1999 Charlotte Sting season

WNBA team season

1999 Charlotte Sting season
Coach	Marynell Meadors (fired Jul. 11, 5–7 record) Dan Hughes (10–10 record)
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	15–17 (.469)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Finals
← 1998 season 2000 season →

The 1999 WNBA season was the third for the Charlotte Sting. The Sting won their first playoff series by defeating the Detroit Shock in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. In the Eastern Conference Finals they would fall to the New York Liberty in three games.

Transactions

Orlando Miracle expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Orlando Miracle expansion draft from the Charlotte Sting:

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Andrea Congreaves	United Kingdom	Mercer

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	9	Dawn Staley	United States	Philadelphia Rage
2	21	Stephanie McCarty	United States	Purdue
3	33	Charlotte Smith	United States	San Jose Lasers
4	45	Angie Braziel	United States	Texas Tech

Transactions

Date	Transaction
April 6, 1999	Lost Andrea Congreaves to the Orlando Miracle in the WNBA expansion draft
May 4, 1999	Drafted Dawn Staley, Stephanie MCarty, Charlotte Smith and Angie Braziel in the 1999 WNBA Draft
May 29, 1999	Signed Nevriye Yilmaz
May 29, 1999	Waived Tora Suber
June 8, 1999	Waived Sonia Chase and Tia Paschal
June 30, 1999	Waived Christy Smith
June 30, 1999	Signed Sonia Chase
July 11, 1999	Fired Marynell Meadors as Head Coach
July 11, 1999	Hired Dan Hughes as Head Coach

Roster

1999 Charlotte Sting roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
C	34	Bauer-Bilodeau, Cass	6' 4" (1.93m)	180 lb (82kg)	1972-06-27	Montana State	R
F	45	Braziel, Angie	6' 2" (1.88m)	169 lb (77kg)	1976-09-18	Texas Tech	R
F	23	Bullett, Vicky	6' 3" (1.91m)	185 lb (84kg)	1967-10-04	Maryland	2
G	33	Chase, Sonia	5' 9" (1.75m)	150 lb (68kg)	1976-03-09	Maryland	1
G	24	Johnson, Niesa	5' 9" (1.75m)	146 lb (66kg)	1973-02-07	Alabama	R
F/C	50	Manning, Sharon	6' 3" (1.91m)	186 lb (84kg)	1969-03-20	NC State	2
C	51	Mapp, Rhonda	6' 2" (1.88m)	190 lb (86kg)	1969-10-13	NC State	2
G/F	6	McCarty, Stephanie	5' 9" (1.75m)		1977-06-20	Purdue	R
G/F	0	Reid, Tracy	5' 11" (1.8m)	150 lb (68kg)	1976-11-01	North Carolina	1
G	10	Smith, Christy	5' 7" (1.7m)	141 lb (64kg)	1975-08-14	Arkansas	1
F	44	Smith, Charlotte	6' 0" (1.83m)	148 lb (67kg)	1973-08-23	North Carolina	R
G	5	Staley, Dawn	5' 6" (1.68m)	134 lb (61kg)	1970-05-04	Virginia	R
G	32	Stinson, Andrea	5' 10" (1.78m)	158 lb (72kg)	1967-11-25	NC State	2

Head coach: Dan Hughes (Muskingum)
Assistant coaches: Kim Moseley; T. R. Dunn

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 15–17 (Home: 8–8; Road: 7–9)

June: 3–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	June 10	@ Washington	W 83–73	Dawn Staley (23)	Tracy Reid (8)	Dawn Staley (7)	MCI Center	1–0
2	June 12	New York	L 57–68	Andrea Stinson (15)	Vicky Bullett (9)	Staley Stinson (4)	Charlotte Coliseum	1–1
3	June 19	Los Angeles	L 69–73	Stephanie McCarty (18)	Andrea Stinson (8)	Dawn Staley (7)	Charlotte Coliseum	1–2
4	June 22	@ Detroit	L 69–75	Bullett Staley (13)	Rhonda Mapp (10)	Dawn Staley (7)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	1–3
5	June 24	Phoenix	W 88–72	Andrea Stinson (23)	Bullett Manning (7)	Dawn Staley (8)	Charlotte Coliseum	2–3
6	June 25	@ Cleveland	W 59–57	Vicky Bullett (18)	Vicky Bullett (9)	Dawn Staley (5)	Gund Arena	3–3
7	June 27	@ New York	L 58–72	Andrea Stinson (15)	Sharon Manning (10)	Johnson McCarty Stinson (3)	Madison Square Garden	3–4
8	June 30	Washington	L 63–68	Dawn Staley (22)	Vicky Bullett (9)	Dawn Staley (6)	Charlotte Coliseum	3–5

July : 10–5 (Home: 5–3; Road: 5–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
9	July 3	@ Orlando	W 75–58	Vicky Bullett (24)	Bullett Smith (11)	Andrea Stinson (5)	TD Waterhouse Centre	4–5
10	July 7	Cleveland	W 75–62	Dawn Staley (22)	Vicky Bullett (8)	Dawn Staley (5)	Charlotte Coliseum	5–5
11	July 9	Orlando	L 61–66	Charlotte Smith (12)	Sharon Manning (7)	Dawn Staley (7)	Charlotte Coliseum	5–6
12	July 10	@ Cleveland	L 56–82	Andrea Stinson (17)	Bullett Mapp (6)	Charlotte Smith (4)	Gund Arena	5–7
13	July 12	@ Washington	L 71–74	Bullett Stinson (19)	Rhonda Mapp (8)	McCarty Staley Stinson (5)	MCI Center	5–8
14	July 16	@ Orlando	W 56–50	Dawn Staley (23)	Andrea Stinson (8)	Andrea Stinson (5)	TD Waterhouse Centre	6–8
15	July 17	Washington	W 63–56	Andrea Stinson (17)	Rhonda Mapp (7)	Dawn Staley (5)	Charlotte Coliseum	7–8
16	July 19	Utah	W 73–66	Andrea Stinson (16)	Sharon Manning (7)	Dawn Staley (9)	Charlotte Coliseum	8–8
17	July 21	Minnesota	L 67–76	Tracy Reid (20)	Tracy Reid (7)	Sharon Manning (4)	Charlotte Coliseum	8–9
18	July 23	Houston	L 62–75	Andrea Stinson (18)	Vicky Bullett (7)	Dawn Staley (7)	Charlotte Coliseum	8–10
19	July 25	@ Detroit	W 78–66	Vicky Bullett (20)	Dawn Staley (9)	Dawn Staley (10)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	9–10
20	July 26	@ New York	W 75–69	Rhonda Mapp (18)	Rhonda Mapp (18)	Dawn Staley (8)	Madison Square Garden	10–10
21	July 28	Detroit	W 84–65	Andrea Stinson (27)	Bullett Manning Mapp Smith (6)	Dawn Staley (7)	Charlotte Coliseum	11–10
22	July 30	New York	W 62–58	Rhonda Mapp (14)	Rhonda Mapp (10)	Dawn Staley (7)	Charlotte Coliseum	12–10
23	July 31	@ Minnesota	W 56–52	Andrea Stinson (17)	Bullett Mapp (11)	Dawn Staley (5)	Target Center	13–10

August : 2–7 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–5)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
24	August 2	Cleveland	W 62–56	Andrea Stinson (18)	Bullett Mapp Manning (7)	Dawn Staley (5)	Charlotte Coliseum	14–10
25	August 4	Sacramento	L 62–68	Dawn Staley (12)	Rhonda Mapp (9)	Dawn Staley (6)	Charlotte Coliseum	14–11
26	August 6	@ Houston	L 51–81	Vicky Bullett (10)	Braziel Bullett (4) Stinson	Charlotte Smith (4)	Compaq Center	14–12
27	August 7	Orlando	W 64–60	Staley Stinson (12)	Vicky Bullett (8)	McCarty Staley (4)	Charlotte Coliseum	15–12
28	August 9	@ Utah	L 65–67	Rhonda Mapp (15)	Vicky Bullett (11)	Dawn Staley (6)	Delta Center	15–13
29	August 13	@ Sacramento	L 64–78	Rhonda Mapp (14)	Rhonda Mapp (14)	Mapp Staley (5)	ARCO Arena	15–14
30	August 15	@ Phoenix	L 54–65	Dawn Staley (16)	Vicky Bullett (9)	Mapp Stinson (3)	America West Arena	15–15
31	August 16	@ Los Angeles	L 65–76	Mapp Stinson (15)	Bullett Manning Mapp (7)	Dawn Staley (5)	Great Western Forum	15–16
32	August 20	Detroit	L 57–58	Vicky Bullett (14)	Vicky Bullett (6)	Staley Stinson (3)	Charlotte Coliseum	15–17

1999 season schedule

Playoffs

1999 playoff game log

First round vs. Detroit Shock
Won Series: 1–0

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 24	@ Detroit	W 60–54	Mapp Stinson (16)	Andrea Stinson (14)	Dawn Staley (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills	1–0

Conference Finals vs. New York Liberty
Lost Series: 1–2

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 27	New York	W 78–67	Mapp Staley Stinson (16)	Vicky Bullett (11)	Dawn Staley (9)	Charlotte Coliseum	1–0
2	August 29	@ New York	L 70–74	Andrea Stinson (27)	Mapp Smith Stinson (6)	Andrea Stinson (4)	Madison Square Garden	1–1
3	August 30	@ New York	L 54–69	Andrea Stinson (24)	Rhonda Mapp (6)	Dawn Staley (6)	Madison Square Garden	1–2

1999 playoff schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty	18	14	.563	12–8	–
Detroit Shock	15	17	.469	12–8	3.0
Charlotte Sting	15	17	.469	12–8	3.0
Orlando Miracle	15	17	.469	9–11	3.0
Washington Mystics	12	20	.375	10–10	6.0
Cleveland Rockers	7	25	.219	5–15	11.0

Statistics

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Dawn Staley	32	32	33.3	.415	.317	.934	2.3	5.5	1.2	0.1	11.5
Andrea Stinson	32	32	32.5	.460	.309	.739	3.5	2.9	1.0	0.6	13.6
Vicky Bullett	32	32	31.5	.486	.370	.773	6.8	1.6	1.9	1.4	11.5
Rhonda Mapp	30	26	26.3	.500	.111	.721	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.4	9.5
Charlotte Smith	32	24	23.3	.330	.143	.707	3.6	1.8	0.3	0.2	5.4
Stephanie McCarty	30	5	18.8	.408	.354	.909	1.6	1.7	0.6	0.1	5.3
Sharon Manning	32	6	16.3	.504	1.000	.522	3.6	0.5	0.9	0.1	4.3
Tracy Reid	10	3	15.4	.429	.000	.429	2.3	0.9	0.1	0.2	4.8
Niesa Johnson	31	0	9.5	.300	.261	.917	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.1	1.5
Angie Braziel	7	0	5.9	.500	N/A	.833	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	3.4
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau	25	0	4.9	.382	.000	.875	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.3
Christy Smith	4	0	4.8	.750	.667	.833	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	3.3
Sonia Chase	13	0	4.5	.188	.273	1.000	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.8

Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

References

^ "1999 Charlotte Sting Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 29, 2024.

External links

Rockers on Basketball Reference

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

v t e 1999 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Utah Starzz
← 1998 WNBA season 2000 →

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