The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth for the Charlotte Sting. The team advanced to the playoffs, but they were later swept in the opening round to the Washington Mystics.
Transactions
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country17Sheila LambertBaylor19Shaunzinski GortmanSouth Carolina341Edniesha CurryOregon457Jessie StomskiWisconsin
Transactions DateTransactionApril 18, 2002Traded Clarisse Machanguana to the Orlando Miracle in exchange for a 2002 1st Round PickApril 19, 2002 Drafted Sheila Lambert, Shaunzinski Gortman, Edniesha Curry and Jessie Stomski in the 2002 WNBA draftTraded Shaunzinski Gortman to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Erin Buescher and Maylana MartinMay 2, 2002Waived Jessie StomskiMay 20, 2002Waived Anna DeForgeMay 24, 2002Waived Edniesha Curry, Maylana Martin, Rasheeda Clark and Tiffany TravisMay 24, 2002Waived Beth CunninghamJune 17, 2002Traded a 2003 3rd Round Pick to the Houston Comets in exchange for Elena ShakirovaWaived Shantia Owens
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
| 1 | June 2 | Los Angeles | W 94–87 (OT) | Kelly Miller (23) | Charlotte Smith (9) | Dawn Staley (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 3 | Houston | W 67–52 | Andrea Stinson (23) | Stinson Sutton-Brown (6) | Dawn Staley (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–0 |- | 3 | June 6 | @ Seattle | L 59–65 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (11) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (6) | Dawn Staley (6) | KeyArena | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 8 | @ Utah | L 64–69 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (14) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (10) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Delta Center | 2–2 |- | 5 | June 9 | @ Phoenix | L 77–80 | Andrea Stinson (24) | Andrea Stinson (8) | Dawn Staley (3) | America West Arena | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 11 | @ Houston | L 66–78 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (18) | Stinson Sutton-Brown (7) | Dawn Staley (7) | Compaq Center | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 13 | Indiana | W 75–64 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Erin Buescher (6) | Charlotte Smith (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 16 | @ New York | L 53–54 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (14) | Andrea Stinson (11) | Dawn Staley (6) | Madison Square Garden | 3–5 |- | 9 | June 19 | Washington | W 78–64 | Andrea Stinson (27) | Andrea Stinson (10) | Dawn Staley (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 4–5 |- | 10 | June 22 | Miami | W 76–63 | Allison Feaster (23) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (9) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 5–5 |- | 11 | June 26 | @ Detroit | W 80–73 | Andrea Stinson (22) | Andrea Stinson (8) | Dawn Staley (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 6–5 |- | 12 | June 30 | @ Washington | L 55–56 | Andrea Stinson (14) | Allison Feaster (8) | Allison Feaster (4) | MCI Center | 6–6
| 13 | July 1 | Phoenix | W 90–68 | Tonya Edwards (14) | Erin Buescher (11) | Miller Stinson (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–6 |- | 14 | July 3 | Portland | L 73–76 | Allison Feaster (17) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (10) | Charlotte Smith (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–7 |- | 15 | July 5 | @ Miami | W 72–68 | Andrea Stinson (18) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (9) | Dawn Staley (6) | American Airlines Arena | 8–7 |- | 16 | July 6 | Cleveland | W 78–67 | Allison Feaster (24) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (8) | Dawn Staley (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 9–7 |- | 17 | July 9 | Miami | L 55–66 | Dawn Staley (13) | Andrea Stinson (8) | Feaster Smith Staley (2) | Charlotte Coliseum | 9–8 |- | 18 | July 12 | @ Orlando | W 72–67 | Allison Feaster (19) | Kelly Miller (7) | Dawn Staley (4) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 10–8 |- | 19 | July 13 | Minnesota | W 63–60 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (13) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (7) | Miller Staley Stinson (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 11–8 |- | 20 | July 17 | Orlando | W 89–62 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (22) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (6) | Staley Stinson (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 12–8 |- | 21 | July 19 | Sacramento | W 70–51 | Kelly Miller (16) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Dawn Staley (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 13–8 |- | 22 | July 22 | @ Indiana | L 72–73 | Dawn Staley (14) | Stinson Sutton-Brown (6) | Allison Feaster (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 13–9 |- | 23 | July 24 | @ Cleveland | W 73–66 (OT) | Andrea Stinson (17) | Andrea Stinson (12) | Dawn Staley (5) | Gund Arena | 14–9 |- | 24 | July 25 | Cleveland | L 73–83 | Andrea Stinson (14) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Dawn Staley (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–10 |- | 25 | July 27 | Detroit | L 66–74 | Andrea Stinson (17) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Staley Stinson (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–11
| 26 | August 1 | @ Orlando | L 63–65 | Allison Feaster (14) | Allison Feaster (6) | Dawn Staley (8) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 14–12 |- | 27 | August 3 | @ Indiana | L 48–69 | Feaster Staley (8) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (5) | Edwards Staley (2) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 14–13 |- | 28 | August 4 | New York | L 58–71 | Andrea Stinson (16) | Charlotte Smith (7) | Allison Feaster (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–14 |- | 29 | August 6 | @ Detroit | W 76–65 | Tammy Sutton-Brown (19) | Tammy Sutton-Brown (9) | Dawn Staley (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 15–14 |- | 30 | August 9 | @ Minnesota | W 68–62 | Kelly Miller (15) | Allison Feaster (5) | Dawn Staley (6) | Target Center | 16–14 |- | 31 | August 11 | @ New York | W 71–58 | Allison Feaster (18) | Erb Stinson (7) | Dawn Staley (6) | Madison Square Garden | 17–14 |- | 32 | August 13 | Washington | W 67–57 | Allison Feaster (20) | Stinson Sutton-Brown (7) | Dawn Staley (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 18–14
Playoffs
| 1 | August 15 | @ Washington | L 62–74 | Andrea Stinson (16) | Smith Stinson Sutton-Brown (5) | Dawn Staley (5) | MCI Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 17 | Washington | L 59–62 | Andrea Stinson (14) | Allison Feaster (12) | Staley Stinson (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 0–2
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Dawn Staley 32 32 33.2 .366 .398 .762 1.8 5.1 1.5 0.0 8.8 Allison Feaster 32 32 29.9 .394 .418 .824 3.7 1.9 1.2 0.4 11.8 Andrea Stinson 32 32 29.7 .456 .414 .688 5.5 2.8 1.2 0.3 12.8 Charlotte Smith 32 32 27.8 .410 .374 .741 3.8 1.7 0.7 0.5 8.0 Tammy Sutton-Brown 32 29 27.7 .529 N/A .713 6.0 0.5 0.9 1.1 11.9 Kelly Miller 32 0 17.3 .446 .471 .763 2.1 1.5 0.7 0.0 6.6 Shalonda Enis 4 0 14.8 .278 .000 1.000 2.3 0.8 0.3 0.5 4.8 Erin Buescher 29 0 13.5 .402 .364 .694 3.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 3.3 Summer Erb 31 3 11.0 .565 N/A .720 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 2.8 Tonya Edwards 29 0 10.4 .364 .280 .717 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.1 3.9Sheila Lambert305.3.333N/AN/A1.01.00.30.00.7Elena Shakirova105.0N/AN/A.5001.00.01.00.01.0 Keisha Anderson 7 0 4.4 .250 .250 N/A 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.0Shantia Owens203.0N/AN/AN/A1.00.00.00.00.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season
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