2012 New York Liberty season

The 2012 WNBA season was the 16th season for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Liberty played at Prudential Center in New Jersey from 2011 through 2013 during renovations at Madison Square Garden.

2012 New York Liberty season
Coach	John Whisenant
Arena	Prudential Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	15–19 (.441)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Media
Television	MSG, MSG+ ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	7	Kelley Cain	United States	Tennessee
3	36 (from Minn.)	Katelan Redmon	United States	Gonzaga

Transaction log

• April 11, 2011: The Liberty traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Jessica Breland.
• May 27, 2011: The Liberty swapped third-round picks in the 2012 Draft with the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Quanitra Hollingsworth trade.
• February 14: The Liberty re-signed Leilani Mitchell.
• February 24: The Liberty signed Kelly Miller.^[1]
• March 5: The Liberty signed Rafaella Masciadri.
• April 13: The Liberty signed DeMya Walker and Essence Carson.
• April 23: The Liberty signed Laura Broomfield and Iasia Hemingway.
• April 27: The Liberty signed draft picks Kelley Cain and Katelan Redmon.
• May 11: The Liberty waived Iasia Hemingway.
• May 16: The Liberty waived Laura Broomfield and Sydney Colson.
• May 17: The Liberty waived Katelan Redmon and Raffaella Masciadri and suspended Quanitra Hollingsworth.
• July 2: The Liberty waived Kelly Miller.^[2]

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team DeMya Walker April 13, 2012 Washington Mystics Kelley Cain April 16, 2012 draft pick

Subtractions Player Left New team Ta'Shia Phillips 2012 free agent Sydney Colson May 16, 2012 free agent

Roster

2012 New York Liberty roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F/C 45 Braxton, Kara 6' 6" (1.98m) 225 lb (102kg) 1983-02-18 Georgia 7 C 52 Cain, Kelley 6' 6" (1.98m) 220 lb (100kg) 1989-05-16 Tennessee R G/F 17 Carson, Essence 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1986-07-28 Rutgers 4 PG 5 Mitchell, Leilani 5' 5" (1.65m) 128 lb (58kg) 1985-06-15 Utah 4 G/F 21 Montgomery, Alex 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 1988-11-12 Georgia Tech 1 F/C 33 Pierson, Plenette 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 1981-08-31 Texas Tech 9 G 23 Pondexter, Cappie 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 1983-01-07 Rutgers 6 F 14 Powell, Nicole 6' 2" (1.88m) 170 lb (77kg) 1982-06-22 Stanford 8 G/F 30 Redmon, Katelan 6' 1" (1.85m) 1988-10-11 Gonzaga R C 15 Vaughn, Kia 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) 1987-01-24 Rutgers 3 F 22 Walker, DeMya 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) 1977-11-28 Virginia 12	Head coach John Whisenant (New Mexico State) Assistant coaches Monique Ambers (Arizona State) Norm Ellenberger (Butler) Athletic trainer Laura Ramus (Wayne State (MI)) Strength and conditioning coach Kevin Duffy (Ohio) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Kia Vaughn	Kara Braxton Kelley Cain
PF	Plenette Pierson	DeMya Walker
SF	Essence Carson	Nicole Powell
SG	Cappie Pondexter	Alex Montgomery
PG	Leilani Mitchell

Season standings

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun y	25	9	.735	–	12–5	13–4	18–4
Indiana Fever x	22	12	.647	3.0	13–4	9–8	15–7
Atlanta Dream x	19	15	.559	6.0	11–6	8–9	12–10
New York Liberty x	15	19	.441	10.0	9–8	6–11	10–12
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	11.0	7–10	7–10	8–14
Washington Mystics o	5	29	.147	20.0	4–13	1–16	3–19

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Mon 7 7:00 @ Connecticut 81-96 Braxton (18) Braxton (11) Mitchell (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,287 0-1 2 Mon 14 10:30am Chicago 57-89 Pierson (14) Carson (6) Mitchell (4) Prudential Center 6,397 0-2

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (0–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 19 4:00 Connecticut MSG+ 73-78 Pondexter (19) Pierson (10) Mitchell (3) Madison Square Garden 8,112 0-1 2 Sun 20 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 77-92 Pondexter (18) Pierson (5) Mitchell Pondexter (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,118 0-2 3 Tue 22 7:00 Minnesota 62-80 Pondexter (15) Vaughn (11) Mitchell (2) Prudential Center 5,411 0-3 4 Fri 25 7:30 @ Atlanta SSO 74-100 Pondexter (18) Pierson (10) Mitchell Pondexter (5) Philips Arena 6,802 0-4
June (5–5) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 5 Sat 2 7:00 @ Indiana FS-I 68-91 Pierson (24) Powell (7) Pondexter Walker (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,006 0-5 6 Sun 3 6:00 Indiana MSG 87-72 Pondexter (25) Vaughn (8) Carson Pierson (4) Prudential Center 4,905 1-5 7 Tue 5 7:00 Atlanta 79-74 Pondexter (26) Vaughn (8) Mitchell (4) Prudential Center 4,823 2-5 8 Fri 8 7:00 @ Washington CSN-MA 76-70 Pondexter (25) Walker (6) Carson (5) Verizon Center 9,108 3-5 9 Sun 10 4:00 Chicago MSG CN100 64-73 Pondexter (22) Carson Pondexter Vaughn (6) Pondexter (7) Prudential Center 5,908 3-6 10 Fri 15 7:00 @ Connecticut 55-97 Carson (14) Pondexter Walker (5) Pondexter Vaughn (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,522 3-7 11 Tue 19 7:00 @ Atlanta FS-S 73-60 Carson Pondexter (14) Pondexter (6) Pondexter (13) Philips Arena 4,134 4-7 12 Thu 21 8:00 @ Minnesota 70-102 Pondexter (30) 4 players (5) Pondexter (5) Target Center 9,050 4-8 13 Sun 24 4:00 Atlanta MSG 64-74 Mitchell (16) Braxton (13) Pondexter (5) Prudential Center 6,754 4-9 14 Sat 30 4:00 Seattle NBATV 77-59 Carson (22) Pondexter (7) Pondexter (4) Prudential Center 6,724 5-9
July (1–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 15 Fri 6 8:30 @ Chicago CN100 64-59 Pondexter (19) Carson (11) Mitchell (4) Allstate Arena 4,211 6-9 16 Sun 8 4:00 San Antonio NBATV MSG 81-94 Carson (25) Braxton Pondexter (8) Mitchell (6) Prudential Center 7,714 6-10 17 Tue 10 12:00 @ Indiana 82-84 Pondexter (33) Cain Powell (6) Pondexter (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,216 6-11 18 Fri 13 11:00am Washington 53-70 Pondexter (22) Carson Powell (8) Pondexter (3) Prudential Center 14,715 6-12 Summer Olympic break
August (3–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 19 Thu 16 7:00 Connecticut NBATV MSG 79-66 Pondexter (24) Vaughn (7) Pondexter (5) Prudential Center 5,865 7-12 20 Sat 18 7:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 74-85 Carson Pondexter (17) Pierson (8) Pondexter (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,232 7-13 21 Tue 21 8:00 @ Chicago CN100 77-67 Pondexter (25) Braxton (7) Mitchell (6) Allstate Arena 3,638 8-13 22 Thu 23 10:00 @ Phoenix 89-77 Pondexter (31) Braxton (9) Mitchell (7) US Airways Center 7,039 9-13 23 Sat 25 10:30 @ Los Angeles NBATV TWC101 62-87 Pondexter (20) Pierson (10) Mitchell (6) Staples Center 12,433 9-14 24 Sun 26 9:00 @ Seattle 66-84 Pondexter (23) Pierson (6) Pierson (4) KeyArena 6,459 9-15 25 Thu 30 7:00 Indiana NBATV MSG 63-76 Carson Pondexter (18) Pierson Pondexter (8) Pierson (4) Prudential Center 5,315 9-16
September (6–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 26 Sat 1 4:00 Washington NBATV MSG 79-73 Carson (20) Pondexter (6) Carson (6) Prudential Center 6,245 10-16 27 Wed 5 7:00 Phoenix MSG 87-59 Pierson (17) Cain (6) Pondexter (8) Prudential Center 4,732 11-16 28 Fri 7 7:30 Chicago MSG CN100 83-92 Pondexter (24) Braxton (11) Pondexter (4) Prudential Center 6,145 11-17 29 Sun 9 4:00 Los Angeles NBATV MSG KDOC 73-71 Pondexter (21) Pondexter (12) Pondexter (8) Prudential Center 7,357 12-17 30 Wed 12 7:00 Washington MSG 75-62 Pondexter (22) Vaughn (10) Pondexter (6) Prudential Center 5,717 13-17 31 Sun 16 4:00 @ Washington NBATV 75-68 Pondexter (30) Pondexter (11) Pondexter (5) Verizon Center 8,087 14-17 32 Tue 18 8:00 @ San Antonio ESPN2 66-77 Pondexter (23) Pierson (6) Pierson Pondexter (3) AT&T Center 6,650 14-18 33 Thu 20 8:00 @ Tulsa 66-78 Braxton Pierson Pondexter (14) Vaughn (7) Pondexter (5) BOK Center 5,661 14-19 34 Sat 22 2:00 Tulsa NBATV MSG 91-74 Pierson (19) Vaughn (9) Pierson Pondexter (5) Prudential Center 8,508 15-19
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 27 8:00 @ Connecticut ESPN2 60-65 Pondexter (14) Pierson (9) Pondexter (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,520 0-1 2 September 29 7:00 Connecticut NBATV 62-75 Pondexter (20) Vaughn (9) Pierson (5) Prudential Center 7,854 0-2

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and honors