# 2008 San Antonio Silver Stars season

The 2008 WNBA season was the 12th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars.

## Offseason
### Expansion draft

* Chantelle Anderson was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 2 | 21 (from NY) | Chioma Nnamaka | Sweden | Georgia Tech |
| 3 | 39 | Alex Anderson | United States | Chattanooga |

## Transactions
### Trades

| April 9, 2008 Sign and Trade | To San Antonio Silver Stars Ann Wauters, the draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and Atlanta's 2009 second-round draft pick. | To Atlanta Dream Camille Little, the draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka, and San Antonio's 2009 first-round draft pick. |

### Free agents

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| Brittany Wilkins | April 2, 2008 | Sacramento Monarchs (2006) |
| Edwige Lawson-Wade | April 28, 2008 | Seattle Storm (2006) |
| Player | Left | New team |
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris | February 22, 2008 | Los Angeles Sparks |

## Regular season

Silver Stars guard Shanna Crossley tore the ACL in her left knee during a preseason game against the Detroit Shock. The news was announced by head coach and general manager Dan Hughes on May 14. Crossley injured her knee during San Antonio's second offensive possession of the game.

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^x$ | 24 | 10 | .706 | – | 15–2 | 9–8 | 10–10 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | 2.0 | 16–1 | 6–11 | 13–7 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 4.0 | 12–5 | 8–9 | 12–8 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 6.0 | 5–12 | 13–4 | 9–11 |
| Houston Comets $^o$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 7.0 | 13–4 | 4–13 | 10–10 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 8–12 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^o$ | 16 | 18 | .471 | 8.0 | 9–8 | 7–10 | 8–12 |

### Season schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Leading Scorer | Attendance | Record |
| May 17 | @ Sacramento | 64-73 | Sophia Young (22) | 16,225 | 0-1 |
| May 20 | vs. Phoenix | 81-76 | Sophia Young (25) | 9,103 | 1-1 |
| May 24 | vs. Seattle | 87-72 | Sophia Young (23) | 9,767 | 2-1 |
| May 30 | @ Seattle | 57-78 | Sophia Young (14) Ann Wauters (14) | 6,810 | 2-2 |
| June 3 | @ Houston | 72-75 | Becky Hammon (20) | 7,059 | 2-3 |
| June 6 | vs. Washington | 63-52 | Becky Hammon (20) | 5,800 | 3-3 |
| June 8 | @ Minnesota | 78-90 | Ann Wauters (24) | 5,020 | 3-4 |
| June 11 | vs. Indiana | 64-53 | Sophia Young (17) | 6,262 | 4-4 |
| June 13 | vs. Seattle | 74-69 | Becky Hammon (17) | 6,478 | 5-4 |
| June 15 | @ Indiana | 70-60 | Ann Wauters (19) | 7,412 | 6-4 |
| June 18 | @ Atlanta | 81-66 | Becky Hammon (25) | 6,225 | 7-4 |
| June 20 | vs. Los Angeles | 77-75 | Ann Wauters (21) | 10,221 | 8-4 |
| June 24 | vs. Houston | 81-82 (OT) | Becky Hammon (25) | 7,226 | 8-5 |
| June 26 | @ Houston | 71-77 | Sophia Young (19) | 5,983 | 8-6 |
| June 28 | vs. Minnesota | 73-65 | Sophia Young (20) | 7,513 | 9-6 |
| July 1 | vs. Detroit | 79-72 (OT) | Sophia Young (27) | 5,656 | 10-6 |
| July 3 | vs. Sacramento | 68-67 | Sophia Young (20) | 6,568 | 11-6 |
| July 6 | @ Washington | 83-75 | Becky Hammon (28) | 10,439 | 12-6 |
| July 8 | vs. New York | 83-79 | Becky Hammon (27) | 6,107 | 13-6 |
| July 10 | @ Chicago | 75-67 | Ann Wauters (23) | 3,040 | 14-6 |
| July 11 | vs. Atlanta | 82-74 | Becky Hammon (26) | 10,943 | 15-6 |
| July 14 | @ Los Angeles | 62-75 | Becky Hammon (21) | 11,976 | 15-7 |
| July 15 | @ Phoenix | 97-87 | Sophia Young (26) | 6,451 | 16-7 |
| July 19 | vs. Minnesota | 74-87 | Becky Hammon (24) | 8,614 | 16-8 |
| July 24 | vs. Chicago | 78-67 | Sophia Young (20) | 9,372 | 17-8 |
| July 25 | @ Minnesota | 68-78 | Sophia Young (21) | 7,247 | 17-9 |
| July 27 | @ Detroit | 76-64 | Becky Hammon (23) | 9,537 | 18-9 |
| August 28 | @ Phoenix | 77-55 | Sophia Young (18) | 7,931 | 19-9 |
| August 30 | @ Los Angeles | 53-58 | Becky Hammon (17) | 9,923 | 19-10 |
| September 5 | vs. Los Angeles | 76-58 | Edwige Lawson-Wade (14) | 9,531 | 20-10 |
| September 7 | @ Connecticut | 85-73 | Becky Hammon (24) | 7,956 | 21-10 |
| September 9 | @ New York | 82-76 | Becky Hammon (30) | 7,994 | 22-10 |
| September 11 | vs. Connecticut | 78-74 | Sophia Young (24) | 6,791 | 23-10 |
| September 13 | vs. Sacramento | 77-69 | Ann Wauters (18) | 9,770 | 24-10 |

## WNBA Playoffs

| Date | Opponent | Score | Leading Scorer | Attendance | Series |
| Western Conference Semifinals ||||||
| September 18 | @ Sacramento | 85-78 | Becky Hammon (30) | 7,740 | SA leads 1-0 |
| September 20 | vs. Sacramento | 67-84 | Becky Hammon (14) | 7,807 | Tied 1-1 |
| September 22 | vs. Sacramento | 86-81 (OT) | Sophia Young (27) | 4,247 | SA wins 2-1 |
| Western Conference Finals ||||||
| September 25 | @ Los Angeles | 70-85 | Ann Wauters (18) | 7,102° | LA leads 1-0 |
| September 27 | vs. Los Angeles | 67-66 | Sophia Young (21) | 7,715 | Tied 1-1 |
| September 28 | vs. Los Angeles | 76-72 | Becky Hammon (35) | 7,111 | SA wins 2-1 |
| WNBA Finals ||||||
| October 1 | vs. Detroit | 69-77 | Sophia Young (21) | 9,380 | DET leads 1-0 |
| October 3 | vs. Detroit | 61-69 | Becky Hammon (24) | 16,012 | DET leads 2-0 |
| October 5 | @ Detroit | 60-76 | Ann Wauters (19) | 8,952^ | DET wins 3-0 |
° Played in the Galen Center, Los Angeles, CA
^ Played in the EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti, MI

## Player stats
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Becky Hammon | 33 | 33 | 33.4 | .390 | .350 | .937 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 17.6 |
| Sophia Young | 33 | 33 | 31.9 | .478 | .000 | .786 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 17.5 |
| Ann Wauters | 32 | 31 | 30.6 | .533 | .355 | .714 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 14.7 |
| Erin Buescher | 34 | 23 | 26.7 | .427 | .431 | .771 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 7.2 |
| Vickie Johnson | 32 | 32 | 27.9 | .439 | .282 | .778 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 6.7 |
| Ruth Riley | 30 | 3 | 19.3 | .434 | .321 | .857 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| Helen Darling | 31 | 14 | 18.7 | .268 | .200 | .789 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| Edwige Lawson-Wade | 30 | 1 | 9.3 | .450 | .468 | .667 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| Morenike Atunrase | 33 | 0 | 10.5 | .276 | .293 | .688 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| Sandora Irvin | 21 | 0 | 5.5 | .321 | .250 | .636 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Adrianne Ross | 4 | 0 | 1.8 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Brittany Wilkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Valeriya Berezhynska | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
San Antonio Silver Stars Regular Season Stats

### Postseason

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Becky Hammon | 9 | 9 | 36.8 | .421 | .458 | .895 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 18.1 |
| Sophia Young | 9 | 9 | 36.1 | .456 | .000 | .750 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 17.7 |
| Ann Wauters | 9 | 9 | 33.3 | .444 | .083 | .889 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 13.4 |
| Vickie Johnson | 9 | 9 | 30.4 | .492 | .400 | .636 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| Erin Buescher | 9 | 8 | 27.8 | .380 | .292 | .733 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 6.2 |
| Edwige Lawson-Wade | 5 | 0 | 16.8 | .318 | .467 | 1.000 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| Ruth Riley | 9 | 1 | 17.1 | .212 | .111 | .750 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
| Helen Darling | 6 | 0 | 8.8 | .385 | .286 | .000 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Morenike Atunrase | 8 | 0 | 5.5 | .500 | .500 | .000 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Sandora Irvin | 3 | 0 | 1.3 | .333 | .000 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Adrianne Ross | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Brittany Wilkins | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
San Antonio Silver Stars Playoff Stats

## Awards and honors

* Sophia Young, WNBA Player of the Week (May 17–25)
* Becky Hammon, WNBA Player of the Week (July 7–13)
* Ann Wauters, WNBA Player of the Week (September 8–14)
* Sophia Young, WNBA All-Defensive First Team
* Vickie Johnson, Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award
* Sophia Young, All-WNBA First Team
* Becky Hammon, All-WNBA Second Team