# 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.

## Transactions
### 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 |
| July 6, 2001 | Hired Candi Harvey as Head Coach |
| July 11, 2001 | Waived Keitha Dickerson |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 19–13 (Home: 9–7; Road: 10–6) :
May: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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
### 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