2017 San Antonio Stars season

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2017 San Antonio Stars season
Coach Vickie Johnson
Arena AT&T Center
Attendance6,386 per game
Results
Record826 (.235)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Kayla McBride 15.4 ppg
Rebounds Isabelle Harrison 6.4 rpg
Assists Moriah Jefferson 4.4 apg

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 would move to Las Vegas and become the Aces the following season.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
11 Kelsey Plum Flag of the United States.svg  United States Washington
15 Nia Coffey Flag of the United States.svg  United States Northwestern
325 Schaquilla Nunn Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tennessee

Trades

Roster

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

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Game log

Preseason

2017 pre-season game log
April: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1April 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
2May 6 Los Angeles L 59–73 Harrison (22) Harrison (5) Currie (3) Pasadena College
1,000
1–1
2017 pre-season schedule

Regular season

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

Standings

# Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Minnesota Lynx - (1)277.79415–212–513–3
2 Los Angeles Sparks - (2)268.765116–110–712–4
3 Phoenix Mercury - (5)1816.52999–89–87–9
4 Dallas Wings - (7)1618.4711110–76–117–9
5 Seattle Storm - (8)1519.4411210–75–128–8
6 San Antonio Stars - e826.235196–112–151–15

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