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2001 Detroit Shock season
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The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Detroit Shock.
Transactions
WNBA draft
2001 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 6 Deanna Nolan Georgia 2 22 Jae Kingi Adelaide Lightning (Australia)338Svetlana VolnayaVirginia454Kelly SantosBrazil
Transactions
DateTransactionAugust 28, 2000Fired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head CoachSeptember 20, 2000Hired Greg Williams as Head CoachApril 20, 2001Traded Val Whiting-Raymond to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round Pick Drafted Deanna Nolan, Jae Kingi, Svetlana Volnaya and Kelly Santos in the 2001 WNBA draft2001 Detroit Shock Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/DET/2001_transactions.html 2024-08-17 Basketball-Reference.com enApril 23, 2001Traded Anna DeForge to the Houston Comets in exchange for Jennifer RizzottiMay 12, 2001Traded Tamicha Jackson and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Portland Fire in exchange for a 2002 2nd Round PickMay 18, 2001Waived Cal Bouchard and Svetlana VolnayaMay 27, 2001Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for a 2002 3rd Round PickTraded Olympia Scott-Richardson and a 2002 3rd Round Pick to the Indiana Fever in exchange for 2002 2nd Round PickWaived Joy Holmes Harris
Roster
Detroit Shock 2001 WNBA white #010101 #006271 #FFA400 11 Carla Boyd F 6 1 172 1975-10-31 2 AUS
24 Edwina Brown G/F 5 9 163 1978-07-01 1 Texas USA
10 Dominique Canty G 5 9 166 1977-03-02 3 Alabama USA
54 Barbara Farris F/C 6 3 200 1976-09-10 1 Tulane USA
6 Jae Kingi Jae Kingi-Cross G 5 8 150 1976-01-20 R NZ
44 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta F 6 3 182 1973-11-05 2 Southern Nazarene Senegal
9 Claudia Neves F 5 8 136 1975-02-17 2 BRA
14 Deanna Nolan G/F 5 9 147 1979-08-25 R Georgia USA
3 Wendy Palmer F 6 2 165 1974-08-12 4 Virginia USA
16 Kelly Santos F 6 3 188 1979-11-10 R BRA
4 Rachael Sporn F 6 1 175 1968-05-26 2 AUS
17 Elena Tornikidou F 6 1 160 1965-05-27 2 USSR USA Greg Williams basketball Rice USA Laura Ramus 1
Schedule
Regular season
Detroit Shock #010101; color:white 2001 Total: 10–22 (Home: 5–11; Road: 5–11)
Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 June yes 2 5 2 3
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| 1
| June 2
| Houston
| L 73–74
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (24)
| Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (6)
| Elena Tornikidou (5)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 0–1
|-
| 2
| June 5
| Orlando
| L 71–92
| Deanna Nolan (12)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)
| Edwina Brown (5)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 0–2
|-
| 3
| June 7
| @ Houston
| L 66–87
| Elena Tornikidou (15)
| Wendy Palmer (9)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4)
| Compaq Center
| 0–3
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| 4
| June 12
| @ Miami
| W 68–67 (OT)
| Canty Palmer (16)
| Wendy Palmer (9)
| Edwina Brown (4)
| American Airlines Arena
| 1–3
|-
| 5
| June 14
| Washington
| W 80–65
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (22)
| Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (9)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (4)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 2–3
|-
| 6
| June 16
| @ Charlotte
| W 72–69 (2OT)
| Dominique Canty (20)
| Barbara Farris (8)
| Dominique Canty (7)
| Charlotte Coliseum
| 3–3
|-
| 7
| June 17
| Minnesota
| L 63–71
| Carla Boyd (14)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (12)
| Canty Brown (3)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 3–4
|-
| 8
| June 22
| @ Indiana
| L 56–77
| Dominique Canty (10)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (6)
| Jae Kingi (5)
| Conseco Fieldhouse
| 3–5
|-
| 9
| June 23
| Indiana
| L 70–74
| Claudia Neves (16)
| Santos Sporn (5)
| Dominique Canty (6)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 3–6
|-
| 10
| June 26
| Los Angeles
| L 89–98
| Edwina Brown (18)
| Farris Ndiaye-Diatta (8)
| Edwina Brown (5)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 3–7
|-
| 11
| June 27
| @ Charlotte
| L 50–74
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (13)
| Barbara Farris (6)
| Dominique Canty (3)
| Charlotte Coliseum
| 3–8
|-
| 12
| June 29
| Phoenix
| W 75–71
| Jae Kingi (25)
| Dominique Canty (11)
| Jae Kingi (4)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 4–8
Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 July 1 4 2 6
|-
| 13
| July 2
| @ New York
| L 60–66
| Elena Tornikidou (16)
| Jae Kingi (8)
| Dominique Canty (4)
| Madison Square Garden
| 4–9
|-
| 14
| July 6
| Charlotte
| L 50–67
| Deanna Nolan (11)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (9)
| Farris Kingi Ndiaye-Diatta (2)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 4–10
|-
| 15
| July 8
| @ Orlando
| L 67–73
| Edwina Brown (15)
| Elena Tornikidou (7)
| Dominique Canty (3)
| TD Waterhouse Centre
| 4–11
|-
| 16
| July 11
| @ Washington
| W 64–52
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (20)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (10)
| Ndiaye-Diatta Neves (5)
| MCI Center
| 5–11
|-
| 17
| July 13
| Miami
| L 55–56
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)
| Wendy Palmer (8)
| Jae Kingi (6)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 5–12
|-
| 18
| July 14
| @ Miami
| L 51–66
| Deanna Nolan (10)
| Wendy Palmer (8)
| Canty Ndiaye-Diatta Palmer (2)
| American Airlines Arena
| 5–13
|-
| 19
| July 18
| New York
| L 67–80
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)
| Wendy Palmer (8)
| Brown Neves Tornikidou (2)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 5–14
|-
| 20
| July 21
| @ Sacramento
| L 52–66
| Ndiaye-Diatta Kingi (13)
| Edwina Brown (9)
| Edwina Brown (5)
| ARCO Arena
| 5–15
|-
| 21
| July 22
| @ Portland
| W 80–77 (OT)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (18)
| Wendy Palmer (7)
| Canty Tornikidou (4)
| Rose Garden
| 6–15
|-
| 22
| July 24
| @ Seattle
| L 69–74 (OT)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23)
| Wendy Palmer (11)
| Elena Tornikidou (6)
| KeyArena
| 6–16
|-
| 23
| July 26
| @ Phoenix
| L 62–63
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (23)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (7)
| Edwina Brown (6)
| America West Arena
| 6–17
|-
| 24
| July 28
| Cleveland
| L 50–57
| Wendy Palmer (14)
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (8)
| Jae Kingi (4)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 6–18
|-
| 25
| July 29
| Orlando
| W 64–62
| Edwina Brown (13)
| Edwina Brown (6)
| Edwina Brown (5)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 7–18
Detroit Shock #FFA400; color:#006271 August 3 1 0 3
|-
| 26
| August 1
| @ New York
| L 63–66
| Elena Tornikidou (22)
| Wendy Palmer (11)
| Edwina Brown (5)
| Madison Square Garden
| 7–19
|-
| 27
| August 4
| Portland
| W 70–65
| Edwina Brown (15)
| Wendy Palmer (13)
| Jae Kingi (4)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 8–19
|-
| 28
| August 7
| Utah
| L 69–76
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (27)
| Farris Ndiaye-Diatta (3)
| Edwina Brown (6)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 8–20
|-
| 29
| August 8
| @ Cleveland
| L 66–73
| Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (19)
| Edwina Brown (5)
| Edwina Brown (7)
| Gund Arena
| 8–21
|-
| 30
| August 10
| Washington
| W 69–63
| Elena Tornikidou (21)
| Wendy Palmer (8)
| Jae Kingi (5)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 9–21
|-
| 31
| August 12
| @ Indiana
| L 66–83
| Wendy Palmer (17)
| Wendy Palmer (6)
| Edwina Brown (4)
| Conseco Fieldhouse
| 9–22
|-
| 32
| August 14
| Cleveland
| W 76–65
| Elena Tornikidou (16)
| Wendy Palmer (5)
| Edwina Brown (7)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills
| 10–22
det 2001
Season standings
DET
Statistics
Regular season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Wendy Palmer 22 22 29.6 .423 .333 .678 7.0 1.0 1.0 0.2 10.6 Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 32 31 28.5 .457 .333 .776 5.3 1.5 0.7 0.9 11.8 Edwina Brown 32 14 25.0 .366 .377 .783 3.2 2.7 1.0 0.2 7.4 Elena Tornikidou 32 32 24.3 .446 .449 .887 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.4 9.6 Jae Kingi 29 17 21.6 .387 .375 .722 2.2 2.6 1.1 0.3 5.8 Deanna Nolan 27 0 20.2 .330 .288 .811 2.0 1.1 0.6 0.2 7.1 Dominique Canty 32 18 19.5 .363 .200 .757 2.6 2.2 1.0 0.0 6.2 Claudia Neves 22 15 18.5 .362 .365 1.000 1.3 1.5 1.0 0.0 4.3 Barbara Farris 31 10 18.0 .469 N/A .638 3.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 4.2 Rachael Sporn 23 1 11.5 .404 N/A .333 2.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.8 Carla Boyd 21 0 11.0 .343 .306 .900 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.1 3.6Kelly Santos14010.9 .476.000.6671.90.40.20.23.7
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
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