1997 Houston Comets Stats

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Record: 18-10, 1st in WNBA Eastern Conference

Coach: Van Chancellor (18-10)

Executive: Carroll Dawson

PTS/G: 71.8 (2nd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 65.5 (2nd of 8)

Pace: 71.6 (8th of 8)

Off Rtg: 99.4 (1st of 8) Def Rtg: 90.7 (3rd of 8) Net Rtg: +8.7 (1st of 8)

Expected W-L: 20-8

Arena: Compaq Center

Playoffs:
Won WNBA Semifinals (1-0) over Charlotte Sting
Won WNBA Finals (1-0) over New York Liberty

WNBA Champions
Eastern Conference Champions

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Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
9	Janeth Arcain	G	5-11	147	April 11, 1969	R
14	Cynthia Cooper	G	5-10	150	April 14, 1963	R	USC
8	Pietra Gay	G-F	5-11		August 21, 1974	R	LSU
4	Wanda Guyton	C	6-1	178	October 14, 1968	R	South Florida
20	Fran Harris	G-F	6-0	153	March 12, 1965	R	Texas
23	Tammy Jackson	F-C	6-2	190	December 3, 1962	R	Florida
33	Yolanda Moore	F-C	6-0	175	July 1, 1974	R	Ole Miss
10	Kim Perrot	G	5-5	130	January 18, 1967	R	Louisiana
11	Catarina Pollini	F	6-5		March 16, 1966	R	Texas
22	Sheryl Swoopes	F-G	6-0	145	March 25, 1971	R	Texas Tech
7	Tina Thompson	F	6-2	178	February 10, 1975	R	USC
5	Tiffany Woosley	G	5-7	132	April 26, 1973	R	Tennessee

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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	28	5650	700	1660	.422	169	485	.348	531	1175	.452	441	592	.745	316	543	859	389	311	67	492	535	2010
Team/G		201.8	25.0	59.3	.422	6.0	17.3	.348	19.0	42.0	.452	15.8	21.1	.745	11.3	19.4	30.7	13.9	11.1	2.4	17.6	19.1	71.8
Lg Rank		5	6	6	4	1	1	2	7	8	4	3	5	2	5	7	8	8	2	7	2	3	2
Opponent	28	5650	679	1630	.417	91	305	.298	588	1325	.444	384	545	.705	296	557	853	405	237	102	537	558	1833
Opp/G		201.8	24.3	58.2	.417	3.3	10.9	.298	21.0	47.3	.444	13.7	19.5	.705	10.6	19.9	30.5	14.5	8.5	3.6	19.2	19.9	65.5
Lg Rank		5	3	2	6	2	1	3	5	2	5	3	3	4	3	1	1	2	1	5	6	4	2

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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	Cynthia Cooper	34	28	28	35.1	6.8	14.5	.470	2.4	5.8	.414	4.4	8.7	.508	6.1	7.1	.864	1.2	2.8	4.0	4.7	2.1	0.2	3.9	2.4	22.2
2	Tina Thompson	22	28	28	31.6	4.8	11.4	.418	1.3	3.6	.370	3.4	7.8	.440	2.4	2.9	.838	2.4	4.2	6.6	1.1	0.8	1.0	2.2	3.8	13.2
3	Janeth Arcain	28	28	27	28.0	3.9	8.9	.440	0.3	1.2	.273	3.6	7.8	.465	2.7	3.0	.894	1.5	2.5	3.9	1.6	1.5	0.1	2.4	2.0	10.9
4	Wanda Guyton	28	25	25	26.7	2.3	4.9	.467	0.0	0.0		2.3	4.9	.467	1.5	2.7	.559	3.0	2.4	5.4	0.5	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.3	6.1
5	Kim Perrot	30	28	24	24.7	2.1	5.8	.364	1.0	3.5	.283	1.1	2.3	.492	0.5	1.3	.405	0.6	2.0	2.7	3.1	2.5	0.1	2.3	1.9	5.8
6	Tammy Jackson	34	28	3	19.5	1.6	3.9	.409	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	3.9	.413	0.9	1.5	.610	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.4	1.6	0.4	1.8	3.0	4.1
7	Tiffany Woosley	24	26	4	15.3	1.1	3.4	.330	0.6	1.9	.320	0.5	1.5	.342	0.1	0.3	.250	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.0	1.2	0.7	2.9
8	Fran Harris	32	25	1	14.8	1.5	4.3	.346	0.3	1.0	.333	1.2	3.3	.349	0.9	1.2	.710	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.0	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.1	4.2
9	Sheryl Swoopes	26	9	0	14.3	2.8	5.9	.472	0.4	1.8	.250	2.3	4.1	.568	1.1	1.6	.714	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.6	7.1
10	Yolanda Moore	22	13	0	7.2	0.4	1.5	.250	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.5	.250	0.5	0.9	.500	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.2
11	Catarina Pollini	31	13	0	7.2	0.6	1.7	.364	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.7	.364	0.5	0.9	.500	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.6	1.7
12	Pietra Gay	22	5	0	2.4	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	1.0	.400	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.6	0.8

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	Cynthia Cooper	34	2	2	38.5	8.0	15.0	.533	2.0	5.0	.400	6.0	10.0	.600	10.0	13.5	.741	0.5	4.0	4.5	4.5	1.5	0.5	3.5	1.5	28.0
2	Kim Perrot	30	2	2	38.0	2.5	11.0	.227	1.5	7.0	.214	1.0	4.0	.250	1.5	2.0	.750	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.0	3.0	0.0	4.5	2.5	8.0
3	Tina Thompson	22	2	2	37.0	4.5	10.5	.429	1.0	2.5	.400	3.5	8.0	.438	3.0	5.0	.600	4.0	5.0	9.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	13.0
4	Janeth Arcain	28	2	2	35.0	4.5	13.5	.333	0.5	1.5	.333	4.0	12.0	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000	3.5	4.0	7.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	10.5
5	Tammy Jackson	34	2	1	30.0	2.5	4.0	.625	0.0	0.0		2.5	4.0	.625	2.0	3.0	.667	2.0	5.5	7.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	3.5	7.0
6	Wanda Guyton	28	1	1	23.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	2.0
7	Sheryl Swoopes	26	2	0	7.0	0.0	2.5	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
8	Yolanda Moore	22	1	0	3.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
9	Tiffany Woosley	24	1	0	3.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0

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	Cynthia Cooper	34	28	28	982	191	406	.470	67	162	.414	124	244	.508	172	199	.864	33	78	111	131	59	6	109	68	621
2	Tina Thompson	22	28	28	885	133	318	.418	37	100	.370	96	218	.440	67	80	.838	67	117	184	32	21	28	62	107	370
3	Janeth Arcain	28	28	27	784	110	250	.440	9	33	.273	101	217	.465	76	85	.894	41	69	110	45	43	4	67	56	305
4	Kim Perrot	30	28	24	692	59	162	.364	28	99	.283	31	63	.492	15	37	.405	18	57	75	88	69	2	65	53	161
5	Wanda Guyton	28	25	25	668	57	122	.467	0	0		57	122	.467	38	68	.559	76	60	136	12	26	8	43	83	152
6	Tammy Jackson	34	28	3	545	45	110	.409	0	1	.000	45	109	.413	25	41	.610	42	74	116	12	45	10	49	84	115
7	Tiffany Woosley	24	26	4	397	29	88	.330	16	50	.320	13	38	.342	2	8	.250	8	20	28	29	18	1	30	19	76
8	Fran Harris	32	25	1	369	37	107	.346	8	24	.333	29	83	.349	22	31	.710	16	40	56	25	17	3	29	27	104
9	Sheryl Swoopes	26	9	0	129	25	53	.472	4	16	.250	21	37	.568	10	14	.714	6	9	15	7	7	4	4	5	64
10	Catarina Pollini	31	13	0	94	8	22	.364	0	0		8	22	.364	6	12	.500	3	9	12	5	4	1	8	21	22
11	Yolanda Moore	22	13	0	93	5	20	.250	0	0		5	20	.250	6	12	.500	6	7	13	1	1	0	7	9	16
12	Pietra Gay	22	5	0	12	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	2	5	.400	0	3	3	2	1	0	4	3	4
			28		5650	700	1660	.422	169	485	.348	531	1175	.452	441	592	.745	316	543	859	389	311	67	492	535	2010

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	Cynthia Cooper	34	2	2	77	16	30	.533	4	10	.400	12	20	.600	20	27	.741	1	8	9	9	3	1	7	3	56
2	Kim Perrot	30	2	2	76	5	22	.227	3	14	.214	2	8	.250	3	4	.750	2	7	9	4	6	0	9	5	16
3	Tina Thompson	22	2	2	74	9	21	.429	2	5	.400	7	16	.438	6	10	.600	8	10	18	3	2	1	6	5	26
4	Janeth Arcain	28	2	2	70	9	27	.333	1	3	.333	8	24	.333	2	2	1.000	7	8	15	1	1	0	1	4	21
5	Tammy Jackson	34	2	1	60	5	8	.625	0	0		5	8	.625	4	6	.667	4	11	15	0	4	1	0	7	14
6	Wanda Guyton	28	1	1	23	1	2	.500	0	0		1	2	.500	0	0		2	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	2
7	Sheryl Swoopes	26	2	0	14	0	5	.000	0	2	.000	0	3	.000	0	0		1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
8	Yolanda Moore	22	1	0	3	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	Tiffany Woosley	24	1	0	3	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

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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	Cynthia Cooper	34	28	982	32.2	.629	.553	.399	.490	4.3	10.7	7.5	31.4	3.4	0.5	18.1	28.7	119	92	8.1	1.3	9.4	.385
2	Tina Thompson	22	28	885	18.6	.524	.476	.314	.252	9.8	17.8	13.7	7.7	1.3	2.7	14.9	22.0	105	92	3.2	1.1	4.3	.195
3	Janeth Arcain	28	28	784	18.2	.531	.458	.132	.340	6.8	11.9	9.3	12.0	3.1	0.4	18.9	21.2	102	92	2.3	1.0	3.3	.169
4	Kim Perrot	30	28	692	14.1	.452	.451	.611	.228	3.4	11.1	7.2	23.8	5.6	0.2	26.7	16.5	87	87	0.2	1.5	1.7	.098
5	Wanda Guyton	28	25	668	11.4	.500	.467	.000	.557	14.7	12.1	13.4	3.4	2.2	1.0	22.1	13.7	96	93	0.9	0.7	1.7	.099
6	Tammy Jackson	34	28	545	10.2	.449	.409	.009	.373	10.0	18.3	14.0	4.1	4.6	1.6	27.7	15.2	80	85	-0.4	1.3	0.9	.069
7	Tiffany Woosley	24	26	397	7.3	.415	.420	.568	.091	2.6	6.8	4.7	13.4	2.5	0.2	24.7	14.3	80	95	-0.2	0.3	0.1	.007
8	Fran Harris	32	25	369	11.9	.431	.383	.224	.290	5.6	14.6	10.0	13.0	2.6	0.7	19.4	19.0	88	92	0.2	0.5	0.7	.072
9	Sheryl Swoopes	26	9	129	26.6	.541	.509	.302	.264	6.0	9.4	7.7	12.7	3.0	2.6	6.3	22.9	118	92	0.7	0.2	0.9	.283
10	Catarina Pollini	31	13	94	4.6	.403	.364	.000	.545	4.1	12.9	8.4	10.0	2.4	0.9	22.7	17.6	77	92	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.005
11	Yolanda Moore	22	13	93	0.7	.316	.250	.000	.600	8.4	10.1	9.2	1.9	0.6	0.0	21.7	16.3	65	98	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.091
12	Pietra Gay	22	5	12	2.8	.476	.500	.000	2.500	0.0	33.7	16.5	31.1	4.7	0.0	48.8	32.0	58	80	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.192

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	Cynthia Cooper	34	2	77	47.6	.669	.600	.333	.900	1.6	12.8	7.1	33.0	2.4	1.1	14.3	31.6	130	81	1.2	0.2	1.3	.692
2	Kim Perrot	30	2	76	6.6	.337	.295	.636	.182	3.2	11.3	7.2	10.6	4.8	0.0	27.5	21.5	64	77	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.001
3	Tina Thompson	22	2	74	22.0	.512	.476	.238	.476	13.1	16.6	14.9	9.2	1.6	1.1	19.1	21.1	102	81	0.3	0.2	0.5	.268
4	Janeth Arcain	28	2	70	16.0	.377	.352	.111	.074	12.1	14.1	13.1	3.3	0.9	0.0	3.5	20.6	99	84	0.2	0.1	0.4	.200
5	Tammy Jackson	34	2	60	22.8	.658	.625	.000	.750	8.1	22.6	15.3	0.0	4.1	1.4	0.0	8.8	152	74	0.4	0.2	0.6	.378
6	Wanda Guyton	28	1	23	5.7	.500	.500	.000	.000	10.5	10.7	10.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	138	87	0.1	0.0	0.1	.147
7	Sheryl Swoopes	26	2	14	-8.6	.000	.000	.400	.000	8.7	17.6	13.1	0.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	17.8	14	81	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.243
8	Yolanda Moore	22	1	3	-8.0					0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		90	0.0	0.0	0.0	.020
9	Tiffany Woosley	24	1	3	-22.0					0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	16.6	0	92	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.580

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