The 1998 WNBA season was the 2nd for the Utah Starzz. The team finished in last place 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 Georgia
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 1 Margo Dydek Pool Getafe (Spain) 2 11 Olympia Scott Stanford321LaTonya JohnsonMemphis431Tricia Bader BinfordBoise State
Transactions DateTransaction 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 TremitiereMay 8, 1998Traded Karen Booker to the Houston Comets in exchange for Fran HarrisJune 10, 1998Waived Greta KossJuly 27, 1998Fired Denise Taylor as Head CoachHired Frank Layden as Head CoachJuly 28, 1998Waived Fran Harris
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
| 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
| 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
| 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
Season standings
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
References
External links Starzz on Basketball Reference