2012 San Antonio Silver Stars season

2012 San Antonio Silver Stars season
Coach	Dan Hughes
Arena	AT&T Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Media
Radio	KTKR
Television	FS-SW ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2012 WNBA season is the 16th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their 10th in San Antonio.

Transactions[]

WNBA Draft[]

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	5	Shenise Johnson	United States	Miami (FL)

Transaction log[]

• April 11, 2011: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
• February 8: The Silver Stars signed Shameka Christon.
• February 16: The Silver Stars signed Ify Ibekwe, Kalisha Keane and Latoya Williams.
• February 27: The Silver Stars signed Ziomara Morrison.
• March 1: The Silver Stars traded Roneeka Hodges to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Tangela Smith.
• March 27: The Silver Stars signed Loree Moore.
• April 23: The Silver Stars signed Cierra Bravard and draft pick Shenise Johnson.
• April 30: The Silver Stars waived Ify Ibekwe.
• May 7: The Silver Stars waived Latoya Williams.
• May 14: The Silver Stars waived Cierra Bravard.
• May 15: The Silver Stars waived Kalisha Keane.
• May 16: The Silver Stars waived Loree Moore and Porsha Phillips.

Trades[]

Date	Trade
March 1, 2012	To San Antonio Silver Stars	To Indiana Fever
	Tangela Smith	Roneeka Hodges
March 14, 2012	To San Antonio Silver Stars	To Chicago Sky
	Third-round pick in 2013 Draft	Sonja Petrovic

Personnel changes[]

Roster[]

2012 San Antonio Silver Stars roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 23 Adams, Danielle 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 239 lb (108 kg) 02-09-1989 Texas A&M C 32 Appel, Jayne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 05-14-1988 Stanford G 41 Bevilaqua, Tully 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 07-19-1972 Australia F 20 Christon, Shameka 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 02-15-1982 Arkansas G 25 Hammon, Becky 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 136 lb (62 kg) 03-11-1977 Colorado State G 42 Johnson, Shenise 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 12-09-1990 Miami (FL) C 17 Morrison, Ziomara 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 02-15-1989 Chile G 7 Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 02-23-1982 Texas Tech G 13 Robinson, Danielle 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 125 lb (57 kg) 05-10-1989 Oklahoma F/C 50 Smith, Tangela 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 158 lb (72 kg) 04-01-1977 Iowa F 33 Young, Sophia 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 12-15-1983 Baylor	Head coach Dan Hughes (Muskingum) Assistant coaches Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech) Steve Shuman (Sacramento State) Athletic trainer Tonya Holley (St. Andrews Presbyterian) Strength and conditioning coach Chrissy Stragisher (Muskingum) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth[]

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Jayne Appel	Danielle Adams Tangela Smith
PF	Sophia Young	Ziomara Morrison
SF	Shameka Christon	Jia Perkins
SG	Becky Hammon	Shenise Johnson
PG	Danielle Robinson	Tully Bevilaqua

Season standings[]

Western Conference v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx z	27	7	.794	–	16–1	11–6	17–5
Los Angeles Sparks x	24	10	.706	3.0	16–1	8–9	15–7
San Antonio Silver Stars x	21	13	.618	6.0	12–5	9–8	14–8
Seattle Storm x	16	18	.471	11.0	10–7	6–11	11–11
Tulsa Shock o	9	25	.265	18.0	6–11	3–14	5–17
Phoenix Mercury o	7	27	.206	20.0	3–14	4–13	4–18

Schedule[]

Preseason[]

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 5 8:00 Indiana 67-69 Adams (12) Adams (7) Robinson (4) Trinity University N/A 0-1 2 Wed 9 12:00 @ Indiana 69-78 Johnson (15) Phillips (5) Johnson (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,270 0-2

Regular season[]

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (1–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 19 8:00 @ Tulsa FS-SW 88-79 Young (20) Young (13) Hammon (9) BOK Center 7,509 1-0 2 Fri 25 7:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 79-83 Adams (21) Young (9) Hammon (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,115 1-1 3 Wed 30 8:00 Chicago CN100 63-77 Hammon (21) Adams Appel (6) Hammon Robinson (5) AT&T Center 7,233 1-2
June (5–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 4 Fri 1 8:00 Phoenix 85-66 Hammon (30) Appel (11) Robinson (11) AT&T Center 6,534 2-2 5 Sun 3 7:00 @ Minnesota FS-SW 79-83 Adams (21) Johnson Young (7) Hammon (4) Target Center 7,942 2-3 6 Fri 8 7:30 @ Atlanta SSO 57-60 Young (21) Young (7) Hammon (4) Philips Arena 4,501 2-4 7 Sat 9 8:00 Seattle FS-SW 80-67 Adams (13) Appel (6) Appel Hammon Perkins (4) AT&T Center 8,187 3-4 8 Sat 16 8:00 Los Angeles FS-SW KDOC 98-85 (OT) Hammon Young (24) Appel Young (8) Hammon (7) AT&T Center 8,234 4-4 9 Fri 22 10:00 @ Seattle 76-82 Perkins (20) Johnson (6) Hammon (6) KeyArena 6,849 4-5 10 Sun 24 8:30 @ Los Angeles KDOC 91-71 Young (20) Appel (11) Hammon (10) Staples Center 11,301 5-5 11 Thu 28 12:30 Los Angeles FS-SW 94-80 Young (23) Adams (7) Hammon (6) AT&T Center 15,184 6-5
July (7–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 12 Sun 1 3:00 Minnesota NBATV 93-84 Hammon (23) Young (10) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 6,568 7-5 13 Tue 3 8:00 Phoenix NBATV 82-81 Adams (24) Young (14) Hammon Robinson (4) AT&T Center 6,912 8-5 14 Thu 5 7:00 @ Indiana NBATV 88-72 Hammon (19) Adams (10) Robinson (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,088 9-5 15 Fri 6 7:00 @ Washington NBATV CSN-MA 78-73 Young (18) Appel (7) Hammon (6) Verizon Center 6,522 10-5 16 Sun 8 4:00 @ New York NBATV MSG 94-81 Perkins (24) Young (7) Robinson (9) Prudential Center 7,714 11-5 17 Wed 11 12:30 @ Chicago 77-68 Robinson Young (16) Appel (5) Hammon (7) Allstate Arena 13,161 12-5 18 Fri 13 8:00 Atlanta FS-SW SSO 91-70 Perkins (21) Appel Johnson (9) Robinson (7) AT&T Center 13,426 13-5 Summer Olympic break
August (4-3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 19 Fri 17 8:00 @ Tulsa 89-79 Young (20) Adams (8) Hammon (8) BOK Center 6,270 14-5 20 Sun 19 6:00 @ Phoenix FS-SW 89-47 Hammon (19) Appel (10) Robinson (4) US Airways Center 10,656 15-5 21 Tue 21 8:00 Washington NBATV 75-72 Hammon (22) Appel (10) Hammon (4) AT&T Center 5,913 16-5 22 Thu 23 10:30 @ Los Angeles TWC101 77-101 Robinson (22) Appel Johnson Robinson (5) Robinson Staples Center 8,696 16-6 23 Sat 25 8:00 Tulsa FS-SW 91-71 Perkins (21) Johnson (7) Hammon Robinson (6) AT&T Center 9,025 17-6 24 Tue 28 8:00 @ Minnesota NBATV 84-96 (OT) Young (19) Young (6) Hammon Robinson (4) Target Center 8,532 17-7 25 Thu 30 8:00 Connecticut 73-84 Adams (22) Young (10) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 5,023 17-8
September (4–5) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 26 Sat 1 10:00 @ Phoenix NBATV 90-94 Young (32) Young (8) Hammon (5) US Airways Center 5,964 17-9 27 Fri 7 8:00 Indiana 78-82 Hammon (15) Appel (10) Robinson (5) AT&T Center 8,097 17-10 28 Sun 9 3:00 Minnesota NBATV 62-81 Young (20) Young Appel (8) Christon (4) AT&T Center 6,025 17-11 29 Wed 12 8:00 @ Tulsa 78-67 Christon (17) Appel (11) Hammon (7) BOK Center 4,543 18-11 30 Fri 14 8:00 Seattle NBATV 90-66 Hammon (25) Young (9) Hammon (5) AT&T Center 7,109 19-11 31 Sun 16 3:00 Tulsa 70-80 Young (15) Young Appel (8) Robinson (5) AT&T Center 5,246 19-12 32 Tue 18 8:00 New York ESPN2 77-66 Robinson (21) Young (10) Robinson (5) AT&T Center 6,650 20-12 33 Fri 21 10:00 @ Seattle 75-84 Adams (16) Young (11) Adams Hammon (6) KeyArena 8,494 20-13 34 Sun 23 3:00 Minnesota 99-84 Adams (28) Adams Christon (6) Robinson Smith (6) AT&T Center 8,084 21-13
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason[]

2012 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 27 10:00 @ Los Angeles ESPN2 86-93 Hammon (19) Appel (7) Hammon (6) Galen Center 5,013 0-1 2 September 29 3:00 Los Angeles NBATV 101-94 Young (28) Adams (8) Robinson (5) Freeman Coliseum 5,293 0-2

Statistics[]

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season[]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and honors[]

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