WNBA team season
The 2001 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Cleveland Rockers. The Rockers topped the Eastern Conference with the best record in franchise history, but their season ended shortly in the playoffs, losing in the first round to eventual conference champion Charlotte Sting .
Date Transaction April 20, 2001 Drafted Penny Taylor , Jaynetta Saunders , Angelina Wolvert and Erin Batth in the 2001 WNBA Draft [ 1] April 30, 2001 Signed Jessica Zinobile, Kim Williams , Rhonda Blades and Rhonda Smith[ 1] May 8, 2001 Waived Kim Williams and Rhonda Smith[ 1] May 11, 2001 Waived Rhonda Blades [ 1] May 22, 2001 Waived Erin Batth [ 1] May 27, 2001 Traded Jaynetta Saunders to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick[ 1] Traded a 2002 3rd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Jennifer Rizzotti [ 1] Waived Jessica Zinobile[ 1] Suspended contracts of Ann Wauters and Rushia Brown[ 1] June 1, 2001 Waived Angelina Wolvert[ 1] June 16, 2001 Waived Adia Barnes [ 1] July 10, 2001 Waived Vicki Hall [ 1] July 12, 2001 Waived Paige Sauer [ 1]
2001 Cleveland Rockers roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 23 Andrade, Mery 6' 0" (1.83m) 169 lb (77kg) 1975-12-31 Old Dominion 2 G 11 Bader Binford, Tricia 5' 4" (1.63m) 125 lb (57kg) 1973-02-26 Boise State 3 F 32 Barnes, Adia 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1977-02-03 Arizona 3 F 34 Brown, Rushia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1972-05-05 Furman 4 G 30 Darling, Helen 5' 6" (1.68m) 164 lb (74kg) 1978-08-29 Penn State 1 F 42 Hall, Vicki 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1969-10-03 Texas 1 C 41 Johns Kimbrough, Pollyanna 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 1975-11-06 Michigan 2 G 25 Jones, Merlakia 5' 10" (1.78m) 147 lb (67kg) 1973-06-21 Florida 4 F/C 44 Melvin, Chasity 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1976-05-03 NC State 2 F 6 Němcová, Eva 6' 3" (1.91m) 178 lb (81kg) 1972-12-03 4 G 21 Rizzotti, Jennifer 5' 6" (1.68m) 146 lb (66kg) 1974-05-15 Connecticut 2 C 31 Sauer, Paige 6' 5" (1.96m) 200 lb (91kg) 1977-12-08 Connecticut 1 F 14 Taylor, Penny 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 1981-05-24 R C 12 Wauters, Ann 6' 4" (1.93m) 193 lb (88kg) 1980-10-12 1 F/C 40 Wolvert, Angelina 6' 3" (1.91m) – 1978-12-08 Oregon R
Head coach Dan Hughes (Muskingum ) Assistant coaches Lisa Boyer
Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
2001 game log Total: 22–10 (Home: 14–2; Road: 8–8) May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
June : 9–4 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–4)
July : 10–2 (Home: 7–1; Road: 3–1)
August : 2–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–3)
2001 season schedule
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Merlakia Jones 30 30 33.3 .438 .265 .793 5.5 1.5 1.0 0.1 13.5 Mery Andrade 32 32 27.9 .339 .200 .667 2.7 3.1 1.6 0.3 4.8 Chasity Melvin 27 20 27.9 .474 1.000 .698 5.7 1.9 0.9 0.6 9.9 Ann Wauters 24 14 25.9 .569 .000 .800 4.8 1.5 0.7 0.5 9.8 Rushia Brown 30 24 25.3 .518 1.000 .730 4.4 1.2 1.5 0.3 8.3 Helen Darling 32 32 24.3 .355 .329 .764 2.4 3.4 1.1 0.1 6.1 Penny Taylor 32 0 17.5 .382 .301 .783 3.5 1.4 1.1 0.3 7.2 Vicki Hall 14 6 16.1 .409 .318 .500 2.4 0.6 0.1 0.4 4.6 Jennifer Rizzotti 32 0 14.9 .382 .384 .636 0.9 1.6 0.8 0.1 3.7 Eva Němcová 8 2 14.1 .342 .200 .625 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.6 4.3 Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 18 0 6.6 .444 N/A .444 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.6 Tricia Bader Binford 19 0 6.0 .400 .385 N/A 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.1 Angelina Wolvert 1 0 5.0 .333 N/A N/A 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 Paige Sauer 2 0 2.0 .333 N/A N/A 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 Adia Barnes 3 0 1.0 1.000 N/A N/A 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
‡ Waived/Released during the season † Traded during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
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