2004 Charlotte Sting season

The 2004 WNBA season was the eighth season for the Charlotte Sting. The team fell short for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in four years, falling a game short to the Washington Mystics.

Head coachTrudi Lacey

ArenaCharlotte Coliseum

Record16–18 (.471)

Place5th (Eastern)

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2004 Charlotte Sting season
Head coach	Trudi Lacey
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sting's 2003 record, they would pick 9th in the Cleveland Rockers dispersal draft. The Sting picked Mery Andrade.

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	3	Nicole Powell (G/F)	United States	Stanford
2	18	Kelly Mazzante (F)	United States	Penn State
2	22	Jenni Benningfield (F)	United States	Vanderbilt
3	35	Jia Perkins (G)	United States	Texas Tech

Transactions

February 5: The Sting traded Kelly Miller and their 9th pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft to the Fever in exchange for Indiana's 3rd and 18th picks in the 2004 WNBA Draft.
March 1: The Sting signed Andrea Stinson to a contract extension
March 12: The Sting signed Olympia Scott-Richardson.
March 18: The Sting signed Kara Wolters.
April 5: The Sting signed Sophia Witherspoon.
April 21: The Sting signed Telisha Quarles, Lenae Williams, Latoya Davis, and Cristina Ciocan.
April 25: The Sting signed La'Keshia Frett.
April 27: The Sting waived Lenae Williams.
April 30: The Sting waived Telisha Quarles.
May 4: The Sting waived Cristina Ciocan.
May 6: The Sting waived Latoya Davis and signed Tera Bjorklund.
May 11: The Sting waived Latoya Turner.
May 12: The Sting waived Kara Wolters.
May 17: The Sting waived Sophia Witherspoon and signed Rita Williams.
May 19: The Sting waived Jenni Benningfield, Rita Williams, Marla Brumfield, and Tera Bjorklund.

Regular season

Season standings

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Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun ^x	18	16	.529	–	10–7	8–9	14–6
New York Liberty ^x	18	16	.529	–	11–6	7–10	10–10
Detroit Shock ^x	17	17	.500	1.0	8–9	9–8	11–9
Washington Mystics ^x	17	17	.500	1.0	11–6	6–11	9–11
Charlotte Sting ^o	16	18	.471	2.0	10–7	6–11	8–12
Indiana Fever ^o	15	19	.441	3.0	10–7	5–12	8–12

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	May 21	Houston	L 53–60	0–1
2	May 22	@ Washington	W 71–68	1–1
3	May 28	Indiana	W 63–41	2–1
4	June 1	New York	L 53–63	2–2
5	June 3	@ Connecticut	L 62–71	2–3
6	June 5	@ Indiana	L 57–70	2–4
7	June 9	@ Los Angeles	L 68–82	2–5
8	June 11	@ Phoenix	W 59–51	3–5
9	June 15	San Antonio	W 59–57	4–5
10	June 18	@ Connecticut	W 63–58 (OT)	5–5
11	June 20	Los Angeles	W 68–63 (OT)	6–5
12	June 23	Detroit	L 60–65	6–6
13	June 26	Indiana	W 46–37	7–6
14	July 1	Phoenix	L 59–71	7–7
15	July 3	@ Houston	W 62–55	8–7
16	July 8	Seattle	W 70–67	9–7
17	July 10	Washington	W 67–65	10–7
18	July 15	@ Washington	L 54–68	10–8
19	July 18	@ New York	L 58–75	10–9
20	July 20	New York	L 74–80 (OT)	10–10
21	July 23	@ Detroit	L 53–63	10–11
22	July 24	Washington	W 70–41	11–11
23	July 28	@ Indiana	W 63–53	12–11
24	July 31	@ Sacramento	L 61–62	12–12
25	August 1	@ Seattle	L 55–87	12–13
26	September 1	Connecticut	W 62–55	13–13
27	September 2	@ New York	L 52–56	13–14
28	September 4	Detroit	L 58–66	13–15
29	September 8	@ Minnesota	W 72–68	14–15
30	September 9	Sacramento	W 74–69	15–15
31	September 11	Minnesota	W 60–50	16–15
32	September 15	Connecticut	L 67–81	16–16
33	September 17	@ San Antonio	L 65–82	16–17
34	September 19	@ Detroit	L 54–68	16–18

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Allison Feaster	33	84	60	27	6	388
Tammy Sutton-Brown	34	211	15	31	71	325
Dawn Staley	34	58	171	43	2	302
Charlotte Smith-Taylor	34	139	40	18	13	280
Tynesha Lewis	34	57	44	27	7	246
Andrea Stinson	34	119	49	27	7	203
Nicole Powell	31	71	16	15	4	132
Kelly Mazzante	34	33	9	7	2	79
Olympia Scott-Richardson	34	65	10	9	13	73
Teana Miller	9	18	0	2	6	35
Mery Andrade	12	4	7	0	1	9
Jia Perkins	4	3	1	3	0	3
Tera Bjorklund	4	0	0	0	0	2

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