# 2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season

The 2009 WNBA season is the 13th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their 7th in San Antonio. The Silver Stars were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance to the WNBA Finals for the second consecutive season.

## 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 |

### 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.
| Date | Trade | Trade |
| April 9, 2008 | To San Antonio Silver Stars | To Atlanta Dream |
| April 9, 2008 | 2nd round 2009 Draft pick, Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase | 1st round 2009 Draft pick, Camille Little, Chioma Nnamaka |

### Free agents
## 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
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 307:00pm@ Detroit55-62Young (14)Mattera (8)Johnson (4)Traverse City West H.S. 2,1090-1
2June 28:00pmIndiana60-67Hammon (12)Frazee (8)Johnson (3)Austin Convention Center 0-2 :

### Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 610:00pm@ PhoenixNBA TV KMYS79-90Young (25)Riley (13)Hammon (8)US Airways Center 13,5820-1
2June 138:00pmNew YorkNBA TV KMYS MSG63-60Hammon (16)Johnson (7)Hammon (4)AT&T Center 10,5721-1
3June 197:30pm@ New YorkNBA TV MSG61-77Crossley, Lawson-Wade (12)Young (7)Darling, Lawson-Wade (4)Madison Square Garden 8,0461-2
4June 213:00pm@ ConnecticutNBA TV WCTX58-71Young (22)Riley, Young (7)Darling (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,9281-3
5June 237:30pmPhoenixESPN291-87Hammon (19)Young (8)Young (5)AT&T Center 6,6922-3
6June 268:00pmSacramento62-52Hammon (26)Young (10)Hammon (6)AT&T Center 7,9733-3
7June 208:00pmWashington82-84Young (21)Johnson (7)Darling (6)AT&T Center 4,7233-4 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
8July 38:00pmChicago85-72Young (19)Riley, Young (8)Hammon (10)AT&T Center 6,6624-4
9July 73:00pm@ Seattle53-66Hammon (13)Young (7)Hammon (5)KeyArena 10,1374-5
10July 108:00pm@ Minnesota77-61Young (21)Riley (9)Lawson-Wade (4)Target Center 7,4095-5
11July 127:00pmMinnesotaNBA TV KMYS76-83Hammon (26)Young (8)Hammon (5)AT&T Center 6,5685-6
12July 1511:30am@ Washington79-78Hammon (21)Frazee (6)Darling, Hammon (5)Verizon Center 17,2206-6
13July 178:00pmConnecticut64-72Hammon (24)Frazee, Young (9)Hammon (4)AT&T Center 9,5246-7
14July 196:00pm@ ChicagoNBA TV CN10075-85Hammon (22)Hammon, Perperoglou (5)Hammon, Johnson (3)UIC Pavilion 3,2826-8
15July 2312:30pmIndiana84-65Young (24)Frazee (8)Hammon, Johnson (4)AT&T Center 9,9857-8
16July 288:00pmSeattleKMYS74-71Hammon (24)Frazee (7)Hammon (4)AT&T Center 5,3828-8
17July 302:30pm@ Sacramento93-101 (OT)Hammon (38)Young (11)Hammon (6)ARCO Arena 10,4618-9 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
18August 110:00pm@ SeattleNBA TV KMYS82-85 (OT)Hammon (20)Hammon (10)Young (4)KeyArena 8,1678-10
19August 43:00pm@ Los Angeles63-59Hammon (20)Young (9)Hammon (5)STAPLES Center 13,8659-10
20August 68:00pmAtlanta84-92Hammon (26)Young (9)Snell (4)AT&T Center 5,0429-11
21August 96:00pm@ Minnesota89-87Hammon (22)Young (7)Hammon (9)Target Center 7,76410-11
22August 118:00pmSacramento73-90Young (14)Hammon, Young (6)Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5)AT&T Center 4,96110-12
23August 1310:00pm@ Phoenix83-95Young (29)Wauters (10)Hammon (8)US Airways Center 6,52210-13
24August 158:00pmPhoenixNBA TV KMYS106-89Young (25)Frazee (9)Hammon (6)AT&T Center 8,93311-13
25August 207:30pm@ Atlanta87-93Hammon (23)Wauters (7)Hammon, Lawson-Wade (5)Philips Arena 5,84811-14
26August 218:00pmLos AngelesNBA TV KMYS66-67 (OT)Young (31)Young (7)Hammon (6)AT&T Center 9,54011-15
27August 236:00pm@ Detroit84-99Young (19)Young (5)Darling (7)Palace of Auburn Hills 7,13011-16
28August 277:00pm@ IndianaNBA TV FSI66-77Wauters, Young (18)Wauters (14)Hammon (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 6,83611-17
29August 293:00pmDetroitESPN2100-88 (OT)Hammon (32)Wauters (11)Hammon (9)AT&T Center 7,73512-17 :
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 18:00pmMinnesota84-82 (2OT)Hammon (29)Riley (8)Hammon (5)AT&T Center 4,88113-17
31September 58:00pmLos Angeles89-72Johnson (27)Lawson-Wade (5)Lawson-Wade (11)AT&T Center 8,63114-17
32September 810:30pm@ Los AngelesNBA TV KMYS68-76Crossley (16)Hammon, Wauters, Young (4)Hammon (7)STAPLES Center 10,47614-18
33September 1010:00pm@ Sacramento80-71Hammon (27)Wauters, Young (6)Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5)ARCO Arena 7,56615-18
34September 128:00pmSeattle55-64Crossley (12)Perperoglou (11)Darling (6)AT&T Center 10,15315-19 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess :

### Postseason

2009 Game Log: Postseason :
Western Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 179:00pmPhoenixESPN292-91Young (24)Wauters (11)Johnson (8)AT&T Center 5,7211-0
2September 1910:00pm@ PhoenixNBA TV78-106Young (19)Wauters (5)Johnson (4)US Airways Center 7,2671-1
3September 2110:00pm@ PhoenixESPN292-100Hammon (29)Young (8)Wauters (5)US Airways Center 6,8951-2 :

## Regular Season Statistics
### 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.