2008 Phoenix Mercury Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 16-18
Finishing 6th in the WNBA's Western Conference
Coach: Corey Gaines (16-18)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 144,867, Avg. 8,522 in 17 home dates

2008 Phoenix Mercury Roster

The Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2008 season with a record of 16 wins and 18 losses, finishing sixth in the WNBA's Western Conference.

The Mercury scored 3,010 points, best in the league. Phoenix gave up 3,009 points, most in the circuit. Diana Taurasi tossed in a team-best 820 points for the team, while Cappie Pondexter netted 14 or more per game also. Le'coe Willingham racked up 202 boards. Kelly Miller and Cappie Pondexter apiece dished out 135 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Diana Taurasi added 46 steals.

Corey Gaines coached the team.

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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
Diana Taurasi	F-G	34	34	1083	579	258	247	89	247	215	26	146	172	121	46	46	83	125	820
Cappie Pondexter	G	32	32	1002	567	234	131	41	201	170	26	93	119	135	38	5	93	82	679
Le'coe Willingham	F	34	27	834	244	139	27	5	81	60	86	116	202	29	22	7	46	116	343
Kelly Miller	G	34	34	945	262	107	52	20	58	49	50	98	148	135	22	4	84	66	283
Tangela Smith	F-C	25	25	722	266	111	46	16	45	39	50	126	176	28	28	29	41	98	277
Kelly Mazzante	G	34	2	641	205	68	169	56	6	5	15	51	66	38	24	2	18	44	197
LaToya Sanders	F-C	29	7	377	96	43	0	0	51	42	52	50	102	9	10	44	27	71	128
Barbara Farris	C-F	34	8	553	93	44	0	0	43	30	38	92	130	8	20	4	35	87	118
Yuko Oga	G	23	0	180	57	20	10	0	17	16	5	12	17	14	7	0	22	13	56
Brooke Smith	F-C	10	0	134	28	16	0	0	13	9	10	26	36	9	2	3	9	29	41
Allie Quigley	G	14	0	100	39	13	11	2	2	1	6	5	11	4	6	1	6	9	29
Olympia Scott	C	6	0	69	22	8	0	0	0	0	2	17	19	3	1	6	6	23	16
Jennifer Derevjanik	G	17	0	145	19	5	8	1	4	3	5	12	17	27	2	4	10	17	14
Willnett Crockett	F	5	1	41	8	3	0	0	5	3	4	7	11	0	4	1	1	14	9
Totals		331	170	6826	2485	1069	701	230	773	642	375	851	1226	560	232	156	481	794	3010

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Diana Taurasi	F-G	34	34	31.9	44.6	36.0	87.0	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.6	1.4	1.4	2.4	3.7	24.1
Cappie Pondexter	G	32	32	31.3	41.3	31.3	84.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.2	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.6	21.2
Le'coe Willingham	F	34	27	24.5	57.0	18.5	74.1	2.5	3.4	5.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	3.4	10.1
Kelly Miller	G	34	34	27.8	40.8	38.5	84.5	1.5	2.9	4.4	4.0	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	8.3
Tangela Smith	F-C	25	25	28.9	41.7	34.8	86.7	2.0	5.0	7.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.6	3.9	11.1
Kelly Mazzante	G	34	2	18.9	33.2	33.1	83.3	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.1	0.7	0.1	0.5	1.3	5.8
LaToya Sanders	F-C	29	7	13.0	44.8		82.4	1.8	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.3	1.5	0.9	2.4	4.4
Barbara Farris	C-F	34	8	16.3	47.3		69.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	0.2	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.6	3.5
Yuko Oga	G	23	0	7.8	35.1	0.0	94.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.6	2.4
Brooke Smith	F-C	10	0	13.4	57.1		69.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.9	4.1
Allie Quigley	G	14	0	7.1	33.3	18.2	50.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.1
Olympia Scott	C	6	0	11.5	36.4			0.3	2.8	3.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.0	3.8	2.7
Jennifer Derevjanik	G	17	0	8.5	26.3	12.5	75.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.6	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.0	0.8
Willnett Crockett	F	5	1	8.2	37.5		60.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	2.8	1.8
Averages		331	170	20.6	43.0	32.8	83.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.4	9.1

2008 Phoenix Mercury Statistics

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