2011 San Antonio Silver Stars season

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2011 San Antonio Silver Stars season
Coach Dan Hughes
Arena AT&T Center
Attendance8,751 per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points Hammon (15.9)
Rebounds Young (6.4)
Assists Hammon (5.8)
Media
Television FS-SW
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was their 9th in San Antonio.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

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

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
16 Danielle Robinson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oklahoma
220 (from Atl.) Danielle Adams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas A&M
330 Porsha Phillips Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Georgia

Transaction log

Trades

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

Personnel changes

Roster

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

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
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 x277.794–14–313–418–4
Seattle Storm x2113.6186.015–26–1115–7
Phoenix Mercury x1915.5598.011–68–911–11
San Antonio Silver Stars x1816.5299.09–89–811–11
Los Angeles Sparks o1519.44112.010–75–1210–12
Tulsa Shock o331.08824.02–151–161–21

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 257:00pm@ Connecticut 80–56 Young (14) Riley (7) Hammon (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,801		1–0
2May 277:00pm@ 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
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 48:00pm Tulsa COX 93–73 Young (20) Hodges
Riley
Young (4)		 Hammon
Hodges
D. Robinson (5)		 AT&T Center
12,406		1–0
2June 108:00pm@ Tulsa 93–62 Hodges (19) Phillips (8) Hammon (5) BOK Center
7,509		2–0
3June 118:00pm Atlanta 86–74 Adams (32) Adams (7) Hammon (8) AT&T Center
9,140		3–0
4June 1710:00pm@ Phoenix FS-A 101–99 Young (26) Young (8) Hammon (9) US Airways Center
12,274		4–0
5June 218:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 98–105 Hammon (28) Appel (11) Hammon
D. Robinson (7)		 AT&T Center
7,072		4–1
6June 248:00pm Los Angeles 90–80 (OT) Perkins (31) Riley (9) Hammon (9) AT&T Center
8,617		5–1
7June 263:00pm@ Atlanta NBATV
SSO 		92–86 Perkins (25) Perkins (8) Hammon (6) Philips Arena
5,718		6–1
8June 288:00pm@ Chicago CN100 84–74 Young (19) Young (9) Hammon (5) Allstate Arena
3,894		7–1
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
9July 17:00pm@ New York NBATV 75–81 Adams (19) Young (8) Hammon (5) Prudential Center
6,714		7–2
10July 88:00pm New York NBATV 73–76 Hammon (18) Young (8) Young (6) AT&T Center
8,100		7–3
11July 128:00pm Los Angeles NBATV
FS-SW
PRIME 		74–84 Young (22) Young (11) Hammon (7) AT&T Center
6,769		7–4
12July 149:00pm Seattle ESPN2 69–66 Adams (23) Adams
Young (6)		 Hammon (9) AT&T Center
9,167		8–4
13July 1810:30pm@ Los Angeles 79–69 Hammon (26) Young (10) D. Robinson (6) Staples Center
8,818		9–4
14July 2110:00pm@ Seattle NBATV
FS-SW 		55–73 Young (12) Appel (6) Bevilaqua
Hammon (2)		 KeyArena
6,922		9–5
All-Star break
15July 267:00pm@ Washington CSN-MA 73–67 Hammon (22) Appel (12) D. Robinson (3) Verizon Center
11,331		10–5
16July 2812:30pm Phoenix NBATV
FS-SW
FS-A 		102–91 Hammon (33) Appel (8) D. Robinson (8) AT&T Center
14,797		11–5
17July 313:00pm Minnesota NBATV 69–70 Perkins (18) Appel (8) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
7,260		11–6
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
18August 210:00pm@ Seattle 64–78 S. Robinson (12) Young (5) Bevilauqa
Hammon (4)		 KeyArena
6,179		11–7
19August 48:00pm@ Minnesota NBATV
FS-SW 		60–62 Young (18) Young (13) Hammon (4) Target Center
8,123		11–8
20August 68:00pm Tulsa 72–64 Young (20) Appel (6) Hammon (5) AT&T Center
8,273		12–8
21August 97:00pm@ Indiana 68–81 Hammon (19) Young (9) Hammon (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,520		12–9
22August 117:30pm@ Connecticut FS-SW 72–59 Hammon (18) Young (8) Hammon (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,334		13–9
23August 143:00pm Chicago NBATV
CN100 		73–85 Perkins (18) Young (6) D. Robinson (7) AT&T Center
7,060		13–10
24August 168:00pm Indiana 63–65 Perkins
D. Robinson
S. Robinson (10)		 Young (13) Bevilaqua (4) AT&T Center
6,358		13–11
25August 2010:00pm@ Phoenix NBATV
FS-SW
FS-A 		81–87 Hammon (22) Hammon
Young (8)		 Hammon (10) US Airways Center
10,134		13–12
26August 2310:00pm@ Seattle 55–63 Young (14) Young (8) Hammon (5) KeyArena
6,559		13–13
27August 268:00pm@ Minnesota NBATV 75–85 Adams (11) Young (6) Hammon (9) Target Center
9,212		13–14
28August 283:00pm Minnesota 61–72 Hodges (12) Hammon (7) Hammon (7) AT&T Center
7,924		13–15
29August 308:00pm Connecticut 78–66 Hammon (16) Perkins (8) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
6,934		14–15
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 18:00pm Phoenix 86–68 Perkins (23) Young (9) D. Robinson (7) AT&T Center
6,502		15–15
31September 38:00pm Seattle NBATV 60–70 Young (22) Riley
Young (5)		 D. Robinson (6) AT&T Center
9,575		15–16
32September 610:30pm@ Los Angeles NBATV
FS-SW
PRIME 		82–65 Hammon (37) Appel (8) Hammon (5) Staples Center
8,502		16–16
33September 108:00pm Washington NBATV 82–74 Young (17) Appel
Young (8)		 Hammon (11) AT&T Center
12,813		17–16
34September 117:00pm@ 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
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 169:00pm@ Minnesota NBATV 65–66 Adams
Hammon (16)		 Young (9) Young (6) Target Center
11,891		0–1
2September 185:00pm Minnesota ESPN2 84–75 Perkins (24) Adams
Perkins (6)		 Hammon (6) AT&T Center
7,023		1–1
3September 208:00pm@ Minnesota ESPN2 67–85 Young (17) Riley (6) Hammon (5) Target Center
8,734		1–2

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

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Danielle Adams 23020.9.430.350.7464.30.60.520.6512.4
Jayne Appel 31014.6.472.333.5604.60.80.550.653.2
Tully Bevilaqua 342514.5.451.286.7221.41.60.710.062.9
Becky Hammon 333331.8.440.389.8922.95.81.480.2115.9
Roneeka Hodges 2859.8.404.4001.0001.30.50.180.073.9
Jia Perkins 34825.1.418.313.8453.51.41.290.2612.0
Porsha Phillips 3118.3.390.000.4741.90.30.160.391.8
Ruth Riley 343419.0.485.571.7693.81.20.350.885.6
Danielle Robinson 34923.1.460.000.9032.33.90.820.128.2
Scholanda Robinson 322216.2.335.340.7051.50.40.720.224.8
Sophia Young 333331.6.429.000.5926.42.32.030.4813.2

Postseason

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Danielle Adams
Jayne Appel
Tully Bevilaqua
Becky Hammon
Roneeka Hodges
Jia Perkins
Porsha Phillips
Ruth Riley
Danielle Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Sophia Young

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