1997-98 San Jose Lasers Statistics

American Basketball League (ABL)
Team Record: 21-23
Finishing 3rd in the ABL's Western Conference
Postseason: 2-2 Lost semifinals

First Round - Defeated New England Blizzard 2-0
Semifinals - Lost to Columbus Quest 2-0
Coach: Angela Beck (21-23)
Location: San Jose, California
Attendance: 105,004, Avg. 4,773 in 22 home dates

1997-98 San Jose Lasers Roster

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

San Jose poured in 3,419 points and allowed 3,392. Jennifer Azzi tossed in a team-leading 649 points for the Lasers, while Sheri Sam and Charlotte Smith scored 12 or more per game as well. Sheri Sam racked up 305 boards. Jennifer Azzi dished out 219 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Kedra Holland-Corn added 96 thefts.

Angela Beck coached the team. The 1997-98 San Jose Lasers lost in the semifinals 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
Jennifer Azzi	G	44	44	1588	462	204	126	45	230	196	24	111	135	219	81	8	136	132	649
Sheri Sam	F-G	43	42	1391	550	238	127	50	154	98	102	203	305	109	87	7	123	126	624
Charlotte Smith	F	42	38	1206	383	187	28	4	183	135	110	142	252	90	32	18	138	131	513
Clarisse Machanguana	C-F	44	23	938	264	153	0	0	162	97	77	126	203	33	46	10	80	132	403
Kedra Holland-Corn	G	43	27	1051	315	130	134	45	93	70	38	68	106	97	96	6	109	102	375
Katryna Gaither	C	44	15	673	200	104	0	0	94	70	57	98	155	9	31	14	53	76	278
Shelley Gorman- Sandie	G	44	4	650	196	83	52	20	68	61	21	80	101	30	27	0	61	60	247
Anita Kaplan	C	40	10	449	133	61	0	0	44	22	22	52	74	7	8	11	41	79	144
Sonja Henning	G	44	16	812	117	37	35	11	40	20	33	63	96	73	42	0	60	60	105
Kisa Bradley	F-C	25	0	85	30	13	8	3	19	19	1	16	17	0	4	2	14	14	48
Laurie Byrd	G	28	1	82	17	10	1	0	18	13	0	4	4	10	1	0	12	5	33
Totals		441	220	8925	2667	1220	511	178	1105	801	485	963	1448	677	455	76	827	917	3419

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jennifer Azzi	G	44	44	36.1	44.2	35.7	85.2	0.5	2.5	3.1	5.0	1.8	0.2	3.1	3.0	14.8
Sheri Sam	F-G	43	42	32.3	43.3	39.4	63.6	2.4	4.7	7.1	2.5	2.0	0.2	2.9	2.9	14.5
Charlotte Smith	F	42	38	28.7	48.8	14.3	73.8	2.6	3.4	6.0	2.1	0.8	0.4	3.3	3.1	12.2
Clarisse Machanguana	C-F	44	23	21.3	58.0		59.9	1.8	2.9	4.6	0.8	1.0	0.2	1.8	3.0	9.2
Kedra Holland-Corn	G	43	27	24.4	41.3	33.6	75.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	2.3	2.2	0.1	2.5	2.4	8.7
Katryna Gaither	C	44	15	15.3	52.0		74.5	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.7	6.3
Shelley Gorman- Sandie	G	44	4	14.8	42.3	38.5	89.7	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.7	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.4	5.6
Anita Kaplan	C	40	10	11.2	45.9		50.0	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.0	2.0	3.6
Sonja Henning	G	44	16	18.5	31.6	31.4	50.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	1.7	1.0	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.4
Kisa Bradley	F-C	25	0	3.4	43.3	37.5	100.0	0.0	0.6	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.6	1.9
Laurie Byrd	G	28	1	2.9	58.8	0.0	72.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.2
Averages		441	220	20.2	45.7	34.8	72.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.1	7.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jennifer Azzi	G	4	4	150	46	22	13	7	30	24	1	10	11	15	8	0	18	13	75
Clarisse Machanguana	C-F	4	4	132	37	21	0	0	31	23	13	22	35	6	6	1	10	11	65
Sheri Sam	F-G	4	4	139	55	28	12	2	9	7	6	21	27	10	8	2	13	18	65
Kedra Holland-Corn	G	4	4	131	37	14	17	8	16	15	6	7	13	11	5	0	17	13	51
Charlotte Smith	F	4	4	112	27	10	5	1	11	8	6	17	23	14	2	2	10	16	29
Shelley Gorman- Sandie	G	4	0	39	12	6	3	1	6	5	2	2	4	2	0	1	1	4	18
Katryna Gaither	C	4	0	29	7	2	0	0	6	2	2	7	9	1	3	0	6	7	6
Sonja Henning	G	4	0	59	11	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	6	5	2	1	3	2	4
Kisa Bradley	F-C	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anita Kaplan	C	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Laurie Byrd	G	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		39	20	800	233	103	50	19	113	88	39	89	128	64	34	7	80	85	313

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Jennifer Azzi	G	4	4	37.5	47.8	53.8	80.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.8	2.0	0.0	4.5	3.3	18.8
Clarisse Machanguana	C-F	4	4	33.0	56.8		74.2	3.3	5.5	8.8	1.5	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	16.3
Sheri Sam	F-G	4	4	34.8	50.9	16.7	77.8	1.5	5.3	6.8	2.5	2.0	0.5	3.3	4.5	16.3
Kedra Holland-Corn	G	4	4	32.8	37.8	47.1	93.8	1.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	3.3	12.8
Charlotte Smith	F	4	4	28.0	37.0	20.0	72.7	1.5	4.3	5.8	3.5	0.5	0.5	2.5	4.0	7.3
Shelley Gorman- Sandie	G	4	0	9.8	50.0	33.3	83.3	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	4.5
Katryna Gaither	C	4	0	7.3	28.6		33.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.8	1.5
Sonja Henning	G	4	0	14.8	0.0		100.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0
Kisa Bradley	F-C	2	0	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Anita Kaplan	C	3	0	1.7	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Laurie Byrd	G	2	0	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Averages		441	20	20.5	44.2	38.0	77.9	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.6	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.2	8.0

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