1997 Charlotte Sting season

August 2023 March 2026 Charlotte Sting 1997 15 13 Eastern 3rd Marynell Meadors Charlotte Coliseum Lost WNBA Semifinals (1-0) to Houston Comets True The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Charlotte Sting. Transactions WNBA allocation draft Player Nationality School/Team/Country Andrea Stinson NC State Vicky Bullett Maryland WNBA elite draft WNBA elite draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 3 Rhonda Mapp NC State 2 11 Michi Atkins Texas Tech WNBA draft 1997 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 7 Tora Suber Virginia 2 10 Sharon Manning NC State323Debra WilliamsLouisiana Tech426Andrea CongreavesMercer Transactions DateTransaction 1997 Hired Marynell Meadors as Head Coach1997 Charlotte Sting Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CHA/1997_transactions.html 2024-05-22 Basketball-Reference.com en January 22, 1997 Drafted Andrea Stinson and Vicky Bullett in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft February 27, 1997 Drafted Rhonda Mapp and Michi Atkins in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft April 28, 1997 Drafted Tora Suber, Sharon Manning, Debra Williams and Andrea Congreaves in the 1997 WNBA draft Roster Charlotte Sting 1997 WNBA white #00778B white #280071 14 Katasha Artis F 6 1 155 1973-07-08 R Northeastern USA 23 Vicky Bullett F 6 3 185 1967-10-04 R Maryland USA 3 Andrea Congreaves F/C 6 2 183 1970-06-03 R Mercer UK 43 Susie Hopson-Shelton 1 F 6 2 175 1974-06-21 R Mars Hill USA 11 Nicole Levesque G 5 3 115 1972-04-11 R Wake Forest USA 50 Sharon Manning F/C 6 3 186 1969-03-20 R NC State USA 51 Rhonda Mapp C 6 2 190 1969-10-13 R NC State USA 24 Penny Moore F 6 0 135 1969-01-25 R Long Beach State USA 32 Andrea Stinson G 5 10 158 1967-11-25 R NC State USA 7 Tora Suber G 5 7 137 1974-11-23 R Virginia USA 5 Milica Vukadinovic 1 G/F 6 1 150 1968-10-18 R California SFR Yugoslavia 25 Debra Williams basketball G/F 5 11 1972-09-23 R Louisiana Tech USA USA Marynell Meadors Middle Tennessee State USA Leonard Armato 1 USA Karen Freeman 1 Schedule Regular season Charlotte Sting #00778B; color:white 1997 Total: 15–13 (Home: 12–2; Road: 3–11) Charlotte Sting #280071; color:white June yes 1 0 0 3 |- | 1 | June 22 | @ Phoenix | L 59–76 | Andrea Stinson (18) | Andrea Stinson (9) | Andrea Stinson (7) | America West Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 25 | @ Los Angeles | L 54–74 | Tora Suber (13) | Vicky Bullett (11) | Vicky Bullett (3) | Great Western Forum | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 26 | @ Sacramento | L 70–78 | Andrea Stinson (17) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Andrea Stinson (5) | ARCO Arena | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 29 | Cleveland | W 67–44 | Andrea Stinson (19) | BullettMooreSuber (6) | Andrea Stinson (10) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–3 Charlotte Sting #280071; color:white July 6 1 1 3 |- | 5 | July 5 | Los Angeles | W 78–66 | Andrea Stinson (19) | ManningMoore (5) | Tora Suber (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–3 |- | 6 | July 7 | @ Houston | L 56–74 | Andrea Stinson (13) | Vicky Bullett (10) | SuberLevesque (3) | The Summit | 2–4 |- | 7 | July 9 | New York | W 87–69 | Andrea Stinson (29) | Andrea Stinson (9) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 3–4 |- | 8 | July 10 | @ New York | L 48–62 | Andrea Stinson (20) | Sharon Manning (7) | Tora Suber (3) | Madison Square Garden | 3–5 |- | 9 | July 12 | Cleveland | W 72–43 | Rhonda Mapp (14) | Andrea Congreaves (9) | Nicole Levesque (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 4–5 |- | 10 | July 16 | Utah | W 75–63 | Andrea Stinson (19) | Andrea Stinson (10) | Penny Moore (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 5–5 |- | 11 | July 17 | @ Cleveland | L 47–65 | Vicky Bullett (24) | Vicky Bullett (5) | Andrea Stinson (4) | Gund Arena | 5–6 |- | 12 | July 21 | Los Angeles | W 75–64 | Andrea Stinson (23) | Rhonda Mapp (11) | Andrea Stinson (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 6–6 |- | 13 | July 23 | New York | L 63–65 | Rhonda Mapp (17) | Vicky Bullett (11) | Bullett Levesque Mapp Stinson (3) | Charlotte Coliseum | 6–7 |- | 14 | July 26 | @ New York | W 64–61 | Rhonda Mapp (15) | Bullett Mapp Stinson (8) | Nicole Levesque (5) | Madison Square Garden | 7–7 |- | 15 | July 30 | Phoenix | W 68–67 | Vicky Bullett (20) | Andrea Congreaves (16) | Nicole Levesque (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 8–7 |- | Charlotte Sting #280071; color:white August 5 1 2 5 |- | 16 | August 1 | Sacramento | W 85–61 | Rhonda Mapp (20) | Manning Mapp (8) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 9–7 |- | 17 | August 3 | @ Los Angeles | W 77–70 | Rhonda Mapp (21) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Great Western Forum | 10–7 |- | 18 | August 4 | @ Utah | L 70–73 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Vicky Bullett (13) | Mapp Stinson (4) | Delta Center | 10–8 |- | 19 | August 6 | @ Sacramento | L 64–77 | Vicky Bullett (19) | Vicky Bullett (9) | Andrea Stinson (5) | ARCO Arena | 10–9 |- | 20 | August 9 | Phoenix | W 79–59 | Andrea Stinson (25) | Andrea Congreaves (11) | Andrea Congreaves (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 11–9 |- | 21 | August 11 | Houston | L 62–72 | Andrea Stinson (17) | Congreaves Stinson (5) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 11–10 |- | 22 | August 14 | Sacramento | W 68–51 | Andrea Stinson (16) | Bullett Mapp (9) | Rhonda Mapp (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 12–10 |- | 23 | August 16 | Houston | W 80–71 | Andrea Stinson (25) | Vicky Bullett (11) | Nicky Levesque (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 13–10 |- | 24 | August 17 | @ Cleveland | L 49–81 | Rhonda Mapp (12) | Rhonda Mapp (8) | Tora Suber (4) | Gund Arena | 13–11 |- | 25 | August 19 | @ Houston | L 49–81 | Vicky Bullett (24) | Rhonda Mapp (7) | Andrea Stinson (7) | The Summit | 13–12 |- | 26 | August 21 | @ Utah | W 66–56 | Bullett Stinson (14) | Rhonda Mapp (9) | Levesque Mapp (4) | Delta Center | 14–12 |- | 27 | August 22 | @ Phoenix | L 63–78 | Andrea Congreaves (13) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Andrea Stinson (7) | America West Arena | 14–13 |- | 28 | August 24 | Utah | W 70–52 | Andrea Stinson (17) | Vicky Bullett (11) | Nicole Levesque (8) | Charlotte Coliseum | 15–13 cha 1997 Playoffs Charlotte Sting #00778B; color:white 1997 yes Charlotte Sting #280071; color:white Semifinal vs. Houston Comets yes |- | 1 | August 28 | @ Houston | L 54–70 | Rhonda Mapp (12) | Vicky Bullett (9) | Levesque Mapp Stinson (3) | The Summit | 0–1 cha 1997 yes Season standings CHA Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Andrea Stinson 28 28 36.1 .447 .325 .674 5.5 4.4 1.5 0.8 15.7 Vicky Bullett 28 28 31.3 .448 .304 .775 6.4 2.3 1.9 2.0 12.8 Rhonda Mapp 28 23 25.4 .492 .500 .774 5.5 2.3 0.8 0.4 11.6 Andrea Congreaves 28 16 23.5 .500 .409 .768 4.8 1.5 0.6 0.2 6.7 Nicole Levesque 27 21 23.0 .367 .348 .933 1.7 2.8 0.8 0.1 4.0 Penny Moore 28 9 19.3 .358 .200 .516 2.6 1.0 0.6 0.4 4.8 Tora Suber 28 8 17.0 .370 .397 .683 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.1 4.7 Sharon Manning 28 5 15.6 .464 N/A .420 3.5 0.5 0.9 0.2 4.9 Milica Vukadinovic 1 0 14.0 1.000 1.000 N/A 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 3.0 Debra Williams 10 2 11.6 .256 .222 .500 1.3 0.9 0.2 0.0 2.7 Katasha Artis 20 0 5.7 .250 .000 .533 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 Susie Hopson-Shelton 6 0 4.8 .636 N/A 1.000 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.0 2.7 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season Vicky Bullett ranked seventh in the WNBA in field goals with 145. Vicky Bullett ranked eighth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 178 Vicky Bullett was tied for sixth in the WNBA in steals with 54. Vicky Bullett ranked third in the WNBA in blocks with 55. Rhonda Mapp ranked third in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.492) Andrea Stinson ranked sixth in the WNBA in assists with 124. Andrea Stinson tied for seventh in the WNBA in blocks with 21. Andrea Stinson ranked sixth in the WNBA in points with 439 points. Andrea Stinson ranked second in the WNBA in field goals with 177. Andrea Stinson ranked second in the WNBA in minutes per game with 36.1 Andrea Stinson ranked fifth in the WNBA in points per game with 15.7 Awards and honors Vicky Bullett of Charlotte ranked third in the WNBA with 2.0 blocks per game. Andrea Stinson of Charlotte ranked second in the WNBA with 1011 minutes played. References Category:Charlotte Sting seasons Charlotte Charlotte Sting Category:1990s in Charlotte, North Carolina