2001 Miami Sol season

WNBA team season
2001 Miami Sol season
CoachRon Rothstein
ArenaAmerican Airlines Arena
Attendance8,857 per game
Results
Record20–12 (.625)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-1) to New York Liberty
Media
TelevisionWAMI (IND 69)
Fox Sports Net Florida
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The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Miami Sol. The team earned its first and only playoff berth, losing in the opening round to the New York Liberty in three games.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 5 Ruth Riley  United States Notre Dame
2 21 Georgia Schweitzer  United States Duke
3 37 Levys Torres  Colombia Florida State

Transactions

Date Transaction
April 20, 2001 Drafted Ruth Riley, Georgia Schweitzer and Levys Torres in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
Traded Georgia Schweitzer to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Marla Brumfield[1]
April 30, 2001 Signed Monique Morehouse and Rhonda Smith[1]
May 4, 2001 Waived Monique Morehouse[1]
May 14, 2001 Waived Rhonda Smith and Umeki Webb[1]
May 26, 2001 Waived Jameka Jones and Jamie Cassidy[1]
July 3, 2001 Waived Milena Flores[1]

Roster

2001 Miami Sol roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 14 West Germany Askamp, Marlies 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1970-07-08 4
F 28 Soviet Union Baranova, Elena 6' 5" (1.96m) 182 lb (83kg) 1972-01-28 3
G 31 United States Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m) 124 lb (56kg) 1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's 2
G 6 Australia Brondello, Sandy 5' 7" (1.7m) 136 lb (62kg) 1968-08-20 2
G 25 United States Brumfield, Marla 5' 8" (1.73m) 133 lb (60kg) 1978-06-06 Rice 1
F 12 United States Colleton, Katrina 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1971-03-17 Maryland 3
G/F 5 United States Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m) 153 lb (69kg) 1975-04-04 Georgia Tech 4
F 52 United States Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m) 172 lb (78kg) 1978-11-01 Michigan State 1
F 0 United States Reid, Tracy 5' 11" (1.8m) 150 lb (68kg) 1976-11-01 North Carolina 3
C 7 United States Riley, Ruth 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1979-08-28 Notre Dame R
G/F 55 United States Sam, Sheri 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1974-05-05 Vanderbilt 2
C 13 Colombia Torres, Levys 6' 2" (1.88m) – 1978-04-06 Florida State R
Head coach
United States Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island)
Assistant coaches
United States Tony Fiorentino
United States Jenny Boucek



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

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 20–12 (Home: 10–5; Road: 10–7)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 31 New York W 68–59 Sandy Brondello (21) Elena Baranova (8) Debbie Black (7) American Airlines Arena 1–0
June : 4–7 (Home: 1–5; Road: 3–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 June 5 Indiana W 63–61 Sheri Sam (21) Askamp
Baranova
Black
Riley
Sam (4) 		Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 2–0
3 June 7 @ Seattle W 70–57 Sandy Brondello (23) Marlies Askamp (8) Sheri Sam (4) KeyArena 3–0
4 June 9 @ Sacramento W 71–67 Sheri Sam (21) Elena Baranova (7) Debbie Black (9) ARCO Arena 4–0
5 June 12 Detroit L 67–68 (OT) Sandy Brondello (23) Baranova
Black
Sam (7) 		Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 4–1
6 June 16 @ Cleveland L 53–70 Sandy Brondello (16) Elena Baranova (6) Debbie Black (4) Gund Arena 4–2
7 June 17 New York L 48–55 Elena Baranova (22) Elena Baranova (8) Sandy Brondello (4) American Airlines Arena 4–3
8 June 21 @ Washington W 74–63 Baranova
Brondello (18) 		Elena Baranova (12) Sandy Brondello (6) MCI Center 5–3
9 June 22 @ Minnesota L 57–63 Sandy Brondello (13) Elena Baranova (8) Marla Brumfield (4) Target Center 5–4
10 June 24 Cleveland L 35–54 Elena Baranova (9) Debbie Black (8) Marla Brumfield (4) American Airlines Arena 5–5
11 June 27 Utah L 63–68 (OT) Marla Brumfield (12) Elena Baranova (10) Brondello
Sam (3) 		American Airlines Arena 5–6
12 June 29 Portland L 72–74 (OT) Sandy Brondello (20) Debbie Black (7) Baranova
Black
Brondello
Sam (2) 		American Airlines Arena 5–7
July : 10–4 (Home: 5–0; Road: 5–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
13 July 1 @ Los Angeles L 60–86 Sandy Brondello (13) Ruth Riley (6) Debbie Black (5) Staples Center 5–8
14 July 2 @ Utah W 69–59 Sheri Sam (23) Sheri Sam (9) Debbie Black (5) Delta Center 6–8
15 July 4 @ Phoenix L 47–60 Elena Baranova (12) Baranova
Sam (4) 		Debbie Black (6) America West Arena 6–9
16 July 7 Sacramento W 66–54 Elena Baranova (21) Elena Baranova (7) Elena Baranova (5) American Airlines Arena 7–9
17 July 10 @ Orlando W 65–63 (OT) Sheri Sam (26) Ruth Riley (11) Baranova
Black (5) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 8–9
18 July 13 @ Detroit W 56–55 Sandy Brondello (14) Ruth Riley (10) Sheri Sam (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–9
19 July 14 Detroit W 66–51 Sandy Brondello (14) Sheri Sam (6) Sandy Brondello (6) American Airlines Arena 10–9
20 July 18 Charlotte W 68–48 Sandy Brondello (23) Baranova
Black
Sam (5) 		Sheri Sam (3) American Airlines Arena 11–9
21 July 20 Houston W 64–50 Sheri Sam (18) Askamp
Baranova (7) 		Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 12–9
22 July 22 @ New York W 68–52 Sheri Sam (17) Debbie Black (8) Debbie Black (4) Madison Square Garden 13–9
23 July 25 @ Cleveland L 48–52 (OT) Elena Baranova (14) Kristen Rasmussen (7) Debbie Black (4) Gund Arena 13–10
24 July 27 Orlando W 71–63 (OT) Sandy Brondello (23) Riley
Sam (8) 		Elena Baranova (7) American Airlines Arena 14–10
25 July 28 @ Indiana W 69–63 Sheri Sam (17) Elena Baranova (9) Black
Sam (4) 		Conseco Fieldhouse 15–10
26 July 31 @ Charlotte L 45–63 Marla Brumfield (9) Debbie Black (5) Brumfield
Ford
Sam (2) 		Charlotte Coliseum 15–11
August : 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
27 August 3 Phoenix W 72–61 Sheri Sam (25) Elena Baranova (6) Debbie Black (5) American Airlines Arena 16–11
28 August 5 Washington W 52–44 Baranova
Sam (15) 		Elena Baranova (5) Sheri Sam (5) American Airlines Arena 17–11
29 August 8 @ Washington W 42–36 Sheri Sam (15) Elena Baranova (11) Black
Sam (3) 		MCI Center 18–11
30 August 10 Indiana W 72–67 (OT) Baranova
Sam (21) 		Baranova
Riley (7) 		Black
Brondello (6) 		American Airlines Arena 19–11
31 August 11 @ Orlando W 75–64 Elena Baranova (19) Elena Baranova (5) Sheri Sam (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 20–11
32 August 14 Charlotte L 41–48 Sheri Sam (14) Sheri Sam (8) Debbie Black (3) American Airlines Arena 20–12
2001 season schedule

Playoffs

2001 playoff game log
First round vs. New York Liberty
Lost Series: 1–2
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 17 New York L 46–62 Ruth Riley (12) Baranova
Sam (5) 		Debbie Black (5) American Airlines Arena 0–1
2 August 19 @ New York W 53–50 Sheri Sam (17) Debbie Black (8) Sandy Brondello (5) Madison Square Garden 1–1
3 August 21 @ New York L 61–72 Baranova
Brondello (18) 		Ruth Riley (9) Debbie Black (4) Madison Square Garden 1–2
2001 playoff schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x 22 10 .688 15–6 –
New York Liberty x 21 11 .656 13–8 1.0
Miami Sol x 20 12 .625 14–7 2.0
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 15–6 4.0
Orlando Miracle o 13 19 .406 9–12 9.0
Indiana Fever o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Detroit Shock o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Washington Mystics o 10 22 .313 4–17 12.0

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 34.4 .432 .276 .750 4.3 2.8 1.7 0.3 13.9
Elena Baranova 32 30 30.8 .427 .375 .930 6.0 2.0 1.0 1.8 11.8
Debbie Black 32 32 29.6 .374 .150 .771 3.9 3.8 2.6 0.1 5.6
Sandy Brondello 29 29 29.3 .413 .394 .814 1.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 12.7
Ruth Riley 32 20 25.0 .475 N/A .771 4.1 0.8 0.8 1.4 6.8
Kristen Rasmussen 28 3 14.9 .360 .250 .750 3.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 2.7
Marlies Askamp 30 11 14.4 .483 N/A .563 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 2.5
Kisha Ford 30 1 13.2 .325 .091 .563 2.2 0.7 0.6 0.2 2.4
Tracy Reid 21 2 13.2 .508 N/A .615 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.2 3.8
Marla Brumfield 27 0 9.1 .283 .333 1.000 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.0 1.6
Katrina Colleton 14 0 8.6 .256 .000 .600 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.9
Levys Torres 2 0 4.0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "2001 Indiana Fever Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.