# 2011 New York Liberty season

The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th 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 2011 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 10 | Alex Montgomery | United States | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 22 | Angel Robinson | United States | Marquette |
| 3 | 34 | Mekia Valentine | United States | UC Santa Barbara |

### Transaction log

* March 14: The Liberty re-signed Sidney Spencer.
* April 6: The Liberty signed Ewelina Kobryn to a training camp contract.
* April 11: The Liberty traded draft rights to Angel Robinson and a second-round pick in the 2012 draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for draft rights to Jessica Breland.
* April 11: The Liberty traded Kalana Greene to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for draft rights to Sydney Colson.
* May 16: The Liberty signed Whitney Boddie and Crystal Kelly to training camp contracts.
* May 27: The Liberty acquired Quanitra Hollingsworth from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the right to swap third-round picks in the 2012 draft.
* June 1: The Liberty waived Mekia Valentine, Whitney Boddie, Crystal Kelly, and Ewelina Kobryn.
* July 4: The Liberty waived Jessica Breland and signed Felicia Chester.
* July 21: The Liberty waived Felicia Chester.
* July 28: The Liberty signed Ta'Shia Phillips.
* August 4: The Liberty traded Sidney Spencer to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Kara Braxton.

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| April 11, 2011 | To New York Liberty | To Minnesota Lynx |
| April 11, 2011 | Jessica Breland | Angel Robinson and a second-round pick in 2012 draft |
| April 11, 2011 | To New York Liberty | To Connecticut Sun |
| April 11, 2011 | Sydney Colson | Kalana Greene |
| May 27, 2011 | To New York Liberty | To Minnesota Lynx |
| May 27, 2011 | Quanitra Hollingsworth | right to swap third-round picks in 2012 draft |
| August 4, 2011 | To New York Liberty | To Phoenix Mercury |
| August 4, 2011 | Kara Braxton | Sidney Spencer |

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

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Kia Vaughn | Quanitra Hollingsworth |
| PF | Plenette Pierson | Kara Braxton Ta'Shia Phillips |
| SF | Nicole Powell | Alex Montgomery |
| SG | Cappie Pondexter | Essence Carson |
| PG | Leilani Mitchell | Sydney Colson |

## Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | – | 13–4 | 8–9 | 13–9 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | – | 15–2 | 6–11 | 14–8 |
| Atlanta Dream $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 1.0 | 11–6 | 9–8 | 14–8 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 2.0 | 12-5 | 7–10 | 11–11 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 7.0 | 10–7 | 4–13 | 10–12 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 6 | 28 | .176 | 15.0 | 4–13 | 2–15 | 4–18 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 2510:30amWashington57–60Vaughn (10)Powell (5)Powell (4)Prudential Center 6,4720–1
2May 277:00pmChina79–65N/AN/AN/ATimes Union Center N/A1–1 :

### Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 53:00pm@ AtlantaSSO94–88 (OT)Pierson (25)Pierson (10)Pondexter (11)Philips Arena 8,0381–0
2June 107:00pm@ Indiana81–80Pondexter (21)Vaughn (9)Powell (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,7032–0
3June 117:00pmIndianaMSG80–86Carson (23)Pierson (6)Powell (5)Prudential Center 7,8352–1
4June 147:00pmAtlanta58–79Carson (21)Carson (8)Powell (2)Prudential Center 5,7252–2
5June 178:30pm@ ChicagoCN10073–85Pondexter (20)Pondexter (8)Carson (5)Allstate Arena 5,7182–3
6June 2110:00pm@ Los AngelesESPN291–96Pondexter (22)Vaughn (12)Pondexter Powell (6)Staples Center 10,3892–4
7June 2312:30pm@ Tulsa94–82Vaughn (24)Vaughn (12)Pondexter (10)BOK Center 4,6823–4
8June 264:00pmLos Angeles77–67Pondexter (22)Vaughn (8)Pondexter (5)Prudential Center 7,6254–4
9June 307:30pm@ AtlantaSSO81–87Pondexter (24)Pierson Vaughn (7)Pondexter (6)Philips Arena 4,4234–5 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
10July 17:00pmSan AntonioNBATV81–75Pondexter (19)Hollingsworth Vaughn (7)Pondexter (5)Prudential Center 6,7145–5
11July 88:00pm@ San AntonioNBATV76–73Pondexter (20)Pierson (10)Pondexter (7)AT&T Center 8,1006–5
12July 104:00pmChicagoNBATV MSG+ CN10080–73Carson Pondexter (18)Powell (8)Pondexter Powell (4)Prudential Center 7,3157–5
13July 1312:00pmAtlanta91–69Powell (20)Powell (7)Carson Mitchell Pondexter (5)Prudential Center 14,3148–5
14July 157:00pmConnecticutNBATV CSN-NE59–68Vaughn (15)Vaughn (9)Mitchell (4)Prudential Center 7,7228–6
15July 174:00pmTulsaNBATV MSG+88–57Pondexter (18)Vaughn (8)Mitchell Pondexter Powell (3)Prudential Center 6,7359–6
16July 197:30pm@ Connecticut79–85Pierson (18)Powell (11)Pondexter (10)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,0969–7
All-Star break
17July 287:00pmWashingtonMSG75–71Pondexter (19)Hollingsworth (7)Pierson Pondexter (4)Prudential Center 6,80810–7
18July 307:00pmPhoenixNBATV MSG+84–91Powell (16)Vaughn (10)Vaughn (4)Prudential Center 7,21410–8 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
19August 27:30pm@ AtlantaFS-S85–75Pierson (20)Pierson (8)Mitchell (6)Philips Arena 4,57311–8
20August 412:00pmChicagoNBATV MSG59–49Pondexter (15)Powell (10)Carson Pondexter (3)Prudential Center 10,13312–8
21August 67:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV81–91Pondexter (21)Hollingsworth (7)Pondexter (7)Verizon Center 10,74112–9
22August 98:00pmSeattleESPN258–56Pondexter (19)Pierson (8)Pondexter (5)Prudential Center 6,73213–9
23August 127:00pm@ Washington63–64Mitchell (18)Hollingsworth (8)Mitchell (6)Verizon Center 10,09213–10
24August 137:00pm@ IndianaNBATV71–82Pondexter (30)Pondexter (8)Pondexter (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,23713–11
25August 167:00pmWashington69–66Pondexter (26)Vaughn (7)Powell (5)Prudential Center 6,22314–11
26August 187:00pmConnecticutNBATV MSG84–81 (OT)Pondexter (27)Vaughn (11)Pondexter (4)Prudential Center 7,24515–11
27August 2010:00pm@ Seattle62–63Pierson (15)Pondexter (6)Pondexter (6)KeyArena 7,13915–12
28August 2310:00pm@ PhoenixESPN274–70Pondexter (25)Pondexter (8)Pierson (5)US Airways Center 8,87116–12
29August 286:00pm@ ChicagoNBATV CN10073–74Pierson (19)Vaughn (8)Pondexter (8)Allstate Arena 5,70716–13
30August 307:00pmChicagoMSG+ CN10071–67Pondexter (19)Pierson (8)Pondexter Powell (3)Prudential Center 6,33417–13 :
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 28:00pm@ Minnesota78–62Mitchell (24)Hollingsworth (9)Pondexter (7)Target Center 8,92918–13
32September 44:00pmMinnesota68–86Pierson (17)Pierson (8)Pondexter (7)Prudential Center 8,24718–14
33September 97:00pmIndianaNBATV MSG+83–75Carson (18)Vaughn (9)Vaughn (5)Prudential Center 8,01519–14
34September 111:00pm@ ConnecticutNBATV63–69Powell (14)Pondexter Vaughn (9)Pondexter (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,11519–15 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

### Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason :
Eastern Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 158:00pm@ IndianaESPN272–74Pondexter (18)Powell (8)Pondexter (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,6080–1
2September 174:00pmIndianaNBATV MSG87-72Powell (19)Pondexter Powell Vaughn (5)Pondexter (5)Prudential Center 8,5081–1
3September 198:00pm@ IndianaESPN262-72Powell (19)Vaughn (7)Pondexter (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,3681–2 :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Kara Braxton | 13 | 0 | 12.8 | .397 | .333 | .400 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 3.9 |
| Jessica Breland | 9 | 0 | 7.7 | .381 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 2.0 |
| Essence Carson | 32 | 5 | 22.7 | .437 | .387 | .738 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.19 | 0.63 | 11.3 |
| Felicia Chester | 4 | 0 | 6.8 | .333 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.5 |
| Sydney Colson | 16 | 0 | 5.4 | .350 | .429 | .833 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 1.4 |
| Quanitra Hollingsworth | 31 | 1 | 16.9 | .524 | .000 | .679 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.52 | 0.32 | 4.6 |
| Leilani Mitchell | 34 | 30 | 25.4 | .375 | .364 | .800 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.29 | 0.09 | 5.6 |
| Alex Montgomery | 30 | 0 | 9.0 | .329 | .444 | .647 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 2.5 |
| Ta'Shia Phillips | 5 | 0 | 3.6 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.6 |
| Plenette Pierson | 33 | 33 | 28.6 | .478 | .200 | .806 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 1.15 | 0.91 | 12.9 |
| Cappie Pondexter | 34 | 34 | 33.9 | .402 | .345 | .813 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 1.26 | 0.29 | 17.4 |
| Nicole Powell | 33 | 33 | 28.3 | .410 | .353 | .906 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 1.36 | 0.30 | 9.7 |
| Sidney Spencer | 16 | 0 | 7.1 | .500 | .333 | 1.000 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.5 |
| Kia Vaughn | 34 | 34 | 28.1 | .497 | .000 | .786 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 1.18 | 0.74 | 10.1 |

### Postseason

* Player
* Kara Braxton
* Essence Carson
* Sydney Colson
* Quanitra Hollingsworth
* Leilani Mitchell
* Alex Montgomery
* Ta'Shia Phillips
* Plenette Pierson
* Cappie Pondexter
* Nicole Powell
* Kia Vaughn

## Awards and honors

* Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 20, 2011.
* Cappie Pondexter was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 4, 2011.
* Essence Carson was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
* Cappie Pondexter was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
* Kia Vaughn was named the Most Improved Player.
* Cappie Pondexter was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.