The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the Houston Comets. The team advanced to the WNBA Playoffs, but failed to win a fifth consecutive championship.
See also: 2001 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Amanda Lassiter | Missouri | ||
| 2 | 31 | Tynesha Lewis | NC State | ||
| 3 | 33 | ShaRae Mansfield | Western Kentucky | ||
| 3 | 47 | Shala Crawford | Life | ||
| 4 | 63 | Kristen Clement | Tennessee |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Amanda Lassiter, Tynesha Lewis, ShaRae Mansfield, Shala Crawford and Kristen Clement in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1] | |
| April 23, 2001 | Traded Jennifer Rizzotti to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Anna DeForge | |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Daliborka Vilipić, Pietra Gay and Trisha Stafford-Odom | |
| May 8, 2001 | Waived Pietra Gay and Shala Crawford | |
| Signed Angela Aycock and Franthea Price | ||
| May 10, 2001 | Waived Anna DeForge | |
| May 11, 2001 | Waived Franthea Price | |
| May 14, 2001 | Waived ShaRae Mansfield | |
| May 25, 2001 | Waived Kristen Clement | |
| May 27, 2001 | Suspended contracts of Angela Aycock, Daliborka Vilipić, Natalya Zasulskaya and Polina Tzekova | |
| June 6, 2001 | Waived Angela Aycock | |
| June 8, 2001 | Waived Daliborka Vilipić | |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| May 28| Los Angeles| L 63–66| Tina Thompson (23)| Janeth Arcain (6)| Janeth Arcain (4)| Compaq Center| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| May 31| @ Indiana| W 82–78| Arcain
Thompson (26)| Janeth Arcain (7)| Coquese Washington (6)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| June 2| @ Detroit| W 74–73| Tina Thompson (28)| Tina Thompson (11)| Arcain Gibson
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Washington (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 5| @ Utah| W 72–68| Janeth Arcain (27)| Tina Thompson (10)| Amanda Lassiter (6)| Delta Center| 3–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 5| June 7| Detroit| W 87–66| Janeth Arcain (27)| Tina Thompson (12)| Janeth Arcain (5)| Compaq Center| 4–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 10| @ Phoenix| W 60–58| Tina Thompson (22)| Tina Thompson (10)| Coquese Washington (5)| America West Arena| 5–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| June 21| Los Angeles| W 69–65| Tina Thompson (29)| Tammy Jackson (7)| Arcain
Washington (5)| Compaq Center| 6–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 8| June 23| Sacramento| W 70–56| Tina Thompson (21)| Tina Thompson (9)| Coquese Washington (5)| Compaq Center| 7–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 24| Portland| W 67–57| Arcain
Thompson (22)| Tina Thompson (7)| Coquese Washington (3)| Compaq Center| 8–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| June 27| Washington| W 76–63| Tina Thompson (24)| Tina Thompson (8)| Coquese Washington (5)| Compaq Center| 9–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 28| @ Sacramento| L 54–64| Tina Thompson (24)| Coquese Washington (8)| Coquese Washington (5)| ARCO Arena| 9–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| June 30| @ Minnesota| W 59–52| Tina Thompson (17)| Tina Thompson (10)| Arcain
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Washington (4)| Target Center| 10–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| July 2| Portland| W 74–67| Tina Thompson (29)| Tina Thompson (12)| Tammy Jackson (4)| Compaq Center| 11–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 6| Indiana| W 79–64| Janeth Arcain (17)| Arcain
Johnson (7)| Coquese Washington (5)| Compaq Center| 12–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 8| Cleveland| L 53–63| Tina Thompson (19)| Lassiter
Washington (5)| Coquese Washington (6)| Compaq Center| 12–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 16| July 10| @ Sacramento| L 76–78 (2OT)| Tina Thompson (26)| Amanda Lassiter (13)| Janeth Arcain (6)| ARCO Arena| 12–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| July 12| @ Portland| W 71–57| Arcain
Thompson (22)| Tynesha Lewis (8)| Janeth Arcain (9)| Rose Garden| 13–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18| July 13| @ Seattle| W 58–55| Tina Thompson (22)| Tina Thompson (9)| Janeth Arcain (4)| KeyArena| 14–4 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| July 18| @ Orlando| L 52–57| Janeth Arcain (17)| Tina Thompson (12)| Coquese Washington (4)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 14–5 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 20| @ Miami| L 50–64| Tammy Jackson (18)| Nekeshia Henderson (5)| Arcain
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Shakirova (2)| American Airlines Arena| 14–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| July 23| @ Minnesota| W 51–46| Tina Thompson (24)| Tina Thompson (10)| Coquese Washington (6)| Target Center| 15–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 24| Utah| L 67–76| Janeth Arcain (29)| Janeth Arcain (8)| Coquese Washington (4)| Compaq Center| 15–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| July 28| New York| L 61–64| Janeth Arcain (19)| Tina Thompson (9)| Coquese Washington (5)| Compaq Center| 15–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 24| July 30| Seattle| W 55–51| Janeth Arcain (16)| Tina Thompson (11)| Tina Thompson (4)| Compaq Center| 16–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| August 1| Utah| L 63–71| Janeth Arcain (18)| Tiffani Johnson (10)| Janeth Arcain (4)| Compaq Center| 16–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 3| Orlando| W 72–60| Janeth Arcain (18)| Tina Thompson (11)| Coquese Washington (6)| Compaq Center| 17–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| August 4| @ Charlotte| L 49–54| Janeth Arcain (20)| Tammy Jackson (9)| Coquese Washington (2)| Charlotte Coliseum| 17–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 6| Phoenix| W 62–48| Janeth Arcain (18)| Tina Thompson (7)| Janeth Arcain (5)| Compaq Center| 18–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| August 8| @ Seattle| L 55–72| Janeth Arcain (24)| Trisha Stafford-Odom (12)| Coquese Washington (4)| KeyArena| 18–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 11| @ Los Angeles| L 54–65| Janeth Arcain (20)| Tina Thompson (6)| Thompson
Washington (5)| Staples Center| 18–12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 31| August 13| Minnesota| W 74–60| Arcain
Thompson (17)| Trisha Stafford-Odom (9)| Janeth Arcain (3)| Compaq Center| 19–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| August 14| @ Phoenix| L 38–56| Elena Tornikidou (16)| Wendy Palmer (5)| Edwina Brown (7)| America West Arena| 19–13
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| August 18| Los Angeles| L 59–64| Amanda Lassiter (17)| Tiffani Johnson (12)| Tina Thompson (5)| Compaq Center| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| August 20| @ Los Angeles| L 58–70| Janeth Arcain (18)| Coquese Washington (7)| Coquese Washington (3)| Staples Center| 0–2
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina Thompson | 30 | 30 | 36.7 | .377 | .293 | .840 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 19.3 |
| Janeth Arcain | 32 | 32 | 36.1 | .426 | .333 | .900 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 18.5 |
| Coquese Washington | 32 | 32 | 31.7 | .356 | .358 | .636 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Tiffani Johnson | 32 | 28 | 21.0 | .449 | N/A | .857 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Amanda Lassiter | 32 | 18 | 19.2 | .367 | .388 | .667 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 4.3 |
| Tynesha Lewis | 29 | 4 | 14.4 | .424 | .400 | .647 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Tammy Jackson | 32 | 4 | 13.8 | .500 | N/A | .450 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| Trisha Stafford-Odom | 30 | 4 | 12.2 | .368 | .000 | .673 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.8 |
| Kelley Gibson | 28 | 6 | 10.3 | .228 | .143 | .682 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Nekeshia Henderson | 23 | 0 | 7.8 | .237 | .273 | .286 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Elena Shakirova | 26 | 2 | 7.8 | .316 | .000 | .609 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 |