# 1998 Utah Starzz season

The 1998 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Utah Starzz. The team finished dead last in the West for the second consecutive season.

## Transactions
### Washington Mystics expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Utah Starzz:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Deborah Carter | United States | Georgia |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 1 | Margo Dydek | Poland | Pool Getafe (Spain) |
| 2 | 11 | Olympia Scott | United States | Stanford |
| 3 | 21 | LaTonya Johnson | United States | Memphis |
| 4 | 31 | Tricia Bader Binford | United States | Boise State |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| February 18, 1998 | Lost Deborah Carter to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft |
| April 29, 1998 | Drafted Margo Dydek, Olympia Scott, LaTonya Johnson and Tricia Bader Binford in the 1998 WNBA Draft |
| May 5, 1998 | Traded Lady Hardmon to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Chantel Tremitiere |
| May 8, 1998 | Traded Karen Booker to the Houston Comets in exchange for Fran Harris |
| June 10, 1998 | Waived Greta Koss |
| July 27, 1998 | Fired Denise Taylor as Head Coach |
| July 27, 1998 | Hired Frank Layden as Head Coach |
| July 28, 1998 | Waived Fran Harris |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1998 game log Total: 8–22 (Home: 5–10; Road: 3–12) :
June: 2–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 11
Los Angeles
L 83–89
Elena Baranova (18)
Elena Baranova (14)
Tammi Reiss (6)
Delta Center
0–1
2
June 13
Washington
W 78–77
Baranova Reiss (17)
Elena Baranova (11)
Kim Williams (5)
Delta Center
1–1
3
June 15
New York
W 71–60
Tammi Reiss (15)
Margo Dydek (13)
Fran Harris (3)
Delta Center
2–1
4
June 19
@ Washington
L 76–85
Olympia Scott (15)
Elena Baranova (10)
Elena Baranova (4)
MCI Center
2–2
5
June 21
@ New York
L 64–68
Margo Dydek (14)
Baranova Head (6)
Baranova Reiss (5)
Madison Square Garden
2–3
6
June 22
@ Cleveland
L 72–88
Margo Dydek (18)
Elena Baranova (6)
Dena Head (4)
Gund Arena
2–4
7
June 25
Charlotte
L 83–91
Margo Dydek (21)
Elena Baranova (13)
Elena Baranova (5)
Delta Center
2–5
8
June 26
@ Phoenix
L 63–96
Elena Baranova (12)
Elena Baranova (9)
Chantel Tremitiere (3)
America West Arena
2–6
9
June 30
Houston
L 73–75 (2OT)
Margo Dydek (27)
Elena Baranova (17)
Elena Baranova (6)
Delta Center
2–7 :
July
: 5–7 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
July 2
@ Los Angeles
W 58–57
Margo Dydek (15)
Margo Dydek (9)
Baranova Tremitiere (6)
Great Western Forum
3–7
11
July 5
@ Sacramento
L 66–70
Elena Baranova (14)
Elena Baranova (10)
Tremitiere Williams (4)
ARCO Arena
3–8
12
July 6
Sacramento
W 68–64
Elena Baranova (22)
Elena Baranova (13)
Chantel Tremitiere (5)
Delta Center
4–8
13
July 8
Charlotte
L 69–77
Wendy Palmer (30)
Wendy Palmer (8)
Bader Binford Head (4)
Delta Center
4–9
14
July 11
@ Houston
L 68–95
Wendy Palmer (22)
Dydek Palmer (10)
Chantel Tremitiere (5)
Compaq Center
4–10
15
July 13
Detroit
L 67–74
Wendy Palmer (19)
Wendy Palmer (9)
Chantel Tremitiere (3)
Delta Center
4–11
16
July 17
@ Detroit
L 67–79
Kim Williams (16)
Margo Dydek (11)
Chantel Tremitiere (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–12
17
July 19
@ Washington
W 99–88
Wendy Palmer (24)
Dydek Palmer (9)
Chantel Tremitiere (6)
MCI Center
5–12
18
July 22
@ Charlotte
W 61–58
Kim Williams (15)
Margo Dydek (14)
Chantel Tremitiere (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–12
19
July 25
@ Cleveland
L 59–69
Wendy Palmer (23)
Wendy Palmer (11)
Chantel Tremitiere (7)
Gund Arena
6–13
20
July 27
Phoenix
W 90–80
LaTonya Johnson (15)
Margo Dydek (9)
Dydek Scott (4)
Delta Center
7–13
21
July 30
@ Houston
L 65–88
Margo Dydek (17)
Margo Dydek (11)
Chantel Tremitiere (7)
Compaq Center
7–14 :
August
: 1–8 (Home: 1–5; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
August 1
Los Angeles
L 65–73
Wendy Palmer (15)
Wendy Palmer (12)
Dydek Tremitiere Williams (3)
Delta Center
7–15
23
August 4
Houston
L 57–77
Margo Dydek (20)
Margo Dydek (10)
Dydek Head Reiss (3)
Delta Center
7–16
24
August 6
Cleveland
L 69–79
Wendy Palmer (26)
Margo Dydek (11)
Chantel Tremitiere (4)
Delta Center
7–17
25
August 8
@ Phoenix
L 62–68
Margo Dydek (19)
Wendy Palmer (8)
Chantel Tremitiere (4)
America West Arena
7–18
26
August 10
Detroit
L 73–77
Wendy Palmer (20)
Wendy Palmer (12)
Palmer Tremitiere (4)
Delta Center
7–19
27
August 12
Sacramento
W 81–71
Wendy Palmer (31)
Wendy Palmer (11)
Elena Baranova (8)
Delta Center
8–19
28
August 14
@ Los Angeles
L 67–87
Wendy Palmer (23)
Elena Baranova (10)
Elena Baranova (5)
Great Western Forum
8–20
29
August 15
@ Sacramento
L 55–82
Elena Baranova (13)
Wendy Palmer (12)
Palmer Williams (4)
ARCO Arena
8–21
30
August 17
Phoenix
L 64–75
Wendy Palmer (16)
Elena Baranova (11)
Elena Baranova (5)
Delta Center
8–22 :
1998 season schedule :

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 27 | 3 | .900 | 15–1 | – |
| Phoenix Mercury $^x$ | 19 | 11 | .633 | 10–6 | 8.0 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^o$ | 12 | 18 | .400 | 6–10 | 15.0 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^o$ | 8 | 22 | .267 | 5–11 | 19.0 |
| Utah Starzz $^o$ | 8 | 22 | .267 | 4–12 | 19.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Elena Baranova | 20 | 19 | 33.6 | .420 | .313 | .831 | 9.3 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 12.9 |
| Margo Dydek | 30 | 30 | 28.0 | .482 | .143 | .732 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 12.9 |
| Wendy Palmer | 28 | 21 | 27.2 | .472 | .353 | .653 | 6.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.5 |
| Chantel Tremitiere | 28 | 18 | 25.3 | .364 | .367 | .759 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 5.5 |
| Tammi Reiss | 22 | 17 | 21.7 | .403 | .296 | .655 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| Fran Harris | 18 | 12 | 19.6 | .354 | .313 | .833 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Kim Williams | 30 | 10 | 18.1 | .408 | .321 | .735 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 7.6 |
| LaTonya Johnson | 28 | 8 | 17.5 | .400 | .286 | .618 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| Olympia Scott | 29 | 1 | 16.1 | .430 | .200 | .569 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| Dena Head | 30 | 14 | 15.6 | .424 | .481 | .697 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| Tricia Bader Binford | 22 | 0 | 9.4 | .302 | .370 | .500 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| Erin Alexander | 12 | 0 | 5.7 | .227 | .263 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season