2007 Houston Comets season explained

Team:Houston Comets
Year:2007
Attendance:8,166
Wins:13
Losses:21
Conf:Western
Conf Place:5th
Coach:Karleen Thompson
Arena:Toyota Center
Playoffs:Did not qualify

The 2007 WNBA season was the 11th season for the Houston Comets. The team started the season 0-10, finishing 13-11 in the remainder part of the season, and missing the playoffs for the first time in four years. It was also their last year playing at the Toyota Center.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

With the folding of the Charlotte Sting, the league held a dispersal draft prior to the 2007 WNBA draft. The order of teams picking players was based on their 2006 records. The Comets would be selecting 8th.

WNBA draft

See also: 2007 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
18Ashley ShieldsSouthwest Tennessee CC
214Dee DavisVanderbilt
334Kristen NewlinStanford

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTrade
January 11, 2007
March 5, 2007Signed Tasha Butts
March 7, 2007Signed Hamchétou Maïga-Ba
April 5, 2007Signed Latasha Byears
April 24, 2007Waived Lauren Neaves, Ashely Awkward, and Fatima Maddox
April 26, 2007Signed Jae Kingi-Cross
Waived Monica Roberts
April 27, 2007Waived Desire Wheeler
May 1, 2007Waived Coretta Brown, LaTasha Butts, Alisha Gladden, and Giuliana Mendiola
May 5, 2007Waived Edna Campbell
May 13, 2007Waived Amber Metoyer, Kristen Newlin, and Amber Obaze
May 16, 2007Waived Jae Kingi-Cross
May 18, 2007Signed Jessica Dickson
Waived Jillian Robbins and Yelena Leuchanka
May 23, 2007Waived Jessica Dickson and Erin Grant
May 24, 2007Signed Tamara Moore
May 30, 2007Signed Barbara Turner
June 11, 2007Waived Dee Davis
June 13, 2007Signed Crystal Smith
July 1, 2007Waived Tamara Moore and Tari Phillips
July 2, 2007Signed Tamecka Dixon
July 4, 2007Signed Erin Grant

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Regular season

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 19 69-82 Loss 0-1
May 25 85-111 Loss 0-2
May 29 71-82 Loss 0-3
June 2 71-77 Loss 0-4
June 6 59-84 Loss 0-5
June 8 77-88 Loss 0-6
June 11 67-82 Loss 0-7
June 13 71-74 Loss 0-8
June 15 71-84 Loss 0-9
June 16 63-75 Loss 0-10
June 20 74-64 Win 1-10
June 22 95-85 Win 2-10
June 24 85-90 Loss 2-11
June 26 75-67 Win 3-11
June 28 81-76 Win 4-11
June 30 75-92 Loss 4-12
July 6 55-71 Loss 4-13
July 8 79-67 Win 5-13
July 10 77-79 Loss 5-14
July 12 87-77 Win 6-14
July 18 58-65 Loss 6-15
July 20 80-74 Win 7-15
July 22 79-81 Loss 7-16
July 27 69-63 Win 8-16
July 29 70-88 Loss 8-17
July 31 74-76 Loss 8-18
August 3 66-56 Win 9-18
August 4 80-77 Win 10-18
August 7 71-77 Loss 10-19
August 10 83-75 Win 11-19
August 11 60-63 Loss 11-20
August 14 81-73 Win 12-20
August 16 70-81 Loss 12-21
August 19 82-72 Win 13-21

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Tina Thompson 34 229 94 29 23 639
Michelle Snow 34 230 47 18 35 366
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 34 137 77 57 3 310
Tamecka Dixon 18 57 57 24 6 216
Sancho Lyttle 31 164 30 37 20 183
Crystal Smith 27 53 72 34 3 170
Latasha Byears 30 75 16 23 5 151
Ashley Shields 26 33 20 10 1 137
Roneeka Hodges 29 30 27 13 0 102
Barbara Turner 22 42 20 8 4 92
Tamara Moore 15 25 44 16 2 58
Erin Grant 17 19 37 7 0 25
Sheryl Swoopes 3 17 11 5 1 23
Mistie Williams 19 28 5 5 6 22
Tari Phillips 7 5 1 3 0 10
Dee Davis 3 0 0 0 0 6
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007 WNBA Transactions . WNBA.com . WNBA.com . 11 April 2021.
  2. Web site: 2007 Houston Comets Stats.