The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Cleveland Rockers.
See also: 2002 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Deanna Jackson | UAB | ||
| 1 | 9 | Brandi McCain | Florida | ||
| 3 | 41 | Angie Welle | Iowa State | ||
| 4 | 57 | Marche Strickland | Maryland |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2002 | Traded Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and a 2002 1st Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2002 1st Round Pick | |
| April 19, 2002 | Drafted Deanna Jackson, Brandi McCain, Angie Welle and Marche Strickland in the 2002 WNBA Draft[1] | |
| May 8, 2002 | Waived Jameka Jones, Jannon Roland and Tere Williams | |
| May 19, 2002 | Waived Angie Welle and Marche Strickland | |
| May 21, 2002 | Waived Katryna Gaither | |
| May 23, 2002 | Waived Anastasia Kostaki | |
| May 30, 2002 | Waived Nyree Roberts | |
| Signed Lucienne Berthieu | ||
| June 14, 2002 | Waived Paige Sauer | |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| June 1| Houston| L 65–69 (OT)| Penny Taylor (24)| Penny Taylor (9)| Jennifer Rizzotti (5)| Gund Arena| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| June 6| Detroit| W 72–55| Chasity Melvin (19)| Penny Taylor (9)| Andrade
Jones (4)| Gund Arena| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 6| @ Orlando| L 99–103 (3OT)| Penny Taylor (27)| Merlakia Jones (8)| Jennifer Rizzotti (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| June 11| @ Miami| L 65–74| Merlakia Jones (20)| Melvin
Taylor (6)| Jones
McCain
Taylor (3)| American Airlines Arena| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 14| Washington| L 63–69| Merlakia Jones (18)| Chasity Melvin (8)| Merlakia Jones (3)| Gund Arena| 1–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 15| @ Indiana| W 79–68| Merlakia Jones (27)| Ann Wauters (6)| Brandi McCain (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 2–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| June 19| Orlando| L 62–66| Merlakia Jones (14)| Merlakia Jones (7)| Jennifer Rizzotti (4)| Gund Arena| 2–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 8| June 21| New York| W 80–69| Chasity Melvin (30)| Jones
Wauters (7)| Jennifer Rizzotti (14)| Gund Arena| 3–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| June 23| @ Washington| L 45–63| Chasity Melvin (10)| Jones
Melvin
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Taylor (4)| Jones
Rizzotti
Taylor (2)| MCI Center| 3–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| June 25| Miami| W 71–50| Ann Wauters (18)| Merlakia Jones (9)| Mery Andrade (4)| Gund Arena| 4–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11| June 27| Sacramento| W 73–50| Penny Taylor (24)| Chasity Melvin (12)| McCain
Taylor
Wauters (5)| Gund Arena| 5–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| June 28| @ New York| W 67–58| Penny Taylor (20)| Merlakia Jones (7)| Andrade
Jones
McCain
Rizzotti
Taylor (2)| Madison Square Garden| 6–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13| June 30| Utah| L 62–79| Ann Wauters (20)| Ann Wauters (6)| Brown
McCain
Taylor (5)| Gund Arena| 6–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| July 2| Portland| L 64–68| Merlakia Jones (18)| Ann Wauters (7)| Merlakia Jones (5)| Gund Arena| 6–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 5| Seattle| L 65–73| Penny Taylor (16)| Brown
Jones
Melvin
Wauters (4)| Jones
Taylor (4)| Gund Arena| 6–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 6| @ Charlotte| L 67–78| Merlakia Jones (17)| Jones
Wauters (6)| Penny Taylor (4)| Charlotte Coliseum| 6–10 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| July 8| @ Indiana| L 57–68| Jones
Taylor (12)| Ann Wauters (6)| Merlakia Jones (3)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 6–11 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 11| @ Sacramento| L 69–71| Ann Wauters (18)| Penny Taylor (10)| Jones
Taylor (5)| ARCO Arena| 6–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 12| @ Seattle| W 62–58| Ann Wauters (16)| Chasity Melvin (12)| Mery Andrade (4)| KeyArena| 7–12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 20| July 17| @ Minnesota| W 58–48| Ann Wauters (14)| Chasity Melvin (12)| Jones
Rizzotti
Taylor
Wauters (2)| Target Center| 8–12 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 20| Los Angeles| L 50–63| Penny Taylor (11)| Merlakia Jones (9)| Bader Binford
Taylor (3)| Gund Arena| 8–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 22| @ New York| L 52–73| Merlakia Jones (11)| Penny Taylor (6)| Chasity Melvin (3)| Madison Square Garden| 8–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| July 24| Charlotte| L 66–73 (OT)| Merlakia Jones (20)| Brown
Jones (8)| Jennifer Rizzotti (4)| Gund Arena| 8–15|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 24| July 25| @ Charlotte| W 83–73| Merlakia Jones (23)| Chasity Melvin (10)| Jennifer Rizzotti (7)| Charlotte Coliseum| 9–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| July 28| Orlando| L 70–76 (OT)| Andrea Stinson (17)| Andrea Stinson (5)| Staley
Stinson (4)| Gund Arena| 9–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 1| @ Detroit| W 68–66| Chasity Melvin (20)| Merlakia Jones (8)| Merlakia Jones (5)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 3| Detroit| L 57–68| Chasity Melvin (15)| Ann Wauters (8)| Jennifer Rizzotti (4)| Gund Arena| 10–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 6| @ Houston| L 54–67| Melvin
Taylor (13)| Merlakia Jones (5)| Jennifer Rizzotti (4)| Compaq Center| 10–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| August 7| @ Phoenix| L 57–59| Ann Wauters (16)| Chasity Melvin (9)| Melvin
Rizzotti (5)| America West Arena| 10–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 9| @ Miami| L 59–65| Penny Taylor (11)| Jones
Melvin (6)| Mery Andrade (4)| American Airlines Arena| 10–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 11| Washington| L 54–60| Ann Wauters (12)| Melvin
Taylor (7)| Brown
Jones
Rizzotti
Taylor (2)| Gund Arena| 10–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| August 13| Indiana| L 56–60| Penny Taylor (22)| Penny Taylor (10)| Chasity Melvin (5)| Gund Arena| 10–22
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlakia Jones | 32 | 32 | 34.2 | .399 | .278 | .785 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
| Chasity Melvin | 32 | 32 | 33.0 | .464 | .500 | .687 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 12.5 |
| Penny Taylor | 30 | 26 | 30.3 | .416 | .342 | .853 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.0 |
| Ann Wauters | 28 | 25 | 28.6 | .553 | .000 | .851 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 11.2 |
| Jennifer Rizzotti | 26 | 25 | 26.7 | .400 | .384 | .800 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 6.8 |
| Mery Andrade | 32 | 16 | 20.8 | .306 | .192 | .783 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| Rushia Brown | 28 | 2 | 16.7 | .400 | .000 | .737 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Brandi McCain | 31 | 2 | 12.6 | .291 | .362 | .750 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Deanna Jackson | 18 | 0 | 7.9 | .413 | .000 | .708 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Tracy Henderson | 23 | 0 | 7.5 | .390 | N/A | 1.000 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Tricia Bader Binford | 18 | 0 | 7.3 | .154 | .071 | .833 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Paige Sauer | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lucienne Berthieu | 5 | 0 | 3.2 | .429 | .000 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 |