2002 Cleveland Rockers season

2002 Cleveland Rockers season
Head Coach	Dan Hughes
Arena	Gund Arena
Attendance	9,318 per game
Results Record 10–22 (.313) Place 7th (Eastern) Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify Team Leaders Points Penny Taylor (13.0) Rebounds Chasity Melvin (6.1) Assists Jennifer Rizzotti (3.3) Cleveland Rockers seasons < 2001 2003 >

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

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	8	Deanna Jackson (F)	United States	Alabama
2	24	Brandi McCain (G)	United States	Florida
2	31	Angie Welle (C)	United States	Iowa State
4	63	Marché Strickland (G)	United States	Maryland

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	Houston	65-69 (OT)	Loss	0-1
June 6	Detroit	72-55	Win	1-1
June 8	@ Orlando	99-103 (3OT)	Loss	1-2
June 11	@ Miami	65-74	Loss	1-3
June 14	Washington	63-69	Loss	1-4
June 15	@ Indiana	79-68	Win	2-4
June 19	Orlando	62-66	Loss	2-5
June 21	New York	80-69	Win	3-5
June 23	@ Washington	45-63	Loss	3-6
June 25	Miami	71-50	Win	4-6
June 27	Sacramento	73-50	Win	5-6
June 28	@ New York	67-58	Win	6-6
June 30	Utah	62-79	Loss	6-7
July 2	Portland	64-68	Loss	6-8
July 5	Seattle	65-73	Loss	6-9
July 6	@ Charlotte	67-78	Loss	6-10
July 8	@ Indiana	57-68	Loss	6-11
July 11	@ Sacramento	69-71	Loss	6-12
July 12	@ Seattle	62-58	Win	7-12
July 17	@ Minnesota	58-48	Win	8-12
July 20	Los Angeles	50-63	Loss	8-13
July 22	@ New York	52-73	Loss	8-14
July 24	Charlotte	66-73 (OT)	Loss	8-15
July 25	@ Charlotte	83-73	Win	9-15
July 28	Orlando	70-76 (OT)	Loss	9-16
August 1	@ Detroit	68-66	Win	10-16
August 3	Detroit	57-68	Loss	10-17
August 6	@ Houston	54-67	Loss	10-18
August 7	@ Phoenix	57-59	Loss	10-19
August 9	@ Miami	59-65	Loss	10-20
August 11	Washington	54-60	Loss	10-21
August 13	Indiana	56-60	Loss	10-22

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Chasity Melvin	32	194	57	28	18	399
Merlakia Jones	32	176	72	44	4	391
Penny Taylor	30	158	68	37	11	391
Ann Wauters	28	140	39	16	21	314
Jennifer Rizzotti	26	70	85	23	3	178
Rushia Brown	28	75	27	21	8	112
Mery Andrade	32	56	67	29	6	91
Brandi McCain	31	26	41	11	3	83
Deanna Jackson	18	27	6	2	1	55
Tracy Henderson	23	34	3	3	7	35
Tricia Bader Binford	18	7	15	6	1	14
Lucienne Berthieu	5	4	0	0	0	8
Paige Sauer	1	2	0	1	0	0

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References

1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CLE/2002.html