2001 Orlando Miracle season

2001 Orlando Miracle season
CoachCarolyn Peck
ArenaTD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance7,430 per game
Results
Record13–19 (.406)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsNykesha Sales (13.5)
ReboundsTaj McWilliams (7.6)
AssistsElaine Powell (3.1)
Media
TelevisionWRBW (UPN 65)
Sunshine Network

The 2001 WNBA season was their third in the league. The Miracle missed the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. The Miracle also hosted the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game.

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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See also: 2001 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 10 Katie Douglas  United States Purdue
2 26 Brooke Wyckoff  United States Florida State
3 42 Jaclyn Johnson  United States Kansas
4 58 Anne Thorius  Denmark Michigan

Transactions

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Date Transaction
April 20, 2001 Drafted Katie Douglas, Brooke Wyckoff, Jaclyn Johnson and Anne Thorius in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
April 30, 2001 Signed Denique Graves, Nakia Sanford, Nyree Roberts, Shaka Massey, Shawnetta Stewart, Tauja Catchings and Tawona Alhaleem[1]
May 1, 2001 Waived Tauja Catchings[1]
May 3, 2001 Waived Nakia Sanford[1]
Signed LaCharlotte Smith and Tora Suber[1]
May 4, 2001 Waived Shawnetta Stewart[1]
May 14, 2001 Waived LaCharlotte Smith, Shaka Massey and Tora Suber[1]
May 21, 2001 Waived Jannon Roland[1]
May 22, 2001 Waived Andrea Congreaves[1]
May 26, 2001 Waived Anne Thorius, Denique Graves and Romana Hamzová[1]

Roster

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2001 Orlando Miracle roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G/F 44 United States Alhaleem, Tawona 6' 0" (1.83m) – 1974-10-17 DePaul R
C 28 Brazil dos Santos, Cíntia 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) 1975-01-31 1
G/F 32 United States Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1979-05-07 Purdue R
F/C 22 United States Hicks, Jessie 6' 4" (1.93m) 188 lb (85kg) 1971-12-02 Maryland 2
F 33 United States Johnson, Jaclyn 6' 0" (1.83m) 201 lb (91kg) 1979-03-16 Kansas R
G 14 United States Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m) 152 lb (69kg) 1974-08-18 South Carolina 2
G 12 United States McCain, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1978-03-08 Kentucky 1
F 10 United States McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) 1968-03-06 Tennessee 2
F/C 11 United States McWilliams-Franklin, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m) 195 lb (88kg) 1970-10-20 St. Edward's 2
G 5 United States Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-08-09 Louisiana Tech 2
G/F 42 United States Sales, Nykesha 6' 0" (1.83m) 184 lb (83kg) 1976-05-10 Connecticut 2
F 21 United States Wyckoff, Brooke 6' 1" (1.85m) 183 lb (83kg) 1980-03-30 Florida State R
Head coach
United States Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt)
Assistant coaches
United States Charlene Thomas-Swinson
United States Michael Peck



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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2001 game log
Total: 13–19 (Home: 10–6; Road: 3–13)
June: 4–8 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 1 Los Angeles L 62–68 Nykesha Sales (20) McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (6) 		Katie Douglas
Sales (3) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 0–1
2 June 5 @ Detroit W 92–71 Nykesha Sales (19) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Nykesha Sales (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–1
3 June 7 @ Utah L 79–82 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) Hicks
McWilliams-Franklin (6) 		Elaine Powell (6) Delta Center 1–2
4 June 9 Charlotte L 79–86 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23) Elaine Powell (9) Elaine Powell (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 1–3
5 June 12 @ Seattle L 63–70 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) Douglas
McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (3) 		KeyArena 1–4
6 June 14 @ Los Angeles L 68–84 Elaine Powell (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Douglas
McWilliams-Franklin (3) 		Staples Center 1–5
7 June 16 @ Phoenix L 68–72 Nykesha Sales (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Tiffany McCain (5) America West Arena 1–6
8 June 18 @ Indiana W 72–65 Nykesha Sales (20) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) McWilliams-Franklin
Powell (4) 		Conseco Fieldhouse 2–6
9 June 23 Washington W 67–59 Nykesha Sales (21) Nykesha Sales (8) S. Johnson
Wyckoff (4) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 3–6
10 June 25 New York W 67–54 Nykesha Sales (18) Sales
McWilliams-Franklin (9) 		Jessie Hicks (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–6
11 June 27 Cleveland L 41–65 Brooke Wyckoff (8) S. Johnson
Sales
Wyckoff (5) 		McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (2) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 4–7
12 June 30 @ New York L 60–72 McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (14) 		Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) Sales
Powell (3) 		Madison Square Garden 4–8
July : 5–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
13 July 1 @ Washington L 64–76 S. Johnson
Sales (14) 		Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) Tiffany McCain (3) MCI Center 4–9
14 July 6 Sacramento L 68–75 Nykesha Sales (16) McWilliams-Franklin
Powell (8) 		Taj McWilliams-Franklin (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–10
15 July 8 Detroit W 73–67 S. Johnson
McWilliams-Franklin (19) 		Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Elaine Powell (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 5–10
16 July 10 Miami L 63–65 (OT) S. Johnson
Sales (15) 		McWilliams-Franklin
Wyckoff (7) 		McWilliams-Franklin
Powell (3) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 5–11
17 July 12 @ Charlotte W 72–69 S. Johnson
Sales (18) 		McWilliams-Franklin
Sales (10) 		Ahlaheem
McWilliams-Franklin (3) 		Charlotte Coliseum 6–11
18 July 13 @ Indiana L 60–74 Shannon Johnson (21) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) Shannon Johnson (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6–12
19 July 18 Houston W 57–52 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) Shannon Johnson (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 7–12
20 July 20 @ Charlotte L 65–72 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) Nykesha Sales (7) Shannon Johnson (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7–13
21 July 21 Minnesota W 71–49 Nykesha Sales (15) Nykesha Sales (10) Elaine Powell (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 8–13
22 July 24 Washington W 71–63 Nykesha Sales (20) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) Shannon Johnson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 9–13
23 July 27 @ Miami L 63–71 (OT) Shannon Johnson (14) Nykesha Sales (8) Elaine Powell (5) American Airlines Arena 9–14
24 July 29 @ Detroit L 62–64 Hicks
McWilliams-Franklin (15) 		Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Elaine Powell (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–15
25 July 30 @ Cleveland L 47–65 Nykesha Sales (15) Brooke Wyckoff (9) Elaine Powell (2) Gund Arena 9–16
August : 4–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 August 1 Portland W 65–63 Nykesha Sales (21) Shannon Johnson (9) Shannon Johnson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 10–16
27 August 3 @ Houston L 60–72 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) Elaine Powell (3) Compaq Center 10–17
28 August 5 Phoenix W 79–68 Shannon Johnson (25) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) S. Johnson
Powell (6) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 11–17
29 August 7 Cleveland W 74–67 Douglas
Powell (16) 		Shannon Johnson (6) Shannon Johnson (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 12–17
30 August 10 @ New York L 67–77 Nykesha Sales (21) Nykesha Sales (9) Katie Douglas (5) Madison Square Garden 12–18
31 August 11 Miami L 64–75 Shannon Johnson (16) Elaine Powell (7) Nykesha Sales (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 12–19
32 August 14 Indiana W 78–72 Katie Douglas (18) Jessie Hicks (8) Elaine Powell (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 13–19
2001 season schedule

Season standings

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Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x 22 10 .688 15–6 –
New York Liberty x 21 11 .656 13–8 1.0
Miami Sol x 20 12 .625 14–7 2.0
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 15–6 4.0
Orlando Miracle o 13 19 .406 9–12 9.0
Indiana Fever o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Detroit Shock o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Washington Mystics o 10 22 .313 4–17 12.0

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
Taj McWilliams-Franklin 32 32 33.1 .474 .200 .744 7.6 2.2 1.6 1.6 12.6
Elaine Powell 32 32 33.0 .402 .382 .755 3.1 3.1 1.5 0.2 11.2
Nykesha Sales 32 31 32.5 .438 .314 .784 5.4 1.8 2.2 0.2 13.5
Shannon Johnson 26 22 30.2 .367 .365 .757 3.0 2.6 1.3 0.2 11.6
Brooke Wyckoff 32 27 20.3 .328 .162 .714 3.8 1.2 0.8 0.5 3.4
Katie Douglas 22 0 20.0 .362 .316 .723 2.3 1.8 1.7 0.3 7.0
Jessie Hicks 32 5 14.3 .389 N/A .652 2.9 0.7 0.7 0.5 5.3
Tiffany McCain 32 9 13.8 .321 .313 .667 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.3 3.0
Tawona Alhaleem 26 1 9.7 .328 .364 .500 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.9
Jaclyn Johnson 17 1 8.2 .560 .429 .800 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 2.1
Cíntia dos Santos 10 0 6.5 .368 N/A .833 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.9
Carla McGhee 17 0 4.2 .250 N/A .500 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.8


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

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2001 Orlando Miracle Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
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