2002 Utah Starzz season

2002 Utah Starzz season
CoachCandi Harvey
ArenaDelta Center
Attendance7,420 per game
Results
Record20–12 (.625)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finishLost Conference Finals (2-0) to Los Angeles Sparks

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

Game Date Opponent Result Record
1 May 25 @ Minnesota W 79–75 (OT) 1–0
2 May 30 Portland W 69–64 2–0
3 June 1 @ Phoenix L 66–71 2–1
4 June 4 Washington L 89–97 2–2
5 June 8 Charlotte W 69–64 3–2
6 June 9 @ Seattle W 71–68 4–2
7 June 11 New York L 68–71 4–3
8 June 15 Seattle W 61–54 5–3
9 June 18 Indiana W 79–71 6–3
10 June 22 @ Sacramento W 77–61 7–3
11 June 25 Portland W 86–83 8–3
12 June 28 @ Houston L 57–73 8–4
13 June 30 @ Cleveland W 79–62 9–4
14 July 3 Houston L 67–78 9–5
15 July 5 Minnesota W 87–56 10–5
16 July 7 @ Los Angeles L 75–102 10–6
17 July 8 Detroit W 94–76 11–6
18 July 10 @ Indiana W 82–69 12–6
19 July 13 Phoenix W 75–66 13–6
20 July 17 Houston W 75–67 14–6
21 July 19 @ Orlando L 73–84 14–7
22 July 20 @ Washington W 83–73 15–7
23 July 23 @ Detroit W 86–75 16–7
24 July 24 @ Minnesota L 62–70 16–8
25 July 26 Phoenix W 74–61 17–8
26 July 31 Miami W 81–76 (OT) 18–8
27 August 1 @ Sacramento L 71–80 18–9
28 August 4 @ Los Angeles L 86–90 18–10
29 August 6 @ Portland W 82–69 19–10
30 August 9 Los Angeles L 77–85 19–11
31 August 11 @ Seattle L 57–74 19–12
32 August 12 Sacramento W 81–79 20–12
1 August 16 Houston W 66–59 1–0
2 August 18 @ Houston L 77–83 (OT) 1–1
3 August 20 @ Houston W 75–72 2–1
1 August 22 Los Angeles L 67–75 2–2
2 August 24 @ Los Angeles L 77–103 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. ^ "2002 Utah Starzz Stats".
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