2004 Charlotte Sting season explained

The 2004 WNBA season was the eighth season for the Charlotte Sting. The team fell short for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in four years, falling a game short to the Washington Mystics.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sting's 2003 record, they would pick 9th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Sting picked Mery Andrade.

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	3	Nicole Powell (G/F)		Stanford
2	18	Kelly Mazzante (F)		Penn State
2	22	Jenni Benningfield (F)		Vanderbilt
3	35	Jia Perkins (G)		Texas Tech

Transactions

February 5: The Sting traded Kelly Miller and their 9th pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft to the Fever in exchange for Indiana's 3rd and 18th picks in the 2004 WNBA Draft.
March 1: The Sting signed Andrea Stinson to a contract extension
March 12: The Sting signed Olympia Scott-Richardson.
March 18: The Sting signed Kara Wolters.
April 5: The Sting signed Sophia Witherspoon.
April 21: The Sting signed Telisha Quarles, Lenae Williams, Latoya Davis, and Cristina Ciocan.
April 25: The Sting signed La'Keshia Frett.
April 27: The Sting waived Lenae Williams.
April 30: The Sting waived Telisha Quarles.
May 4: The Sting waived Cristina Ciocan.
May 6: The Sting waived Latoya Davis and signed Tera Bjorklund.
May 11: The Sting waived Latoya Turner.
May 12: The Sting waived Kara Wolters.
May 17: The Sting waived Sophia Witherspoon and signed Rita Williams.
May 19: The Sting waived Jenni Benningfield, Rita Williams, Marla Brumfield, and Tera Bjorklund.

Regular season

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 21		53-60	Loss	0-1
May 22		71-68	Win	1-1
May 28		63-41	Win	2-1
June 1		53-63	Loss	2-2
June 3		62-71	Loss	2-3
June 5		57-70	Loss	2-4
June 9		68-82	Loss	2-5
June 11		59-51	Win	3-5
June 15		59-57	Win	4-5
June 18		63-58 (OT)	Win	5-5
June 20		68-63 (OT)	Win	6-5
June 23		60-65	Loss	6-6
June 26		46-37	Win	7-6
July 1		59-71	Loss	7-7
July 3		62-55	Win	8-7
July 8		70-67	Win	9-7
July 10		67-65	Win	10-7
July 15		54-68	Loss	10-8
July 18		58-75	Loss	10-9
July 20		74-80 (OT)	Loss	10-10
July 23		53-63	Loss	10-11
July 24		70-41	Win	11-11
July 28		63-53	Win	12-11
July 31		61-62	Loss	12-12
August 1		55-87	Loss	12-13
September 1		62-55	Win	13-13
September 2		52-56	Loss	13-14
September 4		58-66	Loss	13-15
September 8		72-68	Win	14-15
September 9		74-69	Win	15-15
September 11		60-50	Win	16-15
September 15		67-81	Loss	16-16
September 17		65-82	Loss	16-17
September 19		54-68	Loss	16-18

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Allison Feaster	33	84	60	27	6	388
Tammy Sutton-Brown	34	211	15	31	71	325
Dawn Staley	34	58	171	43	2	302
Charlotte Smith-Taylor	34	139	40	18	13	280
Tynesha Lewis	34	57	44	27	7	246
Andrea Stinson	34	119	49	27	7	203
Nicole Powell	31	71	16	15	4	132
Kelly Mazzante	34	33	9	7	2	79
Olympia Scott-Richardson	34	65	10	9	13	73
Teana Miller	9	18	0	2	6	35
Mery Andrade	12	4	7	0	1	9
Jia Perkins	4	3	1	3	0	3
Tera Bjorklund	4	0	0	0	0	2

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Notes and References

Web site: 2004 Charlotte Sting Stats.