2003 Phoenix Mercury season

2003 Phoenix Mercury season
CoachJohn Shumate
ArenaAmerica West Arena
Attendance8,501 per game
Results
Record8–26 (.235)
Place7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2003 WNBA season was the seventh season for the Phoenix Mercury franchise. The season saw Phoenix going for the worst record in the league at a franchise worst of 8-26.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Pick Player Nationality Former Team
4 Tamicha Jackson (G)  United States Portland Fire

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 4 Plenette Pierson (F)  United States Texas Tech
2 16 Petra Ujhelyi (F/C)  United States South Carolina
3 31 Telisha Quarles (G)  United States Virginia
3 33 Marion Jones (G)  United States North Carolina

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x 24 10 .706 – 11–6 13–4 17–7
Houston Comets x 20 14 .588 4.0 14–3 6–11 14–10
Sacramento Monarchs x 19 15 .559 5.0 12–5 7–10 13–11
Minnesota Lynx x 18 16 .529 6.0 11–6 7–10 14–10
Seattle Storm o 18 16 .529 6.0 13–4 5–12 11–13
San Antonio Silver Stars o 12 22 .353 12.0 9–8 3–14 10–14
Phoenix Mercury o 8 26 .235 16.0 6–11 2–15 5–19

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 22 Sacramento 56-65 Loss 0-1
May 24 Houston 62-69 Loss 0-2
May 28 San Antonio 51-50 Win 1-2
May 30 @ Sacramento 49-69 Loss 1-3
June 3 @ Houston 51-66 Loss 1-4
June 5 @ San Antonio 55-70 Loss 1-5
June 7 @ Seattle 57-66 Loss 1-6
June 12 Charlotte 50-58 Loss 1-7
June 14 Houston 76-61 Win 2-7
June 17 Seattle 60-61 Loss 2-8
June 21 Los Angeles 48-54 Loss 2-9
June 25 @ New York 64-70 Loss 2-10
June 27 @ Minnesota 59-67 Loss 2-11
June 28 @ Detroit 68-65 Win 3-11
July 2 @ Indiana 68-79 Loss 3-12
July 5 @ San Antonio 70-81 Loss 3-13
July 10 Cleveland 67-68 Loss 3-14
July 15 @ Los Angeles 77-80 Loss 3-15
July 19 Connecticut 67-75 Loss 3-16
July 24 @ Los Angeles 65-82 Loss 3-17
July 25 @ Seattle 53-82 Loss 3-18
July 29 New York 66-59 Win 4-18
August 1 @ Cleveland 56-73 Loss 4-19
August 3 @ Washington 70-69 Win 5-19
August 4 @ Minnesota 56-61 Loss 5-20
August 6 Minnesota 56-49 Win 6-20
August 8 Los Angeles 64-67 Loss 6-21
August 10 @ Houston 46-69 Loss 6-22
August 13 Detroit 76-78 Loss 6-23
August 15 Seattle 64-50 Win 7-23
August 16 Sacramento 61-65 Loss 7-24
August 20 Minnesota 66-69 Loss 7-25
August 22 San Antonio 89-62 Win 8-25
August 23 @ Sacramento 54-61 Loss 8-26

Player stats

Note: GP = Games played; REB = Rebounds; AST = Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG
Anna DeForge 34 105 72 51 12 405 11.9
Adrian Williams-Strong 34 252 31 57 19 334 9.8
Tamicha Jackson 34 82 146 52 4 300 8.8
Kayte Christensen 30 126 16 25 16 206 6.9
Plenette Pierson 33 80 22 19 13 198 6.0
Lisa Harrison 33 118 36 29 6 183 5.5
Slobodanka Tuvic 17 67 12 10 15 127 7.5
Edwina Brown 34 71 62 30 7 118 3.5
Iziane Castro Marques 16 12 9 6 1 69 4.3
Stacey Thomas 19 27 10 11 8 46 2.4
Edniesha Curry 20 11 24 9 0 33 1.7
Tamara Moore 11 19 8 5 4 33 3.0
Nevriye Yılmaz 5 3 2 0 0 14 2.8
Sonja Mallory 6 10 0 1 4 10 1.7
Dalma Ivanyi 4 4 2 0 1 6 1.5
Michaela Pavlickova 8 4 1 1 0 6 0.8
Felicia Ragland 3 2 2 2 0 5 1.7
Grace Daley 3 2 3 0 1 2 0.7
Tracy Reid 2 1 1 2 0 2 1.0
Gergana Slavtcheva 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Charmin Smith 4 4 1 0 0 0 0.0

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References

  1. ^ https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/team/PHO/2003.html [dead link]