2001 Utah Starzz season

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.

2001 Utah Starzz season
Coach	Fred Williams (resigned Jul. 6, 5–8 record) Candi Harvey (14–5 record)
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
Media
Television	KJZZ (IND 14)
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	8	Marie Ferdinand	United States	LSU
2	24	Michaela Pavlíčková	Czechoslovakia	Denver
3	40	Shea Ralph	United States	UConn
4	56	Cara Consuegra	United States	Iowa

Transactions

Date	Transaction
April 19, 2001	Waived Kym Hope
April 20, 2001	Drafted Marie Ferdinand, Michaela Pavlíčková, Shea Ralph and Cara Consuegra in the 2001 WNBA Draft
April 30, 2001	Signed Tanja Kostić
May 11, 2001	Waived Tanja Kostić
May 26, 2001	Waived Naomi Mulitauaopele and Stacy Frese
June 21, 2001	Signed Keitha Dickerson
July 6, 2001	Fred Williams resigned as Head Coach
	Hired Candi Harvey as Head Coach
July 11, 2001	Waived Keitha Dickerson

Roster

2001 Utah Starzz roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 8 Azzi, Jennifer 5' 8" (1.73m) 143 lb (65kg) 1968-08-31 Stanford 2 G 21 Consuegra, Cara 5' 8" (1.73m) – 1979-03-04 Iowa R F 25 Dickerson, Keitha 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1978-04-20 Texas Tech 1 C 12 Dydek, Margo 7' 2" (2.18m) 223 lb (101kg) 1974-04-28 3 G 3 Ferdinand, Marie 5' 9" (1.75m) 162 lb (73kg) 1978-10-13 LSU R F 15 Goodson, Adrienne 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1966-10-19 Old Dominion 2 C 54 Herrig, Amy 6' 3" (1.91m) 193 lb (88kg) 1977-06-16 Iowa 1 G 7 Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne 3 F 23 Johnson, LaTonya 6' 1" (1.85m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-08-17 Memphis 3 F 45 Pavlíčková, Michaela 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1977-11-27 Denver R G/F 30 Starbird, Kate 6' 1" (1.85m) 153 lb (69kg) 1975-07-30 Stanford 2 C 24 Williams, Natalie 6' 2" (1.88m) 210 lb (95kg) 1970-11-30 UCLA 2	Head coach Candi Harvey (Ouachita Baptist) Assistant coaches Tammi Reiss Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2001 game log Total: 19–13 (Home: 9–7; Road: 10–6)
May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 30 @ Phoenix W 81–62 Adrienne Goodson (16) Natalie Williams (13) Jennifer Azzi (5) America West Arena 1–0
June : 4–6 (Home: 2–5; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 2 Portland L 71–76 Dydek Ferdinand Williams (13) Natalie Williams (10) Jennifer Azzi (7) Delta Center 1–1 3 June 5 Houston L 68–72 Natalie Williams (14) Margo Dydek (11) Azzi Consuegra (4) Delta Center 1–2 4 June 7 Orlando W 82–79 Korie Hlede (20) Dydek Williams (11) Jennifer Azzi (5) Delta Center 2–2 5 June 9 Seattle L 65–73 Marie Ferdinand (17) Marie Ferdinand (7) Jennifer Azzi (5) Delta Center 2–3 6 June 14 @ Charlotte W 73–59 Natalie Williams (25) Natalie Williams (12) Jennifer Azzi (6) Charlotte Coliseum 3–3 7 June 21 Sacramento L 75–87 Korie Hlede (17) Natalie Williams (14) Jennifer Azzi (6) Delta Center 3–4 8 June 23 Minnesota W 87–80 Kate Starbird (21) Natalie Williams (14) Jennifer Azzi (7) Delta Center 4–4 9 June 25 Seattle L 47–65 Natalie Williams (14) Natalie Williams (13) Jennifer Azzi (3) Delta Center 4–5 10 June 27 @ Miami W 68–63 (OT) Margo Dydek (24) Margo Dydek (11) Jennifer Azzi (7) American Airlines Arena 5–5 11 June 29 @ Washington L 64–74 Natalie Williams (20) Natalie Williams (10) Jennifer Azzi (7) MCI Center 5–6
July : 8–5 (Home: 4–2; Road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 12 July 2 Miami L 59–69 Natalie Williams (22) Natalie Williams (14) Jennifer Azzi (5) Delta Center 5–7 13 July 3 @ Los Angeles L 71–84 Jennifer Azzi (19) Natalie Williams (10) Azzi Ferdinand (5) Staples Center 5–8 14 July 6 Cleveland W 73–69 Natalie Williams (16) Dydek Williams (10) Azzi Goodson (4) Delta Center 6–8 15 July 8 @ Portland W 65–63 Dydek Williams (14) Natalie Williams (13) Adrienne Goodson (6) Rose Garden 7–8 16 July 10 Los Angeles L 67–79 Margo Dydek (21) Natalie Williams (9) Jennifer Azzi (5) Delta Center 7–9 17 July 12 @ Sacramento L 67–69 Dydek Goodson (20) Margo Dydek (10) Jennifer Azzi (10) ARCO Arena 7–10 18 July 14 Sacramento W 69–57 Jennifer Azzi (17) Margo Dydek (14) Jennifer Azzi (8) Delta Center 8–10 19 July 18 @ Indiana W 61–57 Adrienne Goodson (21) Adrienne Goodson (9) Jennifer Azzi (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 9–10 20 July 21 @ Phoenix L 50–59 Marie Ferdinand (19) Margo Dydek (12) Adrienne Goodson (4) America West Arena 9–11 21 July 24 @ Houston W 76–67 Marie Ferdinand (16) Adrienne Goodson (8) Jennifer Azzi (7) Compaq Center 10–11 22 July 26 New York W 71–63 Natalie Williams (17) Adrienne Goodson (8) Dydek Hlede (3) Delta Center 11–11 23 July 28 Minnesota W 68–60 (OT) Marie Ferdinand (17) Margo Dydek (10) Dydek Hlede (3) Delta Center 12–11 24 July 30 @ Portland W 79–73 Adrienne Goodson (20) Natalie Williams (8) Marie Ferdinand (5) Rose Garden 13–11
August : 6–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 25 August 1 @ Houston W 71–63 Natalie Williams (18) Margo Dydek (9) Jennifer Azzi (6) Compaq Center 14–11 26 August 3 @ Seattle W 64–61 Ferdinand Goodson (15) Adrienne Goodson (11) Natalie Williams (4) KeyArena 15–11 27 August 4 Indiana W 65–54 Margo Dydek (16) Natalie Williams (10) Jennifer Azzi (10) Delta Center 16–11 28 August 7 @ Detroit W 76–69 Natalie Williams (26) Natalie Williams (14) Jennifer Azzi (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 17–11 29 August 8 @ New York L 63–82 Marie Ferdinand (17) Natalie Williams (14) Marie Ferdinand (2) Madison Square Garden 17–12 30 August 10 Phoenix W 69–57 Adrienne Goodson (15) Natalie Williams (12) Azzi Goodson (6) Delta Center 18–12 31 August 12 @ Minnesota L 62–69 Natalie Williams (18) Margo Dydek (10) Marie Ferdinand (3) Target Center 18–13 32 August 13 Los Angeles W 80–78 (OT) Adrienne Goodson (21) Adrienne Goodson (11) Azzi Ferdinand (7) Delta Center 19–13
2001 season schedule

Playoffs

2001 playoff game log
First round vs. Sacramento Monarchs Lost Series: 0–2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 August 17 Sacramento L 65–89 Natalie Williams (17) Natalie Williams (12) Marie Ferdinand (4) Delta Center 0–1 2 August 19 @ Sacramento L 66–71 Adrienne Goodson (18) Adrienne Goodson (10) Jennifer Azzi (9) ARCO Arena 0–2
2001 playoff schedule

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

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jennifer Azzi	32	32	37.7	.408	.514	.917	3.1	5.3	0.7	0.3	8.6
Natalie Williams	31	31	34.3	.490	.000	.729	9.9	1.8	1.3	0.3	14.2
Adrienne Goodson	28	25	30.5	.433	.161	.697	5.4	2.1	1.0	0.0	12.3
Margo Dydek	32	32	30.3	.440	.400	.798	7.6	2.0	0.8	3.5	10.9
Marie Ferdinand	32	22	27.0	.493	.262	.611	2.7	2.5	1.3	0.1	11.4
Korie Hlede	27	10	16.9	.390	.348	.868	1.5	1.6	0.9	0.0	5.6
Amy Herrig	32	1	14.0	.462	N/A	.761	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.4	3.8
Kate Starbird	23	7	13.5	.373	.217	.815	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	4.7
LaTonya Johnson	26	0	8.8	.262	.167	.786	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	1.9
Cara Consuegra	15	0	3.3	.000	.000	.500	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.1
Michaela Pavlíčková	10	0	2.1	.000	N/A	.500	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1
Keitha Dickerson	4	0	1.5	N/A	N/A	.000	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season