2012 San Antonio Silver Stars season explained

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.

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.^[1]
February 16: The Silver Stars signed Ify Ibekwe, Kalisha Keane and Latoya Williams.
February 27: The Silver Stars signed Ziomara Morrison.^[2]
March 1: The Silver Stars traded Roneeka Hodges to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Tangela Smith.^[3]
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	width=375	To San Antonio Silver Stars	width=375	To Indiana Fever
March 1, 2012	Tangela Smith	Roneeka Hodges
March 14, 2012	width=375	To San Antonio Silver Stars	width=375	To Chicago Sky
March 14, 2012	Third-round pick in 2013 Draft	Sonja Petrovic

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Shameka Christon	February 8, 2012	free agent
Ziomara Morrison	February 27, 2012	free agent
Tangela Smith	March 1, 2012	Indiana Fever
Shenise Johnson	April 16, 2012	draft pick

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Ruth Riley	February 6, 2012	Chicago Sky
Scholanda Dorrell	February 17, 2012	Tulsa Shock
Roneeka Hodges	March 1, 2012	Indiana Fever
Porsha Phillips	May 16, 2012	free agent

Roster

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

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || Sat 5 || 8:00 || Indiana || || 67-69 || Adams (12) || Adams (7) || Robinson (4) || Trinity University
N/A || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || Wed 9 || 12:00 || @ Indiana || || 69-78 || Johnson (15) || Phillips (5) || Johnson (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,270 || 0-2|-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || Sat 19 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || FS-SW || 88-79 || Young (20) || Young (13) || Hammon (9) || BOK Center
7,509 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || Fri 25 || 7:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 79-83 || Adams (21) || Young (9) || Hammon (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena
6,115 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || Wed 30 || 8:00 || Chicago || CN100 || 63-77 || Hammon (21) || Adams
Appel (6) || Hammon
Robinson (5) || AT&T Center
7,233 || 1-2|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || Fri 1 || 8:00 || Phoenix || || 85-66 || Hammon (30) || Appel (11) || Robinson (11) || AT&T Center
6,534 || 2-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || Sun 3 || 7:00 || @ Minnesota || FS-SW || 79-83 || Adams (21) || Johnson
Young (7) || Hammon (4) || Target Center
7,942 || 2-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6 || Fri 8 || 7:30 || @ Atlanta || SSO || 57-60 || Young (21) || Young (7) || Hammon (4) || Philips Arena
4,501 || 2-4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || Fri 22 || 10:00 || @ Seattle || || 76-82 || Perkins (20) || Johnson (6) || Hammon (6) || KeyArena
6,849 || 4-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || Sun 24 || 8:30 || @ Los Angeles || KDOC || 91-71 || Young (20) || Appel (11) || Hammon (10) || Staples Center
11,301 || 5-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || Thu 28 || 12:30 || Los Angeles || FS-SW || 94-80 || Young (23) || Adams (7) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center
15,184 || 6-5|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || Sun 1 || 3:00 || Minnesota || NBATV || 93-84 || Hammon (23) || Young (10) || Hammon (8) || AT&T Center
6,568 || 7-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 13 || Tue 3 || 8:00 || Phoenix || NBATV || 82-81 || Adams (24) || Young (14) || Hammon
Robinson (4) || AT&T Center
6,912 || 8-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 14 || Thu 5 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || NBATV || 88-72 || Hammon (19) || Adams (10) || Robinson (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,088 || 9-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15 || Fri 6 || 7:00 || @ Washington || NBATV
CSN-MA || 78-73 || Young (18) || Appel (7) || Hammon (6) || Verizon Center
6,522 || 10-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 16 || Sun 8 || 4:00 || @ New York || NBATV
MSG || 94-81 || Perkins (24) || Young (7) || Robinson (9) || Prudential Center
7,714 || 11-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || Wed 11 || 12:30 || @ Chicago || || 77-68 || Robinson
Young (16) || Appel (5) || Hammon (7) || Allstate Arena
13,161 || 12-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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|-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break|-|-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || Fri 17 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 89-79 || Young (20) || Adams (8) || Hammon (8) || BOK Center
6,270 || 14-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20 || Sun 19 || 6:00 || @ Phoenix || FS-SW || 89-47 || Hammon (19) || Appel (10) || Robinson (4) || US Airways Center
10,656 || 15-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21 || Tue 21 || 8:00 || Washington || NBATV || 75-72 || Hammon (22) || Appel (10) || Hammon (4) || AT&T Center
5,913 || 16-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || Thu 23 || 10:30 || @ Los Angeles || TWC101 || 77-101 || Robinson (22) || Appel
Johnson
Robinson (5) || Robinson || Staples Center
8,696 || 16-6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 23 || Sat 25 || 8:00 || Tulsa || FS-SW || 91-71 || Perkins (21) || Johnson (7) || Hammon
Robinson (6) || AT&T Center
9,025 || 17-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24 || Tue 28 || 8:00 || @ Minnesota || NBATV || 84-96 (OT) || Young (19) || Young (6) || Hammon
Robinson (4) || Target Center
8,532 || 17-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || Thu 30 || 8:00 || Connecticut || || 73-84 || Adams (22) || Young (10) || Hammon (8) || AT&T Center
5,023 || 17-8|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || Sat 1 || 10:00 || @ Phoenix || NBATV || 90-94 || Young (32) || Young (8) || Hammon (5) || US Airways Center
5,964 || 17-9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27 || Fri 7 || 8:00 || Indiana || || 78-82 || Hammon (15) || Appel (10) || Robinson (5) || AT&T Center
8,097 || 17-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || Sun 9 || 3:00 || Minnesota || NBATV || 62-81 || Young (20) || Young
Appel (8) || Christon (4) || AT&T Center
6,025 || 17-11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 29 || Wed 12 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 78-67 || Christon (17) || Appel (11) || Hammon (7) || BOK Center
4,543 || 18-11|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30 || Fri 14 || 8:00 || Seattle || NBATV || 90-66 || Hammon (25) || Young (9) || Hammon (5) || AT&T Center
7,109 || 19-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31 || Sun 16 || 3:00 || Tulsa || || 70-80 || Young (15) || Young
Appel (8) || Robinson (5) || AT&T Center
5,246 || 19-12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32 || Tue 18 || 8:00 || New York || ESPN2 || 77-66 || Robinson (21) || Young (10) || Robinson (5) || AT&T Center
6,650 || 20-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || Fri 21 || 10:00 || @ Seattle || || 75-84 || Adams (16) || Young (11) || Adams
Hammon (6) || KeyArena
8,494 || 20-13|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || September 27 || 10:00 || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 86-93 || Hammon (19) || Appel (7) || Hammon (6) || Galen Center
5,013 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || September 29 || 3:00 || Los Angeles || NBATV || 101-94 || Young (28) || Adams (8) || Robinson (5) || Freeman Coliseum
5,293 || 0-2|-

Statistics

Regular season

Notes and References

News: Silver Stars sign F Christon. WMAZ. February 8, 2012. February 21, 2024.
News: Silver Stars sign rookie Morrison. KSDK. February 27, 2012. February 21, 2024.
News: Fever trade Smith for San Antonio’s Hodges. The Columbian. March 1, 2012. February 21, 2024.