2001 Orlando Miracle season

The 2001 WNBA season was their third in the league. The Miracle missed the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. The Miracle also hosted the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game.

2001 Orlando Miracle season
Coach	Carolyn Peck
Arena	TD Waterhouse Centre
Attendance	7,430 per game
Results
Record	13–19 (.406)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Nykesha Sales (13.5)
Rebounds	Taj McWilliams (7.6)
Assists	Elaine Powell (3.1)
Media
Television	WRBW (UPN 65) Sunshine Network
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	10	Katie Douglas	United States	Purdue
2	26	Brooke Wyckoff	United States	Florida State
3	42	Jaclyn Johnson	United States	Kansas
4	58	Anne Thorius	Denmark	Michigan

Transactions

Date	Transaction
April 20, 2001	Drafted Katie Douglas, Brooke Wyckoff, Jaclyn Johnson and Anne Thorius in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
April 30, 2001	Signed Denique Graves, Nakia Sanford, Nyree Roberts, Shaka Massey, Shawnetta Stewart, Tauja Catchings and Tawona Alhaleem[1]
May 1, 2001	Waived Tauja Catchings[1]
May 3, 2001	Waived Nakia Sanford[1]
	Signed LaCharlotte Smith and Tora Suber[1]
May 4, 2001	Waived Shawnetta Stewart[1]
May 14, 2001	Waived LaCharlotte Smith, Shaka Massey and Tora Suber[1]
May 21, 2001	Waived Jannon Roland[1]
May 22, 2001	Waived Andrea Congreaves[1]
May 26, 2001	Waived Anne Thorius, Denique Graves and Romana Hamzová[1]

Roster

2001 Orlando Miracle roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 44 Alhaleem, Tawona 6' 0" (1.83m) 1974-10-17 DePaul R C 28 dos Santos, Cíntia 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) 1975-01-31 1 G/F 32 Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1979-05-07 Purdue R F/C 22 Hicks, Jessie 6' 4" (1.93m) 188 lb (85kg) 1971-12-02 Maryland 2 F 33 Johnson, Jaclyn 6' 0" (1.83m) 201 lb (91kg) 1979-03-16 Kansas R G 14 Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m) 152 lb (69kg) 1974-08-18 South Carolina 2 G 12 McCain, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1978-03-08 Kentucky 1 F 10 McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) 1968-03-06 Tennessee 2 F/C 11 McWilliams-Franklin, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m) 195 lb (88kg) 1970-10-20 St. Edward's 2 G 5 Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-08-09 Louisiana Tech 2 G/F 42 Sales, Nykesha 6' 0" (1.83m) 184 lb (83kg) 1976-05-10 Connecticut 2 F 21 Wyckoff, Brooke 6' 1" (1.85m) 183 lb (83kg) 1980-03-30 Florida State R	Head coach Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt) Assistant coaches Charlene Thomas-Swinson Michael Peck Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log Total: 13–19 (Home: 10–6; Road: 3–13)
June: 4–8 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 June 1 Los Angeles L 62–68 Nykesha Sales (20) McWilliams-Franklin Sales (6) Katie Douglas Sales (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 0–1 2 June 5 @ Detroit W 92–71 Nykesha Sales (19) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Nykesha Sales (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–1 3 June 7 @ Utah L 79–82 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) Hicks McWilliams-Franklin (6) Elaine Powell (6) Delta Center 1–2 4 June 9 Charlotte L 79–86 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (23) Elaine Powell (9) Elaine Powell (8) TD Waterhouse Centre 1–3 5 June 12 @ Seattle L 63–70 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) Douglas McWilliams-Franklin Sales (3) KeyArena 1–4 6 June 14 @ Los Angeles L 68–84 Elaine Powell (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Douglas McWilliams-Franklin (3) Staples Center 1–5 7 June 16 @ Phoenix L 68–72 Nykesha Sales (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Tiffany McCain (5) America West Arena 1–6 8 June 18 @ Indiana W 72–65 Nykesha Sales (20) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) McWilliams-Franklin Powell (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–6 9 June 23 Washington W 67–59 Nykesha Sales (21) Nykesha Sales (8) S. Johnson Wyckoff (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 3–6 10 June 25 New York W 67–54 Nykesha Sales (18) Sales McWilliams-Franklin (9) Jessie Hicks (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–6 11 June 27 Cleveland L 41–65 Brooke Wyckoff (8) S. Johnson Sales Wyckoff (5) McWilliams-Franklin Sales (2) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–7 12 June 30 @ New York L 60–72 McWilliams-Franklin Sales (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (9) Sales Powell (3) Madison Square Garden 4–8
July : 5–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 July 1 @ Washington L 64–76 S. Johnson Sales (14) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) Tiffany McCain (3) MCI Center 4–9 14 July 6 Sacramento L 68–75 Nykesha Sales (16) McWilliams-Franklin Powell (8) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 4–10 15 July 8 Detroit W 73–67 S. Johnson McWilliams-Franklin (19) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (10) Elaine Powell (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 5–10 16 July 10 Miami L 63–65 (OT) S. Johnson Sales (15) McWilliams-Franklin Wyckoff (7) McWilliams-Franklin Powell (3) TD Waterhouse Centre 5–11 17 July 12 @ Charlotte W 72–69 S. Johnson Sales (18) McWilliams-Franklin Sales (10) Ahlaheem McWilliams-Franklin (3) Charlotte Coliseum 6–11 18 July 13 @ Indiana L 60–74 Shannon Johnson (21) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (7) Shannon Johnson (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6–12 19 July 18 Houston W 57–52 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (16) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) Shannon Johnson (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 7–12 20 July 20 @ Charlotte L 65–72 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (19) Nykesha Sales (7) Shannon Johnson (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7–13 21 July 21 Minnesota W 71–49 Nykesha Sales (15) Nykesha Sales (10) Elaine Powell (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 8–13 22 July 24 Washington W 71–63 Nykesha Sales (20) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (13) Shannon Johnson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 9–13 23 July 27 @ Miami L 63–71 (OT) Shannon Johnson (14) Nykesha Sales (8) Elaine Powell (5) American Airlines Arena 9–14 24 July 29 @ Detroit L 62–64 Hicks McWilliams-Franklin (15) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (12) Elaine Powell (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 9–15 25 July 30 @ Cleveland L 47–65 Nykesha Sales (15) Brooke Wyckoff (9) Elaine Powell (2) Gund Arena 9–16
August : 4–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 26 August 1 Portland W 65–63 Nykesha Sales (21) Shannon Johnson (9) Shannon Johnson (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 10–16 27 August 3 @ Houston L 60–72 Taj McWilliams-Franklin (17) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) Elaine Powell (3) Compaq Center 10–17 28 August 5 Phoenix W 79–68 Shannon Johnson (25) Taj McWilliams-Franklin (8) S. Johnson Powell (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 11–17 29 August 7 Cleveland W 74–67 Douglas Powell (16) Shannon Johnson (6) Shannon Johnson (6) TD Waterhouse Centre 12–17 30 August 10 @ New York L 67–77 Nykesha Sales (21) Nykesha Sales (9) Katie Douglas (5) Madison Square Garden 12–18 31 August 11 Miami L 64–75 Shannon Johnson (16) Elaine Powell (7) Nykesha Sales (5) TD Waterhouse Centre 12–19 32 August 14 Indiana W 78–72 Katie Douglas (18) Jessie Hicks (8) Elaine Powell (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 13–19
2001 season schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers x	22	10	.688	15–6	–
New York Liberty x	21	11	.656	13–8	1.0
Miami Sol x	20	12	.625	14–7	2.0
Charlotte Sting x	18	14	.563	15–6	4.0
Orlando Miracle o	13	19	.406	9–12	9.0
Indiana Fever o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Detroit Shock o	10	22	.313	7–14	12.0
Washington Mystics o	10	22	.313	4–17	12.0

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	32	32	33.1	.474	.200	.744	7.6	2.2	1.6	1.6	12.6
Elaine Powell	32	32	33.0	.402	.382	.755	3.1	3.1	1.5	0.2	11.2
Nykesha Sales	32	31	32.5	.438	.314	.784	5.4	1.8	2.2	0.2	13.5
Shannon Johnson	26	22	30.2	.367	.365	.757	3.0	2.6	1.3	0.2	11.6
Brooke Wyckoff	32	27	20.3	.328	.162	.714	3.8	1.2	0.8	0.5	3.4
Katie Douglas	22	0	20.0	.362	.316	.723	2.3	1.8	1.7	0.3	7.0
Jessie Hicks	32	5	14.3	.389	N/A	.652	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.5	5.3
Tiffany McCain	32	9	13.8	.321	.313	.667	1.2	1.1	0.3	0.3	3.0
Tawona Alhaleem	26	1	9.7	.328	.364	.500	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.0	1.9
Jaclyn Johnson	17	1	8.2	.560	.429	.800	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.2	2.1
Cíntia dos Santos	10	0	6.5	.368	N/A	.833	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.9
Carla McGhee	17	0	4.2	.250	N/A	.500	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.8

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

• Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Nykesha Sales were named to the WNBA All-Star team.
• Adrienne Johnson received the Hometown Hero Award.