1998 Utah Starzz season

1998 Utah Starzz season
CoachDenise Taylor (fired Jul. 27, 6–13 record)
Frank Layden (2–9 record)
ArenaDelta Center
Attendance8,104 per game
Results
Record8–22 (.267)
Place5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

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

See also: 1998 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
Hired Frank Layden as Head Coach
July 28, 1998 Waived Fran Harris


Roster

1998 Utah Starzz roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G40Alexander, Erin5' 7" (1.7m)140 lb (64kg)1975-04-25UC Santa BarbaraR
G/F34Bader Binford, Tricia5' 4" (1.63m)125 lb (57kg)1973-02-26Boise StateR
F28Baranova, Elena6' 5" (1.96m)182 lb (83kg)1972-01-281
C12Dydek, Margo7' 2" (2.18m)223 lb (101kg)1974-04-28R
G/F20Harris, Fran6' 0" (1.83m)153 lb (69kg)1965-03-12Texas1
G11Head, Dena5' 10" (1.78m)175 lb (79kg)1970-08-16Tennessee1
F24Johnson, LaTonya6' 1" (1.85m)150 lb (68kg)1975-08-17MemphisR
F14Palmer, Wendy6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg)1974-08-12Virginia1
G32Reiss, Tammi5' 6" (1.68m)129 lb (59kg)1970-04-02Virginia1
C0Scott, Olympia6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)1976-05-05StanfordR
G3Tremitiere, Chantel5' 6" (1.68m)142 lb (64kg)1969-10-20Auburn1
G23Williams, Kim5' 6" (1.68m)136 lb (62kg)1974-10-14DePaul1
Head coach
Frank Layden (Niagara)
Assistant coaches
Fred Williams
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1998 game log
Total: 8–22 (Home: 5–10; Road: 3–12)
June: 2–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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

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
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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "1998 Utah Starzz Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.