2002 Houston Comets season

The 2002 WNBA season was the sixth season for the Houston Comets. They made their best record in two years at 24-8. Despite with that, they eventually lost in the first round to the Utah Starzz.

2002 Houston Comets season
Coach	Van Chancellor
Arena	Compaq Center
Attendance	10,866 per game
Results
Record	24–8 (.750)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (2-1) to Utah Starzz
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Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	10	Michelle Snow (C)	United States	Tennessee
3	42	Shondra Johnson (G)	United States	Alabama
4	58	Cori Enghusen (C)	United States	Stanford

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	25	7	.781	17–4	–
Houston Comets ^x	24	8	.750	16–5	1.0
Utah Starzz ^x	20	12	.625	12–9	5.0
Seattle Storm ^x	17	15	.531	10–11	8.0
Portland Fire ^o	16	16	.500	8–13	9.0
Sacramento Monarchs ^o	14	18	.438	8–13	11.0
Phoenix Mercury ^o	11	21	.344	7–14	14.0
Minnesota Lynx ^o	10	22	.313	6–15	15.0

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 27	Los Angeles	55-68	Loss	0-1
May 29	Phoenix	61-56	Win	1-1
June 1	@ Cleveland	69-65 (OT)	Win	2-1
June 3	@ Charlotte	52-67	Loss	2-2
June 5	@ Indiana	56-45	Win	3-2
June 9	Sacramento	75-62	Win	4-2
June 11	Charlotte	78-66	Win	5-2
June 13	@ Washington	64-70	Loss	5-3
June 15	Minnesota	51-50	Win	6-3
June 18	@ Miami	53-46	Win	7-3
June 21	Phoenix	61-59	Win	8-3
June 23	@ Portland	71-58	Win	9-3
June 25	@ Minnesota	73-55	Win	10-3
June 28	Utah	73-57	Win	11-3
June 30	@ Los Angeles	60-58	Win	12-3
July 3	@ Utah	78-67	Win	13-3
July 6	Detroit	61-40	Win	14-3
July 9	Seattle	67-59	Win	15-3
July 11	@ Phoenix	52-58	Loss	15-4
July 12	@ Sacramento	74-60	Win	16-4
July 17	@ Utah	67-75	Loss	16-5
July 19	@ Portland	60-70	Loss	16-6
July 20	@ Seattle	56-54	Win	17-6
July 23	Seattle	66-54	Win	18-6
July 25	Miami	69-60	Win	19-6
July 28	@ New York	56-62	Loss	19-7
July 30	Portland	89-59	Win	20-7
August 3	Orlando	69-62	Win	21-7
August 6	Cleveland	67-54	Win	22-7
August 8	@ Los Angeles	67-64	Win	23-7
August 10	Sacramento	59-61	Loss	23-8
August 13	Minnesota	63-51	Win	24-8
August 16 (First Round, G1)	@ Utah	59-66	Loss	0-1
August 18 (First Round, G2)	Utah	83-77 (OT)	Win	1-1
August 20 (First Round, G3)	Utah	72-75	Loss	1-2

Player stats

Player	Minutes	Field Goals	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Points
Sheryl Swoopes	1154	221	158	107	88	23	592
Tina Thompson	1052	176	217	62	25	20	485
Janeth Arcain	1116	128	126	86	51	6	364
Tiffani Johnson	815	77	173	39	17	24	201
Michelle Snow	480	45	119	13	12	26	125
Grace Daley	185	16	23	16	3	1	63
Kelley Gibson	276	21	20	14	8	7	60
Sonja Henning	521	18	58	51	23	6	44
Coquese Washington	349	17	41	31	13	0	44
Tynesha Lewis	145	13	18	9	3	3	34
Rebecca Lobo	132	15	23	12	1	5	34
Rita Williams	85	5	6	7	11	0	19
Tammy Jackson	69	3	13	1	3	3	6
Amanda Lassiter	46	0	6	2	2	2	1

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References

1. "2002 Houston Comets Stats".