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2002 Cleveland Rockers season
The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Cleveland Rockers.
Transactions
WNBA draft
| Cleveland Rockers}}" width="2%" | Round | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="5%" | Pick | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="10%" | Player | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Deanna Jackson | UAB | ||||||
| 1 | 9 | Brandi McCain | Florida | ||||||
| 3 | 41 | Angie Welle | Iowa State | ||||||
| 4 | 57 | Marche Strickland | Maryland |
Transactions
| Cleveland Rockers}}" width=125" | Date | Cleveland Rockers}}" colspan="2" | Transaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2002 | Traded Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and a [2002](2002-wnba-draft) 1st Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2002 1st Round Pick | ||||
| April 19, 2002 | title=2002 Cleveland Rockers Transactions | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CLE/2002_transactions.html | access-date=2024-08-27 | website=Basketball-Reference.com | language=en}} |
| May 8, 2002 | Waived Jameka Jones, Jannon Roland and Tere Williams | ||||
| May 19, 2002 | Waived Angie Welle and Marche Strickland | ||||
| May 21, 2002 | Waived Katryna Gaither | ||||
| May 23, 2002 | Waived Anastasia Kostaki | ||||
| May 30, 2002 | Waived Nyree Roberts | ||||
| Signed Lucienne Berthieu | |||||
| June 14, 2002 | Waived Paige Sauer |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | June 1 | Houston | L 65–69 (OT) | Penny Taylor (24) | Penny Taylor (9) | Jennifer Rizzotti (5) | Gund Arena
| 0–1 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 6 |
| Detroit |
| W 72–55 |
| Chasity Melvin (19) |
| Penny Taylor (9) |
| Andrade |
| Jones (4) |
| Gund Arena |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 6 |
| @ Orlando |
| L 99–103 (3OT) |
| Penny Taylor (27) |
| Merlakia Jones (8) |
| Jennifer Rizzotti (5) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 1–2 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 11 |
| @ Miami |
| L 65–74 |
| Merlakia Jones (20) |
| Melvin |
| Taylor (6) |
| Jones |
| McCain |
| Taylor (3) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 14 |
| Washington |
| L 63–69 |
| Merlakia Jones (18) |
| Chasity Melvin (8) |
| Merlakia Jones (3) |
| Gund Arena |
| 1–4 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 15 |
| @ Indiana |
| W 79–68 |
| Merlakia Jones (27) |
| Ann Wauters (6) |
| Brandi McCain (5) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 2–4 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 19 |
| Orlando |
| L 62–66 |
| Merlakia Jones (14) |
| Merlakia Jones (7) |
| Jennifer Rizzotti (4) |
| Gund Arena |
| 2–5 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 21 |
| New York |
| W 80–69 |
| Chasity Melvin (30) |
| Jones |
| Wauters (7) |
| Jennifer Rizzotti (14) |
| Gund Arena |
| 3–5 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 23 |
| @ Washington |
| L 45–63 |
| Chasity Melvin (10) |
| Jones |
| Melvin |
| Rizzotti |
| Taylor (4) |
| Jones |
| Rizzotti |
| Taylor (2) |
| MCI Center |
| 3–6 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 25 |
| Miami |
| W 71–50 |
| Ann Wauters (18) |
| Merlakia Jones (9) |
| Mery Andrade (4) |
| Gund Arena |
| 4–6 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 27 |
| Sacramento |
| W 73–50 |
| Penny Taylor (24) |
| Chasity Melvin (12) |
| McCain |
| Taylor |
| Wauters (5) |
| Gund Arena |
| 5–6 |
| - |
| 12 |
| June 28 |
| @ New York |
| W 67–58 |
| Penny Taylor (20) |
| Merlakia Jones (7) |
| Andrade |
| Jones |
| McCain |
| Rizzotti |
| Taylor (2) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 6–6 |
| - |
| 13 |
| June 30 |
| Utah |
| L 62–79 |
| Ann Wauters (20) |
| Ann Wauters (6) |
| Brown |
| McCain |
| Taylor (5) |
| Gund Arena |
| 6–7 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 2 |
| Portland |
| L 64–68 |
| Merlakia Jones (18) |
| Ann Wauters (7) |
| Merlakia Jones (5) |
| Gund Arena |
| 6–8 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 5 |
| Seattle |
| L 65–73 |
| Penny Taylor (16) |
| Brown |
| Jones |
| Melvin |
| Wauters (4) |
| Jones |
| Taylor (4) |
| Gund Arena |
| 6–9 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 6 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 67–78 |
| Merlakia Jones (17) |
| Jones |
| Wauters (6) |
| Penny Taylor (4) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 6–10 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 8 |
| @ Indiana |
| L 57–68 |
| Jones |
| Taylor (12) |
| Ann Wauters (6) |
| Merlakia Jones (3) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 6–11 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 11 |
| @ Sacramento |
| L 69–71 |
| Ann Wauters (18) |
| Penny Taylor (10) |
| Jones |
| Taylor (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 6–12 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 12 |
| @ Seattle |
| W 62–58 |
| Ann Wauters (16) |
| Chasity Melvin (12) |
| Mery Andrade (4) |
| KeyArena |
| 7–12 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 17 |
| @ Minnesota |
| W 58–48 |
| Ann Wauters (14) |
| Chasity Melvin (12) |
| Jones |
| Rizzotti |
| Taylor |
| Wauters (2) |
| Target Center |
| 8–12 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 20 |
| Los Angeles |
| L 50–63 |
| Penny Taylor (11) |
| Merlakia Jones (9) |
| Bader Binford |
| Taylor (3) |
| Gund Arena |
| 8–13 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 22 |
| @ New York |
| L 52–73 |
| Merlakia Jones (11) |
| Penny Taylor (6) |
| Chasity Melvin (3) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 8–14 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 24 |
| Charlotte |
| L 66–73 (OT) |
| Merlakia Jones (20) |
| Brown |
| Jones (8) |
| Jennifer Rizzotti (4) |
| Gund Arena |
| 8–15 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 25 |
| @ Charlotte |
| W 83–73 |
| Merlakia Jones (23) |
| Chasity Melvin (10) |
| Jennifer Rizzotti (7) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 9–15 |
| - |
| 25 |
| July 28 |
| Orlando |
| L 70–76 (OT) |
| Andrea Stinson (17) |
| Andrea Stinson (5) |
| Staley |
| Stinson (4) |
| Gund Arena |
| 9–16 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 1 |
| @ Detroit |
| W 68–66 |
| Chasity Melvin (20) |
| Merlakia Jones (8) |
| Merlakia Jones (5) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 10–16 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 3 |
| Detroit |
| L 57–68 |
| Chasity Melvin (15) |
| Ann Wauters (8) |
| Jennifer Rizzotti (4) |
| Gund Arena |
| 10–17 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 6 |
| @ Houston |
| L 54–67 |
| Melvin |
| Taylor (13) |
| Merlakia Jones (5) |
| Jennifer Rizzotti (4) |
| Compaq Center |
| 10–18 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 7 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 57–59 |
| Ann Wauters (16) |
| Chasity Melvin (9) |
| Melvin |
| Rizzotti (5) |
| America West Arena |
| 10–19 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 9 |
| @ Miami |
| L 59–65 |
| Penny Taylor (11) |
| Jones |
| Melvin (6) |
| Mery Andrade (4) |
| American Airlines Arena |
| 10–20 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 11 |
| Washington |
| L 54–60 |
| Ann Wauters (12) |
| Melvin |
| Taylor (7) |
| Brown |
| Jones |
Rizzotti Taylor (2) | Gund Arena
| 10–21 |
|---|
| 32 |
| August 13 |
| Indiana |
| L 56–60 |
| Penny Taylor (22) |
| Penny Taylor (10) |
| Chasity Melvin (5) |
| Gund Arena |
| 10–22 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | Player | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | GP | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | GS | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | MPG | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | FG% | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | 3P% | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | FT% | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | RPG | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="5%" | APG | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | SPG | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | BPG | Cleveland Rockers}}" width="6%" | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlakia Jones | 32 | 32 | 34.2 | .399 | .278 | .785 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 12.2 | ||||||||||||
| Chasity Melvin | 32 | 32 | 33.0 | .464 | .500 | .687 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||
| Penny Taylor | 30 | 26 | 30.3 | .416 | .342 | .853 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||
| Ann Wauters | 28 | 25 | 28.6 | .553 | .000 | .851 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 11.2 | ||||||||||||
| Jennifer Rizzotti | 26 | 25 | 26.7 | .400 | .384 | .800 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 6.8 | ||||||||||||
| Mery Andrade | 32 | 16 | 20.8 | .306 | .192 | .783 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.8 | ||||||||||||
| Rushia Brown | 28 | 2 | 16.7 | .400 | .000 | .737 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||
| Brandi McCain | 31 | 2 | 12.6 | .291 | .362 | .750 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||
| Deanna Jackson | 18 | 0 | 7.9 | .413 | .000 | .708 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||
| Tracy Henderson | 23 | 0 | 7.5 | .390 | N/A | 1.000 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||
| Tricia Bader Binford | 18 | 0 | 7.3 | .154 | .071 | .833 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||
| Paige Sauer | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||
| Lucienne Berthieu | 5 | 0 | 3.2 | .429 | .000 | .500 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
References
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