2003 Charlotte Sting season

2003 Charlotte Sting season
Coach	Trudi Lacey
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	7,062 per game
Results
Record	18–16 (.529)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (2-0) to Connecticut Sun
Team Leaders
Points	Allison Feaster (12.4)
Rebounds	Tammy Sutton-Brown (5.9)
Assists	Dawn Staley (5.1)
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The 2003 WNBA season was the seventh season for the Charlotte Sting. The team qualified for the playoffs for the 6th and last time in franchise history, losing the opening round in a sweep to the Connecticut Sun.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Pick	Player	Nationality	Former Team
10	Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough	United States	Miami Sol

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	9	Jocelyn Penn (F)	United States	South Carolina
2	23	Dana Cherry (G)	United States	Arkansas

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock x	25	9	.735	–	13–4	12–5	18–6
Charlotte Sting x	18	16	.529	7.0	13–4	5–12	12–12
Connecticut Sun x	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	11–13
Cleveland Rockers x	17	17	.500	8.0	11–6	6–11	13–11
Indiana Fever o	16	18	.471	9.0	11–6	5–12	12–12
New York Liberty o	16	18	.471	9.0	11–6	5–12	11–13
Washington Mystics o	9	25	.265	16.0	3–14	6–11	7–17

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 23	Washington	70-74	Loss	0-1
May 29	Indiana	66-57	Win	1-1
May 31	@ Detroit	70-67	Win	2-1
June 4	San Antonio	67-52	Win	3-1
June 6	Houston	69-58	Win	4-1
June 7	@ Cleveland	57-67	Loss	4-2
June 12	@ Phoenix	58-50	Win	5-2
June 14	@ San Antonio	52-62	Loss	5-3
June 17	@ Indiana	60-71	Loss	5-4
June 20	Minnesota	76-72	Win	6-4
June 22	@ New York	57-69	Loss	6-5
June 25	Cleveland	61-50	Win	7-5
June 28	Connecticut	69-55	Win	8-5
June 30	Seattle	71-83	Loss	8-6
July 3	@ Detroit	92-79	Win	9-6
July 5	Sacramento	67-65	Win	10-6
July 7	@ Washington	62-56	Win	11-6
July 10	Detroit	65-58	Win	12-6
July 17	@ Washington	60-68	Loss	12-7
July 18	@ New York	48-56	Loss	12-8
July 20	Cleveland	57-59 (OT)	Loss	12-9
July 24	Detroit	67-61	Win	13-9
July 26	@ Connecticut	70-74	Loss	13-10
July 31	@ Seattle	54-69	Loss	13-11
August 2	@ Los Angeles	84-73	Win	14-11
August 3	@ Sacramento	60-76	Loss	14-12
August 7	New York	65-54	Win	15-12
August 9	Connecticut	69-68	Win	16-12
August 14	Washington	69-76	Loss	16-13
August 16	@ Indiana	63-69	Loss	16-14
August 20	Indiana	80-50	Win	17-14
August 22	@ Connecticut	55-63	Loss	17-15
August 24	New York	61-59 (OT)	Win	18-15
August 25	@ Cleveland	66-75	Loss	18-16
August 28 1st Round, G1	@ Connecticut	66-68	Loss	0-1
August 30 1st Round, G2	Connecticut	62-68	Loss	0-2

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Points
Allison Feaster	34	113	73	52	9	422
Andrea Stinson	34	140	97	48	5	377
Tammy Sutton-Brown	34	201	15	19	50	286
Dawn Staley	34	58	174	49	4	269
Shalonda Enis	29	125	16	29	2	252
Kelly Miller	34	53	47	18	2	189
Rushia Brown	34	83	16	29	10	125
Teana Miller	31	91	6	14	24	105
Charlotte Smith	27	60	18	10	2	95
Tynesha Lewis	23	33	20	10	6	70
Marla Brumfield	25	10	14	1	1	18
Erin Buescher	14	4	3	0	0	9