2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season

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.

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

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.

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

[1]

Transactions
  • 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.

[2]

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

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

Season standings
Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x2311.676–12–511–613–7
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
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1May 307:00pm@ Detroit55-62Young (14)Mattera (8)Johnson (4)Traverse City West H.S.
2,109		0-1
2June 28:00pmIndiana60-67Hammon (12)Frazee (8)Johnson (3)Austin Convention Center
0-2

Regular season
2009 Game Log: Regular Season
Watch all away games live on WNBA LiveAccess
June
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1June 610:00pm@ PhoenixNBA TV
KMYS		79-90Young (25)Riley (13)Hammon (8)US Airways Center
13,582		0-1
2June 138:00pmNew YorkNBA TV
KMYS
MSG		63-60Hammon (16)Johnson (7)Hammon (4)AT&T Center
10,572		1-1
3June 197:30pm@ New YorkNBA TV
MSG		61-77Crossley, Lawson-Wade (12)Young (7)Darling, Lawson-Wade (4)Madison Square Garden
8,046		1-2
4June 213:00pm@ ConnecticutNBA TV
WCTX		58-71Young (22)Riley, Young (7)Darling (4)Mohegan Sun Arena
6,928		1-3
5June 237:30pmPhoenixESPN291-87Hammon (19)Young (8)Young (5)AT&T Center
6,692		2-3
6June 268:00pmSacramento62-52Hammon (26)Young (10)Hammon (6)AT&T Center
7,973		3-3
7June 208:00pmWashington82-84Young (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
8July 38:00pmChicago85-72Young (19)Riley, Young (8)Hammon (10)AT&T Center
6,662		4-4
9July 73:00pm@ Seattle53-66Hammon (13)Young (7)Hammon (5)KeyArena
10,137		4-5
10July 108:00pm@ Minnesota77-61Young (21)Riley (9)Lawson-Wade (4)Target Center
7,409		5-5
11July 127:00pmMinnesotaNBA TV
KMYS		76-83Hammon (26)Young (8)Hammon (5)AT&T Center
6,568		5-6
12July 1511:30am@ Washington79-78Hammon (21)Frazee (6)Darling, Hammon (5)Verizon Center
17,220		6-6
13July 178:00pmConnecticut64-72Hammon (24)Frazee, Young (9)Hammon (4)AT&T Center
9,524		6-7
14July 196:00pm@ ChicagoNBA TV
CN100		75-85Hammon (22)Hammon, Perperoglou (5)Hammon, Johnson (3)UIC Pavilion
3,282		6-8
15July 2312:30pmIndiana84-65Young (24)Frazee (8)Hammon, Johnson (4)AT&T Center
9,985		7-8
16July 288:00pmSeattleKMYS74-71Hammon (24)Frazee (7)Hammon (4)AT&T Center
5,382		8-8
17July 302:30pm@ Sacramento93-101 (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
18August 110:00pm@ SeattleNBA TV
KMYS		82-85 (OT)Hammon (20)Hammon (10)Young (4)KeyArena
8,167		8-10
19August 43:00pm@ Los Angeles63-59Hammon (20)Young (9)Hammon (5)STAPLES Center
13,865		9-10
20August 68:00pmAtlanta84-92Hammon (26)Young (9)Snell (4)AT&T Center
5,042		9-11
21August 96:00pm@ Minnesota89-87Hammon (22)Young (7)Hammon (9)Target Center
7,764		10-11
22August 118:00pmSacramento73-90Young (14)Hammon, Young (6)Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5)AT&T Center
4,961		10-12
23August 1310:00pm@ Phoenix83-95Young (29)Wauters (10)Hammon (8)US Airways Center
6,522		10-13
24August 158:00pmPhoenixNBA TV
KMYS		106-89Young (25)Frazee (9)Hammon (6)AT&T Center
8,933		11-13
25August 207:30pm@ Atlanta87-93Hammon (23)Wauters (7)Hammon, Lawson-Wade (5)Philips Arena
5,848		11-14
26August 218:00pmLos AngelesNBA TV
KMYS		66-67 (OT)Young (31)Young (7)Hammon (6)AT&T Center
9,540		11-15
27August 236:00pm@ Detroit84-99Young (19)Young (5)Darling (7)Palace of Auburn Hills
7,130		11-16
28August 277:00pm@ IndianaNBA TV
FSI		66-77Wauters, Young (18)Wauters (14)Hammon (6)Conseco Fieldhouse
6,836		11-17
29August 293:00pmDetroitESPN2100-88 (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
30September 18:00pmMinnesota84-82 (2OT)Hammon (29)Riley (8)Hammon (5)AT&T Center
4,881		13-17
31September 58:00pmLos Angeles89-72Johnson (27)Lawson-Wade (5)Lawson-Wade (11)AT&T Center
8,631		14-17
32September 810:30pm@ Los AngelesNBA TV
KMYS		68-76Crossley (16)Hammon, Wauters, Young (4)Hammon (7)STAPLES Center
10,476		14-18
33September 1010:00pm@ Sacramento80-71Hammon (27)Wauters, Young (6)Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5)ARCO Arena
7,566		15-18
34September 128:00pmSeattle55-64Crossley (12)Perperoglou (11)Darling (6)AT&T Center
10,153		15-19

Postseason
2009 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1September 179:00pmPhoenixESPN292-91Young (24)Wauters (11)Johnson (8)AT&T Center
5,721		1-0
2September 1910:00pm@ PhoenixNBA TV78-106Young (19)Wauters (5)Johnson (4)US Airways Center
7,267		1-1
3September 2110:00pm@ PhoenixESPN292-100Hammon (29)Young (8)Wauters (5)US Airways Center
6,895		1-2

Regular Season 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

Player Statistics
Player GP GS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
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
Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
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

Awards and honors

References
  1. "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  2. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions
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