WNBA team season
The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Cleveland Rockers.
WNBA allocation draft
[edit] 1997 Cleveland Rockers roster |
Players | Coaches |
Pos. | # | Nat. | Name | | | Height | | Weight | | | DOB | | | From | Yrs | G | 20 | | Alberts, Marcie | | | 5' 4" (1.63m) | | – | | | 1975-04-12 | | | Ohio State | R | G | 14 | | Boucek, Jenny | | | 5' 8" (1.73m) | | 130 lb (59kg) | | | 1973-12-20 | | | Virginia | R | F | 8 | | Braxton, Janice | | | 6' 3" (1.91m) | | 178 lb (81kg) | | | 1962-06-07 | | | Louisiana Tech | R | F | 34 | | Brown, Rushia | | | 6' 2" (1.88m) | | 175 lb (79kg) | | | 1972-05-05 | | | Furman | R | G | 44 | | Edwards, Michelle | | | 5' 9" (1.75m) | | 150 lb (68kg) | | | 1966-03-06 | | | Iowa | R | F/C | 13 | | Fijalkowski, Isabelle | | | 6' 5" (1.96m) | | 200 lb (91kg) | | | 1972-05-23 | | | Colorado | R | G | 31 | | Johnson, Adrienne | | | 5' 10" (1.78m) | | 154 lb (70kg) | | | 1974-02-05 | | | Ohio State | R | G | 25 | | Jones, Merlakia | | | 5' 10" (1.78m) | | 147 lb (67kg) | | | 1973-06-21 | | | Florida | R | F | 40 | | Maxwell, Anita | | | – | | – | | | 1974-04-07 | | | New Mexico State | R | F | 6 | | Němcová, Eva | | | 6' 3" (1.91m) | | 178 lb (81kg) | | | 1972-12-03 | | | | R | G | 11 | | Nicholson, Tina | | | 5' 2" (1.57m) | | 146 lb (66kg) | | | 1973-09-27 | | | Penn State | R | G | 4 | | Woodard, Lynette | | | 6' 0" (1.83m) | | 160 lb (73kg) | | | 1959-08-12 | | | Kansas | R | | - Head coach
- Linda Hill-MacDonald (West Chester)
- Assistant coaches
- Mike Wilhelm
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (FA) Free agent
- (IN) Inactive
- (S) Suspended
- Injured
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1997 game log Total: 15–13 (Home: 10–5; Road: 7–9) |
June: 1–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–1) |
July : 9–5 (Home: 4–2; Road: 5–3) |
August : 7–6 (Home: 5–1; Road: 2–5) |
1997 season schedule |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
Eva Němcová | 28 | 28 | 33.7 | .473 | .435 | .855 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 13.7 |
Janice Braxton | 25 | 24 | 32.9 | .417 | .500 | .768 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 11.5 |
Michelle Edwards | 20 | 14 | 31.1 | .447 | .240 | .523 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 10.2 |
Isabelle Fijalkowski | 28 | 28 | 28.7 | .508 | .250 | .786 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
Lynette Woodard | 28 | 27 | 25.4 | .401 | .000 | .672 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
Merlakia Jones | 28 | 1 | 21.0 | .402 | .417 | .714 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.2 |
Rushia Brown | 28 | 3 | 18.3 | .520 | N/A | .734 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 6.3 |
Tina Nicholson | 24 | 14 | 11.4 | .409 | .375 | .600 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Jenny Boucek | 10 | 1 | 11.2 | .467 | .000 | .571 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
Adrienne Johnson | 25 | 2 | 7.8 | .379 | .500 | .778 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
Anita Maxwell | 9 | 0 | 7.0 | .320 | N/A | .375 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
Marcie Alberts | 5 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | .000 | N/A | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
- Janice Braxton ranked sixth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 189
- Janice Braxton tied for fifth in the WNBA in blocks with 28.
- Michelle Edwards ranked eighth in the WNBA in assists with 89.
- Isabelle Fijalkowski ranked second in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.508)
- Isabelle Fijalkowski ranked eighth in the WNBA in Free Throw Pct with .786
- Eva Nemcova ranked fourth in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.473)
- Eva Nemcova ranked fourth in the WNBA in Free Throw Pct with .855
- Eva Nemcova ranked tenth in the WNBA in field goals with 138.
- Eva Nemcova ranked eighth in the WNBA in points with 384 points.
- Eva Nemcova ranked seventh in the WNBA in minutes per game with 33.7
- Eva Nemcova ranked eighth in the WNBA in points per game with 13.7
- Janice Braxton, Ranked second in the WNBA (tied), Defensive Rebounds, 151
- Isabelle Fijalkowski: Led WNBA, Personal Fouls, 129
- Eva Nemcova: Led WNBA, 3-Pt Field Goal Percentage, .435
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