2003 Phoenix Mercury season

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