2002 Miami Sol season

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

2002 Miami Sol season
Coach	Ron Rothstein
Arena	American Airlines Arena
Attendance	8,828 per game
Results
Record	15–17 (.469)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
← 2001 season

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2002 WNBA draft

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

Transactions

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

Roster

2002 Miami Sol roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 14 Askamp, Marlies 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1970-07-08 5 G 31 Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m) 124 lb (56kg) 1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's 3 G 6 Brondello, Sandy 5' 7" (1.7m) 136 lb (62kg) 1968-08-20 3 G/F 8 Castro Marques, Iziane 6' 0" (1.83m) 140 lb (64kg) 1982-03-13 R C 41 Johns Kimbrough, Pollyanna 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 1975-11-06 Michigan 3 G 22 Lennox, Betty 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1976-12-04 Louisiana Tech 2 G 30 Moore, Tamara 5' 10" (1.78m) 176 lb (80kg) 1980-04-11 Wisconsin R F/C 53 Moos, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m) 1978-05-23 Stanford R G 9 Neves, Claudia 5' 8" (1.73m) 136 lb (62kg) 1975-02-17 3 F 18 Nygaard, Vanessa 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1975-03-13 Stanford 3 F 52 Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m) 172 lb (78kg) 1978-11-01 Michigan State 2 C 7 Riley, Ruth 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1979-08-28 Notre Dame 1 G/F 55 Sam, Sheri 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1974-05-05 Vanderbilt 3 F 5 Stafford-Odom, Trisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1970-11-11 California 1 G/F 11 Yamasaki, Lindsey 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 1980-06-02 Stanford R	Head coach Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island) Assistant coaches Jenny Boucek Tony Fiorentino Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2002 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 9–7; Road: 6–10)
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 28 Minnesota L 63–66 Tamara Moore (22) Vanessa Nygaard (6) Tamara Moore (4) American Airlines Arena 0–1 2 May 30 Los Angeles L 65–69 Sandy Brondello (20) Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (8) Debbie Black (5) American Airlines Arena 0–2
June : 4–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 June 2 @ New York L 52–58 Sandy Brondello (17) Sheri Sam (8) Black Moore Rasmussen (2) Madison Square Garden 0–3 4 June 4 Orlando L 69–71 Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (16) Sheri Sam (9) Black Brondello (5) American Airlines Arena 0–4 5 June 9 @ Washington L 67–76 Sheri Sam (23) Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7) Debbie Black (9) MCI Center 0–5 6 June 11 Cleveland W 74–65 Sheri Sam (18) Debbie Black (9) Black Sam (5) American Airlines Arena 1–5 7 June 15 @ Orlando W 69–65 Sheri Sam (17) Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7) Debbie Black (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 2–5 8 June 18 Houston L 46–53 Riley Sam (11) Debbie Black (7) Black Riley (3) American Airlines Arena 2–6 9 June 21 Washington L 60–65 Sheri Sam (18) Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (9) Black Sam (4) American Airlines Arena 2–7 10 June 22 @ Charlotte L 63–76 Betty Lennox (18) Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (12) Claudia Neves (4) Charlotte Coliseum 2–8 11 June 25 @ Cleveland L 50–71 Betty Lennox (19) Betty Lennox (6) Sheri Sam (4) Gund Arena 2–9 12 June 28 @ Detroit W 78–74 (OT) Sheri Sam (27) Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7) Debbie Black (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 3–9 13 June 30 Indiana W 65–59 Sheri Sam (19) Kristen Rasmussen (6) Lennox Sam (4) American Airlines Arena 4–9
July : 8–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 14 July 3 Phoenix W 86–61 Betty Lennox (16) Johns Kimbrough Nygaard (6) Debbie Black (7) American Airlines Arena 5–9 15 July 5 Charlotte L 68–72 Sandy Brondello (23) Kristen Rasmussen (6) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 5–10 16 July 7 Seattle W 65–61 (OT) Betty Lennox (19) Kristen Rasmussen (9) Sheri Sam (7) American Airlines Arena 6–10 17 July 9 @ Charlotte W 66–55 Sheri Sam (23) Sheri Sam (6) Kristen Rasmussen (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7–10 18 July 12 @ Indiana W 68–62 Sheri Sam (15) Sheri Sam (10) Debbie Black (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 8–10 19 July 13 Orlando W 70–56 Betty Lennox (24) Sheri Sam (6) Black Neves Rasmussen (3) American Airlines Arena 9–10 20 July 17 Sacramento L 62–78 Betty Lennox (18) Kristen Rasmussen (8) Johns Kimbrough Lennox (2) American Airlines Arena 9–11 21 July 19 @ Minnesota W 61–58 Brondello Sam (11) Betty Lennox (7) Debbie Black (7) Target Center 10–11 22 July 20 @ Detroit L 48–69 Claudia Neves (9) Sheri Sam (7) Ruth Riley (2) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–12 23 July 23 New York W 54–46 Sheri Sam (24) Black Rasmussen (8) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 11–12 24 July 25 @ Houston L 60–69 Sheri Sam (17) Sheri Sam (7) Sheri Sam (7) Compaq Center 11–13 25 July 27 @ Portland L 61–71 Sheri Sam (15) Kristen Rasmussen (7) Debbie Black (5) Rose Garden 11–14 26 July 30 @ Los Angeles W 82–73 Sheri Sam (18) Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7) Debbie Black (7) Staples Center 12–14 27 July 31 @ Utah L 76–81 (OT) Sheri Sam (18) Sheri Sam (9) Sandy Brondello (7) Delta Center 12–15
August : 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 August 2 @ New York L 54–66 Kristen Rasmussen (19) Sheri Sam (7) Betty Lennox (4) Madison Square Garden 12–16 29 August 4 Washington W 55–50 Sheri Sam (13) Ruth Riley (6) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 13–16 30 August 9 Cleveland W 65–59 Sheri Sam (18) Rasmussen Sam (6) Debbie Black (5) American Airlines Arena 14–16 31 August 11 @ Indiana L 63–77 Sheri Sam (20) Kristen Rasmussen (5) Debbie Black (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 14–17 32 August 13 Detroit W 61–56 Betty Lennox (20) Rasmussen Sam (7) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 15–17
2002 season schedule

Season standings

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

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sheri Sam	32	32	33.5	.434	.342	.618	4.8	2.6	2.2	0.2	14.5
Debbie Black	32	32	28.1	.400	.000	.758	3.8	4.3	1.8	0.2	4.8
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough	31	30	25.8	.523	N/A	.629	4.5	1.0	0.9	0.5	7.0
Sandy Brondello	30	23	25.4	.365	.318	.821	1.4	1.5	0.9	0.1	8.8
Betty Lennox	26	3	22.3	.358	.351	.759	2.8	1.8	1.0	0.2	11.9
Kristen Rasmussen	31	5	21.7	.552	.429	.848	3.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	5.5
Ruth Riley	26	8	20.0	.465	N/A	.609	3.5	1.0	0.4	1.6	5.7
Tamara Moore	5	3	16.6	.320	.222	1.000	1.4	2.0	1.4	0.0	5.6
Vanessa Nygaard	29	22	15.3	.426	.375	.769	2.3	0.3	0.4	0.0	4.1
Marlies Askamp	6	1	12.0	.400	N/A	.273	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.8
Lindsey Yamasaki	15	0	9.8	.442	.529	.500	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	3.5
Claudia Neves	20	0	9.7	.355	.190	.688	0.4	1.3	0.4	0.0	1.9
Iziane Castro Marques	19	1	9.6	.333	.059	.680	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.0	3.5
Trisha Stafford-Odom	6	0	6.3	.167	N/A	.750	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.3
Carolyn Moos	2	0	3.0	.000	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season