WNBA team season
The 2016 WNBA season was the 20th season for the San Antonio Stars franchise of the WNBA . The season tipped-off at home against the Atlanta Dream on May 14, 2016.[ 1] The season was their fourteenth for the franchise in San Antonio.
The Stars' season got off to a rocky start as they lost their first three games of the season. However, none of the losses were by more than double-digits and they went on to win their first game of the season on May 27 against the Chicago Sky , 79–78. They followed their 1–3 May record with a 2–9 record in June. They lost their first four games of the month, before defeating Seattle 77–70. They would lose another four games before defeating Atlanta 73–69 for their third win of the season. The stretch of losses did include an overtime loss to Dallas . July started off with the team's best stretch of the season as they won two of their first three games in the month. They defeated Indiana , in overtime, and Washington while losing at Minnesota . The Stars could not sustain the momentum as they lost their next five games in a row to head into the Olympic break. They posted a 2–6 record in July. They lost the first game back from the break, but defeated Washington in the second game. A loss at Connecticut saw them finish August 1–2. The Stars lost five games in a row to open September. The six-game losing streak was broken on September 13 in Atlanta with a four-point win. However, the team would lose their final two games to finish September 1–7. They finished with an overall record of 7–27, which tied the 2005 season for the worst record in franchise history.
Trades and Roster Changes [ edit ] 2016 San Antonio Stars roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 40 Alexander, Kayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 01-05-1991 Syracuse 3 C 32 Appel, Jayne 6' 4" (1.93m) 210 lb (95kg) 05-14-1988 Stanford 6 F/C 22 Baugh, Vicki 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 05-21-1989 Tennessee 2 G 51 Colson, Sydney 5' 8" (1.73m) 140 lb (64kg) 08-06-1989 Texas A&M 2 F 1 Currie, Monique 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) 02-25-1983 Duke 10 G 24 Gwathmey, Jazmon 6' 2" (1.88m) 158 lb (72kg) 01-24-1993 James Madison R F 5 Hamby, Dearica 6' 3" (1.91m) 189 lb (86kg) 11-06-1993 Wake Forest 1 G 4 Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 130 lb (59kg) 03-08-1994 Connecticut R G 14 Knight, Whitney 6' 3" (1.91m) 156 lb (71kg) 01-09-1993 Florida Gulf Coast R G 21 McBride, Kayla 5' 11" (1.8m) 179 lb (81kg) 06-25-1992 Notre Dame 2 G/F 6 Montgomery, Alex 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 11-12-1988 Georgia Tech 5 F/C 45 Ndour-Fall, Astou 6' 5" (1.96m) 173 lb (78kg) 08-22-1994 1 F 7 Peters, Haley 6' 3" (1.91m) 178 lb (81kg) 09-17-1992 Duke R
Head coach Dan Hughes (Muskingum ) Assistant coaches Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech ) James Wade (Kennesaw State ) Athletic trainer Tonya Holley (St. Andrews Presbyterian ) Strength and conditioning coach Chrissy Stragisher (Muskingum ) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
2016 game log Total: 7–27 (Home: 4–13 Road: 3–14) May: 1–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 14 Atlanta L 63–73 Kayla McBride (24) Appel , Hamby (9) Currie , Jefferson (6) AT&T Center 7,572 0–1 2 May 19 Connecticut L 68–72 Dearica Hamby (16) Dearica Hamby (9) Moriah Jefferson (7) AT&T Center 6,267 0–2 3 May 21 @ Dallas L 77–82 Kayla McBride (29) Appel, Currie (7) Currie, McBride (4) College Park Center 7,275 0–3 4 May 27 Chicago W 79–78 Haley Peters (16) Monique Currie (5) Appel, Colson , Hamby (3) AT&T Center 5,210 1–3
June: 2–9 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 June 2 @ Los Angeles L 61–68 Kayla McBride (20) Kayla Alexander (10) Dearica Hamby (4) Staples Center 8,341 1–4 6 June 4 Los Angeles L 61–74 Moriah Jefferson (18) Kayla McBride (6) Colson , Jefferson (3) AT&T Center 5,403 1–5 7 June 9 @ Phoenix L 75–90 Monique Currie (19) Monique Currie (8) Moriah Jefferson (7) Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,048 1–6 8 June 11 New York L 75–90 Astou Ndour-Fall (18) Astou Ndour-Fall (9) Moriah Jefferson (7) AT&T Center 5,219 1–7 9 June 14 Seattle W 77–70 Moriah Jefferson (19) Dearica Hamby (18) Currie, Jefferson (3) AT&T Center 3,319 2–7 10 June 17 Indiana L 75–84 Kayla McBride (21) Jayne Appel (7) Jayne Appel (6) AT&T Center 6,107 2–8 11 June 19 @ Connecticut L 90–93 Kayla McBride (25) Monique Currie (6) Moriah Jefferson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,596 2–9 12 June 21 @ Chicago L 75–81 Moriah Jefferson (20) Kayla McBride (10) Moriah Jefferson (4) Allstate Arena 5,744 2–10 13 June 23 @ Dallas L 90–97 (OT) Hamby, McBride (18) Kayla McBride (9) Moriah Jefferson (5) College Park Center 4,027 2–11 14 June 25 Atlanta W 73–69 Kayla McBride (28) Kayla Alexander (10) Moriah Jefferson (7) AT&T Center 9,439 3–11 15 June 29 @ Washington L 67–84 Kayla Alexander (12) Kayla Alexander (6) Sydney Colson (4) Capital One Arena 6,314 3–12
July: 2–6 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 July 1 @ Indiana W 87–85 (OT) Moriah Jefferson (31) Jayne Appel (8) Sydney Colson (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,519 4–12 17 July 2 @ Minnesota L 68–91 Kayla Alexander (11) Alex Montgomery (6) Colson, Montgomery (3) Target Center 7,534 4–13 18 July 6 Washington W 77–70 Monique Currie (20) Jayne Appel (12) Moriah Jefferson (5) AT&T Center 3,701 5–13 19 July 8 Seattle L 68–78 Moriah Jefferson (16) Dearica Hamby (7) Moriah Jefferson (6) AT&T Center 8,955 5–14 20 July 10 @ New York L 65–75 Monique Currie (17) Dearica Hamby (9) Sydney Colson (3) Madison Square Garden 9,790 5–15 21 July 12 Minnesota L 57–81 Moriah Jefferson (14) Dearica Hamby (5) Hamby, Jefferson (2) AT&T Center 11,171 5–16 22 July 16 @ Phoenix L 64–83 Moriah Jefferson (14) Alex Montgomery (5) Jefferson, Montgomery (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,539 5–17 23 July 20 @ Seattle L 69–83 Moriah Jefferson (25) Alexander, Appel, Jefferson, Montgomery (5) Alex Montgomery (6) KeyArena 9,686 5–18
August: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
September: 1–7 (Home: 0–5; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 27 September 1 Los Angeles L 61–70 Jayne Appel (12) Jayne Appel (9) Colson , Jefferson (4) AT&T Center 3,992 6–21 28 September 4 @ Chicago L 73–97 Monique Currie (20) Appel, Baugh (6) Jayne Appel (4) Allstate Arena 6,034 6–22 29 September 6 Indiana L 69–71 Moriah Jefferson (17) Astou Ndour-Fall (8) Sydney Colson (5) AT&T Center 5,838 6–23 30 September 9 Dallas L 84–92 Moriah Jefferson (27) Appel, Currie (7) Monique Currie (6) AT&T Center 7,425 6–24 31 September 11 Minnesota L 76–81 Moriah Jefferson (26) Astou Ndour-Fall (8) Jayne Appel (7) AT&T Center 5,705 6–25 32 September 13 @ Atlanta W 71–67 Astou Ndour-Fall (20) Jayne Appel (14) Colson, Currie, Jefferson (4) Philips Arena 5,312 7–25 33 September 16 @ Los Angeles L 65–71 Moriah Jefferson (18) Monique Currie (7) Currie, Jefferson (4) Staples Center 13,519 7–26 34 September 18 Phoenix L 65–81 Monique Currie (19) Jayne Appel (9) Moriah Jefferson (6) AT&T Center 6,397 7–27
2016 season schedule
Notes
# – Playoff seed e – Eliminated from playoffs Source:[ 5]
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