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2012 New York Liberty season


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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.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
17Kelley CainTennessee
336 (from Minn.)Katelan RedmonGonzaga

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

Kelley CainApril 16, 2012draft pick

Subtractions

Sydney ColsonMay 16, 2012free agent

Roster

Depth

Pos.StarterBenchCPFSFSGPG
Kia VaughnKara Braxton
Kelley Cain
Plenette PiersonDeMya Walker
Essence CarsonNicole Powell
Cappie PondexterAlex Montgomery
Leilani Mitchell

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || Mon 7 || 7:00 || @ Connecticut || || 81-96 || Braxton (18) || Braxton (11) || Mitchell (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 4,287 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || Mon 14 || 10:30am || Chicago || || 57-89 || Pierson (14) || Carson (6) || Mitchell (4) || Prudential Center 6,397 || 0-2 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || Sat 19 || 4:00 || Connecticut || MSG+ || 73-78 || Pondexter (19) || Pierson (10) || Mitchell (3) || Madison Square Garden 8,112 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || Sun 20 || 5:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 77-92 || Pondexter (18) || Pierson (5) || Mitchell Pondexter (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,118 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || Tue 22 || 7:00 || Minnesota || || 62-80 || Pondexter (15) || Vaughn (11) || Mitchell (2) || Prudential Center 5,411 || 0-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || Fri 25 || 7:30 || @ Atlanta || SSO || 74-100 || Pondexter (18) || Pierson (10) || Mitchell Pondexter (5) || Philips Arena 6,802 || 0-4 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || Sat 2 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || FS-I || 68-91 || Pierson (24) || Powell (7) || Pondexter Walker (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,006 || 0-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || Sun 3 || 6:00 || Indiana || MSG || 87-72 || Pondexter (25) || Vaughn (8) || Carson Pierson (4) || Prudential Center 4,905 || 1-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || Tue 5 || 7:00 || Atlanta || || 79-74 || Pondexter (26) || Vaughn (8) || Mitchell (4) || Prudential Center 4,823 || 2-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || Fri 8 || 7:00 || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 76-70 || Pondexter (25) || Walker (6) || Carson (5) || Verizon Center 9,108 || 3-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || Sun 10 || 4:00 || Chicago || MSG CN100 || 64-73 || Pondexter (22) || Carson Pondexter Vaughn (6) || Pondexter (7) || Prudential Center 5,908 || 3-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || Fri 15 || 7:00 || @ Connecticut || || 55-97 || Carson (14) || Pondexter Walker (5) || Pondexter Vaughn (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,522 || 3-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || Tue 19 || 7:00 || @ Atlanta || FS-S || 73-60 || Carson Pondexter (14) || Pondexter (6) || Pondexter (13) || Philips Arena 4,134 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || Thu 21 || 8:00 || @ Minnesota || || 70-102 || Pondexter (30) || 4 players (5) || Pondexter (5) || Target Center 9,050 || 4-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || Sun 24 || 4:00 || Atlanta || MSG || 64-74 || Mitchell (16) || Braxton (13) || Pondexter (5) || Prudential Center 6,754 || 4-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || Sat 30 || 4:00 || Seattle || NBATV || 77-59 || Carson (22) || Pondexter (7) || Pondexter (4) || Prudential Center 6,724 || 5-9 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || Fri 6 || 8:30 || @ Chicago || CN100 || 64-59 || Pondexter (19) || Carson (11) || Mitchell (4) || Allstate Arena 4,211 || 6-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || Sun 8 || 4:00 || San Antonio || NBATV MSG || 81-94 || Carson (25) || Braxton Pondexter (8) || Mitchell (6) || Prudential Center 7,714 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || Tue 10 || 12:00 || @ Indiana || || 82-84 || Pondexter (33) || Cain Powell (6) || Pondexter (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,216 || 6-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || Fri 13 || 11:00am || Washington || || 53-70 || Pondexter (22) || Carson Powell (8) || Pondexter (3) || Prudential Center 14,715 || 6-12

-
-
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
19
MSG
5,865
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
20
Pondexter (17)
8,232
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
21
3,638
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
22
7,039
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
23
TWC101
12,433
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
24
6,459
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
25
MSG
Pondexter (18)
Pondexter (8)
5,315
-
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
26
MSG
6,245
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
27
4,732
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
28
CN100
6,145
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
29
MSG
KDOC
7,357
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
30
5,717
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
31
8,087
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
32
Pondexter (3)
6,650
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
33
Pierson
Pondexter (14)
5,661
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
34
MSG
Pondexter (5)
8,508
-
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 27 || 8:00 || @ Connecticut || ESPN2 || 60-65 || Pondexter (14) || Pierson (9) || Pondexter (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,520 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 29 || 7:00 || Connecticut || NBATV || 62-75 || Pondexter (20) || Vaughn (9) || Pierson (5) || Prudential Center 7,854 || 0-2 |-

Statistics

Regular season

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Awards and honors

References

References

  1. (February 24, 2012). "Guard Kelly Miller signs with Liberty". [[ESPN]].
  2. (July 2, 2012). "WNBA teams waive twins sisters, former UGA stars Coco and Kelly Miller". [[Athens Banner-Herald]].
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