The 2003 WNBA season was the seventh season for the Phoenix Mercury franchise. The season saw Phoenix going for the worst record in the league at a franchise worst of 8-26.
Offseason
Dispersal Draft Pick Player Nationality Former team 4 Tamicha Jackson (G) Portland Fire
WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 1 4 Plenette Pierson (F) Texas Tech 2 16 Petra Ujhelyi (F/C) South Carolina 3 31 Telisha Quarles (G) Virginia 3 33 Marion Jones (G) North Carolina
Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule Date Opponent Score Result Record May 22 Sacramento 56-65 Loss 0-1 May 24 Houston 62-69 Loss 0-2 May 28 San Antonio 51-50 Win 1-2 May 30 @ Sacramento 49-69 Loss 1-3 June 3 @ Houston 51-66 Loss 1-4 June 5 @ San Antonio 55-70 Loss 1-5 June 7 @ Seattle 57-66 Loss 1-6 June 12 Charlotte 50-58 Loss 1-7 June 14 Houston 76-61 Win 2-7 June 17 Seattle 60-61 Loss 2-8 June 21 Los Angeles 48-54 Loss 2-9 June 25 @ New York 64-70 Loss 2-10 June 27 @ Minnesota 59-67 Loss 2-11 June 28 @ Detroit 68-65 Win 3-11 July 2 @ Indiana 68-79 Loss 3-12 July 5 @ San Antonio 70-81 Loss 3-13 July 10 Cleveland 67-68 Loss 3-14 July 15 @ Los Angeles 77-80 Loss 3-15 July 19 Connecticut 67-75 Loss 3-16 July 24 @ Los Angeles 65-82 Loss 3-17 July 25 @ Seattle 53-82 Loss 3-18 July 29 New York 66-59 Win 4-18 August 1 @ Cleveland 56-73 Loss 4-19 August 3 @ Washington 70-69 Win 5-19 August 4 @ Minnesota 56-61 Loss 5-20 August 6 Minnesota 56-49 Win 6-20 August 8 Los Angeles 64-67 Loss 6-21 August 10 @ Houston 46-69 Loss 6-22 August 13 Detroit 76-78 Loss 6-23 August 15 Seattle 64-50 Win 7-23 August 16 Sacramento 61-65 Loss 7-24 August 20 Minnesota 66-69 Loss 7-25 August 22 San Antonio 89-62 Win 8-25 August 23 @ Sacramento 54-61 Loss 8-26
Player stats Note: GP = Games played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG Anna DeForge 34 105 72 51 12 405 11.9 Adrian Williams-Strong 34 252 31 57 19 334 9.8 Tamicha Jackson 34 82 146 52 4 300 8.8 Kayte Christensen 30 126 16 25 16 206 6.9 Plenette Pierson 33 80 22 19 13 198 6.0 Lisa Harrison 33 118 36 29 6 183 5.5 Slobodanka Tuvic 17 67 12 10 15 127 7.5 Edwina Brown 34 71 62 30 7 118 3.5 Iziane Castro Marques 16 12 9 6 1 69 4.3 Stacey Thomas 19 27 10 11 8 46 2.4 Edniesha Curry 20 11 24 9 0 33 1.7 Tamara Moore 11 19 8 5 4 33 3.0 Nevriye Yılmaz 5 3 2 0 0 14 2.8 Sonja Mallory 6 10 0 1 4 10 1.7 Dalma Ivanyi 4 4 2 0 1 6 1.5 Michaela Pavlickova 8 4 1 1 0 6 0.8 Felicia Ragland 3 2 2 2 0 5 1.7 Grace Daley 3 2 3 0 1 2 0.7 Tracy Reid 2 1 1 2 0 2 1.0 Gergana Slavtcheva 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Charmin Smith 4 4 1 0 0 0 0.0https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/team/PHO/2003.html
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