2011 San Antonio Silver Stars season

The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was their 9th in San Antonio.

2011 San Antonio Silver Stars season
CoachDan Hughes
ArenaAT&T Center
Attendance8,751 per game
Results
Record18–16 (.529)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
PointsHammon (15.9)
ReboundsYoung (6.4)
AssistsHammon (5.8)
Media
TelevisionFS-SW
ESPN2, NBATV

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 6 Danielle Robinson   United States Oklahoma
2 20 (from Atl.) Danielle Adams   United States Texas A&M
3 30 Porsha Phillips   United States Georgia

Transaction log

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  • February 2: The Silver Stars signed Shanavia Dowdell and Ashley Walker.
  • March 7: The Silver Stars signed Tully Bevilaqua.[1]
  • March 17: The Silver Stars signed Kelly Mazzante.[2]
  • April 20: The Silver Stars traded Michelle Snow to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Jia Perkins.[3]
  • May 2: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
  • May 16: The Silver Stars signed Alysha Clark.
  • May 31: The Silver Stars waived Shanavia Dowdell.
  • June 2: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark, Kelly Mazzante, and Ashley Walker.

Trades

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Date Trade
April 20, 2011 To San Antonio Silver Stars To Chicago Sky
Jia Perkins Michelle Snow
May 2, 2011 To San Antonio Silver Stars To Tulsa Shock
Scholanda Robinson second- and third-round picks in 2012 draft

Personnel changes

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Roster

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2011 San Antonio Silver Stars roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F/C 23   Adams, Danielle 6' 1" (1.85m) 239 lb (108kg) 02-09-1989 Texas A&M R
C 32   Appel, Jayne 6' 4" (1.93m) 210 lb (95kg) 05-14-1988 Stanford 1
G 41   Bevilaqua, Tully 5' 7" (1.7m) 145 lb (66kg) 07-19-1972 Australia 12
G 25   Hammon, Becky 5' 6" (1.68m) 136 lb (62kg) 03-11-1977 Colorado State 12
G 5   Hodges, Roneeka 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 07-19-1982 Florida State 6
G 7   Perkins, Jia 5' 8" (1.73m) 155 lb (70kg) 02-23-1982 Texas Tech 7
F 21   Phillips, Porsha 6' 2" (1.88m) 173 lb (78kg) 01-13-1988 Georgia R
F/C 00   Riley, Ruth 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 08-28-1979 Notre Dame 10
G 13   Robinson, Danielle 5' 9" (1.75m) 125 lb (57kg) 05-10-1989 Oklahoma R
G 3   Robinson, Scholanda 5' 11" (1.8m) 162 lb (73kg) 01-09-1983 LSU 5
F 33   Young, Sophia 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 12-15-1983 Baylor 5
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
  Mike Ekanem (Texas Lutheran)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Depth

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Pos. Starter Bench
C Ruth Riley Danielle Adams
PF Sophia Young Jayne Appel
SF Scholanda Robinson Porsha Phillips
Roneeka Hodges
SG Tully Bevilaqua Jia Perkins
PG Becky Hammon Danielle Robinson

Season standings

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Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Minnesota Lynx x 27 7 .794 14–3 13–4 18–4
Seattle Storm x 21 13 .618 6.0 15–2 6–11 15–7
Phoenix Mercury x 19 15 .559 8.0 11–6 8–9 11–11
San Antonio Silver Stars x 18 16 .529 9.0 9–8 9–8 11–11
Los Angeles Sparks o 15 19 .441 12.0 10–7 5–12 10–12
Tulsa Shock o 3 31 .088 24.0 2–15 1–16 1–21

Schedule

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Preseason

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2011 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 25 7:00pm @ Connecticut 80–56 Young (14) Riley (7) Hammon (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,801
1–0
2 May 27 7:00pm @ Connecticut 73–75 Perkins (13) Phillips (10) Robinson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
2,139
1–1

Regular season

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2011 Game Log: Regular Season
June
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 June 4 8:00pm Tulsa COX 93–73 Young (20) Hodges
Riley
Young (4)
Hammon
Hodges
D. Robinson (5)
AT&T Center
12,406
1–0
2 June 10 8:00pm @ Tulsa 93–62 Hodges (19) Phillips (8) Hammon (5) BOK Center
7,509
2–0
3 June 11 8:00pm Atlanta 86–74 Adams (32) Adams (7) Hammon (8) AT&T Center
9,140
3–0
4 June 17 10:00pm @ Phoenix FS-A 101–99 Young (26) Young (8) Hammon (9) US Airways Center
12,274
4–0
5 June 21 8:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 98–105 Hammon (28) Appel (11) Hammon
D. Robinson (7)
AT&T Center
7,072
4–1
6 June 24 8:00pm Los Angeles 90–80 (OT) Perkins (31) Riley (9) Hammon (9) AT&T Center
8,617
5–1
7 June 26 3:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV
SSO
92–86 Perkins (25) Perkins (8) Hammon (6) Philips Arena
5,718
6–1
8 June 28 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 84–74 Young (19) Young (9) Hammon (5) Allstate Arena
3,894
7–1
July
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
9 July 1 7:00pm @ New York NBATV 75–81 Adams (19) Young (8) Hammon (5) Prudential Center
6,714
7–2
10 July 8 8:00pm New York NBATV 73–76 Hammon (18) Young (8) Young (6) AT&T Center
8,100
7–3
11 July 12 8:00pm Los Angeles NBATV
FS-SW
PRIME
74–84 Young (22) Young (11) Hammon (7) AT&T Center
6,769
7–4
12 July 14 9:00pm Seattle ESPN2 69–66 Adams (23) Adams
Young (6)
Hammon (9) AT&T Center
9,167
8–4
13 July 18 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 79–69 Hammon (26) Young (10) D. Robinson (6) Staples Center
8,818
9–4
14 July 21 10:00pm @ Seattle NBATV
FS-SW
55–73 Young (12) Appel (6) Bevilaqua
Hammon (2)
KeyArena
6,922
9–5
All-Star break
15 July 26 7:00pm @ Washington CSN-MA 73–67 Hammon (22) Appel (12) D. Robinson (3) Verizon Center
11,331
10–5
16 July 28 12:30pm Phoenix NBATV
FS-SW
FS-A
102–91 Hammon (33) Appel (8) D. Robinson (8) AT&T Center
14,797
11–5
17 July 31 3:00pm Minnesota NBATV 69–70 Perkins (18) Appel (8) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
7,260
11–6
August
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
18 August 2 10:00pm @ Seattle 64–78 S. Robinson (12) Young (5) Bevilauqa
Hammon (4)
KeyArena
6,179
11–7
19 August 4 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV
FS-SW
60–62 Young (18) Young (13) Hammon (4) Target Center
8,123
11–8
20 August 6 8:00pm Tulsa 72–64 Young (20) Appel (6) Hammon (5) AT&T Center
8,273
12–8
21 August 9 7:00pm @ Indiana 68–81 Hammon (19) Young (9) Hammon (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,520
12–9
22 August 11 7:30pm @ Connecticut FS-SW 72–59 Hammon (18) Young (8) Hammon (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,334
13–9
23 August 14 3:00pm Chicago NBATV
CN100
73–85 Perkins (18) Young (6) D. Robinson (7) AT&T Center
7,060
13–10
24 August 16 8:00pm Indiana 63–65 Perkins
D. Robinson
S. Robinson (10)
Young (13) Bevilaqua (4) AT&T Center
6,358
13–11
25 August 20 10:00pm @ Phoenix NBATV
FS-SW
FS-A
81–87 Hammon (22) Hammon
Young (8)
Hammon (10) US Airways Center
10,134
13–12
26 August 23 10:00pm @ Seattle 55–63 Young (14) Young (8) Hammon (5) KeyArena
6,559
13–13
27 August 26 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV 75–85 Adams (11) Young (6) Hammon (9) Target Center
9,212
13–14
28 August 28 3:00pm Minnesota 61–72 Hodges (12) Hammon (7) Hammon (7) AT&T Center
7,924
13–15
29 August 30 8:00pm Connecticut 78–66 Hammon (16) Perkins (8) Hammon (6) AT&T Center
6,934
14–15
September
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
30 September 1 8:00pm Phoenix 86–68 Perkins (23) Young (9) D. Robinson (7) AT&T Center
6,502
15–15
31 September 3 8:00pm Seattle NBATV 60–70 Young (22) Riley
Young (5)
D. Robinson (6) AT&T Center
9,575
15–16
32 September 6 10:30pm @ Los Angeles NBATV
FS-SW
PRIME
82–65 Hammon (37) Appel (8) Hammon (5) Staples Center
8,502
16–16
33 September 10 8:00pm Washington NBATV 82–74 Young (17) Appel
Young (8)
Hammon (11) AT&T Center
12,813
17–16
34 September 11 7:00pm @ Tulsa NBATV
FS-SW
102–94 (OT) D. Robinson (36) Adams (8) D. Robinson (6) BOK Center
5,949
18–16
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

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2011 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 September 16 9:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV 65–66 Adams
Hammon (16)
Young (9) Young (6) Target Center
11,891
0–1
2 September 18 5:00pm Minnesota ESPN2 84–75 Perkins (24) Adams
Perkins (6)
Hammon (6) AT&T Center
7,023
1–1
3 September 20 8:00pm @ Minnesota ESPN2 67–85 Young (17) Riley (6) Hammon (5) Target Center
8,734
1–2

Statistics

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Danielle Adams 23 0 20.9 .430 .350 .746 4.3 0.6 0.52 0.65 12.4
Jayne Appel 31 0 14.6 .472 .333 .560 4.6 0.8 0.55 0.65 3.2
Tully Bevilaqua 34 25 14.5 .451 .286 .722 1.4 1.6 0.71 0.06 2.9
Becky Hammon 33 33 31.8 .440 .389 .892 2.9 5.8 1.48 0.21 15.9
Roneeka Hodges 28 5 9.8 .404 .400 1.000 1.3 0.5 0.18 0.07 3.9
Jia Perkins 34 8 25.1 .418 .313 .845 3.5 1.4 1.29 0.26 12.0
Porsha Phillips 31 1 8.3 .390 .000 .474 1.9 0.3 0.16 0.39 1.8
Ruth Riley 34 34 19.0 .485 .571 .769 3.8 1.2 0.35 0.88 5.6
Danielle Robinson 34 9 23.1 .460 .000 .903 2.3 3.9 0.82 0.12 8.2
Scholanda Robinson 32 22 16.2 .335 .340 .705 1.5 0.4 0.72 0.22 4.8
Sophia Young 33 33 31.6 .429 .000 .592 6.4 2.3 2.03 0.48 13.2

Postseason

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Danielle Adams
Jayne Appel
Tully Bevilaqua
Becky Hammon
Roneeka Hodges
Jia Perkins
Porsha Phillips
Ruth Riley
Danielle Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Sophia Young

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Silver Stars add veteran G Bevilaqua". WFMY. March 7, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Silver Stars sign guard". MySA. March 17, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "Silver Stars acquire G Perkins from Chicago". WLTX. April 20, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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