2004 Charlotte Sting season
Introduction 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.
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)    Stanford 2  18  Kelly Mazzante (F)    Penn State 2  22  Jenni Benningfield (F)    Vanderbilt 3  35  Jia Perkins (G)    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======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
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