# 2011 San Antonio Silver Stars season

The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was their 9th in San Antonio.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 6 | Danielle Robinson | United States | Oklahoma |
| 2 | 20 (from Atl.) | Danielle Adams | United States | Texas A&M |
| 3 | 30 | Porsha Phillips | United States | Georgia |

### Transaction log

* February 2: The Silver Stars signed Shanavia Dowdell and Ashley Walker.
* March 7: The Silver Stars signed Tully Bevilaqua.
* March 17: The Silver Stars signed Kelly Mazzante.
* April 20: The Silver Stars traded Michelle Snow to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Jia Perkins.
* May 2: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
* May 16: The Silver Stars signed Alysha Clark.
* May 31: The Silver Stars waived Shanavia Dowdell.
* June 2: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark, Kelly Mazzante, and Ashley Walker.

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| April 20, 2011 | To San Antonio Silver Stars | To Chicago Sky |
| April 20, 2011 | Jia Perkins | Michelle Snow |
| May 2, 2011 | To San Antonio Silver Stars | To Tulsa Shock |
| May 2, 2011 | Scholanda Robinson | second- and third-round picks in 2012 draft |

### Personnel changes
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Ruth Riley | Danielle Adams |
| PF | Sophia Young | Jayne Appel |
| SF | Scholanda Robinson | Porsha Phillips Roneeka Hodges |
| SG | Tully Bevilaqua | Jia Perkins |
| PG | Becky Hammon | Danielle Robinson |

## Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Minnesota Lynx $^x$ | 27 | 7 | .794 | – | 14–3 | 13–4 | 18–4 |
| Seattle Storm $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 6.0 | 15–2 | 6–11 | 15–7 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 8.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 11–11 |
| San Antonio Silver Stars $^x$ | 18 | 16 | .529 | 9.0 | 9–8 | 9–8 | 11–11 |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^o$ | 15 | 19 | .441 | 12.0 | 10–7 | 5–12 | 10–12 |
| Tulsa Shock $^o$ | 3 | 31 | .088 | 24.0 | 2–15 | 1–16 | 1–21 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 257:00pm@ Connecticut80–56Young (14)Riley (7)Hammon (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 4,8011–0
2May 277:00pm@ Connecticut73–75Perkins (13)Phillips (10)Robinson (6)Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza 2,1391–1 :

### Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 48:00pmTulsaCOX93–73Young (20)Hodges Riley Young (4)Hammon Hodges D. Robinson (5)AT&T Center 12,4061–0
2June 108:00pm@ Tulsa93–62Hodges (19)Phillips (8)Hammon (5)BOK Center 7,5092–0
3June 118:00pmAtlanta86–74Adams (32)Adams (7)Hammon (8)AT&T Center 9,1403–0
4June 1710:00pm@ PhoenixFS-A101–99Young (26)Young (8)Hammon (9)US Airways Center 12,2744–0
5June 218:00pmPhoenixESPN298–105Hammon (28)Appel (11)Hammon D. Robinson (7)AT&T Center 7,0724–1
6June 248:00pmLos Angeles90–80 (OT)Perkins (31)Riley (9)Hammon (9)AT&T Center 8,6175–1
7June 263:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV SSO92–86Perkins (25)Perkins (8)Hammon (6)Philips Arena 5,7186–1
8June 288:00pm@ ChicagoCN10084–74Young (19)Young (9)Hammon (5)Allstate Arena 3,8947–1 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
9July 17:00pm@ New YorkNBATV75–81Adams (19)Young (8)Hammon (5)Prudential Center 6,7147–2
10July 88:00pmNew YorkNBATV73–76Hammon (18)Young (8)Young (6)AT&T Center 8,1007–3
11July 128:00pmLos AngelesNBATV FS-SW PRIME74–84Young (22)Young (11)Hammon (7)AT&T Center 6,7697–4
12July 149:00pmSeattleESPN269–66Adams (23)Adams Young (6)Hammon (9)AT&T Center 9,1678–4
13July 1810:30pm@ Los Angeles79–69Hammon (26)Young (10)D. Robinson (6)Staples Center 8,8189–4
14July 2110:00pm@ SeattleNBATV FS-SW55–73Young (12)Appel (6)Bevilaqua Hammon (2)KeyArena 6,9229–5
All-Star break
15July 267:00pm@ WashingtonCSN-MA73–67Hammon (22)Appel (12)D. Robinson (3)Verizon Center 11,33110–5
16July 2812:30pmPhoenixNBATV FS-SW FS-A102–91Hammon (33)Appel (8)D. Robinson (8)AT&T Center 14,79711–5
17July 313:00pmMinnesotaNBATV69–70Perkins (18)Appel (8)Hammon (6)AT&T Center 7,26011–6 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
18August 210:00pm@ Seattle64–78S. Robinson (12)Young (5)Bevilauqa Hammon (4)KeyArena 6,17911–7
19August 48:00pm@ MinnesotaNBATV FS-SW60–62Young (18)Young (13)Hammon (4)Target Center 8,12311–8
20August 68:00pmTulsa72–64Young (20)Appel (6)Hammon (5)AT&T Center 8,27312–8
21August 97:00pm@ Indiana68–81Hammon (19)Young (9)Hammon (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,52012–9
22August 117:30pm@ ConnecticutFS-SW72–59Hammon (18)Young (8)Hammon (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,33413–9
23August 143:00pmChicagoNBATV CN10073–85Perkins (18)Young (6)D. Robinson (7)AT&T Center 7,06013–10
24August 168:00pmIndiana63–65Perkins D. Robinson S. Robinson (10)Young (13)Bevilaqua (4)AT&T Center 6,35813–11
25August 2010:00pm@ PhoenixNBATV FS-SW FS-A81–87Hammon (22)Hammon Young (8)Hammon (10)US Airways Center 10,13413–12
26August 2310:00pm@ Seattle55–63Young (14)Young (8)Hammon (5)KeyArena 6,55913–13
27August 268:00pm@ MinnesotaNBATV75–85Adams (11)Young (6)Hammon (9)Target Center 9,21213–14
28August 283:00pmMinnesota61–72Hodges (12)Hammon (7)Hammon (7)AT&T Center 7,92413–15
29August 308:00pmConnecticut78–66Hammon (16)Perkins (8)Hammon (6)AT&T Center 6,93414–15 :
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 18:00pmPhoenix86–68Perkins (23)Young (9)D. Robinson (7)AT&T Center 6,50215–15
31September 38:00pmSeattleNBATV60–70Young (22)Riley Young (5)D. Robinson (6)AT&T Center 9,57515–16
32September 610:30pm@ Los AngelesNBATV FS-SW PRIME82–65Hammon (37)Appel (8)Hammon (5)Staples Center 8,50216–16
33September 108:00pmWashingtonNBATV82–74Young (17)Appel Young (8)Hammon (11)AT&T Center 12,81317–16
34September 117:00pm@ TulsaNBATV FS-SW102–94 (OT)D. Robinson (36)Adams (8)D. Robinson (6)BOK Center 5,94918–16 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

### Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason :
Western Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 169:00pm@ MinnesotaNBATV65–66Adams Hammon (16)Young (9)Young (6)Target Center 11,8910–1
2September 185:00pmMinnesotaESPN284–75Perkins (24)Adams Perkins (6)Hammon (6)AT&T Center 7,0231–1
3September 208:00pm@ MinnesotaESPN267–85Young (17)Riley (6)Hammon (5)Target Center 8,7341–2 :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Danielle Adams | 23 | 0 | 20.9 | .430 | .350 | .746 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.52 | 0.65 | 12.4 |
| Jayne Appel | 31 | 0 | 14.6 | .472 | .333 | .560 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.55 | 0.65 | 3.2 |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 34 | 25 | 14.5 | .451 | .286 | .722 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.71 | 0.06 | 2.9 |
| Becky Hammon | 33 | 33 | 31.8 | .440 | .389 | .892 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 1.48 | 0.21 | 15.9 |
| Roneeka Hodges | 28 | 5 | 9.8 | .404 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 3.9 |
| Jia Perkins | 34 | 8 | 25.1 | .418 | .313 | .845 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 1.29 | 0.26 | 12.0 |
| Porsha Phillips | 31 | 1 | 8.3 | .390 | .000 | .474 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.16 | 0.39 | 1.8 |
| Ruth Riley | 34 | 34 | 19.0 | .485 | .571 | .769 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.35 | 0.88 | 5.6 |
| Danielle Robinson | 34 | 9 | 23.1 | .460 | .000 | .903 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 0.82 | 0.12 | 8.2 |
| Scholanda Robinson | 32 | 22 | 16.2 | .335 | .340 | .705 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.72 | 0.22 | 4.8 |
| Sophia Young | 33 | 33 | 31.6 | .429 | .000 | .592 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 2.03 | 0.48 | 13.2 |

### Postseason

* Player
* Danielle Adams
* Jayne Appel
* Tully Bevilaqua
* Becky Hammon
* Roneeka Hodges
* Jia Perkins
* Porsha Phillips
* Ruth Riley
* Danielle Robinson
* Scholanda Robinson
* Sophia Young

## Awards and honors

* Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 25, 2011.
* Danielle Adams was named Rookie of the Month for the month of June.
* Danielle Adams was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
* Becky Hammon was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
* Danielle Adams was named to the All-Rookie Team.
* Danielle Robinson was named to the All-Rookie Team.