2002 Houston Comets season

August 2023 March 2026 Houston Comets 2002 24 8 Western 2nd Van Chancellor Compaq Center Lost first round (2-1) to Utah Starzz The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Houston Comets. They made their best record in two years at 24–8. Despite with that, they eventually lost in the first round to the Utah Starzz. Transactions WNBA draft 2002 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country110Michelle SnowTennessee342Shondra JohnsonAlabama458Cori EnghusenStanford Transactions DateTransactionApril 3, 2002Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the New York Liberty in exchange for Rebecca LoboApril 19, 2002 Drafted Michelle Snow, Shondra Johnson and Cori Enghusen in the 2002 WNBA draft2002 Houston Comets Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/2002_transactions.html 2024-08-29 Basketball-Reference.com enApril 23, 2002Traded Shondra Johnson and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the New York Liberty in exchange for Grace DaleyMay 8, 2002Waived Niesa Johnson and Tora SuberMay 21, 2002Waived Larecha JonesMay 22, 2002Waived Nekeshia HendersonSigned Anna DeForgeMay 24, 2002Waived Anna DeForge and Cori EnghusenSuspended contract of Elena ShakirovaJune 17, 2002Traded Amanda Lassiter to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Sonja HenningTraded Elena Shakirova to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for a 2003 3rd Round PickJune 20, 2002Waived Amaya ValdemoroJuly 22, 2002Traded Coquese Washington to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Rita Williams Roster Houston Comets 2002 WNBA 9 Janeth Arcain G 5 11 147 1969-04-11 5 BRA 8 Grace Daley G 5 8 147 1978-06-06 2 Tulane USA 3 Kelley Gibson F/G 5 9 137 1976-11-07 2 Maryland USA 34 Sonja Henning G 5 7 143 1969-10-04 3 Stanford USA 23 Tammy Jackson F/C 6 2 190 1962-12-03 5 Florida USA 0 Tiffani Johnson C 6 4 240 1975-12-27 3 Tennessee USA 24 Amanda Lassiter F 6 1 160 1979-06-09 1 Missouri USA 20 Tynesha Lewis G 5 10 152 1979-05-08 1 NC State USA 50 Rebecca Lobo C 6 4 185 1973-10-06 1 UConn USA 2 Michelle Snow C 6 5 145 1980-03-20 R Tennessee USA 22 Sheryl Swoopes F/G 6 0 145 1971-03-25 4 Texas Tech USA 7 Tina Thompson F 6 2 178 1975-02-10 5 USC USA 4 Coquese Washington G 5 6 138 1971-01-17 4 Notre Dame USA 33 Rita Williams G 5 6 135 1976-01-14 4 UConn USA USA Van Chancellor Mississippi State USA Michelle Leget 1 USA Kevin Cook Kevin Cook (basketball) USA Alisa Scott 1 Schedule Regular season Houston Comets 2002 Total: 24–8 (Home: 14–2; Road: 10–6) Houston Comets May yes 1 1 0 0 |- | 1 | May 27 | Los Angeles | L 55–68 | Sheryl Swoopes (15) | Tina Thompson (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (6) | Compaq Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 29 | Phoenix | W 61–56 | Sheryl Swoopes (20) | Tina Thompson (12) | Tina Thompson (6) | Compaq Center | 1–1 Houston Comets June 5 0 6 2 |- | 3 | June 1 | @ Cleveland | W 69–65 (OT) | Tina Thompson (26) | Johnson Thompson (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (8) | Gund Arena | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 3 | @ Charlotte | L 52–67 | Sheryl Swoopes (17) | Johnson Snow (6) | Janeth Arcain (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–2 |- | 5 | June 5 | @ Indiana | W 56–45 | Tina Thompson (20) | Arcain Johnson Thompson (8) | Swoopes Thompson (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–2 |- | 6 | June 9 | Sacramento | W 75–62 | Tina Thompson (23) | Tina Thompson (13) | Daley Swoopes Thompson (3) | Compaq Center | 4–2 |- | 7 | June 11 | Charlotte | W 78–66 | Sheryl Swoopes (25) | Sheryl Swoopes (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (6) | Compaq Center | 5–2 |- | 8 | June 13 | @ Washington | L 64–70 | Tina Thompson (18) | Swoopes Thompson (7) | Sheryl Swoopes (5) | MCI Center | 5–3 |- | 9 | June 15 | Minnesota | W 51–50 | Kelley Gibson (13) | Tina Thompson (11) | Tynesha Lewis (4) | Compaq Center | 6–3 |- | 10 | June 18 | @ Miami | W 53–46 | Sheryl Swoopes (16) | Snow Thompson (7) | Sheryl Swoopes (4) | American Airlines Arena | 7–3 |- | 11 | June 21 | Phoenix | W 61–59 | Sheryl Swoopes (27) | Tina Thompson (10) | Janeth Arcain (6) | Compaq Center | 8–3 |- | 12 | June 23 | @ Portland | W 71–58 | Tina Thompson (31) | Tina Thompson (6) | Sheryl Swoopes (5) | Rose Garden | 9–3 |- | 13 | June 25 | @ Minnesota | W 73–55 | Swoopes Thompson (18) | Tina Thompson (7) | Janeth Arcain (7) | Target Center | 10–3 |- | 14 | June 28 | Utah | W 73–57 | Sheryl Swoopes (27) | Arcain Johnson (7) | Janeth Arcain (5) | Compaq Center | 11–3 |- | 15 | June 30 | @ Los Angeles | W 60–58 | Sheryl Swoopes (20) | Tiffani Johnson (14) | Arcain Henning Swoopes Thompson (2) | Staples Center | 12–3 Houston Comets July 5 0 3 4 |- | 16 | July 3 | @ Utah | W 78–67 | Janeth Arcain (23) | Tina Thompson (9) | Janeth Arcain (6) | Delta Center | 13–3 |- | 17 | July 6 | Detroit | W 61–40 | Tina Thompson (19) | Tina Thompson (9) | Sheryl Swoopes (5) | Compaq Center | 14–3 |- | 18 | July 9 | Seattle | W 67–59 | Sheryl Swoopes (24) | Tina Thompson (13) | Coquese Washington (5) | Compaq Center | 15–3 |- | 19 | July 11 | @ Phoenix | L 52–58 | Sheryl Swoopes (20) | Sheryl Swoopes (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (4) | America West Arena | 15–4 |- | 20 | July 12 | @ Washington | W 74–60 | Sheryl Swoopes (15) | Tina Thompson (7) | Janeth Arcain (6) | MCI Center | 16–4 |- | 21 | July 17 | @ Utah | L 67–75 | Janeth Arcain (17) | Michelle Snow (8) | Janeth Arcain (4) | Delta Center | 16–5 |- | 22 | July 19 | @ Portland | L 60–70 | Swoopes Thompson (22) | Michelle Snow (9) | Arcain Swoopes (3) | Rose Garden | 16–6 |- | 23 | July 20 | @ Seattle | W 56–54 | Tina Thompson (18) | Tina Thompson (10) | Janeth Arcain (6) | KeyArena | 17–6 |- | 24 | July 23 | Seattle | W 74–66 | Sheryl Swoopes (19) | Michelle Snow (9) | Sheryl Swoopes (10) | Compaq Center | 18–6 |- | 25 | July 25 | Miami | W 69–60 | Janeth Arcain (22) | Tina Thompson (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (4) | Compaq Center | 19–6 |- | 26 | July 28 | @ New York | L 56–62 | Sheryl Swoopes (23) | Tina Thompson (5) | Tina Thompson (3) | Madison Square Garden | 19–7 |- | 27 | July 30 | Portland | W 89–59 | Tina Thompson (19) | Snow Swoopes (7) | Sonja Henning (4) | Compaq Center | 20–7 Houston Comets August 3 1 1 0 |- | 28 | August 3 | Orlando | W 69–62 | Sheryl Swoopes (25) | Sonja Henning (9) | Sonja Henning (5) | Compaq Center | 21–7 |- | 29 | August 6 | Cleveland | W 67–54 | Tina Thompson (19) | Tina Thompson (7) | Arcain Henning (4) | Compaq Center | 22–7 |- | 30 | August 8 | @ Los Angeles | W 67–64 | Sheryl Swoopes (31) | Michelle Snow (11) | Sonja Henning (4) | Staples Center | 23–7 |- | 31 | August 10 | Sacramento | L 59–61 | Sheryl Swoopes (32) | Michelle Snow (9) | Janeth Arcain (3) | Compaq Center | 23–8 |- | 32 | August 13 | Minnesota | L 63–51 | Rita Williams (15) | Michelle Snow (8) | Henning Swoopes (4) | Compaq Center | 24–8 hou 2002 Playoffs Houston Comets yes 2002 Houston Comets First round vs. Utah StarzzLost Series: 1–2 yes yes no |- | 1 | August 16 | @ Utah | L 59–66 | Sheryl Swoopes (17) | Sheryl Swoopes (10) | Sheryl Swoopes (4) | Delta Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 18 | Utah | W 83–77 (2OT) | Sheryl Swoopes (28) | Tina Thompson (14) | Sheryl Swoopes (7) | Compaq Center | 1–1 |- | 3 | August 20 | Utah | L 72–75 | Sheryl Swoopes (28) | Michelle Snow (8) | Sheryl Swoopes (6) | Compaq Center | 1–2 HOU yes 2002 Season standings HOU Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tina Thompson 29 29 36.3 .431 .370 .823 7.5 2.1 0.9 0.7 16.7 Sheryl Swoopes 32 32 36.1 .434 .288 .825 4.9 3.3 2.8 0.7 18.5 Janeth Arcain 32 32 34.9 .424 .270 .883 3.9 2.7 1.6 0.2 11.4 Tiffani Johnson 32 32 25.5 .433 .000 .810 5.4 1.2 0.5 0.8 6.3 Sonja Henning 23 10 22.7 .346 .250 .455 2.5 2.2 1.0 0.3 1.9 Coquese Washington 21 15 16.6 .340 .381 1.000 2.0 1.5 0.6 0.0 2.1 Michelle Snow 32 2 15.0 .469 .500 .596 3.7 0.4 0.4 0.8 3.9 Tammy Jackson 5 1 13.8 .375 N/A .000 2.6 0.2 0.6 0.6 1.2 Kelley Gibson 29 2 9.5 .382 .389 .667 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 2.1 Rita Williams 9 0 9.4 .455 .333 .700 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.0 2.1 Tynesha Lewis 17 1 8.5 .433 .375 .625 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 2.0Grace Daley2348.0.432.250.6171.00.70.10.02.7Amanda Lassiter607.7.000.000.5001.00.30.30.30.2Rebecca Lobo2106.3 .469.429.2501.10.60.00.21.6 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References Category:Houston Comets seasons Houston Houston