
2002 Houston Comets Statistics
Team Record: 24-8
Finishing 2nd in the WNBA's Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost first round
First Round - Lost to Utah Starzz 2-1
Coach: Van Chancellor (24-8)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 188,648, Avg. 11,791 in 16 home dates
The Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2002 season with a record of 24 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the WNBA's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
The Comets paced the league with just 1,892 points allowed. Houston scored 2,072 points. Sheryl Swoopes tossed in a team-leading 592 points for the squad, while Janeth Arcain and Tina Thompson netted 10 or more per game, too. Tina Thompson contributed 217 boards. Sheryl Swoopes dished out 107 assists for the team.
On defense, Sheryl Swoopes added 88 steals.
Van Chancellor coached the team. The 2002 Houston Comets lost in the first round 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheryl Swoopes | F-G | 32 | 32 | 1154 | 509 | 221 | 80 | 23 | 154 | 127 | 30 | 128 | 158 | 107 | 88 | 23 | 87 | 50 | 592 |
Tina Thompson | F | 29 | 29 | 1052 | 408 | 176 | 108 | 40 | 113 | 93 | 67 | 150 | 217 | 62 | 25 | 20 | 92 | 76 | 485 |
Janeth Arcain | G | 32 | 32 | 1116 | 302 | 128 | 37 | 10 | 111 | 98 | 42 | 84 | 126 | 86 | 51 | 6 | 71 | 49 | 364 |
Tiffani Johnson | C | 32 | 32 | 815 | 178 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 47 | 73 | 100 | 173 | 39 | 17 | 24 | 38 | 67 | 201 |
Michelle Snow | C | 32 | 2 | 480 | 96 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 34 | 31 | 88 | 119 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 22 | 59 | 125 |
Grace Daley | G | 23 | 4 | 185 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 63 |
Kelley Gibson | F-G | 29 | 2 | 276 | 55 | 21 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 60 |
Sonja Henning | G | 23 | 10 | 521 | 52 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 58 | 51 | 23 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 44 |
Coquese Washington | G | 21 | 15 | 349 | 50 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 38 | 44 |
Rebecca Lobo | F | 21 | 0 | 132 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 34 |
Tynesha Lewis | G | 17 | 1 | 145 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 34 |
Rita Williams | G | 9 | 0 | 85 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 19 |
Tammy Jackson | F-C | 5 | 1 | 69 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Amanda Lassiter | F | 6 | 0 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Totals | 311 | 160 | 6425 | 1778 | 755 | 332 | 109 | 585 | 453 | 299 | 702 | 1001 | 450 | 260 | 126 | 442 | 467 | 2072 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheryl Swoopes | F-G | 32 | 32 | 36.1 | 43.4 | 28.8 | 82.5 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 18.5 |
Tina Thompson | F | 29 | 29 | 36.3 | 43.1 | 37.0 | 82.3 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 16.7 |
Janeth Arcain | G | 32 | 32 | 34.9 | 42.4 | 27.0 | 88.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 11.4 |
Tiffani Johnson | C | 32 | 32 | 25.5 | 43.3 | 0.0 | 81.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 6.3 |
Michelle Snow | C | 32 | 2 | 15.0 | 46.9 | 50.0 | 59.6 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
Grace Daley | G | 23 | 4 | 8.0 | 43.2 | 25.0 | 61.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
Kelley Gibson | F-G | 29 | 2 | 9.5 | 38.2 | 38.9 | 66.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
Sonja Henning | G | 23 | 10 | 22.7 | 34.6 | 25.0 | 45.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Coquese Washington | G | 21 | 15 | 16.6 | 34.0 | 38.1 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
Rebecca Lobo | F | 21 | 0 | 6.3 | 46.9 | 42.9 | 25.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
Tynesha Lewis | G | 17 | 1 | 8.5 | 43.3 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
Rita Williams | G | 9 | 0 | 9.4 | 45.5 | 33.3 | 70.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
Tammy Jackson | F-C | 5 | 1 | 13.8 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | |
Amanda Lassiter | F | 6 | 0 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Averages | 311 | 160 | 20.7 | 42.5 | 32.8 | 77.4 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 6.7 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheryl Swoopes | F-G | 3 | 3 | 127 | 63 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 73 |
Tina Thompson | F | 3 | 3 | 128 | 44 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 43 |
Janeth Arcain | G | 3 | 3 | 119 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 39 |
Rita Williams | G | 3 | 0 | 69 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
Michelle Snow | C | 3 | 0 | 79 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
Kelley Gibson | F-G | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Tiffani Johnson | C | 3 | 3 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Grace Daley | G | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Sonja Henning | G | 3 | 3 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 15 | 650 | 213 | 78 | 48 | 15 | 53 | 43 | 38 | 65 | 103 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 29 | 57 | 214 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sheryl Swoopes | F-G | 3 | 3 | 42.3 | 39.7 | 33.3 | 80.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 24.3 |
Tina Thompson | F | 3 | 3 | 42.7 | 36.4 | 33.3 | 70.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 14.3 |
Janeth Arcain | G | 3 | 3 | 39.7 | 42.9 | 28.6 | 87.5 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 13.0 |
Rita Williams | G | 3 | 0 | 23.0 | 32.0 | 28.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 6.7 | |
Michelle Snow | C | 3 | 0 | 26.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 6.3 |
Kelley Gibson | F-G | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | |
Tiffani Johnson | C | 3 | 3 | 17.0 | 44.4 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
Grace Daley | G | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
Sonja Henning | G | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
Averages | 311 | 15 | 27.1 | 36.6 | 31.3 | 81.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 8.9 |