2017 San Antonio Stars season

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.

2017 San Antonio Stars season
CoachVickie Johnson
ArenaAT&T Center
Attendance6,386 per game
Results
Record8–26 (.235)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsKayla McBride 15.4 ppg
ReboundsIsabelle Harrison 6.4 rpg
AssistsMoriah Jefferson 4.4 apg

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 30th, 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

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WNBA draft

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Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 1 Kelsey Plum   United States Washington
1 5 Nia Coffey   United States Northwestern
3 25 Schaquilla Nunn   United States Tennessee

Transactions

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Date Details
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.[1]
February 7, 2017 Erika de Souza was acquired from the Chicago Sky.[2]
February 27, 2017 Astou Ndour was traded to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Clarissa Dos Santos .[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]

Roster

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2017 San Antonio Stars roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 40   Alexander, Kayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 01-05-1991 Arizona State 4
G 17   Holmes, Sequoia 6' 1" (1.85m) 155 lb (70kg) 06-13-1986 UNLV 2
F 12   Coffey, Nia 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 05-21-1995 Northwestern R
G 51   Colson, Sydney 5' 8" (1.73m) 140 lb (64kg) 08-06-1989 Texas A&M 3
G 14   Murphy, Shay 5' 11" (1.8m) 164 lb (74kg) 04-15-1985 USC 9
F 5   Hamby, Dearica 6' 3" (1.91m) 189 lb (86kg) 11-06-1993 Wake Forest 2
G 4   Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 122 lb (55kg) 03-08-1994 Connecticut 1
G/F 21   McBride, Kayla 5' 11" (1.8m) 174 lb (79kg) 06-25-1992 Notre Dame 3
G/F 6   Montgomery, Alex 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 11-12-1988 Georgia Tech 6
C 20   Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 09-27-1993 Kentucky 3
F 21   Burdick, Cierra 6' 2" (1.88m) 172 lb (78kg) 09-30-1993 Tennessee 13
C 11   dos Santos, Clarissa   (S) 6' 1" (1.85m) 196 lb (89kg) 03-10-1988 Brazil 4
G 10   Plum, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 08-24-1994 Washington R
Head coach
  Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech)
Assistant coaches
Latricia Trammell
Athletic trainer
  Tonya Holley (St. Andrews Presbyterian)
Strength and conditioning coach
  Chrissy Stragisher (Muskingum)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Game log

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Preseason

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2017 pre-season game log
April: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 April 29 Los Angeles L 59–73 Plum (19) 2 Tied (7) 2 Tied (5) AT&T Center
2,834
1–0
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
2 May 6 Los Angeles L 59–73 Harrison (22) Harrison (5) Currie (3) Pasadena College
1,000
1–1
2017 pre-season schedule

Regular season

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2017 game log
Total: 8-26 (Home: 6–11; Road: 2–15)
May: 0–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 13 @ New York L 64–73 Currie (23) Montgomery (11) Colson (2) Madison Square Garden
8,207
0–1
2 May 14 @ Washington L 74–89 Currie (31) Currie (6) Montgomery (5) Capital One Arena
6,126
0–2
3 May 19 Phoenix L 72–78 Harrison (16) Montgomery (12) Currie (4) AT&T Center
6,400
0–3
4 May 25 Dallas L 82–94 McBride (18) Harrison (12) Currie (4) AT&T Center
9,621
0–5
5 May 28 @ Minnesota L 66–80 McBride (18) Currie (9) Jefferson (8) Xcel Energy Center
9,034
0–5
6 May 31 @ Atlanta L 70–77 Currie (14) 2 Tied (8) Currie (4) McCamish Pavilion
3,813
0–6
June : 1–8 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
7 June 3 Connecticut L 77–85 McBride (27) Montgomery (7) Plum (7) AT&T Center
7,128
0–7
8 June 6 Seattle L 76–85 McBride (21) Alexander (7) 2 Tied (5) AT&T Center
4,260
0–8
9 June 10 Chicago L 81–85 (OT) Jefferson (18) Montgomery (7) 2 Tied (4) AT&T Center
6,191
0–9
10 June 15 @ Los Angeles L 75–80 Jefferson (24) Harrison (8) McBride (5) Staples Center
9,104
0–10
11 June 18 @ Seattle L 57–75 McBride (11) 2 Tied (9) 2 Tied (2) KeyArena
9,686
0–11
12 June 21 @ Dallas L 78–81 Currie (29) Harrison (6) Jefferson (6) College Park Center
4,617
0–12
13 June 23 Dallas L 69–81 McBride (19) 2 Tied (6) Currie (6) AT&T Center
7,086
0–13
14 June 25 @ Minnesota L 78–87 Jefferson (19) Harrison (9) Jefferson (8) Xcel Energy Center
9,013
0–14
15 June 30 Chicago W 89–82 Harrison (19) 2 Tied (10) Jefferson (8) AT&T Center
4,942
1–14
July : 2–7 (Home: 1–4; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
16 July 5 Connecticut L 56–89 McBride (12) 2 Tied (6) Colson (3) AT&T Center
3,210
1–15
17 July 7 Phoenix L 77–92 McBride (22) 2 Tied (5) Plum (6) AT&T Center
8,232
1–16
18 July 12 @ Indiana W 79–72 McBride (18) de Souza (7) McBride (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
12,282
2–16
19 July 16 @ Connecticut L 75–89 Harrison (17) Hamby (10) Jefferson (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,355
2–17
20 July 18 @ Atlanta L 75–88 Harrison (22) Harrison (9) Jefferson (5) McCamish Pavilion
7,413
2–18
21 July 20 Indiana W 85–61 Harrison (18) Harrison (9) Jefferson (8) AT&T Center
7,306
3–18
22 July 25 Washington L 76–85 2 Tied (15) Montgomery (11) 2 Tied (3) AT&T Center
9,244
3–19
23 July 28 Los Angeles L 73–85 McBride (20) Harrison (6) Jefferson (6) AT&T Center
5,777
3–20
24 July 30 @ Phoenix L 64–81 Murphy (14) Harrison (13) McBride (2) Talking Stick Resort Arena
10,108
3–21
August : 4–4 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
25 August 1 New York W 93–81 McBride (31) Harrison (8) Jefferson (5) AT&T Center
3,430
4–21
26 August 4 Washington W 76–74 Harrison (20) Harrison (10) Plum (12) AT&T Center
4,955
5–21
27 August 5 Seattle W 87–80 (OT) Plum (23) Harrison (13) Montgomery (5) AT&T Center
5,869
6–21
28 August 10 @ Chicago L 74–94 Hamby (17) Harrison (9) Plum (8) Allstate Arena
4,686
6–22
29 August 12 Atlanta W 84–68 Harrison (23) Hamby (8) Plum (6) AT&T Center
6,953
7–22
30 August 18 @ Seattle L 78–79 Hamby (19) Harrison (12) Plum (5) KeyArena
9,686
7–23
31 August 22 @ Los Angeles L 55–75 Montgomery (12) Montgomery (7) Colson (2) Staples Center
12,433
7–24
32 August 25 Minnesota L 70–89 2 Tied (15) Montgomery (10) Plum (5) AT&T Center
7,950
7–25
September : 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
33 September 1 @ New York L 69–81 Plum (18) Montgomery (10) McBride (8) Madison Square Garden
10,108
7–26
34 September 2 @ Indiana W 75–71 McBride (28) McBride (11) McBride (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,420
8–26
2017 season schedule

Standings

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# Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Minnesota Lynx - (1) 27 7 .794 15–2 12–5 13–3
2 Los Angeles Sparks - (2) 26 8 .765 1 16–1 10–7 12–4
3 Phoenix Mercury - (5) 18 16 .529 9 9–8 9–8 7–9
4 Dallas Wings - (7) 16 18 .471 11 10–7 6–11 7–9
5 Seattle Storm - (8) 15 19 .441 12 10–7 5–12 8–8
6 San Antonio Stars - e 8 26 .235 19 6–11 2–15 1–15

Statistics

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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

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Source:[6]

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

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  1. ^ "San Antonio Stars Acquire No. 5 Draft Pick & Isabelle Harrison from Phoenix". WNBA.com. WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  2. ^ "Stars Sign Erika de Souza". WNBA. February 1, 2017. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Stars Acquire Clarissa Dos Santos". WNBA.com. WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Jazmon Gwathmey joins Indiana Fever in trade with San Antonio Stars". May 9, 2017. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  5. ^ "Stars Acquire Shay Murphy and Sophie Brunner". WNBA.com. WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "2017 San Antonio Stars Stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
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