Houston Comets Sheryl Swoopes Named WNBA Player of the Week
Published on May 31, 2005 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release
NEW YORK, MAY 31, 2005 â Sheryl Swoopes of the Houston Comets was named the WNBA Player of the Week for games played Saturday, May 21 through Monday, May 30.
Swoopes scored 32.1 percent of her team's points in Houston's four games while leading the Comets to a 3-1 record, the best start for the Comets since 2001. Swoopes, a two-time WNBA MVP and six-time recipient of the Player of the Week award, is averaging a league-best 25.0 points and is ranked third in the league in steals (2.25), 10th in assists (3.8), 16th in three-point percentage (50.0) and second in minutes played (38.8).
Swoopes' most impressive game of the season came on Saturday, May 29 when she scored 31 points, grabbed seven rebounds, dished out five assists and logged 48 minutes. She also scored a franchise-record 12 points in the second overtime in helping lead the Comets to a 86-78 double-overtime win over Indiana. In the Comets' season opener on May 21, Swoopes scored a game-high 26 points by shooting 9-for-16 (56.3) from the field and 2-of-2 from behind the three-point line, and chipped in four assists in a 78-70 victory over San Antonio. The next evening, she poured in 27 points, grabbed four rebounds and tallied three steals, while shooting 3-for-4 from the three-point arc and a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in helping Houston beat Minnesota, 79-65. On May 27, she scored 16 points, grabbed four steals and dished out four assists in a 86-78 loss to Seattle.
Other candidates for WNBA Player of the Week were Charlotte's Sheri Sam, Connecticut's Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Detroit's Deanna Nolan, Indiana's Tamika Catchings, Los Angeles' Chamique Holdsclaw, Phoenix's Anna DeForge, Sacramento's Yolanda Griffith, Seattle's Lauren Jackson and Washington's Charlotte Smith-Taylor.
The WNBA tipped off its ninth season on Saturday, May 21, 2005 under the leadership of new President Donna Orender. In 2004, for the sixth consecutive season, more than two million fans attended WNBA games. Also in 2004, three consecutive WNBA Finals sellout crowds witnessed the Seattle Storm defeat the Connecticut Sun to capture its first WNBA Championship. WNBA programming is broadcast on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and NBA-TV. For more information on the WNBA, visit WNBA.com.
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