2004 Charlotte Sting season

2004 Charlotte Sting season
Head Coach	Trudi Lacey
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	6,846 per game
Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Did Not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Allison Feaster (11.8)
Rebounds	Tammy Sutton-Brown (6.2)
Assists	Dawn Staley (5.0)
Charlotte Sting seasons
< 2003	2005 >

The 2004 WNBA season was the 8th 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.

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

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