The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Miami Sol. The team missed the playoffs for the second and final time in their history. The team later folded after the season due to financial issues.

2002 Miami Sol season
CoachRon Rothstein
ArenaAmerican Airlines Arena
Attendance8,828 per game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 15 Tamara Moore   United States Wisconsin
2 29 Lindsey Yamasaki   United States Stanford
3 45 Jerica Watson   United States Iowa
4 61 Jerkisha Dosty   United States Saint Mary's

Transactions

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Date Transaction
March 4, 2002 Traded Tracy Reid and a 2002 1st Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and 2002 1st Round Pick[1]
April 19, 2002 Drafted Tamara Moore, Lindsey Yamasaki, Jerica Watson and Jerkisha Dosty in the 2002 WNBA Draft[1]
April 23, 2002 Waived Levys Torres[1]
April 30, 2002 Signed Iziane Castro Marques and Shaka Massey[1]
May 3, 2002 Waived Jerkisha Dosty[1]
May 5, 2002 Traded a 2003 3rd Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Claudia Neves[1]
Signed Carolyn Moos[1]
May 12, 2002 Waived Shaka Massey[1]
May 16, 2002 Waived Kisha Ford[1]
May 22, 2002 Traded Marla Brumfield and Katrina Colleton to the Portland Fire in exchange for Vanessa Nygaard[1]
May 24, 2002 Waived Jerica Watson[1]
June 11, 2002 Traded Tamara Moore and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Betty Lennox and a 2003 1st Round Pick[1]
June 13, 2002 Signed Betty Lennox[1]
June 18, 2002 Traded Marlies Askamp to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2003 1st Round Pick[1]
Signed Trisha Stafford-Odom[1]
July 1, 2002 Waived Carolyn Moos[1]

Roster

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2002 Miami Sol roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 14   Askamp, Marlies 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1970-07-08 5
G 31   Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m) 124 lb (56kg) 1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's 3
G 6   Brondello, Sandy 5' 7" (1.7m) 136 lb (62kg) 1968-08-20 3
G/F 8   Castro Marques, Iziane 6' 0" (1.83m) 140 lb (64kg) 1982-03-13 R
C 41   Johns Kimbrough, Pollyanna 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 1975-11-06 Michigan 3
G 22   Lennox, Betty 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1976-12-04 Louisiana Tech 2
G 30   Moore, Tamara 5' 10" (1.78m) 176 lb (80kg) 1980-04-11 Wisconsin R
F/C 53   Moos, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m) 1978-05-23 Stanford R
G 9   Neves, Claudia 5' 8" (1.73m) 136 lb (62kg) 1975-02-17 3
F 18   Nygaard, Vanessa 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1975-03-13 Stanford 3
F 52   Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m) 172 lb (78kg) 1978-11-01 Michigan State 2
C 7   Riley, Ruth 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1979-08-28 Notre Dame 1
G/F 55   Sam, Sheri 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1974-05-05 Vanderbilt 3
F 5   Stafford-Odom, Trisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1970-11-11 California 1
G/F 11   Yamasaki, Lindsey 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 1980-06-02 Stanford R
Head coach
  Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island)
Assistant coaches
  Jenny Boucek
  Tony Fiorentino




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

Schedule

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Regular season

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2002 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 9–7; Road: 6–10)
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 28 Minnesota L 63–66 Tamara Moore (22) Vanessa Nygaard (6) Tamara Moore (4) American Airlines Arena 0–1
2 May 30 Los Angeles L 65–69 Sandy Brondello (20) Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (8) Debbie Black (5) American Airlines Arena 0–2
July : 8–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 4–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
14 July 3 Phoenix W 86–61 Betty Lennox (16) Johns Kimbrough
Nygaard (6)
Debbie Black (7) American Airlines Arena 5–9
15 July 5 Charlotte L 68–72 Sandy Brondello (23) Kristen Rasmussen (6) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 5–10
16 July 7 Seattle W 65–61 (OT) Betty Lennox (19) Kristen Rasmussen (9) Sheri Sam (7) American Airlines Arena 6–10
17 July 9 @ Charlotte W 66–55 Sheri Sam (23) Sheri Sam (6) Kristen Rasmussen (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7–10
18 July 12 @ Indiana W 68–62 Sheri Sam (15) Sheri Sam (10) Debbie Black (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 8–10
19 July 13 Orlando W 70–56 Betty Lennox (24) Sheri Sam (6) Black
Neves
Rasmussen (3)
American Airlines Arena 9–10
20 July 17 Sacramento L 62–78 Betty Lennox (18) Kristen Rasmussen (8) Johns Kimbrough
Lennox (2)
American Airlines Arena 9–11
21 July 19 @ Minnesota W 61–58 Brondello
Sam (11)
Betty Lennox (7) Debbie Black (7) Target Center 10–11
22 July 20 @ Detroit L 48–69 Claudia Neves (9) Sheri Sam (7) Ruth Riley (2) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10–12
23 July 23 New York W 54–46 Sheri Sam (24) Black
Rasmussen (8)
Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 11–12
24 July 25 @ Houston L 60–69 Sheri Sam (17) Sheri Sam (7) Sheri Sam (7) Compaq Center 11–13
25 July 27 @ Portland L 61–71 Sheri Sam (15) Kristen Rasmussen (7) Debbie Black (5) Rose Garden 11–14
26 July 30 @ Los Angeles W 82–73 Sheri Sam (18) Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7) Debbie Black (7) Staples Center 12–14
27 July 31 @ Utah L 76–81 (OT) Sheri Sam (18) Sheri Sam (9) Sandy Brondello (7) Delta Center 12–15
August : 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
28 August 2 @ New York L 54–66 Kristen Rasmussen (19) Sheri Sam (7) Betty Lennox (4) Madison Square Garden 12–16
29 August 4 Washington W 55–50 Sheri Sam (13) Ruth Riley (6) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 13–16
30 August 9 Cleveland W 65–59 Sheri Sam (18) Rasmussen
Sam (6)
Debbie Black (5) American Airlines Arena 14–16
31 August 11 @ Indiana L 63–77 Sheri Sam (20) Kristen Rasmussen (5) Debbie Black (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 14–17
32 August 13 Detroit W 61–56 Betty Lennox (20) Rasmussen
Sam (7)
Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 15–17
2002 season schedule

Season standings

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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

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Sheri Sam 32 32 33.5 .434 .342 .618 4.8 2.6 2.2 0.2 14.5
Debbie Black 32 32 28.1 .400 .000 .758 3.8 4.3 1.8 0.2 4.8
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 31 30 25.8 .523 N/A .629 4.5 1.0 0.9 0.5 7.0
Sandy Brondello 30 23 25.4 .365 .318 .821 1.4 1.5 0.9 0.1 8.8
Betty Lennox 26 3 22.3 .358 .351 .759 2.8 1.8 1.0 0.2 11.9
Kristen Rasmussen 31 5 21.7 .552 .429 .848 3.8 1.3 0.6 0.5 5.5
Ruth Riley 26 8 20.0 .465 N/A .609 3.5 1.0 0.4 1.6 5.7
Tamara Moore 5 3 16.6 .320 .222 1.000 1.4 2.0 1.4 0.0 5.6
Vanessa Nygaard 29 22 15.3 .426 .375 .769 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.0 4.1
Marlies Askamp 6 1 12.0 .400 N/A .273 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.8
Lindsey Yamasaki 15 0 9.8 .442 .529 .500 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 3.5
Claudia Neves 20 0 9.7 .355 .190 .688 0.4 1.3 0.4 0.0 1.9
Iziane Castro Marques 19 1 9.6 .333 .059 .680 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 3.5
Trisha Stafford-Odom 6 0 6.3 .167 N/A .750 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.3
Carolyn Moos 2 0 3.0 .000 N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "2002 Miami Sol Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.