2001 Utah Starzz season

2001 Utah Starzz season
Head Coach	Fred Williams Candi Harvey (interim)
Arena	Delta Center
Attendance	6,907 per game
Results Record 19–13 (.594) Place 3rd (Western) Playoff Finish Lost First Round (2-0) to Sacramento Monarchs Utah Starzz seasons < 2000 2002 >

The 2001 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Utah Starzz. The Starzz entered the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in franchise history, where they lost in the first round to the Sacramento Monarchs.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	8	Marie Ferdinand (G)	United States	LSU
2	24	Michaela Pavlickova (F/C)	Czech Republic	Denver
3	40	Shea Ralph (G/F)	United States	Connecticut
4	56	Cara Consuegra (G)	United States	Iowa

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	28	4	.875	19–2	–
Sacramento Monarchs ^x	20	12	.625	13–8	8.0
Utah Starzz ^x	19	13	.594	11–10	9.0
Houston Comets ^x	19	13	.594	13–8	9.0
Phoenix Mercury ^o	13	19	.406	8–13	15.0
Minnesota Lynx ^o	12	20	.375	9–12	16.0
Portland Fire ^o	11	21	.344	5–16	17.0
Seattle Storm ^o	10	22	.313	6–15	18.0

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 30	@ Phoenix	81-62	Win	1-0
June 2	Portland	71-76	Loss	1-1
June 5	Houston	68-72	Loss	1-2
June 7	Orlando	82-79	Win	2-2
June 9	Seattle	65-73	Loss	2-3
June 14	@ Charlotte	73-59	Win	3-3
June 21	Sacramento	75-87	Loss	3-4
June 23	Minnesota	87-80	Win	4-4
June 25	Seattle	47-65	Loss	4-5
June 27	@ Miami	68-63	Win	5-5
June 29	@ Washington	64-74	Loss	5-6
July 2	Miami	59-69	Loss	5-7
July 3	@ Los Angeles	71-84	Loss	5-8
July 6	Cleveland	73-69	Win	6-8
July 8	@ Portland	65-63	Win	7-8
July 10	Los Angeles	67-79	Loss	7-9
July 12	@ Sacramento	67-69	Loss	7-10
July 14	Sacramento	69-57	Win	8-10
July 18	@ Indiana	61-57	Win	9-10
July 21	@ Phoenix	50-59	Loss	9-11
July 24	@ Houston	76-67	Win	10-11
July 26	New York	71-63	Win	11-11
July 28	Minnesota	68-60	Win	12-11
July 30	@ Portland	79-73	Win	13-11
August 1	@ Houston	71-63	Win	14-11
August 3	@ Seattle	64-61	Win	15-11
August 4	Indiana	65-54	Win	16-11
August 7	@ Detroit	76-69	Win	17-11
August 8	@ New York	63-82	Loss	17-12
August 10	Phoenix	69-57	Win	18-12
August 12	@ Minnesota	62-69	Loss	18-13
August 13	Los Angeles	80-78	Win	19-13

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
Western Conference Semifinals
1	August 17	Sacramento	65-89	Loss	0-1
2	August 19	@ Sacramento	66-71	Loss	0-2

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Natalie Williams	31	308	55	41	10	439
Marie Ferdinand	32	86	79	40	4	366
Margo Dydek	32	243	64	25	113	349
Adrienne Goodson	28	152	58	27	0	343
Jennifer Azzi	32	98	171	22	10	276
Korie Hlede	27	40	43	25	1	151
Amy Herrig	32	81	14	8	14	121
Kate Starbird	23	30	21	8	1	109
LaTonya Johnson	26	19	7	2	1	50
Cara Consuegra	15	6	10	4	0	2
Michaela Pavlickova	10	6	1	0	2	1

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References

1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/UTA/2001.html