Young 2 2 66 13-32 0-0 5-9 4 14 18 5 2 1 7 6 31<br />
Edwige Lawson-Wade 2 2 57 7-13 5-8 6-6 0 3 3 8 4 1 1 7 25<br />
Roneeka Hodges 2 2 57 9-17 3-7 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 2 21<br />
Ruth Riley 2 0 31 5-11 0-0 5-5 2 2 4 0 3 3 1 5 15<br />
Michelle Snow 2 2 38 5-15 0-0 4-6 4 4 8 4 1 0 3 2 14<br />
Jayne Appel 2 0 24 4-8 0-0 3-4 2 5 7 2 0 0 0 3 11<br />
Ashley Battle 2 0 34 1-5 1-2 3-4 1 5 6 4 1 0 1 1 6<br />
Helen Darling 2 0 14 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2<br />
Crystal Kelly 1 0 6 0-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1<br />
SILVER STARS 2 0 400 56-133 16-35 38-47 17 42 59 37 12 5 29 30 166<br />
MERCURY 2 0 — 81-147 12-31 24-26 18 58 76 58 16 10 26 39 198<br />
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PHOENIX/SEATTLE 2010 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
The Mercury advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the third time in four seasons and faced top-seeded Seattle, which defeated<br />
Phoenix in each of five meetings during the regular season. Featuring the league’s best record at 28-6 and a healthy <strong>WNBA</strong> MVP Lauren<br />
Jackson, the Storm posed a formidable challenge. In a defensive slugfest that saw neither team shoot better than 39% from the field, the<br />
Mercury suffered an eight point loss in Seattle in Game One. Candice Dupree once again filled up the stat sheet with her second straight<br />
double-double scoring 15 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Back home for Game Two and facing elimination, the Mercury was poised to<br />
force a game three extending its lead to as many as 19 points in the second half and 13 with 5:35 remaining. However, the Storm closed<br />
the game on a 21-5 run including a game-winning three-pointer from Sue Bird with 2.8 seconds left ending Phoenix’s season.<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS (PHOENIX 0, SEATTLE 2)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1 L 9/2 74-82 Key 0-1 Taylor 16 Dupree 11 Jackson 23 Jackson 17<br />
2 L 9/5 88-91 USAC 0-2 Taurasi 28 T. Smith 7 Cash 23 Cash 8<br />
Jackson 8<br />
Little 8<br />
(0-2) PHOENIX MERCURY 2010 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 2-2 66 11-30 .367 8-15 .533 7-9 .778 1 11 12 2 8-1 4 11 3 37 18.5 28<br />
Dupree 2-2 64 14-24 .583 0-0 — 4-4 1.000 6 8 14 3 5-0 2 1 1 32 16.0 17<br />
Johnson 2-2 62 11-27 .407 3-7 .429 2-2 1.000 1 7 8 19 7-0 3 4 0 27 13.5 15<br />
Taylor 2-2 68 7-18 .389 5-5 1.000 5-7 .714 2 6 8 8 4-0 4 3 2 24 12.0 16<br />
Braxton 2-0 27 7-12 .583 0-0 — 2-5 .400 1 4 5 2 4-0 1 3 0 16 8.0 10<br />
T. Smith 2-2 69 4-12 .333 3-8 .375 3-4 .750 3 8 11 3 9-0 0 3 3 14 7.0 10<br />
Bonner 2-0 44 3-10 .300 1-2 .500 5-6 .833 1 4 5 0 6-0 1 1 2 12 6.0 8<br />
MERCURY 2 400 57-133 .429 20-37 .541 28-37 .757 15 48 63 37 43-1 15 26 11 162 81.0 88<br />
STORM 2 400 59-138 .428 18-51 .353 37-53 .698 24 54 78 35 40-0 15 28 6 173 86.5 91<br />
(2-0) SEATTLE STORM 2010 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG<br />
Jackson, L 2-2 71 14-30 0.467 4-12 0.333 11-13 0.846 6 19 25 0 5-0 1 5 2 43 21.5<br />
Cash, S 2-2 61 10-24 0.417 3-9 0.333 8-9 0.889 5 5 10 7 6-0 4 6 0 31 15.5<br />
Bird, S 2-2 75 8-24 0.333 4-14 0.286 3-4 0.750 0 11 11 18 5-0 3 2 2 23 11.5<br />
Wright, T 2-2 61 8-21 0.381 2-7 0.286 5-8 0.625 0 4 4 7 8-0 1 4 0 23 11.5<br />
Little, C 2-2 61 8-17 0.471 0-0 0.000 3-6 0.500 4 9 13 3 5-0 3 3 0 19 9.5<br />
Abrosimova, S 2-0 33 6-13 0.462 4-7 0.571 3-7 0.429 3 2 5 0 4-0 1 4 0 19 9.5<br />
Willingham, L 2-0 27 4-7 0.571 1-1 1.000 4-6 0.667 5 3 8 0 6-0 0 1 0 13 6.5<br />
Vesela, J 1-0 12 1-2 0.500 0-1 0.000 0-0 0.000 1 1 2 0 1-0 2 1 2 2 2.0<br />
STORM 2-10 400 59-138 0.428 18-51 0.353 37-53 0.698 24 54 96 35 40-0 15 28 6 173 86.5<br />
MERCURY 2-10 400 57-133 0.429 20-37 0.541 28-37 0.757 15 48 84 37 43-1 15 26 11 162 81.0<br />
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(2-2) PHOENIX MERCURY 2010 PLAYOFFS / ALL ROUNDS COMBINED<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Dupree 4-4 129 34-54 .630 0-0 — 15-16 .938 10 23 33 5 13-0 6 2 3 83 20.8 32<br />
Taurasi 4-4 125 26-55 .473 13-24 .542 9-11 .818 3 18 21 15 14-1 7 16 3 74 18.5 28<br />
Taylor 4-4 127 18-38 .474 5-9 .556 15-17 .882 5 14 19 27 6-0 8 9 2 56 14.0 20<br />
Johnson 4-4 121 16-45 .356 4-12 .333 2-2 1.000 2 13 15 33 10-0 4 8 0 38 9.5 15<br />
T. Smith 4-4 129 14-29 .483 6-17 .353 3-4 .750 6 20 26 9 16-0 2 5 5 37 9.3 16<br />
Braxton 4-0 53 16-27 .593 1-1 1.000 3-7 .429 4 6 10 3 7-0 1 7 1 36 9.0 14<br />
Bonner 4-0 91 11-24 .458 3-4 .750 5-6 .833 3 10 13 2 14-0 3 3 7 30 7.5 9<br />
Lilley 2-0 6 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 2 1.0 2<br />
B. Smith 2-0 9 1-2 .500 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 1 1 0 1-0 0 0 0 2 1.0 2<br />
Swanier 2-0 9 1-3 .333 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 2 1.0 2<br />
Holmes 1-0 1 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
TEAM 4 800 138-280 .493 32-68 .471 52-63 .825 33 106 139 95 82-1 31 52 21 360 90.0 106<br />
OPPONENTS 4 800 115-271 .424 34-86 .395 75-100 .750 41 96 137 72 70-0 27 57 11 339 84.8 93<br />
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PHOENIX/SEATTLE 2011 WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<br />
With a 19-15 record for the season, the Mercury finished third in the Western Conference and faced second-seeded Seattle in the Conference<br />
Semifinals. Phoenix opened the series with a 19-point loss on the road after the Storm held the league’s most potent offense to just 61 points<br />
for the game, its lowest output during the 2011 season. Returning home for Game 2, Candice Dupree scored a game-high 29 points on a<br />
franchise-record-tying 12 made field goals (12-of-14) to lead the Mercury to a 92-83 victory, a game in which Phoenix led from start to finish.<br />
Back to Seattle for Game 3, the Mercury overcame an 18-point deficit to knock off the defending champion Storm and advanced to its third<br />
consecutive Western Conference Finals. After scoring 19 points, Diana Taurasi fouled out of the game with 6:38 remaining and Phoenix trailing<br />
60-59, but Penny Taylor scored 11 of her 19 points in the final six minutes to lead the Mercury. She also added a franchise postseason record<br />
17 rebounds in the contest. Dupree scored a team-high 20 points, including a game-winning offensive rebound basket with 1.5 seconds<br />
remaining. It marked the Mercury’s first win at Key Arena since the 2009 regular season.<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (PHOENIX 2, SEATTLE 1)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1. L 9/15 61-80 Key 0-1 Taylor 13 Bonner 8 Wright 21 Cash/Little 11<br />
2. W 9/17 92-83 USAC 1-1 Dupree 29 Bonner 13 Wright 18 Cash 5<br />
3. W 9/19 77-75 Key 2-1 Dupree 20 Taylor 17 Bird 22 Cash 10<br />
(2-1) PHOENIX MERCURY 2011 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Dupree 3-3 103 26-40 .650 0-1 .000 5-6 .833 6 9 15 2 10-1 1 7 3 57 19.0 29<br />
Taurasi 3-3 96 18-50 .360 4-16 .250 16-17 .941 0 8 8 6 14-1 0 6 1 56 18.7 26<br />
Taylor 3-3 94 16-28 .571 2-8 .250 10-12 .833 3 18 21 10 8-0 3 6 1 44 14.7 19<br />
Bonner 3-3 111 11-36 .306 3-13 .231 5-6 .833 5 24 29 2 6-0 6 4 3 30 10.0 13<br />
Johnson 3-3 81 7-26 .269 1-12 .083 3-4 .750 0 5 5 15 8-0 3 8 0 18 6.0 7<br />
Sanford 2-0 44 3-3 1.000 0-0 — 3-5 .600 2 8 10 0 9-0 0 2 1 9 4.5 5<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2-0 22 2-10 .200 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 3 3 6 1 3-0 0 2 0 7 3.5 7<br />
Swanier 3-0 26 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 — 2 5 7 5 4-0 1 1 0 4 1.3 2<br />
Thomas 3-0 14 1-1 1.000 0-0 — 2-2 1.000 4 3 7 1 2-0 1 2 0 4 1.3 4<br />
Gray 1-0 8 0-3 .000 0-0 — 1-2 .500 2 0 2 1 1-0 0 1 0 1 1.0 1<br />
Spencer 1-0 3 0-2 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 3 600 86-204 .422 11-52 .212 47-56 .839 27 84 111 43 65-2 15 40 9 230 76.7 92<br />
STORM 3 600 79-197 .401 26-66 .394 54-70 .771 30 78 108 39 60-1 19 40 10 238 79.3 83<br />
(1-2) SEATTLE STORM 2011 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Wright 3-3 84 20-34 .588 6-10 .600 10-12 .833 3 9 12 7 11-0 5 9 1 56 18.7 21<br />
Bird 3-3 101 16-36 .444 9-18 .500 6-7 .857 4 8 12 8 4-0 3 2 0 47 15.7 22<br />
Jackson 3-3 82 13-34 .382 5-13 .385 14-20 .700 3 8 11 2 5-0 3 4 4 45 15.0 18<br />
Little 3-3 70 11-24 .458 0-1 .000 16-19 .842 4 14 18 7 13-1 2 10 0 38 12.7 17<br />
Cash 3-3 96 8-24 .333 2-7 .286 3-4 .750 8 18 26 6 7-0 3 4 2 21 7.0 10<br />
Smith 3-0 76 4-23 .174 4-14 .286 4-4 1.000 2 7 9 7 5-0 2 2 0 16 5.3 14<br />
Kobryn 1-0 4 1-1 1.000 0-0 — 1-2 .500 0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 3.0 3<br />
Robinson 3-0 37 3-8 .375 0-0 — 0-2 .000 3 6 9 0 7-0 0 2 3 6 2.0 4<br />
Willingham 3-0 39 3-11 .273 0-2 .000 0-0 — 3 7 10 2 6-0 1 2 0 6 2.0 4<br />
Quigley 1-0 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Snell 2-0 6 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
STORM 3 600 79-197 .401 26-66 .394 54-70 .771 30 78 108 39 60-1 19 40 10 238 79.3 83<br />
MERCURY 3 600 86-204 .422 11-52 .212 47-56 .839 27 84 111 43 65-2 15 40 9 230 76.7 92<br />
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PHOENIX/MINNESOTA 2011 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
The Mercury advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the fourth time in five seasons and faced top-seeded Minnesota. The Lynx<br />
hosted Game 1 of the Conference Finals and controlled the entire contest, never trailing to Phoenix and leading by as many as 30 points.<br />
Much like Game 1 of the Conference Semifinals against Seattle, the Mercury sputtered out of the gate, shooting just 3-of-18 from the field<br />
in the first quarter. Diana Taurasi led all scorers with 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting. Facing elimination at home in Game 2, the Mercury<br />
played an even first half with the Lynx and entered the halftime break trailing by just two points but Minnesota outscored Phoenix 60-41 in<br />
the second half to secure its berth into the <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals. Taurasi and DeWanna Bonner scored a game-high 22 points each, <strong>com</strong>bining for<br />
44 of the team’s 86 points. Candice Dupree contributed a game-high 11 rebounds.<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS (PHOENIX 0, MINNESOTA 2)<br />
MERCURY MERCURY OPPONENT OPPONENT<br />
NO. W-L DATE PHO/OPP SITE SERIES HIGH PTS HIGH REBS HIGH PTS HIGH REBS<br />
1 L 9/22 67-95 Target 0-1 Taurasi 22 Bonner 8 Augustus 21 Brunson 13<br />
2 L 9/25 86-103 USAC 0-2 Bonner 22 Dupree 11 McWilliams- Brunson 9<br />
Taurasi 22 Franklin 21<br />
Moore 21<br />
(0-2) PHOENIX MERCURY 2011 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 2-2 61 15-33 .455 4-12 .333 10-11 .909 1 7 8 6 7-0 1 6 0 44 22.0 22<br />
Bonner 2-2 68 12-30 .400 2-10 .200 7-8 .875 6 12 18 4 4-0 1 4 3 33 16.5 22<br />
Dupree 2-2 60 9-18 .500 0-0 — 2-2 1.000 5 8 13 1 6-0 2 3 1 20 10.0 18<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2-0 26 6-12 .500 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000 0 0 0 2 3-0 2 2 1 16 8.0 12<br />
Taylor 2-2 60 6-18 .333 2-5 .400 0-0 — 1 4 5 5 9-0 1 3 0 14 7.0 8<br />
Johnson 2-2 54 4-18 .222 1-6 .167 2-4 .500 1 6 7 10 3-0 1 2 0 11 5.5 6<br />
Sanford 2-0 36 4-8 .500 0-0 — 2-5 .400 5 3 8 1 4-0 1 2 2 10 5.0 6<br />
Gray 1-0 6 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 3 3.0 3<br />
Swanier 2-0 22 1-4 .250 0-3 .000 0-0 — 0 3 3 1 2-0 2 0 0 2 1.0 2<br />
Spencer 1-0 3 0-0 — 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Thomas 1-0 5 0-2 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 2 400 58-146 .397 11-40 .275 26-33 .788 20 43 63 30 38-0 12 25 7 153 76.5 86<br />
LYNX 2 400 75-144 .521 14-28 .500 34-43 .791 23 56 79 43 34-0 12 23 9 198 99.0 103<br />
(2-0) MINNESOTA LYNX 2011 PLAYOFFS / WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Augustus 2-2 62 14-30 .467 0-3 .000 9-10 .900 0 5 5 8 1-0 3 1 1 37 18.5 21<br />
Moore 2-2 59 12-21 .571 8-11 .727 4-6 .667 5 9 14 6 5-0 3 3 1 36 18.0 21<br />
McWilliams-Frank2-2 66 12-22 .545 0-0 — 11-12 .917 6 3 9 11 5-0 0 3 1 35 17.5 21<br />
Brunson 2-2 57 11-18 .611 0-0 — 3-3 1.000 6 16 22 3 6-0 2 2 2 25 12.5 13<br />
Whalen 2-2 61 9-19 .474 1-2 .500 3-4 .750 0 10 10 8 7-0 1 5 0 22 11.0 18<br />
Wiggins 2-0 43 6-11 .545 5-10 .500 2-2 1.000 0 3 3 3 1-0 0 2 0 19 9.5 14<br />
Adair 2-0 21 6-10 .600 0-0 — 2-6 .333 5 3 8 0 5-0 2 4 0 14 7.0 10<br />
Houston 1-0 9 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 — 0 2 2 1 2-0 0 0 1 4 4.0 4<br />
Harris 1-0 4 1-2 .500 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 3 3 0 0-0 1 0 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Hornbuckle 1-0 4 1-1 1.000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 0 0 3 0-0 0 0 2 2 2.0 2<br />
Wright 2-0 14 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 0-0 — 1 2 3 0 2-0 0 2 1 2 1.0 2<br />
LYNX 2 400 75-144 .521 14-28 .500 34-43 .791 23 56 79 43 34-0 12 23 9 198 99.0 103<br />
MERCURY 2 400 58-146 .397 11-40 .275 26-33 .788 20 43 63 30 38-0 12 25 7 153 76.5 86<br />
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(2-3) PHOENIX MERCURY 2011 PLAYOFFS / ALL ROUNDS COMBINED<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 5-5 156 33-83 .398 8-28 .286 26-28 .929 1 15 16 12 21-1 1 12 1 100 20.0 26<br />
Dupree 5-5 163 35-58 .603 0-1 .000 7-8 .875 11 17 28 3 16-1 3 10 4 77 15.4 29<br />
Bonner 5-5 179 23-66 .348 5-23 .217 12-14 .857 11 36 47 6 10-0 7 8 6 63 12.6 22<br />
Taylor 5-5 154 22-46 .478 4-13 .308 10-12 .833 4 22 26 15 17-0 4 9 1 58 11.6 19<br />
Johnson 5-5 135 11-44 .250 2-18 .111 5-8 .625 1 11 12 25 11-0 4 10 0 29 5.8 7<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 4-0 49 8-22 .364 2-4 .500 5-5 1.000 3 3 6 3 6-0 2 4 1 23 5.8 12<br />
Sanford 4-0 80 7-11 .636 0-0 — 5-10 .500 7 11 18 1 13-0 1 4 3 19 4.8 6<br />
Gray 2-0 14 1-6 .167 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 2 0 2 1 1-0 0 2 0 4 2.0 3<br />
Swanier 5-0 47 3-9 .333 0-4 .000 0-0 — 2 8 10 6 6-0 3 1 0 6 1.2 2<br />
Thomas 4-0 20 1-3 .333 0-0 — 2-2 1.000 5 3 8 1 2-0 1 2 0 4 1.0 4<br />
Spencer 2-0 5 0-2 .000 0-0 — 0-0 — 0 1 1 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
TEAM 5 1000144-350 .411 22-92 .239 73-89 .820 47 127 174 73 103-2 27 65 16 383 76.6 92<br />
OPPONENTS 5 1000 154-341 .452 40-94 .426 88-113 .779 53 134 187 82 94-1 31 63 19 436 87.2 103<br />
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GAMES PLAYED<br />
Diana Taurasi 29<br />
Penny Taylor 29<br />
Tangela Smith 24<br />
Cappie Pondexter 20<br />
Temeka Johnson 20<br />
DeWanna Bonner 20<br />
Ketia Swanier 16<br />
MINUTES PLAYED<br />
Diana Taurasi 940<br />
Penny Taylor 857<br />
Tangela Smith 705<br />
Cappie Pondexter 640<br />
Temeka Johnson 526<br />
DeWanna Bonner 456<br />
POINTS<br />
Diana Taurasi 598<br />
Penny Taylor 445<br />
Cappie Pondexter 415<br />
Tangela Smith 251<br />
DeWanna Bonner 190<br />
Candice Dupree 160<br />
SCORING AVERAGE<br />
Diana Taurasi 20.6<br />
Cappie Pondexter 20.8<br />
Candice Dupree 17.8<br />
Penny Taylor 15.3<br />
Jennifer Gillom 15.2<br />
FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
Diana Taurasi 205<br />
Cappie Pondexter 150<br />
Penny Taylor 141<br />
Tangela Smith 91<br />
Candice Dupree 69<br />
DeWanna Bonner 68<br />
Le’Coe Willingham 50<br />
Jennifer Gillom 50<br />
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
Diana Taurasi 447<br />
Cappie Pondexter 324<br />
Penny Taylor 289<br />
Tangela Smith 196<br />
DeWanna Bonner 159<br />
Jennifer Gillom 136<br />
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
Lisa Harrison .706 (12-17)<br />
Nicole Ohlde .636 (14-22)<br />
Candice Dupree .616 (69-112)<br />
Brandy Reed .545 (12-22)<br />
Le’Coe Willingham .538 (35-65)<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
Diana Taurasi 84<br />
Tangela Smith 41<br />
Penny Taylor 32<br />
Cappie Pondexter 21<br />
Temeka Johnson 19<br />
Kelly Mazzante 18<br />
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216<br />
THREE POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
Diana Taurasi 219<br />
Tangela Smith 86<br />
Cappie Pondexter 74<br />
Penny Taylor 73<br />
THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
Tangela Smith .477 (41-86)<br />
Penny Taylor .438 (32-73)<br />
Kelly Mazzante .419 (18-43)<br />
Jennifer Gillom .417 (10-24)<br />
Michelle Griffiths .400 (6-15)<br />
FREE THROWS MADE<br />
Penny Taylor 131<br />
Diana Taurasi 104<br />
Cappie Pondexter 94<br />
DeWanna Bonner 46<br />
Tangela Smith 28<br />
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED<br />
Penny Taylor 148<br />
Diana Taurasi 121<br />
Cappie Pondexter 107<br />
DeWanna Bonner 55<br />
Tangela Smith 36<br />
Jennifer Gillom 36<br />
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE<br />
Penny Taylor .885 (131-148)<br />
Cappie Pondexter .879 (94-107)<br />
REBOUNDS<br />
Tangela Smith 160<br />
Penny Taylor 154<br />
Diana Taurasi 141<br />
DeWanna Bonner 107<br />
Cappie Pondexter 83<br />
ASSISTS<br />
Penny Taylor 113<br />
Diana Taurasi 96<br />
Cappie Pondexter 91<br />
Temeka Johnson 79<br />
Tangela Smith 33<br />
Kelly Miller 32<br />
Michele Timms 32<br />
STEALS<br />
Penny Taylor 32<br />
Diana Taurasi 29<br />
Tangela Smith 26<br />
Cappie Pondexter 24<br />
Temeka Johnson 16<br />
DeWanna Bonner 15<br />
BLOCKED SHOTS<br />
Tangela Smith 30<br />
Diana Taurasi 25<br />
DeWanna Bonner 19<br />
Penny Taylor 15<br />
Jennifer Gillom 12
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MERCURY INDIVIDUAL PLAYOFF RECORDS<br />
MOST POINTS<br />
ONE GAME: 33 Cappie Pondexter vs. SAN 9/1/07<br />
ONE HALF: 21 Cappie Pondexter vs. IND 9/29/09<br />
21 Cappie Pondexter at DET 9/5/07<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 12 Candice Dupree vs. SEA 9/17/11<br />
12 Candice Dupree vs. SAN 8/26/10<br />
12 Cappie Pondexter vs. SAN 9/1/07<br />
ONE HALF: 8 Candice Dupree vs. SEA 9/17/11<br />
8 Candice Dupree vs. SAN 8/26/10<br />
8 Diana Taurasi vs. SAN 9/19/09<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 28 Cappie Pondexter at DET 9/5/07<br />
ONE HALF: 15 Cappie Pondexter at DET 9/5/07<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, NONE MISSED<br />
ONE GAME: 2 Nakia Sanford vs. SEA 9/17/11<br />
ONE HALF: 4 Tangela Smith at SAN 8/28/10<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, NONE MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 6 Temeka Johnson vs. LAS 9/25/09<br />
ONE HALF: 7 Diana Taurasi at SEA 9/2/10<br />
MOST FREE THROWS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 18 Penny Taylor at DET 9/16/07<br />
ONE HALF: 10 Penny Taylor at DET 9/16/07<br />
10 Cappie Pondexter vs. SAN 8/30/07<br />
MOST FREE THROWS MADE, NONE MISSED<br />
ONE GAME: 18 Penny Taylor at DET 9/16/07<br />
ONE HALF: 10 Penny Taylor at DET 9/16/07<br />
MOST FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 18 Penny Taylor at DET 9/16/07<br />
ONE HALF: 12 Cappie Pondexter at SAN 8/30/07<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 7 Diana Taurasi vs. SEA 9/5/10<br />
7 Diana Taurasi at DET 9/8/07<br />
ONE HALF: 5 Diana Taurasi at DET 9/8/07<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 14 Diana Taurasi at DET 9/8/07<br />
ONE HALF: 8 Diana Taurasi at DET 9/8/07<br />
217<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, NONE<br />
MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 6 Tangela Smith vs. DET 9/11/07<br />
ONE HALF: 4 Temeka Johnson at SAN 8/28/10<br />
4 Cappie Pondexter vs. LAS 9/25/09<br />
4 Cappie Pondexter vs. DET 9/11/07<br />
4 Bridget Pettis vs. NY 8/28/97<br />
MOST REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 17 Penny Taylor at SEA 9/19/11<br />
ONE HALF: 10 DeWanna Bonner vs. SAN 9/19/09<br />
MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 6 Tangela Smith vs. DET 9/11/07<br />
ONE HALF: 6 Tangela Smith vs. DET 9/11/07<br />
MOST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 15 Penny Taylor at SEA 9/19/11<br />
ONE HALF: 8 Penny Taylor at SEA 9/19/11<br />
8 DeWanna Bonner vs. SEA 9/17/11<br />
MOST ASSISTS<br />
ONE GAME: 12 Penny Taylor at SAN 8/28/10<br />
10 Diana Taurasi vs. SAN 8/26/10<br />
10 Cappie Pondexter at DET 9/16/07<br />
ONE HALF: 7 Penny Taylor at SAN 8/28/10<br />
MOST STEALS<br />
ONE GAME: 5 Penny Taylor vs. IND 10/9/09<br />
5 Tangela Smith at LAS 9/23/09<br />
ONE HALF: 4 Tangela Smith at LAS 9/23/09<br />
MOST BLOCKED SHOTS<br />
ONE GAME: 4 DeWanna Bonner vs. SAN 8/26/10<br />
4 Diana Taurasi vs. IND 10/1/09<br />
4 Tangela Smith vs. DET 9/11/07<br />
4 Penny Taylor vs. SAN 9/1/07<br />
4 Jennifer Gillom at LAS 8/13/00<br />
ONE HALF: 4 Diana Taurasi vs. IND 10/1/09<br />
4 Tangela Smith vs. DET 9/11/07<br />
MOST TURNOVERS<br />
ONE GAME: 6 Diana Taurasi vs. SAN 8/26/10<br />
6 Diana Taurasi at SAN 9/17/09<br />
ONE HALF: 5 Diana Taurasi at SAN 9/17/09<br />
MOST MINUTES PLAYED<br />
ONE GAME: 42 Michele Timms at HOU (OT) 8/29
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MERCURY TEAM PLAYOFF RECORDS<br />
MOST POINTS SCORED<br />
ONE GAME: 120 vs. Indiana 9/29/09<br />
FIRST HALF: 64 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
SECOND HALF: 65 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 46 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
ONE HALF: 27 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 84 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
ONE HALF: 46 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
HIGHEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .639 (46-72) vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
ONE HALF: .750 (27-36) vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
MOST FREE THROWS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 32 vs. Indiana 9/29/09<br />
ONE HALF: 21 vs. Indiana 9/29/09<br />
MOST FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 38 vs. Indiana 9/29/09<br />
38 vs. Detroit 9/11/07<br />
ONE HALF: 25 vs. Indian 9/29/09<br />
HIGHEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (min. 10 attempts)<br />
ONE GAME: 1.000 (11-11) at San Antonio 8/28/10<br />
1.000 (11-11) at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
1.000 (16-16) vs. Cleveland 8/22/98<br />
ONE HALF: 1.000 (16-16) at Seattle 9/19/11<br />
1.000 (14-14) vs. Indiana 10/9/09<br />
1.000 (15-15) vs. Cleveland 8/22/98<br />
MOST THREE POINT FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 16 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
ONE HALF: 10 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 44 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
ONE HALF: 26 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
HIGHEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .600 (9-15) at Seattle 9/2/10<br />
ONE HALF: .833 (5-6) at Seattle 9/2/10<br />
218<br />
MOST REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 47 vs. Detroit 9/11/07<br />
ONE HALF: 25 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
25 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 18 vs. Detroit 9/11/07<br />
ONE HALF: 13 vs. Detroit 9/11/07<br />
MOST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 33 at San Antonio 8/28/10<br />
ONE HALF: 19 at San Antonio 8/28/10<br />
MOST ASSISTS<br />
ONE GAME: 33 vs. San Antonio 8/26/10<br />
ONE HALF: 18 vs. San Antonio 8/26/10<br />
MOST PERSONAL FOULS<br />
ONE GAME: 32 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
ONE HALF: 21 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
MOST STEALS<br />
ONE GAME: 11 vs. Detroit 9/13/07<br />
11 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
11 at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
11 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 7 at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
7 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
MOST BLOCKED SHOTS<br />
ONE GAME: 9 vs. Indiana 10/1/09<br />
ONE HALF: 6 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
MOST TURNOVERS<br />
ONE GAME: 19 at Cleveland 8/24/98<br />
ONE HALF: 14 at Cleveland 8/24/98
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MERCURY TEAM LOW PLAYOFF RECORDS<br />
FEWEST POINTS<br />
ONE GAME: 41 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 18 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
FEWEST FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 15 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 7 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
FEWEST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 55 at Cleveland 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 24 at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
LOWEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .224 (15-67) vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: .189 (7-37) vs. New York 8/25/97<br />
FEWEST FREE THROWS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 5 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
ONE HALF: 1 at Seattle 9/15/11<br />
1 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
1 vs. Cleveland 8/24/98<br />
FEWEST FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 5 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
ONE HALF: 1 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
LOWEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .636 (7-11) vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
ONE HALF: .333 (2-6) at Cleveland 8/25/98<br />
FEWEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 1 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 0 Seven Times<br />
FEWEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 9 at Cleveland 8/24/98<br />
ONE HALF: 3 vs. Seattle 9/17/11<br />
3 at Cleveland 8/25/98<br />
3 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
LOWEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .091 (1-11) vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: .000 (0-3) vs. Seattle 9/17/11<br />
.000 (0-10) at Indiana 10/4/09<br />
.000 (0-8) vs. Los Angeles 8/11/00<br />
.000 (0-4) at Houston 9/1/98<br />
.000 (0-3) at Cleveland 8/25/98<br />
.000 (0-5) vs. Cleveland 8/22/98<br />
.000 (0-3) vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
219<br />
FEWEST REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 22 at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
ONE HALF: 9 at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
FEWEST ASSISTS<br />
ONE GAME: 7 at Seattle 9/19/11<br />
ONE HALF: 3 at Seattle 9/19/11<br />
FEWEST PERSONAL FOULS<br />
ONE GAME: 11 at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
ONE HALF: 5 vs. Seattle 8/26/07<br />
5 at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
FEWEST STEALS<br />
ONE GAME: 3 at Seattle 9/19/11<br />
3 vs. Indiana 10/9/09<br />
3 vs. Seattle 8/26/07<br />
3 at Houston 9/1/98<br />
ONE HALF: 0 vs. Minnesota 9/25/11<br />
FEWEST BLOCKS<br />
ONE GAME: 1 vs. Minnesota 9/25/11<br />
1 vs. Los Angeles 9/25/09<br />
1 at Detroit 9/16/07<br />
1 vs. Cleveland 8/22/98<br />
ONE HALF: 0 vs. Minnesota 9/25/11<br />
0 at Seattle 9/19/11<br />
0 at Seattle 9/15/11<br />
0 at San Antonio 8/28/10<br />
0 vs. Los Angeles 9/25/09<br />
0 vs. San Antonio 9/21/09<br />
0 at Detroit 9/16/07<br />
0 vs. Cleveland 8/22/98<br />
FEWEST TURNOVERS<br />
ONE GAME: 8 at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
8 at Cleveland 8/25/98<br />
ONE HALF: 2 at Cleveland 8/25/98
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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL PLAYOFF RECORDS<br />
MOST POINTS<br />
ONE GAME: 32 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
ONE HALF: 25 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 12 Ebony Hoffman vs. IND 9/29/09<br />
12 Katie Douglas vs. IND 9/29/09<br />
12 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
12 Lisa Leslie at LAS 8/13/00<br />
ONE HALF: 9 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 28 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
ONE HALF: 18 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, NONE MISSED<br />
ONE GAME: 2 Tamecka Dixon at IND 10/4/09<br />
2 Monica Lamb at HOU 9/1/98<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, NONE MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 4 Three Times<br />
ONE HALF: 6 Katie Douglas at IND 10/7/09<br />
MOST FREE THROWS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 12 Katie Smith at DET 9/5/07<br />
ONE HALF: 12 Katie Smith at DET 9/5/07<br />
MOST FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 16 Katie Smith at DET 9/5/07<br />
ONE HALF: 16 Katie Smith at DET 9/5/07<br />
MOST FREE THROWS MADE, NONE MISSED<br />
ONE GAME: 8 Camille Little vs. SEA 9/17/11<br />
8 Becky Hammon vs. SAN 8/26/10<br />
8 Betty Lennox vs. LAS 9/26/09<br />
8 Plenette Pierson at DET 9/5/07<br />
ONE HALF: 6 Edwige Lawson-Wade vs. SAN 8/26/10<br />
6 Tina Thompson vs. LAS 9/26/09<br />
6 Betty Lennox vs. LAS 9/26/09<br />
6 Plenette Pierson at DET 9/5/07<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 7 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
ONE HALF: 6 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 16 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
ONE HALF: 10 Becky Hammon at SAN 8/30/07<br />
220<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, NONE MISSED<br />
ONE GAME: 7 Mwadi Mabika vs. LAS 8/11/00<br />
7 Cynthia Cooper vs. HOU 8/27/98<br />
ONE HALF: 5 Maya Moore vs. MIN 9/25/11<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED, NONE MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 4 Brianna January at IND 10/7/09<br />
4 Sheryl Swoopes vs. HOU 8/29/98<br />
4 Kim Perrot vs. HOU 8/27/98<br />
ONE HALF: 4 Lauren Jackson at SEA 9/2/10<br />
4 Deanna Nolan at DET 9/8/07<br />
4 Katie Smith at DET 9/5/07<br />
MOST REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 18 Candace Parker vs. LAS 9/25/09<br />
18 Sophia Young at SAN 8/30/07<br />
ONE HALF: 12 Lauren Jackson at SEA 9/2/10<br />
12 Candace Parker vs. LAS 9/25/09<br />
12 Sophia Young at SAN 8/30/07<br />
MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 8 Sophia Young at SAN 8/30/07<br />
ONE HALF: 7 Sophia Young at SAN 8/30/07<br />
MOST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 13 Candace Parker vs. LAS 9/25/09<br />
ONE HALF: 9 Lauren Jackson at SEA 9/2/10<br />
9 Candace Parker vs. LAS 9/25/09<br />
MOST ASSISTS<br />
ONE GAME: 11 Tamika Catchings vs. IND 10/1/09<br />
ONE HALF: 7 Sue Bird at SEA 9/2/10<br />
MOST STEALS<br />
ONE GAME: 5 Tamika Catchings vs. IND 10/9/09<br />
ONE HALF: 4 Suzie McConnel Serio at CLE 8/25/98<br />
MOST BLOCKED SHOTS<br />
ONE GAME: 4 Ashley Robinson at SEA 8/24/07<br />
ONE HALF: 3 Ruth Riley vs. SAN 9/17/09<br />
3 Deanna Nolan vs. DET 9/13/07<br />
MOST TURNOVERS<br />
ONE GAME: 7 Teresa Witherspoon vs. NY 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 5 Sheryl Swoopes at HOU 8/29/98
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OPPONENT TEAM PLAYOFF RECORDS<br />
MOST POINTS SCORED<br />
ONE GAME: 116 (OT) vs. Indiana 9/29/09<br />
108 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
ONE HALF: 67 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 45 (OT) vs. Indiana 9/29/09<br />
37 at Los Angeles 9/23/09<br />
ONE HALF: 25 (OT) vs. Indiana 9/29/09<br />
21 vs. Detroit 9/11/07<br />
21 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
21 vs. Seattle 8/26/07<br />
MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 85 vs. San Antonio 9/1/07<br />
ONE HALF: 44 vs. Los Angeles 9/25/09<br />
44 vs. San Antonio 9/1/07<br />
44 vs. Seattle 8/26/07<br />
HIGHEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .557 (34-61) at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
ONE HALF: .640 (16-25) at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
MOST FREE THROWS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 35 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
ONE HALF: 23 at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
MOST FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 42 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
ONE HALF: 28 at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
HIGHEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: 1.000 (11-11) at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
ONE HALF: 1.000 (6-6) at Minnesota 9/22/11<br />
1.000 (9-9) at Seattle 9/15/11<br />
1.000 (8-8) vs. Los Angeles 9/25/09<br />
1.000 (7-7) at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
1.000 (4-4) at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
1.000 (3-3) at Houston 9/1/98<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 13 vs. Seattle 9/19/11<br />
13 vs. San Antonio 9/21/09<br />
13 vs. Detroit 9/16/07<br />
13 at San Antonio 8/30/07<br />
13 at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
ONE HALF: 8 vs. San Antonio 9/21/09<br />
8 vs. San Antonio 9/1/07<br />
8 at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
221<br />
MOST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 31 at San Antonio 8/30/07<br />
ONE HALF: 17 at San Antonio 8/30/07<br />
17 at Seattle 8/24/07<br />
HIGHEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .625 (10-16) vs. San Antonio 8/26/10<br />
ONE HALF: .750 (9-12) vs. Seattle 9/17/11<br />
MOST REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 50 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
ONE HALF: 28 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 21 at Cleveland 8/24/98<br />
ONE HALF: 16 at Cleveland 8/24/98<br />
MOST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 34 at Seattle 9/15/11<br />
34 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 21 at Detroit 9/5/07<br />
MOST ASSISTS<br />
ONE GAME: 25 at San Antonio 8/30/07<br />
ONE HALF: 13 at Minnesota 9/22/11<br />
13 at San Antonio 8/28/10<br />
13 (OT) vs. Indiana 9/29/09<br />
13 vs. Detroit 9/11/07<br />
13 at San Antonio 8/30/07<br />
13 at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
MOST PERSONAL FOULS<br />
ONE GAME: 30 (OT) vs. Indiana 9/29/09<br />
30 vs. Seattle 8/24/07<br />
ONE HALF: 17 vs. Seattle 8/24/07<br />
MOST STEALS<br />
ONE GAME: 11 vs. Cleveland 8/22/98<br />
ONE HALF: 7 at Cleveland 8/24/98<br />
MOST BLOCKS<br />
ONE GAME: 9 at Indiana 10/4/09<br />
ONE HALF: 6 at Indiana 10/4/09<br />
MOST TURNOVERS<br />
ONE GAME: 19 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 12 vs. New York 8/28/97
PLAYOFFS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
OPPONENT TEAM LOW PLAYOFF RECORDS<br />
FEWEST POINTS<br />
ONE GAME: 51 vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
ONE HALF: 22 vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
FEWEST FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 21 vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
ONE HALF: 7 vs. Los Angeles 9/26/09<br />
FEWEST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 50 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 24 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
LOWEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .323 (21-65) vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
ONE HALF: .241 (7-29) vs. Los Angeles 9/26/09<br />
FEWEST FREE THROWS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 6 vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
ONE HALF: 1 at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
FEWEST FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 8 vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
ONE HALF: 2 vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
LOWEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .550 (11-20) at Seattle 9/19/11<br />
ONE HALF: .200 (1-5) at Los Angeles 8/13/00<br />
FEWEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE<br />
ONE GAME: 1 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 0 at Houston 8/29/98<br />
0 vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
0 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
FEWEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED<br />
ONE GAME: 4 vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
ONE HALF: 2 vs. New York (1st, 2nd) 8/28/97<br />
LOWEST THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE<br />
ONE GAME: .111 at Indiana 10/7/09<br />
ONE HALF: .000 (0-6) at Houston 8/29/98<br />
.000 (0-7) vs. Houston 8/27/98<br />
.000 (0-2) vs. New York 8/28/97<br />
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FEWEST REBOUNDS<br />
ONE GAME: 20 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
ONE HALF: 9 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
FEWEST ASSISTS<br />
ONE GAME: 10 at Indiana 10/7/09<br />
10 vs. Los Angeles 9/26/09<br />
ONE HALF: 3 at Indiana 10/7/09<br />
3 vs. Los Angeles 9/26/09<br />
FEWEST PERSONAL FOULS<br />
ONE GAME: 12 at Houston 9/1/98<br />
ONE HALF: 4 vs. Seattle 9/15/11<br />
4 at Los Angeles 9/23/09<br />
4 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
FEWEST STEALS<br />
ONE GAME: 2 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
ONE HALF: 0 at Detroit 9/8/07<br />
FEWEST BLOCKS<br />
ONE GAME: 1 Seven Times<br />
ONE HALF: 0 12 Times<br />
FEWEST TURNOVERS<br />
ONE GAME: 8 vs. San Antonio 9/19/09<br />
8 at San Antonio 9/17/09<br />
8 vs. Los Angeles 8/11/00<br />
ONE HALF: 0 vs. Minnesota 9/25/11
OUR HOUSE RULES<br />
#12a<br />
OPPONENTS<br />
SHARING<br />
VICTORIES IS<br />
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<strong>WNBA</strong> TEAM PR CONTACTS<br />
EASTERN CONFERENCE<br />
ATLANTA DREAM<br />
PR Contact: TONYA ALLEYNE<br />
Email: tonya.alleyne@atlantadream.net<br />
W: 678-510-7397<br />
C: 404-693-5181<br />
Additional PR Contact: Sprague Paynter<br />
Email: sprague.paynter@atlantadream.net<br />
W: 678-510-7396<br />
C: 404-561-0421<br />
CHICAGO SKY<br />
PR Contact: WILL STEINBERG<br />
Email: wsteinberg@chicagosky.net<br />
W: 312-994-5984<br />
C: 847-840-4867<br />
Additional PR Contact: Michelle Henstock<br />
Email: mhenstock@chicagosky.net<br />
W: 312-994-5981<br />
C: 606-776-1122<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE<br />
LOS ANGELES SPARKS<br />
PR Contact: SHAWN TRONDSEN<br />
Email: strondsen@la-sparks.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 213-929-1313<br />
C: 562-508-9820<br />
MINNESOTA LYNX<br />
PR Contact: ALEX KING<br />
Email: king@lynxbasketball.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 612-673-1632<br />
C: 612-483-3391<br />
Additional PR Contact: Aaron Seehusen<br />
Email: seehusen@lynxbasketball.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 612-673-1602<br />
C: 763-350-5550<br />
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CONNECTICUT SUN<br />
PR Contact: BILL TAVARES<br />
Email: btavares@connecticutsun.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 860-862-4073<br />
C: 860-961-0240<br />
Additional PR Contact: Jen Hildebrand<br />
Email: jhildebrand@connecticutsun.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 860-862-4087<br />
C: 860-961-2245<br />
INDIANA FEVER<br />
PR Contact: KEVIN MESSENGER<br />
Email: kmessenger@pacers.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 317-917-2844<br />
C: 317-370-3437<br />
Additional PR Contact: Tim Edwards<br />
Email: tedwards@pacers.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 317-917-2853<br />
H: 317-253-3446<br />
PHOENIX MERCURY<br />
PR Contact: BRET BURCHARD<br />
Email: bburchard@phoenixmercury.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 602-514-8305<br />
C: 602-904-3751<br />
Additional PR Contact: Lesley Factor<br />
Email: lfactor@phoenixmercury.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 602-514-8370<br />
C: 480-225-5335<br />
SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS<br />
PR Contact: LINDSEY CAMPBELL<br />
Email: lcampbell@attcenter.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 210-444-5738<br />
C: 210-998-9000<br />
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NEW YORK LIBERTY<br />
PR Contact: STACEY ESCUDERO<br />
W: Office: 212-465-5902<br />
C: 917-572-2534<br />
Email: Stacey.Escudero@thegarden.<strong>com</strong><br />
PR Contact: Alyson Furch<br />
W: Office: 212-465-6263<br />
C: 480-330-0900<br />
Email: alyson.furch@msg.<strong>com</strong><br />
WASHINGTON MYSTICS<br />
PR Contact: KETSIA COLIMON<br />
Email: kcolimon@monumentalsports.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 202-527-7535<br />
C: 571-235-6305<br />
Additional PR Contact: Scott Hall<br />
Email: shall@monumentalsports.<strong>com</strong><br />
Additional PR Contact: Daren Jenkins<br />
Email: djenkins@monumentalsports.<strong>com</strong><br />
SEATTLE STORM<br />
PR Contact: SUSAN REID<br />
Email: sreid@stormbasketball.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 206-272-2706<br />
C: 858-864-2090<br />
Additional PR Contact: Carrie Krueger<br />
Email: ckrueger@stormbasketball.<strong>com</strong><br />
W: 206-272- 2638<br />
C: 206-617-0609<br />
TULSA SHOCK<br />
PR Contact: PARDEEP TOOR<br />
Email: PToor@tulsashock.net<br />
W: 918-949-9726<br />
C: 312-576-1120
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<strong>WNBA</strong> PR CONTACTS LEAGUE OFFICE<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> COMMUNICATIONS<br />
RON HOWARD<br />
Director, <strong>WNBA</strong> Communications<br />
645 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor<br />
New York, NY 10022<br />
Email: rhoward@nba.<strong>com</strong><br />
212-407-8641 (office)<br />
212-407-7919 (office fax)<br />
201-293-1068 (cell)<br />
DINA SKOKOS<br />
Director, <strong>WNBA</strong> Communications<br />
645 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor<br />
New York, NY 10022<br />
Email: dskokos@nba.<strong>com</strong><br />
212-407-8840 (office)<br />
212-407-7919 (office fax)<br />
201-682-9443 (cell)<br />
SAMANTHA TAGER<br />
Coordinator, <strong>WNBA</strong> Communications<br />
645 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor<br />
New York, NY 10022<br />
Email: stager@nba.<strong>com</strong><br />
212-407-8358 (office)<br />
212-407-7919 (office fax)<br />
914-882-1474 (cell)<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong>.COM<br />
BRIAN MARTIN<br />
Editor, <strong>WNBA</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
100 Plaza Drive<br />
Harmon Meadow Boulevard<br />
Secaucus, NJ 07094<br />
Email: bmartin@nba.<strong>com</strong><br />
201-974-6848 (office)<br />
212-920-5129 (cell)<br />
JIM REILLY<br />
Editor, <strong>WNBA</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
100 Plaza Drive<br />
Harmon Meadow Boulevard<br />
Secaucus, NJ 07094<br />
Email: jreilly@nba.<strong>com</strong><br />
201-974-6168 (office)<br />
973-714-7892 (cell)<br />
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COMMUNITY RELATIONS<br />
ERJAAM HAYES<br />
Coordinator, <strong>WNBA</strong> Community Relations<br />
645 Fifth Avenue<br />
New York, NY 10022<br />
Email: nlaroche@nba.<strong>com</strong><br />
212-407-8448 (office)<br />
201-758-6739 (cell)
ATLANTA DREAM<br />
225 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2400<br />
Atlanta, GA 30303<br />
Phone: 877-977-7729<br />
Fax: 678-510-7489<br />
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Conference: Eastern<br />
Arena: Philips Arena (10,160)<br />
TV: FOX Sports South and SportSouth<br />
Team Mascot: Star<br />
Primary Colors: Dream Blue and Red<br />
Website: www.AtlantaDream.net<br />
Facebook: www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/atlantadream<br />
Twitter: @AtlantaDream<br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Dream: May 31 at Atlanta<br />
July 7 at Phoenix<br />
2011 Finish: 20-14, third in the Eastern Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Defeated Connecticut (2-0) in Eastern Conference Semifinals<br />
Defeated Indiana (2-1) in Eastern Conference Finals<br />
Lost to Minnesota (0-3) in <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
Ownership............................................................................................................................Dream Too LLC (Mary Brock & Kelly Loeffler)<br />
Chief Executive Officer..............................................................................................................................................................Pete Canalichio<br />
Head Coach & General Manager ......................................................................................................................................Marynell Meadors<br />
Assistant Coach...................................................................................................................................................................................Joe Ciampi<br />
Assistant Coach ..............................................................................................................................................................................Fred Williams<br />
Director of Basketball Operations ...................................................................................................................................................Sue Panek<br />
Athletic Trainer.................................................................................................................................................................................Kim Moseley<br />
Director of Community & Public Relations ........................................................................................................................Sprague Paynter<br />
Director of Broadcasting & New <strong>Media</strong>...................................................................................................................................Tonya Alleyne<br />
MERCURY VS. DREAM 2011 (2-0)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER DREAM HIGH SCORER<br />
June 24 Atlanta Mercury 92, Dream 83 Taurasi – 20 McCoughtry – 24<br />
August 11 Phoenix Mercury 109, Dream 95 Bonner – 25 McCoughtry – 25<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Dream at Phoenix 3-1<br />
Mercury vs. Dream at Atlanta 2-2<br />
Mercury vs. Dream Overall 5-3<br />
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2011 SEASON SERIES (2-0) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. ATLANTA<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Dupree 2 2 60 17 28 .607 0 0 — 7 8 .875 6 6 12 3 4 0 1 6 1 41 20.5 22<br />
Taurasi 2 2 58 14 23 .609 6 10 .600 7 7 1.000 2 9 11 7 8 0 1 8 3 41 20.5 21<br />
Taylor 2 2 55 12 25 .480 4 9 .444 8 9 .889 1 12 13 14 6 0 5 5 0 36 18.0 19<br />
Braxton 1 1 19 7 9 .778 0 0 — 3 3 1.000 1 3 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 17 17.0 17<br />
Bonner 2 0 49 8 17 .471 3 7 .429 11 11 1.000 4 16 20 4 7 0 1 0 1 30 15.0 25<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2 0 35 5 16 .313 0 3 .000 3 3 1.000 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 3 1 13 6.5 9<br />
Gray 1 0 14 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 0 0 — 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 5 5.0 5<br />
Johnson 1 1 24 1 7 .143 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 3 3 0 0 1 0 4 4.0 4<br />
Swanier 2 1 44 3 7 .429 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 0 7 7 10 6 0 1 7 0 8 4.0 5<br />
Spencer (TOT) 5 0 22 4 6 .667 0 0 — 4 4 1.000 1 3 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 12 2.4 4<br />
Spencer (PHO) 1 0 10 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Sanford 2 1 25 2 3 .667 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 5 6 1 7 0 1 3 0 4 2.0 4<br />
Sanni 1 0 6 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 2 400 71 138 .514 15 37 .405 44 47 .936 17 64 81 49 53 0 12 37 6 201 100.5 109<br />
DREAM 2 400 62 152 .408 8 25 .320 46 66 .697 23 44 67 38 39 0 15 24 6 178 89.0 95<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (0-2) ATLANTA DREAM VS. PHOENIX<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
McCoughtry 2 2 56 13 37 .351 3 8 .375 20 25 .800 5 6 11 5 9 0 4 6 1 49 24.5 25<br />
Castro Marques 2 2 55 9 23 .391 2 7 .286 3 4 .750 1 4 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 23 11.5 12<br />
de Souza 2 2 43 9 21 .429 0 0 — 2 3 .667 3 7 10 2 5 0 2 3 0 20 10.0 19<br />
Harding 2 1 55 6 18 .333 0 2 .000 8 11 .727 1 5 6 7 5 0 3 4 0 20 10.0 13<br />
Lyttle 1 1 15 4 9 .444 0 0 — 1 2 .500 3 1 4 1 3 0 3 3 0 9 9.0 9<br />
Paris 2 0 28 6 8 .750 0 1 .000 3 8 .375 7 4 11 1 4 0 0 0 1 15 7.5 13<br />
C. Miller 2 1 39 5 14 .357 1 4 .250 3 4 .750 0 2 2 3 5 0 1 2 0 14 7.0 12<br />
Lehning 1 0 19 2 3 .667 2 2 1.000 0 0 — 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 6.0 6<br />
Bales 2 1 43 4 7 .571 0 0 — 2 4 .500 0 7 7 7 3 0 0 0 3 10 5.0 8<br />
Price 2 0 31 3 8 .375 0 0 — 4 5 .800 2 3 5 4 0 0 1 2 0 10 5.0 8<br />
Irvin 2 0 10 1 3 .333 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1.0 2<br />
Mazzante 1 0 6 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
DREAM 2 400 62 152 .408 8 25 .320 46 66 .697 23 44 67 38 39 0 15 24 6 178 89.0 95<br />
MERCURY 2 400 71 138 .514 15 37 .405 44 47 .936 17 64 81 49 53 0 12 37 6 201 100.5 109<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 26 at Phoenix (110-84, July 19, 2008)<br />
Mercury highest point total 110 at Phoenix (110-84, July 19, 2008)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 76 at Atlanta (76-106, July 30, 2009)<br />
Mercury last win at home August 11, 2011 (109-95)<br />
Mercury last loss at home May 28, 2010 (93-96)<br />
Mercury last win on the road June 24, 2011 (92-83)<br />
Mercury last loss on the road June 29, 2010 (88-94)<br />
Dream largest margin of victory 30 at Atlanta (76-106, July 30, 2009<br />
Dream highest point total 106 at Atlanta (76-106, July 30, 2009)<br />
Dream lowest point total 79 at Atlanta (97-79, July 1, 2008)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. ATLANTA DREAM<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/1/08 ATL 97-79 W<br />
7/19/08 PHX 110-84 W<br />
7/30/09 ATL 76-106 L<br />
8/5/09 PHX 100-82 W<br />
5/28/10 PHX 93-96 L<br />
6/29/10 ATL 88-94 L<br />
6/24/11 ATL 92-83 W<br />
8/11/11 PHX 109-95 W<br />
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CHICAGO SKY<br />
Address: 5500 W Howard St<br />
Skokie, IL 60077<br />
Tel: 312-828-9550<br />
Fax: 312-828-9979<br />
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Ticket Information: 866-SKY-<strong>WNBA</strong><br />
Arena: Allstate Arena 7,000 (expandable to 18,500)<br />
Conference: Eastern<br />
Website: www.chicagosky.net<br />
TV: CN 1000<br />
Team Mascot: Sky Guy<br />
Colors: Light Blue, Yellow and White<br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Sky: June 29 at Chicago<br />
September 16 at Phoenix<br />
2011 Finish: 14-20, fifth in the Eastern Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Did Not Qualify<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
Principal Owner ..............................................................................................................................................................................Michael Alter<br />
Chairman/Minority Owner ...................................................................................................................................................Margaret Stender<br />
President/CEO.......................................................................................................................................................................................Adam Fox<br />
General Manager/Head Coach ..............................................................................................................................................Pokey Chatman<br />
Chief Financial Officer............................................................................................................................................................Rommel Famatid<br />
Vice President of Operations..............................................................................................................................................Michelle Henstock<br />
Assistant Coach....................................................................................................................................................................................Jeff House<br />
Assistant Coach...............................................................................................................................................................................Christie Sides<br />
Director of Basketball Operations/Strength and Conditioning Coach..................................................................................Ann Crosby<br />
Head Athletic Trainer ...........................................................................................................................................................Natalie Meckstroth<br />
Director of Community Relations and President of Sky Cares .............................................................................................Erika Swilley<br />
Director of <strong>Media</strong> Relations........................................................................................................................................................Will Steinberg<br />
MERCURY VS. SKY 2011 (2-0)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER SKY HIGH SCORER<br />
June 25 Chicago Mercury 86, Sky 78 Taurasi – 23 Fowles – 28<br />
July 1 Phoenix Mercury 97, Sky 84 Taurasi – 24 Prince – 19<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Sky at Phoenix 6-0<br />
Mercury vs. Sky at Chicago 5-1<br />
Mercury vs. Sky Overall 11-1<br />
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2011 SEASON SERIES (2-0) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. CHICAGO<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 2 2 61 14 23 .609 3 9 .333 16 17 .941 1 6 7 9 4 0 4 4 1 47 23.5 24<br />
Taylor 2 2 57 11 23 .478 2 4 .500 9 9 1.000 5 11 16 9 5 0 4 3 2 33 16.5 19<br />
Braxton 2 2 42 9 17 .529 0 2 .000 5 6 .833 4 10 14 4 9 0 2 5 2 23 11.5 15<br />
Bonner 2 0 44 5 15 .333 1 4 .250 9 9 1.000 0 4 4 1 1 0 2 4 1 20 10.0 11<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2 0 40 6 15 .400 0 0 — 5 5 1.000 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 17 8.5 10<br />
Dupree 2 2 60 6 14 .429 0 0 — 4 5 .800 6 11 17 2 5 0 2 5 3 16 8.0 13<br />
Sanford 2 0 10 3 8 .375 0 0 — 5 5 1.000 6 3 9 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 5.5 9<br />
Gray 2 0 41 1 6 .167 1 3 .333 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 5 0 7 3.5 4<br />
Swanier 2 2 40 2 7 .286 1 5 .200 2 2 1.000 1 6 7 3 7 0 3 9 0 7 3.5 7<br />
Sanni 1 0 6 1 1 1.000 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Spencer (TOT) 2 0 19 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.0 2<br />
Thomas (TOT) 1 0 4 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 2 400 58 129 .450 8 27 .296 59 62 .952 24 53 77 34 43 0 18 43 9 183 91.5 97<br />
SKY 2 400 59 137 .431 7 28 .250 37 45 .822 23 39 62 27 50 0 20 41 13 162 81.0 84<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (0-2) CHICAGO SKY VS. PHOENIX<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Fowles 2 2 58 15 29 .517 0 0 — 10 12 .833 7 9 16 1 5 0 7 7 3 40 20.0 28<br />
Prince 2 2 71 12 24 .500 2 6 .333 9 9 1.000 1 2 3 9 5 0 4 2 0 35 17.5 19<br />
Vandersloot 2 2 54 7 17 .412 2 8 .250 7 8 .875 0 2 2 9 5 0 2 6 0 23 11.5 14<br />
Young 2 0 54 6 18 .333 0 1 .000 5 7 .714 2 5 7 1 9 0 3 6 1 17 8.5 10<br />
Snow 2 2 52 8 17 .471 0 0 — 0 2 .000 4 10 14 4 9 0 1 6 5 16 8.0 12<br />
Swords 2 0 8 3 5 .600 0 0 — 3 3 1.000 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 9 4.5 7<br />
Kraayeveld 2 2 44 3 11 .273 2 8 .250 0 0 — 2 2 4 0 2 0 1 3 1 8 4.0 6<br />
Thorn 2 0 29 2 9 .222 1 5 .200 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 7 3.5 5<br />
Wisdom-Hylton 2 0 23 3 6 .500 0 0 — 1 2 .500 5 4 9 1 8 0 1 6 3 7 3.5 6<br />
Bjorklund 1 0 5 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
SKY 2 400 59 137 .431 7 28 .250 37 45 .822 23 39 62 27 50 0 20 41 13 162 81.0 84<br />
MERCURY 2 400 58 129 .450 8 27 .296 59 62 .952 24 53 77 34 43 0 18 43 9 183 91.5 97<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 20 twice most recently at Phoenix (90-70, 7/8/2009)<br />
Mercury highest point total 112 at Phoenix (112-105 (OT), 6/20/2008)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 80 at Phoenix (80-66, 6/7/2007)<br />
Mercury last win at home July 1, 2011 (97-84)<br />
Mercury last loss at home —<br />
Mercury last win on the road June 25, 2011 (86-78)<br />
Mercury last loss on the road August 10, 2010 (82-91)<br />
Sky largest margin of victory 9 at Chicago (82-91, 8/10/2010)<br />
Sky highest point total 105 at Phoenix (112-105 (OT), 6/20/2008)<br />
Sky lowest point total 66 at Phoenix (80-66, 6/7/2007)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. CHICAGO SKY<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
6/25/06 PHX 90-77 W<br />
8/1/06 CHI 90-70 W<br />
6/7/07 PHX 80-66 W<br />
7/27/07 CHI 98-96 W<br />
6/20/08 PHX 112-105 (OT) W<br />
6/26/08 CHI 89-79 W<br />
7/8/09 PHX 90-70 W<br />
8/18/09 CHI 106-99 W<br />
8/1/10 PHX 97-94 W<br />
8/10/10 CHI 82-91 L<br />
6/25/11 CHI 86-78 W<br />
7/1/11 PHX 97-84 W<br />
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CONNECTICUT SUN<br />
BUSINESS OFFICE<br />
1 Mohegan Sun Blvd. Uncasville, CT 06382<br />
Tel: 860-862-4000 Fax: 860-862-4010<br />
Arena: Mohegan Sun Arena (9,518)<br />
Radio: Webcast<br />
TV: TBD<br />
Website: www.connecticutsun.<strong>com</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Sun: September 7 at Connecticut<br />
September 12 at Phoenix<br />
2011 Finish: 21-13, tied for first in the Eastern Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Lost (0-2) to Atlanta in Eastern Conference Semifinals<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
Owner ...................................................................................................................................................................................The Mohegan Tribe<br />
Chief Executive Officer/Governor ..............................................................................................................................................Mitchell Etess<br />
Chief Operating Officer/Alternate Governor ....................................................................................................................Jeffrey Hartmann<br />
Alternate Governor...............................................................................................................................................................Raymond Pineault<br />
Vice President and General Manager.............................................................................................................................Christopher Sienko<br />
Head Coach ....................................................................................................................................................................................Mike Thibault<br />
Assistant Coach...................................................................................................................................................................................Scott Hawk<br />
Assistant Coach .....................................................................................................................................................................Bernadette Mattox<br />
Head Athletic Trainer................................................................................................................................................................Jeremy Norman<br />
Strength and Conditioning Coach.........................................................................................................................................Joanna Hopkins<br />
Video Coordinator.............................................................................................................................................................................Jon Whitkin<br />
Director of Business Operations .............................................................................................................................................Dave Martinelli<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Relations Manager.................................................................................................................................................................Bill Tavares<br />
Game Operations Manager ...............................................................................................................................................Brennan Galloway<br />
Sales Manager .........................................................................................................................................................................Annmarie Gengo<br />
Sales Representative .....................................................................................................................................................................Matt Edwards<br />
Sales Representative.......................................................................................................................................................................Katie Berube<br />
Sales Representative.....................................................................................................................................................................Lauren Plante<br />
Sales Representative..................................................................................................................................................................Chelsea Dutton<br />
Publicist .........................................................................................................................................................................................Jen Hildebrand<br />
Administrative Assistant ......................................................................................................................................................................Bill Tinnel<br />
Team Physician ...................................................................................................................................................Asylum Hill Family Medicine<br />
Team Orthopedist ..............................................................................................................................................................Ammar Anbari, MD<br />
Director of Box Office Operations....................................................................................................................................................April Paris<br />
Event Production Supervisor........................................................................................................................................................Frank Pavlich<br />
Radio Play-by-Play..........................................................................................................................................................................Bob Heussler<br />
TV Play-by-Play................................................................................................................................................................................................TBD<br />
TV Color Analyst..............................................................................................................................................................................................TBD<br />
MERCURY VS. SUN 2011 (0-2)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER SUN HIGH SCORER<br />
August 7 Phoenix Mercury 95, Sun 96 (OT) Taurasi – 29 Montgomery – 28<br />
August 26 Connecticut Mercury 92, Sun 95 Taylor/Taurasi – 26 Charles – 17<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Miracle/Sun at Phoenix 8-4<br />
Mercury vs. Miracle/Sun at Orl./Conn. 3-8<br />
Mercury vs. Miracle/Sun Overall 11-12<br />
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2011 SEASON SERIES (0-2) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. CONNECTICUT<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 2 2 69 17 45 .378 9 22 .409 12 12 1.000 0 10 10 9 5 0 1 5 1 55 27.5 29<br />
Taylor 2 2 74 15 31 .484 5 15 .333 4 4 1.000 3 5 8 6 4 0 8 7 1 39 19.5 26<br />
Bonner 2 0 51 10 27 .370 4 12 .333 4 4 1.000 7 8 15 2 3 0 3 0 1 28 14.0 24<br />
Sanford 2 2 46 10 16 .625 0 0 — 3 6 .500 6 14 20 1 5 0 0 1 0 23 11.5 14<br />
Dupree 2 2 70 9 16 .563 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 8 15 23 7 6 0 1 5 0 20 10.0 10<br />
Johnson 2 2 58 6 11 .545 3 4 .750 0 0 — 0 3 3 12 8 0 1 7 1 15 7.5 8<br />
Gray 1 0 8 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 — 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 3<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2 0 20 2 8 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 — 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 2.0 2<br />
Sanni 1 0 2 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Spencer (TOT) 2 0 6 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Swanier 2 0 24 0 6 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 3 3 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0.0 0<br />
Thomas (TOT) 1 0 3 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Thomas (PHO) 1 0 3 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 2 425 70 162 .432 22 58 .379 25 28 .893 25 60 85 44 41 0 15 29 6 187 93.5 95<br />
SUN 2 425 73 164 .445 13 39 .333 32 41 .780 24 58 82 46 31 0 14 21 2 191 95.5 96<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (2-0) CONNECTICUT SUN VS. PHOENIX<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Jones 2 2 62 20 33 .606 0 0 — 3 5 .600 4 12 16 5 6 0 2 3 0 43 21.5 27<br />
Montgomery 2 2 72 13 36 .361 6 18 .333 10 12 .833 2 4 6 9 2 0 3 2 0 42 21.0 28<br />
Charles 2 2 75 19 44 .432 0 0 — 2 4 .500 10 16 26 8 6 0 0 6 2 40 20.0 23<br />
Lawson 2 0 55 6 16 .375 4 10 .400 7 8 .875 3 9 12 6 2 0 1 3 0 23 11.5 14<br />
Greene 2 2 63 9 16 .563 2 2 1.000 0 0 — 1 7 8 10 4 0 1 2 0 20 10.0 14<br />
McCray 2 2 18 3 6 .500 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 8 4.0 8<br />
White 2 0 35 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 4 4 1.000 0 3 3 2 6 0 2 2 0 6 3.0 6<br />
Moore 2 0 6 1 3 .333 0 0 — 3 4 .750 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 2.5 4<br />
Griffin 2 0 29 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 2 7 9 1 1 0 3 1 0 4 2.0 2<br />
Hightower 2 0 10 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
SUN 2 425 73 164 .445 13 39 .333 32 41 .780 24 58 82 46 31 0 14 21 2 191 95.5 96<br />
MERCURY 2 425 70 162 .432 22 58 .379 25 28 .893 25 60 85 44 41 0 15 29 6 187 93.5 95<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 21 at Phoenix (102-81, 6/18/2008)<br />
Mercury highest point total 111 at Phoenix (111-109 (2OT), 7/6/2007)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 65 at Connecticut (65-58, 5/20/2004)<br />
Mercury last win at home August 29, 2009 (95-84)<br />
Mercury last loss at home August 7, 2011 (95-96 OT)<br />
Mercury last win on the road July 28, 2009 (95-80)<br />
Mercury last loss on the road August 26, 2011 (92-95)<br />
Mir./Sun largest margin of victory 17 at Connecticut (85-68, 5/28/2005)<br />
Mir./Sun highest point total 96 twice most recently at Phoenix (95-96 OT, 8/7/2011)<br />
Mir./Sun lowest point total 58 at Connecticut (65-58, 5/22/2004)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. ORLANDO MIRACLE/CONNECTICUT SUN<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
6/21/99 ORL 76-80 L<br />
7/23/99 PHX 73-67 W<br />
8/1/00 PHX 84-77 W<br />
6/16/01 PHX 72-68 W<br />
8/5/01 ORL 69-78 L<br />
7/6/02 ORL 70-72 L<br />
7/19/03 PHX 67-75 L<br />
5/22/04 CON 65-58 W<br />
6/9/04 PHX 75-59 W<br />
5/28/05 CON 68-85 L<br />
6/25/05 PHX 69-77 L<br />
6/16/06 PHX 91-86 W<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/8/06 CON 77-82 L<br />
6/2/07 CON 67-76 L<br />
7/6/07 PHX 111-109 (2OT) W<br />
6/18/08 PHX 102-81 W<br />
6/29/08 CON 87-80 W<br />
7/28/09 CON 95-80 W<br />
8/29/09 PHX 95-84 W<br />
6/20/10 PHX 94-96 L<br />
6/25/10 CON 79-82 L<br />
8/11/11 PHX 95-96 (OT) L<br />
8/26/11 CON 92-95 L<br />
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INDIANA FEVER<br />
125 S. Pennsylvania Street<br />
Indianapolis, Ind. 46204<br />
Tel: 317-917-2500<br />
Fax: 317-917-2799<br />
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Ticket Information: 317-917-2500<br />
Single Game Ticket Information: 877-<strong>WNBA</strong>-TIX<br />
Website: www.FeverBasketball.<strong>com</strong><br />
Conference: Eastern<br />
Arena: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (9,643 | 18,165 with balcony)<br />
Radio: 1070 The Fan<br />
TV: FOX Sports Indiana<br />
Colors: Blue (PMS 282), Red (PMS 186), Gold (PMS 116)<br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Fever: August 25 at Phoenix<br />
September 9 at Indiana<br />
2011 Finish: 21-13, tied for first in the Eastern Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Defeated New York (2-1) in Eastern Conference Semifinals<br />
Lost to Atlanta (1-2) in Eastern Conference Finals<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
Owner, Chairman and<br />
Chief Executive Officer, PS&E ..........................................Herbert Simon<br />
President, PS&E...........................................................................Jim Morris<br />
President, Pacers Basketball ......................................................Larry Bird<br />
Chief Operating Officer, PS&E ................................................Rick Fuson<br />
General Manager/Basketball Operations ......................David Morway<br />
Chief Operating Officer &<br />
General Manager, Fever Basketball ..............................Kelly Krauskopf<br />
Senior VP/Chief Financial Officer........................................Kevin Bower<br />
Senior VP/Marketing................................................................Todd Taylor<br />
BASKETBALL OPERATIONS<br />
Head Coach ...................................................................................Lin Dunn<br />
Assistant Coaches ..........................................Stephanie White and TBD<br />
Athletic Trainer ...................................................................Todd Champlin<br />
Strength Coach....................................................................Emily Novitsky<br />
Equipment Manager ............................................Brittany Hollingsworth<br />
Video Coordinator...............................................................Hansen Wong<br />
NBA/<strong>WNBA</strong> Operations Coordinator................................Ashley Floyd<br />
Team Physician...........................................................David Harsha, M.D.<br />
Team Orthopedists.......Stephen Kollias, M.D., Scott A. Lintner, M.D.<br />
MERCURY VS. FEVER 2011 (1-1)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER FEVER HIGH SCORER<br />
June 19 Phoenix Mercury 93, Fever 89 OT Taurasi – 32 Davenport – 20<br />
June 28 Indiana Mercury 86, Fever 91 Bonner/Taurasi – 15 Douglas – 26<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Fever at Phoenix 4-6<br />
Mercury vs. Fever at Indiana 3-8<br />
Mercury vs. Fever Overall 7-14<br />
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BUSINESS, MARKETING & SALES OPERATIONS<br />
Vice President of Business Operations ................................Julie Graue<br />
Vice President of Corporate Partnerships .......................Terry Tiernon<br />
Vice President of Ticket Sales & Services.....................Dionna Widder<br />
Director of Game Operations/Fan Development.....Dean Heaviland<br />
Director of <strong>Media</strong> Relations.........................................Kevin Messenger<br />
Assoc. Director of Game Operations/<br />
Fan Development ................................................................Doug Morgan<br />
Assoc. Director of Promotions.........................................Karen Atkeson<br />
Manager of Community Relations<br />
and Special Projects....................................................Roberta Courtright<br />
Corporate Partnerships<br />
Public Information Assistant................................................Tim Edwards
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> OPPONENTS<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (1-1) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. INDIANA<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 2 2 69 15 37 .405 5 18 .278 12 16 .750 1 5 6 3 7 0 0 8 1 47 23.5 32<br />
Dupree 2 2 66 12 19 .632 0 2 .000 6 7 .857 12 12 24 2 4 0 3 3 3 30 15.0 21<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2 0 46 10 22 .455 4 6 .667 6 7 .857 2 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 0 30 15.0 17<br />
Bonner 2 0 57 8 18 .444 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 2 7 9 4 7 0 1 1 1 19 9.5 15<br />
Taylor 2 2 59 7 23 .304 0 6 .000 2 4 .500 1 7 8 11 7 1 2 6 1 16 8.0 10<br />
Braxton 2 2 34 6 10 .600 0 0 — 3 9 .333 5 7 12 3 6 0 6 3 0 15 7.5 9<br />
Johnson 1 1 29 1 4 .250 1 3 .333 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 7 7.0 7<br />
Spencer (TOT) 2 0 22 3 5 .600 1 3 .333 0 0 — 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 3.5 7<br />
Gray 2 0 28 2 6 .333 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 5 2.5 5<br />
Sanford 2 0 13 2 3 .667 0 0 — 1 1 1.000 1 5 6 3 2 0 0 2 2 5 2.5 5<br />
Swanier 2 1 24 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 — 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 3 0 5 2.5 5<br />
Thomas (TOT) 2 0 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 2 425 65 144 .451 12 42 .286 37 52 .712 24 49 73 40 42 1 15 32 8 179 89.5 93<br />
FEVER 2 425 64 144 .444 16 40 .400 36 48 .750 24 44 68 42 46 1 17 30 13 180 90.0 91<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (1-1) INDIANA FEVER VS. PHOENIX<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Davenport 2 1 50 18 26 .692 0 0 — 9 14 .643 4 6 10 0 9 1 2 4 4 45 22.5 25<br />
Catchings 2 2 72 11 26 .423 2 6 .333 7 8 .875 8 12 20 10 6 0 6 4 4 31 15.5 17<br />
Douglas 2 2 44 10 20 .500 6 12 .500 3 4 .750 1 3 4 6 2 0 2 3 0 29 14.5 26<br />
Pohlen 2 0 61 5 10 .500 5 8 .625 2 3 .667 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 0 17 8.5 17<br />
January 2 2 52 5 14 .357 0 2 .000 3 3 1.000 2 2 4 12 8 0 3 8 0 13 6.5 7<br />
Bobbitt 2 0 30 3 8 .375 1 3 .333 5 6 .833 0 4 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 12 6.0 7<br />
Sutton-Brown 2 1 26 4 7 .571 0 0 — 3 5 .600 3 6 9 1 3 0 1 1 5 11 5.5 8<br />
Smith 2 2 41 3 18 .167 2 7 .286 2 2 1.000 3 5 8 3 7 0 2 0 0 10 5.0 8<br />
Phillips 1 0 15 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 3.0 3<br />
Ely 2 0 17 2 5 .400 0 0 — 1 2 .500 2 4 6 0 4 0 0 3 0 5 2.5 5<br />
Zellous 2 0 16 2 4 .500 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 4<br />
FEVER 2 425 64 144 .444 16 40 .400 36 48 .750 24 44 68 42 46 1 17 30 13 180 90.0 91<br />
MERCURY 2 425 65 144 .451 12 42 .286 37 52 .712 24 49 73 40 42 1 15 32 8 179 89.5 93<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 16 at Phoenix (106-90, 9/2/2009)<br />
Mercury highest point total 106 at Indiana (106-90, 9/2/2009)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 56 twice most recently at Phoenix (56-62, 8/14/2005)<br />
Mercury last win at home June 19, 2011 (93-89 OT)<br />
Mercury last loss at home August 8, 2010 (81-104)<br />
Mercury last win on the road September 2, 2009 (106-90)<br />
Mercury last loss on the road June 28, 2011 (86-91)<br />
Fever largest margin of victory 22 at Phoenix (82-104, 8/8/2010)<br />
Fever highest point total 110 at Indiana (90-110, 8/8/2010)<br />
Fever lowest point total 56 at Phoenix (71-56,) 7/24/2004)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. INDIANA FEVER<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/8/00 IND 66-65 W<br />
7/26/00 PHX 79-65 W<br />
7/1/01 IND 78-86 (OT) L<br />
7/31/02 PHX 56-58 L<br />
7/2/03 IND 68-79 L<br />
7/3/04 IND 60-61 L<br />
7/24/04 PHX 71-56 W<br />
5/24/05 IND 76-83 L<br />
8/14/05 PHX 56-62 L<br />
6/23/06 PHX 73-83 L<br />
7/18/06 IND 65-71 L<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
6/15/07 IND 89-78 W<br />
7/29/07 PHX 80-75 W<br />
7/27/08 PHX 84-88 L<br />
9/14/08 IND 89-103 L<br />
8/8/09 PHX 83-90 L<br />
9/2/09 IND 106-90 W<br />
8/8/10 PHX 82-104 L<br />
8/13/10 IND 90-110 L<br />
6/19/11 PHX 93-89 (OT) W<br />
6/28/11 IND 86-91 L<br />
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LOS ANGELES SPARKS<br />
Front Office<br />
865 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 104<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90017<br />
Tel: 213-929-1300<br />
Fax: 213-929-1325<br />
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Sparks Ticket Information: 877-44-SPARKS<br />
Arena: STAPLES Center (13,141)<br />
Team Mascot: Sparky<br />
Colors: Purple, Yellow and Teal<br />
TV: KDOC and Time Warner Cable SoCal 101<br />
Website: LASparks.<strong>com</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Sparks: May 26 at Phoenix<br />
June 8 at Los Angeles<br />
June 23 at Phoenix<br />
July 10 at Phoenix<br />
September 18 at Los Angeles<br />
2011 Finish: 15-19, fifth in the Western Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Did Not Qualify<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
Majority Investor...............................................................................................................................................Williams Group Holdings LLC<br />
CEO ..............................................................................................................................................................................Paula Williams Madison<br />
President ...............................................................................................................................................................................................Mike Levy<br />
Vice President/General Manager .................................................................................................................................................Penny Toler<br />
Head Coach .........................................................................................................................................................................................Carol Ross<br />
Assistant Coaches ...............................................................................................................................................Sandy Brondello, Jim Lewis<br />
Athletic Trainer ........................................................................................................................................................................Courtney Watson<br />
Director, Communications............................................................................................................................................................................TBD<br />
Coordinator, Communications ...................................................................................................................................................................TBD<br />
MERCURY VS. SPARKS 2011 (2-2)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER SPARKS HIGH SCORER<br />
June 10 Los Angeles Mercury 84, Sparks 98 Taylor – 18 Parker – 22<br />
July 5 Phoenix Mercury 101, Sparks 82 Dupree/Taurasi – 20 Hoffman – 21<br />
August 12 Los Angeles Mercury 90, Sparks 93 (OT) Taylor – 29 Lavender – 25<br />
September 3 Phoenix Mercury 93, Sparks 77 Taurasi – 24 Parker – 32<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Sparks at Phoenix 14-14<br />
Mercury vs. Sparks at Los Angeles 8-20<br />
Mercury vs. Sparks Overall 22-34<br />
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2011 SEASON SERIES (2-2) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. LOS ANGELES<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taylor 4 4 112 27 48 .563 9 21 .429 14 15 .933 4 16 20 11 11 0 3 7 2 77 19.3 29<br />
Taurasi 4 4 130 24 54 .444 13 29 .448 13 14 .929 1 13 14 17 13 0 1 10 1 74 18.5 24<br />
Dupree 4 4 136 28 50 .560 0 1 .000 14 14 1.000 12 22 34 7 10 0 3 6 1 70 17.5 22<br />
Braxton 2 2 39 8 14 .571 0 1 .000 4 6 .667 3 4 7 1 6 0 0 6 0 20 10.0 14<br />
Johnson 4 4 105 14 26 .538 4 10 .400 3 3 1.000 1 7 8 31 6 0 3 5 1 35 8.8 16<br />
Bonner 4 0 105 11 36 .306 4 13 .308 3 3 1.000 12 23 35 1 8 0 2 2 4 29 7.3 10<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 4 0 78 13 39 .333 3 9 .333 0 0 — 1 5 6 6 8 0 5 4 1 29 7.3 11<br />
Sanford 3 2 51 6 14 .429 0 0 — 4 6 .667 9 2 11 1 12 1 0 5 0 16 5.3 10<br />
Swanier 4 0 54 5 9 .556 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 1 1 2 7 7 0 3 4 0 14 3.5 6<br />
Spencer (TOT) 2 0 11 3 4 .750 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 3.0 4<br />
Gray 2 0 8 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 4<br />
Sanni 2 0 7 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Thomas (TOT) 2 0 10 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 2 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 4 825 136 292 .466 36 91 .396 60 67 .896 44 96 140 83 86 1 20 51 10 368 92.0 101<br />
SPARKS 4 825 122 276 .442 34 79 .430 72 92 .783 38 92 130 77 73 1 27 55 13 350 87.5 98<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (2-2) LOS ANGELES SPARKS VS. PHOENIX<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Parker 2 2 72 21 42 .500 1 7 .143 11 12 .917 2 9 11 6 4 0 3 2 3 54 27.0 32<br />
Toliver 3 1 79 15 33 .455 12 20 .600 7 7 1.000 0 1 1 10 5 0 2 2 0 49 16.3 23<br />
Milton-Jones 4 4 100 18 38 .474 3 9 .333 14 18 .778 5 16 21 11 18 1 4 11 0 53 13.3 18<br />
Thompson 4 4 112 17 43 .395 6 18 .333 6 9 .667 9 16 25 6 9 0 5 9 5 46 11.5 21<br />
Hoffman 4 2 82 11 19 .579 3 6 .500 5 6 .833 5 15 20 5 12 0 4 9 0 30 7.5 21<br />
Quinn 4 3 95 9 20 .450 6 11 .545 6 6 1.000 1 5 6 8 5 0 2 2 0 30 7.5 19<br />
Pringle 2 0 28 4 9 .444 0 0 — 6 6 1.000 6 5 11 1 3 0 0 2 1 14 7.0 12<br />
Lavender 4 0 59 12 29 .414 0 0 — 3 8 .375 8 6 14 2 2 0 1 3 1 27 6.8 25<br />
Penicheiro 4 4 115 6 19 .316 0 1 .000 7 9 .778 0 14 14 20 1 0 3 7 0 19 4.8 8<br />
Lacy 3 0 44 5 12 .417 1 1 1.000 3 7 .429 1 5 6 3 8 0 2 1 3 14 4.7 13<br />
O'Hea 3 0 40 4 12 .333 2 6 .333 4 4 1.000 1 0 1 5 6 0 1 2 0 14 4.7 10<br />
SPARKS 4 825 122 276 .442 34 79 .430 72 92 .783 38 92 130 77 73 1 27 55 13 350 87.5 98<br />
MERCURY 4 825 136 292 .466 36 91 .396 60 67 .896 44 96 140 83 86 1 20 51 10 368 92.0 101<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 17 twice most recently at Phoenix (100-83, 8/11/2007)<br />
Mercury highest point total 104 at Phoenix (104-89, 7/5/2009)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 48 at Phoenix (48-54, 6/21/2003)<br />
Mercury last win at home September 3, 2011 (93-77)<br />
Mercury last loss at home September 13, 2009 (78-81)<br />
Mercury last win on the road August 17, 2010 (90-84)<br />
Mercury last loss on the road August 12, 2011 (90-93 OT)<br />
Sparks largest margin of victory 23, three times most recently at Los Angeles (63-86, 7/2/2005)<br />
Sparks highest point total 99 at Phoenix (94-99, 5/17/2008)<br />
Sparks lowest point total 54 at Phoenix (54-48, 6/21/2003)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. LOS ANGELES SPARKS<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/13/97 LA 57-56 W<br />
7/25/97 PHX 83-86 (OT) L<br />
8/18/97 LA 66-75 L<br />
8/24/97 PHX 73-68 (OT) W<br />
6/14/98 PHX 70-60 W<br />
7/13/98 PHX 72-62 W<br />
7/23/98 LA 68-70 L<br />
7/31/98 LA 56-71 L<br />
7/7/99 PHX 61-67 L<br />
7/11/99 LA 58-67 L<br />
7/17/99 PHX 84-76 W<br />
7/21/99 LA 63-84 L<br />
6/10/00 LA 57-76 L<br />
7/21/00 PHX 68-74 L<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
8/5/00 PHX 63-77 L<br />
7/5/01 LA 50-73 L<br />
7/11/01 PHX 61-75 L<br />
8/8/01 LA 67-79 L<br />
6/25/02 LA 66-89 L<br />
6/28/02 PHX 72-84 L<br />
8/13/02 PHX 56-63 L<br />
6/21/03 PHX 48-54 L<br />
7/15/03 LA 77-80 (OT) L<br />
7/24/03 LA 65-82 L<br />
8/8/03 PHX 64-67 L<br />
6/18/04 PHX 74-76 L<br />
7/7/04 LA 71-73 L<br />
9/8/04 PHX 72-58 W<br />
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DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
9/14/04 LA 60-73 L<br />
6/8/05 LA 66-63 W<br />
7/2/05 LA 63-86 L<br />
7/26/05 PHX 77-60 W<br />
6/13/06 LA 84-98 L<br />
6/30/06 LA 83-85 L<br />
7/14/06 PHX 85-95 L<br />
8/5/06 PHX 96-80 W<br />
7/20/07 PHX 77-87 L<br />
8/7/07 LA 96-93 W<br />
8/11/07 PHX 100-83 W<br />
5/17/08 PHX 94-99 L<br />
6/6/08 LA 85-79 W<br />
7/6/08 LA 80-91 L<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/17/08 PHX 99-92 W<br />
6/19/09 PHX 89-80 W<br />
7/5/09 LA 104-89 W<br />
8/27/09 LA 98-90 W<br />
9/13/09 PHX 78-81 L<br />
5/15/10 PHX 78-77 W<br />
6/4/10 PHX 90-89 W<br />
6/8/10 LA 91-92 L<br />
7/6/10 LA 98-89 W<br />
8/17/10 LA 90-84 W<br />
6/10/11 LA 84-98 L<br />
7/5/11 PHX 101-82 W<br />
8/12/11 LA 90-93 (OT) L<br />
9/3/11 PHX 93-77 W
MINNESOTA LYNX<br />
Address: 600 First Avenue North<br />
Minneapolis, MN 55403<br />
Tel: 612-673-1600<br />
Fax: 612-673-8407<br />
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Ticket Information: 612-673-8400<br />
Radio: KLCI 106.1 FM (BOB 106)<br />
TV: Fox Sports North<br />
Conference: Western<br />
Arena: Target Center (Capacity - 9,181)<br />
Website: www.lynxbasketball.<strong>com</strong><br />
Team Mascot: Prowl<br />
Colors: Blue (PMS 647), Green (PMS 348), Silver (PMS 877), Light Blue (PMS 659), Red (Pantone Warm Red)<br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Lynx: May 20 at Minnesota<br />
June 15 at Phoenix<br />
June 27 at Minnesota<br />
September 21 at Phoenix<br />
2011 Finish: 27-7, first in the Western Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Defeated San Antonio (2-1) in Western Conference Semifinals<br />
Defeated Phoenix (2-0) in Western Conference Finals<br />
Defeated Atlanta (3-0) in <strong>WNBA</strong> Finals<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
Owner...................................................................................................................................................................................................Glen Taylor<br />
Chief Executive Officer........................................................................................................................................................................Rob Moor<br />
President ............................................................................................................................................................................................Chris Wright<br />
Chief Operating Officer................................................................................................................................................................Conrad Smith<br />
BASKETBALL OPERATIONS<br />
Executive Vice President...............................................................................................................................................................Roger Griffith<br />
Head Coach .....................................................................................................................................................................................Cheryl Reeve<br />
Assistant Coaches..........................................................................................................................................Jim Petersen, Shelley Patterson<br />
Manager of Basketball Operations and Video..........................................................................................................................Katie Alsdurf<br />
Head Athletic Trainer .......................................................................................................................................................................Chuck Barta<br />
Associate Athletic Trainer and Head Strength and Conditioning Coach.............................................................................Keith Uzpen<br />
Vice President, Team Medical Services............................................................................................................................Dr. Sheldon Burns<br />
Orthopedic Surgeon .............................................................................................................................................................Dr. David Fischer<br />
OTHER<br />
Public Relations Manager ....................................................................................................................................................................Alex King<br />
MERCURY VS. LYNX 2011 (2-3)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER LYNX HIGH SCORER<br />
July 13 Minnesota Mercury 112, Lynx 105 Taurasi – 27 Augustus – 22<br />
July 20 Phoenix Mercury 98, Lynx 106 Taurasi – 24 Augustus – 25<br />
August 2 Minnesota Mercury 73, Lynx 90 Taurasi – 20 Moore – 22<br />
August 9 Phoenix Mercury 85, Lynx 80 Taurasi – 26 Moore – 28<br />
September 11 Phoenix Mercury 90, Lynx 96 Taurasi – 19 Augustus/Moore/Wright – 15<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Lynx at Phoenix 17-8<br />
Mercury vs. Lynx at Minnesota 10-13<br />
Mercury vs. Lynx Overall 27-21<br />
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2011 SEASON SERIES (2-3) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. MINNESOTA<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
3-POINT FG<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 5 5 149 33 77 .429 13 30 .433 37 42 .881 2 13 15 20 19 0 3 16 5 116 23.2 27<br />
Taylor 4 4 122 19 36 .528 10 17 .588 18 24 .750 4 18 22 18 13 0 1 6 2 66 16.5 23<br />
Bonner 5 1 120 21 36 .583 9 17 .529 16 20 .800 5 20 25 3 9 0 4 8 2 67 13.4 24<br />
Dupree 5 5 160 27 56 .482 1 1 1.000 11 14 .786 13 23 36 10 8 0 0 6 7 66 13.2 19<br />
Braxton 2 2 49 9 17 .529 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 3 4 7 3 6 0 1 1 3 20 10.0 12<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 5 0 82 16 37 .432 6 10 .600 6 6 1.000 3 7 10 6 8 0 2 5 0 44 8.8 15<br />
Johnson 5 5 119 16 34 .471 7 16 .438 1 2 .500 3 11 14 22 10 0 9 15 2 40 8.0 11<br />
Spencer (TOT) 2 0 16 2 4 .500 2 3 .667 0 0 — 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 6<br />
Spencer (PHO) 2 0 16 2 4 .500 2 3 .667 0 0 — 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 6<br />
Sanford 5 3 70 4 10 .400 0 0 — 5 8 .625 3 7 10 2 10 0 1 4 2 13 2.6 4<br />
Swanier 3 0 47 3 14 .214 1 5 .200 0 0 — 2 4 6 7 6 0 2 4 0 7 2.3 7<br />
Gray 5 0 39 4 12 .333 3 10 .300 0 0 — 2 1 3 1 3 0 1 2 0 11 2.2 9<br />
Thomas (TOT) 3 0 28 2 3 .667 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 3 3 0 5 0 2 3 0 4 1.3 2<br />
Thomas (PHO) 1 0 21 1 2 .500 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Sanni 1 0 7 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 5 1000 155 335 .463 52 110 .473 96 118 .814 41 109 150 95 98 0 24 69 23 458 91.6 112<br />
LYNX 5 1000 179 357 .501 37 81 .457 82 114 .719 52 127 179 94 108 0 45 59 22 477 95.4 106<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (3-2) MINNESOTA LYNX VS. PHOENIX<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
3-POINT FG<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Augustus 5 5 154 45 74 .608 6 10 .600 13 17 .765 3 18 21 14 10 0 3 7 1 109 21.8 26<br />
Moore 5 5 144 30 61 .492 14 30 .467 20 27 .741 7 10 17 10 13 0 15 2 1 94 18.8 28<br />
Whalen 5 5 143 26 55 .473 5 8 .625 4 9 .444 3 16 19 30 11 0 5 14 1 61 12.2 19<br />
Brunson 5 5 122 20 39 .513 0 0 — 19 28 .679 14 28 42 6 11 0 2 4 5 59 11.8 16<br />
McWilliams-Frank 5 5 147 17 35 .486 0 2 .000 9 10 .900 11 19 30 12 18 0 5 6 7 43 8.6 14<br />
Wiggins 5 0 82 10 26 .385 6 19 .316 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 7 12 0 5 3 2 28 5.6 10<br />
Houston 5 0 53 8 21 .381 4 7 .571 5 6 .833 2 11 13 4 10 0 1 3 1 25 5.0 8<br />
Wright 4 0 40 7 14 .500 1 1 1.000 4 5 .800 0 5 5 7 8 0 2 6 0 19 4.8 15<br />
Adair 5 0 63 9 20 .450 0 0 — 4 8 .500 9 15 24 1 11 0 3 5 4 22 4.4 10<br />
Harris 2 0 13 3 4 .750 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.0 6<br />
Hornbuckle 4 0 40 4 8 .500 1 4 .250 0 0 — 1 3 4 2 4 0 4 4 0 9 2.3 7<br />
LYNX 5 1000 179 357 .501 37 81 .457 82 114 .719 52 127 179 94 108 0 45 59 22 477 95.4 106<br />
MERCURY 5 1000 155 335 .463 52 110 .473 96 118 .814 41 109 150 95 98 0 24 69 23 458 91.6 112<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 33 at Phoenix (79-46, 7/29/1999)<br />
Mercury highest point total 127 at Minnesota (127-124 2OT, 7/24/2010)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 47 at Minnesota (47-56, 7/3/1999)<br />
Mercury last win at home August 9, 2011 (85-80)<br />
Mercury last loss at home September 11, 2011 (90-96)<br />
Mercury last win on the road July 13, 2011 (112-105)<br />
Mercury last loss on the road August 2, 2011 (73-90)<br />
Lynx largest margin of victory 29 at Minnesota (80-109, 6/27/2009)<br />
Lynx highest point total 124 at Minnesota (127-124 2OT, 7/24/2010)<br />
Lynx lowest point total 46 twice most recently at Phoenix (69-46, 6/22/2004)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. MINNESOTA LYNX<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/3/99 MIN 47-56 L<br />
7/29/99 PHX 79-46 W<br />
8/2/99 MIN 56-73 L<br />
8/9/99 PHX 64-55 W<br />
6/17/00 PHX 62-69 L<br />
6/20/00 MIN 74-55 W<br />
7/11/00 PHX 64-54 W<br />
6/2/01 MIN 89-80 W<br />
7/14/01 MIN 80-67 W<br />
8/1/01 PHX 63-68 L<br />
6/23/02 PHX 70-61 W<br />
7/29/02 PHX 57-45 W<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
8/2/02 MIN 51-75 L<br />
6/27/03 MIN 59-67 L<br />
8/4/03 MIN 56-61 L<br />
8/6/03 PHX 56-49 W<br />
8/20/03 PHX 66-69 L<br />
6/5/04 MIN 68-76 L<br />
6/22/04 PHX 69-46 W<br />
7/9/04 MIN 59-61 L<br />
7/18/04 PHX 60-63 L<br />
6/22/05 MIN 59-75 L<br />
7/29/05 MIN 69-65 W<br />
8/3/05 PHX 70-64 W<br />
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DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
8/21/05 PHX 83-69 W<br />
6/18/06 MIN 82-94 L<br />
6/28/06 PHX 81-78 W<br />
8/8/06 PHX 99-68 W<br />
6/5/07 PHX 85-90 L<br />
7/3/07 MIN 95-79 W<br />
7/22/07 PHX 106-93 W<br />
7/25/07 MIN 103-79 W<br />
5/31/08 MIN 83-94 L<br />
9/3/08 PHX 103-96 W<br />
9/12/08 MIN 96-87 W<br />
6/17/09 PHX 104-90 W<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
6/27/09 MIN 80-109 L<br />
7/22/09 PHX 86-99 L<br />
8/1/09 MIN 87-74 W<br />
6/1/10 MIN 82-92 L<br />
6/10/10 PHX 99-88 W<br />
7/24/10 MIN 127-124 (2OT) W<br />
7/29/10 PHX 110-92 W<br />
7/13/11 MIN 112-105 W<br />
7/20/11 PHX 98-106 L<br />
8/2/11 MIN 73-90 L<br />
8/9/11 PHX 85-80 W<br />
9/11/11 PHX 90-96 L
NEW YORK LIBERTY<br />
Arena: Prudential Center (18,500)<br />
Address: 165 Mulberry Street<br />
Newark, NJ 07102<br />
OPPONENTS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
Practice Facility: Madison Square Garden Training Center<br />
711 Old Saw Mill River Road<br />
Tarrytown, NY 10591<br />
TV: MSG Network<br />
Website: www.nyliberty.<strong>com</strong><br />
Colors: Black, Seafoam Green, Light Blue, Orange and White<br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Liberty: August 23 at Phoenix<br />
September 5 at New York<br />
2011 Finish: 19-15, fourth in the Eastern Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Lost to Indiana (1-2) in Eastern Conference Semifinals<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
Executive Chairman, Madison Square Garden....................................................................................................................James L. Dolan<br />
President & CEO, Madison Square Garden...............................................................................................................................Hank Ratner<br />
President, MSG Sports.....................................................................................................................................................................Scott O’Neil<br />
BASKETBALL OPERATIONS<br />
Head Coach & General Manager ..........................................................................................................................................John Whisenant<br />
Assistant General Manager.........................................................................................................................................................Jill Culbertson<br />
Assistant Coaches................................................................................................................................Monique Ambers, Norm Ellenberger<br />
Scout.................................................................................................................................................................................................Lady Grooms<br />
Head Athletic Trainer .....................................................................................................................................................................Laura Ramus<br />
OTHER<br />
Vice President, Communication, MSG Sports....................................................................................................................Stacey Escudero<br />
Manager, Corporate Communications ......................................................................................................................................Alyson Furch<br />
MERCURY VS. LIBERTY 2011 (1-1)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER LIBERTY HIGH SCORER<br />
July 30 New York Mercury 91, Liberty 84 Taylor – 29 Powell – 16<br />
August 23 Phoenix Mercury 70, Liberty 74 Dupree – 17 Pondexter – 25<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Liberty at Phoenix 10-5<br />
Mercury vs. Liberty at New York 3-13<br />
Mercury vs. Liberty Overall 13-18<br />
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2011 SEASON SERIES (1-1) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. NEW YORK<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taylor 2 2 64 12 28 .429 2 9 .222 17 18 .944 3 10 13 7 3 0 7 7 0 43 21.5 29<br />
Taurasi 1 1 33 4 13 .308 2 9 .222 6 6 1.000 1 2 3 3 5 0 2 4 0 16 16.0 16<br />
Dupree 2 2 66 11 23 .478 0 1 .000 5 6 .833 4 10 14 1 6 0 1 7 0 27 13.5 17<br />
Gray 1 0 28 4 9 .444 2 7 .286 1 1 1.000 1 5 6 2 2 0 0 3 0 11 11.0 11<br />
Bonner 2 0 44 5 12 .417 1 4 .250 4 4 1.000 4 12 16 2 4 0 1 1 3 15 7.5 8<br />
Braxton 1 1 15 3 4 .750 1 1 1.000 0 0 — 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 7 7.0 7<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2 1 31 5 16 .313 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 0 5 0 1 3 1 13 6.5 8<br />
Swanier 2 0 35 3 5 .600 2 4 .500 3 4 .750 0 3 3 7 1 0 1 6 0 11 5.5 8<br />
Sanford 2 1 34 3 4 .750 0 0 — 2 3 .667 2 9 11 0 6 0 0 2 0 8 4.0 8<br />
Thomas (TOT) 1 0 4 2 2 1.000 0 0 — 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4.0 4<br />
Thomas (PHO) 1 0 4 2 2 1.000 0 0 — 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4.0 4<br />
Johnson 2 2 44 3 8 .375 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 6 3.0 6<br />
Sanni 1 0 3 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 2 400 55 124 .444 11 41 .268 40 47 .851 17 57 74 31 35 0 15 42 5 161 80.5 91<br />
LIBERTY 2 400 62 150 .413 11 40 .275 23 33 .697 21 48 69 29 43 0 25 29 7 158 79.0 84<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (1-1) NEW YORK LIBERTY VS. PHOENIX<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Pondexter 2 2 70 13 39 .333 3 15 .200 9 12 .750 1 10 11 5 7 0 3 4 0 38 19.0 25<br />
Powell 2 2 66 13 22 .591 4 12 .333 2 2 1.000 2 5 7 5 3 0 10 5 2 32 16.0 16<br />
Pierson 2 2 62 11 27 .407 0 0 — 3 4 .750 2 6 8 6 9 0 4 4 0 25 12.5 15<br />
Vaughn 2 2 50 10 23 .435 0 0 — 1 3 .333 8 7 15 4 8 0 3 2 2 21 10.5 11<br />
Carson 2 0 44 7 21 .333 2 5 .400 4 6 .667 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 6 3 20 10.0 12<br />
Hollingsworth 2 0 35 5 7 .714 0 0 — 1 2 .500 6 7 13 0 8 0 1 4 0 11 5.5 8<br />
Mitchell 2 2 50 3 10 .300 2 7 .286 0 0 — 0 9 9 7 1 0 3 0 0 8 4.0 8<br />
Braxton (TOT) 1 0 8 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Braxton (NY) 1 0 8 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Phillips (TOT) 2 0 5 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 2 .500 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 1<br />
Phillips (NY) 1 0 5 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 2 .500 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 1<br />
Montgomery 1 0 11 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 — 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0<br />
LIBERTY 2 400 62 150 .413 11 40 .275 23 33 .697 21 48 69 29 43 0 25 29 7 158 79.0 84<br />
MERCURY 2 400 55 124 .444 11 41 .268 40 47 .851 17 57 74 31 35 0 15 42 5 161 80.5 91<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 19 at Phoenix (69-50, 7/7/1997)<br />
Mercury highest point total 97 at Phoenix (97-86, 8/9/2007)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 51 at Phoenix (51-48, 5/31/2000)<br />
Mercury last win at home July 3, 2010 (97-82)<br />
Mercury last loss at home August 23, 2011 (70-74)<br />
Mercury last win on the road July 30, 2011 (91-84)<br />
Mercury last loss on the road August 14, 2010 (69-107, 8/14/2010)<br />
Liberty largest margin of victory 38 at New York (69-107, 8/14/2010)<br />
Liberty highest point total 107 at New York (69-107, 8/14/2010)<br />
Liberty lowest point total 48 at Phoenix (51-48, 5/31/2000)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. NEW YORK LIBERTY<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
6/29/97 NY 57-65 L<br />
7/7/97 PHX 69-50 W<br />
8/2/97 NY 70-78 L<br />
8/12/97 PHX 77-67 W<br />
6/29/98 NY 68-71 L<br />
7/18/98 PHX 63-69 L<br />
8/11/98 NY 78-79 (OT) L<br />
7/1/99 NY 67-83 L<br />
8/6/99 PHX 68-55 W<br />
5/31/00 PHX 51-48 W<br />
6/28/00 NY 69-82 L<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
6/21/01 PHX 70-95 L<br />
7/8/02 NY 71-77 L<br />
6/25/03 NY 64-70 L<br />
7/29/03 PHX 66-59 W<br />
6/24/04 PHX 72-60 W<br />
7/11/04 NY 69-77 L<br />
6/18/05 NY 54-65 L<br />
7/21/05 PHX 70-80 L<br />
7/9/06 NY 94-88 (OT) W<br />
7/16/06 PHX 80-70 W<br />
6/3/07 NY 82-83 L<br />
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DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
8/9/07 PHX 97-86 W<br />
6/22/08 NY 72-105 L<br />
7/5/08 PHX 83-93 L<br />
6/10/09 PHX 91-84 W<br />
7/26/09 NY 94-88 W<br />
7/3/10 PHX 97-82 W<br />
8/14/10 NY 69-107 L<br />
7/30/11 NY 91-84 W<br />
8/23/11 PHX 70-74 L
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SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS<br />
One AT&T Center<br />
San Antonio, TX 78219<br />
Tel: 210-444-5000<br />
Fax: 210-444-5699<br />
Ticket Information: 210-444-5090<br />
Website: www.SASilverStars.<strong>com</strong><br />
Arena: AT&T Center (9,839)<br />
Radio: Ticket 760 AM<br />
TV: FOX Sports Southwest<br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Silver Stars: June 1 at San Antonio<br />
July 3 at San Antonio<br />
August 19 at Phoenix<br />
September 1 at Phoenix<br />
2011 Finish: 18-16, fourth in the Western Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Lost to Minnesota (1-2) in Western Conference Semifinals<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
Ownership................................................Spurs Sports & Entertainment<br />
Chairman & CEO.........................................................................Peter Holt<br />
President of Business Operations.............................................Rick Pych<br />
President of Sports Franchises/Spurs GM ..........................R.C. Buford<br />
Executive Vice President of<br />
Corporate Partnership & Broadcasting .......................Lawrence Payne<br />
Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing ......................Frank Miceli<br />
Senior Vice President of Finance &<br />
Corporate Administration.......................................................Lori Warren<br />
Vice President of Sales.................................................................Joe Clark<br />
Vice President of Corporate Communications<br />
& Public Affairs..........................................................................Leo Gomez<br />
Executive Director of Silver and Black<br />
Give Back & Community Service.........................................Laura Dixon<br />
Director of Business Operations, <strong>WNBA</strong> ..................Russell J. Warren<br />
Silver Stars Administrative Assistant ...................................Evelyn Sealy<br />
BASKETBALL OPERATIONS<br />
General Manager/Head Coach............................................Dan Hughes<br />
Assistant Coaches..................................Vickie Johnson, Steve Shuman<br />
Head Athletic Trainer.............................................................Tonya Holley<br />
Team Physicians.....................................................Richard Steffen, M.D.,<br />
Paul Saenz, D.O., Timothy S. Palomera, M.D.<br />
MERCURY VS. SILVER STARS 2011 (2-3)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER SILVER STARS HIGH SCORER<br />
June 17 Phoenix Mercury 99, Silver Stars 101 Taurasi – 20 Young – 26<br />
June 21 San Antonio Mercury 105, Silver Stars 98 Taylor – 30 Hammon – 28<br />
July 28 San Antonio Mercury 91, Silver Stars 102 Taurasi – 27 Hammon – 33<br />
August 20 Phoenix Mercury 87, Silver Stars 81 Taylor – 28 Hammon – 22<br />
September 1 San Antonio Mercury 68, Silver Stars 86 Bonner – 23 Perkins – 23<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Starzz/Silver Stars at Phoenix 18-9<br />
Mercury vs. Starzz/Silver Stars at Utah/San Antonio 12-17<br />
Mercury vs. Starzz/Silver Stars Overall 30-26<br />
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Coordinator of Video and Athletic Performance ...Chrissy Stragisher<br />
Equipment Manager..................................................................Will Grove<br />
Baksetball Operations Manager ..................................Melissa Martinez<br />
Public Relations Manager ...........................................Lindsey Campbell<br />
Basketball Intern .....................................................................James Wade<br />
BUSINESS OPERATIONS<br />
Game Operations Manager................................................Evan Maxwell<br />
Ticket Manager .....................................................................Jason Dawbin<br />
Talent Resources Manager...................................................Sonia Davies<br />
Senior Manager of Business Operations .............................Josh White<br />
Senior Franchise Service Coordinator..............................Kassie Smiley<br />
Franchise Marketing Coordinator .....................................Steven Rohall<br />
Corporate Partnerships Account Executive.....Harmony Schwethelm<br />
<strong>WNBA</strong> Sales Representatives ...........................Alma Lara, Kendra Hill,<br />
Luke Reichenstein, Yolanda Rodgers, David Shrimpton<br />
Marketing Representative ...................................................Martin Sharp<br />
MEDIA<br />
Director of Broadcasting ...................................................Mike Kickirillo<br />
Radio/Television Play-by-Play ......................................Andrew Monaco<br />
TV Analyst ...................................................................Brenda VanLengen<br />
Radio Play-by-Play .................................................................Andy Everett
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> OPPONENTS<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (2-3) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. SAN ANTONIO<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
3-POINT FG<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taylor 4 4 131 28 50 .560 6 14 .429 25 27 .926 1 11 12 25 7 0 5 11 1 87 21.8 30<br />
Taurasi 4 4 116 17 44 .386 6 20 .300 32 34 .941 0 10 10 14 16 0 2 13 3 72 18.0 27<br />
Dupree 5 5 161 31 57 .544 0 0 — 21 28 .750 13 49 62 9 20 1 3 14 7 83 16.6 20<br />
Bonner 5 1 128 19 41 .463 4 14 .286 24 26 .923 9 32 41 1 9 0 7 5 8 66 13.2 23<br />
Braxton 3 3 66 15 27 .556 1 1 1.000 7 10 .700 5 13 18 4 11 0 1 5 1 38 12.7 15<br />
Johnson 5 5 110 13 30 .433 4 10 .400 4 4 1.000 1 3 4 17 9 0 4 3 0 34 6.8 14<br />
Spencer (TOT) 4 0 47 7 17 .412 4 5 .800 0 0 — 1 6 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 18 4.5 9<br />
Spencer (PHO) 2 0 22 2 8 .250 1 1 1.000 0 0 — 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.5 5<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 5 1 84 7 32 .219 1 7 .143 6 6 1.000 2 5 7 4 11 0 5 6 2 21 4.2 5<br />
Sanford 5 2 58 3 11 .273 0 0 — 10 12 .833 7 5 12 0 6 0 3 2 0 16 3.2 9<br />
Gray 4 0 37 4 12 .333 3 8 .375 1 2 .500 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 3 0 12 3.0 7<br />
Thomas (TOT) 1 0 10 1 2 .500 0 0 — 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 3<br />
Thomas (PHO) 1 0 10 1 2 .500 0 0 — 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 3<br />
Sanni 2 0 5 2 3 .667 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 2.0 4<br />
Swanier 5 0 74 4 10 .400 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 1 12 13 12 12 1 4 9 0 9 1.8 4<br />
MERCURY 5 1000 146 327 .446 27 78 .346 131 153 .856 40 145 185 88 108 2 34 74 22 450 90.0 105<br />
SILVER STARS 5 1000 169 371 .456 49 111 .441 81 109 .743 44 136 180 107 118 1 32 58 17 468 93.6 102<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (3-2) SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS VS. PHOENIX<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
3-POINT FG<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Hammon 5 5 160 40 78 .513 20 38 .526 21 22 .955 2 18 20 38 8 0 8 21 2 121 24.2 33<br />
Adams 3 0 66 16 32 .500 5 12 .417 11 15 .733 7 12 19 1 14 0 1 2 5 48 16.0 22<br />
Perkins 5 1 118 25 59 .424 6 20 .300 9 11 .818 2 10 12 6 10 0 5 3 0 65 13.0 23<br />
Young 4 4 125 20 54 .370 0 1 .000 10 19 .526 6 25 31 11 12 0 3 7 0 50 12.5 26<br />
D. Robinson 5 1 110 14 26 .538 0 0 — 16 18 .889 3 6 9 27 20 1 5 7 1 44 8.8 15<br />
S. Robinson 5 2 106 14 32 .438 6 15 .400 7 9 .778 2 11 13 3 13 0 3 3 1 41 8.2 15<br />
Riley 5 5 93 15 31 .484 4 5 .800 1 2 .500 4 14 18 5 15 0 4 2 3 35 7.0 16<br />
Hodges 5 2 43 7 14 .500 6 13 .462 0 0 — 1 4 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 20 4.0 9<br />
Phillips 5 1 53 9 21 .429 0 0 — 2 7 .286 8 12 20 1 8 0 0 1 2 20 4.0 8<br />
Appel 5 0 66 4 11 .364 0 0 — 4 6 .667 8 21 29 3 12 0 1 5 3 12 2.4 4<br />
Bevilaqua 5 4 61 5 13 .385 2 7 .286 0 0 — 1 3 4 7 4 0 2 4 0 12 2.4 5<br />
SILVER STARS 5 1000 169 371 .456 49 111 .441 81 109 .743 44 136 180 107 118 1 32 58 17 468 93.6 102<br />
MERCURY 5 1000 146 327 .446 27 78 .346 131 153 .856 40 145 185 88 108 2 34 74 22 450 90.0 105<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 34 at Phoenix (91-57, 8/19/2005)<br />
Mercury highest point total 105 twice, most recently at San Antonio (105-98, 6/21/2011)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 51 twice, most recently at Phoenix (51-50, 5/28/2003)<br />
Mercury last win at home August 20, 2011 (87-81)<br />
Mercury last loss at home June 17, 2011 (99-101)<br />
Mercury last win on the road June 21, 2011 (105-98)<br />
Mercury last loss on the road September 1, 2011 (68-86)<br />
Starzz/Silver Stars largest margin of victory 22 at Phoenix (55-77, 8/28/2008)<br />
Starzz/Silver Stars highest point total 108 at Phoenix (105-108, 6/18/2010)<br />
Starzz/Silver Stars lowest point total 46 at Phoenix (78-46, 8/6/1997)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. UTAH STARZZ/SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/3/97 UTH 77-55 W<br />
7/12/97 UTH 51-52 L<br />
8/6/97 PHX 78-46 W<br />
8/17/97 PHX 71-63 (OT) W<br />
6/26/98 PHX 96-63 W<br />
7/27/98 UTH 80-90 L<br />
8/8/98 PHX 68-62 W<br />
8/17/98 UTH 75-64 W<br />
7/12/99 UTH 80-66 W<br />
7/27/99 PHX 86-73 W<br />
8/13/99 UTH 64-67 L<br />
8/20/99 PHX 62-70 L<br />
6/6/00 UTH 61-76 L<br />
7/14/00 UTH 84-87 L<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/19/00 PHX 86-76 W<br />
5/30/01 PHX 62-81 L<br />
7/21/01 PHX 59-50 W<br />
8/10/01 UTH 57-69 L<br />
6/1/02 PHX 71-66 W<br />
7/13/02 UTH 66-75 L<br />
7/26/02 UTH 61-74 L<br />
5/28/03 PHX 51-50 W<br />
6/5/03 SAN 55-70 L<br />
7/5/03 SAN 70-81 L<br />
8/22/03 PHX 89-62 W<br />
6/26/04 PHX 72-80 (OT) L<br />
6/29/04 SAN 77-65 W<br />
7/21/04 PHX 87-55 W<br />
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DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/30/04 SAN 68-59 W<br />
6/15/05 PHX 76-62 W<br />
7/5/05 SAN 76-69 W<br />
7/23/05 SAN 66-49 W<br />
8/19/05 PHX 91-57 W<br />
5/31/06 PHX 76-82 L<br />
7/28/06 SAN 96-98 L<br />
8/12/06 SAN 95-93 W<br />
5/19/07 PHX 81-72 W<br />
5/31/07 SAN 97-85 W<br />
7/11/07 PHX 77-87 L<br />
8/2/07 SAN 84-79 W<br />
5/20/08 SAN 76-81 L<br />
7/15/08 PHX 87-97 L<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
8/28/08 PHX 55-77 L<br />
6/6/09 PHX 90-79 W<br />
6/23/09 SAN 87-91 L<br />
8/13/09 PHX 95-83 W<br />
8/15/09 SAN 89-106 L<br />
6/18/10 PHX 105-108 L<br />
8/3/10 SAN 103-92 W<br />
8/6/10 PHX 103-87 W<br />
8/22/10 SAN 82-83 L<br />
6/17/11 PHX 99-101 L<br />
6/21/11 SAN 105-98 W<br />
7/28/11 SAN 91-102 L<br />
8/20/11 PHX 87-81 W<br />
9/1/11 SAN 68-86 L
SEATTLE STORM<br />
STORM OFFICE ADDRESS<br />
Seattle Storm<br />
3421 Thorndyke Ave. W.<br />
Seattle, WA 98119<br />
OPPONENTS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
STORM TRAINING FACILITY<br />
Royal Brougham Pavilion, Seattle Pacific University<br />
3414 Third Ave W<br />
Seattle, WA 98119<br />
Tel: 206-217-<strong>WNBA</strong> (9622)<br />
Home Court: KeyArena (Storm Capacity: 9,686)<br />
305 Harrison St., Seattle, WA 98109<br />
Team Colors: Storm Green, Storm Gold, Storm Red and Storm Bronze<br />
Television: KONG 6/16<br />
Radio: KPTK 1090 AM<br />
Website: www.StormBasketball.<strong>com</strong><br />
PA Announcer: Matt Pitman<br />
Play-By-Play Announcer: Dick Fain<br />
Game Analyst: Adia Barnes<br />
Storm Ticket Information: 206-217-<strong>WNBA</strong> (9622) or 1-877-<strong>WNBA</strong>-TIX (9622-849)<br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Storm: July 8 at Seattle<br />
July 13 at Phoenix<br />
August 16 at Seattle<br />
August 30 at Seattle<br />
September 23 at Phoenix<br />
2011 Finish: 21-13, second in the Western Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Lost to Phoenix (1-2) in Western Conference Semifinals<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
Ownership ..................................................Force 10 Hoops LLC<br />
Chairperson ..........................................................Dawn Trudeau<br />
Chief Executive Officer..........................................Karen Bryant<br />
STORM BASKETBALL OPERATIONS<br />
Head Coach & Director of Player Personnel .......Brian Agler<br />
Assistant Coaches .....................Nancy Darsch, Jenny Boucek<br />
Director of Basketball Operations ..................Missy Bequette<br />
MERCURY VS. STORM 2011 (1-3)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER STORM HIGH SCORER<br />
June 4 Seattle Mercury 71, Storm 78 Taurasi – 31 Little – 18<br />
July 26 Phoenix Mercury 77, Storm 83 Taurasi – 26 Bird – 18<br />
August 16 Phoenix Mercury 81, Storm 79 Taurasi – 24 Bird – 23<br />
September 9 Seattle Mercury 70, Storm 85 Taurasi – 36 Smith – 26<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Storm at Phoenix 11-12<br />
Mercury vs. Storm at Seattle 5-16<br />
Mercury vs. Storm Overall 16-28<br />
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Team Doctor .....................................................Dr. Jordan Chun<br />
Athletic Trainer........................................................Tom Spencer<br />
Strength & Conditioning Coach ..........Michael Brandenberg<br />
Equipment Manager/Video Coordinator........Kacey Kirihara<br />
PR CONTACTS<br />
Director of Communications ............................Carrie Krueger<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Relations Manager ........................................Susan Reid
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> OPPONENTS<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (1-3) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. SEATTLE<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
3-POINT FG<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 4 4 130 37 75 .493 15 26 .577 28 31 .903 3 8 11 9 17 0 7 8 1 117 29.3 36<br />
Dupree 4 4 125 21 39 .538 0 1 .000 8 8 1.000 4 18 22 6 4 0 3 7 1 50 12.5 16<br />
Taylor 3 3 92 11 22 .500 3 8 .375 11 14 .786 3 3 6 12 5 0 4 8 2 36 12.0 16<br />
Bonner 4 1 105 10 32 .313 2 13 .154 4 4 1.000 4 23 27 2 4 0 4 4 5 26 6.5 10<br />
Braxton 2 2 36 6 21 .286 0 0 — 1 4 .250 6 10 16 3 4 0 2 4 2 13 6.5 7<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 4 0 58 5 21 .238 1 5 .200 6 6 1.000 3 4 7 4 5 0 2 5 1 17 4.3 8<br />
Gray 3 0 21 2 6 .333 1 1 1.000 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 9 3.0 5<br />
Sanford 4 2 68 5 12 .417 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 5 10 15 2 6 0 2 1 1 12 3.0 10<br />
Johnson 4 4 93 4 22 .182 0 8 .000 2 2 1.000 2 8 10 15 10 0 3 11 1 10 2.5 4<br />
Thomas (TOT) 1 0 19 1 2 .500 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 2.0 2<br />
Thomas (PHO) 1 0 19 1 2 .500 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 2.0 2<br />
Swanier 4 0 45 2 10 .200 1 8 .125 0 0 — 0 4 4 4 3 0 4 4 0 5 1.3 3<br />
Sanni 2 0 8 1 2 .500 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 1.0 2<br />
Spencer (TOT) 1 0 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Spencer (PHO) 1 0 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 4 800 105 264 .398 23 70 .329 66 75 .880 30 93 123 60 66 0 34 55 18 299 74.8 81<br />
STORM 4 800 121 265 .457 31 69 .449 52 61 .852 34 113 147 77 77 0 29 62 10 325 81.3 85<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (3-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. PHOENIX<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
3-POINT FG<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Bird 4 4 142 25 57 .439 7 18 .389 12 13 .923 1 9 10 31 5 0 8 11 2 69 17.3 23<br />
Smith 4 1 117 20 37 .541 12 21 .571 7 8 .875 4 9 13 6 10 0 4 8 0 59 14.8 26<br />
Little 4 4 121 25 47 .532 0 1 .000 5 6 .833 8 21 29 8 11 0 6 11 3 55 13.8 18<br />
Willingham 4 0 78 15 30 .500 2 5 .400 7 11 .636 9 13 22 8 6 0 0 4 1 39 9.8 15<br />
Wright 3 3 71 9 17 .529 3 6 .500 8 8 1.000 0 9 9 6 10 0 5 7 0 29 9.7 18<br />
Jackson 2 2 54 5 14 .357 1 1 1.000 8 8 1.000 2 8 10 2 5 0 1 3 2 19 9.5 15<br />
Cash 4 4 133 11 38 .289 2 10 .200 4 4 1.000 7 34 41 10 15 0 3 11 1 28 7.0 10<br />
Robinson 4 2 59 6 14 .429 0 0 — 1 3 .333 3 8 11 3 8 0 2 3 1 13 3.3 8<br />
Snell 3 0 12 3 5 .600 3 5 .600 0 0 — 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 1 0 9 3.0 6<br />
Kobryn 2 0 12 2 6 .333 1 2 .500 0 0 — 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 2.5 5<br />
Ibekwe 1 0 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Quigley 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
STORM 4 800 121 265 .457 31 69 .449 52 61 .852 34 113 147 77 77 0 29 62 10 325 81.3 85<br />
MERCURY 4 800 105 264 .398 23 70 .329 66 75 .880 30 93 123 60 66 0 34 55 18 299 74.8 81<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 33 at Phoenix (82-49, 6/7/2000)<br />
Mercury highest point total 107 at Phoenix (107-111 (3OT), 7/14/2010)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 45 at Seattle (45-72, 6/3/2004)<br />
Mercury last win at home August 16, 2011 (81-79)<br />
Mercury last loss at home July 26, 2011 (77-83)<br />
Mercury last win on the road September 10, 2009 (92-84 (OT))<br />
Mercury last loss on the road September 9, 2011 (70-85)<br />
Storm largest margin of victory 41 at Seattle (89-48, 7/19/2002)<br />
Storm highest point total 111 twice most recently at Phoenix (107-111 (3OT), 7/14/2010)<br />
Storm lowest point total 49 at Phoenix (49-82, 6/7/2000)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. SEATTLE STORM<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
6/7/00 PHX 82-49 W<br />
7/28/00 SEA 65-55 W<br />
8/3/00 PHX 85-63 W<br />
5/31/01 SEA 70-83 L<br />
6/22/01 PHX 55-58 L<br />
7/27/01 SEA 56-54 W<br />
6/14/02 PHX 82-90 L<br />
6/26/02 PHX 62-53 W<br />
7/19/02 SEA 48-89 L<br />
6/7/03 SEA 57-66 L<br />
6/17/03 PHX 60-61 L<br />
7/25/03 SEA 53-82 L<br />
8/15/03 PHX 64-50 W<br />
5/28/04 PHX 84-76 W<br />
6/3/04 SEA 45-72 L<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
9/4/04 PHX 63-55 W<br />
9/15/04 SEA 58-73 L<br />
6/2/05 PHX 67-78 L<br />
7/6/05 PHX 73-61 W<br />
8/27/05 SEA 74-85 L<br />
5/25/06 PHX 81-94 L<br />
6/2/06 SEA 87-97 L<br />
6/21/06 SEA 87-80 W<br />
7/25/06 PHX 85-91 L<br />
5/23/07 SEA 87-100 L<br />
7/17/07 PHX 89-79 W<br />
8/4/07 SEA 101-111 L<br />
5/22/08 PHX 83-87 L<br />
6/11/08 SEA 77-83 L<br />
7/10/08 SEA 78-89 L<br />
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DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/25/08 PHX 94-80 W<br />
6/21/09 PHX 84-93 L<br />
7/1/09 PHX 93-81 W<br />
8/4/09 SEA 101-90 (OT) W<br />
9/10/09 SEA 92-84 (OT) W<br />
5/22/10 PHX 89-95 (OT) L<br />
6/6/10 SEA 79-97 L<br />
7/14/10 PHX 107-111 (3OT) L<br />
7/27/10 SEA 85-91 L<br />
8/20/10 PHX 73-78 L<br />
6/4/11 SEA 71-78 L<br />
7/26/11 PHX 77-83 L<br />
8/16/11 PHX 81-79 W<br />
9/9/11 SEA 70-85 L
TULSA SHOCK<br />
Williams Center Tower One<br />
One West Third Street<br />
Suite 1100<br />
Tulsa, OK 74103<br />
Phone: 918-949-9700<br />
Fax: 918-949-9797<br />
BOK Center (7,500)<br />
Team Colors: Black and Yellow<br />
OPPONENTS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Shock: May 22 at Tulsa<br />
June 3 at Phoenix<br />
June 17 at Tulsa<br />
September 14 at Phoenix<br />
2011 Finish: 3-31, sixth in the Western Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Did Not Qualify<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
Ownership ...........................................................................................................................................................Bill Cameron and David Box<br />
President........................................................................................................................................................................................Steve Swetoha<br />
Head Coach ...........................................................................................................................................................................Gary Kloppenburg<br />
Assistant Coach ............................................................................................................................................................Kathy McConnell-Miller<br />
Head Athletic Trainer ...................................................................................................................................................................Allison Russell<br />
Equipment Manager....................................................................................................................................................................Cody Bookout<br />
Public/Community Relations Manager .....................................................................................................................................Pardeep Toor<br />
MERCURY VS. SHOCK 2011 (4-0)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER SHOCK HIGH SCORER<br />
July 8 Tulsa Mercury 86, Shock 78 Taurasi – 17 Cambage – 19<br />
July 10 Phoenix Mercury 102, Shock 63 Taylor – 18 Jackson – 19<br />
August 30 Tulsa Mercury 96, Shock 74 Bonner – 25 Cambage – 16<br />
September 8 Phoenix Mercury 91, Shock 76 Taurasi – 21 Cambage - 22<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Shock at Phoenix 13-4<br />
Mercury vs. Shock at Detroit/Tulsa 9-6<br />
Mercury vs. Shock Overall 22-10<br />
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<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong> OPPONENTS<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (4-0) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. TULSA<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
3-POINT FG<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Taurasi 4 4 91 23 47 .489 7 20 .350 20 24 .833 0 8 8 11 11 0 3 8 2 73 18.3 23<br />
Taylor 2 2 47 14 19 .737 3 6 .500 3 3 1.000 1 7 8 10 2 0 4 2 0 34 17.0 18<br />
Bonner 4 2 112 20 37 .541 6 12 .500 13 16 .813 12 24 36 5 3 0 9 7 7 59 14.8 25<br />
Dupree 4 4 107 17 30 .567 0 0 — 11 14 .786 5 18 23 8 5 0 1 4 2 45 11.3 14<br />
Braxton 2 2 34 10 13 .769 1 1 1.000 0 2 .000 0 5 5 3 8 0 0 6 4 21 10.5 11<br />
Johnson 4 4 86 12 19 .632 4 7 .571 3 3 1.000 0 10 10 13 1 0 1 5 0 31 7.8 16<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 4 0 83 13 38 .342 0 5 .000 4 4 1.000 1 8 9 5 9 0 3 8 0 30 7.5 14<br />
Gray 4 0 59 10 20 .500 2 5 .400 6 9 .667 0 2 2 9 4 0 2 3 0 28 7.0 12<br />
Sanni 2 0 25 5 7 .714 0 0 — 2 6 .333 2 0 2 0 5 0 1 4 1 12 6.0 7<br />
Swanier 2 0 32 3 7 .429 1 3 .333 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 10 3 0 2 3 0 11 5.5 6<br />
Sanford 4 2 70 6 10 .600 0 0 — 9 13 .692 8 19 27 1 15 0 0 7 1 21 5.3 12<br />
Thomas (TOT) 2 0 38 4 8 .500 0 0 — 0 1 .000 4 1 5 0 6 0 0 1 1 8 4.0 4<br />
Thomas (PHO) 2 0 38 4 8 .500 0 0 — 0 1 .000 4 1 5 0 6 0 0 1 1 8 4.0 4<br />
Spencer (TOT) 4 0 35 2 8 .250 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1.0 2<br />
Spencer (PHO) 2 0 17 1 4 .250 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 2<br />
MERCURY 4 800 138 259 .533 24 59 .407 75 99 .758 33 106 139 77 74 0 26 60 18 375 93.8 102<br />
SHOCK 4 800 104 276 .377 15 78 .192 68 83 .819 36 76 112 62 91 1 31 56 14 291 72.8 78<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (0-4) TULSA SHOCK VS. PHOENIX<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN<br />
FIELD GOALS<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
3-POINT FG<br />
FG FGA PCT<br />
FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Cambage 4 0 78 29 44 .659 0 1 .000 14 19 .737 8 12 20 1 17 1 3 12 2 72 18.0 22<br />
Latta 1 1 28 2 10 .200 1 5 .200 10 10 1.000 1 1 2 6 3 0 0 1 0 15 15.0 15<br />
Jackson 4 4 128 19 43 .442 0 1 .000 13 17 .765 8 10 18 3 8 0 6 8 3 51 12.8 19<br />
Pedersen 4 2 116 13 40 .325 2 9 .222 9 10 .900 4 23 27 8 12 0 6 4 2 37 9.3 13<br />
Riley 4 2 91 9 25 .360 3 17 .176 7 8 .875 1 2 3 13 13 0 5 9 1 28 7.0 14<br />
Christmas (TOT)3 0 45 7 13 .538 2 5 .400 4 5 .800 2 2 4 2 5 0 2 3 2 20 6.7 12<br />
Christmas (TUL)2 0 39 7 12 .583 2 4 .500 2 3 .667 2 2 4 2 5 0 2 2 2 18 9.0 12<br />
Swoopes 4 4 102 8 26 .308 4 10 .400 4 4 1.000 0 9 9 9 6 0 2 4 2 24 6.0 10<br />
Lewis 2 1 42 4 16 .250 2 12 .167 0 0 — 2 5 7 11 3 0 2 8 0 10 5.0 7<br />
Holt 4 4 85 5 28 .179 1 11 .091 6 8 .750 3 8 11 5 11 0 0 1 1 17 4.3 11<br />
Jones 2 0 17 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 0 0 — 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 6 3.0 6<br />
Lacy 4 2 58 5 23 .217 0 7 .000 1 2 .500 4 3 7 4 9 0 2 3 0 11 2.8 8<br />
Olajuwon 2 0 13 0 3 .000 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1.0 2<br />
Reed 1 0 2 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
SHOCK 4 800 104 276 .377 15 78 .192 68 83 .819 36 76 112 62 91 1 31 56 14 291 72.8 78<br />
MERCURY 4 800 138 259 .533 24 59 .407 75 99 .758 33 106 139 77 74 0 26 60 18 375 93.8 102<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 39 at Phoenix (102-63, 7/10/11)<br />
Mercury highest point total 123 at Tulsa (123-91, 7/22/2010)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 58 at Phoenix (58-51, 8/16/2005)<br />
Mercury last win at home September 8, 2011 (91-76)<br />
Mercury last loss at home June 14, 2008 (79-89)<br />
Mercury last win on the road August 30, 2011 (96-74)<br />
Mercury last loss on the road September 1, 2009 (99-101)<br />
Shock largest margin of victory 29 at Detroit (82-111, 7/8/2007)<br />
Shock highest point total 111 at Detroit (111-82, 7/8/2007)<br />
Shock lowest point total 51 at Phoenix (58-51, 8/16/2005)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. DETROIT/TULSA SHOCK<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
7/8/98 DET 78-76 W<br />
7/15/98 PHX 73-60 W<br />
8/14/98 PHX 84-59 W<br />
6/26/99 DET 66-60 W<br />
8/11/99 PHX 68-57 W<br />
7/6/00 PHX 81-69 W<br />
6/29/01 DET 71-75 L<br />
7/26/01 PHX 63-62 W<br />
6/13/02 PHX 70-67 W<br />
8/4/02 DET 75-91 L<br />
6/28/03 DET 68-65 W<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
8/13/03 PHX 76-78 L<br />
9/1/04 DET 63-58 W<br />
9/11/04 PHX 72-80 L<br />
7/31/05 DET 63-66 L<br />
8/16/05 PHX 58-51 W<br />
6/9/06 PHX 93-79 W<br />
7/6/06 DET 91-76 W<br />
6/22/07 PHX 84-87 L<br />
7/8/07 DET 82-111 L<br />
6/14/08 PHX 79-89 L<br />
9/9/08 DET 78-89 L<br />
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7/18/09 PHX 97-90 (OT) W<br />
8/1/09 DET 99-101 L<br />
5/25/10 TUL 110-96 W<br />
6/12/10 PHX 116-84 W<br />
7/17/10 PHX 97-88 W<br />
7/22/10 TUL 123-91 W<br />
7/8/11 TUL 86-78 W<br />
7/10/11 PHX 102-63 W<br />
8/30/11 TUL 96-74 W<br />
9/8/11 PHX 91-76 W
OPPONENTS <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
WASHINGTON MYSTICS<br />
601 F Street NW<br />
Washington, DC 20004<br />
Tel: 202-628-3200<br />
Fax: 202-661-5111<br />
Ticket Information: 1-877-DC-HOOP1<br />
Arena: Verizon Center (10,152)<br />
Colors: Red, Navy, Silver and White<br />
TV: Comcast SportsNet<br />
<strong>2012</strong> vs. Mystics: June 20 at Phoenix<br />
July 1 at Washington<br />
2011 Finish: 6-28, sixth in the Eastern Conference<br />
2011 Playoffs: Did Not Qualify<br />
DIRECTORY<br />
Owner...............................................................................................................................................Monumental Sports and Entertainment<br />
Chairman.............................................................................................................................................................................................Ted Leonsis<br />
President & Managing Partner............................................................................................................................................Sheila C. Johnson<br />
Chief Operating Officer ......................................................................................................................................................................Greg Bibb<br />
Head Coach and General Manager...............................................................................................................................................Trudi Lacey<br />
Assistant Coaches .............................................................................................................................Marianne Stanley and Jennifer Gillom<br />
Director of Basketball Operations......................................................................................................................................Maria Giovannetti<br />
Athletic Trainer.....................................................................................................................................................................Navin Hettiarachchi<br />
Director of Corporate and Mystics Communication ..........................................................................................................Ketsia Colimon<br />
MERCURY VS. MYSTICS 2011 (2-0)<br />
DATE SITE SCORE MERCURY HIGH SCORER MYSTICS HIGH SCORER<br />
July 15 Phoenix Mercury 78, Mystics 64 Dupree – 20 Langhorne – 17<br />
August 28 Washington Mercury 86, Mystics 79 Dupree – 27 Langhorne – 27<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS<br />
Mercury vs. Mystics at Phoenix 8-5<br />
Mercury vs. Mystics at Washington 8-5<br />
Mercury vs. Mystics Overall 16-10<br />
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2011 SEASON SERIES (2-0) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. WASHINGTON<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Dupree 2 2 64 19 29 .655 0 0 — 9 9 1.000 3 9 12 6 2 0 1 4 0 47 23.5 27<br />
Braxton 1 1 22 8 13 .615 1 1 1.000 0 0 — 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 17<br />
Taurasi 2 2 58 10 25 .400 2 12 .167 12 13 .923 2 4 6 12 8 0 0 12 2 34 17.0 21<br />
Taylor 2 2 52 8 16 .500 1 3 .333 0 0 — 2 13 15 12 4 0 6 3 0 17 8.5 9<br />
Ferdinand-Harris 2 0 37 5 16 .313 2 4 .500 0 0 — 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 3 0 12 6.0 9<br />
Johnson 2 2 50 4 9 .444 2 2 1.000 0 0 — 0 3 3 9 4 0 1 4 0 10 5.0 5<br />
Gray 2 0 26 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 9 4.5 7<br />
Sanford 2 1 33 2 4 .500 0 0 — 4 4 1.000 2 8 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 8 4.0 6<br />
Bonner 2 0 41 3 8 .375 0 2 .000 0 0 — 3 7 10 2 6 0 0 2 3 6 3.0 6<br />
Sanni 1 0 2 1 1 1.000 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Thomas (TOT) 1 0 4 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Thomas (PHO) 1 0 4 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Swanier 1 0 12 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 — 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MERCURY 2 400 63 129 .488 9 28 .321 29 30 .967 15 52 67 51 35 0 10 32 7 164 82.0 86<br />
MYSTICS 2 400 56 143 .392 7 33 .212 24 39 .615 27 41 68 29 33 0 19 27 7 143 71.5 79<br />
2011 SEASON SERIES (0-2) WASHINGTON MYSTICS VS. PHOENIX<br />
FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS<br />
PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Langhorne 2 2 67 20 41 .488 0 0 — 4 8 .500 7 13 20 1 5 0 2 6 2 44 22.0 27<br />
Ajavon 2 2 68 10 33 .303 2 10 .200 7 9 .778 3 2 5 8 8 0 7 5 0 29 14.5 15<br />
Thomas 2 0 43 10 15 .667 3 7 .429 2 3 .667 0 4 4 6 3 0 2 2 1 25 12.5 14<br />
Walker (TOT) 1 0 28 4 9 .444 0 0 — 1 2 .500 1 6 7 1 3 0 0 1 0 9 9.0 9<br />
Walker (WAS) 1 0 28 4 9 .444 0 0 — 1 2 .500 1 6 7 1 3 0 0 1 0 9 9.0 9<br />
Gardin 2 0 33 5 7 .714 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 4 5 2 3 0 3 2 2 10 5.0 8<br />
Coleman 2 2 63 3 16 .188 1 8 .125 2 4 .500 5 1 6 5 3 0 1 2 0 9 4.5 7<br />
Miller 2 2 42 3 13 .231 1 6 .167 2 2 1.000 2 4 6 6 5 0 1 2 0 9 4.5 6<br />
Anosike 2 2 37 1 7 .143 0 0 — 4 6 .667 7 7 14 0 3 0 3 3 2 6 3.0 5<br />
Christmas 1 0 6 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.0 2<br />
Dunlap 2 0 13 0 1 .000 0 0 — 0 2 .000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 0<br />
Phillips 1 0 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0<br />
MYSTICS 2 400 56 143 .392 7 33 .212 24 39 .615 27 41 68 29 33 0 19 27 7 143 71.5 79<br />
MERCURY 2 400 63 129 .488 9 28 .321 29 30 .967 15 52 67 51 35 0 10 32 7 164 82.0 86<br />
SERIES FACTS<br />
Mercury largest margin of victory 29 at Phoenix (88-59, 8/4/1998)<br />
Mercury highest point total 104 at Phoenix (104-107, 7/1/2010)<br />
Mercury lowest point total 54 at Washington (54-68, 7/9/2002)<br />
Mercury last win at home July 15, 2011 (78-64)<br />
Mercury last loss at home July 1, 2010 (104-107)<br />
Mercury last win on the road June 25, 2009 (93-87)<br />
Mercury last win on the road August 28, 2011 (86-79)<br />
Mystics largest margin of victory 21 at Washington (56-77, 6/21/2005)<br />
Mystics highest point total 107 at Phoenix (104-107, 7/1/2010)<br />
Mystics lowest point total 52 at Phoenix (52-66, 7/7/2001)<br />
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. WASHINGTON MYSTICS<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
6/15/98 PHX 69-54 W<br />
6/28/98 WSH 86-69 W<br />
8/4/98 PHX 88-59 W<br />
6/22/99 WSH 79-76 W<br />
7/25/99 PHX 72-59 W<br />
6/30/00 WSH 66-57 W<br />
7/7/01 PHX 66-52 W<br />
6/3/02 PHX 71-65 W<br />
7/9/02 WSH 54-68 L<br />
DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
8/3/03 WSH 70-69 (2OT) W<br />
8/1/04 WSH 62-82 L<br />
9/17/04 PHX 67-74 L<br />
6/21/05 WAS 56-77 L<br />
7/15/05 PHX 77-66 W<br />
7/2/06 PHX 78-81 L<br />
7/19/06 WAS 96-83 W<br />
6/13/07 WAS 69-86 L<br />
6/20/07 PHX 101-106 L<br />
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DATE SITE SCORE W/L<br />
6/3/08 PHX 98-93 W<br />
6/24/08 WAS 98-90 W<br />
6/25/09 WAS 93-87 W<br />
8/21/09 PHX 81-91 L<br />
6/27/10 WAS 85-95 L<br />
7/1/10 PHX 104-107 L<br />
7/15/11 PHX 78-64 W<br />
8/28/11 WAS 86-79 W
COMMUNITY RELATIONS<br />
OUR HOUSE RULES<br />
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<strong>WNBA</strong> Cares<br />
League & Marketing Programs Overview<br />
Through <strong>WNBA</strong> Cares, the <strong>WNBA</strong> is deeply <strong>com</strong>mitted to<br />
creating programs that improve the quality of life for all people,<br />
with a special emphasis on education, youth and family<br />
development and health and wellness.<br />
NBA/<strong>WNBA</strong> FIT<br />
The league’s <strong>com</strong>prehensive health and wellness program that encourages<br />
girls and women of all ages to learn more about their bodies and the<br />
importance of physical fitness through programs related to health, fitness,<br />
nutrition and self-esteem. Programming inspires girls and women to get<br />
started on “being fit” through small changes in their daily routine.<br />
Dribble, Dish & Swish, a program of NBA/<strong>WNBA</strong> Fit, is free for boys and girls<br />
ages 7 to 12 and encourages participants to be active and to maintain healthy<br />
lifestyles. The <strong>com</strong>petition gives participants the opportunity to showcase<br />
their fundamental basketball skills and physical fitness through a time-based,<br />
half-court obstacle course. The local champion in each age and gender<br />
group will receive an all-expense paid trip to NBA All-Star, where they will<br />
<strong>com</strong>pete in the national finals.<br />
BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> Breast Health Awareness program focuses on generating<br />
awareness and educating women about breast cancer in addition to raising<br />
funds for the initiative.<br />
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<strong>WNBA</strong> GREEN<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> is <strong>com</strong>mitted to a long-term environmental plan through the<br />
implementation of sustainable business practices and procedures that decrease<br />
the league’s carbon footprint and contribute to a clean, healthy environment.<br />
The <strong>WNBA</strong> Greening Initiative is an innovative program designed to reduce<br />
the environmental impact of the league’s operations and events.<br />
VACCINES FOR TEENS<br />
A national multimedia campaign designed to educate teens and their parents<br />
about the importance of vaccination against potentially life-threatening<br />
diseases.<br />
DRIBBLE TO STOP DIABETES<br />
Campaign raising the awareness for diabetes and to promote the importance<br />
of healthy, active lifestyles, as well as diabetes awareness, prevention, and<br />
management.<br />
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Phoenix Mercury Community Relations<br />
Community outreach has been a cornerstone<br />
for the Phoenix Mercury since the franchise was<br />
started in 1997. The club works to create opportunities<br />
and serve as ambassadors for all girls<br />
and women in sports.<br />
Throughout the season, the Phoenix Mercury<br />
partners with many Valley non-profits such as<br />
Elevate Phoenix, Florence Crittenton, Valley of<br />
the Sun United Way, Salvation Army, The Boys<br />
and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix and<br />
numerous local schools.<br />
In 2011, more than 6,000 kids and their families attended Mercury games as part of the Score for Kids program.<br />
Score for Kids is an avenue for women and men to support the Mercury by sending families to Phoenix<br />
Mercury games. The goal of the program is to build confidence and self-esteem in the kids who attend, exposing<br />
them to Mercury players and giving them positive role models to emulate.<br />
2011 also marked the Mercury’s fourth year of the Adopt-a-Team program. The Adopt-a-Team is a mentorship<br />
program in which a Title I high school girls’ basketball team is selected to take part in year-round basketball<br />
and life skills lessons as well as attend Phoenix Mercury games. The program seeks to increase confidence, prepare<br />
students for life after high school graduation and encourage healthy living. The team also receives new<br />
equipment, uniforms and more. In <strong>2012</strong>, the Mercury will adopt its fifth high school.<br />
The Mercury also continues to raise funds for one if its primary platforms, breast health awareness. The team’s<br />
charitable donations to breast health organizations surpassed $50,000 after hosting its second annual live auction<br />
following the Rock the Pink game in 2011.<br />
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US Airways Center<br />
From its planning inception in 1988 and eventual opening in June of 1992, US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena,<br />
as of January 6, 2006) was the benchmark for other cities and other sports facilities. Its design boasted innovations that had not<br />
been seen in arenas of its day including multi-story suite levels, attached premium parking facilities and integrated team practice<br />
facility. Both public and private critics saw US Airways Center as a catalytic project capable of stimulating urban growth.<br />
In its first full year of operation, the arena received every award a new venue of its kind was afforded, including Best New<br />
Concert Venue by Performance Magazine and Best NBA Facility by acclaim of those who know best, the players themselves.<br />
Through the course of the 90’s, new facilities around the country followed the example of US Airways Center and new<br />
projects sprung up in nearly all the major western state metropolitan areas: Denver, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City and in 1999,<br />
Los Angeles and Dallas with dramatic new STAPLES Center and American Airlines Center. Technology changed, entertainment<br />
options proliferated and the city’s emerging new downtown continued to evolve in positive ways.<br />
The US Airways Center has <strong>com</strong>pleted a major $70 million expansion and improvement project. Gone is the block exterior,<br />
replaced with soaring glass walls. The outdoor ticket office is now enclosed inside the 14,000 square foot Casino Arizona<br />
Pavilion, serving as a grand entrance highlighted by a 12 x 20 foot video wall. On the east side, the Bud Light Paseo is a flexible<br />
outdoor entertainment venue covered by a football field-length canopy featuring state-of-the-art sound and video projection<br />
systems, as well as the stylish Bud Light bar area and facilities that double as television studio facilities for Suns telecasts and a<br />
performance stage for music events. Other improvements include new technology installed in the bowl including a 900-foot<br />
LED ribbon, a center-hung scoreboard with HDTV screens, a new sound system, a new Courtside Club, Lexus Club and Verve<br />
Energy Lounge nightclub, and the Suns’ Jungle, a 7,000 square foot family-friendly active home to the Phoenix Suns Gorilla. At<br />
street level the US Airways Center features a Starbucks, an expanded Team Shop and the Toyota Club. In <strong>2012</strong>, US Airways<br />
Center opened Theatre Boxes on the Club Suite Level in the south end of the arena, featuring first-class amenities including a<br />
four-person suite and a reserved table in the all-inclusive lounge.<br />
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Press Row $180 N/A N/A N/A N/A<br />
Sidelines Row A $150 N/A N/A N/A $161<br />
End Court Row A $125 N/A N/A N/A $136<br />
Sidelines Row B $105 N/A N/A N/A $116<br />
Wheelchair Accessible<br />
Price includes $4.75 facility fee<br />
<strong>2012</strong> Mercury Seating Chart<br />
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3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
NC5<br />
A<br />
MERCURY<br />
OFFICIALS<br />
VISITORS<br />
A<br />
A20<br />
B20<br />
NC6<br />
BB<br />
AA<br />
BB<br />
AA<br />
BB<br />
AA<br />
BB<br />
AA<br />
19<br />
18<br />
17<br />
16<br />
15<br />
14<br />
13<br />
12<br />
20<br />
23<br />
22<br />
21<br />
2<br />
1<br />
2<br />
1<br />
2<br />
1<br />
2<br />
1<br />
25<br />
24<br />
31<br />
30<br />
29<br />
28<br />
27<br />
26<br />
25 25<br />
24 24<br />
23 23<br />
22 22<br />
21 21<br />
20 20<br />
19<br />
18<br />
4<br />
3<br />
4<br />
3<br />
4<br />
3<br />
4<br />
3<br />
25<br />
24<br />
23<br />
22<br />
21<br />
20<br />
26<br />
28<br />
27<br />
A19<br />
6<br />
5<br />
6<br />
5<br />
6<br />
5<br />
6<br />
5<br />
EBW<br />
8<br />
7<br />
8<br />
7<br />
8<br />
7<br />
8<br />
7<br />
A18 B19<br />
20 20<br />
21<br />
19<br />
18<br />
11<br />
10<br />
9<br />
11<br />
10<br />
9<br />
11<br />
10<br />
9<br />
11<br />
10<br />
9<br />
B18<br />
26<br />
25<br />
24<br />
23<br />
22<br />
13<br />
12<br />
13<br />
12<br />
13<br />
12<br />
13<br />
12<br />
A17<br />
B17<br />
P5<br />
15<br />
14<br />
15<br />
14<br />
15<br />
14<br />
B14<br />
B15<br />
B16<br />
A14<br />
A15<br />
A16<br />
105 106<br />
27<br />
26<br />
25 25<br />
24 24<br />
23 23<br />
22 22<br />
21 21<br />
20 20<br />
19<br />
18<br />
17<br />
16<br />
15<br />
14<br />
13<br />
12<br />
11<br />
10<br />
9<br />
8<br />
7<br />
6<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
BB<br />
AA<br />
SINGLE<br />
GAME SEAT LOCATION SEASON<br />
121<br />
107<br />
25<br />
24<br />
23<br />
22<br />
21<br />
122<br />
17<br />
16<br />
15<br />
14<br />
13<br />
12<br />
31<br />
30<br />
29<br />
28<br />
27<br />
26<br />
15<br />
14<br />
19<br />
18<br />
20<br />
23<br />
22<br />
21<br />
17<br />
16<br />
17<br />
16<br />
17<br />
16<br />
17<br />
16<br />
P6<br />
22<br />
21<br />
20<br />
19<br />
18<br />
19<br />
18<br />
19<br />
18<br />
19<br />
18<br />
19<br />
18<br />
17<br />
16<br />
15<br />
14<br />
13<br />
12<br />
24<br />
23<br />
21<br />
20<br />
21<br />
20<br />
21<br />
20<br />
21<br />
20<br />
21<br />
20<br />
21<br />
20<br />
21<br />
20<br />
21<br />
20<br />
HALF<br />
SEASON<br />
23<br />
22<br />
23<br />
22<br />
23<br />
22<br />
B63<br />
LEXUS CLUB<br />
123<br />
30<br />
29<br />
28<br />
27<br />
26<br />
25<br />
26<br />
25<br />
24<br />
25<br />
24<br />
27<br />
26<br />
25<br />
24<br />
23<br />
22<br />
23<br />
22<br />
25<br />
24<br />
25<br />
24<br />
23<br />
22<br />
25<br />
24<br />
25<br />
24<br />
23<br />
22<br />
25<br />
24<br />
27<br />
26<br />
27<br />
26<br />
27<br />
26<br />
25<br />
24<br />
23<br />
22<br />
25<br />
24<br />
23<br />
22<br />
21<br />
20<br />
25<br />
24<br />
23<br />
22<br />
21<br />
20<br />
26<br />
27<br />
FLEX<br />
18<br />
28<br />
28<br />
27<br />
124 101<br />
102<br />
103 104<br />
A13<br />
B13<br />
B1<br />
A1<br />
B2<br />
A2<br />
B3<br />
A3<br />
B4<br />
A4<br />
B5<br />
A5<br />
B6<br />
A6<br />
B7<br />
A7<br />
B8<br />
A8<br />
B9<br />
A9<br />
B10<br />
A10<br />
B11<br />
A11<br />
B12<br />
A12<br />
FLEX<br />
12<br />
SINGLE<br />
GAME<br />
REGULAR SEATING<br />
Sidelines rows AA-10 $61 $66 $68 $70 $75<br />
Sidelines rows 12+ $46 $49 $51 $53 $60<br />
Corners/Ends rows AA-10 $46 $49 $51 $53 $60<br />
Corners $36 $40 $42 $44 $50<br />
Corners/Ends $25 $29 $29 N/A $33<br />
Ends $12 $12 N/A N/A $15<br />
Corners/Ends $10 $10 N/A N/A $10
63 INCHES<br />
63 INCHES<br />
Official Court Diagram<br />
20 FEET 6.25 INCHES<br />
20 FEET 6.25 INCHES<br />
20 FEET 6.25 INCHES<br />
255<br />
54 INCHES
<strong>2012</strong> SEASON SCHEDULE<br />
MAY<br />
JUNE<br />
JULY<br />
AUGUST<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
TUE 8 JAPAN* 7:00pm<br />
Sun 20 at Minnesota 9:30am<br />
Tue 22 at Tulsa 5:00pm<br />
SAT 26 LOS ANGELES 7:00pm<br />
Thur 31 at Atlanta 4:00pm<br />
Fri 1 at San Antonio 5:00pm<br />
SUN 3 TULSA 3:00pm<br />
Fri 8 at Los Angeles 8:00pm<br />
FRI 15 MINNESOTA 7:00pm<br />
Sun 17 at Tulsa 1:00pm<br />
WED 20 WASHINGTON 7:00pm<br />
SAT 23 LOS ANGELES 6:00pm<br />
Wed 27 at Minnesota 5:00pm<br />
Fri 29 at Chicago 5:30pm<br />
Sun 1 at Washington 1:00pm<br />
Tue 3 at San Antonio 5:00pm<br />
SAT 7 ATLANTA 7:00pm<br />
Sun 8 at Seattle 6:00pm<br />
TUE 10 LOS ANGELES 12:30pm<br />
FRI 13 SEATTLE 7:00pm<br />
JULY 14-AUGUST 15 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES<br />
Thur 16 at Seattle 7:00pm<br />
SUN 19 SAN ANTONIO 3:00pm<br />
THUR 23 NEW YORK 7:00pm<br />
SAT 25 INDIANA 7:00pm<br />
Thur 30 at Seattle 7:00pm<br />
SAT 1 SAN ANTONIO 7:00pm<br />
Wed 5 at New York 4:00pm<br />
Fri 7 at Connecticut 4:00pm<br />
Sun 9 at Indiana 3:00pm<br />
WED 12 CONNECTICUT 7:00pm<br />
FRI 14 TULSA 7:00pm<br />
SUN 16 CHICAGO 3:00pm<br />
Tue 18 at Los Angeles 7:30pm<br />
FRI 21 MINNESOTA 7:00pm<br />
SUN 23 SEATTLE 12:00pm