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2001 Houston Comets season
CoachVan Chancellor
ArenaCompaq Center
Attendance11,320 per game
Results
Record19–13 (.594)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks
Media
TelevisionKNWS (IND 51)
Fox Sports Net Southwest

The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but failed to win a fifth consecutive championship.

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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See also: 2001 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 15 Amanda Lassiter  United States Missouri
2 31 Tynesha Lewis  United States NC State
3 33 ShaRae Mansfield  United States Western Kentucky
3 47 Shala Crawford  United States Life
4 63 Kristen Clement  United States Tennessee

Transactions

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Date Transaction
April 20, 2001 Drafted Amanda Lassiter, Tynesha Lewis, ShaRae Mansfield, Shala Crawford and Kristen Clement in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
April 23, 2001 Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Anna DeForge[1]
April 30, 2001 Signed Daliborka Vilipić, Pietra Gay and Trisha Stafford-Odom[1]
May 8, 2001 Waived Pietra Gay and Shala Crawford[1]
Signed Angela Aycock and Franthea Price[1]
May 10, 2001 Waived Anna DeForge[1]
May 11, 2001 Waived Franthea Price[1]
May 14, 2001 Waived ShaRae Mansfield[1]
May 25, 2001 Waived Kristen Clement[1]
May 27, 2001 Suspended contracts of Angela Aycock, Daliborka Vilipić, Natalya Zasulskaya and Polina Tzekova[1]
June 6, 2001 Waived Angela Aycock[1]
June 8, 2001 Waived Daliborka Vilipić[1]

Roster

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2001 Houston Comets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 9 Brazil Arcain, Janeth 5' 11" (1.8m) 147 lb (67kg) 1969-04-11 4
G/F 3 United States Gibson, Kelley 5' 9" (1.75m) 137 lb (62kg) 1976-11-07 Maryland 1
G 6 United States Henderson, Nekeshia 5' 8" (1.73m) – 1973-02-28 Texas R
F/C 23 United States Jackson, Tammy 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1962-12-03 Florida 4
C 0 United States Johnson, Tiffani 6' 4" (1.93m) 240 lb (109kg) 1975-12-27 Tennessee 2
F 24 United States Lassiter, Amanda 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 1979-06-09 Missouri R
G 20 United States Lewis, Tynesha 5' 10" (1.78m) 152 lb (69kg) 1979-05-08 NC State R
C 32 Soviet Union Shakirova, Elena 6' 3" (1.91m) 190 lb (86kg) 1970-06-02 1
F 5 United States Stafford-Odom, Trisha 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1970-11-11 California R
F 7 United States Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 1975-02-10 USC 4
G 4 United States Washington, Coquese 5' 6" (1.68m) 138 lb (63kg) 1971-01-17 Notre Dame 3
Head coach
United States Van Chancellor (Mississippi State)
Assistant coaches
United States Kevin Cook
United States Alisa Scott
United States Michelle Leget



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

Schedule

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Regular season

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2001 game log
Total: 19–13 (Home: 11–5; Road: 8–8)
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 28 Los Angeles L 63–66 Tina Thompson (23) Janeth Arcain (6) Janeth Arcain (4) Compaq Center 0–1
2 May 31 @ Indiana W 82–78 Arcain
Thompson (26) 		Janeth Arcain (7) Coquese Washington (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 1–1
June : 9–1 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 June 2 @ Detroit W 74–73 Tina Thompson (28) Tina Thompson (11) Arcain Gibson
Thompson
Washington (2) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–1
4 June 5 @ Utah W 72–68 Janeth Arcain (27) Tina Thompson (10) Amanda Lassiter (6) Delta Center 3–1
5 June 7 Detroit W 87–66 Janeth Arcain (27) Tina Thompson (12) Janeth Arcain (5) Compaq Center 4–1
6 June 10 @ Phoenix W 60–58 Tina Thompson (22) Tina Thompson (10) Coquese Washington (5) America West Arena 5–1
7 June 21 Los Angeles W 69–65 Tina Thompson (29) Tammy Jackson (7) Arcain
Washington (5) 		Compaq Center 6–1
8 June 23 Sacramento W 70–56 Tina Thompson (21) Tina Thompson (9) Coquese Washington (5) Compaq Center 7–1
9 June 24 Portland W 67–57 Arcain
Thompson (22) 		Tina Thompson (7) Coquese Washington (3) Compaq Center 8–1
10 June 27 Washington W 76–63 Tina Thompson (24) Tina Thompson (8) Coquese Washington (5) Compaq Center 9–1
11 June 28 @ Sacramento L 54–64 Tina Thompson (24) Coquese Washington (8) Coquese Washington (5) ARCO Arena 9–2
12 June 30 @ Minnesota W 59–52 Tina Thompson (17) Tina Thompson (10) Arcain
Thompson
Washington (4) 		Target Center 10–2
July : 6–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
13 July 2 Portland W 74–67 Tina Thompson (29) Tina Thompson (12) Tammy Jackson (4) Compaq Center 11–2
14 July 6 Indiana W 79–64 Janeth Arcain (17) Arcain
Johnson (7) 		Coquese Washington (5) Compaq Center 12–2
15 July 8 Cleveland L 53–63 Tina Thompson (19) Lassiter
Washington (5) 		Coquese Washington (6) Compaq Center 12–3
16 July 10 @ Sacramento L 76–78 (2OT) Tina Thompson (26) Amanda Lassiter (13) Janeth Arcain (6) ARCO Arena 12–4
17 July 12 @ Portland W 71–57 Arcain
Thompson (22) 		Tynesha Lewis (8) Janeth Arcain (9) Rose Garden 13–4
18 July 13 @ Seattle W 58–55 Tina Thompson (22) Tina Thompson (9) Janeth Arcain (4) KeyArena 14–4
19 July 18 @ Orlando L 52–57 Janeth Arcain (17) Tina Thompson (12) Coquese Washington (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 14–5
20 July 20 @ Miami L 50–64 Tammy Jackson (18) Nekeshia Henderson (5) Arcain
Lassiter
Shakirova (2) 		American Airlines Arena 14–6
21 July 23 @ Minnesota W 51–46 Tina Thompson (24) Tina Thompson (10) Coquese Washington (6) Target Center 15–6
22 July 24 Utah L 67–76 Janeth Arcain (29) Janeth Arcain (8) Coquese Washington (4) Compaq Center 15–7
23 July 28 New York L 61–64 Janeth Arcain (19) Tina Thompson (9) Coquese Washington (5) Compaq Center 15–8
24 July 30 Seattle W 55–51 Janeth Arcain (16) Tina Thompson (11) Tina Thompson (4) Compaq Center 16–8
August : 3–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 August 1 Utah L 63–71 Janeth Arcain (18) Tiffani Johnson (10) Janeth Arcain (4) Compaq Center 16–9
26 August 3 Orlando W 72–60 Janeth Arcain (18) Tina Thompson (11) Coquese Washington (6) Compaq Center 17–9
27 August 4 @ Charlotte L 49–54 Janeth Arcain (20) Tammy Jackson (9) Coquese Washington (2) Charlotte Coliseum 17–10
28 August 6 Phoenix W 62–48 Janeth Arcain (18) Tina Thompson (7) Janeth Arcain (5) Compaq Center 18–10
29 August 8 @ Seattle L 55–72 Janeth Arcain (24) Trisha Stafford-Odom (12) Coquese Washington (4) KeyArena 18–11
30 August 11 @ Los Angeles L 54–65 Janeth Arcain (20) Tina Thompson (6) Thompson
Washington (5) 		Staples Center 18–12
31 August 13 Minnesota W 74–60 Arcain
Thompson (17) 		Trisha Stafford-Odom (9) Janeth Arcain (3) Compaq Center 19–12
32 August 14 @ Phoenix L 38–56 Elena Tornikidou (16) Wendy Palmer (5) Edwina Brown (7) America West Arena 19–13
2001 season schedule

Playoffs

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2001 playoff game log
First round vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Lost Series: 0–2
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 August 18 Los Angeles L 59–64 Amanda Lassiter (17) Tiffani Johnson (12) Tina Thompson (5) Compaq Center 0–1
2 August 20 @ Los Angeles L 58–70 Janeth Arcain (18) Coquese Washington (7) Coquese Washington (3) Staples Center 0–2
2001 playoff schedule

Season standings

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Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 28 4 .875 19–2 –
Sacramento Monarchs x 20 12 .625 13–8 8.0
Utah Starzz x 19 13 .594 11–10 9.0
Houston Comets x 19 13 .594 13–8 9.0
Phoenix Mercury o 13 19 .406 8–13 15.0
Minnesota Lynx o 12 20 .375 9–12 16.0
Portland Fire o 11 21 .344 5–16 17.0
Seattle Storm o 10 22 .313 6–15 18.0

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
Tina Thompson 30 30 36.7 .377 .293 .840 7.8 1.9 1.0 0.7 19.3
Janeth Arcain 32 32 36.1 .426 .333 .900 4.3 2.9 1.9 0.1 18.5
Coquese Washington 32 32 31.7 .356 .358 .636 3.7 3.8 2.2 0.3 5.3
Tiffani Johnson 32 28 21.0 .449 N/A .857 4.3 0.7 0.4 0.5 4.6
Amanda Lassiter 32 18 19.2 .367 .388 .667 3.4 1.1 0.5 0.7 4.3
Tynesha Lewis 29 4 14.4 .424 .400 .647 2.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.3
Tammy Jackson 32 4 13.8 .500 N/A .450 2.8 0.7 0.7 0.3 3.3
Trisha Stafford-Odom 30 4 12.2 .368 .000 .673 2.8 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.8
Kelley Gibson 28 6 10.3 .228 .143 .682 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.6
Nekeshia Henderson 23 0 7.8 .237 .273 .286 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.0 1.1
Elena Shakirova 26 2 7.8 .316 .000 .609 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.5


‡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 "2001 Houston Comets Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
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