2012 San Antonio Silver Stars season

2012 San Antonio Silver Stars season
CoachDan Hughes
ArenaAT&T Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record21–13 (.618)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Media
RadioKTKR
TelevisionFS-SW
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2012 WNBA season is the 16th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their 10th in San Antonio.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 5 Shenise Johnson  United States Miami (FL)

Transaction log

  • April 11, 2011: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
  • February 8: The Silver Stars signed Shameka Christon.[1]
  • February 16: The Silver Stars signed Ify Ibekwe, Kalisha Keane and Latoya Williams.
  • February 27: The Silver Stars signed Ziomara Morrison.[2]
  • March 1: The Silver Stars traded Roneeka Hodges to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Tangela Smith.[3]
  • March 27: The Silver Stars signed Loree Moore.
  • April 23: The Silver Stars signed Cierra Bravard and draft pick Shenise Johnson.
  • April 30: The Silver Stars waived Ify Ibekwe.
  • May 7: The Silver Stars waived Latoya Williams.
  • May 14: The Silver Stars waived Cierra Bravard.
  • May 15: The Silver Stars waived Kalisha Keane.
  • May 16: The Silver Stars waived Loree Moore and Porsha Phillips.

Trades

Date Trade
March 1, 2012 To San Antonio Silver Stars To Indiana Fever
Tangela Smith Roneeka Hodges
March 14, 2012 To San Antonio Silver Stars To Chicago Sky
Third-round pick in 2013 Draft Sonja Petrovic

Personnel changes

Roster

2012 San Antonio Silver Stars roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F/C 23 United States Adams, Danielle 6' 1" (1.85m) 239 lb (108kg) 02-09-1989 Texas A&M 1
C 32 United States Appel, Jayne 6' 4" (1.93m) 210 lb (95kg) 05-14-1988 Stanford 2
G 41 Australia Bevilaqua, Tully 5' 7" (1.7m) 145 lb (66kg) 07-19-1972 Australia 13
F 20 United States Christon, Shameka 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 02-15-1982 Arkansas 7
G 25 United States Hammon, Becky 5' 6" (1.68m) 136 lb (62kg) 03-11-1977 Colorado State 13
G 42 United States Johnson, Shenise 5' 11" (1.8m) – 12-09-1990 Miami (FL) R
C 17 Chile Morrison, Ziomara 6' 4" (1.93m) – 02-15-1989 Chile R
G 7 United States Perkins, Jia 5' 8" (1.73m) 155 lb (70kg) 02-23-1982 Texas Tech 8
G 13 United States Robinson, Danielle 5' 9" (1.75m) 125 lb (57kg) 05-10-1989 Oklahoma 1
F/C 50 United States Smith, Tangela 6' 3" (1.91m) 158 lb (72kg) 04-01-1977 Iowa 14
F 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Young, Sophia 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 12-15-1983 Baylor 6
Head coach
United States Dan Hughes (Muskingum)
Assistant coaches
United States Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech)
United States Steve Shuman (Sacramento State)
Athletic trainer
United States Tonya Holley (St. Andrews Presbyterian)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Chrissy Stragisher (Muskingum)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Jayne Appel Danielle Adams
Tangela Smith
PF Sophia Young Ziomara Morrison
SF Shameka Christon Jia Perkins
SG Becky Hammon Shenise Johnson
PG Danielle Robinson Tully Bevilaqua

Season standings

Western Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Minnesota Lynx z 27 7 .794 – 16–1 11–6 17–5
Los Angeles Sparks x 24 10 .706 3.0 16–1 8–9 15–7
San Antonio Silver Stars x 21 13 .618 6.0 12–5 9–8 14–8
Seattle Storm x 16 18 .471 11.0 10–7 6–11 11–11
Tulsa Shock o 9 25 .265 18.0 6–11 3–14 5–17
Phoenix Mercury o 7 27 .206 20.0 3–14 4–13 4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 Sat 5 8:00 Indiana 67-69 Adams (12) Adams (7) Robinson (4) Trinity University
N/A		 0-1
2 Wed 9 12:00 @ Indiana 69-78 Johnson (15) Phillips (5) Johnson (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,270		 0-2

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (1–2)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 Sat 19 8:00 @ Tulsa FS-SW 88-79 Young (20) Young (13) Hammon (9) BOK Center
7,509		 1-0
2 Fri 25 7:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 79-83 Adams (21) Young (9) Hammon (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,115		 1-1
3 Wed 30 8:00 Chicago CN100 63-77 Hammon (21) Adams
Appel (6)		 Hammon
Robinson (5)		 AT&T Center
7,233		 1-2
June (5–3)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
4 Fri 1 8:00 Phoenix 85-66 Hammon (30) Appel (11) Robinson (11) AT&T Center
6,534		 2-2
5 Sun 3 7:00 @ Minnesota FS-SW 79-83 Adams (21) Johnson
Young (7)		 Hammon (4) Target Center
7,942		 2-3
6 Fri 8 7:30 @ Atlanta SSO 57-60 Young (21) Young (7) Hammon (4) Philips Arena
4,501		 2-4
7 Sat 9 8:00 Seattle FS-SW 80-67 Adams (13) Appel (6) Appel
Hammon
Perkins (4)		 AT&T Center
8,187		 3-4
8 Sat 16 8:00 Los Angeles FS-SW
KDOC		 98-85 (OT) Hammon
Young (24)		 Appel
Young (8)		 Hammon (7) AT&T Center
8,234		 4-4
9 Fri 22 10:00 @ Seattle 76-82 Perkins (20) Johnson (6) Hammon (6) KeyArena
6,849		 4-5
10 Sun 24 8:30 @ Los Angeles KDOC 91-71 Young (20) Appel (11) Hammon (10) Staples Center
11,301		 5-5
11 Thu 28 12:30 Los Angeles FS-SW 94-80 Young (23) Adams (7) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
15,184		 6-5
July (7–0)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
12 Sun 1 3:00 Minnesota NBATV 93-84 Hammon (23) Young (10) Hammon (8) AT&T Center
6,568		 7-5
13 Tue 3 8:00 Phoenix NBATV 82-81 Adams (24) Young (14) Hammon
Robinson (4)		 AT&T Center
6,912		 8-5
14 Thu 5 7:00 @ Indiana NBATV 88-72 Hammon (19) Adams (10) Robinson (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,088		 9-5
15 Fri 6 7:00 @ Washington NBATV
CSN-MA		 78-73 Young (18) Appel (7) Hammon (6) Verizon Center
6,522		 10-5
16 Sun 8 4:00 @ New York NBATV
MSG		 94-81 Perkins (24) Young (7) Robinson (9) Prudential Center
7,714		 11-5
17 Wed 11 12:30 @ Chicago 77-68 Robinson
Young (16)		 Appel (5) Hammon (7) Allstate Arena
13,161		 12-5
18 Fri 13 8:00 Atlanta FS-SW
SSO		 91-70 Perkins (21) Appel
Johnson (9)		 Robinson (7) AT&T Center
13,426		 13-5
Summer Olympic break
August (4-3)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
Summer Olympic break
19 Fri 17 8:00 @ Tulsa 89-79 Young (20) Adams (8) Hammon (8) BOK Center
6,270		 14-5
20 Sun 19 6:00 @ Phoenix FS-SW 89-47 Hammon (19) Appel (10) Robinson (4) US Airways Center
10,656		 15-5
21 Tue 21 8:00 Washington NBATV 75-72 Hammon (22) Appel (10) Hammon (4) AT&T Center
5,913		 16-5
22 Thu 23 10:30 @ Los Angeles TWC101 77-101 Robinson (22) Appel
Johnson
Robinson (5)		 Robinson Staples Center
8,696		 16-6
23 Sat 25 8:00 Tulsa FS-SW 91-71 Perkins (21) Johnson (7) Hammon
Robinson (6)		 AT&T Center
9,025		 17-6
24 Tue 28 8:00 @ Minnesota NBATV 84-96 (OT) Young (19) Young (6) Hammon
Robinson (4)		 Target Center
8,532		 17-7
25 Thu 30 8:00 Connecticut 73-84 Adams (22) Young (10) Hammon (8) AT&T Center
5,023		 17-8
September (4–5)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
26 Sat 1 10:00 @ Phoenix NBATV 90-94 Young (32) Young (8) Hammon (5) US Airways Center
5,964		 17-9
27 Fri 7 8:00 Indiana 78-82 Hammon (15) Appel (10) Robinson (5) AT&T Center
8,097		 17-10
28 Sun 9 3:00 Minnesota NBATV 62-81 Young (20) Young
Appel (8)		 Christon (4) AT&T Center
6,025		 17-11
29 Wed 12 8:00 @ Tulsa 78-67 Christon (17) Appel (11) Hammon (7) BOK Center
4,543		 18-11
30 Fri 14 8:00 Seattle NBATV 90-66 Hammon (25) Young (9) Hammon (5) AT&T Center
7,109		 19-11
31 Sun 16 3:00 Tulsa 70-80 Young (15) Young
Appel (8)		 Robinson (5) AT&T Center
5,246		 19-12
32 Tue 18 8:00 New York ESPN2 77-66 Robinson (21) Young (10) Robinson (5) AT&T Center
6,650		 20-12
33 Fri 21 10:00 @ Seattle 75-84 Adams (16) Young (11) Adams
Hammon (6)		 KeyArena
8,494		 20-13
34 Sun 23 3:00 Minnesota 99-84 Adams (28) Adams
Christon (6)		 Robinson
Smith (6)		 AT&T Center
8,084		 21-13
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 September 27 10:00 @ Los Angeles ESPN2 86-93 Hammon (19) Appel (7) Hammon (6) Galen Center
5,013		 0-1
2 September 29 3:00 Los Angeles NBATV 101-94 Young (28) Adams (8) Robinson (5) Freeman Coliseum
5,293		 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

References

  1. ^ "Silver Stars sign F Christon". WMAZ. February 8, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Silver Stars sign rookie Morrison". KSDK. February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "Fever trade Smith for San Antonio's Hodges". The Columbian. March 1, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024. (registration required)