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.[1] 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.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Moriah Jefferson | Connecticut | |
| 2 | 14 | Jazmon Gwathmey | James Madison | |
| 3 | 25 | Brittney Martin | Oklahoma State | |
See also: 2016 WNBA draft.
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| April 14 | The Stars acquired Jia Perkins in exchange for the rights to Jazmon Gwathmey[2] | |
| April 25 | Waived Kayla Thornton[3] | |
| April 29 | Waived Danielle Adams and Brittney Martin[4] | |
| May 6 | The Stars acquired the thirteenth pick in the 2017 WNBA draft in exchange for Monique Currie | |
| 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 |
|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 1 || May 4 || vs. Atlanta || W 74–67 || Dearica Hamby (18) || Jayne Appel (11) || Moriah Jefferson (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena
4,199 || 1–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2 || May 5 || @ Connecticut || L 53–76 || Colson, Montgomery (8) || Hampton, Ndour-Fall (5) || Sydney Colson (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena
4,025 || 1–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || May 9 || Los Angeles || L 70–77 || Haley Peters (20) || Kayla Alexander (9) || Colson, Logic (4) || AT&T Center
2,307 || 1–2
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1 || May 14 || Atlanta || L 63–73 || Kayla McBride (24) || Appel, Hamby (9) || Currie, Jefferson (6) || AT&T Center
7,572 || 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2 || May 19 || Connecticut || L 68–72 || Dearica Hamby (16) || Dearica Hamby (9) || Moriah Jefferson (7) || AT&T Center
6,267 || 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3 || May 21 || @ Dallas || L 77–82 || Kayla McBride (29) || Appel, Currie (7) || Currie, McBride (4) || College Park Center
7,275 || 0–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4 || May 27 || Chicago || W 79–78 || Haley Peters (16) || Monique Currie (5) || Appel, Colson, Hamby (3) || AT&T Center
5,210 || 1–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5 || June 2 || @ Los Angeles || L 61–68 || Kayla McBride (20) || Kayla Alexander (10) || Dearica Hamby (4) || Staples Center
8,341 || 1–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6 || June 4 || Los Angeles || L 61–74 || Moriah Jefferson (18) || Kayla McBride (6) || Colson, Jefferson (3) || AT&T Center
5,403 || 1–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7 || June 9 || @ Phoenix || L 75–90 || Monique Currie (19) || Monique Currie (8) || Moriah Jefferson (7) || Talking Stick Resort Arena
9,048 || 1–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8 || June 11 || New York || L 75–90 || Astou Ndour-Fall (18) || Astou Ndour-Fall (9) || Moriah Jefferson (7) || AT&T Center
5,219 || 1–7|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9 || June 14 || Seattle || W 77–70 || Moriah Jefferson (19) || Dearica Hamby (18) || Currie, Jefferson (3) || AT&T Center
3,319 || 2–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10 || June 17 || Indiana || L 75–84 || Kayla McBride (21) || Jayne Appel (7) || Jayne Appel (6) || AT&T Center
6,107 || 2–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11 || June 19 || @ Connecticut || L 90–93 || Kayla McBride (25) || Monique Currie (6) || Moriah Jefferson (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena
5,596 || 2–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12 || June 21 || @ Chicago || L 75–81 || Moriah Jefferson (20) || Kayla McBride (10) || Moriah Jefferson (4) || Allstate Arena
5,744 || 2–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 13 || June 23 || @ Dallas || L 90–97 (OT) || Hamby, McBride (18) || Kayla McBride (9) || Moriah Jefferson (5) || College Park Center
4,027 || 2–11|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14 || June 25 || Atlanta || W 73–69 || Kayla McBride (28) || Kayla Alexander (10) || Moriah Jefferson (7) || AT&T Center
9,439 || 3–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15 || June 29 || @ Washington || L 67–84 || Kayla Alexander (12) || Kayla Alexander (6) || Sydney Colson (4) || Capital One Arena
6,314 || 3–12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16 || July 1 || @ Indiana || W 87–85 (OT) || Moriah Jefferson (31) || Jayne Appel (8) || Sydney Colson (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,519 || 4–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17 || July 2 || @ Minnesota || L 68–91 || Kayla Alexander (11) || Alex Montgomery (6) || Colson, Montgomery (3) || Target Center
7,534 || 4–13|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18 || July 6 || Washington || W 77–70 || Monique Currie (20) || Jayne Appel (12) || Moriah Jefferson (5) || AT&T Center
3,701 || 5–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19 || July 8 || Seattle || L 68–78 || Moriah Jefferson (16) || Dearica Hamby (7) || Moriah Jefferson (6) || AT&T Center
8,955 || 5–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20 || July 10 || @ New York || L 65–75 || Monique Currie (17) || Dearica Hamby (9) || Sydney Colson (3) || Madison Square Garden
9,790 || 5–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21 || July 12 || Minnesota || L 57–81 || Moriah Jefferson (14) || Dearica Hamby (5) || Hamby, Jefferson (2) || AT&T Center
11,171 || 5–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22 || July 16 || @ Phoenix || L 64–83 || Moriah Jefferson (14) || Alex Montgomery (5) || Jefferson, Montgomery (4) || Talking Stick Resort Arena
11,539 || 5–17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23 || July 20 || @ Seattle || L 69–83 || Moriah Jefferson (25) || Alexander, Appel, Jefferson, Montgomery (5) || Alex Montgomery (6) || KeyArena
9,686 || 5–18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24 || August 26 || New York || L 77–84 || Jayne Appel (17) || Jayne Appel (8) || Moriah Jefferson (4) || AT&T Center
6,831 || 5–19|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25 || August 28 || @ Washington || W 85–74 || Currie, Gwathmey, Ndour-Fall (16) || Monique Currie (10) || Moriah Jefferson (9) || Capital One Arena
5,509 || 6–19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26 || August 30 || @ Connecticut || L 62–89 || Astou Ndour-Fall (12) || Astou Ndour-Fall (5) || Sydney Colson (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena
5,291 || 6–20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27 || September 1 || Los Angeles || L 61–70 || Jayne Appel (12) || Jayne Appel (9) || Colson, Jefferson (4) || AT&T Center
3,992 || 6–21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28 || September 4 || @ Chicago || L 73–97 || Monique Currie (20) || Appel, Baugh (6) || Jayne Appel (4) || Allstate Arena
6,034 || 6–22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29 || September 6 || Indiana || L 69–71 || Moriah Jefferson (17) || Astou Ndour-Fall (8) || Sydney Colson (5) || AT&T Center
5,838 || 6–23|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30 || September 9 || Dallas || L 84–92 || Moriah Jefferson (27) || Appel, Currie (7) || Monique Currie (6) || AT&T Center
7,425 || 6–24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31 || September 11 || Minnesota || L 76–81 || Moriah Jefferson (26) || Astou Ndour-Fall (8) || Jayne Appel (7) || AT&T Center
5,705 || 6–25|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 32 || September 13 || @ Atlanta || W 71–67 || Astou Ndour-Fall (20) || Jayne Appel (14) || Colson, Currie, Jefferson (4) || Philips Arena
5,312 || 7–25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 33 || September 16 || @ Los Angeles || L 65–71 || Moriah Jefferson (18) || Monique Currie (7) || Currie, Jefferson (4) || Staples Center
13,519 || 7–26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 34 || September 18 || Phoenix || L 65–81 || Monique Currie (19) || Jayne Appel (9) || Moriah Jefferson (6) || AT&T Center
6,397 || 7–27
Source:[5]
| 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 |
| Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayne Appel | WNBA Community Assist Award - August | August 2016 | [6] | |
| Moriah Jefferson | WNBA All-Rookie Team | September 29, 2016 | [7] |