2003 Connecticut Sun Stats

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Record: 18-16, 2nd in WNBA Eastern Conference

Coach: Mike Thibault (18-16)

Executive: Chris Sienko

PTS/G: 70.1 (4th of 14) Opp PTS/G: 70.9 (11th of 14)

Pace: 70.2 (4th of 14)

Off Rtg: 98.8 (7th of 14) Def Rtg: 99.8 (10th of 14) Net Rtg: -1.0 (11th of 14)

Expected W-L: 16-18

Arena: Mohegan Sun Arena

Playoffs:
Won WNBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (2-0) over Charlotte Sting
Lost WNBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-0) to Detroit Shock

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
24	Debbie Black	G	5-3	124	July 29, 1966	4	Saint Joseph's
15	Courtney Coleman	F	6-0		April 13, 1981	R	Ohio State
32	Katie Douglas	G-F	6-0	165	May 7, 1979	2	Purdue
7	Jessie Hicks	C-F	6-4	188	December 2, 1971	4	Maryland
31	Adrienne Johnson	G	5-10	154	February 5, 1974	5	Ohio State
14	Shannon Johnson	G	5-7	152	August 18, 1974	4	South Carolina
50	Rebecca Lobo	C	6-4	185	October 6, 1973	5	UConn
11	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	6-2	195	October 20, 1970	4	Georgia State University, St. Edward's University
3	Wendy Palmer	F	6-2	165	August 12, 1974	6	Virginia
42	Nykesha Sales	F-G	6-0	184	May 10, 1976	4	UConn
21	Brooke Wyckoff	F	6-1	183	March 30, 1980	2	Florida State

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team and Opponent Stats Table
Type	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34	6875	864	2102	.411	177	549	.322	687	1553	.442	479	646	.741	333	762	1095	520	270	111	434	663	2384
Team/G		202.2	25.4	61.8	.411	5.2	16.1	.322	20.2	45.7	.442	14.1	19.0	.741	9.8	22.4	32.2	15.3	7.9	3.3	12.8	19.5	70.1
Lg Rank		4	6	4	10	5	2	10	9	8	8	4	4	8	11	5	4	9	5	10	1	8	4
Year/Year		-0.8%	+0.4%	+3.3%	-1.1	+15.6%	+11.8%	+0.7	-2.4%	+0.7%	-1.4	-8.4%	-5.9%	-2.2	-2.0%	+20.4%	+12.6%	+10.1%	-14.1%	-5.7%	-10.5%	-6.7%	-0.4%
Opponent	34	6875	864	2104	.411	172	536	.321	692	1568	.441	509	673	.756	366	812	1178	553	252	88	476	669	2409
Opp/G		202.2	25.4	61.9	.411	5.1	15.8	.321	20.4	46.1	.441	15.0	19.8	.756	10.8	23.9	34.6	16.3	7.4	2.6	14.0	19.7	70.9
Lg Rank		4	9	11	6	13	12	5	8	8	9	12	11	11	11	13	14	11	7	1	9	12	11
Year/Year			+1.2%	+6.4%	-2.1	+4.1%	+19.7%	-4.9	+0.5%	+2.4%	-0.9	-2.0%	-5.3%	+2.1	-4.4%	+11.7%	+5.8%	+0.6%	-5.1%	-23.5%	-17.2%	-1.0%	+0.6%

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Shannon Johnson	28	34	34	32.6	4.1	9.4	.433	0.6	2.1	.260	3.5	7.2	.484	3.7	5.0	.731	1.1	2.8	3.9	5.8	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.3	12.4
2	Nykesha Sales	27	34	34	32.5	5.7	13.8	.415	1.3	3.4	.386	4.4	10.4	.424	3.4	4.2	.806	0.8	3.5	4.3	2.7	1.4	0.4	2.1	3.1	16.1
3	Katie Douglas	24	28	27	30.1	4.3	9.8	.438	1.7	4.4	.382	2.6	5.4	.483	1.8	2.4	.721	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.0	1.1	0.4	1.0	1.4	12.0
4	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	32	34	34	28.9	3.9	8.9	.442	0.4	1.3	.279	3.6	7.6	.469	2.2	3.0	.745	2.3	4.4	6.7	1.4	1.3	1.0	1.6	3.0	10.4
5	Brooke Wyckoff	23	34	22	22.2	1.6	4.2	.387	0.6	2.1	.286	1.0	2.1	.486	0.8	1.1	.722	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.1	3.2	4.6
6	Adrienne Johnson	29	34	5	17.2	2.0	5.7	.354	0.5	1.4	.347	1.5	4.3	.356	0.5	0.7	.750	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.1	5.1
7	Wendy Palmer	28	32	1	13.5	1.8	4.6	.395	0.3	1.4	.217	1.5	3.2	.475	0.7	0.9	.821	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.9	4.7
8	Rebecca Lobo	29	25	13	11.9	1.0	3.5	.284	0.3	1.1	.250	0.7	2.4	.300	0.1	0.4	.222	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.4
9	Debbie Black	36	34	0	11.0	0.7	2.0	.353	0.0	0.1	.333	0.7	1.9	.354	0.2	0.3	.667	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.6
10	Jessie Hicks	31	27	0	9.4	1.4	3.0	.463	0.0	0.0		1.4	3.0	.463	0.9	0.9	.960	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.7	3.6
11	Courtney Coleman	22	20	0	7.1	0.6	1.0	.550	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.0	.550	0.7	1.5	.467	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Shannon Johnson	28	4	4	32.8	3.3	7.3	.448	1.3	2.5	.500	2.0	4.8	.421	3.5	4.5	.778	0.8	2.3	3.0	4.8	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.8	11.3
2	Nykesha Sales	27	4	4	32.8	4.3	10.0	.425	0.0	1.5	.000	4.3	8.5	.500	3.3	4.5	.722	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	3.0	11.8
3	Katie Douglas	24	4	4	31.5	2.5	7.5	.333	0.8	3.0	.250	1.8	4.5	.389	1.5	1.8	.857	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	7.3
4	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	32	4	4	30.5	6.0	11.8	.511	0.3	1.3	.200	5.8	10.5	.548	4.0	4.3	.941	2.3	5.3	7.5	1.3	1.5	0.5	1.5	2.5	16.3
5	Brooke Wyckoff	23	4	3	22.3	1.8	4.0	.438	0.3	1.5	.167	1.5	2.5	.600	0.8	1.0	.750	0.8	2.3	3.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	2.8	4.5
6	Rebecca Lobo	29	2	1	19.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.5	2.0	.250	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.5	4.0	2.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	4.5
7	Wendy Palmer	28	4	0	16.0	3.3	5.5	.591	0.3	1.0	.250	3.0	4.5	.667	0.5	0.8	.667	0.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.3	7.3
8	Adrienne Johnson	29	3	0	14.3	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	4.0
9	Debbie Black	36	4	0	7.3	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
10	Jessie Hicks	31	4	0	6.8	1.3	2.0	.625	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.0	.625	0.0	0.0		0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.3	2.5

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Shannon Johnson	28	34	34	1107	138	319	.433	19	73	.260	119	246	.484	125	171	.731	39	95	134	196	44	3	107	77	420
2	Nykesha Sales	27	34	34	1106	194	468	.415	44	114	.386	150	354	.424	116	144	.806	27	118	145	92	46	13	73	107	548
3	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	32	34	34	983	133	301	.442	12	43	.279	121	258	.469	76	102	.745	78	149	227	49	43	33	54	103	354
4	Katie Douglas	24	28	27	843	120	274	.438	47	123	.382	73	151	.483	49	68	.721	33	73	106	56	31	11	28	38	336
5	Brooke Wyckoff	23	34	22	755	55	142	.387	20	70	.286	35	72	.486	26	36	.722	48	98	146	35	33	19	39	109	156
6	Adrienne Johnson	29	34	5	584	69	195	.354	17	49	.347	52	146	.356	18	24	.750	23	35	58	18	17	1	21	36	173
7	Wendy Palmer	28	32	1	433	58	147	.395	10	46	.217	48	101	.475	23	28	.821	29	77	106	16	11	3	35	62	149
8	Debbie Black	36	34	0	373	24	68	.353	1	3	.333	23	65	.354	6	9	.667	16	35	51	46	20	2	18	33	55
9	Rebecca Lobo	29	25	13	297	25	88	.284	7	28	.250	18	60	.300	2	9	.222	9	43	52	5	6	15	14	33	59
10	Jessie Hicks	31	27	0	253	37	80	.463	0	0		37	80	.463	24	25	.960	23	25	48	6	11	9	26	47	98
11	Courtney Coleman	22	20	0	141	11	20	.550	0	0		11	20	.550	14	30	.467	8	14	22	1	8	2	13	18	36
			34		6875	864	2102	.411	177	549	.322	687	1553	.442	479	646	.741	333	762	1095	520	270	111	434	663	2384

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Shannon Johnson	28	4	4	131	13	29	.448	5	10	.500	8	19	.421	14	18	.778	3	9	12	19	7	1	11	11	45
2	Nykesha Sales	27	4	4	131	17	40	.425	0	6	.000	17	34	.500	13	18	.722	1	12	13	9	5	3	7	12	47
3	Katie Douglas	24	4	4	126	10	30	.333	3	12	.250	7	18	.389	6	7	.857	2	8	10	12	3	1	1	9	29
4	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	32	4	4	122	24	47	.511	1	5	.200	23	42	.548	16	17	.941	9	21	30	5	6	2	6	10	65
5	Brooke Wyckoff	23	4	3	89	7	16	.438	1	6	.167	6	10	.600	3	4	.750	3	9	12	5	2	1	2	11	18
6	Wendy Palmer	28	4	0	64	13	22	.591	1	4	.250	12	18	.667	2	3	.667	1	11	12	3	0	0	7	9	29
7	Adrienne Johnson	29	3	0	43	6	9	.667	0	1	.000	6	8	.750	0	0		0	4	4	4	1	0	0	2	12
8	Rebecca Lobo	29	2	1	38	4	10	.400	1	4	.250	3	6	.500	0	0		3	5	8	5	0	4	2	4	9
9	Debbie Black	36	4	0	29	4	10	.400	0	0		4	10	.400	0	0		1	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	8
10	Jessie Hicks	31	4	0	27	5	8	.625	0	0		5	8	.625	0	0		3	3	6	1	0	1	2	5	10

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Shannon Johnson	28	34	1107	18.8	.533	.462	.229	.536	4.2	10.5	7.3	35.2	2.3	0.2	21.3	22.1	103	102	2.6	0.7	3.3	.119
2	Nykesha Sales	27	34	1106	19.7	.516	.462	.244	.308	2.9	13.0	7.9	18.4	2.4	1.0	12.1	26.6	103	100	2.8	1.0	3.8	.138
3	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	32	34	983	18.5	.512	.462	.143	.339	9.5	18.5	14.0	10.1	2.5	2.9	13.5	19.8	103	97	2.1	1.4	3.5	.142
4	Katie Douglas	24	28	843	19.6	.553	.524	.449	.248	4.7	10.6	7.6	13.7	2.1	1.1	8.4	19.2	114	102	2.9	0.5	3.4	.164
5	Brooke Wyckoff	23	34	755	10.9	.494	.458	.493	.254	7.6	15.8	11.7	8.3	2.5	2.2	19.8	12.7	96	98	0.5	0.9	1.4	.075
6	Adrienne Johnson	29	34	584	9.4	.421	.397	.251	.123	4.7	7.3	6.0	6.0	1.7	0.2	9.3	18.9	89	105	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.001
7	Wendy Palmer	28	32	433	11.6	.468	.429	.313	.190	8.0	21.7	14.8	7.5	1.4	0.6	18.0	21.9	88	99	-0.1	0.5	0.3	.031
8	Debbie Black	36	34	373	10.3	.382	.360	.044	.132	5.2	11.4	8.3	21.9	3.1	0.5	20.0	11.8	90	100	0.0	0.4	0.3	.037
9	Rebecca Lobo	29	25	297	4.4	.321	.324	.318	.102	3.6	17.6	10.6	3.1	1.2	4.4	13.2	17.4	66	99	-0.9	0.3	-0.6	-0.081
10	Jessie Hicks	31	27	253	14.4	.538	.463	.000	.313	10.9	12.0	11.5	4.9	2.5	3.1	22.2	22.5	94	99	0.2	0.3	0.4	.070
11	Courtney Coleman	22	20	141	9.1	.542	.550	.000	1.500	6.8	12.1	9.4	1.3	3.2	1.2	28.1	16.0	83	99	-0.1	0.2	0.0	.011

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Shannon Johnson	28	4	131	19.8	.609	.534	.345	.621	3.5	8.4	6.2	26.6	3.3	0.7	23.0	20.3	109	108	0.4	0.0	0.4	.111
2	Nykesha Sales	27	4	131	15.1	.490	.425	.150	.450	1.2	11.2	6.8	13.4	2.4	2.0	12.7	23.3	96	108	0.1	0.0	0.1	.027
3	Katie Douglas	24	4	126	12.2	.438	.383	.400	.233	2.4	7.8	5.4	16.9	1.5	0.7	2.9	15.0	107	113	0.2	-0.1	0.1	.037
4	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	32	4	122	30.0	.597	.521	.106	.362	11.3	21.0	16.7	9.2	3.1	1.4	9.9	27.5	118	102	0.7	0.1	0.8	.255
5	Brooke Wyckoff	23	4	89	10.5	.507	.469	.375	.250	5.2	12.4	9.2	9.9	1.4	1.0	10.1	12.3	108	110	0.1	0.0	0.1	.046
6	Wendy Palmer	28	4	64	14.9	.622	.614	.182	.136	2.4	21.0	12.8	10.6	0.0	0.0	23.1	26.3	93	109	0.0	0.0	0.0	.001
7	Adrienne Johnson	29	3	43	19.4	.667	.667	.111	.000	0.0	11.4	6.3	18.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	11.6	143	111	0.2	0.0	0.2	.151
8	Rebecca Lobo	29	2	38	17.9	.450	.450	.400	.000	12.1	16.1	14.3	24.4	0.0	9.3	16.7	17.5	101	107	0.1	0.0	0.1	.056
9	Debbie Black	36	4	29	14.6	.400	.400	.000	.000	5.3	4.2	4.7	13.6	4.3	0.0	0.0	19.1	97	109	0.0	0.0	0.0	.021
10	Jessie Hicks	31	4	27	17.4	.625	.625	.000	.000	17.1	13.6	15.1	8.1	0.0	3.3	20.0	20.5	107	111	0.1	0.0	0.1	.078

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