1999 Phoenix Mercury season

1999 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachCheryl Miller
ArenaAmerica West Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record15–17 (.469)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1999 WNBA season was the third season for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury failed to qualify for the postseason after advancing to the WNBA Finals during the previous year.

Transactions

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Minnesota Lynx expansion draft

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The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Phoenix Mercury:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Brandy Reed  United States Southern Miss

WNBA draft

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See also: 1999 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 10 Edna Campbell  United States Colorado Xplosion
2 22 Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil  United States San Jose Lasers
3 34 Lisa Harrison  United States Columbus Quest
4 46 Amanda Wilson  United States Louisiana Tech

Transactions

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Date Transaction
April 6, 1999 Lost Brandy Reed to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft.[1]
May 4, 1999 Drafted Edna Campbell, Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil, Lisa Harrison and Amanda Wilson in the 1999 WNBA Draft[1]
May 14, 1999 Signed MerleLynn Lange-Harris[1]
May 25, 1999 Signed Trisha Stafford-Odom[1]
June 2, 1999 Waived Trisha Stafford-Odom[1]
June 8, 1999 Waived Umeki Webb[1]
June 9, 1999 Waived Toni Foster[1]
June 17, 1999 Waived Andrea Kuklová and Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil[1]
June 20, 1999 Waived MerleLynn Lange-Harris[1]
July 19, 1999 Signed Angela Aycock and Toni Foster[1]
October 27, 1999 Traded Marlies Askamp, Kristi Harrower and Angela Aycock to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Adia Barnes, Tonya Edwards and Trisha Fallon[1]

Roster

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1999 Phoenix Mercury roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 14 West Germany Askamp, Marlies 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1970-07-08 2
G 23 United States Aycock, Angela 6' 2" (1.88m) 161 lb (73kg) 1973-02-28 Kansas R
G 12 United States Campbell, Edna 5' 8" (1.73m) 152 lb (69kg) 1968-11-26 Texas R
F 24 United States Davis-Wrightsil, Clarissa  – – 1967-06-04 Texas R
F/C 0 United States Foster, Toni 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1971-11-16 Iowa 2
F/C 22 United States Gillom, Jennifer 6' 3" (1.91m) 180 lb (82kg) 1964-06-13 Mississippi 2
F 3 United States Harrison, Lisa 6' 1" (1.85m) 164 lb (74kg) 1971-01-02 Tennessee R
G 4 Australia Harrower, Kristi 5' 4" (1.63m) 139 lb (63kg) 1975-03-04 1
G/F 15 Czechoslovakia Kuklová, Andrea 6' 0" (1.83m) 150 lb (68kg) 1971-07-16 1
F/C 23 Canada Lange-Harris, MerleLynn 6' 6" (1.98m) – 1969-08-28 UNLV R
G 32 United States Pettis, Bridget 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1971-01-01 Florida 2
C 8 Soviet Union Stepanova, Maria 6' 8" (2.03m) 187 lb (85kg) 1979-01-23 1
G 7 Australia Timms, Michele 5' 7" (1.7m) 132 lb (60kg) 1965-06-28 2
F 30 United States Wilson, Amanda 5' 11" (1.8m) 176 lb (80kg) 1977-02-06 Louisiana Tech R
Head coach
United States Cheryl Miller (USC)
Assistant coaches
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Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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1999 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 12–4; Road: 3–13)
June: 3–5 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 12 @ Sacramento L 85–96 Jennifer Gillom (23) Jennifer Gillom (9) Michele Timms (10) ARCO Arena 0–1
2 June 14 Sacramento L 64–74 Jennifer Gillom (29) Jennifer Gillom (15) Gillom
Timms (4) 		America West Arena 0–2
3 June 19 Cleveland W 76–67 Edna Campbell (21) Marlies Askamp (15) Michele Timms (7) America West Arena 1–2
4 June 21 @ Orlando L 76–80 Jennifer Gillom (25) Marlies Askamp (12) Michele Timms (7) TD Waterhouse Centre 1–3
5 June 22 @ Washington W 79–76 Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil (23) Harrison
Stepanova (5) 		Michele Timms (4) MCI Center 2–3
6 June 24 @ Charlotte L 72–88 Jennifer Gillom (20) Marlies Askamp (10) Michele Timms (7) Charlotte Coliseum 2–4
7 June 26 @ Detroit W 66–60 Jennifer Gillom (17) Jennifer Gillom (13) Harrower
Timms (5) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 3–4
8 June 28 @ Cleveland L 51–70 Bridget Pettis (13) Marlies Askamp (6) Michele Timms (7) Gund Arena 3–5
July: 7–7 (Home: 6–2; Road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
9 July 1 @ New York L 67–83 Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil (20) Marlies Askamp (10) Michele Timms (7) Madison Square Garden 3–6
10 July 3 @ Minnesota L 47–56 Jennifer Gillom (18) Marlies Askamp (12) Michele Timms (3) Target Center 3–7
11 July 7 Los Angeles L 61–67 Jennifer Gillom (17) Askamp
Gillom (7) 		Michele Timms (7) America West Arena 3–8
12 July 9 Houston L 70–71 Michele Timms (22) Marlies Askamp (6) Michele Timms (5) America West Arena 3–9
13 July 11 @ Los Angeles L 58–67 Edna Campbell (17) Jennifer Gillom (8) Kristi Harrower (3) Great Western Forum 3–10
14 July 12 @ Utah W 80–66 Marlies Askamp (23) Askamp
Davis-Wrightsil (6) 		Michele Timms (5) Delta Center 4–10
15 July 17 Los Angeles W 84–76 Gillom
Harrower (20) 		Marlies Askamp (11) Kristi Harrower (5) America West Arena 5–10
16 July 19 Houston W 60–48 Jennifer Gillom (18) Marlies Askamp (12) Kristi Harrower (5) America West Arena 6–10
17 July 21 @ Los Angeles L 63–84 Jennifer Gillom (18) Lisa Harrison (7) Lisa Harrison (3) Great Western Forum 6–11
18 July 23 Orlando W 73–67 Kristi Harrower (16) Askamp
Stepanova (8) 		Kristi Harrower (5) America West Arena 7–11
19 July 25 Washington W 72–59 Jennifer Gillom (16) Marlies Askamp (10) Harrison
Timms (4) 		America West Arena 8–11
20 July 27 Utah W 86–73 Edna Campbell (21) Marlies Askamp (9) Kristi Harrower (7) America West Arena 9–11
21 July 29 Minnesota W 79–46 Jennifer Gillom (22) Maria Stepanova (8) Kristi Harrower (9) America West Arena 10–11
22 July 31 @ Houston L 70–77 Edna Campbell (15) Marlies Askamp (11) Michele Timms (8) Compaq Center 10–12
August: 5–5 (Home: 5–1; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
23 August 2 @ Minnesota L 56–73 Marlies Askamp (12) Jennifer Gillom (8) Michele Timms (7) Target Center 10–13
24 August 6 New York W 68–55 Jennifer Gillom (15) Maria Stepanova (10) Kristi Harrower (7) America West Arena 11–13
25 August 7 @ Sacramento L 60–71 Maria Stepanova (19) Maria Stepanova (10) Michele Timms (7) ARCO Arena 11–14
26 August 9 Minnesota W 64–55 Jennifer Gillom (15) Maria Stepanova (13) Harrison
Timms (4) 		America West Arena 12–14
27 August 11 Detroit W 68–57 Maria Stepanova (16) Maria Stepanova (10) Michele Timms (5) America West Arena 13–14
28 August 13 @ Utah L 64–67 Maria Stepanova (17) Marlies Askamp (8) Michele Timms (5) Delta Center 13–15
29 August 15 Charlotte W 65–54 Lisa Harrison (21) Marlies Askamp (8) Michele Timms (3) America West Arena 14–15
30 August 17 Sacramento W 71–59 Jennifer Gillom (28) Harrison
Stepanova (9) 		Michele Timms (10) America West Arena 15–15
31 August 18 @ Houston L 60–70 Jennifer Gillom (14) Maria Stepanova (12) Harrison
Harrower
Pettis (3) 		Compaq Center 15–16
32 August 20 Utah L 62–70 Gillom
Stepanova (17) 		Maria Stepanova (11) Gillom
Timms (3) 		America West Arena 15–17
1999 season schedule

Season standings

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Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Houston Comets x 26 6 .813 16–4 –
Los Angeles Sparks x 20 12 .625 12–8 6.0
Sacramento Monarchs x 19 13 .594 9–11 7.0
Phoenix Mercury o 15 17 .469 7–13 11.0
Minnesota Lynx o 15 17 .469 8–12 11.0
Utah Starzz o 15 17 .469 8–12 11.0

Statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jennifer Gillom 32 32 34.2 .381 .250 .797 5.8 1.7 1.2 0.2 15.2
Edna Campbell 28 24 26.8 .364 .376 .714 1.9 1.3 0.9 0.4 9.6
Michele Timms 30 29 26.8 .354 .348 .776 2.6 5.0 1.4 0.2 6.8
Marlies Askamp 30 30 26.0 .482 .000 .816 7.2 0.8 0.7 0.6 9.4
Lisa Harrison 32 23 25.9 .474 .100 .682 4.1 1.7 0.7 0.2 6.0
Kristi Harrower 32 3 20.8 .364 .279 .808 2.0 3.0 0.8 0.1 4.5
Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil 14 9 18.5 .433 .303 .667 2.7 1.4 0.9 0.3 9.3
Maria Stepanova 32 2 17.3 .485 .500 .625 5.1 0.8 0.4 1.9 7.8
Bridget Pettis 32 8 16.9 .304 .224 .617 1.8 1.4 0.8 0.1 5.7
Toni Foster 10 0 4.2 .583 N/A .688 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 2.5
Angela Aycock 8 0 3.7 .000 .000 1.000 0.1 0,4 0.3 0.0 0.5
MerleLynn Lange-Harris 1 0 3.0 N/A N/A N/A 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Amanda Wilson 12 0 2.8 .333 .200 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.0
Andrea Kuklová 5 0 2.6 .000 N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "1999 Phoenix Mercury Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
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