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