2011 San Antonio Silver Stars season

2011 San Antonio Silver Stars season
Coach	Dan Hughes
Arena	AT&T Center
Attendance	8,751 per game
Results
Record	18–16 (.529)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Hammon (15.9)
Rebounds	Young (6.4)
Assists	Hammon (5.8)
Media
Television	FS-SW ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2011 WNBA season was the 15th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was their 9th in San Antonio.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	6	Danielle Robinson	United States	Oklahoma
2	20 (from Atl.)	Danielle Adams	United States	Texas A&M
3	30	Porsha Phillips	United States	Georgia

Transaction log

• February 2: The Silver Stars signed Shanavia Dowdell and Ashley Walker.
• March 7: The Silver Stars signed Tully Bevilaqua. ^[1]
• March 17: The Silver Stars signed Kelly Mazzante. ^[2]
• April 20: The Silver Stars traded Michelle Snow to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Jia Perkins. ^[3]
• May 2: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
• May 16: The Silver Stars signed Alysha Clark.
• May 31: The Silver Stars waived Shanavia Dowdell.
• June 2: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark, Kelly Mazzante, and Ashley Walker.

Trades

Date	Trade
April 20, 2011	To San Antonio Silver Stars	To Chicago Sky
	Jia Perkins	Michelle Snow
May 2, 2011	To San Antonio Silver Stars	To Tulsa Shock
	Scholanda Robinson	second- and third-round picks in 2012 draft

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Tully Bevilaqua March 7, 2011 Indiana Fever Danielle Robinson April 11, 2011 draft pick Danielle Adams April 11, 2011 draft pick Porsha Phillips April 11, 2011 draft pick Jia Perkins April 20, 2011 Chicago Sky Scholanda Robinson May 2, 2011 Tulsa Shock

Subtractions Player Left New team Michelle Snow April 20, 2011 Chicago Sky Ashley Battle May 15, 2011 free agent Helen Darling May 15, 2011 free agent Chamique Holdsclaw May 15, 2011 free agent Crystal Kelly May 15, 2011 free agent Edwige Lawson-Wade May 15, 2011 free agent

Roster

2011 San Antonio Silver Stars roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F/C 23 Adams, Danielle 6' 1" (1.85m) 239 lb (108kg) 1989-02-09 Texas A&M R C 32 Appel, Jayne 6' 4" (1.93m) 210 lb (95kg) 1988-05-14 Stanford 1 G 41 Bevilaqua, Tully 5' 7" (1.7m) 145 lb (66kg) 1972-07-19 Australia 12 G 25 Hammon, Becky 5' 6" (1.68m) 136 lb (62kg) 1977-03-11 Colorado State 12 G 5 Hodges, Roneeka 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1982-07-19 Florida State 6 G 7 Perkins, Jia 5' 8" (1.73m) 155 lb (70kg) 1982-02-23 Texas Tech 7 F 21 Phillips, Porsha 6' 2" (1.88m) 173 lb (78kg) 1988-01-13 Georgia R F/C 00 Riley, Ruth 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1979-08-28 Notre Dame 10 G 13 Robinson, Danielle 5' 9" (1.75m) 125 lb (57kg) 1989-05-10 Oklahoma R G 3 Robinson, Scholanda 5' 11" (1.8m) 162 lb (73kg) 1983-01-09 LSU 5 F 33 Young, Sophia 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 1983-12-15 Baylor 5	Head coach Dan Hughes (Muskingum) Assistant coaches Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech) Steve Shuman (Sacramento State) Athletic trainer Tonya Holley (St. Andrews Presbyterian ) Strength and conditioning coach Mike Ekanem (Texas Lutheran) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Ruth Riley	Danielle Adams
PF	Sophia Young	Jayne Appel
SF	Scholanda Robinson	Porsha Phillips Roneeka Hodges
SG	Tully Bevilaqua	Jia Perkins
PG	Becky Hammon	Danielle Robinson

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx x	27	7	.794	–	14–3	13–4	18–4
Seattle Storm x	21	13	.618	6.0	15–2	6–11	15–7
Phoenix Mercury x	19	15	.559	8.0	11–6	8–9	11–11
San Antonio Silver Stars x	18	16	.529	9.0	9–8	9–8	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks o	15	19	.441	12.0	10–7	5–12	10–12
Tulsa Shock o	3	31	.088	24.0	2–15	1–16	1–21

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 25 7:00pm @ Connecticut 80–56 Young (14) Riley (7) Hammon (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,801 1–0 2 May 27 7:00pm @ Connecticut 73–75 Perkins (13) Phillips (10) Robinson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza 2,139 1–1

Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 4 8:00pm Tulsa COX 93–73 Young (20) Hodges Riley Young (4) Hammon Hodges D. Robinson (5) AT&T Center 12,406 1–0 2 June 10 8:00pm @ Tulsa 93–62 Hodges (19) Phillips (8) Hammon (5) BOK Center 7,509 2–0 3 June 11 8:00pm Atlanta 86–74 Adams (32) Adams (7) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 9,140 3–0 4 June 17 10:00pm @ Phoenix FS-A 101–99 Young (26) Young (8) Hammon (9) US Airways Center 12,274 4–0 5 June 21 8:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 98–105 Hammon (28) Appel (11) Hammon D. Robinson (7) AT&T Center 7,072 4–1 6 June 24 8:00pm Los Angeles 90–80 (OT) Perkins (31) Riley (9) Hammon (9) AT&T Center 8,617 5–1 7 June 26 3:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV SSO 92–86 Perkins (25) Perkins (8) Hammon (6) Philips Arena 5,718 6–1 8 June 28 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 84–74 Young (19) Young (9) Hammon (5) Allstate Arena 3,894 7–1
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 9 July 1 7:00pm @ New York NBATV 75–81 Adams (19) Young (8) Hammon (5) Prudential Center 6,714 7–2 10 July 8 8:00pm New York NBATV 73–76 Hammon (18) Young (8) Young (6) AT&T Center 8,100 7–3 11 July 12 8:00pm Los Angeles NBATV FS-SW PRIME 74–84 Young (22) Young (11) Hammon (7) AT&T Center 6,769 7–4 12 July 14 9:00pm Seattle ESPN2 69–66 Adams (23) Adams Young (6) Hammon (9) AT&T Center 9,167 8–4 13 July 18 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 79–69 Hammon (26) Young (10) D. Robinson (6) Staples Center 8,818 9–4 14 July 21 10:00pm @ Seattle NBATV FS-SW 55–73 Young (12) Appel (6) Bevilaqua Hammon (2) KeyArena 6,922 9–5 All-Star break 15 July 26 7:00pm @ Washington CSN-MA 73–67 Hammon (22) Appel (12) D. Robinson (3) Verizon Center 11,331 10–5 16 July 28 12:30pm Phoenix NBATV FS-SW FS-A 102–91 Hammon (33) Appel (8) D. Robinson (8) AT&T Center 14,797 11–5 17 July 31 3:00pm Minnesota NBATV 69–70 Perkins (18) Appel (8) Hammon (6) AT&T Center 7,260 11–6
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 18 August 2 10:00pm @ Seattle 64–78 S. Robinson (12) Young (5) Bevilauqa Hammon (4) KeyArena 6,179 11–7 19 August 4 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV FS-SW 60–62 Young (18) Young (13) Hammon (4) Target Center 8,123 11–8 20 August 6 8:00pm Tulsa 72–64 Young (20) Appel (6) Hammon (5) AT&T Center 8,273 12–8 21 August 9 7:00pm @ Indiana 68–81 Hammon (19) Young (9) Hammon (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,520 12–9 22 August 11 7:30pm @ Connecticut FS-SW 72–59 Hammon (18) Young (8) Hammon (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,334 13–9 23 August 14 3:00pm Chicago NBATV CN100 73–85 Perkins (18) Young (6) D. Robinson (7) AT&T Center 7,060 13–10 24 August 16 8:00pm Indiana 63–65 Perkins D. Robinson S. Robinson (10) Young (13) Bevilaqua (4) AT&T Center 6,358 13–11 25 August 20 10:00pm @ Phoenix NBATV FS-SW FS-A 81–87 Hammon (22) Hammon Young (8) Hammon (10) US Airways Center 10,134 13–12 26 August 23 10:00pm @ Seattle 55–63 Young (14) Young (8) Hammon (5) KeyArena 6,559 13–13 27 August 26 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV 75–85 Adams (11) Young (6) Hammon (9) Target Center 9,212 13–14 28 August 28 3:00pm Minnesota 61–72 Hodges (12) Hammon (7) Hammon (7) AT&T Center 7,924 13–15 29 August 30 8:00pm Connecticut 78–66 Hammon (16) Perkins (8) Hammon (6) AT&T Center 6,934 14–15
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 30 September 1 8:00pm Phoenix 86–68 Perkins (23) Young (9) D. Robinson (7) AT&T Center 6,502 15–15 31 September 3 8:00pm Seattle NBATV 60–70 Young (22) Riley Young (5) D. Robinson (6) AT&T Center 9,575 15–16 32 September 6 10:30pm @ Los Angeles NBATV FS-SW PRIME 82–65 Hammon (37) Appel (8) Hammon (5) Staples Center 8,502 16–16 33 September 10 8:00pm Washington NBATV 82–74 Young (17) Appel Young (8) Hammon (11) AT&T Center 12,813 17–16 34 September 11 7:00pm @ Tulsa NBATV FS-SW 102–94 (OT) D. Robinson (36) Adams (8) D. Robinson (6) BOK Center 5,949 18–16
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 16 9:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV 65–66 Adams Hammon (16) Young (9) Young (6) Target Center 11,891 0–1 2 September 18 5:00pm Minnesota ESPN2 84–75 Perkins (24) Adams Perkins (6) Hammon (6) AT&T Center 7,023 1–1 3 September 20 8:00pm @ Minnesota ESPN2 67–85 Young (17) Riley (6) Hammon (5) Target Center 8,734 1–2

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
Danielle Adams	23	0	20.9	.430	.350	.746	4.3	0.6	0.52	0.65	12.4
Jayne Appel	31	0	14.6	.472	.333	.560	4.6	0.8	0.55	0.65	3.2
Tully Bevilaqua	34	25	14.5	.451	.286	.722	1.4	1.6	0.71	0.06	2.9
Becky Hammon	33	33	31.8	.440	.389	.892	2.9	5.8	1.48	0.21	15.9
Roneeka Hodges	28	5	9.8	.404	.400	1.000	1.3	0.5	0.18	0.07	3.9
Jia Perkins	34	8	25.1	.418	.313	.845	3.5	1.4	1.29	0.26	12.0
Porsha Phillips	31	1	8.3	.390	.000	.474	1.9	0.3	0.16	0.39	1.8
Ruth Riley	34	34	19.0	.485	.571	.769	3.8	1.2	0.35	0.88	5.6
Danielle Robinson	34	9	23.1	.460	.000	.903	2.3	3.9	0.82	0.12	8.2
Scholanda Robinson	32	22	16.2	.335	.340	.705	1.5	0.4	0.72	0.22	4.8
Sophia Young	33	33	31.6	.429	.000	.592	6.4	2.3	2.03	0.48	13.2

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Danielle Adams
Jayne Appel
Tully Bevilaqua
Becky Hammon
Roneeka Hodges
Jia Perkins
Porsha Phillips
Ruth Riley
Danielle Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Sophia Young

Awards and honors

• Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 25, 2011.
• Danielle Adams was named Rookie of the Month for the month of June.
• Danielle Adams was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
• Becky Hammon was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
• Danielle Adams was named to the All-Rookie Team .
• Danielle Robinson was named to the All-Rookie Team .

References

1. "Silver Stars add veteran G Bevilaqua". WFMY. March 7, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
2. "Silver Stars sign guard". MySA . March 17, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
3. "Silver Stars acquire G Perkins from Chicago". WLTX. April 20, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.