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

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft

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

Transactions

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]

Roster

2001 Seattle Storm roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. 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	Head coach Lin Dunn (UT Martin) Assistant coaches Daniel Shapiro Sheri Hedlund Kay James Gary Kloppenburg Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

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
2001 season schedule

Season standings

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	.594	11–10	9.0
Houston Comets ^x	19	13	.594	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

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
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

References

1. "2001 Seattle Storm Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 25, 2024.

External links

• Storm on Basketball Reference