2003 Phoenix Mercury season

2003 Phoenix Mercury season
Coach	John Shumate
Arena	America West Arena
Attendance	8,501 per game
Results
Record	8–26 (.235)
Place	7th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did 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