2000 Miami Sol season

2000 Miami Sol season
Head coach	Ron Rothstein
Arena	American Airlines Arena
Results
Record	13–19 (.406)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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The 2000 WNBA season was the 1st season for the Miami Sol.

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

Main article: 2000 WNBA expansion draft

Player	Nationality	Former WNBA Team
Kate Starbird	United States	Sacramento Monarchs
Sandy Brondello	Australia	Detroit Shock
Debbie Black	United States	Utah Starzz
Sharon Manning	United States	Charlotte Sting
Lesley Brown	United States	Detroit Shock
Yolanda Moore	United States	Orlando Miracle

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	19	Jameka Jones	United States	Charlotte
3	40	Milena Flores	United States	Stanford

Transactions

Date	Transaction
December 15, 1999	Drafted Kate Starbird, Sandy Brondello, Debbie Black, Sharon Manning, Lesley Brown and Yolanda Moore in the WNBA expansion draft
April 14, 2000	Traded a 2000 1st Round Pick, 2000 2nd Round Pick and 2000 4th Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Marlies Askamp
April 25, 2000	Drafted Jameka Jones and Milena Flores in the 2000 WNBA draft
	Traded a 2001 4th Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Shantia Owens
June 1, 2000	Signed Sheri Sam
June 13, 2000	Signed Kristen Rasmussen
November 7, 2000	Traded Shantia Owens to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Tracy Reid

Roster

2000 Miami Sol roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 14 Askamp, Marlies 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1970-07-08 3 G 31 Black, Debbie 5' 3" (1.6m) 124 lb (56kg) 1966-07-29 Saint Joseph's 1 C 42 Cassidy, Jamie 6' 3" (1.91m) 187 lb (85kg) 1978-09-12 Maine R F 12 Colleton, Katrina 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1971-03-17 Maryland 2 G 22 Flores, Milena 5' 6" (1.68m) 125 lb (57kg) 1977-10-10 Stanford R G/F 5 Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m) 153 lb (69kg) 1975-04-04 Georgia Tech 3 G 35 Jones, Jameka 5' 10" (1.78m) 1978-09-13 Charlotte R F 7 Kostic, Tanja 6' 2" (1.88m) 163 lb (74kg) 1972-11-10 Oregon State 1 F/C 50 Manning, Sharon 6' 3" (1.91m) 186 lb (84kg) 1969-03-20 NC State 3 F 32 Owens, Shantia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1978-05-16 Kentucky R F 52 Rasmussen, Kristen 6' 4" (1.93m) 172 lb (78kg) 1978-11-01 Michigan State R G/F 55 Sam, Sheri 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1974-05-05 Vanderbilt 1 G/F 21 Webb, Umeki 5' 10" (1.78m) 162 lb (73kg) 1975-06-26 NC State 2	Head coach Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island) Assistant coaches Jenny Boucek Tony Fiorentino Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log Total: 13–19 (Home: 9–7; Road: 4–12)
June: 4–10 (Home: 2–6; Road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 June 1 Indiana L 54-57 Askamp Black (13) Marlies Askamp (10) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 0–1 2 June 3 @ Charlotte W 74-63 (OT) Marlies Askamp (19) Shantia Owens (11) Milena Flores (5) Charlotte Coliseum 1–1 3 June 5 @ Indiana L 59-80 Jamie Cassidy (13) Shantia Owens (7) Debbie Black (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 1–2 4 June 8 Washington L 51-73 Sheri Sam (11) Marlies Askamp (8) Milena Flores (4) American Airlines Arena 1–3 5 June 10 Minnesota L 55-66 Sheri Sam (15) Marlies Askamp (10) Debbie Black (3) American Airlines Arena 1–4 6 June 13 Detroit W 74-61 Sheri Sam (17) Marlies Askamp (13) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 2–4 7 June 15 @ Houston L 53-77 Katrina Colleton (10) Askamp Sam (5) Milena Flores (4) Compaq Center 2–5 8 June 17 Cleveland W 55-48 Sheri Sam (21) Owens Rasmussen (5) Sheri Sam (5) American Airlines Arena 3–5 9 June 18 @ New York L 52-58 Katrina Colleton (19) Marlies Askamp (10) Debbie Black (4) Madison Square Garden 3–6 10 June 21 @ Washington W 57-55 Sheri Sam (18) Manning Owens (6) Sheri Sam (5) MCI Center 4–6 11 June 23 Los Angeles L 54-68 Sheri Sam (19) Shantia Owens (8) Milena Flores (3) American Airlines Arena 4–7 12 June 24 Phoenix L 44-67 Milena Flores (8) Kristen Rasmussen (8) Milena Flores (2) American Airlines Arena 4–8 13 June 28 @ Orlando L 53-61 Milena Flores (9) Manning Sam (5) Katrina Colleton (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–9 14 June 30 Orlando L 63-66 Katrina Colleton (14) Kristen Rasmussen (9) Sheri Sam (7) American Airlines Arena 4–10
July: 6–7 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 July 1 @ Fever W 54-52 Sheri Sam (22) Marlies Askamp (9) Sheri Sam (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–10 16 July 5 @ Charlotte L 70-76 Sheri Sam (26) Marlies Askamp (6) Black Sam (5) Charlotte Coliseum 5–11 17 July 7 Cleveland W 49-46 Sharon Manning (13) Marlies Askamp (8) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 6–11 18 July 8 @ New York L 51-63 Askamp Manning (8) Marlies Askamp (8) Askamp Black Ford Manning Sam (3) Madison Square Garden 6–12 19 July 10 Seattle W 59-42 Marlies Askamp (21) Marlies Askamp (13) Jameka Jones (2) American Airlines Arena 7–12 20 July 13 Washington L 48-60 Colleton Sam (13) Marlies Askamp (8) Debbie Black (4) American Airlines Arena 7–13 21 July 14 @ Detroit L 50-80 Katrina Colleton (11) Sharon Manning (9) Black Sam (2) The Palace of Auburn Hills 7–14 22 July 19 Portland W 69-62 Katrina Colleton (19) Sheri Sam (5) Milena Flores (3) American Airlines Arena 8–14 23 July 21 Utah W 76-65 Sheri Sam (23) Sheri Sam (9) Debbie Black (7) American Airlines Arena 9–14 24 July 22 @ Cleveland L 47-76 Askamp Cassidy (7) Sharon Manning (6) Black Cassidy Flores Manning Webb (2) Gund Arena 9–15 25 July 26 @ Detroit L 62-78 Milena Flores (10) Marlies Askamp (10) Marlies Askamp (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–16 26 July 28 @ Lynx L 44-68 Sheri Sam (8) Marlies Askamp (7) Milena Flores (4) Target Center 9–17 27 July 30 @ Seattle W 64-51 Sheri Sam (17) Kristen Rasmussen (9) Black Colleton (5) KeyArena 10–17
August: 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 August 1 @ Portland L 50-54 Sheri Sam (23) Marlies Askamp (10) Black Ford (3) Rose Garden 10–18 29 August 2 @ Sacramento L 55-73 Cassidy Flores Sam (8) Shantia Owens (4) Umeki Webb (4) ARCO Arena 10–19 30 August 4 Charlotte W 60-50 Sheri Sam (21) Kristen Rasmussen (8) Sheri Sam (4) American Airlines Arena 11–19 31 August 6 New York W 57-41 Sheri Sam (19) Marlies Askamp (10) Black Colleton Rasmussen Sam (2) American Airlines Arena 12–19 32 August 9 Orlando W 68-64 Sheri Sam (24) Marlies Askamp (15) Debbie Black (6) American Airlines Arena 13–19

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty x	20	12	.625	14–7	–
Cleveland Rockers x	17	15	.531	13–8	3.0
Orlando Miracle x	16	16	.500	13–8	4.0
Washington Mystics x	14	18	.438	13–8	6.0
Detroit Shock o	14	18	.438	10–11	6.0
Miami Sol o	13	19	.406	9–12	7.0
Indiana Fever o	9	23	.281	7–14	11.0
Charlotte Sting o	8	24	.250	5–16	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	31	27	29.2	.387	.292	.670	4.3	2.1	1.1	0.2	12.8
Katrina Colleton	32	32	27.3	.352	.238	.757	2.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	8.3
Marlies Askamp	32	32	27.2	.407	.500	.684	7.2	0.9	0.5	0.7	7.8
Debbie Black	32	32	25.6	.380	.214	.690	2.9	3.1	1.8	0.0	4.8
Shantia Owens	31	16	19.5	.389	N/A	.537	3.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	4.2
Kristen Rasmussen	25	7	18.2	.350	.286	.844	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.6	5.0
Sharon Manning	24	9	16.8	.478	.500	.538	4.2	0.7	1.0	0.2	4.3
Kisha Ford	28	0	15.1	.306	.250	.574	2.2	0.8	1.1	0.0	3.6
Umeki Webb	13	5	15.0	.250	.250	.840	1.1	1.1	0.5	0.3	3.3
Milena Flores	32	0	14.8	.304	.295	.619	0.7	1.5	0.7	0.1	3.5
Jameka Jones	21	0	11.1	.263	.200	.722	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.0	3.3
Tanja Kostic	5	0	9.2	.333	N/A	.500	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.4
Jamie Cassidy	22	0	8.0	.364	.500	.698	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	3.4

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