The 2017 WNBA season was the 21st season for the San Antonio Stars franchise of the WNBA. It was also their 15th and last in San Antonio, as they moved to Las Vegas and became the Aces the following season.
The season started in a difficult fashion, as the team lost all six of its games in May. The closest loss was a six-point loss at home to Phoenix. The team would go on to lose the first eight games in May, extending their losing streak to fourteen straight games. During that streak, there was an overtime loss to Chicago and a four-point loss at Dallas. The Stars won their first game of the season on June 30, in a rematch with Chicago. The team went on to win two out of its nine games in July, defeating Indiana at home and on the road. Six of their seven losses in the month were by double-digits. The remainder of the season showed a marked improvement for the team, as they won four of their first five games in August. Their only loss game in Chicago. However, they lost four straight games before winning the final game of the season, at Indiana. Their 5–5 finish to the season saw them finish with a final mark of 8–26. They were the only team from the Western Conference to not qualify for the playoffs.
Transactions
WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 1 Kelsey Plum Washington 1 5 Nia Coffey Northwestern 3 25 Schaquilla Nunn Tennessee
Transactions DateDetails January 31, 2017 Danielle Robinson was traded to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Isabelle Harrison and the 5th pick in the 2017 WNBA draft. February 7, 2017 Erika de Souza was acquired from the Chicago Sky. February 27, 2017 Astou Ndour was traded to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos . May 9, 2017 Jazmon Gwathmey was traded to the Indiana Fever in exchange for the Fever;s third round pick in the 2018 WNBA draft. June 28, 2017 Monique Currie was traded to the Phoenix Mercury, in exchange for Shay Murphy, Sophie Brunner, and the Mercury's third round pick in the 2018 draft.
Roster
Game log
Preseason
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | April 29 | Los Angeles | L 59–73 | Plum (19) | 2 Tied (7) | 2 Tied (5) | AT&T Center2,834 | 1–0
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 6 | Los Angeles | L 59–73 | Harrison (22) | Harrison (5) | Currie (3) | Pasadena College1,000 | 1–1
Regular season
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 13 | @ New York | L 64–73 | Currie (23) | Montgomery (11) | Colson (2) | Madison Square Garden8,207 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 14 | @ Washington | L 74–89 | Currie (31) | Currie (6) | Montgomery (5) | Capital One Arena6,126 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | May 19 | Phoenix | L 72–78 | Harrison (16) | Montgomery (12) | Currie (4) | AT&T Center6,400 | 0–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 25 | Dallas | L 82–94 | McBride (18) | Harrison (12) | Currie (4) | AT&T Center9,621 | 0–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | May 28 | @ Minnesota | L 66–80 | McBride (18) | Currie (9) | Jefferson (8) | Xcel Energy Center9,034 | 0–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | May 31 | @ Atlanta | L 70–77 | Currie (14) | 2 Tied (8) | Currie (4) | McCamish Pavilion3,813 | 0–6
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | June 3 | Connecticut | L 77–85 | McBride (27) | Montgomery (7) | Plum (7) | AT&T Center7,128 | 0–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 6 | Seattle | L 76–85 | McBride (21) | Alexander (7) | 2 Tied (5) | AT&T Center4,260 | 0–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 10 | Chicago | L 81–85 (OT) | Jefferson (18) | Montgomery (7) | 2 Tied (4) | AT&T Center 6,191 | 0–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | June 15 | @ Los Angeles | L 75–80 | Jefferson (24) | Harrison (8) | McBride (5) | Staples Center9,104 | 0–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 | June 18 | @ Seattle | L 57–75 | McBride (11) | 2 Tied (9) | 2 Tied (2) | KeyArena9,686 | 0–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | June 21 | @ Dallas | L 78–81 | Currie (29) | Harrison (6) | Jefferson (6) | College Park Center4,617 | 0–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | June 23 | Dallas | L 69–81 | McBride (19) | 2 Tied (6) | Currie (6) | AT&T Center7,086 | 0–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | June 25 | @ Minnesota | L 78–87 | Jefferson (19) | Harrison (9) | Jefferson (8) | Xcel Energy Center9,013 | 0–14 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 15 | June 30 | Chicago | W 89–82 | Harrison (19) | 2 Tied (10) | Jefferson (8) | AT&T Center 4,942 | 1–14
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | July 5 | Connecticut | L 56–89 | McBride (12) | 2 Tied (6) | Colson (3) | AT&T Center3,210 | 1–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 17 | July 7 | Phoenix | L 77–92 | McBride (22) | 2 Tied (5) | Plum (6) | AT&T Center8,232 | 1–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 | July 12 | @ Indiana | W 79–72 | McBride (18) | de Souza (7) | McBride (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse12,282 | 2–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | July 16 | @ Connecticut | L 75–89 | Harrison (17) | Hamby (10) | Jefferson (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena6,355 | 2–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | July 18 | @ Atlanta | L 75–88 | Harrison (22) | Harrison (9) | Jefferson (5) | McCamish Pavilion7,413 | 2–18 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 | July 20 | Indiana | W 85–61 | Harrison (18) | Harrison (9) | Jefferson (8) | AT&T Center7,306 | 3–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | July 25 | Washington | L 76–85 | 2 Tied (15) | Montgomery (11) | 2 Tied (3) | AT&T Center9,244 | 3–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | July 28 | Los Angeles | L 73–85 | McBride (20) | Harrison (6) | Jefferson (6) | AT&T Center5,777 | 3–20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | July 30 | @ Phoenix | L 64–81 | Murphy (14) | Harrison (13) | McBride (2) | Talking Stick Resort Arena10,108 | 3–21
|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 | August 1 | New York | W 93–81 | McBride (31) | Harrison (8) | Jefferson (5) | AT&T Center3,430 | 4–21 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 26 | August 4 | Washington | W 76–74 | Harrison (20) | Harrison (10) | Plum (12) | AT&T Center4,955 | 5–21 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 | August 5 | Seattle | W 87–80 (OT) | Plum (23) | Harrison (13) | Montgomery (5) | AT&T Center5,869 | 6–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | August 10 | @ Chicago | L 74–94 | Hamby (17) | Harrison (9) | Plum (8) | Allstate Arena4,686 | 6–22 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 29 | August 12 | Atlanta | W 84–68 | Harrison (23) | Hamby (8) | Plum (6) | AT&T Center6,953 | 7–22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 18 | @ Seattle | L 78–79 | Hamby (19) | Harrison (12) | Plum (5) | KeyArena9,686 | 7–23 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | August 22 | @ Los Angeles | L 55–75 | Montgomery (12) | Montgomery (7) | Colson (2) | Staples Center12,433 | 7–24 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | August 25 | Minnesota | L 70–89 | 2 Tied (15) | Montgomery (10) | Plum (5) | AT&T Center7,950 | 7–25
|- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | September 1 | @ New York | L 69–81 | Plum (18) | Montgomery (10) | McBride (8) | Madison Square Garden 10,108 | 7–26 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 34 | September 2 | @ Indiana | W 75–71 | McBride (28) | McBride (11) | McBride (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,420 | 8–26
Standings
Statistics
Regular season
Source:
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Kayla McBride 30 29 33.2 38.1 31.0 92.5 4.1 2.6 1.1 0.2 15.4 Isabelle Harrison 34 33 26.6 50.0 50.0 63.5 6.4 1.4 0.8 0.7 11.4 Moriah Jefferson 21 9 24.5 52.3 45.0 74.1 1.8 4.4 1.6 0.1 9.1 Alex Montgomery 34 31 23.5 37.0 30.7 82.6 5.7 2.1 0.6 0.3 6.0 Monique Currie 14 3 23.1 43.4 35.9 82.5 4.8 2.1 0.6 0.4 11.8 Kelsey Plum 31 23 22.9 34.6 36.5 87.0 1.9 3.4 0.5 0.1 8.5 Dearica Hamby 34 3 20.2 45.7 37.5 60.8 4.2 1.0 0.9 0.3 7.8 Haley Peters 2 0 17.5 37.5 60.0 — 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 4.5 Kayla Alexander 34 10 15.4 58.2 — 90.9 3.1 0.5 0.4 0.5 6.2 Cierra Burdick 4 0 12.5 81.8 0.0 — 1.5 1.3 0.3 0.0 4.5 Erika de Souza 27 21 12.5 47.9 — 100 2.6 0.7 0.3 0.4 3.6 Sydney Colson 28 4 11.6 33.0 20.0 68.8 0.5 2.0 0.5 0.1 2.9 Sequoia Holmes 27 3 11.3 34.4 29.2 61.5 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.2 3.3 Nia Coffey 27 1 7.8 27.1 0.0 72.7 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.8 Shay Murphy 17 0 7.4 40.0 45.0 66.7 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.1 2.2 Sophie Brunner 1 0 2.0 — — — 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
References
External links The Official Site of the San Antonio Stars