2009 Minnesota Lynx season

2009 Minnesota Lynx season
Coach	Jennifer Gillom
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	7,537 per game
Results
Record	14–20 (.412)
Place	5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Anosike (13.2)
Rebounds	Anosike (7.4)
Assists	Anosike (2.7)
Media
Television	Fox Sports North
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The 2009 Minnesota Lynx season was the 11th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the first and only season under head coach Jennifer Gillom.

The Lynx failed to improve their 16-18 record from 2008 and missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Lynx's 2008 record, they would pick 4th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Lynx picked Roneeka Hodges. ^[1]

WNBA draft

The following are the Lynx's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	4	Renee Montgomery	United States	Connecticut
1	9 (from L.A. via Wash.)	Quanitra Hollingsworth	United States	Virginia Commonwealth
2	15 (from Wash.)	Rashanda McCants	United States	North Carolina
3	30	Emily Fox	United States	Minnesota

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Transactions

• July 17: The Lynx signed Tasha Humphrey and waived Christi Thomas.
• June 5: The Lynx waived Tye'sha Fluker, Emily Fox, and Anna DeForge.
• June 3: The Lynx promoted Jennifer Gillom as head coach to replace Don Zierden
• June 1: The Lynx signed Tye'sha Fluker.
• May 30: The Lynx waived Kamersha Hairston and Aisha Mohammed.
• May 11: The Lynx signed Kamesha Hairston and Aisha Mohammed to training camp contracts.
• May 7: The Lynx signed Roneeka Hodges and renounced the rights to Kristi Harrower.
• May 5: The Lynx traded Noelle Quinn to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick.
• April 22: The Lynx waived Navonda Moore.
• January 30: The Lynx traded Lindsey Harding, their second-round draft picks in 2009 (23rd overall) and 2010 to the Washington Mystics for their first-round (ninth overall) and second round (15th overall) draft picks in the 2009 draft.
• January 30: The Lynx traded Nicole Ohlde to the Phoenix Mercury for Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle.
• January 30: The Lynx signed-and-traded Vanessa Hayden to the Los Angeles Sparks for Christi Thomas.
• January 9: The Lynx waived Kristen Rasmussen.
• March 14, 2008: The Lynx swapped second-round 2009 Draft picks with the Connecticut Sun as part of the Kristen Rasmussen/Tamika Raymond transaction.

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Date	Trade
March 14, 2008	To Minnesota Lynx	To Connecticut Sun
	23rd 2009 Draft pick and Kristen Rasmussen	17th 2009 Draft pick and Tamika Raymond
January 30, 2009	To Minnesota Lynx	To Los Angeles Sparks
	Christi Thomas	Vanessa Hayden
January 30, 2009	To Minnesota Lynx	To Phoenix Mercury
	Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle	Nicole Ohlde
January 30, 2009	To Minnesota Lynx	To Washington Mystics
	9th and 15th 2009 Draft picks	Lindsey Harding, 23rd 2009 Draft pick and the second-round 2010 Draft pick
May 5, 2009	To Minnesota Lynx	To Los Angeles Sparks
	Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick	Noelle Quinn

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team Roneeka Hodges December 8, 2008 Houston Comets Kelly Miller January 30, 2009 Phoenix Mercury LaToya Pringle January 30, 2009 Phoenix Mercury Rafaella Masciadri May 5, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks Tasha Humphrey July 17, 2009 Washington Mystics

Subtractions Player Left New team Kristen Rasmussen January 9, 2009 Detroit Shock Vanessa Hayden January 30, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks Nicole Ohlde January 30, 2009 Phoenix Mercury Lindsey Harding January 30, 2009 Washington Mystics Navonda Moore April 22, 2009 free agent Noelle Quinn May 5, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks Emily Fox June 5, 2009 free agent Anna DeForge June 5, 2009 free agent LaToya Thomas 2009 free agent

Roster

2009 Minnesota Lynx roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From F/C 21 Anosike, Nicky 6' 4" (1.93m) 211 lb (96kg) Tennessee G 33 Augustus, Seimone   6' 0" (1.83m) 179 lb (81kg) LSU G 5 Hodges, Roneeka 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) Florida State C 9 Hollingsworth, Quanitra 6' 5" (1.96m) 201 lb (91kg) VCU F 24 Houston, Charde 6' 1" (1.85m) 189 lb (86kg) Connecticut C 34 Humphrey, Tasha 6' 3" (1.91m) 190 lb (86kg) Georgia F 8 McCants, Rashanda 6' 1" (1.85m) 161 lb (73kg) North Carolina PG 2 Miller, Kelly 5' 10" (1.78m) 140 lb (64kg) Georgia F 12 Montañana, Anna 6' 1" (1.85m) 190 lb (86kg) George Washington G 20 Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 139 lb (63kg) Connecticut G 11 Wiggins, Candice 5' 11" (1.8m) 154 lb (70kg) Stanford	Head coach Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi) Assistant coaches Jim Davis (Tennessee Wesleyan) Jim Petersen (Minnesota) Athletic trainer Chuck Barta (UW–La Crosse) Strength and conditioning coach Katie Murphy Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x	23	11	.676	–	12–5	11–6	13–7
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	3.0	13–4	7–10	13–7
Los Angeles Sparks x	18	16	.529	5.0	11–6	7–10	11–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x	15	19	.441	8.0	10–7	5–12	10–10
Minnesota Lynx o	14	20	.412	9.0	9–8	5–12	7–13
Sacramento Monarchs o	12	22	.353	11.0	7–10	5–12	6–14

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 23 1:00pm Indiana 51-68 Hollingsworth (14) Pringle (6) Montgomery (3) College of St. Benedict 475 0-1

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 6 8:00pm Chicago NBA TV FSN-N 102-85 Augustus (23) Anosike, Houston (5) Anosike (8) Target Center 8,708 1-0 2 June 7 7:00pm @ Indiana FSI 96-74 Houston (23) Anosike, Augustus, Houston (5) Houston (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,234 2-0 3 June 10 8:00pm Los Angeles 87-76 Augustus (30) Augustus (9) Anosike, Miller (5) Target Center 7,444 3-0 4 June 12 8:00pm Seattle 71-88 Houston (18) Anosike (7) Augustus, Montgomery (3) Target Center 6,423 3-1 5 June 16 10:00pm @ Sacramento 86-83 Augustus (30) Anosike, Wiggins, Hollingsworth (5) Wiggins (6) ARCO Arena 7,736 4-1 6 June 17 10:00pm @ Phoenix 80-104 Anosike, Houston (21) Anosike (10) McCants (4) US Airways Center 6,524 4-2 7 June 19 10:00pm @ Seattle 62-90 Wiggins (12) Anosike (7) Houston, Wiggins (2) KeyArena 7,607 4-3 8 June 23 8:00pm New York 69-57 Wiggins (25) Hollingsworth (7) Wiggins (5) Target Center 5,620 5-3 9 June 27 8:00pm Phoenix NBA TV FSN-N 109-80 Hodges, Wiggins (22) Anosike (8) Miller (8) Target Center 5,911 6-3 10 June 30 7:00pm @ Atlanta ESPN2 91-85 Wiggins (23) Anosike (12) Anosike, Houston, Wiggins (4) Philips Arena 7,686 7-3
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 July 2 8:00pm Sacramento NBA TV FSN-N 68-74 Hodges (15) Anosike (8) Anosike (7) Target Center 6,920 7-4 12 July 7 8:00pm Washington 96-94 (OT) Anosike (24) Houston (8) Anosike, Miller (4) Target Center 7,171 8-4 13 July 10 8:00pm San Antonio 61-77 Wiggins (15) Anosike (12) Hodges, Miller (2) Target Center 7,409 8-5 14 July 12 7:00pm @ San Antonio NBA TV KMYS 83-76 Houston (26) Anosike, Houston (8) Anosike, Wiggins (4) AT&T Center 6,568 9-5 15 July 15 1:00pm Atlanta NBA TV FSN-N 77-91 Anosike (22) Houston (12) Montgomery (7) Target Center 11,245 9-6 16 July 19 8:00pm @ Seattle NBA TV FSN-NW 69-72 Anosike, Hodges, Wiggins (12) Anosike (11) McCants (3) KeyArena 6,912 9-7 17 July 23 10:00pm @ Phoenix 99-86 Anosike (21) Houston (9) Anosike (5) US Airways Center 7,360 10-7 18 July 27 8:00pm Los Angeles 70-76 Hodges (14) Anosike (6) Hodges (4) Target Center 7,216 10-8 19 July 30 7:30pm @ Detroit 83-91 Houston, McCants (14) Anosike, Hollingsworth, Houston (5) Hodges, Kelly Miller, Montanana Palace of Auburn Hills 9,314 10-9
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 20 August 1 8:00pm Phoenix 74-87 Hollingsworth (17) Anosike (10) Anosike (5) Target Center 6,631 10-10 21 August 7 8:00pm Connecticut NBA TV FSN-N 95-88 Montgomery (24) Anosike (12) Montgomery, Wiggins (3) Target Center 8,134 11-10 22 August 9 6:00pm San Antonio 87-89 Anosike (24) Hodges, Hollingsworth (8) Wiggins (4) Target Center 7,764 11-11 23 August 13 8:00pm Indiana 81-91 Wiggins (23) Anosike (16) Hodges (3) Target Center 7,156 11-12 24 August 15 8:00pm @ Chicago 76-79 Hodges (25) Anosike, Hodges (8) Hodges, Wiggins (6) UIC Pavilion 3,877 11-13 25 August 19 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 63-78 Montgomery (16) McCants (8) Montgomery (4) STAPLES Center 9,181 11-14 26 August 22 7:00pm @ Connecticut 94-98 Humphrey, Wiggins (21) Humphrey (7) Hodges, Montgomery (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,803 11-15 27 August 23 4:00pm @ New York 67-80 Anosike (18) Wiggins (7) 5 players (2) Madison Square Garden 8,481 11-16 28 August 28 8:00pm Sacramento 100-95 Miller (18) Anosike (6) Anosike (5) Target Center 8,782 12-16 29 August 30 4:00pm @ Washington 75-81 Houston (20) Anosike (6) Wiggins (4) Verizon Center 12,241 12-17
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 30 September 1 8:00pm @ San Antonio 82-84 (2OT) Wiggins (19) Anosike (11) Anosike (3) AT&T Center 4,881 12-18 31 September 5 8:00pm Seattle NBA TV FSN-N 76-68 Houston (22) Humphrey (7) Houston (4) Target Center 8,170 13-18 32 September 9 8:00pm Detroit 75-72 McCants, Montanana, Montgomery (12) McCants (6) Montanana, Wiggins (3) Target Center 7,423 14-18 33 September 11 10:30pm @ Los Angeles NBA TV FSNW 61-90 Wiggins (15) Houston (8) Miller, Montgomery, Wiggins (3) STAPLES Center 13,764 14-19 34 September 13 9:00pm @ Sacramento 66-88 Houston (18) Hollingsworth (9) Montgomery (5) ARCO Arena 10,212 14-20
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Regular Season 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

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Nicky Anosike	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Seimone Augustus	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Roneeka Hodges	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Quanitra Hollingsworth	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Charde Houston	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Rashanda McCants	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Kelly Miller	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Renee Montgomery	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
LaToya Pringle	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Christi Thomas	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Candice Wiggins	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

Team statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Minnesota Lynx	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0
Opponents	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0

Awards and honors

• Seimone Augustus was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 15, 2009.
• Candice Wiggins was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 29, 2009.
• Nicky Anosike was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve.
• Charde Houston was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve.
• Renee Montgomery was named to the All-Rookie Team .
• Nicky Anosike was named to the All-Defensive First Team .

References

1. WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft
2. "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on July 25, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
3. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions

External links

• Gillom promoted to head coach of the Minnesota Lynx