2000 Miami Sol season

WNBA team season
2000 Miami Sol season
CoachRon Rothstein
ArenaAmerican Airlines Arena
Attendance7,983 per game
Results
Record13–19 (.406)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
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The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Miami Sol.

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
Kate Starbird  United States Sacramento Monarchs
Stephanie White  United States Charlotte Sting
Debbie Black  United States Utah Starzz
Sharon Manning  United States Charlotte Sting
Lesley Brown  United States Detroit Shock
Yolanda Moore  United States Orlando Miracle

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 19 Jameka Jones  United States Charlotte
3 40 Milena Flores  United States Stanford

Transactions

Date Transaction
December 15, 1999 Drafted Kate Starbird, Stephanie White, Debbie Black, Sharon Manning, Lesley Brown and Yolanda Moore in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 14, 2000 Traded a 2000 1st Round Pick, 2000 2nd Round Pick and 2000 4th Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Marlies Askamp[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted Jameka Jones and Milena Flores in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
Traded a 2001 4th Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Shantia Owens[1]
June 1, 2000 Signed Sheri Sam[1]
June 13, 2000 Signed Kristen Rasmussen[1]
November 7, 2000 Traded Shantia Owens to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Tracy Reid[1]

Roster

2000 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 3
G 31 United States Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m) 124 lb (56kg) 1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's 1
C 42 United States Cassidy, Jamie 6' 3" (1.91m) 187 lb (85kg) 1978-09-12 Maine R
F 12 United States Colleton, Katrina 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1971-03-17 Maryland 2
G 22 United States Flores, Milena 5' 6" (1.68m) 125 lb (57kg) 1977-10-10 Stanford R
G/F 5 United States Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m) 153 lb (69kg) 1975-04-04 Georgia Tech 3
G 35 United States Jones, Jameka 5' 10" (1.78m) – 1978-09-13 Charlotte R
F 7 Sweden Kostic, Tanja 6' 2" (1.88m) 163 lb (74kg) 1972-11-10 Oregon State 1
F/C 50 United States Manning, Sharon 6' 3" (1.91m) 186 lb (84kg) 1969-03-20 NC State 3
F 32 United States Owens, Shantia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1978-05-16 Kentucky R
F 52 United States Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m) 172 lb (78kg) 1978-11-01 Michigan State R
G/F 55 United States Sam, Sheri 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1974-05-05 Vanderbilt 1
G/F 21 United States Webb, Umeki 5' 10" (1.78m) 162 lb (73kg) 1975-06-26 NC State 2
Head coach
United States Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island)
Assistant coaches
United States Jenny Boucek
United States Tony Fiorentino



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

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 13–19 (Home: 9–7; Road: 4–12)
June: 4–10 (Home: 2–6; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 1 Indiana L 54-57 Askamp
Black (13) 		Marlies Askamp (10) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 0–1
2 June 3 @ Charlotte W 74-63 (OT) Marlies Askamp (19) Shantia Owens (11) Milena Flores (5) Charlotte Coliseum 1–1
3 June 5 @ Indiana L 59-80 Jamie Cassidy (13) Shantia Owens (7) Debbie Black (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 1–2
4 June 8 Washington L 51-73 Sheri Sam (11) Marlies Askamp (8) Milena Flores (4) American Airlines Arena 1–3
5 June 10 Minnesota L 55-66 Sheri Sam (15) Marlies Askamp (10) Debbie Black (3) American Airlines Arena 1–4
6 June 13 Detroit W 74-61 Sheri Sam (17) Marlies Askamp (13) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 2–4
7 June 15 @ Houston L 53-77 Katrina Colleton (10) Askamp
Sam (5) 		Milena Flores (4) Compaq Center 2–5
8 June 17 Cleveland W 55-48 Sheri Sam (21) Owens
Rasmussen (5) 		Sheri Sam (5) American Airlines Arena 3–5
9 June 18 @ New York L 52-58 Katrina Colleton (19) Marlies Askamp (10) Debbie Black (4) Madison Square Garden 3–6
10 June 21 @ Washington W 57-55 Sheri Sam (18) Manning
Owens (6) 		Sheri Sam (5) MCI Center 4–6
11 June 23 Los Angeles L 54-68 Sheri Sam (19) Shantia Owens (8) Milena Flores (3) American Airlines Arena 4–7
12 June 24 Phoenix L 44-67 Milena Flores (8) Kristen Rasmussen (8) Milena Flores (2) American Airlines Arena 4–8
13 June 28 @ Orlando L 53-61 Milena Flores (9) Manning
Sam (5) 		Katrina Colleton (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–9
14 June 30 Orlando L 63-66 Katrina Colleton (14) Kristen Rasmussen (9) Sheri Sam (7) American Airlines Arena 4–10
July: 6–7 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 July 1 @ Fever W 54-52 Sheri Sam (22) Marlies Askamp (9) Sheri Sam (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–10
16 July 5 @ Charlotte L 70-76 Sheri Sam (26) Marlies Askamp (6) Black
Sam (5) 		Charlotte Coliseum 5–11
17 July 7 Cleveland W 49-46 Sharon Manning (13) Marlies Askamp (8) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 6–11
18 July 8 @ New York L 51-63 Askamp
Manning (8) 		Marlies Askamp (8) Askamp
Black
Ford
Manning
Sam (3) 		Madison Square Garden 6–12
19 July 10 Seattle W 59-42 Marlies Askamp (21) Marlies Askamp (13) Jameka Jones (2) American Airlines Arena 7–12
20 July 13 Washington L 48-60 Colleton
Sam (13) 		Marlies Askamp (8) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 7–13
21 July 14 @ Detroit L 50-80 Katrina Colleton (11) Sharon Manning (9) Black
Sam (2) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 7–14
22 July 19 Portland W 69-62 Katrina Colleton (19) Sheri Sam (5) Milena Flores (3) American Airlines Arena 8–14
23 July 21 Utah W 76-65 Sheri Sam (23) Sheri Sam (9) Debbie Black (7) American Airlines Arena 9–14
24 July 22 @ Cleveland L 47-76 Askamp
Cassidy (7) 		Sharon Manning (6) Black
Cassidy
Flores
Manning
Webb (2) 		Gund Arena 9–15
25 July 26 @ Detroit L 62-78 Milena Flores (10) Marlies Askamp (10) Marlies Askamp (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–16
26 July 28 @ Lynx L 44-68 Sheri Sam (8) Marlies Askamp (7) Milena Flores (4) Target Center 9–17
27 July 30 @ Seattle W 64-51 Sheri Sam (17) Kristen Rasmussen (9) Black
Colleton (5) 		KeyArena 10–17
August: 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
28 August 1 @ Portland L 50-54 Sheri Sam (23) Marlies Askamp (10) Black
Ford (3) 		Rose Garden 10–18
29 August 2 @ Sacramento L 55-73 Cassidy
Flores
Sam (8) 		Shantia Owens (4) Umeki Webb (4) ARCO Arena 10–19
30 August 4 Charlotte W 60-50 Sheri Sam (21) Kristen Rasmussen (8) Sheri Sam (4) American Airlines Arena 11–19
31 August 6 New York W 57-41 Sheri Sam (19) Marlies Askamp (10) Black
Colleton
Rasmussen
Sam (2) 		American Airlines Arena 12–19
32 August 9 Orlando W 68-64 Sheri Sam (24) Marlies Askamp (15) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 13–19

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 20 12 .625 14–7 –
Cleveland Rockers x 17 15 .531 13–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle x 16 16 .500 13–8 4.0
Washington Mystics x 14 18 .438 13–8 6.0
Detroit Shock o 14 18 .438 10–11 6.0
Miami Sol o 13 19 .406 9–12 7.0
Indiana Fever o 9 23 .281 7–14 11.0
Charlotte Sting o 8 24 .250 5–16 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 31 27 29.2 .387 .292 .670 4.3 2.1 1.1 0.2 12.8
Katrina Colleton 32 32 27.3 .352 .238 .757 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.2 8.3
Marlies Askamp 32 32 27.2 .407 .500 .684 7.2 0.9 0.5 0.7 7.8
Debbie Black 32 32 25.6 .380 .214 .690 2.9 3.1 1.8 0.0 4.8
Shantia Owens 31 16 19.5 .389 N/A .537 3.1 0.7 0.4 0.8 4.2
Kristen Rasmussen 25 7 18.2 .350 .286 .844 3.8 1.1 1.0 0.6 5.0
Sharon Manning 24 9 16.8 .478 .500 .538 4.2 0.7 1.0 0.2 4.3
Kisha Ford 28 0 15.1 .306 .250 .574 2.2 0.8 1.1 0.0 3.6
Umeki Webb 13 5 15.0 .250 .250 .840 1.1 1.1 0.5 0.3 3.3
Milena Flores 32 0 14.8 .304 .295 .619 0.7 1.5 0.7 0.1 3.5
Jameka Jones 21 0 11.1 .263 .200 .722 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.0 3.3
Tanja Kostic 5 0 9.2 .333 N/A .500 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 1.4
Jamie Cassidy 22 0 8.0 .364 .500 .698 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 3.4


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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "2000 Miami Sol Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.