2012 New York Liberty season

2012 New York Liberty season
2012 New York Liberty season
Head coach	John Whisenant
Arena	Prudential Center
Results
Record	15–19 (.441)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Media
Television	MSG, MSG+; ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2012 WNBA season was the 16th 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 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	7	Kelley Cain	United States	Tennessee
3	36 (from Minn.)	Katelan Redmon	United States	Gonzaga

Transaction log

April 11, 2011: The Liberty traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Jessica Breland.
May 27, 2011: The Liberty swapped third-round picks in the 2012 Draft with the Minnesota Lynx as part of the Quanitra Hollingsworth trade.
February 14: The Liberty re-signed Leilani Mitchell.
February 24: The Liberty signed Kelly Miller.
March 5: The Liberty signed Rafaella Masciadri.
April 13: The Liberty signed DeMya Walker and Essence Carson.
April 23: The Liberty signed Laura Broomfield and Iasia Hemingway.
April 27: The Liberty signed draft picks Kelley Cain and Katelan Redmon.
May 11: The Liberty waived Iasia Hemingway.
May 16: The Liberty waived Laura Broomfield and Sydney Colson.
May 17: The Liberty waived Katelan Redmon and Raffaella Masciadri and suspended Quanitra Hollingsworth.
July 2: The Liberty waived Kelly Miller.

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
DeMya Walker	April 13, 2012	Washington Mystics
Kelley Cain	April 16, 2012	draft pick

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Ta'Shia Phillips	2012	free agent
Sydney Colson	May 16, 2012	free agent

Roster

2012 New York Liberty roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
F/C	45	Braxton, Kara	6' 6" (1.98m)	225 lb (102kg)	1983-02-18	Georgia	7
C	52	Cain, Kelley	6' 6" (1.98m)	220 lb (100kg)	1989-05-16	Tennessee	R
G/F	17	Carson, Essence	6' 0" (1.83m)	165 lb (75kg)	1986-07-28	Rutgers	4
PG	5	Mitchell, Leilani	5' 5" (1.65m)	128 lb (58kg)	1985-06-15	Utah	4
G/F	21	Montgomery, Alex	6' 1" (1.85m)	185 lb (84kg)	1988-11-12	Georgia Tech	1
F/C	33	Pierson, Plenette	6' 2" (1.88m)	180 lb (82kg)	1981-08-31	Texas Tech	9
G	23	Pondexter, Cappie	5' 9" (1.75m)	160 lb (73kg)	1983-01-07	Rutgers	6
F	14	Powell, Nicole	6' 2" (1.88m)	170 lb (77kg)	1982-06-22	Stanford	8
G/F	30	Redmon, Katelan	6' 1" (1.85m)		1988-10-11	Gonzaga	R
C	15	Vaughn, Kia	6' 4" (1.93m)	198 lb (90kg)	1987-01-24	Rutgers	3
F	22	Walker, DeMya	6' 3" (1.91m)	200 lb (91kg)	1977-11-28	Virginia	12

Head coach: John Whisenant (New Mexico State)
Assistant coaches: Monique Ambers (Arizona State); Norm Ellenberger (Butler)
Athletic trainer: Laura Ramus (Wayne State (MI))
Strength and conditioning coach: Kevin Duffy (Ohio)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Kia Vaughn	Kara Braxton Kelley Cain
PF	Plenette Pierson	DeMya Walker
SF	Essence Carson	Nicole Powell
SG	Cappie Pondexter	Alex Montgomery
PG	Leilani Mitchell

Season standings

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun ^y	25	9	.735	–	12–5	13–4	18–4
Indiana Fever ^x	22	12	.647	3.0	13–4	9–8	15–7
Atlanta Dream ^x	19	15	.559	6.0	11–6	8–9	12–10
New York Liberty ^x	15	19	.441	10.0	9–8	6–11	10–12
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	11.0	7–10	7–10	8–14
Washington Mystics ^o	5	29	.147	20.0	4–13	1–16	3–19

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Mon 7	7:00	@ Connecticut		81-96	Braxton (18)	Braxton (11)	Mitchell (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 4,287	0-1
2	Mon 14	10:30am	Chicago		57-89	Pierson (14)	Carson (6)	Mitchell (4)	Prudential Center 6,397	0-2

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season

May (0–4)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Sat 19	4:00	Connecticut	MSG+	73-78	Pondexter (19)	Pierson (10)	Mitchell (3)	Madison Square Garden 8,112	0-1
2	Sun 20	5:00	@ Connecticut	CPTV-S	77-92	Pondexter (18)	Pierson (5)	Mitchell Pondexter (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,118	0-2
3	Tue 22	7:00	Minnesota		62-80	Pondexter (15)	Vaughn (11)	Mitchell (2)	Prudential Center 5,411	0-3
4	Fri 25	7:30	@ Atlanta	SSO	74-100	Pondexter (18)	Pierson (10)	Mitchell Pondexter (5)	Philips Arena 6,802	0-4

June (5–5)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
5	Sat 2	7:00	@ Indiana	FS-I	68-91	Pierson (24)	Powell (7)	Pondexter Walker (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,006	0-5
6	Sun 3	6:00	Indiana	MSG	87-72	Pondexter (25)	Vaughn (8)	Carson Pierson (4)	Prudential Center 4,905	1-5
7	Tue 5	7:00	Atlanta		79-74	Pondexter (26)	Vaughn (8)	Mitchell (4)	Prudential Center 4,823	2-5
8	Fri 8	7:00	@ Washington	CSN-MA	76-70	Pondexter (25)	Walker (6)	Carson (5)	Verizon Center 9,108	3-5
9	Sun 10	4:00	Chicago	MSG CN100	64-73	Pondexter (22)	Carson Pondexter Vaughn (6)	Pondexter (7)	Prudential Center 5,908	3-6
10	Fri 15	7:00	@ Connecticut		55-97	Carson (14)	Pondexter Walker (5)	Pondexter Vaughn (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,522	3-7
11	Tue 19	7:00	@ Atlanta	FS-S	73-60	Carson Pondexter (14)	Pondexter (6)	Pondexter (13)	Philips Arena 4,134	4-7
12	Thu 21	8:00	@ Minnesota		70-102	Pondexter (30)	4 players (5)	Pondexter (5)	Target Center 9,050	4-8
13	Sun 24	4:00	Atlanta	MSG	64-74	Mitchell (16)	Braxton (13)	Pondexter (5)	Prudential Center 6,754	4-9
14	Sat 30	4:00	Seattle	NBATV	77-59	Carson (22)	Pondexter (7)	Pondexter (4)	Prudential Center 6,724	5-9

July (1–3)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
15	Fri 6	8:30	@ Chicago	CN100	64-59	Pondexter (19)	Carson (11)	Mitchell (4)	Allstate Arena 4,211	6-9
16	Sun 8	4:00	San Antonio	NBATV MSG	81-94	Carson (25)	Braxton Pondexter (8)	Mitchell (6)	Prudential Center 7,714	6-10
17	Tue 10	12:00	@ Indiana		82-84	Pondexter (33)	Cain Powell (6)	Pondexter (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,216	6-11
18	Fri 13	11:00am	Washington		53-70	Pondexter (22)	Carson Powell (8)	Pondexter (3)	Prudential Center 14,715	6-12
Summer Olympic break

August (3–4)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
Summer Olympic break
19	Thu 16	7:00	Connecticut	NBATV MSG	79-66	Pondexter (24)	Vaughn (7)	Pondexter (5)	Prudential Center 5,865	7-12
20	Sat 18	7:00	@ Connecticut	CPTV-S	74-85	Carson Pondexter (17)	Pierson (8)	Pondexter (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,232	7-13
21	Tue 21	8:00	@ Chicago	CN100	77-67	Pondexter (25)	Braxton (7)	Mitchell (6)	Allstate Arena 3,638	8-13
22	Thu 23	10:00	@ Phoenix		89-77	Pondexter (31)	Braxton (9)	Mitchell (7)	US Airways Center 7,039	9-13
23	Sat 25	10:30	@ Los Angeles	NBATV TWC101	62-87	Pondexter (20)	Pierson (10)	Mitchell (6)	Staples Center 12,433	9-14
24	Sun 26	9:00	@ Seattle		66-84	Pondexter (23)	Pierson (6)	Pierson (4)	KeyArena 6,459	9-15
25	Thu 30	7:00	Indiana	NBATV MSG	63-76	Carson Pondexter (18)	Pierson Pondexter (8)	Pierson (4)	Prudential Center 5,315	9-16

September (6–3)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
26	Sat 1	4:00	Washington	NBATV MSG	79-73	Carson (20)	Pondexter (6)	Carson (6)	Prudential Center 6,245	10-16
27	Wed 5	7:00	Phoenix	MSG	87-59	Pierson (17)	Cain (6)	Pondexter (8)	Prudential Center 4,732	11-16
28	Fri 7	7:30	Chicago	MSG CN100	83-92	Pondexter (24)	Braxton (11)	Pondexter (4)	Prudential Center 6,145	11-17
29	Sun 9	4:00	Los Angeles	NBATV MSG KDOC	73-71	Pondexter (21)	Pondexter (12)	Pondexter (8)	Prudential Center 7,357	12-17
30	Wed 12	7:00	Washington	MSG	75-62	Pondexter (22)	Vaughn (10)	Pondexter (6)	Prudential Center 5,717	13-17
31	Sun 16	4:00	@ Washington	NBATV	75-68	Pondexter (30)	Pondexter (11)	Pondexter (5)	Verizon Center 8,087	14-17
32	Tue 18	8:00	@ San Antonio	ESPN2	66-77	Pondexter (23)	Pierson (6)	Pierson Pondexter (3)	AT&T Center 6,650	14-18
33	Thu 20	8:00	@ Tulsa		66-78	Braxton Pierson Pondexter (14)	Vaughn (7)	Pondexter (5)	BOK Center 5,661	14-19
34	Sat 22	2:00	Tulsa	NBATV MSG	91-74	Pierson (19)	Vaughn (9)	Pierson Pondexter (5)	Prudential Center 8,508	15-19

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 27	8:00	@ Connecticut	ESPN2	60-65	Pondexter (14)	Pierson (9)	Pondexter (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,520	0-1
2	September 29	7:00	Connecticut	NBATV	62-75	Pondexter (20)	Vaughn (9)	Pierson (5)	Prudential Center 7,854	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

References

↑ "Guard Kelly Miller signs with Liberty". ESPN. February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
↑ "WNBA teams waive twins sisters, former UGA stars Coco and Kelly Miller". Athens Banner-Herald. July 2, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

External links

[1] "Guard Kelly Miller signs with Liberty". ESPN. February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[2] "WNBA teams waive twins sisters, former UGA stars Coco and Kelly Miller". Athens Banner-Herald. July 2, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

v t e 2012 WNBA season by team
Draft Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock
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