2001 Detroit Shock season

2001 Detroit Shock season
2001 Detroit Shock season
Coach	Greg Williams
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Attendance	6,834 per game
Results
Record	10–22 (.313)
Place	7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	WJBK (FOX 2); Fox Sports Net Detroit
	← 2000 season 2002 season →

The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Detroit Shock.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	6	Deanna Nolan	United States	Georgia
2	22	Jae Kingi	New Zealand	Adelaide Lightning (Australia)
3	38	Svetlana Volnaya	Soviet Union	Virginia
4	54	Kelly Santos	Brazil	Brazil

Transactions

Date	Transaction
August 28, 2000	Fired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach^[1]
September 20, 2000	Hired Greg Williams as Head Coach^[1]
April 20, 2001	Traded Val Whiting-Raymond to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick^[1]
April 20, 2001	Drafted Deanna Nolan, Jae Kingi, Svetlana Volnaya and Kelly Santos in the 2001 WNBA Draft^[1]
April 23, 2001	Traded Anna DeForge to the Houston Comets in exchange for Jennifer Rizzotti^[1]
May 12, 2001	Traded Tamicha Jackson and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick^[1]
May 18, 2001	Waived Cal Bouchard and Svetlana Volnaya^[1]
May 27, 2001	Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for a 2002 3rd Round Pick^[1]
	Traded Olympia Scott-Richardson and a 2002 3rd Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for 2002 2nd Round Pick^[1]
	Waived Joy Holmes Harris^[1]

Roster

2001 Detroit Shock roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
F	11	Boyd, Carla	6' 1" (1.85m)	172 lb (78kg)	1975-10-31		2
G/F	24	Brown, Edwina	5' 9" (1.75m)	163 lb (74kg)	1978-07-01	Texas	1
G	10	Canty, Dominique	5' 9" (1.75m)	166 lb (75kg)	1977-03-02	Alabama	3
F/C	54	Farris, Barbara	6' 3" (1.91m)	200 lb (91kg)	1976-09-10	Tulane	1
G	6	Kingi, Jae	5' 8" (1.73m)	150 lb (68kg)	1976-01-20		R
F	44	Ndiaye-Diatta, Astou	6' 3" (1.91m)	182 lb (83kg)	1973-11-05	Southern Nazarene	2
F	9	Neves, Claudia	5' 8" (1.73m)	136 lb (62kg)	1975-02-17		2
G/F	14	Nolan, Deanna	5' 9" (1.75m)	147 lb (67kg)	1979-08-25	Georgia	R
F	3	Palmer, Wendy	6' 2" (1.88m)	165 lb (75kg)	1974-08-12	Virginia	4
F	16	Santos, Kelly	6' 3" (1.91m)	188 lb (85kg)	1979-11-10		R
F	4	Sporn, Rachael	6' 1" (1.85m)	175 lb (79kg)	1968-05-26		2
F	17	Tornikidou, Elena	6' 1" (1.85m)	160 lb (73kg)	1965-05-27		2

Head coach: Greg Williams (Rice)
Assistant coaches: Laura Ramus

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log
Total: 10–22 (Home: 5–11; Road: 5–11)

June: 4–8 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	June 2	Houston	L 73–74	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (24)	Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (6)	Elena Tornikidou (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	0–1
2	June 5	Orlando	L 71–92	Deanna Nolan (12)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)	Edwina Brown (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	0–2
3	June 7	@ Houston	L 66–87	Elena Tornikidou (15)	Wendy Palmer (9)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4)	Compaq Center	0–3
4	June 12	@ Miami	W 68–67 (OT)	Canty Palmer (16)	Wendy Palmer (9)	Edwina Brown (4)	American Airlines Arena	1–3
5	June 14	Washington	W 80–65	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (22)	Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (9)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	2–3
6	June 16	@ Charlotte	W 72–69 (2OT)	Dominique Canty (20)	Barbara Farris (8)	Dominique Canty (7)	Charlotte Coliseum	3–3
7	June 17	Minnesota	L 63–71	Carla Boyd (14)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)	Canty Brown (3)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	3–4
8	June 22	@ Indiana	L 56–77	Dominique Canty (10)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6)	Jae Kingi (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse	3–5
9	June 23	Indiana	L 70–74	Claudia Neves (16)	Santos Sporn (5)	Dominique Canty (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	3–6
10	June 26	Los Angeles	L 89–98	Edwina Brown (18)	Farris Ndiaye-Diatta (8)	Edwina Brown (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	3–7
11	June 27	@ Charlotte	L 50–74	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (13)	Barbara Farris (6)	Dominique Canty (3)	Charlotte Coliseum	3–8
12	June 29	Phoenix	W 75–71	Jae Kingi (25)	Dominique Canty (11)	Jae Kingi (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	4–8

July : 3–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 2–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
13	July 2	@ New York	L 60–66	Elena Tornikidou (16)	Jae Kingi (8)	Dominique Canty (4)	Madison Square Garden	4–9
14	July 6	Charlotte	L 50–67	Deanna Nolan (11)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)	Farris Kingi Ndiaye-Diatta (2)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	4–10
15	July 8	@ Orlando	L 67–73	Edwina Brown (15)	Elena Tornikidou (7)	Dominique Canty (3)	TD Waterhouse Centre	4–11
16	July 11	@ Washington	W 64–52	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (20)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (10)	Ndiaye-Diatta Neves (5)	MCI Center	5–11
17	July 13	Miami	L 55–56	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)	Wendy Palmer (8)	Jae Kingi (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	5–12
18	July 14	@ Miami	L 51–66	Deanna Nolan (10)	Wendy Palmer (8)	Canty Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (2)	American Airlines Arena	5–13
19	July 18	New York	L 67–80	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)	Wendy Palmer (8)	Brown Neves Tornikidou (2)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	5–14
20	July 21	@ Sacramento	L 52–66	Ndiaye-Diatta Kingi (13)	Edwina Brown (9)	Edwina Brown (5)	ARCO Arena	5–15
21	July 22	@ Portland	W 80–77 (OT)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18)	Wendy Palmer (7)	Canty Tornikidou (4)	Rose Garden	6–15
22	July 24	@ Seattle	L 69–74 (OT)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23)	Wendy Palmer (11)	Elena Tornikidou (6)	KeyArena	6–16
23	July 26	@ Phoenix	L 62–63	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)	Edwina Brown (6)	America West Arena	6–17
24	July 28	Cleveland	L 50–57	Wendy Palmer (14)	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)	Jae Kingi (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	6–18
25	July 29	Orlando	W 64–62	Edwina Brown (13)	Edwina Brown (6)	Edwina Brown (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	7–18

August : 3–4 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
26	August 1	@ New York	L 63–66	Elena Tornikidou (22)	Wendy Palmer (11)	Edwina Brown (5)	Madison Square Garden	7–19
27	August 4	Portland	W 70–65	Edwina Brown (15)	Wendy Palmer (13)	Jae Kingi (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	8–19
28	August 7	Utah	L 69–76	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (27)	Farris Ndiaye-Diatta (3)	Edwina Brown (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	8–20
29	August 8	@ Cleveland	L 66–73	Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)	Edwina Brown (5)	Edwina Brown (7)	Gund Arena	8–21
30	August 10	Washington	W 69–63	Elena Tornikidou (21)	Wendy Palmer (8)	Jae Kingi (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	9–21
31	August 12	@ Indiana	L 66–83	Wendy Palmer (17)	Wendy Palmer (6)	Edwina Brown (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse	9–22
32	August 14	Cleveland	W 76–65	Elena Tornikidou (16)	Wendy Palmer (5)	Edwina Brown (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	10–22

2001 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers ^x	22	10	.688	15–6	–
New York Liberty ^x	21	11	.656	13–8	1.0
Miami Sol ^x	20	12	.625	14–7	2.0
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	14	.563	15–6	4.0
Orlando Miracle ^o	13	19	.406	9–12	9.0
Indiana Fever ^o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Detroit Shock ^o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Washington Mystics ^o	10	22	.313	4–17	12.0

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Wendy Palmer	22	22	29.6	.423	.333	.678	7.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	10.6
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta	32	31	28.5	.457	.333	.776	5.3	1.5	0.7	0.9	11.8
Edwina Brown	32	14	25.0	.366	.377	.783	3.2	2.7	1.0	0.2	7.4
Elena Tornikidou	32	32	24.3	.446	.449	.887	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.4	9.6
Jae Kingi	29	17	21.6	.387	.375	.722	2.2	2.6	1.1	0.3	5.8
Deanna Nolan	27	0	20.2	.330	.288	.811	2.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	7.1
Dominique Canty	32	18	19.5	.363	.200	.757	2.6	2.2	1.0	0.0	6.2
Claudia Neves	22	15	18.5	.362	.365	1.000	1.3	1.5	1.0	0.0	4.3
Barbara Farris	31	10	18.0	.469	N/A	.638	3.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	4.2
Rachael Sporn	23	1	11.5	.404	N/A	.333	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.2	1.8
Carla Boyd	21	0	11.0	.343	.306	.900	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.1	3.6
Kelly Santos	14	0	10.9	.476	.000	.667	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.2	3.7

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "2001 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "2001 Detroit Shock Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

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2001 Detroit Shock season

Transactions

WNBA draft

Transactions

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

References

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