# 2016 San Antonio Stars season

The 2016 WNBA season was the 20th season for the San Antonio Stars franchise of the WNBA. The season tipped-off at home against the Atlanta Dream on May 14, 2016. The season was their fourteenth for the franchise in San Antonio.
The Stars' season got off to a rocky start as they lost their first three games of the season. However, none of the losses were by more than double-digits and they went on to win their first game of the season on May 27 against the Chicago Sky, 79–78. They followed their 1–3 May record with a 2–9 record in June. They lost their first four games of the month, before defeating Seattle 77–70. They would lose another four games before defeating Atlanta 73–69 for their third win of the season. The stretch of losses did include an overtime loss to Dallas. July started off with the team's best stretch of the season as they won two of their first three games in the month. They defeated Indiana, in overtime, and Washington while losing at Minnesota. The Stars could not sustain the momentum as they lost their next five games in a row to head into the Olympic break. They posted a 2–6 record in July. They lost the first game back from the break, but defeated Washington in the second game. A loss at Connecticut saw them finish August 1–2. The Stars lost five games in a row to open September. The six-game losing streak was broken on September 13 in Atlanta with a four-point win. However, the team would lose their final two games to finish September 1–7. They finished with an overall record of 7–27, which tied the 2005 season for the worst record in franchise history.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 2 | Moriah Jefferson | United States | Connecticut |
| 2 | 14 | Jazmon Gwathmey | United States | James Madison |
| 3 | 25 | Brittney Martin | United States | Oklahoma State |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| April 14 | The Stars acquired Jia Perkins in exchange for the rights to Jazmon Gwathmey |
| April 25 | Waived Kayla Thornton |
| April 29 | Waived Danielle Adams and Brittney Martin |
| May 6 | The Stars acquired the thirteenth pick in the 2017 WNBA draft in exchange for Monique Currie |
| May 6 | Waived Shamela Hampton |
| May 10 | Waived Vicky McIntyre, Zahna Medley, and Kelsey Minato |
| May 12 | Waived Samantha Logic and Tabatha Richardson-Smith |
| June 16 | Waived Frida Eldebrink |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2016 pre-season game log :
May: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1May 4vs. AtlantaW 74–67Dearica Hamby (18)Jayne Appel (11)Moriah Jefferson (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 4,1991–0
2May 5@ ConnecticutL 53–76Colson, Montgomery (8)Hampton, Ndour-Fall (5)Sydney Colson (3)Mohegan Sun Arena 4,0251–1
3May 9Los AngelesL 70–77Haley Peters (20)Kayla Alexander (9)Colson, Logic (4)AT&T Center 2,3071–2 :
2016 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2016 game log Total: 7–27 (Home: 4–13 Road: 3–14) :
May: 1–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1May 14AtlantaL 63–73Kayla McBride (24)Appel, Hamby (9)Currie, Jefferson (6)AT&T Center 7,5720–1
2May 19ConnecticutL 68–72Dearica Hamby (16)Dearica Hamby (9)Moriah Jefferson (7)AT&T Center 6,2670–2
3May 21@ DallasL 77–82Kayla McBride (29)Appel, Currie (7)Currie, McBride (4)College Park Center 7,2750–3
4May 27ChicagoW 79–78Haley Peters (16)Monique Currie (5)Appel, Colson, Hamby (3)AT&T Center 5,2101–3 :
June: 2–9 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5June 2@ Los AngelesL 61–68Kayla McBride (20)Kayla Alexander (10)Dearica Hamby (4)Staples Center 8,3411–4
6June 4Los AngelesL 61–74Moriah Jefferson (18)Kayla McBride (6)Colson, Jefferson (3)AT&T Center 5,4031–5
7June 9@ PhoenixL 75–90Monique Currie (19)Monique Currie (8)Moriah Jefferson (7)Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,0481–6
8June 11New YorkL 75–90Astou Ndour-Fall (18)Astou Ndour-Fall (9)Moriah Jefferson (7)AT&T Center 5,2191–7
9June 14SeattleW 77–70Moriah Jefferson (19)Dearica Hamby (18)Currie, Jefferson (3)AT&T Center 3,3192–7
10June 17IndianaL 75–84Kayla McBride (21)Jayne Appel (7)Jayne Appel (6)AT&T Center 6,1072–8
11June 19@ ConnecticutL 90–93Kayla McBride (25)Monique Currie (6)Moriah Jefferson (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,5962–9
12June 21@ ChicagoL 75–81Moriah Jefferson (20)Kayla McBride (10)Moriah Jefferson (4)Allstate Arena 5,7442–10
13June 23@ DallasL 90–97 (OT)Hamby, McBride (18)Kayla McBride (9)Moriah Jefferson (5)College Park Center 4,0272–11
14June 25AtlantaW 73–69Kayla McBride (28)Kayla Alexander (10)Moriah Jefferson (7)AT&T Center 9,4393–11
15June 29@ WashingtonL 67–84Kayla Alexander (12)Kayla Alexander (6)Sydney Colson (4)Capital One Arena 6,3143–12 :
July: 2–6 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
16July 1@ IndianaW 87–85 (OT)Moriah Jefferson (31)Jayne Appel (8)Sydney Colson (4)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,5194–12
17July 2@ MinnesotaL 68–91Kayla Alexander (11)Alex Montgomery (6)Colson, Montgomery (3)Target Center 7,5344–13
18July 6WashingtonW 77–70Monique Currie (20)Jayne Appel (12)Moriah Jefferson (5)AT&T Center 3,7015–13
19July 8SeattleL 68–78Moriah Jefferson (16)Dearica Hamby (7)Moriah Jefferson (6)AT&T Center 8,9555–14
20July 10@ New YorkL 65–75Monique Currie (17)Dearica Hamby (9)Sydney Colson (3)Madison Square Garden 9,7905–15
21July 12MinnesotaL 57–81Moriah Jefferson (14)Dearica Hamby (5)Hamby, Jefferson (2)AT&T Center 11,1715–16
22July 16@ PhoenixL 64–83Moriah Jefferson (14)Alex Montgomery (5)Jefferson, Montgomery (4)Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,5395–17
23July 20@ SeattleL 69–83Moriah Jefferson (25)Alexander, Appel, Jefferson, Montgomery (5)Alex Montgomery (6)KeyArena 9,6865–18 :
August: 1–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
24August 26New YorkL 77–84Jayne Appel (17)Jayne Appel (8)Moriah Jefferson (4)AT&T Center 6,8315–19
25August 28@ WashingtonW 85–74Currie, Gwathmey, Ndour-Fall (16)Monique Currie (10)Moriah Jefferson (9)Capital One Arena 5,5096–19
26August 30@ ConnecticutL 62–89Astou Ndour-Fall (12)Astou Ndour-Fall (5)Sydney Colson (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,2916–20 :
September: 1–7 (Home: 0–5; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27September 1Los AngelesL 61–70Jayne Appel (12)Jayne Appel (9)Colson, Jefferson (4)AT&T Center 3,9926–21
28September 4@ ChicagoL 73–97Monique Currie (20)Appel, Baugh (6)Jayne Appel (4)Allstate Arena 6,0346–22
29September 6IndianaL 69–71Moriah Jefferson (17)Astou Ndour-Fall (8)Sydney Colson (5)AT&T Center 5,8386–23
30September 9DallasL 84–92Moriah Jefferson (27)Appel, Currie (7)Monique Currie (6)AT&T Center 7,4256–24
31September 11MinnesotaL 76–81Moriah Jefferson (26)Astou Ndour-Fall (8)Jayne Appel (7)AT&T Center 5,7056–25
32September 13@ AtlantaW 71–67Astou Ndour-Fall (20)Jayne Appel (14)Colson, Currie, Jefferson (4)Philips Arena 5,3127–25
33September 16@ Los AngelesL 65–71Moriah Jefferson (18)Monique Currie (7)Currie, Jefferson (4)Staples Center 13,5197–26
34September 18PhoenixL 65–81Monique Currie (19)Jayne Appel (9)Moriah Jefferson (6)AT&T Center 6,3977–27 :
2016 season schedule :

## Standings

| Western Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 - Minnesota Lynx | 28 | 6 | .824 | — | 15–2 | 13–4 | 15–1 |
| 2 - Los Angeles Sparks | 26 | 8 | .765 | 2 | 14–3 | 12–5 | 11–5 |
| 7 - Seattle Storm | 16 | 18 | .471 | 12 | 10–7 | 6–11 | 7–9 |
| 8 - Phoenix Mercury | 16 | 18 | .471 | 12 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 6–10 |
| e - Dallas Wings | 11 | 23 | .324 | 17 | 6–11 | 5–12 | 8–8 |
| e - San Antonio Stars | 7 | 27 | .206 | 21 | 4–13 | 3–14 | 1–15 |
Notes
    # – Playoff seed
    e – Eliminated from playoffs

## Statistics
### Regular season

Source:
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Kayla McBride | 17 | 17 | 30.8 | 36.7% | 30.5% | 85.3% | 4.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 17.1 |
| Moriah Jefferson | 34 | 34 | 30.4 | 42.6% | 37.5% | 77.5% | 2.1 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 13.9 |
| Monique Currie | 34 | 34 | 25.5 | 38.6% | 32.1% | 91.8% | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 10.7 |
| Dearica Hamby | 25 | 25 | 25.3 | 42.2% | 14.3% | 72.3% | 5.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
| Kayla Alexander | 25 | 0 | 19.6 | 54.6% | — | 75.4% | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Astou Ndour-Fall | 30 | 9 | 14.9 | 39.6% | 34.4% | 82.9% | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| Haley Peters | 34 | 0 | 17.5 | 34.9% | 25.0% | 75.7% | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5.8 |
| Sydney Colson | 34 | 0 | 16.9 | 43.1% | 19.2% | 83.1% | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| Jayne Appel | 34 | 34 | 23.1 | 42.9% | 0.0% | 73.5% | 5.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| Vicki Baugh | 11 | 0 | 13.5 | 57.6% | — | 66.7% | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Alex Montgomery | 25 | 7 | 14.3 | 35.7% | 31.3% | 75.0% | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Jazmon Gwathmey | 22 | 10 | 16.0 | 34.6% | 33.3% | 76.9% | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| Blake Dietrick | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 50.0% | 0.0% | — | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Frida Eldebrink | 8 | 0 | 5.5 | 12.5% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Avery Warley-Talbert | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | 0.0% | — | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Whitney Knight | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
| Jayne Appel | WNBA Community Assist Award - August | August 2016 | |
| Moriah Jefferson | WNBA All-Rookie Team | September 29, 2016 | |