2003 Connecticut Sun Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 18-16
Finishing 3rd in the WNBA's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 2-2 Lost semifinals

First Round - Defeated Charlotte Sting 2-0
Conference Finals - Lost to Detroit Shock 2-0
Coach: Mike Thibault (18-16)
Location: Uncasville, Connecticut
Attendance: 102,433, Avg. 6,025 in 17 home dates

2003 Connecticut Sun Roster

The Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2003 season with a record of 18 wins and 16 losses, finishing third in the WNBA's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-2.

The Sun tossed in 2,384 points and gave up 2,409. Nykesha Sales scored a team-high 548 points for Connecticut, while Katie Douglas and Shannon Johnson contributed 11 or more per game, too. Taj McWilliams-Franklin accounted for 227 boards. Shannon Johnson dished out 196 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Nykesha Sales added 46 steals.

Mike Thibault coached the team. The 2003 Connecticut Sun 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
Nykesha Sales	G-F	34	34	1106	468	194	114	44	144	116	27	118	145	92	46	13	73	107	548
Shannon Johnson	G	34	34	1107	319	138	73	19	171	125	39	95	134	196	44	3	107	77	420
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	34	34	983	301	133	43	12	102	76	78	149	227	49	43	33	54	103	354
Katie Douglas	G-F	28	27	843	274	120	123	47	68	49	33	73	106	56	31	11	28	38	336
Adrienne Johnson	G	34	5	584	195	69	49	17	24	18	23	35	58	18	17	1	21	36	173
Brooke Wyckoff	F	34	22	755	142	55	70	20	36	26	48	98	146	35	33	19	39	109	156
Wendy Palmer	F	32	1	433	147	58	46	10	28	23	29	77	106	16	11	3	35	62	149
Jessie Hicks	F-C	27	0	253	80	37	0	0	25	24	23	25	48	6	11	9	26	47	98
Rebecca Lobo	F	25	13	297	88	25	28	7	9	2	9	43	52	5	6	15	14	33	59
Debbie Black	G	34	0	373	68	24	3	1	9	6	16	35	51	46	20	2	18	33	55
Courtney Coleman	F	20	0	141	20	11	0	0	30	14	8	14	22	1	8	2	13	18	36
Totals		336	170	6875	2102	864	549	177	646	479	333	762	1095	520	270	111	428	663	2384

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Nykesha Sales	G-F	34	34	32.5	41.5	38.6	80.6	0.8	3.5	4.3	2.7	1.4	0.4	2.1	3.1	16.1
Shannon Johnson	G	34	34	32.6	43.3	26.0	73.1	1.1	2.8	3.9	5.8	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.3	12.4
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	34	34	28.9	44.2	27.9	74.5	2.3	4.4	6.7	1.4	1.3	1.0	1.6	3.0	10.4
Katie Douglas	G-F	28	27	30.1	43.8	38.2	72.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.0	1.1	0.4	1.0	1.4	12.0
Adrienne Johnson	G	34	5	17.2	35.4	34.7	75.0	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.1	5.1
Brooke Wyckoff	F	34	22	22.2	38.7	28.6	72.2	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.1	3.2	4.6
Wendy Palmer	F	32	1	13.5	39.5	21.7	82.1	0.9	2.4	3.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.9	4.7
Jessie Hicks	F-C	27	0	9.4	46.3		96.0	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.7	3.6
Rebecca Lobo	F	25	13	11.9	28.4	25.0	22.2	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.4
Debbie Black	G	34	0	11.0	35.3	33.3	66.7	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.6
Courtney Coleman	F	20	0	7.1	55.0		46.7	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.8
Averages		336	170	20.5	41.1	32.2	74.1	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.0	7.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	4	4	122	47	24	5	1	17	16	9	21	30	5	6	2	6	10	65
Nykesha Sales	G-F	4	4	131	40	17	6	0	18	13	1	12	13	9	5	3	7	12	47
Shannon Johnson	G	4	4	131	29	13	10	5	18	14	3	9	12	19	7	1	11	11	45
Wendy Palmer	F	4	0	64	22	13	4	1	3	2	1	11	12	3	0	0	7	9	29
Katie Douglas	G-F	4	4	126	30	10	12	3	7	6	2	8	10	12	3	1	1	9	29
Brooke Wyckoff	F	4	3	89	16	7	6	1	4	3	3	9	12	5	2	1	2	11	18
Adrienne Johnson	G	3	0	43	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	1	0	0	2	12
Jessie Hicks	F-C	4	0	27	8	5	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	1	0	1	2	5	10
Rebecca Lobo	F	2	1	38	10	4	4	1	0	0	3	5	8	5	0	4	2	4	9
Debbie Black	G	4	0	29	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	2	8
Totals		37	20	800	221	103	48	12	67	54	26	83	109	65	26	13	38	75	272

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	4	4	30.5	51.1	20.0	94.1	2.3	5.3	7.5	1.3	1.5	0.5	1.5	2.5	16.3
Nykesha Sales	G-F	4	4	32.8	42.5	0.0	72.2	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	3.0	11.8
Shannon Johnson	G	4	4	32.8	44.8	50.0	77.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	4.8	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.8	11.3
Wendy Palmer	F	4	0	16.0	59.1	25.0	66.7	0.3	2.8	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.3	7.3
Katie Douglas	G-F	4	4	31.5	33.3	25.0	85.7	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.3	7.3
Brooke Wyckoff	F	4	3	22.3	43.8	16.7	75.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	2.8	4.5
Adrienne Johnson	G	3	0	14.3	66.7	0.0		0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	4.0
Jessie Hicks	F-C	4	0	6.8	62.5			0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.3	2.5
Rebecca Lobo	F	2	1	19.0	40.0	25.0		1.5	2.5	4.0	2.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	4.5
Debbie Black	G	4	0	7.3	40.0			0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
Averages		336	20	21.6	46.6	25.0	80.6	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.0	7.4

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