2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season

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2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season
Coach Dan Hughes
Arena AT&T Center
Attendance7,527 per game
Results
Record1519 (.441)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost First Round
Team Leaders
Points Hammon (19.5)
Rebounds Young (6.5)
Assists Hammon (5.0)
Media
Television KMYS

The 2009 WNBA season is the 13th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their 7th in San Antonio. The Silver Stars were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance to the WNBA Finals for the second consecutive season.

Contents

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Silver Stars' 2008 record, they would pick 13th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Silver Stars waived their pick.

WNBA draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
214 (from Atl.) Megan Frazee Flag of the United States.svg United States Liberty
226Sonja PetrovicFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Serbia
339Candyce BinghamFlag of the United States.svg United States Louisville

[1]

Transactions

[2]

DateTrade
April 9, 2008To San Antonio Silver Stars To Atlanta Dream
2nd round 2009 Draft pick, Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase 1st round 2009 Draft pick, Camille Little, Chioma Nnamaka

Free agents

Roster

San Antonio Silver Stars roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
SG 5 Flag of the United States.svg Crossley, Shanna 5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg) Tennessee
PG 30 Flag of the United States.svg Darling, Helen 5' 6" (1.68m)164 lb (74kg) Penn State
G/F 40 Flag of the United States.svg Frazee, Megan 6' 3" (1.91m)191 lb (87kg) Liberty University
PG 25 Flag of the United States.svg Hammon, Becky 5' 6" (1.68m)136 lb (62kg) Colorado State
G/F 55 Flag of the United States.svg Johnson, Vickie 5' 9" (1.75m)150 lb (68kg) Louisiana Tech
SG 9 Flag of France.svg Lawson-Wade, Edwige 5' 6" (1.68m)130 lb (59kg) France
SF 7 Flag of the United States.svg Perperoglou, Erin 6' 3" (1.91m)181 lb (82kg) Master's College
C 00 Flag of the United States.svg Riley, Ruth 6' 5" (1.96m)198 lb (90kg) Notre Dame
SG 10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Snell, Belinda 5' 9" (1.75m)170 lb (77kg) Australia
C 12 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wauters, Ann 6' 4" (1.93m)193 lb (88kg) Belgium
PF 33 Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Young, Sophia 6' 1" (1.85m)165 lb (75kg) Baylor
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • Flag of the United States.svg Tonya Holley (St. Andrew's Presbyterian)
Strength and conditioning coach

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

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x2311.67612–511–613–7
Seattle Storm x2014.5883.013–47–1013–7
Los Angeles Sparks x1816.5295.011–67–1011–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x1519.4418.010–75–1210–10
Minnesota Lynx o1420.4129.09–85–127–13
Sacramento Monarchs o1222.35311.07–105–126–14

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 307:00pm@ Detroit 55-62 Young (14) Mattera (8) Johnson (4) Traverse City West H.S.
2,109
0-1
2June 28:00pm Indiana 60-67 Hammon (12) Frazee (8) Johnson (3) Austin Convention Center
0-2

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 610:00pm@ Phoenix NBA TV
KMYS
79-90 Young (25) Riley (13) Hammon (8) US Airways Center
13,582
0-1
2June 138:00pm New York NBA TV
KMYS
MSG
63-60 Hammon (16) Johnson (7) Hammon (4) AT&T Center
10,572
1-1
3June 197:30pm@ New York NBA TV
MSG
61-77 Crossley, Lawson-Wade (12) Young (7) Darling, Lawson-Wade (4) Madison Square Garden
8,046
1-2
4June 213:00pm@ Connecticut NBA TV
WCTX
58-71 Young (22) Riley, Young (7) Darling (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,928
1-3
5June 237:30pm Phoenix ESPN2 91-87 Hammon (19) Young (8) Young (5) AT&T Center
6,692
2-3
6June 268:00pm Sacramento 62-52 Hammon (26) Young (10) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
7,973
3-3
7June 208:00pm Washington 82-84 Young (21) Johnson (7) Darling (6) AT&T Center
4,723
3-4
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
8July 38:00pm Chicago 85-72 Young (19) Riley, Young (8) Hammon (10) AT&T Center
6,662
4-4
9July 73:00pm@ Seattle 53-66 Hammon (13) Young (7) Hammon (5) KeyArena
10,137
4-5
10July 108:00pm@ Minnesota 77-61 Young (21) Riley (9) Lawson-Wade (4) Target Center
7,409
5-5
11July 127:00pm Minnesota NBA TV
KMYS
76-83 Hammon (26) Young (8) Hammon (5) AT&T Center
6,568
5-6
12July 1511:30am@ Washington 79-78 Hammon (21) Frazee (6) Darling, Hammon (5) Verizon Center
17,220
6-6
13July 178:00pm Connecticut 64-72 Hammon (24) Frazee, Young (9) Hammon (4) AT&T Center
9,524
6-7
14July 196:00pm@ Chicago NBA TV
CN100
75-85 Hammon (22) Hammon, Perperoglou (5) Hammon, Johnson (3) UIC Pavilion
3,282
6-8
15July 2312:30pm Indiana 84-65 Young (24) Frazee (8) Hammon, Johnson (4) AT&T Center
9,985
7-8
16July 288:00pm Seattle KMYS 74-71 Hammon (24) Frazee (7) Hammon (4) AT&T Center
5,382
8-8
17July 302:30pm@ Sacramento 93-101 (OT) Hammon (38) Young (11) Hammon (6) ARCO Arena
10,461
8-9
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
18August 110:00pm@ Seattle NBA TV
KMYS
82-85 (OT) Hammon (20) Hammon (10) Young (4) KeyArena
8,167
8-10
19August 43:00pm@ Los Angeles 63-59 Hammon (20) Young (9) Hammon (5) STAPLES Center
13,865
9-10
20August 68:00pm Atlanta 84-92 Hammon (26) Young (9) Snell (4) AT&T Center
5,042
9-11
21August 96:00pm@ Minnesota 89-87 Hammon (22) Young (7) Hammon (9) Target Center
7,764
10-11
22August 118:00pm Sacramento 73-90 Young (14) Hammon, Young (6) Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5) AT&T Center
4,961
10-12
23August 1310:00pm@ Phoenix 83-95 Young (29) Wauters (10) Hammon (8) US Airways Center
6,522
10-13
24August 158:00pm Phoenix NBA TV
KMYS
106-89 Young (25) Frazee (9) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
8,933
11-13
25August 207:30pm@ Atlanta 87-93 Hammon (23) Wauters (7) Hammon, Lawson-Wade (5) Philips Arena
5,848
11-14
26August 218:00pm Los Angeles NBA TV
KMYS
66-67 (OT) Young (31) Young (7) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
9,540
11-15
27August 236:00pm@ Detroit 84-99 Young (19) Young (5) Darling (7) Palace of Auburn Hills
7,130
11-16
28August 277:00pm@ Indiana NBA TV
FSI
66-77 Wauters, Young (18) Wauters (14) Hammon (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
6,836
11-17
29August 293:00pm Detroit ESPN2 100-88 (OT) Hammon (32) Wauters (11) Hammon (9) AT&T Center
7,735
12-17
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 18:00pm Minnesota 84-82 (2OT) Hammon (29) Riley (8) Hammon (5) AT&T Center
4,881
13-17
31September 58:00pm Los Angeles 89-72 Johnson (27) Lawson-Wade (5) Lawson-Wade (11) AT&T Center
8,631
14-17
32September 810:30pm@ Los Angeles NBA TV
KMYS
68-76 Crossley (16) Hammon, Wauters, Young (4) Hammon (7) STAPLES Center
10,476
14-18
33September 1010:00pm@ Sacramento 80-71 Hammon (27) Wauters, Young (6) Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5) ARCO Arena
7,566
15-18
34September 128:00pm Seattle 55-64 Crossley (12) Perperoglou (11) Darling (6) AT&T Center
10,153
15-19
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2009 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 179:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 92-91 Young (24) Wauters (11) Johnson (8) AT&T Center
5,721
1-0
2September 1910:00pm@ Phoenix NBA TV 78-106 Young (19) Wauters (5) Johnson (4) US Airways Center
7,267
1-1
3September 2110:00pm@ Phoenix ESPN2 92-100 Hammon (29) Young (8) Wauters (5) US Airways Center
6,895
1-2

Regular Season Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Player statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Shanna Crossley 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Helen Darling 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Katie Mattera 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Megan Frazee 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Becky Hammon 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Vickie Johnson 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Edwige Lawson-Wade 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Erin Perperoglou 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Ruth Riley 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Belinda Snell 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Ann Wauters 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
Sophia Young 0000.00.00.00.000.000.0

Team statistics

TeamFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPFPPG
San Antonio Silver Stars.000.000.00000.000.00.00.000.000.000.0
Opponents.000.000.00000.000.00.00.000.000.000.0

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References

  1. "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
  2. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions