2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season

2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season
CoachDan Hughes
ArenaAT&T Center
Attendance7,527 per game
Results
Record15–19 (.441)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost First Round
Team Leaders
PointsHammon (19.5)
ReboundsYoung (6.5)
AssistsHammon (5.0)
Media
TelevisionKMYS

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.

Offseason

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Dispersal Draft

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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

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

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 14 (from Atl.) Megan Frazee  United States Liberty
2 26 Sonja Petrovic  Serbia Serbia
3 39 Candyce Bingham  United States Louisville

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Transactions

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  • July 31: The Silve Stars signed Ann Wauters and waived Katie Mattera.
  • June 5: The Silver Stars waived Joyce Ekworomadu and Bernadette Ngoyisa.
  • June 1: The Silver Stars waived Valeriya Berezhynska and Candyce Bingham.
  • May 28: The Silver Stars waived Amber Petillion.
  • May 25: The Silver Stars waived Morenike Atunrase and signed Joyce Ekworomadu.
  • May 18: The Silver Stars signed Amber Petillion to a training camp contract.
  • May 15: The Silver Stars waived Adrienne Ross.
  • May 12: The Silver Stars waived Sandora Irvin.
  • May 11: The Silver Stars signed Katie Feenstra Mattera.
  • April 30: The Silver Stars re-signed Edwige Lawson-Wade.
  • March 30: The Silver Stars signed Belinda Snell.
  • March 16: The Silver Stars signed free agent Bernadette Ngoyisa.
  • January 23: The Silver Stars signed Valeriya Berezhynska to a training-camp contract.
  • January 8: The Silver Stars re-signed free agent Vickie Johnson.
  • January 7: The Silver Stars signed Sophia Young to a three-year extension.
  • April 9, 2008: The Silver Stars traded their first round 2009 Draft pick to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the Dream's second round 2009 pick as part of the Ann Wauters/Camille Little transaction.

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Date Trade
April 9, 2008 To 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

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Roster

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

Season standings

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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

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Preseason

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2009 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 30 7:00pm @ Detroit 55-62 Young (14) Mattera (8) Johnson (4) Traverse City West H.S.
2,109		 0-1
2 June 2 8:00pm Indiana 60-67 Hammon (12) Frazee (8) Johnson (3) Austin Convention Center
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Regular season

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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 10:00pm @ Phoenix NBA TV
KMYS		 79-90 Young (25) Riley (13) Hammon (8) US Airways Center
13,582		 0-1
2 June 13 8:00pm New York NBA TV
KMYS
MSG		 63-60 Hammon (16) Johnson (7) Hammon (4) AT&T Center
10,572		 1-1
3 June 19 7:30pm @ New York NBA TV
MSG		 61-77 Crossley, Lawson-Wade (12) Young (7) Darling, Lawson-Wade (4) Madison Square Garden
8,046		 1-2
4 June 21 3:00pm @ Connecticut NBA TV
WCTX		 58-71 Young (22) Riley, Young (7) Darling (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,928		 1-3
5 June 23 7:30pm Phoenix ESPN2 91-87 Hammon (19) Young (8) Young (5) AT&T Center
6,692		 2-3
6 June 26 8:00pm Sacramento 62-52 Hammon (26) Young (10) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
7,973		 3-3
7 June 20 8:00pm Washington 82-84 Young (21) Johnson (7) Darling (6) AT&T Center
4,723		 3-4
July
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
8 July 3 8:00pm Chicago 85-72 Young (19) Riley, Young (8) Hammon (10) AT&T Center
6,662		 4-4
9 July 7 3:00pm @ Seattle 53-66 Hammon (13) Young (7) Hammon (5) KeyArena
10,137		 4-5
10 July 10 8:00pm @ Minnesota 77-61 Young (21) Riley (9) Lawson-Wade (4) Target Center
7,409		 5-5
11 July 12 7:00pm Minnesota NBA TV
KMYS		 76-83 Hammon (26) Young (8) Hammon (5) AT&T Center
6,568		 5-6
12 July 15 11:30am @ Washington 79-78 Hammon (21) Frazee (6) Darling, Hammon (5) Verizon Center
17,220		 6-6
13 July 17 8:00pm Connecticut 64-72 Hammon (24) Frazee, Young (9) Hammon (4) AT&T Center
9,524		 6-7
14 July 19 6:00pm @ Chicago NBA TV
CN100		 75-85 Hammon (22) Hammon, Perperoglou (5) Hammon, Johnson (3) UIC Pavilion
3,282		 6-8
15 July 23 12:30pm Indiana 84-65 Young (24) Frazee (8) Hammon, Johnson (4) AT&T Center
9,985		 7-8
16 July 28 8:00pm Seattle KMYS 74-71 Hammon (24) Frazee (7) Hammon (4) AT&T Center
5,382		 8-8
17 July 30 2:30pm @ Sacramento 93-101 (OT) Hammon (38) Young (11) Hammon (6) ARCO Arena
10,461		 8-9
August
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
18 August 1 10:00pm @ Seattle NBA TV
KMYS		 82-85 (OT) Hammon (20) Hammon (10) Young (4) KeyArena
8,167		 8-10
19 August 4 3:00pm @ Los Angeles 63-59 Hammon (20) Young (9) Hammon (5) STAPLES Center
13,865		 9-10
20 August 6 8:00pm Atlanta 84-92 Hammon (26) Young (9) Snell (4) AT&T Center
5,042		 9-11
21 August 9 6:00pm @ Minnesota 89-87 Hammon (22) Young (7) Hammon (9) Target Center
7,764		 10-11
22 August 11 8:00pm Sacramento 73-90 Young (14) Hammon, Young (6) Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5) AT&T Center
4,961		 10-12
23 August 13 10:00pm @ Phoenix 83-95 Young (29) Wauters (10) Hammon (8) US Airways Center
6,522		 10-13
24 August 15 8:00pm Phoenix NBA TV
KMYS		 106-89 Young (25) Frazee (9) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
8,933		 11-13
25 August 20 7:30pm @ Atlanta 87-93 Hammon (23) Wauters (7) Hammon, Lawson-Wade (5) Philips Arena
5,848		 11-14
26 August 21 8:00pm Los Angeles NBA TV
KMYS		 66-67 (OT) Young (31) Young (7) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
9,540		 11-15
27 August 23 6:00pm @ Detroit 84-99 Young (19) Young (5) Darling (7) Palace of Auburn Hills
7,130		 11-16
28 August 27 7:00pm @ Indiana NBA TV
FSI		 66-77 Wauters, Young (18) Wauters (14) Hammon (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
6,836		 11-17
29 August 29 3:00pm Detroit ESPN2 100-88 (OT) Hammon (32) Wauters (11) Hammon (9) AT&T Center
7,735		 12-17
September
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
30 September 1 8:00pm Minnesota 84-82 (2OT) Hammon (29) Riley (8) Hammon (5) AT&T Center
4,881		 13-17
31 September 5 8:00pm Los Angeles 89-72 Johnson (27) Lawson-Wade (5) Lawson-Wade (11) AT&T Center
8,631		 14-17
32 September 8 10:30pm @ Los Angeles NBA TV
KMYS		 68-76 Crossley (16) Hammon, Wauters, Young (4) Hammon (7) STAPLES Center
10,476		 14-18
33 September 10 10:00pm @ Sacramento 80-71 Hammon (27) Wauters, Young (6) Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5) ARCO Arena
7,566		 15-18
34 September 12 8:00pm Seattle 55-64 Crossley (12) Perperoglou (11) Darling (6) AT&T Center
10,153		 15-19
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

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2009 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 September 17 9:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 92-91 Young (24) Wauters (11) Johnson (8) AT&T Center
5,721		 1-0
2 September 19 10:00pm @ Phoenix NBA TV 78-106 Young (19) Wauters (5) Johnson (4) US Airways Center
7,267		 1-1
3 September 21 10:00pm @ Phoenix ESPN2 92-100 Hammon (29) Young (8) Wauters (5) US Airways Center
6,895		 1-2

Regular Season Statistics

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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

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Player GP GS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Shanna Crossley 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Helen Darling 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Katie Mattera 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Megan Frazee 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Becky Hammon 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Vickie Johnson 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Edwige Lawson-Wade 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Erin Perperoglou 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Ruth Riley 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Belinda Snell 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Ann Wauters 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Sophia Young 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0

Team statistics

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Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
San Antonio Silver Stars .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

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References

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  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
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