2002 Utah Starzz season

2002 Utah Starzz season
Head Coach Candi Harvey
Arena Delta Center
Attendance 7,420 per game
Results
Record 20–12
(.625)
Place 3rd (Western)
Playoff Finish Lost Conference Finals (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks
Utah Starzz seasons
< 2001 2003 >

The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season and their last in Utah. They won their first playoff series with a 1st round victory over the Houston Comets, but lost in a sweep to the Los Angeles Sparks in the West Finals. After the season, the team relocated to San Antonio, Texas to become the San Antonio Silver Stars.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 11 Danielle Crockrom (F)  United States Baylor
1 14 LaNeishea Caufield (G)  United States Oklahoma
2 27 Andrea Gardner (F/C)  United States Howard
3 43 Edmarie Lumbsley (C)  United States Mobile
4 59 Jaclyn Winfield (G)  United States Southern

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 25 7 .781 17–4 –
Houston Comets x 24 8 .750 16–5 1.0
Utah Starzz x 20 12 .625 12–9 5.0
Seattle Storm x 17 15 .531 10–11 8.0
Portland Fire o 16 16 .500 8–13 9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o 14 18 .438 8–13 11.0
Phoenix Mercury o 11 21 .344 7–14 14.0
Minnesota Lynx o 10 22 .313 6–15 15.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 25 @ Minnesota 79-75 (OT) Win 1-0
May 30 Portland 69-64 Win 2-0
June 1 @ Phoenix 66-71 Loss 2-1
June 4 Washington 89-97 Loss 2-2
June 8 Charlotte 69-64 Win 3-2
June 9 @ Seattle 71-68 Win 4-2
June 11 New York 68-71 Loss 4-3
June 15 Seattle 61-54 Win 5-3
June 18 Indiana 79-71 Win 6-3
June 22 @ Sacramento 77-61 Win 7-3
June 25 Portland 86-83 Win 8-3
June 28 @ Houston 57-73 Loss 8-4
June 30 @ Cleveland 79-62 Win 9-4
July 3 Houston 67-78 Loss 9-5
July 5 Minnesota 87-56 Win 10-5
July 7 @ Los Angeles 75-102 Loss 10-6
July 8 Detroit 94-76 Win 11-6
July 10 @ Indiana 82-69 Win 12-6
July 13 Phoenix 75-66 Win 13-6
July 17 Houston 75-67 Win 14-6
July 19 @ Orlando 73-84 Loss 14-7
July 20 @ Washington 83-73 Win 15-7
July 23 @ Detroit 86-75 Win 16-7
July 24 @ Minnesota 62-70 Loss 16-8
July 26 Phoenix 74-61 Win 17-8
July 31 Miami 81-76 (OT) Win 18-8
August 1 @ Sacramento 71-80 Loss 18-9
August 4 @ Los Angeles 86-90 Loss 18-10
August 6 @ Portland 82-69 Win 19-10
August 9 Los Angeles 77-85 Loss 19-11
August 11 @ Seattle 57-74 Loss 19-12
August 12 Sacramento 81-79 Win 20-12
August 16
1st Round, G1 		Houston 66-59 Win 1-0
August 18
1st Round, G2 		@ Houston 77-83 (OT) Loss 1-1
August 20
1st Round, G3 		@ Houston 75-72 Win 2-1
August 22
West Finals, G1 		Los Angeles 67-75 Loss 2-2
August 24
West Finals, G2 		@ Los Angeles 77-103 Loss 2-3

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Adrienne Goodson 32 181 67 45 6 503
Marie Ferdinand-Harris 32 107 91 51 7 489
Margo Dydek 30 262 71 25 107 394
Natalie Williams 31 255 38 38 16 351
Jennifer Azzi 32 69 158 27 14 306
LaTonya Johnson 28 19 10 7 2 75
Amy Herrig 28 57 4 9 14 68
Semeka Randall 8 21 8 4 1 58
Andrea Gardner 30 61 5 3 3 57
Elisa Aguilar 28 11 16 3 2 43
Danielle Crockrom 18 13 2 0 2 29
Kate Starbird 15 7 7 9 4 26
LaNeishea Caufield 8 5 1 7 0 19

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/UTA/2002.html