2002 Minnesota Lynx season

2002 Minnesota Lynx season
CoachBrian Agler (resigned Jul. 16, 6–13 record)
Heidi VanDerveer (interim, 4–9 record)
ArenaTarget Center
Attendance7,819 per game
Results
Record10–22 (.313)
Place8th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
← 2001 season
2003 season →

The 2002 WNBA season was the fourth for the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx failed to emerge from their recent struggles, going dead last in the West.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 6 Tamika Williams  United States UConn
3 38 Lindsey Meder  United States Iowa
4 54 Shárron Francis  United States Old Dominion

Transactions

Date Transaction
April 19, 2002 Traded Erin Buescher to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Shaunzinski Gortman[1]
Drafted Tamika Williams, Lindsey Meder, and Shárron Francis in the 2002 WNBA Draft[1]
April 26, 2002 Signed ShaRae Mansfield and Sonja Tate[1]
May 7, 2002 Waived ShaRae Mansfield and Shárron Francis[1]
May 11, 2002 Signed Angelina Wolvert[1]
May 12, 2002 Waived Kate Paye[1]
May 16, 2002 Waived Angelina Wolvert[1]
Suspended contract of Sonja Tate[1]
June 11, 2002 Traded Betty Lennox and a 2003 1st Round Pick to the Miami Sol in exchange for Tamara Moore and a 2003 2nd Round Pick[1]
June 13, 2002 Signed Tamara Moore[1]
July 16, 2002 Brian Agler resigned as Head Coach[1]
Hired Heidi VanDerveer as Interim Head Coach[1]

Roster

2002 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 25 Soviet Union Abrosimova, Svetlana 6' 2" (1.88m) 169 lb (77kg) 1980-07-09 Connecticut 1
C 33 United States Burse, Janell 6' 5" (1.96m) 199 lb (90kg) 1979-05-19 Tulane 1
G 32 United States Gortman, Shaunzinski 5' 10" (1.78m) 158 lb (72kg) 1979-12-07 South Carolina R
G 8 Australia Harrower, Kristi 5' 4" (1.63m) 139 lb (63kg) 1975-03-04 3
G 22 United States Lennox, Betty 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1976-12-04 Louisiana Tech 2
G 21 United States Moore, Tamara 5' 10" (1.78m) 176 lb (80kg) 1980-04-11 Wisconsin R
G/F 34 United States Pride, Lynn 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 1978-10-16 Kansas 2
G/F 23 United States Schweitzer, Georgia 6' 0" (1.83m) – 1979-01-31 Duke 1
G 30 United States Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-06-04 Ohio State 3
F 3 United States Stires, Shanele 5' 11" (1.8m) 208 lb (94kg) 1972-05-21 Kansas State 2
C 31 United States Van Gorp, Michele 6' 6" (1.98m) 187 lb (85kg) 1977-05-10 Duke 3
F/C 52 United States Whiting-Raymond, Val 6' 2" (1.88m) 199 lb (90kg) 1972-04-09 Stanford 2
F 20 United States Williams, Tamika 6' 2" (1.88m) 195 lb (88kg) 1980-04-12 Connecticut R
Head coach
United States Heidi VanDerveer (College of Charleston)
Assistant coaches
United States Kelly Kramer



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2002 game log
Total: 10–22 (Home: 7–9; Road: 3–13)
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 25 Utah L 75–79 (OT) Svetlana Abrosimova (26) Tamika Williams (11) Abrosimova
Williams (4) 		Target Center 0–1
2 May 28 @ Miami W 66–63 Svetlana Abrosimova (21) Tamika Williams (7) Betty Lennox (5) American Airlines Arena 1–1
June : 4–7 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 June 1 @ New York W 63–61 Katie Smith (23) Tamika Williams (7) Georgia Schweitzer (4) ARCO Arena 2–1
4 June 4 @ Seattle L 68–78 (OT) Svetlana Abrosimova (16) Abrosimova
Williams (6) 		Abrosimova
Schweitzer (4) 		KeyArena 2–2
5 June 8 Los Angeles L 72–76 Svetlana Abrosimova (23) Abrosimova
Williams (6) 		Georgia Schweitzer (4) Target Center 2–3
6 June 11 Sacramento W 72–63 Katie Smith (22) Pride
Williams (7) 		Katie Smith (5) Target Center 3–3
7 June 13 Portland W 60–46 Katie Smith (17) Svetlana Abrosimova (13) Tamika Williams (4) Target Center 4–3
8 June 15 @ Houston L 50–51 Abrosimova
Williams (17) 		Pride
Williams (7) 		Lynn Pride (3) Compaq Center 4–4
9 June 18 @ Portland L 51–59 Katie Smith (13) Abrosimova
Williams (7) 		Katie Smith (3) Rose Garden 4–5
10 June 21 @ Los Angeles L 64–73 Katie Smith (27) Tamika Williams (9) Kristi Harrower (6) Staples Center 4–6
11 June 23 @ Phoenix L 61–70 Tamika Williams (19) Tamika Williams (12) Harrower
Moore (3) 		America West Arena 4–7
12 June 25 Houston L 55–73 Tamara Moore (16) Tamika Williams (8) Tamara Moore (5) Target Center 4–8
13 June 29 Orlando W 67–59 Katie Smith (25) Svetlana Abrosimova (10) Svetlana Abrosimova (5) Target Center 5–8
July : 2–11 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–7)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 July 1 Detroit W 85–80 Katie Smith (28) Tamika Williams (11) Tamara Moore (7) Target Center 6–8
15 July 3 Washington L 63–64 Katie Smith (18) Tamara Moore (6) Pride
Smith
Williams (3) 		Target Center 6–9
16 July 5 @ Utah L 56–87 Shaunzinski Gortman (14) Lynn Pride (8) Tamara Moore (4) Delta Center 6–10
17 July 10 Portland L 72–75 Katie Smith (21) Abrosimova
Williams (9) 		Lynn Pride (3) Target Center 6–11
18 July 12 @ Detroit L 69–72 Katie Smith (27) Tamika Williams (7) Abrosimova
Harrower (4) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 6–12
19 July 13 @ Charlotte L 60–63 Svetlana Abrosimova (17) Lynn Pride (7) Lynn Pride (5) Charlotte Coliseum 6–13
20 July 17 Cleveland L 48–58 Tamara Moore (14) Tamika Williams (8) Tamara Moore (6) Target Center 6–14
21 July 19 Miami L 58–61 Katie Smith (12) Michele Van Gorp (6) Tamara Moore (6) Target Center 6–15
22 July 24 Utah W 70–62 Katie Smith (20) Svetlana Abrosimova (12) Tamara Moore (6) Target Center 7–15
23 July 26 @ Indiana L 63–73 Tamara Moore (19) Svetlana Abrosimova (11) Lynn Pride (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7–16
24 July 28 @ Sacramento L 56–66 Katie Smith (19) Tamara Moore (7) Tamara Moore (3) ARCO Arena 7–17
25 July 29 @ Phoenix L 45–57 Svetlana Abrosimova (13) Michele Van Gorp (8) Katie Smith (4) America West Arena 7–18
26 July 30 @ Seattle L 63–75 Katie Smith (13) Moore
Smith
Williams (6) 		Tamara Moore (4) Staples Center 7–19
August : 3–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
27 August 2 Phoenix W 75–51 Katie Smith (22) Svetlana Abrosimova (6) Schweitzer
Smith (5) 		Target Center 8–19
28 August 4 Seattle W 73–60 Schweitzer
Smith (17) 		Tamika Williams (9) Moore
Smith (5) 		Target Center 9–19
29 August 6 @ New York W 52–49 Tamika Williams (13) Tamika Williams (7) Kristi Harrower (3) Madison Square Garden 10–19
30 August 9 Charlotte L 62–68 Katie Smith (24) Tamika Williams (8) Kristi Harrower (5) Target Center 10–20
31 August 11 Los Angeles L 58–69 Schweitzer
Smith (13) 		Tamika Williams (6) Katie Smith (6) Target Center 10–21
32 August 13 @ Houston L 51–63 Tamara Moore (11) Tamika Williams (8) Katie Smith (4) Compaq Center 10–22
2002 season schedule

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 25 7 .781 17–4 –
Houston Comets x 24 8 .750 16–5 1.0
Utah Starzz x 20 12 .625 12–9 5.0
Seattle Storm x 17 15 .531 10–11 8.0
Portland Fire o 16 16 .500 8–13 9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o 14 18 .438 8–13 11.0
Phoenix Mercury o 11 21 .344 7–14 14.0
Minnesota Lynx o 10 22 .313 6–15 15.0

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
Katie Smith 31 31 36.7 .404 .330 .824 3.0 2.5 1.0 0.2 16.5
Tamika Williams 31 31 33.0 .561 .273 .583 7.4 1.6 1.4 0.4 10.1
Svetlana Abrosimova 27 27 29.8 .377 .333 .483 5.4 2.2 1.6 0.4 11.6
Betty Lennox 5 1 27.6 .208 .217 .600 3.2 3.2 1.0 0.0 6.2
Tamara Moore 26 20 25.1 .366 .382 .830 2.9 3.0 0.9 0.3 7.5
Lynn Pride 31 15 19.0 .385 .100 .471 3.3 1.4 0.8 0.8 4.0
Kristi Harrower 27 6 17.8 .389 .333 .400 1.7 2.0 0.4 0.0 3.6
Georgia Schweitzer 30 9 17.0 .483 .424 .867 1.7 1.2 0.5 0.2 4.1
Michele Van Gorp 22 13 16.0 .456 .286 .727 2.9 0.6 0.3 0.5 4.5
Shaunzinski Gortman 29 2 12.7 .361 .326 .778 2.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 3.1
Janell Burse 31 2 11.1 .373 .000 .583 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.4 2.7
Val Whiting-Raymond 6 3 8.7 .308 N/A .417 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 2.2
Shanele Stires 9 0 2.4 .500 .500 .500 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.7


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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2002 Minnesota Lynx Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
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