The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Utah Starzz. The Starzz were partially named after the old ABA team, the Utah Stars , but with the zz at the end like the Utah Jazz . The franchise held the distinction of having the worst record in the WNBA in 1997.
Offseason [ edit ] Initial Player Allocation [ edit ] [1]
WNBA draft [ edit ] Pick Player Position Nationality College/HS/Club Team 5 Tammi Reiss (G) United States Virginia
Regular season [ edit ] Season standings [ edit ] Season schedule [ edit ] Player stats [ edit ] Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Wendy Palmer 28 28 33.4 .374 .250 .676 8.0 1.7 1.7 0.2 15.8 Elena Baranova 28 27 32.6 .390 .377 .694 7.4 2.2 1.5 2.3 12.2 Kim Williams 28 10 21.7 .384 .265 .774 2.9 2.1 1.4 0.3 8.1 Tammi Reiss 28 26 29.7 .312 .297 .764 2.8 3.1 0.8 0.1 7.7 Dena Head 27 4 17.4 .390 .313 .844 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.3 5.7 Lady Grooms 28 24 24.7 .347 .100 .655 3.0 2.4 0.8 0.1 5.5 Deborah Carter 19 7 15.1 .390 .222 .714 2.8 0.4 0.7 0.1 4.0 Greta Koss 13 10 20.6 .517 .667 .750 2.8 0.8 0.7 0.3 3.4 Jessie Hicks 26 0 10.1 .463 .000 .563 1.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 3.2 Karen Booker 26 4 12.3 .333 .000 .568 3.1 0.9 0.9 0.6 2.3 Raegan Scott 8 0 5.4 .385 — 1.000 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.5 Megan Compain ‡ 4 0 4.8 .000 .000 — 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.0
‡ Waived during the season
Elena Baranova ranked third in the WNBA in total rebounds with 207 Dena Head ranked fifth in the WNBA in Free Throw Pct with .844 Wendy Palmer ranked second in the WNBA in total rebounds with 225. Wendy Palmer ranked sixth in the WNBA in field goals with 157. Wendy Palmer ranked fourth in the WNBA in points with 443 points. Wendy Palmer ranked ninth in the WNBA in minutes per game with 33.4 Wendy Palmer ranked fourth in the WNBA in points per game with 15.8 Tammi Reiss ranked tenth in the WNBA in assists with 87.[2] Awards and honors [ edit ] Elena Baranova: Led WNBA, Blocks, 63 Elena Baranova: Led WNBA, Blocks per game, 2.2 Elena Baranova, Ranked second in the WNBA (tied), Defensive Rebounds, 151 Wanda Guyton: Ranked second in WNBA (tied), Offensive Rebounds, 76 Wendy Palmer: Led WNBA, Field Goal Attempts, 420 Wendy Palmer: Ranked second in the WNBA, Free Throws, 117 [2]
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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