2002 Miami Sol season

August 2023 March 2026 Miami Sol 2002 15 17 Eastern 6th Ron Rothstein American Airlines Arena Did not qualify y The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Miami Sol. The team missed the playoffs for the second and final time in their history. The team later folded after the season due to financial issues. Transactions WNBA draft 2002 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country115Tamara MooreWisconsin229Lindsey YamasakiStanford345Jerica WatsonIowa461Jerkisha DostySaint Mary's Transactions DateTransactionMarch 4, 2002Traded Tracy Reid and a 2002 1st Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and 2002 1st Round PickApril 19, 2002 Drafted Tamara Moore, Lindsey Yamasaki, Jerica Watson and Jerkisha Dosty in the 2002 WNBA draft2002 Miami Sol Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/MIA/2002_transactions.html 2024-09-03 Basketball-Reference.com enApril 23, 2002Waived Levys TorresApril 30, 2002Signed Iziane Castro Marques and Shaka MasseyMay 3, 2002Waived Jerkisha DostyMay 5, 2002Traded a 2003 3rd Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Claudia NevesSigned Carolyn MoosMay 12, 2002Waived Shaka MasseyMay 16, 2002Waived Kisha FordMay 22, 2002Traded Marla Brumfield and Katrina Colleton to the Portland Fire in exchange for Vanessa NygaardMay 24, 2002Waived Jerica WatsonJune 11, 2002Traded Tamara Moore and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Betty Lennox and a 2003 1st Round PickJune 13, 2002Signed Betty LennoxJune 18, 2002Traded Marlies Askamp to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2003 1st Round PickSigned Trisha Stafford-OdomJuly 1, 2002Waived Carolyn Moos Roster Miami Sol 2002 WNBA white #A6192E #FB9500 black 14 Marlies Askamp C 6 5 198 1970-07-08 5 West Germany 31 Debbie Black G 5 3 124 1966-07-29 3 Saint Joseph's USA 6 Sandy Brondello G 5 7 136 1968-08-20 3 AUS 8 Iziane Castro Marques F/G 6 0 140 1982-03-13 R BRA 41 Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough C 6 3 165 1975-11-06 3 Michigan BAH 22 Betty Lennox G 5 8 143 1976-12-04 2 Louisiana Tech USA 30 Tamara Moore G 5 10 176 1980-04-11 R Wisconsin USA 53 Carolyn Moos F/C 6 6 1978-05-23 R Stanford USA 9 Claudia Neves G 5 8 136 1975-02-17 3 BRA 18 Vanessa Nygaard F 6 1 175 1975-03-13 3 Stanford USA 52 Kristen Rasmussen F 6 4 172 1978-11-01 2 Michigan State USA 7 Ruth Riley C 6 5 198 1979-08-28 1 Notre Dame USA 55 Sheri Sam G/F 6 0 160 1974-05-05 3 Vanderbilt USA 5 Trisha Stafford-Odom F 6 0 160 1970-11-11 1 California USA 11 Lindsey Yamasaki G/F 6 1 185 1980-06-02 R Stanford USA USA Ron Rothstein Rhode Island USA Jenny Boucek USA Tony Fiorentino Schedule Regular season Miami Sol #A6192E; color:white 2002 Total: 15–17 (Home: 9–7; Road: 6–10) Miami Sol black; color:#FB9500 May yes 0 2 0 0 |- | 1 | May 28 | Minnesota | L 63–66 | Tamara Moore (22) | Vanessa Nygaard (6) | Tamara Moore (4) | American Airlines Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 30 | Los Angeles | L 65–69 | Sandy Brondello (20) | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (8) | Debbie Black (5) | American Airlines Arena | 0–2 Miami Sol black; color:#FB9500 June 2 3 2 4 |- | 3 | June 2 | @ New York | L 52–58 | Sandy Brondello (17) | Sheri Sam (8) | Black Moore Rasmussen (2) | Madison Square Garden | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 4 | Orlando | L 69–71 | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (16) | Sheri Sam (9) | Black Brondello (5) | American Airlines Arena | 0–4 |- | 5 | June 9 | @ Washington | L 67–76 | Sheri Sam (23) | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7) | Debbie Black (9) | MCI Center | 0–5 |- | 6 | June 11 | Cleveland | W 74–65 | Sheri Sam (18) | Debbie Black (9) | Black Sam (5) | American Airlines Arena | 1–5 |- | 7 | June 15 | @ Orlando | W 69–65 | Sheri Sam (17) | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7) | Debbie Black (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 2–5 |- | 8 | June 18 | Houston | L 46–53 | Riley Sam (11) | Debbie Black (7) | Black Riley (3) | American Airlines Arena | 2–6 |- | 9 | June 21 | Washington | L 60–65 | Sheri Sam (18) | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (9) | Black Sam (4) | American Airlines Arena | 2–7 |- | 10 | June 22 | @ Charlotte | L 63–76 | Betty Lennox (18) | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (12) | Claudia Neves (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–8 |- | 11 | June 25 | @ Cleveland | L 50–71 | Betty Lennox (19) | Betty Lennox (6) | Sheri Sam (4) | Gund Arena | 2–9 |- | 12 | June 28 | @ Detroit | W 78–74 (OT) | Sheri Sam (27) | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7) | Debbie Black (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 3–9 |- | 13 | June 30 | Indiana | W 65–59 | Sheri Sam (19) | Kristen Rasmussen (6) | Lennox Sam (4) | American Airlines Arena | 4–9 Miami Sol black; color:#FB9500 July 4 2 4 4 |- | 14 | July 3 | Phoenix | W 86–61 | Betty Lennox (16) | Johns Kimbrough Nygaard (6) | Debbie Black (7) | American Airlines Arena | 5–9 |- | 15 | July 5 | Charlotte | L 68–72 | Sandy Brondello (23) | Kristen Rasmussen (6) | Debbie Black (4) | American Airlines Arena | 5–10 |- | 16 | July 7 | Seattle | W 65–61 (OT) | Betty Lennox (19) | Kristen Rasmussen (9) | Sheri Sam (7) | American Airlines Arena | 6–10 |- | 17 | July 9 | @ Charlotte | W 66–55 | Sheri Sam (23) | Sheri Sam (6) | Kristen Rasmussen (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–10 |- | 18 | July 12 | @ Indiana | W 68–62 | Sheri Sam (15) | Sheri Sam (10) | Debbie Black (9) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 8–10 |- | 19 | July 13 | Orlando | W 70–56 | Betty Lennox (24) | Sheri Sam (6) | Black Neves Rasmussen (3) | American Airlines Arena | 9–10 |- | 20 | July 17 | Sacramento | L 62–78 | Betty Lennox (18) | Kristen Rasmussen (8) | Johns Kimbrough Lennox (2) | American Airlines Arena | 9–11 |- | 21 | July 19 | @ Minnesota | W 61–58 | Brondello Sam (11) | Betty Lennox (7) | Debbie Black (7) | Target Center | 10–11 |- | 22 | July 20 | @ Detroit | L 48–69 | Claudia Neves (9) | Sheri Sam (7) | Ruth Riley (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 10–12 |- | 23 | July 23 | New York | W 54–46 | Sheri Sam (24) | Black Rasmussen (8) | Debbie Black (4) | American Airlines Arena | 11–12 |- | 24 | July 25 | @ Houston | L 60–69 | Sheri Sam (17) | Sheri Sam (7) | Sheri Sam (7) | Compaq Center | 11–13 |- | 25 | July 27 | @ Portland | L 61–71 | Sheri Sam (15) | Kristen Rasmussen (7) | Debbie Black (5) | Rose Garden | 11–14 |- | 26 | July 30 | @ Los Angeles | W 82–73 | Sheri Sam (18) | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7) | Debbie Black (7) | Staples Center | 12–14 |- | 27 | July 31 | @ Utah | L 76–81 (OT) | Sheri Sam (18) | Sheri Sam (9) | Sandy Brondello (7) | Delta Center | 12–15 Miami Sol black; color:#FB9500 August 3 0 0 2 |- | 28 | August 2 | @ New York | L 54–66 | Kristen Rasmussen (19) | Sheri Sam (7) | Betty Lennox (4) | Madison Square Garden | 12–16 |- | 29 | August 4 | Washington | W 55–50 | Sheri Sam (13) | Ruth Riley (6) | Debbie Black (6) | American Airlines Arena | 13–16 |- | 30 | August 9 | Cleveland | W 65–59 | Sheri Sam (18) | Rasmussen Sam (6) | Debbie Black (5) | American Airlines Arena | 14–16 |- | 31 | August 11 | @ Indiana | L 63–77 | Sheri Sam (20) | Kristen Rasmussen (5) | Debbie Black (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 14–17 |- | 32 | August 13 | Detroit | W 61–56 | Betty Lennox (20) | Rasmussen Sam (7) | Debbie Black (4) | American Airlines Arena | 15–17 mia 2002 Season standings MIA Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sheri Sam 32 32 33.5 .434 .342 .618 4.8 2.6 2.2 0.2 14.5 Debbie Black 32 32 28.1 .400 .000 .758 3.8 4.3 1.8 0.2 4.8 Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 31 30 25.8 .523 N/A .629 4.5 1.0 0.9 0.5 7.0 Sandy Brondello 30 23 25.4 .365 .318 .821 1.4 1.5 0.9 0.1 8.8 Betty Lennox 26 3 22.3 .358 .351 .759 2.8 1.8 1.0 0.2 11.9 Kristen Rasmussen 31 5 21.7 .552 .429 .848 3.8 1.3 0.6 0.5 5.5 Ruth Riley 26 8 20.0 .465 N/A .609 3.5 1.0 0.4 1.6 5.7 Tamara Moore 5 3 16.6 .320 .222 1.000 1.4 2.0 1.4 0.0 5.6 Vanessa Nygaard 29 22 15.3 .426 .375 .769 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.0 4.1 Marlies Askamp 6 1 12.0 .400 N/A .273 1.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.8 Lindsey Yamasaki 15 0 9.8 .442 .529 .500 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 3.5Claudia Neves2009.7.355.190.6880.41.30.40.01.9Iziane Castro Marques1919.6.333.059.6800.90.40.40.03.5Trisha Stafford-Odom606.3.167N/A.7501.00.30.20.01.3Carolyn Moos203.0.000N/AN/A0.00.00.00.50.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References Category:Miami Sol seasons Miami Miami Sol