1997 Charlotte Sting season explained

The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Charlotte Sting.

Transactions

WNBA allocation draft

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Andrea Stinson		NC State
Vicky Bullett		Maryland

WNBA elite draft

See also: WNBA elite draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3			NC State
2	11	Michi Atkins		Texas Tech

WNBA draft

See also: 1997 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	7			Virginia
2	10	Sharon Manning		NC State
3	23	Debra Williams		Louisiana Tech
4	26	Andrea Congreaves		Mercer

Transactions

Date	Transaction
1997	Hired Marynell Meadors as Head Coach^[1]
January 22, 1997	Drafted Andrea Stinson and Vicky Bullett in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft
February 27, 1997	Drafted Rhonda Mapp and Michi Atkins in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft
April 28, 1997	Drafted Tora Suber, Sharon Manning, Debra Williams and Andrea Congreaves in the 1997 WNBA Draft

Schedule

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| June 22| @ Phoenix| L 59–76| Andrea Stinson (18)| Andrea Stinson (9)| Andrea Stinson (7)| America West Arena| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| June 25| @ Los Angeles| L 54–74| Tora Suber (13)| Vicky Bullett (11)| Vicky Bullett (3)| Great Western Forum| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 26| @ Sacramento| L 70–78| Andrea Stinson (17)| Andrea Stinson (5)| Andrea Stinson (5)| ARCO Arena| 0–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 29| Cleveland| W 67–44| Andrea Stinson (19)| Bullett
Moore
Suber (6)| Andrea Stinson (10)| Charlotte Coliseum| 1–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5| July 5| Los Angeles| W 78–66| Andrea Stinson (19)| Manning
Moore (5)| Tora Suber (9)| Charlotte Coliseum| 2–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| July 7| @ Houston| L 56–74| Andrea Stinson (13)| Vicky Bullett (10)| Suber
Levesque (3)| The Summit| 2–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| July 9| New York| W 87–69| Andrea Stinson (29)| Andrea Stinson (9)| Andrea Stinson (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 3–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| July 10| @ New York| L 48–62| Andrea Stinson (20)| Sharon Manning (7)| Tora Suber (3)| Madison Square Garden| 3–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| July 12| Cleveland| W 72–43| Rhonda Mapp (14)| Andrea Congreaves (9)| Nicole Levesque (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 4–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| July 16| Utah| W 75–63| Andrea Stinson (19)| Andrea Stinson (10)| Penny Moore (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 5–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| July 17| @ Cleveland| L 47–65| Vicky Bullett (24)| Vicky Bullett (5)| Andrea Stinson (4)| Gund Arena| 5–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| July 21| Los Angeles| W 75–64| Andrea Stinson (23)| Rhonda Mapp (11)| Andrea Stinson (8)| Charlotte Coliseum| 6–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| July 23| New York| L 63–65| Rhonda Mapp (17)| Vicky Bullett (11)| Bullett
Levesque
Mapp
Stinson (3)| Charlotte Coliseum| 6–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 26| @ New York| W 64–61| Rhonda Mapp (15)| Bullett
Mapp
Stinson (8)| Nicole Levesque (5)| Madison Square Garden| 7–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 15| July 30| Phoenix| W 68–67| Vicky Bullett (20)| Andrea Congreaves (16)| Nicole Levesque (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 8–7|- | |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| August 1| Sacramento| W 85–61| Rhonda Mapp (20)| Manning
Mapp (8)| Andrea Stinson (7)| Charlotte Coliseum| 9–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| August 3| @ Los Angeles| W 77–70| Rhonda Mapp (21)| Andrea Stinson (7)| Andrea Stinson (7)| Great Western Forum| 10–7 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| August 4| @ Utah| L 70–73| Andrea Stinson (15)| Vicky Bullett (13)| Mapp
Stinson (4)| Delta Center| 10–8 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| August 6| @ Sacramento| L 64–77| Vicky Bullett (19)| Vicky Bullett (9)| Andrea Stinson (5)| ARCO Arena| 10–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20| August 9| Phoenix| W 79–59| Andrea Stinson (25)| Andrea Congreaves (11)| Andrea Congreaves (7)| Charlotte Coliseum| 11–9 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| August 11| Houston| L 62–72| Andrea Stinson (17)| Congreaves
Stinson (5)| Andrea Stinson (6)| Charlotte Coliseum| 11–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 22| August 14| Sacramento| W 68–51| Andrea Stinson (16)| Bullett
Mapp (9)| Rhonda Mapp (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 12–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| August 16| Houston| W 80–71| Andrea Stinson (25)| Vicky Bullett (11)| Nicky Levesque (8)| Charlotte Coliseum| 13–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| August 17| @ Cleveland| L 49–81| Rhonda Mapp (12)| Rhonda Mapp (8)| Tora Suber (4)| Gund Arena| 13–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| August 19| @ Houston| L 49–81| Vicky Bullett (24)| Rhonda Mapp (7)| Andrea Stinson (7)| The Summit| 13–12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 21| @ Utah| W 66–56| Bullett
Stinson (14)| Rhonda Mapp (9)| Levesque
Mapp (4)| Delta Center| 14–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 22| @ Phoenix| L 63–78| Andrea Congreaves (13)| Andrea Stinson (6)| Andrea Stinson (7)| America West Arena| 14–13|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 24| Utah| W 70–52| Andrea Stinson (17)| Vicky Bullett (11)| Nicole Levesque (8)| Charlotte Coliseum| 15–13

Playoffs

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| August 28| @ Houston| L 54–70| Rhonda Mapp (12)| Vicky Bullett (9)| Levesque
Mapp
Stinson (3)| The Summit| 0–1

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Andrea Stinson	28	28	36.1	.447	.325	.674	5.5	4.4	1.5	0.8	15.7
Vicky Bullett	28	28	31.3	.448	.304	.775	6.4	2.3	1.9	2.0	12.8
Rhonda Mapp	28	23	25.4	.492	.500	.774	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.4	11.6
Andrea Congreaves	28	16	23.5	.500	.409	.768	4.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	6.7
Nicole Levesque	27	21	23.0	.367	.348	.933	1.7	2.8	0.8	0.1	4.0
Penny Moore	28	9	19.3	.358	.200	.516	2.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	4.8
Tora Suber	28	8	17.0	.370	.397	.683	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.1	4.7
Sharon Manning	28	5	15.6	.464	N/A	.420	3.5	0.5	0.9	0.2	4.9
Milica Vukadinovic	1	0	14.0	1.000	1.000	N/A	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0
Debra Williams	10	2	11.6	.256	.222	.500	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.0	2.7
Katasha Artis	20	0	5.7	.250	.000	.533	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.8
Susie Hopson-Shelton	6	0	4.8	.636	N/A	1.000	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	2.7

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

Vicky Bullett ranked seventh in the WNBA in field goals with 145.
Vicky Bullett ranked eighth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 178
Vicky Bullett was tied for sixth in the WNBA in steals with 54.
Vicky Bullett ranked third in the WNBA in blocks with 55.
Rhonda Mapp ranked third in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.492)
Andrea Stinson ranked sixth in the WNBA in assists with 124.
Andrea Stinson tied for seventh in the WNBA in blocks with 21.
Andrea Stinson ranked sixth in the WNBA in points with 439 points.
Andrea Stinson ranked second in the WNBA in field goals with 177.
Andrea Stinson ranked second in the WNBA in minutes per game with 36.1
Andrea Stinson ranked fifth in the WNBA in points per game with 15.7

Awards and honors

Vicky Bullett of Charlotte ranked third in the WNBA with 2.0 blocks per game.
Andrea Stinson of Charlotte ranked second in the WNBA with 1011 minutes played.

Notes and References

Web site: 1997 Charlotte Sting Transactions . 2024-05-22 . Basketball-Reference.com . en.