2001 Miami Sol season

The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Miami Sol. The team earned its first and only playoff berth, losing in the opening round to the New York Liberty in three games.

2001 Miami Sol season
Coach	Ron Rothstein
Arena	AmericanAirlines Arena
Attendance	8,857 per game
Results
Record	20–12 (.625)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (2-1) to New York Liberty
Media
Television	WAMI (IND 69) Fox Sports Net Florida
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	5	Ruth Riley	United States	Notre Dame
2	21	Georgia Schweitzer	United States	Duke
3	37	Levys Torres	Colombia	Florida State

Transactions

Date	Transaction
April 20, 2001	Drafted Ruth Riley, Georgia Schweitzer and Levys Torres in the 2001 WNBA Draft
	Traded Georgia Schweitzer to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Marla Brumfield
April 30, 2001	Signed Monique Morehouse and Rhonda Smith
May 4, 2001	Waived Monique Morehouse
May 14, 2001	Waived Rhonda Smith and Umeki Webb
May 26, 2001	Waived Jameka Jones and Jamie Cassidy
July 3, 2001	Waived Milena Flores

Roster

2001 Miami Sol roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 14 Askamp, Marlies 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1970-07-08 4 F 28 Baranova, Elena 6' 5" (1.96m) 182 lb (83kg) 1972-01-28 3 G 31 Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m) 124 lb (56kg) 1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's 2 G 6 Brondello, Sandy 5' 7" (1.7m) 136 lb (62kg) 1968-08-20 2 G 25 Brumfield, Marla 5' 8" (1.73m) 133 lb (60kg) 1978-06-06 Rice 1 F 12 Colleton, Katrina 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1971-03-17 Maryland 3 G/F 5 Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m) 153 lb (69kg) 1975-04-04 Georgia Tech 4 F 52 Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m) 172 lb (78kg) 1978-11-01 Michigan State 1 F 0 Reid, Tracy 5' 11" (1.8m) 150 lb (68kg) 1976-11-01 North Carolina 3 C 7 Riley, Ruth 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1979-08-28 Notre Dame R G/F 55 Sam, Sheri 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1974-05-05 Vanderbilt 2 C 13 Torres, Levys 6' 2" (1.88m) – 1978-04-06 Florida State R	Head coach Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island) Assistant coaches Tony Fiorentino Jenny Boucek Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log Total: 20–12 (Home: 10–5; Road: 10–7)
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 31 New York W 68–59 Sandy Brondello (21) Elena Baranova (8) Debbie Black (7) American Airlines Arena 1–0
June : 4–7 (Home: 1–5; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 5 Indiana W 63–61 Sheri Sam (21) Askamp Baranova Black Riley Sam (4) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 2–0 3 June 7 @ Seattle W 70–57 Sandy Brondello (23) Marlies Askamp (8) Sheri Sam (4) KeyArena 3–0 4 June 9 @ Sacramento W 71–67 Sheri Sam (21) Elena Baranova (7) Debbie Black (9) ARCO Arena 4–0 5 June 12 Detroit L 67–68 (OT) Sandy Brondello (23) Baranova Black Sam (7) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 4–1 6 June 16 @ Cleveland L 53–70 Sandy Brondello (16) Elena Baranova (6) Debbie Black (4) Gund Arena 4–2 7 June 17 New York L 48–55 Elena Baranova (22) Elena Baranova (8) Sandy Brondello (4) American Airlines Arena 4–3 8 June 21 @ Washington W 74–63 Baranova Brondello (18) Elena Baranova (12) Sandy Brondello (6) MCI Center 5–3 9 June 22 @ Minnesota L 57–63 Sandy Brondello (13) Elena Baranova (8) Marla Brumfield (4) Target Center 5–4 10 June 24 Cleveland L 35–54 Elena Baranova (9) Debbie Black (8) Marla Brumfield (4) American Airlines Arena 5–5 11 June 27 Utah L 63–68 (OT) Marla Brumfield (12) Elena Baranova (10) Brondello Sam (3) American Airlines Arena 5–6 12 June 29 Portland L 72–74 (OT) Sandy Brondello (20) Debbie Black (7) Baranova Black Brondello Sam (2) American Airlines Arena 5–7
July : 10–4 (Home: 5–0; Road: 5–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 July 1 @ Los Angeles L 60–86 Sandy Brondello (13) Ruth Riley (6) Debbie Black (5) Staples Center 5–8 14 July 2 @ Utah W 69–59 Sheri Sam (23) Sheri Sam (9) Debbie Black (5) Delta Center 6–8 15 July 4 @ Phoenix L 47–60 Elena Baranova (12) Baranova Sam (4) Debbie Black (6) America West Arena 6–9 16 July 7 Sacramento W 66–54 Elena Baranova (21) Elena Baranova (7) Elena Baranova (5) American Airlines Arena 7–9 17 July 10 @ Orlando W 65–63 (OT) Sheri Sam (26) Ruth Riley (11) Baranova Black (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 8–9 18 July 13 @ Detroit W 56–55 Sandy Brondello (14) Ruth Riley (10) Sheri Sam (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–9 19 July 14 Detroit W 66–51 Sandy Brondello (14) Sheri Sam (6) Sandy Brondello (6) American Airlines Arena 10–9 20 July 18 Charlotte W 68–48 Sandy Brondello (23) Baranova Black Sam (5) Sheri Sam (3) American Airlines Arena 11–9 21 July 20 Houston W 64–50 Sheri Sam (18) Askamp Baranova (7) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 12–9 22 July 22 @ New York W 68–52 Sheri Sam (17) Debbie Black (8) Debbie Black (4) Madison Square Garden 13–9 23 July 25 @ Cleveland L 48–52 (OT) Elena Baranova (14) Kristen Rasmussen (7) Debbie Black (4) Gund Arena 13–10 24 July 27 Orlando W 71–63 (OT) Sandy Brondello (23) Riley Sam (8) Elena Baranova (7) American Airlines Arena 14–10 25 July 28 @ Indiana W 69–63 Sheri Sam (17) Elena Baranova (9) Black Sam (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 15–10 26 July 31 @ Charlotte L 45–63 Marla Brumfield (9) Debbie Black (5) Brumfield Ford Sam (2) Charlotte Coliseum 15–11
August : 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 27 August 3 Phoenix W 72–61 Sheri Sam (25) Elena Baranova (6) Debbie Black (5) American Airlines Arena 16–11 28 August 5 Washington W 52–44 Baranova Sam (15) Elena Baranova (5) Sheri Sam (5) American Airlines Arena 17–11 29 August 8 @ Washington W 42–36 Sheri Sam (15) Elena Baranova (11) Black Sam (3) MCI Center 18–11 30 August 10 Indiana W 72–67 (OT) Baranova Sam (21) Baranova Riley (7) Black Brondello (6) American Airlines Arena 19–11 31 August 11 @ Orlando W 75–64 Elena Baranova (19) Elena Baranova (5) Sheri Sam (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 20–11 32 August 14 Charlotte L 41–48 Sheri Sam (14) Sheri Sam (8) Debbie Black (3) American Airlines Arena 20–12
2001 season schedule

Playoffs

2001 playoff game log
First round vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 1–2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 August 17 New York L 46–62 Ruth Riley (12) Baranova Sam (5) Debbie Black (5) American Airlines Arena 0–1 2 August 19 @ New York W 53–50 Sheri Sam (17) Debbie Black (8) Sandy Brondello (5) Madison Square Garden 1–1 3 August 21 @ New York L 61–72 Baranova Brondello (18) Ruth Riley (9) Debbie Black (4) Madison Square Garden 1–2
2001 playoff schedule

Season standings

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

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sheri Sam	32	32	34.4	.432	.276	.750	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.3	13.9
Elena Baranova	32	30	30.8	.427	.375	.930	6.0	2.0	1.0	1.8	11.8
Debbie Black	32	32	29.6	.374	.150	.771	3.9	3.8	2.6	0.1	5.6
Sandy Brondello	29	29	29.3	.413	.394	.814	1.7	2.2	1.0	0.1	12.7
Ruth Riley	32	20	25.0	.475	N/A	.771	4.1	0.8	0.8	1.4	6.8
Kristen Rasmussen	28	3	14.9	.360	.250	.750	3.1	0.6	0.4	0.5	2.7
Marlies Askamp	30	11	14.4	.483	N/A	.563	2.9	0.5	0.4	0.4	2.5
Kisha Ford	30	1	13.2	.325	.091	.563	2.2	0.7	0.6	0.2	2.4
Tracy Reid	21	2	13.2	.508	N/A	.615	1.8	0.6	0.7	0.2	3.8
Marla Brumfield	27	0	9.1	.283	.333	1.000	0.9	1.2	0.7	0.0	1.6
Katrina Colleton	14	0	8.6	.256	.000	.600	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	1.9
Levys Torres	2	0	4.0	N/A	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