1996-97 Columbus Quest Statistics
Team Record: 31-9
Finishing 1st in the ABL's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 5-2 Won Championship
Semifinals - Defeated San Jose Lasers 2-0
Finals - Defeated Richmond Rage 3-2
Coach: Brian Agler (31-9)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 53,637, Avg. 2,682 in 20 home dates
The Columbus Quest of the American Basketball League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 31 wins and 9 losses, finishing first in the ABL's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-2.
The Quest scored 3,444 points, most in the league. Columbus yielded 2,936 points, fewest in the league. Nikki McCray tossed in a team-leading 797 points for the team, while Tonya Edwards and Katie Smith contributed 14 or more per game as well. Sonja Tate accounted for 219 boards. Shannon Johnson dished out 151 assists for the squad.
On the defensive side of the ball, Sonja Tate added 85 steals.
Brian Agler coached the team. The 1996-97 Columbus Quest won the Championship of the playoffs.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Nikki McCray | G | 40 | 40 | 1324 | 664 | 300 | 91 | 33 | 210 | 164 | 77 | 124 | 201 | 106 | 69 | 2 | 159 | 70 | 797 |
Katie Smith | G-F | 40 | 40 | 1328 | 459 | 214 | 218 | 91 | 136 | 112 | 48 | 86 | 134 | 102 | 60 | 5 | 69 | 133 | 631 |
Tonya Edwards | G | 40 | 40 | 1136 | 507 | 203 | 202 | 73 | 191 | 145 | 36 | 92 | 128 | 108 | 72 | 12 | 103 | 116 | 624 |
Shannon Johnson | G | 40 | 40 | 1275 | 271 | 140 | 144 | 69 | 74 | 60 | 40 | 117 | 157 | 151 | 69 | 6 | 104 | 121 | 409 |
Valerie Still | F-C | 40 | 5 | 753 | 212 | 105 | 11 | 2 | 124 | 91 | 102 | 114 | 216 | 50 | 60 | 16 | 64 | 112 | 303 |
Sonja Tate | G | 40 | 0 | 876 | 201 | 86 | 32 | 9 | 111 | 74 | 101 | 118 | 219 | 94 | 85 | 3 | 84 | 120 | 255 |
Andrea Lloyd Curry | F | 36 | 35 | 841 | 192 | 96 | 50 | 22 | 49 | 35 | 63 | 110 | 173 | 83 | 55 | 13 | 61 | 64 | 249 |
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau | F-C | 31 | 0 | 188 | 57 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 40 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 33 | 83 |
Carol Ann Shudlick | C | 36 | 0 | 225 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 38 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 53 | 68 |
La'Shawn Brown | C | 18 | 0 | 90 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 18 |
Shanele Stires | F | 9 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Totals | 370 | 200 | 8076 | 2631 | 1186 | 761 | 303 | 994 | 769 | 502 | 826 | 1328 | 710 | 489 | 60 | 697 | 853 | 3444 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikki McCray | G | 40 | 40 | 33.1 | 45.2 | 36.3 | 78.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 19.9 |
Katie Smith | G-F | 40 | 40 | 33.2 | 46.6 | 41.7 | 82.4 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 15.8 |
Tonya Edwards | G | 40 | 40 | 28.4 | 40.0 | 36.1 | 75.9 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 15.6 |
Shannon Johnson | G | 40 | 40 | 31.9 | 51.7 | 47.9 | 81.1 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 10.2 |
Valerie Still | F-C | 40 | 5 | 18.8 | 49.5 | 18.2 | 73.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 7.6 |
Sonja Tate | G | 40 | 0 | 21.9 | 42.8 | 28.1 | 66.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 6.4 |
Andrea Lloyd Curry | F | 36 | 35 | 23.4 | 50.0 | 44.0 | 71.4 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 6.9 |
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau | F-C | 31 | 0 | 6.1 | 36.8 | 33.3 | 93.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
Carol Ann Shudlick | C | 36 | 0 | 6.3 | 31.1 | 66.7 | 86.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
La'Shawn Brown | C | 18 | 0 | 5.0 | 35.7 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | |
Shanele Stires | F | 9 | 0 | 4.4 | 22.2 | 14.3 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
Averages | 370 | 200 | 21.8 | 45.1 | 39.8 | 77.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 9.3 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikki McCray | G | 7 | 7 | 0 | 132 | 56 | 18 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
Tonya Edwards | G | 7 | 7 | 0 | 101 | 43 | 55 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
Katie Smith | G-F | 7 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 26 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
Valerie Still | F-C | 7 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
Shannon Johnson | G | 7 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
Sonja Tate | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Andrea Lloyd Curry | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
La'Shawn Brown | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau | F-C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Carol Ann Shudlick | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 60 | 35 | 0 | 472 | 203 | 152 | 48 | 163 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 566 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nikki McCray | G | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 42.4 | 16.7 | 64.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.6 |
Tonya Edwards | G | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 42.6 | 41.8 | 61.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.9 |
Katie Smith | G-F | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 22.2 | 88.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
Valerie Still | F-C | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 65.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.9 |
Shannon Johnson | G | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 46.5 | 38.5 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 |
Sonja Tate | G | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 46.4 | 28.6 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 |
Andrea Lloyd Curry | F | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 55.0 | 37.5 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 |
La'Shawn Brown | C | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | |
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau | F-C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||
Carol Ann Shudlick | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Averages | 370 | 35 | 0.0 | 43.0 | 31.6 | 68.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 |