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(Top) 1 Transactions 1.1 WNBA allocation draft 1.2 WNBA elite draft 1.3 WNBA draft 1.4 Transactions 2 Roster 3 Schedule 3.1 Regular season 3.2 Playoffs 3.3 Season standings 4 Statistics 4.1 Regular Season 5 Awards and honors 6 References

1997 Charlotte Sting season

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1997 Charlotte Sting season
Coach	Marynell Meadors
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	8,307 per game
Results
Record	15–13 (.536)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost WNBA Semifinals (1-0) to Houston Comets
Team Leaders
Points	Andrea Stinson (15.7)
Rebounds	Vicky Bullett (6.4)
Assists	Andrea Stinson (4.4)
1998 season →

The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Charlotte Sting.

Transactions

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WNBA allocation draft

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Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Andrea Stinson	United States	NC State
Vicky Bullett	United States	Maryland

WNBA elite draft

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Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Rhonda Mapp	United States	NC State
2	11	Michi Atkins	United States	Texas Tech

WNBA draft

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Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	7	Tora Suber	United States	Virginia
2	10	Sharon Manning	United States	NC State
3	23	Debra Williams	United States	Louisiana Tech
4	26	Andrea Congreaves	United Kingdom	Mercer

Transactions

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Date	Transaction
1997	Hired Marynell Meadors as Head Coach^[1]
January 22, 1997	Drafted Andrea Stinson and Vicky Bullett in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft^[1]
February 27, 1997	Drafted Rhonda Mapp and Michi Atkins in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft^[1]
April 28, 1997	Drafted Tora Suber, Sharon Manning, Debra Williams and Andrea Congreaves in the 1997 WNBA Draft^[1]

Roster

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1997 Charlotte Sting roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
F	14	Artis, Katasha	6' 1" (1.85m)	155 lb (70kg)	1973-07-08	Northeastern	R
F	23	Bullett, Vicky	6' 3" (1.91m)	185 lb (84kg)	1967-10-04	Maryland	R
F/C	3	Congreaves, Andrea	6' 2" (1.88m)	183 lb (83kg)	1970-06-03	Mercer	R
F	43	Hopson-Shelton, Susie	6' 2" (1.88m)	175 lb (79kg)	1974-06-21	Mars Hill	R
G	11	Levesque, Nicole	5' 3" (1.6m)	115 lb (52kg)	1972-04-11	Wake Forest	R
F/C	50	Manning, Sharon	6' 3" (1.91m)	186 lb (84kg)	1969-03-20	NC State	R
C	51	Mapp, Rhonda	6' 2" (1.88m)	190 lb (86kg)	1969-10-13	NC State	R
F	24	Moore, Penny	6' 0" (1.83m)	135 lb (61kg)	1969-01-25	Long Beach State	R
G	32	Stinson, Andrea	5' 10" (1.78m)	158 lb (72kg)	1967-11-25	NC State	R
G	7	Suber, Tora	5' 7" (1.7m)	137 lb (62kg)	1974-11-23	Virginia	R
G/F	5	Vukadinovic, Milica	6' 1" (1.85m)	150 lb (68kg)	1968-10-18	California	R
G/F	25	Williams, Debra	5' 11" (1.8m)	–	1972-09-23	Louisiana Tech	R

Head coach: Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee)
Assistant coaches: Leonard Armato
Karen Freeman

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Schedule

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Regular season

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1997 game log
Total: 15–13 (Home: 12–2; Road: 3–11)

June: 1–3 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	June 22	@ Phoenix	L 59–76	Andrea Stinson (18)	Andrea Stinson (9)	Andrea Stinson (7)	America West Arena	0–1
2	June 25	@ Los Angeles	L 54–74	Tora Suber (13)	Vicky Bullett (11)	Vicky Bullett (3)	Great Western Forum	0–2
3	June 26	@ Sacramento	L 70–78	Andrea Stinson (17)	Andrea Stinson (5)	Andrea Stinson (5)	ARCO Arena	0–3
4	June 29	Cleveland	W 67–44	Andrea Stinson (19)	Bullett Moore Suber (6)	Andrea Stinson (10)	Charlotte Coliseum	1–3

July : 7–4 (Home: 6–1; Road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
5	July 5	Los Angeles	W 78–66	Andrea Stinson (19)	Manning Moore (5)	Tora Suber (9)	Charlotte Coliseum	2–3
6	July 7	@ Houston	L 56–74	Andrea Stinson (13)	Vicky Bullett (10)	Suber Levesque (3)	The Summit	2–4
7	July 9	New York	W 87–69	Andrea Stinson (29)	Andrea Stinson (9)	Andrea Stinson (6)	Charlotte Coliseum	3–4
8	July 10	@ New York	L 48–62	Andrea Stinson (20)	Sharon Manning (7)	Tora Suber (3)	Madison Square Garden	3–5
9	July 12	Cleveland	W 72–43	Rhonda Mapp (14)	Andrea Congreaves (9)	Nicole Levesque (5)	Charlotte Coliseum	4–5
10	July 16	Utah	W 75–63	Andrea Stinson (19)	Andrea Stinson (10)	Penny Moore (6)	Charlotte Coliseum	5–5
11	July 17	@ Cleveland	L 47–65	Vicky Bullett (24)	Vicky Bullett (5)	Andrea Stinson (4)	Gund Arena	5–6
12	July 21	Los Angeles	W 75–64	Andrea Stinson (23)	Rhonda Mapp (11)	Andrea Stinson (8)	Charlotte Coliseum	6–6
13	July 23	New York	L 63–65	Rhonda Mapp (17)	Vicky Bullett (11)	Bullett Levesque Mapp Stinson (3)	Charlotte Coliseum	6–7
14	July 26	@ New York	W 64–61	Rhonda Mapp (15)	Bullett Mapp Stinson (8)	Nicole Levesque (5)	Madison Square Garden	7–7
15	July 30	Phoenix	W 68–67	Vicky Bullett (20)	Andrea Congreaves (16)	Nicole Levesque (5)	Charlotte Coliseum	8–7

August : 7–6 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
16	August 1	Sacramento	W 85–61	Rhonda Mapp (20)	Manning Mapp (8)	Andrea Stinson (7)	Charlotte Coliseum	9–7
17	August 3	@ Los Angeles	W 77–70	Rhonda Mapp (21)	Andrea Stinson (7)	Andrea Stinson (7)	Great Western Forum	10–7
18	August 4	@ Utah	L 70–73	Andrea Stinson (15)	Vicky Bullett (13)	Mapp Stinson (4)	Delta Center	10–8
19	August 6	@ Sacramento	L 64–77	Vicky Bullett (19)	Vicky Bullett (9)	Andrea Stinson (5)	ARCO Arena	10–9
20	August 9	Phoenix	W 79–59	Andrea Stinson (25)	Andrea Congreaves (11)	Andrea Congreaves (7)	Charlotte Coliseum	11–9
21	August 11	Houston	L 62–72	Andrea Stinson (17)	Congreaves Stinson (5)	Andrea Stinson (6)	Charlotte Coliseum	11–10
22	August 14	Sacramento	W 68–51	Andrea Stinson (16)	Bullett Mapp (9)	Rhonda Mapp (5)	Charlotte Coliseum	12–10
23	August 16	Houston	W 80–71	Andrea Stinson (25)	Vicky Bullett (11)	Nicky Levesque (8)	Charlotte Coliseum	13–10
24	August 17	@ Cleveland	L 49–81	Rhonda Mapp (12)	Rhonda Mapp (8)	Tora Suber (4)	Gund Arena	13–11
25	August 19	@ Houston	L 49–81	Vicky Bullett (24)	Rhonda Mapp (7)	Andrea Stinson (7)	The Summit	13–12
26	August 21	@ Utah	W 66–56	Bullett Stinson (14)	Rhonda Mapp (9)	Levesque Mapp (4)	Delta Center	14–12
27	August 22	@ Phoenix	L 63–78	Andrea Congreaves (13)	Andrea Stinson (6)	Andrea Stinson (7)	America West Arena	14–13
28	August 24	Utah	W 70–52	Andrea Stinson (17)	Vicky Bullett (11)	Nicole Levesque (8)	Charlotte Coliseum	15–13

1997 season schedule

Playoffs

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1997 playoff game log

Semifinal vs. Houston Comets

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 28	@ Houston	L 54–70	Rhonda Mapp (12)	Vicky Bullett (9)	Levesque Mapp Stinson (3)	The Summit	0–1

1997 playoff schedule

Season standings

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Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Houston Comets ^x	18	10	.643	6–6	–
New York Liberty ^x	17	11	.607	8–4	1.0
Charlotte Sting ^x	15	13	.536	5–7	3.0
Cleveland Rockers ^o	15	13	.536	5–7	3.0

Statistics

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Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

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Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Andrea Stinson	28	28	36.1	.447	.325	.674	5.5	4.4	1.5	0.8	15.7
Vicky Bullett	28	28	31.3	.448	.304	.775	6.4	2.3	1.9	2.0	12.8
Rhonda Mapp	28	23	25.4	.492	.500	.774	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.4	11.6
Andrea Congreaves	28	16	23.5	.500	.409	.768	4.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	6.7
Nicole Levesque	27	21	23.0	.367	.348	.933	1.7	2.8	0.8	0.1	4.0
Penny Moore	28	9	19.3	.358	.200	.516	2.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	4.8
Tora Suber	28	8	17.0	.370	.397	.683	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.1	4.7
Sharon Manning	28	5	15.6	.464	N/A	.420	3.5	0.5	0.9	0.2	4.9
Milica Vukadinovic	1	0	14.0	1.000	1.000	N/A	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0
Debra Williams	10	2	11.6	.256	.222	.500	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.0	2.7
Katasha Artis	20	0	5.7	.250	.000	.533	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.8
Susie Hopson-Shelton	6	0	4.8	.636	N/A	1.000	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	2.7

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Vicky Bullett ranked seventh in the WNBA in field goals with 145.
Vicky Bullett ranked eighth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 178
Vicky Bullett was tied for sixth in the WNBA in steals with 54.
Vicky Bullett ranked third in the WNBA in blocks with 55.
Rhonda Mapp ranked third in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.492)
Andrea Stinson ranked sixth in the WNBA in assists with 124.
Andrea Stinson tied for seventh in the WNBA in blocks with 21.
Andrea Stinson ranked sixth in the WNBA in points with 439 points.
Andrea Stinson ranked second in the WNBA in field goals with 177.
Andrea Stinson ranked second in the WNBA in minutes per game with 36.1
Andrea Stinson ranked fifth in the WNBA in points per game with 15.7

Awards and honors

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Vicky Bullett of Charlotte ranked third in the WNBA with 2.0 blocks per game.
Andrea Stinson of Charlotte ranked second in the WNBA with 1011 minutes played.

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "1997 Charlotte Sting Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 22, 2024.

v t e Charlotte Sting
Founded in 1997 Folded in 2006 Based in Charlotte, North Carolina
Franchise	Franchise Final season
Arenas	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Head Coaches	Marynell Meadors Dan Hughes T.R. Dunn Anne Donovan Trudi Lacey Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Conference Championships	2001

1997 WNBA season by team

Eastern

Western

← 1996 . WNBA season
1998 →

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