# 2012 New York Liberty season

The 2012 WNBA season is 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.

## 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.
* 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.

### Personnel changes
## Roster
### 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 vte | 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)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Mon 77:00@ Connecticut81-96Braxton (18)Braxton (11)Mitchell (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 4,2870-1
2Mon 1410:30amChicago57-89Pierson (14)Carson (6)Mitchell (4)Prudential Center 6,3970-2 :

### Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season :
May (0–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sat 194:00ConnecticutMSG+73-78Pondexter (19)Pierson (10)Mitchell (3)Madison Square Garden 8,1120-1
2Sun 205:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S77-92Pondexter (18)Pierson (5)Mitchell Pondexter (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,1180-2
3Tue 227:00Minnesota62-80Pondexter (15)Vaughn (11)Mitchell (2)Prudential Center 5,4110-3
4Fri 257:30@ AtlantaSSO74-100Pondexter (18)Pierson (10)Mitchell Pondexter (5)Philips Arena 6,8020-4 :
June (5–5)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
5Sat 27:00@ IndianaFS-I68-91Pierson (24)Powell (7)Pondexter Walker (4)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,0060-5
6Sun 36:00IndianaMSG87-72Pondexter (25)Vaughn (8)Carson Pierson (4)Prudential Center 4,9051-5
7Tue 57:00Atlanta79-74Pondexter (26)Vaughn (8)Mitchell (4)Prudential Center 4,8232-5
8Fri 87:00@ WashingtonCSN-MA76-70Pondexter (25)Walker (6)Carson (5)Verizon Center 9,1083-5
9Sun 104:00ChicagoMSG CN10064-73Pondexter (22)Carson Pondexter Vaughn (6)Pondexter (7)Prudential Center 5,9083-6
10Fri 157:00@ Connecticut55-97Carson (14)Pondexter Walker (5)Pondexter Vaughn (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,5223-7
11Tue 197:00@ AtlantaFS-S73-60Carson Pondexter (14)Pondexter (6)Pondexter (13)Philips Arena 4,1344-7
12Thu 218:00@ Minnesota70-102Pondexter (30)4 players (5)Pondexter (5)Target Center 9,0504-8
13Sun 244:00AtlantaMSG64-74Mitchell (16)Braxton (13)Pondexter (5)Prudential Center 6,7544-9
14Sat 304:00SeattleNBATV77-59Carson (22)Pondexter (7)Pondexter (4)Prudential Center 6,7245-9 :
July (1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
15Fri 68:30@ ChicagoCN10064-59Pondexter (19)Carson (11)Mitchell (4)Allstate Arena 4,2116-9
16Sun 84:00San AntonioNBATV MSG81-94Carson (25)Braxton Pondexter (8)Mitchell (6)Prudential Center 7,7146-10
17Tue 1012:00@ Indiana82-84Pondexter (33)Cain Powell (6)Pondexter (5)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,2166-11
18Fri 1311:00amWashington53-70Pondexter (22)Carson Powell (8)Pondexter (3)Prudential Center 14,7156-12
Summer Olympic break :
August (3–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
19Thu 167:00ConnecticutNBATV MSG79-66Pondexter (24)Vaughn (7)Pondexter (5)Prudential Center 5,8657-12
20Sat 187:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S74-85Carson Pondexter (17)Pierson (8)Pondexter (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,2327-13
21Tue 218:00@ ChicagoCN10077-67Pondexter (25)Braxton (7)Mitchell (6)Allstate Arena 3,6388-13
22Thu 2310:00@ Phoenix89-77Pondexter (31)Braxton (9)Mitchell (7)US Airways Center 7,0399-13
23Sat 2510:30@ Los AngelesNBATV TWC10162-87Pondexter (20)Pierson (10)Mitchell (6)Staples Center 12,4339-14
24Sun 269:00@ Seattle66-84Pondexter (23)Pierson (6)Pierson (4)KeyArena 6,4599-15
25Thu 307:00IndianaNBATV MSG63-76Carson Pondexter (18)Pierson Pondexter (8)Pierson (4)Prudential Center 5,3159-16 :
September (6–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
26Sat 14:00WashingtonNBATV MSG79-73Carson (20)Pondexter (6)Carson (6)Prudential Center 6,24510-16
27Wed 57:00PhoenixMSG87-59Pierson (17)Cain (6)Pondexter (8)Prudential Center 4,73211-16
28Fri 77:30ChicagoMSG CN10083-92Pondexter (24)Braxton (11)Pondexter (4)Prudential Center 6,14511-17
29Sun 94:00Los AngelesNBATV MSG KDOC73-71Pondexter (21)Pondexter (12)Pondexter (8)Prudential Center 7,35712-17
30Wed 127:00WashingtonMSG75-62Pondexter (22)Vaughn (10)Pondexter (6)Prudential Center 5,71713-17
31Sun 164:00@ WashingtonNBATV75-68Pondexter (30)Pondexter (11)Pondexter (5)Verizon Center 8,08714-17
32Tue 188:00@ San AntonioESPN266-77Pondexter (23)Pierson (6)Pierson Pondexter (3)AT&T Center 6,65014-18
33Thu 208:00@ Tulsa66-78Braxton Pierson Pondexter (14)Vaughn (7)Pondexter (5)BOK Center 5,66114-19
34Sat 222:00TulsaNBATV MSG91-74Pierson (19)Vaughn (9)Pierson Pondexter (5)Prudential Center 8,50815-19 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

### Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason :
Eastern Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 278:00@ ConnecticutESPN260-65Pondexter (14)Pierson (9)Pondexter (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,5200-1
2September 297:00ConnecticutNBATV62-75Pondexter (20)Vaughn (9)Pierson (5)Prudential Center 7,8540-2 :

## Statistics
### Regular season

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