2005 Charlotte Sting season

The 2005 WNBA season was the ninth season for the Charlotte Sting. The team finished the season with the worst record in the league. It was also the Sting's final season of play at the Charlotte Coliseum.

2005 Charlotte Sting season
Coach	Trudi Lacey Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues (interim)
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	5,768 per game
Results
Record	6–28 (.176)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Tangela Smith (13.6)
Rebounds	Tammy Sutton-Brown (5.3)
Assists	Dawn Staley (5.3)
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Offseason

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	1	Janel McCarville (C)	United States	Minnesota
2	24	Jessica Moore (C)	United States	Connecticut

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun x	26	8	.765	–	14–3	12–5	13–7
Indiana Fever x	21	13	.618	5.0	14–3	7–10	14–6
New York Liberty x	18	16	.529	8.0	10–7	8–9	9–11
Detroit Shock x	16	18	.471	10.0	12–5	4–13	11–9
Washington Mystics o	16	18	.471	10.0	10–7	6–11	9–11
Charlotte Sting o	6	28	.176	20.0	5–12	1–16	4–16

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 21	Washington	42-60	Loss	0-1
May 22	@ Indiana	58-68	Loss	0-2
May 26	Phoenix	58-68	Loss	0-3
May 28	Los Angeles	84-75	Win	1-3
June 2	@ San Antonio	62-69	Loss	1-4
June 4	@ Minnesota	67-73	Loss	1-5
June 10	@ Detroit	55-69	Loss	1-6
June 12	Seattle	60-62	Loss	1-7
June 16	Indiana	57-60	Loss	1-8
June 23	San Antonio	49-64	Loss	1-9
June 25	New York	67-61	Win	2-9
June 28	Washington	61-66 (OT)	Loss	2-10
June 30	@ Washington	50-65	Loss	2-11
July 2	@ Houston	65-75	Loss	2-12
July 7	Minnesota	66-58	Win	3-12
July 12	@ Los Angeles	59-71	Loss	3-13
July 13	@ Phoenix	62-82	Loss	3-14
July 17	Houston	55-67	Loss	3-15
July 19	Connecticut	55-64	Loss	3-16
July 22	@ Connecticut	63-73	Loss	3-17
July 23	Indiana	46-63	Loss	3-18
July 26	@ Sacramento	54-64	Loss	3-19
July 29	@ Seattle	68-79	Loss	3-20
August 2	@ Washington	63-65	Loss	3-21
August 4	Sacramento	58-76	Loss	3-22
August 6	Detroit	82-73 (2OT)	Win	4-22
August 9	@ Detroit	64-71	Loss	4-23
August 12	New York	74-82 (2OT)	Loss	4-24
August 14	@ New York	65-73	Loss	4-25
August 18	@ Connecticut	70-84	Loss	4-26
August 20	@ Indiana	53-62	Loss	4-27
August 23	Detroit	56-49	Win	5-27
August 25	@ New York	78-66	Win	6-27
August 27	Connecticut	69-78	Loss	6-28

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Tangela Smith	31	162	41	51	32	421
Sheri Sam	34	145	91	44	2	387
Tammy Sutton-Brown	34	179	14	30	37	318
Allison Feaster	21	37	51	14	2	192
Jia Perkins	30	44	32	29	9	150
Dawn Staley	23	53	121	30	0	146
Teana Miller	31	65	7	14	18	113
Helen Darling	31	47	83	41	0	107
Adrienne Goodson	10	35	6	3	1	70
Kelly Mazzante	27	31	7	9	0	64
Janel McCarville	28	76	11	12	7	50
Tynesha Lewis	10	20	13	3	3	47
Ayana Walker	9	18	6	2	2	12
Caity Matter	10	3	6	1	0	9
Kristen Rasmussen	3	5	2	1	0	6
Jessica Moore	6	5	2	0	0	3

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