2004 Charlotte Sting season

2004 Charlotte Sting season
Coach Trudi Lacey
Arena Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance 6,846 per game
Results
Record 16–18 (.471)
Place 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did Not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points Allison Feaster (11.8)
Rebounds Tammy Sutton-Brown (6.2)
Assists Dawn Staley (5.0)

The 2004 WNBA season was the eighth season for the Charlotte Sting. The team fell short for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in four years, falling a game short to the Washington Mystics.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sting's 2003 record, they would pick 9th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Sting picked Mery Andrade.

WNBA Draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
13Nicole Powell (G/F) United StatesStanford
218Kelly Mazzante (F) United StatesPenn State
222Jenni Benningfield (F) United StatesVanderbilt
335Jia Perkins (G) United StatesTexas Tech

Transactions

  • February 5: The Sting traded Kelly Miller and their 9th pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft to the Fever in exchange for Indiana's 3rd and 18th picks in the 2004 WNBA Draft.
  • March 1: The Sting signed Andrea Stinson to a contract extension
  • March 12: The Sting signed Olympia Scott-Richardson.
  • March 18: The Sting signed Kara Wolters.
  • April 5: The Sting signed Sophia Witherspoon.
  • April 21: The Sting signed Telisha Quarles, Lenae Williams, Latoya Davis, and Cristina Ciocan.
  • April 25: The Sting signed La'Keshia Frett.
  • April 27: The Sting waived Lenae Williams.
  • April 30: The Sting waived Telisha Quarles.
  • May 4: The Sting waived Cristina Ciocan.
  • May 6: The Sting waived Latoya Davis and signed Tera Bjorklund.
  • May 11: The Sting waived Latoya Turner.
  • May 12: The Sting waived Kara Wolters.
  • May 17: The Sting waived Sophia Witherspoon and signed Rita Williams.
  • May 19: The Sting waived Jenni Benningfield, Rita Williams, Marla Brumfield, and Tera Bjorklund.

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Connecticut Sun x1816.529–10–78–914–6
New York Liberty x1816.529–11–67–1010–10
Detroit Shock x1717.5001.08–99–811–9
Washington Mystics x1717.5001.011–66–119–11
Charlotte Sting o1618.4712.010–76–118–12
Indiana Fever o1519.4413.010–75–128–12

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 21Houston53-60Loss0-1
May 22@ Washington71-68Win1-1
May 28Indiana63-41Win2-1
June 1New York53-63Loss2-2
June 3@ Connecticut62-71Loss2-3
June 5@ Indiana57-70Loss2-4
June 9@ Los Angeles68-82Loss2-5
June 11@ Phoenix59-51Win3-5
June 15San Antonio59-57Win4-5
June 18@ Connecticut63-58 (OT)Win5-5
June 20Los Angeles68-63 (OT)Win6-5
June 23Detroit60-65Loss6-6
June 26Indiana46-37Win7-6
July 1Phoenix59-71Loss7-7
July 3@ Houston62-55Win8-7
July 8Seattle70-67Win9-7
July 10Washington67-65Win10-7
July 15@ Washington54-68Loss10-8
July 18@ New York58-75Loss10-9
July 20New York74-80 (OT)Loss10-10
July 23@ Detroit53-63Loss10-11
July 24Washington70-41Win11-11
July 28@ Indiana63-53Win12-11
July 31@ Sacramento61-62Loss12-12
August 1@ Seattle55-87Loss12-13
September 1Connecticut62-55Win13-13
September 2@ New York52-56Loss13-14
September 4Detroit58-66Loss13-15
September 8@ Minnesota72-68Win14-15
September 9Sacramento74-69Win15-15
September 11Minnesota60-50Win16-15
September 15Connecticut67-81Loss16-16
September 17@ San Antonio65-82Loss16-17
September 19@ Detroit54-68Loss16-18

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Allison Feaster338460276388
Tammy Sutton-Brown34211153171325
Dawn Staley3458171432302
Charlotte Smith-Taylor34139401813280
Tynesha Lewis345744277246
Andrea Stinson3411949277203
Nicole Powell317116154132
Kelly Mazzante343397279
Olympia Scott-Richardson34651091373
Teana Miller91802635
Mery Andrade1247019
Jia Perkins431303
Tera Bjorklund400002

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CHA/2004.html
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