1996-97 Colorado Explosion Statistics

American Basketball League (ABL)
Team Record: 25-15
Finishing 1st in the ABL's Western Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost semifinals

Semifinals - Lost to Richmond Rage 2-0
Coach: Sheryl Estes (25-15)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 82,069, Avg. 4,103 in 20 home dates

1996-97 Colorado Explosion Roster

The Colorado Explosion of the American Basketball League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 25 wins and 15 losses, finishing first in the ABL's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Explosion racked up 3,086 points and surrendered 2,964. Crystal Robinson scored a team-best 684 points for Colorado, while Edna Campbell and Charlotte Smith netted 12 or more per game, too. Crystal Robinson racked up 263 rebounds. Debbie Black dished out 275 assists for the squad.

On defense, Debbie Black added 177 steals.

Sheryl Estes coached the team. The 1996-97 Colorado Explosion lost in the semifinals of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Crystal Robinson	F-G	40	39	1264	486	236	208	90	142	122	93	170	263	108	70	25	86	124	684
Charlotte Smith	F	40	37	1319	497	208	102	28	234	182	109	150	259	106	34	8	167	153	626
Edna Campbell	G	40	40	1279	506	227	124	50	78	62	57	132	189	109	72	12	113	97	566
Sylvia Crawley	F-C	40	40	1132	385	184	0	0	139	105	84	139	223	47	35	31	152	128	473
Debbie Black	G	40	40	1400	275	107	85	27	87	65	83	157	240	275	177	3	129	157	306
Melody Howard	G	40	3	756	208	65	153	46	38	28	41	58	99	61	17	1	70	63	204
Mara Cunningham	F-C	40	0	458	103	39	2	0	38	27	27	44	71	15	9	16	50	59	105
Shelley Sheetz	G	17	0	148	41	10	29	5	10	7	2	13	15	18	9	0	17	20	32
Markita Aldridge	G	15	0	64	25	12	2	1	7	3	6	7	13	3	4	0	10	4	28
Vonda Ward	C	19	1	112	20	8	0	0	12	7	9	9	18	2	4	0	11	24	23
Kashka Dydek	F-C	24	0	105	24	8	4	1	5	2	5	9	14	1	0	4	11	17	19
Nekeshia Henderson	G	3	0	9	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	9
Lisa Branch	G	4	0	8	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6
Cherilyn Morris	F	4	0	17	3	0	1	0	6	5	0	3	3	4	0	0	5	2	5
Nikki Rouillard	G	4	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals		370	200	8075	2580	1108	714	250	802	620	517	891	1408	749	432	100	826	853	3086

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Crystal Robinson	F-G	40	39	31.6	48.6	43.3	85.9	2.3	4.3	6.6	2.7	1.8	0.6	2.2	3.1	17.1
Charlotte Smith	F	40	37	33.0	41.9	27.5	77.8	2.7	3.8	6.5	2.7	0.9	0.2	4.2	3.8	15.7
Edna Campbell	G	40	40	32.0	44.9	40.3	79.5	1.4	3.3	4.7	2.7	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.4	14.2
Sylvia Crawley	F-C	40	40	28.3	47.8		75.5	2.1	3.5	5.6	1.2	0.9	0.8	3.8	3.2	11.8
Debbie Black	G	40	40	35.0	38.9	31.8	74.7	2.1	3.9	6.0	6.9	4.4	0.1	3.2	3.9	7.7
Melody Howard	G	40	3	18.9	31.3	30.1	73.7	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	0.4	0.0	1.8	1.6	5.1
Mara Cunningham	F-C	40	0	11.5	37.9	0.0	71.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.3	1.5	2.6
Shelley Sheetz	G	17	0	8.7	24.4	17.2	70.0	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.2	1.9
Markita Aldridge	G	15	0	4.3	48.0	50.0	42.9	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.9
Vonda Ward	C	19	1	5.9	40.0		58.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.3	1.2
Kashka Dydek	F-C	24	0	4.4	33.3	25.0	40.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8
Nekeshia Henderson	G	3	0	3.0	60.0	66.7	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	3.0
Lisa Branch	G	4	0	2.0	100.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5
Cherilyn Morris	F	4	0	4.3	0.0	0.0	83.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.5	1.3
Nikki Rouillard	G	4	0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Averages		370	200	21.8	42.9	35.0	77.3	1.4	2.4	3.8	2.0	1.2	0.3	2.2	2.3	8.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Crystal Robinson	F-G	2	2	67	30	12	13	3	6	6	7	7	14	3	1	3	3	10	33
Charlotte Smith	F	2	2	69	30	14	6	1	4	2	11	11	22	5	5	0	7	9	31
Sylvia Crawley	F-C	2	2	67	23	11	0	0	6	6	9	7	16	1	4	2	6	2	28
Edna Campbell	G	2	2	65	33	10	14	4	2	2	6	9	15	4	1	2	6	9	26
Debbie Black	G	2	2	76	27	7	10	1	0	0	5	6	11	14	9	0	5	7	15
Melody Howard	G	2	0	26	7	1	6	1	0	0	1	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	3
Markita Aldridge	G	2	0	15	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	4	3
Vonda Ward	C	2	0	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Mara Cunningham	F-C	2	0	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Totals		18	10	400	156	57	49	10	22	19	40	47	87	34	20	9	28	43	143

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Crystal Robinson	F-G	2	2	33.5	40.0	23.1	100.0	3.5	3.5	7.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	5.0	16.5
Charlotte Smith	F	2	2	34.5	46.7	16.7	50.0	5.5	5.5	11.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	3.5	4.5	15.5
Sylvia Crawley	F-C	2	2	33.5	47.8		100.0	4.5	3.5	8.0	0.5	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	14.0
Edna Campbell	G	2	2	32.5	30.3	28.6	100.0	3.0	4.5	7.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.5	13.0
Debbie Black	G	2	2	38.0	25.9	10.0		2.5	3.0	5.5	7.0	4.5	0.0	2.5	3.5	7.5
Melody Howard	G	2	0	13.0	14.3	16.7		0.5	2.5	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
Markita Aldridge	G	2	0	7.5	0.0		75.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.0	1.5
Vonda Ward	C	2	0	3.5	33.3			0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Mara Cunningham	F-C	2	0	4.0	50.0			0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Averages		370	10	22.2	36.5	20.4	86.4	2.2	2.6	4.8	1.9	1.1	0.5	1.6	2.4	7.9