2001 Seattle Storm season

2001 Seattle Storm season
2001 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	KeyArena at Seattle Center
Attendance	5,954 per game
Results
Record	10–22 (.313)
Place	8th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Lauren Jackson 15.2 ppg
Rebounds	Lauren Jackson 6.7 rpg
Assists	Sonja Henning 4.1 apg
Media
Television	KSTW (UPN 11); Fox Sports Net Northwest
	← 2000 season 2002 season →

The 2001 WNBA season was the second season for the Seattle Storm.

Transactions

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	1	Lauren Jackson	Australia	Canberra Capitals (Australia)
2	17	Semeka Randall	United States	Tennessee
4	49	Juana Brown	United States	North Carolina

Date	Transaction
April 20, 2001	Drafted Lauren Jackson, Semeka Randall and Juana Brown in the 2001 WNBA Draft^[1]
April 24, 2001	Traded Edna Campbell and a 2002 4th Round Pick to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Katy Steding and a 2002 2nd Round Pick^[1]
April 26, 2001	Waived Charisse Sampson^[1]
April 30, 2001	Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira and Amber Hall^[1]
May 11, 2001	Waived Amber Hall and Robin Threatt-Elliott^[1]
May 25, 2001	Waived Andrea Garner and Juana Brown^[1]
May 27, 2001	Suspended contract of Alessandra Santos de Oliveira^[1]
June 6, 2001	Waived Katrina Hibbert^[1]
June 8, 2001	Signed Michelle Marciniak^[1]

2001 Seattle Storm roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
C	42	Barnes, Quacy	6' 5" (1.96m)	185 lb (84kg)	1976-09-26	Indiana	2
G	44	Edwards, Michelle	5' 9" (1.75m)	150 lb (68kg)	1966-03-06	Iowa	4
C	4	Edwards, Simone	6' 4" (1.93m)	164 lb (74kg)	1973-11-17	Iowa	1
G	34	Henning, Sonja	5' 7" (1.7m)	143 lb (65kg)	1969-11-04	Stanford	2
F/C	15	Jackson, Lauren	6' 6" (1.98m)	187 lb (85kg)	1981-05-11		R
C	32	Lovelace, Stacey	6' 4" (1.93m)	170 lb (77kg)	1974-12-05	Purdue	1
G	3	Marciniak, Michelle	5' 10" (1.78m)	154 lb (70kg)	1973-10-29	Tennessee	1
G	21	Randall, Semeka	5' 9" (1.75m)	164 lb (74kg)	1979-02-07	Tennessee	R
F	11	Redd, Jamie	6' 1" (1.85m)	164 lb (74kg)	1977-11-05	Washington	1
C	13	Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra	6' 5" (1.96m)	181 lb (82kg)	1973-12-02		3
G	55	Smith, Charmin	5' 10" (1.78m)	145 lb (66kg)	1975-05-02	Stanford	2
F	23	Steding, Katy	6' 0" (1.83m)	173 lb (78kg)	1967-12-11	Stanford	1
F/C	7	Vodičková, Kamila	6' 4" (1.93m)	190 lb (86kg)	1972-12-19		1

2001 game log
Total: 10–22 (Home: 5–11; Road: 5–11)

May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 31	Phoenix	W 83–70	Lauren Jackson (21)	Simone Edwards (8)	Sonja Henning (5)	KeyArena	1–0

June : 6–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
2	June 3	@ Washington	L 63–68	Semeka Randall (16)	S. Edwards Jackson (7)	Sonja Henning (6)	MCI Center	1–1
3	June 4	@ Indiana	W 74–71	Lauren Jackson (18)	Katy Steding (8)	Sonja Henning (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse	2–1
4	June 7	Miami	L 57–70	Lauren Jackson (16)	Quacy Barnes (5)	Sonja Henning (4)	KeyArena	2–2
5	June 9	@ Utah	W 73–65	Katy Steding (16)	Simone Edwards (8)	Henning Randall (4)	Delta Center	3–2
6	June 12	Orlando	W 70–63	Semeka Randall (28)	Simone Edwards (14)	S. Edwards Henning Smith (3)	KeyArena	4–2
7	June 14	Cleveland	L 36–58	Lauren Jackson (12)	Randall Smith (5)	Semeka Randall (3)	KeyArena	4–3
8	June 16	Los Angeles	L 60–73	Lauren Jackson (19)	Semeka Randall (7)	Stacey Lovelace (3)	KeyArena	4–4
9	June 18	Charlotte	W 60–52	Lauren Jackson (18)	Lauren Jackson (9)	Lauren Jackson (3)	KeyArena	5–4
10	June 19	@ Portland	L 43–58	Lauren Jackson (11)	Lauren Jackson (8)	Jamie Redd (2)	Rose Garden	5–5
11	June 22	@ Phoenix	W 58–55	Lauren Jackson (17)	S. Edwards Jackson (8)	Henning Vodičková (3)	America West Arena	6–5
12	June 25	@ Utah	W 65–47	Lauren Jackson (14)	Lauren Jackson (9)	Jackson Smith (3)	Delta Center	7–5
13	June 28	@ Minnesota	L 59–68	Kamila Vodičková (14)	S. Edwards Vodičková (5)	Sonja Henning (4)	Target Center	7–6
14	June 30	Sacramento	L 59–65	Lauren Jackson (18)	Lauren Jackson (5)	Semeka Randall (6)	KeyArena	7–7

July : 2–10 (Home: 1–4; Road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
15	July 3	Washington	L 69–72 (4OT)	Lauren Jackson (24)	Lauren Jackson (12)	Henning Marciniak Redd (4)	KeyArena	7–8
16	July 4	@ Portland	W 61–56	Jackson Redd (18)	Lauren Jackson (12)	Semeka Randall (4)	Rose Garden	8–8
17	July 7	@ Charlotte	L 38–48	Simone Edwards (14)	S. Edwards Randall (5)	Sonja Henning (3)	Charlotte Coliseum	8–9
18	July 10	@ Cleveland	L 53–59	Lauren Jackson (17)	Lauren Jackson (7)	Sonja Henning (6)	Gund Arena	8–10
19	July 11	@ New York	L 53–67	Simone Edwards (16)	Simone Edwards (7)	Henning Smith (3)	Madison Square Garden	8–11
20	July 13	Houston	L 57–69	Simone Edwards (19)	S. Edwards Jackson (5)	Sonja Henning (7)	KeyArena	8–12
21	July 18	@ Minnesota	L 58–68	Lauren Jackson (21)	Lauren Jackson (10)	S. Edwards Jackson Smith (3)	Target Center	8–13
22	July 20	Portland	L 49–56	Semeka Randall (14)	Semeka Randall (6)	Sonja Henning (5)	KeyArena	8–14
23	July 21	@ Los Angeles	L 79–85	Jamie Redd (24)	Lauren Jackson (6)	Michelle Marciniak (4)	Staples Center	8–15
24	July 24	Detroit	W 74–69 (OT)	Lauren Jackson (25)	Lauren Jackson (9)	Sonja Henning (4)	KeyArena	9–15
25	July 27	Phoenix	L 54–56	Semeka Randall (19)	Lauren Jackson (13)	Lauren Jackson (2)	KeyArena	9–16
26	July 30	@ Houston	L 51–55	Lauren Jackson (16)	S. Edwards Jackson Smith Vodičková (4)	Redd Vodičková (2)	Compaq Center	9–17

August : 1–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
27	August 3	Utah	L 61–64	Lauren Jackson (16)	Lauren Jackson (6)	Henning Jackson Marciniak Randall (2)	KeyArena	9–18
28	August 4	@ Los Angeles	L 60–79	Lauren Jackson (26)	Lauren Jackson (7)	Michelle Marciniak (8)	Staples Center	9–19
29	August 8	Houston	W 72–55	Simone Edwards (17)	Jackson Marciniak (6)	Marciniak Redd (5)	KeyArena	10–19
30	August 10	Minnesota	L 51–65	Lauren Jackson (13)	Quacy Barnes (6)	Sonja Henning (4)	KeyArena	10–20
31	August 11	@ Sacramento	L 61–81	Jamie Redd (24)	Quacy Barnes (8)	Michelle Marciniak (5)	ARCO Arena	10–21
32	August 14	Sacramento	L 62–72	Lovelace Redd (14)	Simone Edwards (7)	Michelle Marciniak (4)	KeyArena	10–22

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	.863	11–10	9.0
Houston Comets ^x	19	13	.863	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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Lauren Jackson	29	29	34.5	.367	.310	.727	6.7	1.5	1.9	2.2	15.2
Sonja Henning	32	28	28.2	.318	.182	.514	2.2	2.9	1.6	0.2	3.4
Semeka Randall	32	30	27.6	.371	.000	.660	3.3	1.4	0.9	0.1	9.4
Simone Edwards	32	27	25.3	.479	N/A	.663	4.9	0.8	0.8	0.6	7.4
Jamie Redd	32	6	20.6	.380	.286	.682	2.6	1.5	0.5	0.1	7.2
Charmin Smith	32	8	18.4	.270	.289	.619	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.8
Katy Steding	26	17	15.1	.372	.457	.800	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.3	3.9
Michelle Marciniak	27	5	14.5	.367	.303	.541	1.4	1.7	1.1	0.1	4.9
Kamila Vodičková	29	4	14.0	.418	.400	.864	2.4	0.8	0.6	0.2	5.2
Quacy Barnes	20	3	11.5	.390	1.000	.778	1.7	0.6	0.5	0.3	3.4
Stacey Lovelace	22	2	9.6	.380	.385	.706	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	3.5
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira	10	1	6.2	.286	N/A	.455	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
Michelle Edwards	3	0	4.3	.333	N/A	1.000	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

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