2002 Houston Comets Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 24-8
Finishing 2nd in the WNBA's Western Conference
Postseason: 1-2 Lost first round

First Round - Lost to Utah Starzz 2-1
Coach: Van Chancellor (24-8)
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 188,648, Avg. 11,791 in 16 home dates

2002 Houston Comets Roster

The Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2002 season with a record of 24 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the WNBA's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Comets paced the league with just 1,892 points allowed. Houston scored 2,072 points. Sheryl Swoopes tossed in a team-leading 592 points for the squad, while Janeth Arcain and Tina Thompson netted 10 or more per game, too. Tina Thompson contributed 217 boards. Sheryl Swoopes dished out 107 assists for the team.

On defense, Sheryl Swoopes added 88 steals.

Van Chancellor coached the team. The 2002 Houston Comets 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
Sheryl Swoopes	F-G	32	32	1154	509	221	80	23	154	127	30	128	158	107	88	23	87	50	592
Tina Thompson	F	29	29	1052	408	176	108	40	113	93	67	150	217	62	25	20	92	76	485
Janeth Arcain	G	32	32	1116	302	128	37	10	111	98	42	84	126	86	51	6	71	49	364
Tiffani Johnson	C	32	32	815	178	77	2	0	58	47	73	100	173	39	17	24	38	67	201
Michelle Snow	C	32	2	480	96	45	2	1	57	34	31	88	119	13	12	26	22	59	125
Grace Daley	G	23	4	185	37	16	8	2	47	29	13	10	23	16	3	1	17	15	63
Kelley Gibson	F-G	29	2	276	55	21	36	14	6	4	3	17	20	14	8	7	21	21	60
Sonja Henning	G	23	10	521	52	18	12	3	11	5	10	48	58	51	23	6	36	42	44
Coquese Washington	G	21	15	349	50	17	21	8	2	2	7	34	41	31	13	0	20	38	44
Rebecca Lobo	F	21	0	132	32	15	7	3	4	1	9	14	23	12	1	5	11	10	34
Tynesha Lewis	G	17	1	145	30	13	8	3	8	5	6	12	18	9	3	3	9	18	34
Rita Williams	G	9	0	85	11	5	6	2	10	7	0	6	6	7	11	0	10	11	19
Tammy Jackson	F-C	5	1	69	8	3	0	0	2	0	7	6	13	1	3	3	6	7	6
Amanda Lassiter	F	6	0	46	10	0	5	0	2	1	1	5	6	2	2	2	2	4	1
Totals		311	160	6425	1778	755	332	109	585	453	299	702	1001	450	260	126	442	467	2072

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sheryl Swoopes	F-G	32	32	36.1	43.4	28.8	82.5	0.9	4.0	4.9	3.3	2.8	0.7	2.7	1.6	18.5
Tina Thompson	F	29	29	36.3	43.1	37.0	82.3	2.3	5.2	7.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	3.2	2.6	16.7
Janeth Arcain	G	32	32	34.9	42.4	27.0	88.3	1.3	2.6	3.9	2.7	1.6	0.2	2.2	1.5	11.4
Tiffani Johnson	C	32	32	25.5	43.3	0.0	81.0	2.3	3.1	5.4	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.2	2.1	6.3
Michelle Snow	C	32	2	15.0	46.9	50.0	59.6	1.0	2.8	3.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.8	3.9
Grace Daley	G	23	4	8.0	43.2	25.0	61.7	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.7
Kelley Gibson	F-G	29	2	9.5	38.2	38.9	66.7	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	0.7	2.1
Sonja Henning	G	23	10	22.7	34.6	25.0	45.5	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.9
Coquese Washington	G	21	15	16.6	34.0	38.1	100.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	1.5	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.1
Rebecca Lobo	F	21	0	6.3	46.9	42.9	25.0	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.6
Tynesha Lewis	G	17	1	8.5	43.3	37.5	62.5	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.1	2.0
Rita Williams	G	9	0	9.4	45.5	33.3	70.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.2	0.0	1.1	1.2	2.1
Tammy Jackson	F-C	5	1	13.8	37.5		0.0	1.4	1.2	2.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.4	1.2
Amanda Lassiter	F	6	0	7.7	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.2
Averages		311	160	20.7	42.5	32.8	77.4	1.0	2.3	3.2	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.4	1.5	6.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sheryl Swoopes	F-G	3	3	127	63	25	9	3	25	20	10	12	22	17	12	2	8	7	73
Tina Thompson	F	3	3	128	44	16	12	4	10	7	9	15	24	4	6	3	2	12	43
Janeth Arcain	G	3	3	119	35	15	7	2	8	7	2	9	11	4	5	1	5	11	39
Rita Williams	G	3	0	69	25	8	14	4	0	0	3	3	6	7	3	0	1	5	20
Michelle Snow	C	3	0	79	18	6	1	0	8	7	6	15	21	4	0	2	5	9	19
Kelley Gibson	F-G	2	0	22	8	4	3	2	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	10
Tiffani Johnson	C	3	3	51	9	4	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	1	0	6	4	8	8
Grace Daley	G	1	0	7	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
Sonja Henning	G	3	3	48	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	1	0	2	2	0
Totals		24	15	650	213	78	48	15	53	43	38	65	103	41	27	14	29	57	214

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Sheryl Swoopes	F-G	3	3	42.3	39.7	33.3	80.0	3.3	4.0	7.3	5.7	4.0	0.7	2.7	2.3	24.3
Tina Thompson	F	3	3	42.7	36.4	33.3	70.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	1.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	4.0	14.3
Janeth Arcain	G	3	3	39.7	42.9	28.6	87.5	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.3	1.7	0.3	1.7	3.7	13.0
Rita Williams	G	3	0	23.0	32.0	28.6		1.0	1.0	2.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	6.7
Michelle Snow	C	3	0	26.3	33.3	0.0	87.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	1.3	0.0	0.7	1.7	3.0	6.3
Kelley Gibson	F-G	2	0	11.0	50.0	66.7		1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	5.0
Tiffani Johnson	C	3	3	17.0	44.4			0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	2.0	1.3	2.7	2.7
Grace Daley	G	1	0	7.0	0.0		100.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0
Sonja Henning	G	3	3	16.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0
Averages		311	15	27.1	36.6	31.3	81.1	1.6	2.7	4.3	1.7	1.1	0.6	1.2	2.4	8.9