# 2001 Seattle Storm season

The 2001 WNBA season was the second season for the Seattle Storm.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 1 | Lauren Jackson | Australia | Canberra Capitals (Australia) |
| 2 | 17 | Semeka Randall | United States | Tennessee |
| 4 | 49 | Juana Brown | United States | North Carolina |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Lauren Jackson, Semeka Randall and Juana Brown in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 24, 2001 | Traded Edna Campbell and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Katy Steding and a 2002 2nd Round Pick |
| April 26, 2001 | Waived Charisse Sampson |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Amber Hall |
| May 11, 2001 | Waived Amber Hall and Robin Threatt-Elliott |
| May 25, 2001 | Waived Andrea Garner and Juana Brown |
| May 27, 2001 | Suspended contract of Alessandra Santos de Oliveira |
| June 6, 2001 | Waived Katrina Hibbert |
| June 8, 2001 | Signed Michelle Marciniak |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 10–22 (Home: 5–11; Road: 5–11) :
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
Phoenix
W 83–70
Lauren Jackson (21)
Simone Edwards (8)
Sonja Henning (5)
KeyArena
1–0 :
June
: 6–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 3
@ Washington
L 63–68
Semeka Randall (16)
S. Edwards Jackson (7)
Sonja Henning (6)
MCI Center
1–1
3
June 4
@ Indiana
W 74–71
Lauren Jackson (18)
Katy Steding (8)
Sonja Henning (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse
2–1
4
June 7
Miami
L 57–70
Lauren Jackson (16)
Quacy Barnes (5)
Sonja Henning (4)
KeyArena
2–2
5
June 9
@ Utah
W 73–65
Katy Steding (16)
Simone Edwards (8)
Henning Randall (4)
Delta Center
3–2
6
June 12
Orlando
W 70–63
Semeka Randall (28)
Simone Edwards (14)
S. Edwards Henning Smith (3)
KeyArena
4–2
7
June 14
Cleveland
L 36–58
Lauren Jackson (12)
Randall Smith (5)
Semeka Randall (3)
KeyArena
4–3
8
June 16
Los Angeles
L 60–73
Lauren Jackson (19)
Semeka Randall (7)
Stacey Lovelace (3)
KeyArena
4–4
9
June 18
Charlotte
W 60–52
Lauren Jackson (18)
Lauren Jackson (9)
Lauren Jackson (3)
KeyArena
5–4
10
June 19
@ Portland
L 43–58
Lauren Jackson (11)
Lauren Jackson (8)
Jamie Redd (2)
Rose Garden
5–5
11
June 22
@ Phoenix
W 58–55
Lauren Jackson (17)
S. Edwards Jackson (8)
Henning Vodičková (3)
America West Arena
6–5
12
June 25
@ Utah
W 65–47
Lauren Jackson (14)
Lauren Jackson (9)
Jackson Smith (3)
Delta Center
7–5
13
June 28
@ Minnesota
L 59–68
Kamila Vodičková (14)
S. Edwards Vodičková (5)
Sonja Henning (4)
Target Center
7–6
14
June 30
Sacramento
L 59–65
Lauren Jackson (18)
Lauren Jackson (5)
Semeka Randall (6)
KeyArena
7–7 :
July
: 2–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
July 3
Washington
L 69–72 (4OT)
Lauren Jackson (24)
Lauren Jackson (12)
Henning Marciniak Redd (4)
KeyArena
7–8
16
July 4
@ Portland
W 61–56
Jackson Redd (18)
Lauren Jackson (12)
Semeka Randall (4)
Rose Garden
8–8
17
July 7
@ Charlotte
L 38–48
Simone Edwards (14)
S. Edwards Randall (5)
Sonja Henning (3)
Charlotte Coliseum
8–9
18
July 10
@ Cleveland
L 53–59
Lauren Jackson (17)
Lauren Jackson (7)
Sonja Henning (6)
Gund Arena
8–10
19
July 11
@ New York
L 53–67
Simone Edwards (16)
Simone Edwards (7)
Henning Smith (3)
Madison Square Garden
8–11
20
July 13
Houston
L 57–69
Simone Edwards (19)
S. Edwards Jackson (5)
Sonja Henning (7)
KeyArena
8–12
21
July 18
@ Minnesota
L 58–68
Lauren Jackson (21)
Lauren Jackson (10)
S. Edwards Jackson Smith (3)
Target Center
8–13
22
July 20
Portland
L 49–56
Semeka Randall (14)
Semeka Randall (6)
Sonja Henning (5)
KeyArena
8–14
23
July 21
@ Los Angeles
L 79–85
Jamie Redd (24)
Lauren Jackson (6)
Michelle Marciniak (4)
Staples Center
8–15
24
July 24
Detroit
W 74–69 (OT)
Lauren Jackson (25)
Lauren Jackson (9)
Sonja Henning (4)
KeyArena
9–15
25
July 27
Phoenix
L 54–56
Semeka Randall (19)
Lauren Jackson (13)
Lauren Jackson (2)
KeyArena
9–16
26
July 30
@ Houston
L 51–55
Lauren Jackson (16)
S. Edwards Jackson Smith Vodičková (4)
Redd Vodičková (2)
Compaq Center
9–17 :
August
: 1–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27
August 3
Utah
L 61–64
Lauren Jackson (16)
Lauren Jackson (6)
Henning Jackson Marciniak Randall (2)
KeyArena
9–18
28
August 4
@ Los Angeles
L 60–79
Lauren Jackson (26)
Lauren Jackson (7)
Michelle Marciniak (8)
Staples Center
9–19
29
August 8
Houston
W 72–55
Simone Edwards (17)
Jackson Marciniak (6)
Marciniak Redd (5)
KeyArena
10–19
30
August 10
Minnesota
L 51–65
Lauren Jackson (13)
Quacy Barnes (6)
Sonja Henning (4)
KeyArena
10–20
31
August 11
@ Sacramento
L 61–81
Jamie Redd (24)
Quacy Barnes (8)
Michelle Marciniak (5)
ARCO Arena
10–21
32
August 14
Sacramento
L 62–72
Lovelace Redd (14)
Simone Edwards (7)
Michelle Marciniak (4)
KeyArena
10–22 :
2001 season 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
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Lauren Jackson | 29 | 29 | 34.5 | .367 | .310 | .727 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 15.2 |
| Sonja Henning | 32 | 28 | 28.2 | .318 | .182 | .514 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| Semeka Randall | 32 | 30 | 27.6 | .371 | .000 | .660 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 9.4 |
| Simone Edwards | 32 | 27 | 25.3 | .479 | N/A | .663 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 7.4 |
| Jamie Redd | 32 | 6 | 20.6 | .380 | .286 | .682 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 7.2 |
| Charmin Smith | 32 | 8 | 18.4 | .270 | .289 | .619 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Katy Steding | 26 | 17 | 15.1 | .372 | .457 | .800 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.9 |
| Michelle Marciniak | 27 | 5 | 14.5 | .367 | .303 | .541 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 4.9 |
| Kamila Vodičková | 29 | 4 | 14.0 | .418 | .400 | .864 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| Quacy Barnes | 20 | 3 | 11.5 | .390 | 1.000 | .778 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| Stacey Lovelace | 22 | 2 | 9.6 | .380 | .385 | .706 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 |
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira | 10 | 1 | 6.2 | .286 | N/A | .455 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Michelle Edwards | 3 | 0 | 4.3 | .333 | N/A | 1.000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season