The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics finished with the worst record in the Eastern Conference.
See also: 2001 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Coco Miller | Georgia | ||
| 2 | 25 | Tamara Stocks | Florida | ||
| 3 | 41 | Jamie Lewis | Ohio State | ||
| 3 | 44 | Elena Karpova | MBK Ružomberok (Slovakia) |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2000 | Hired Tom Maher as Head Coach | |
| April 17, 2001 | Traded a 2001 2nd Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Annie Burgess | |
| Traded Andrea Nagy and a 2001 4th Round Pick to the New York Liberty in exchange for a 2001 2nd Round Pick and 2001 3rd Round Pick | ||
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Coco Miller, Tamara Stocks, Jamie Lewis and Elena Karpova in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1] | |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Audrey Sauret, Belinda Snell and Helen Luz | |
| May 9, 2001 | Waived Renee Robinson | |
| May 18, 2001 | Waived Elena Karpova | |
| May 21, 2001 | Waived Beth Cunningham | |
| May 27, 2001 | Traded Keisha Anderson to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Cass Bauer Bilodeau | |
| Waived Jamie Lewis and Michelle Campbell | ||
| Suspended contracts of Audrey Sauret, Belinda Snell and Jenny Whittle | ||
| June 8, 2001 | Waived Belinda Snell | |
| June 20, 2001 | Waived Jenny Whittle | |
| December 5, 2001 | Traded Nikki McCray, a 2002 2nd Round Pick and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Angie Braziel, a 2002 1st Round Pick and a 2002 3rd Round Pick |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| May 31| @ Cleveland| L 34–69| Holdsclaw
Washington (8)| Vicky Bullett (9)| Burgess
McCray
Washington (2)| Gund Arena| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| June 3| Seattle| W 68–63| Chamique Holdsclaw (18)| Chamique Holdsclaw (11)| Burgess
Page (4)| MCI Center| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| June 5| Sacramento| W 75–72| Chamique Holdsclaw (19)| Chamique Holdsclaw (16)| Helen Luz (5)| MCI Center| 2–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| June 10| New York| L 80–81| Chamique Holdsclaw (31)| Chamique Holdsclaw (13)| Holdsclaw
Page (5)| MCI Center| 2–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 14| @ Detroit| L 65–80| Holdsclaw
McCray
Washington (11)| Vicky Bullett (5)| Murriel Page (3)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| June 16| @ New York| L 63–86| Helen Luz (15)| Chamique Holdsclaw (8)| Annie Burgess (4)| Madison Square Garden| 2–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 17| Cleveland| L 55–57| Chamique Holdsclaw (22)| Chamique Holdsclaw (13)| Annie Burgess (6)| MCI Center| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 21| Miami| L 63–74| Luz
McCray (15)| Vicky Bullett (7)| Luz
Sauret (3)| MCI Center| 2–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| June 23| @ Orlando| L 59–67| Chamique Holdsclaw (18)| Chamique Holdsclaw (15)| Annie Burgess (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 2–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| June 25| Minnesota| L 51–55| Chamique Holdsclaw (23)| Murriel Page (9)| Holdsclaw
Sauret (3)| MCI Center| 2–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 27| @ Houston| L 63–76| Chamique Holdsclaw (21)| Chamique Holdsclaw (14)| Holdsclaw
Luz
McCray (3)| Compaq Center| 2–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| June 29| Utah| W 74–64| Chamique Holdsclaw (17)| Chamique Holdsclaw (11)| Chamique Holdsclaw (6)| MCI Center| 3–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| July 1| Orlando| W 76–64| Vicky Bullett (24)| Vicky Bullett
Page (10)| Audrey Sauret (8)| MCI Center| 4–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 3| @ Seattle| W 72–69 (4OT)| Nikki McCray (20)| Chamique Holdsclaw (15)| Holdsclaw
Sauret (3)| KeyArena| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 6| @ Portland| L 58–69| Chamique Holdsclaw (20)| Vicky Bullett (9)| Holdsclaw
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McCray
Washington (3)| Rose Garden| 5–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 7| @ Phoenix| L 52–66| Nikki McCray (10)| Chamique Holdsclaw (8)| Helen Luz (4)| America West Arena| 5–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 11| Detroit| L 52–64| Nikki McCray (12)| Vicky Bullett (9)| Annie Burgess (3)| MCI Center| 5–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 14| Los Angeles| L 50–62| Helen Luz (14)| Bullett
Page (9)| Burgess
Sauret (3)| MCI Center| 5–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| July 20| @ Indiana| L 65–73| Nikki McCray (25)| Vicky Bullett (14)| Annie Burgess (9)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 5–14|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20| July 22| Indiana| W 69–61| Chamique Holdsclaw (19)| Vicky Bullett (12)| Annie Burgess (8)| MCI Center| 6–14 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 24| @ Orlando| L 63–71| Vicky Bullett (14)| Chamique Holdsclaw (7)| Murriel Page (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 6–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 26| @ Charlotte| L 60–62| Chamique Holdsclaw (15)| Holdsclaw
Mills (7)| Burgess
Holdsclaw (2)| Charlotte Coliseum| 6–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| July 27| @ Minnesota| W 62–60| Chamique Holdsclaw (22)| Chamique Holdsclaw (12)| Nikki McCray (6)| Target Center| 7–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 24| July 29| Charlotte| W 55–42| Nikki McCray (23)| Chamique Holdsclaw (12)| Luz
Page (3)| MCI Center| 8–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| August 1| @ Indiana| L 64–70| Chamique Holdsclaw (27)| Murriel Page (7)| Holdsclaw
Luz (3)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 8–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 3| Portland| W 64–50| Burgess
McCray (13)| Vicky Bullett (10)| Chamique Holdsclaw (6)| MCI Center| 9–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 5| @ Miami| L 44–52| Chamique Holdsclaw (18)| Bullett
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Page (7)| Annie Burgess (3)| American Airlines Arena| 9–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 6| Charlotte| L 60–65| Chamique Holdsclaw (17)| Bullett
Page (7)| Burgess
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Page (3)| MCI Center| 9–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| August 8| Miami| L 36–42| Chamique Holdsclaw (18)| Murriel Page (9)| Nikki McCray (2)| MCI Center| 9–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 10| @ Detroit| L 63–69| Vicky Bullett (21)| Murriel Page (6)| Helen Luz (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 9–21|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 31| August 12| Cleveland| W 57–49| Nikki McCray (18)| Chamique Holdsclaw (16)| Chamique Holdsclaw (3)| MCI Center| 10–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| August 14| @ New York| L 56–71| Chamique Holdsclaw (17)| Chamique Holdsclaw (9)| Burgess
Sauret (3)| Madison Square Garden| 10–22
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamique Holdsclaw | 29 | 29 | 33.6 | .400 | .239 | .682 | 8.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 16.8 | |
| Vicky Bullett | 32 | 32 | 33.5 | .392 | .297 | .729 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 8.7 | |
| Murriel Page | 32 | 32 | 30.9 | .433 | .235 | .583 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 7.0 | |
| Nikki McCray | 32 | 32 | 25.9 | .410 | .232 | .711 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 11.0 | |
| Annie Burgess | 31 | 27 | 23.6 | .333 | .298 | .593 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 4.0 | |
| Audrey Sauret | 25 | 3 | 18.2 | .297 | .115 | .292 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | |
| Helen Luz | 32 | 3 | 15.3 | .404 | .390 | .880 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 5.1 | |
| Tonya Washington | 30 | 2 | 11.2 | .360 | .345 | .818 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.4 | |
| Tausha Mills | 30 | 0 | 10.6 | .333 | .000 | .581 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 | |
| Markita Aldridge | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | |
| Coco Miller | 20 | 0 | 6.9 | .325 | .333 | .545 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | |
| Cass Bauer Bilodeau | 15 | 0 | 6.8 | .294 | .000 | .500 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | |
| Jenny Whittle | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
| Tamara Stocks | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | .333 | N/A | .500 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |