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.
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 .
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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.
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Free agents
Roster
San Antonio Silver Stars roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
Yrs
SG
5
Crossley, Shanna
5' 10" (1.78m)
155 lb (70kg)
Tennessee
PG
30
Darling, Helen
5' 6" (1.68m)
164 lb (74kg)
Penn State
G/F
40
Frazee, Megan
6' 3" (1.91m)
191 lb (87kg)
Liberty University
PG
25
Hammon, Becky
5' 6" (1.68m)
136 lb (62kg)
Colorado State
G/F
55
Johnson, Vickie
5' 9" (1.75m)
150 lb (68kg)
Louisiana Tech
SG
9
Lawson-Wade, Edwige
5' 6" (1.68m)
130 lb (59kg)
France
SF
7
Perperoglou, Erin
6' 3" (1.91m)
181 lb (82kg)
Master's College
C
00
Riley, Ruth
6' 5" (1.96m)
198 lb (90kg)
Notre Dame
SG
10
Snell, Belinda
5' 9" (1.75m)
170 lb (77kg)
Australia
C
12
Wauters, Ann
6' 4" (1.93m)
193 lb (88kg)
Belgium
PF
33
Young, Sophia
6' 1" (1.85m)
165 lb (75kg)
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
Schedule
Preseason
Regular season
2009 Game Log: Regular Season
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
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
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
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Postseason
2009 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
Regular Season Statistics
Player statistics
Team statistics
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
References
External links
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