2002 Charlotte Sting season

2002 Charlotte Sting season
Coach	Anne Donovan
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	6,667 per game
Results
Record	18–14 (.563)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (2-0) to Washington Mystics
Team Leaders
Points	Andrea Stinson (12.8)
Rebounds	Tammy Sutton-Brown (6.0)
Assists	Dawn Staley (5.1)
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The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth for the Charlotte Sting. The team advanced to the playoffs, but they were later swept in the opening round to the Washington Mystics.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

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

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty x	18	14	.563	11–10	–
Charlotte Sting x	18	14	.563	12–9	–
Washington Mystics x	17	15	.531	12–9	1.0
Indiana Fever x	16	16	.500	12–9	2.0
Orlando Miracle o	16	16	.500	13–8	2.0
Miami Sol o	15	17	.469	11–10	3.0
Cleveland Rockers o	10	22	.312	7–14	8.0
Detroit Shock o	9	23	.281	6–15	9.0

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
June 1	Los Angeles	94-87 (OT)	Win	1-0
June 3	Houston	67-52	Win	2-0
June 6	@ Seattle	59-65	Loss	2-1
June 8	@ Utah	64-69	Loss	2-2
June 9	@ Phoenix	77-80	Loss	2-3
June 11	@ Houston	66-78	Loss	2-4
June 13	Indiana	75-64	Win	3-4
June 16	@ New York	53-54	Loss	3-5
June 19	Washington	78-64	Win	4-5
June 22	Miami	76-63	Win	5-5
June 26	@ Detroit	80-73	Win	6-5
June 30	@ Washington	55-56	Loss	6-6
July 1	Phoenix	90-68	Win	7-6
July 3	Portland	73-76	Loss	7-7
July 5	@ Miami	72-68	Win	8-7
July 6	Cleveland	78-67	Win	9-7
July 9	Miami	55-66	Loss	9-8
July 12	@ Orlando	72-67	Win	10-8
July 13	Minnesota	63-60	Win	11-8
July 17	Orlando	89-62	Win	12-8
July 19	Sacramento	70-51	Win	13-8
July 22	@ Indiana	72-73	Loss	13-9
July 24	@ Cleveland	73-66 (OT)	Win	14-9
July 25	Cleveland	73-83	Loss	14-10
July 27	Detroit	66-74	Loss	14-11
August 1	@ Orlando	63-65	Loss	14-12
August 3	@ Indiana	48-69	Loss	14-13
August 4	New York	58-71	Loss	14-14
August 6	@ Detroit	76-65	Win	15-14
August 9	@ Minnesota	68-62	Win	16-14
August 11	@ New York	71-58	Win	17-14
August 13	Washington	67-57	Win	18-14
August 15 1st Round, G1	@ Washington	62-74	Loss	0-1
August 17 1st Round, G2	Washington	59-62	Loss	0-2

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Andrea Stinson	32	177	91	37	9	411
Tammy Sutton-Brown	32	191	15	29	36	382
Allison Feaster	32	118	61	39	12	379
Dawn Staley	32	56	164	48	0	278
Charlotte Smith	32	121	53	21	17	256
Kelly Miller	32	68	49	22	1	211
Tonya Edwards	29	41	24	16	2	112
Erin Buescher	29	91	18	13	15	95
Summer Erb	31	71	10	13	11	88
Shalonda Enis	4	9	3	1	2	19
Keisha Anderson	7	6	5	0	0	7
Sheila Lambert	3	3	3	1	0	2
Elena Shakirova	1	1	0	1	0	1
Shantia Owens	2	2	0	0	0	0