1997-98 Colorado Explosion Statistics

American Basketball League (ABL)
Team Record: 21-23
Finishing 4th in the ABL's Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost first round

First Round - Lost to Long Beach Stingrays 2-1
Coach: Sheryl Estes (21-23)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 84,079, Avg. 3,822 in 22 home dates

1997-98 Colorado Explosion Roster

The Colorado Explosion of the American Basketball League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 21 wins and 23 losses, finishing fourth in the ABL's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Explosion netted 3,228 points and conceded 3,268. Crystal Robinson scored a team-best 642 points for Colorado, while Edna Campbell and Tari Phillips averaged 12 or more per game, too. Tari Phillips contributed 361 rebounds. Debbie Black dished out 268 assists for the squad.

On defense, Debbie Black added 109 steals.

Sheryl Estes coached the team. The 1997-98 Colorado Explosion lost in the first round of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Crystal Robinson	F-G	43	42	1404	429	224	219	102	114	92	61	112	173	146	71	12	107	139	642
Edna Campbell	G	44	42	1333	545	233	167	67	94	80	19	107	126	109	54	17	108	81	613
Tari Phillips	F-C	44	44	1329	492	247	2	1	200	115	147	214	361	37	72	35	137	166	610
Vicki Hall	F	41	36	1180	391	163	84	35	92	57	72	140	212	58	23	15	83	116	418
Debbie Black	G	44	44	1479	260	108	62	18	75	62	84	107	191	268	109	3	130	160	296
Dana Wynne	F	42	1	414	145	64	0	0	76	49	47	54	101	7	13	13	32	65	177
Keisha Anderson	G	44	1	559	217	71	19	5	49	27	25	36	61	70	55	2	67	45	174
Sylvia Crawley	F-C	33	8	490	134	60	0	0	56	39	24	49	73	25	9	17	50	68	159
Melody Howard	G	36	0	302	78	22	57	18	6	3	9	17	26	25	9	0	25	25	65
Stacey Ford	F	11	2	147	35	13	0	0	18	12	12	24	36	5	3	3	9	13	38
Shelley Sheetz	G	27	0	118	37	10	21	4	6	3	2	11	13	11	3	0	15	11	27
Missy Masley	F	19	0	45	8	3	0	0	4	3	1	2	3	5	0	0	6	11	9
Totals		428	220	8800	2771	1218	631	250	790	542	503	873	1376	766	421	117	769	900	3228

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Crystal Robinson	F-G	43	42	32.7	52.2	46.6	80.7	1.4	2.6	4.0	3.4	1.7	0.3	2.5	3.2	14.9
Edna Campbell	G	44	42	30.3	42.8	40.1	85.1	0.4	2.4	2.9	2.5	1.2	0.4	2.5	1.8	13.9
Tari Phillips	F-C	44	44	30.2	50.2	50.0	57.5	3.3	4.9	8.2	0.8	1.6	0.8	3.1	3.8	13.9
Vicki Hall	F	41	36	28.8	41.7	41.7	62.0	1.8	3.4	5.2	1.4	0.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	10.2
Debbie Black	G	44	44	33.6	41.5	29.0	82.7	1.9	2.4	4.3	6.1	2.5	0.1	3.0	3.6	6.7
Dana Wynne	F	42	1	9.9	44.1		64.5	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.5	4.2
Keisha Anderson	G	44	1	12.7	32.7	26.3	55.1	0.6	0.8	1.4	1.6	1.3	0.0	1.5	1.0	4.0
Sylvia Crawley	F-C	33	8	14.8	44.8		69.6	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.1	4.8
Melody Howard	G	36	0	8.4	28.2	31.6	50.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.8
Stacey Ford	F	11	2	13.4	37.1		66.7	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.2	3.5
Shelley Sheetz	G	27	0	4.4	27.0	19.0	50.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.0
Missy Masley	F	19	0	2.4	37.5		75.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.5
Averages		428	220	20.6	44.0	39.6	68.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.8	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	7.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tari Phillips	F-C	3	3	90	36	24	0	0	15	9	12	19	31	1	6	4	15	12	57
Crystal Robinson	F-G	3	3	101	28	14	14	5	11	11	4	4	8	15	4	0	8	15	44
Edna Campbell	G	3	3	98	40	16	22	7	5	3	0	8	8	6	3	1	6	4	42
Vicki Hall	F	3	3	96	32	13	13	6	6	4	3	10	13	4	1	2	10	9	36
Debbie Black	G	3	3	108	14	4	3	0	10	8	7	12	19	11	8	0	15	10	16
Stacey Ford	F	3	0	32	6	3	0	0	5	4	5	3	8	0	1	0	2	5	10
Dana Wynne	F	3	0	25	6	3	0	0	4	0	4	6	10	0	0	0	3	6	6
Keisha Anderson	G	3	0	27	11	3	1	0	2	0	1	3	4	6	2	1	8	5	6
Shelley Sheetz	G	3	0	8	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
Missy Masley	F	2	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2
Melody Howard	G	3	0	10	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		32	15	600	181	82	57	18	58	39	38	65	103	47	27	8	71	68	221

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Tari Phillips	F-C	3	3	30.0	66.7		60.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	0.3	2.0	1.3	5.0	4.0	19.0
Crystal Robinson	F-G	3	3	33.7	50.0	35.7	100.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	5.0	1.3	0.0	2.7	5.0	14.7
Edna Campbell	G	3	3	32.7	40.0	31.8	60.0	0.0	2.7	2.7	2.0	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.3	14.0
Vicki Hall	F	3	3	32.0	40.6	46.2	66.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.7	3.3	3.0	12.0
Debbie Black	G	3	3	36.0	28.6	0.0	80.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	3.7	2.7	0.0	5.0	3.3	5.3
Stacey Ford	F	3	0	10.7	50.0		80.0	1.7	1.0	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.7	3.3
Dana Wynne	F	3	0	8.3	50.0		0.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
Keisha Anderson	G	3	0	9.0	27.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	0.7	0.3	2.7	1.7	2.0
Shelley Sheetz	G	3	0	2.7	33.3	0.0		0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7
Missy Masley	F	2	0	2.5	50.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Melody Howard	G	3	0	3.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Averages		428	15	18.8	45.3	31.6	67.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.1	6.9