2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season

The 2009 WNBA season was the 13th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was 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
Coach	Dan Hughes
Arena	AT&T Center
Attendance	7,527 per game
Results
Record	15–19 (.441)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round
Team Leaders
Points	Hammon (19.5)
Rebounds	Young (6.5)
Assists	Hammon (5.0)
Media
Television	KMYS
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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

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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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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

Additions Player Signed Former team Sophia Young January 7, 2009 re-signed Vickie Johnson January 8, 2009 re-signed Belinda Snell March 30, 2009 Phoenix Mercury Edwige Lawson-Wade April 30, 2009 re-signed Katie Mattera May 11, 2009 Atlanta Dream

Subtractions Player Left New team Sandora Irvin May 12, 2009 free agent Adrienne Ross May 15, 2009 free agent Morenike Atunrase May 25, 2009 free agent Candyce Bingham June 1, 2009 free agent Katie Mattera July 31, 2009 free agent

Roster

2009 San Antonio Silver Stars roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From 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 Dan Hughes (Muskingum) Assistant coaches Sandy Brondello (Australia) Olaf Lange Athletic trainer Tonya Holley (St. Andrew's Presbyterian) Strength and conditioning coach Mike Ekanem (Texas Lutheran) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page

Season standings

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

Preseason

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 0-2

Regular season

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

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

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	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

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

• Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 27, 2009.
• Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 3, 2009.
• Vickie Johnson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 31, 2009.
• Becky Hammon was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
• Sophia Young was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve.
• Becky Hammon was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Sophia Young was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.