2002 Cleveland Rockers season

WNBA team season
2002 Cleveland Rockers season
CoachDan Hughes
ArenaGund Arena
Attendance9,318 per game
Results
Record10–22 (.313)
Place7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsPenny Taylor (13.0)
ReboundsChasity Melvin (6.1)
AssistsJennifer Rizzotti (3.3)
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2003 season →

The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Cleveland Rockers.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 7 Deanna Jackson  United States UAB
1 9 Brandi McCain  United States Florida
3 41 Angie Welle  United States Iowa State
4 57 Marche Strickland  United States Maryland

Transactions

Date Transaction
March 4, 2002 Traded Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and a 2002 1st Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2002 1st Round Pick[1]
April 19, 2002 Drafted Deanna Jackson, Brandi McCain, Angie Welle and Marche Strickland in the 2002 WNBA Draft[1]
May 8, 2002 Waived Jameka Jones, Jannon Roland and Tere Williams[1]
May 19, 2002 Waived Angie Welle and Marche Strickland[1]
May 21, 2002 Waived Katryna Gaither[1]
May 23, 2002 Waived Anastasia Kostaki[1]
May 30, 2002 Waived Nyree Roberts[1]
Signed Lucienne Berthieu[1]
June 14, 2002 Waived Paige Sauer[1]

Roster

2002 Cleveland Rockers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 23 Portugal Andrade, Mery 6' 0" (1.83m) 169 lb (77kg) 1975-12-31 Old Dominion 3
G 11 United States Bader Binford, Tricia 5' 4" (1.63m) 125 lb (57kg) 1973-02-26 Boise State 4
F/C 9 Cameroon Berthieu, Lucienne 6' 2" (1.88m) 188 lb (85kg) 1978-03-31 Old Dominion R
F 34 United States Brown, Rushia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1972-05-05 Furman 5
C 47 United States Henderson, Tracy 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1974-12-31 Georgia 1
F 5 United States Jackson, Deanna 6' 2" (1.88m) 155 lb (70kg) 1979-12-15 UAB R
G 25 United States Jones, Merlakia 5' 10" (1.78m) 147 lb (67kg) 1973-06-21 Florida 5
G 7 United States McCain, Brandi 5' 3" (1.6m) 135 lb (61kg) 1979-09-21 Florida R
F/C 44 United States Melvin, Chasity 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1976-05-03 NC State 3
G 21 United States Rizzotti, Jennifer 5' 6" (1.68m) 146 lb (66kg) 1974-05-15 Connecticut 3
C 31 United States Sauer, Paige 6' 5" (1.96m) 200 lb (91kg) 1977-12-08 Connecticut 2
F 14 Australia Taylor, Penny 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 1981-05-24 1
C 12 Belgium Wauters, Ann 6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 1980-10-12 2
Head coach
United States Dan Hughes (Muskingum)
Assistant coaches
United States Lisa Boyer
United States Janice Braxton



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2002 game log
Total: 10–22 (Home: 4–12; Road: 6–10)
June: 6–7 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 1 Houston L 65–69 (OT) Penny Taylor (24) Penny Taylor (9) Jennifer Rizzotti (5) Gund Arena 0–1
2 June 6 Detroit W 72–55 Chasity Melvin (19) Penny Taylor (9) Andrade
Jones (4) 		Gund Arena 1–1
3 June 6 @ Orlando L 99–103 (3OT) Penny Taylor (27) Merlakia Jones (8) Jennifer Rizzotti (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 1–2
4 June 11 @ Miami L 65–74 Merlakia Jones (20) Melvin
Taylor (6) 		Jones
McCain
Taylor (3) 		American Airlines Arena 1–3
5 June 14 Washington L 63–69 Merlakia Jones (18) Chasity Melvin (8) Merlakia Jones (3) Gund Arena 1–4
6 June 15 @ Indiana W 79–68 Merlakia Jones (27) Ann Wauters (6) Brandi McCain (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–4
7 June 19 Orlando L 62–66 Merlakia Jones (14) Merlakia Jones (7) Jennifer Rizzotti (4) Gund Arena 2–5
8 June 21 New York W 80–69 Chasity Melvin (30) Jones
Wauters (7) 		Jennifer Rizzotti (14) Gund Arena 3–5
9 June 23 @ Washington L 45–63 Chasity Melvin (10) Jones
Melvin
Rizzotti
Taylor (4) 		Jones
Rizzotti
Taylor (2) 		MCI Center 3–6
10 June 25 Miami W 71–50 Ann Wauters (18) Merlakia Jones (9) Mery Andrade (4) Gund Arena 4–6
11 June 27 Sacramento W 73–50 Penny Taylor (24) Chasity Melvin (12) McCain
Taylor
Wauters (5) 		Gund Arena 5–6
12 June 28 @ New York W 67–58 Penny Taylor (20) Merlakia Jones (7) Andrade
Jones
McCain
Rizzotti
Taylor (2) 		Madison Square Garden 6–6
13 June 30 Utah L 62–79 Ann Wauters (20) Ann Wauters (6) Brown
McCain
Taylor (5) 		Gund Arena 6–7
July : 3–9 (Home: 0–5; Road: 3–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 July 2 Portland L 64–68 Merlakia Jones (18) Ann Wauters (7) Merlakia Jones (5) Gund Arena 6–8
15 July 5 Seattle L 65–73 Penny Taylor (16) Brown
Jones
Melvin
Wauters (4) 		Jones
Taylor (4) 		Gund Arena 6–9
16 July 6 @ Charlotte L 67–78 Merlakia Jones (17) Jones
Wauters (6) 		Penny Taylor (4) Charlotte Coliseum 6–10
17 July 8 @ Indiana L 57–68 Jones
Taylor (12) 		Ann Wauters (6) Merlakia Jones (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6–11
18 July 11 @ Sacramento L 69–71 Ann Wauters (18) Penny Taylor (10) Jones
Taylor (5) 		ARCO Arena 6–12
19 July 12 @ Seattle W 62–58 Ann Wauters (16) Chasity Melvin (12) Mery Andrade (4) KeyArena 7–12
20 July 17 @ Minnesota W 58–48 Ann Wauters (14) Chasity Melvin (12) Jones
Rizzotti
Taylor
Wauters (2) 		Target Center 8–12
21 July 20 Los Angeles L 50–63 Penny Taylor (11) Merlakia Jones (9) Bader Binford
Taylor (3) 		Gund Arena 8–13
22 July 22 @ New York L 52–73 Merlakia Jones (11) Penny Taylor (6) Chasity Melvin (3) Madison Square Garden 8–14
23 July 24 Charlotte L 66–73 (OT) Merlakia Jones (20) Brown
Jones (8) 		Jennifer Rizzotti (4) Gund Arena 8–15
24 July 25 @ Charlotte W 83–73 Merlakia Jones (23) Chasity Melvin (10) Jennifer Rizzotti (7) Charlotte Coliseum 9–15
25 July 28 Orlando L 70–76 (OT) Andrea Stinson (17) Andrea Stinson (5) Staley
Stinson (4) 		Gund Arena 9–16
August : 1–6 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 August 1 @ Detroit W 68–66 Chasity Melvin (20) Merlakia Jones (8) Merlakia Jones (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–16
27 August 3 Detroit L 57–68 Chasity Melvin (15) Ann Wauters (8) Jennifer Rizzotti (4) Gund Arena 10–17
28 August 6 @ Houston L 54–67 Melvin
Taylor (13) 		Merlakia Jones (5) Jennifer Rizzotti (4) Compaq Center 10–18
29 August 7 @ Phoenix L 57–59 Ann Wauters (16) Chasity Melvin (9) Melvin
Rizzotti (5) 		America West Arena 10–19
30 August 9 @ Miami L 59–65 Penny Taylor (11) Jones
Melvin (6) 		Mery Andrade (4) American Airlines Arena 10–20
31 August 11 Washington L 54–60 Ann Wauters (12) Melvin
Taylor (7) 		Brown
Jones

Rizzotti
Taylor (2) 		Gund Arena 10–21
32 August 13 Indiana L 56–60 Penny Taylor (22) Penny Taylor (10) Chasity Melvin (5) Gund Arena 10–22
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
Merlakia Jones 32 32 34.2 .399 .278 .785 5.5 2.3 1.4 0.1 12.2
Chasity Melvin 32 32 33.0 .464 .500 .687 6.0 1.8 0.9 0.6 12.5
Penny Taylor 30 26 30.3 .416 .342 .853 5.3 2.3 1.2 0.4 13.0
Ann Wauters 28 25 28.6 .553 .000 .851 5.0 1.4 0.6 0.8 11.2
Jennifer Rizzotti 26 25 26.7 .400 .384 .800 2.7 3.3 0.9 0.1 6.8
Mery Andrade 32 16 20.8 .306 .192 .783 1.8 2.1 0.9 0.2 2.8
Rushia Brown 28 2 16.7 .400 .000 .737 2.7 1.0 0.8 0.3 4.0
Brandi McCain 31 2 12.6 .291 .362 .750 0.8 1.3 0.4 0.1 2.7
Deanna Jackson 18 0 7.9 .413 .000 .708 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 3.1
Tracy Henderson 23 0 7.5 .390 N/A 1.000 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.5
Tricia Bader Binford 18 0 7.3 .154 .071 .833 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.8
Paige Sauer 1 0 7.0 .000 N/A N/A 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
Lucienne Berthieu 5 0 3.2 .429 .000 .500 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6


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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "2002 Cleveland Rockers Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
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