The 2009 WNBA season is the 13th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association . The Liberty attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs for the tenth time in thirteen seasons, but failed.
Offseason [ edit ] Dispersal Draft [ edit ] Based on the Liberty's 2008 record, they would pick 8th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft . The Liberty waived their pick.
WNBA draft [ edit ] The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft .
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Transactions [ edit ] June 4: The Liberty waived Jessica Davenport and Lisa Willis. May 29: The Liberty waived Abby Waner. May 5: The Liberty acquired Sidney Spencer from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a first round 2010 WNBA Draft pick. January 12: The Liberty re-signed free agent Cathrine Kraayeveld. May 7, 2008: The Liberty traded their third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Leilani Mitchell transaction. [2]
Free agents [ edit ] New York Liberty roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs SF 22 Battle, Ashley 6' 0" (1.83m) 170 lb (77kg) Connecticut G/F 17 Carson, Essence 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) Rutgers G/F 20 Christon, Shameka 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) Arkansas PF 3 Jackson, Tiffany 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) Texas PF 33 Kraayeveld, Cathrine 6' 4" (1.93m) 180 lb (82kg) Oregon PF 2 Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 210 lb (95kg) North Carolina C 4 McCarville, Janel 6' 2" (1.88m) 205 lb (93kg) Minnesota PG 23 Mitchell, Leilani 5' 5" (1.65m) 130 lb (59kg) Utah PG 12 Moore, Loree 5' 9" (1.75m) 169 lb (77kg) Tennessee G/F 6 Spencer, Sidney 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) Tennessee C 15 Vaughn, Kia 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) Rutgers
Head coach Assistant coaches Athletic trainer Strength and conditioning coach Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
Season standings [ edit ] x =Clinched Playoff Spot e =Eliminated from playoff contention
Schedule [ edit ] Preseason [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] 2009 Game Log: Regular Season Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 7 4:00pm Connecticut WCTX 57-66 Christon (13) Kraayeveld (7) Battle , Mitchell (3) Madison Square Garden 13,397 0-1 2 June 10 10:00pm @ Phoenix 84-91 Carson (18) Kraayeveld , Vaughn (7) McCarville (6) US Airways Center 5,080 0-2 3 June 13 8:00pm @ San Antonio NBA TV MSG KMYS 60-63 Christon (21) McCarville (9) McCarville , Moore (3) AT&T Center 10,572 0-3 4 June 19 7:30pm San Antonio NBA TV MSG 77-61 McCarville (18) Christon , Jackson , McCarville , Moore (6) Christon (6) Madison Square Garden 8,046 1-3 5 June 21 3:00pm @ Atlanta 93-81 Christon (17) Moore (8) Moore (8) Philips Arena 5,624 2-3 6 June 23 8:00pm @ Minnesota 57-69 Christon (20) Christon , McCarville (6) Moore (2) Target Center 5,620 2-4 7 June 26 7:30pm Indiana 81-82 (OT) Christon (20) McCarville (9) Moore (6) Madison Square Garden 9,304 2-5 8 June 27 7:00pm @ Indiana MSG 54-63 Carson (14) Jackson (9) Moore (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,481 2-6
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 9 July 2 7:30pm Detroit MSG 80-64 Christon (25) Kraayeveld (5) McCarville (5) Madison Square Garden 8,018 3-6 10 July 9 7:30pm Los Angeles MSG 60-69 McCarville (18) McCarville (6) McCarville (3) Madison Square Garden 12,247 3-7 11 July 11 7:30pm Atlanta 71-69 Christon (18) McCarville (7) Moore (6) Madison Square Garden 8,732 4-7 12 July 18 7:00pm @ Washington 67-68 Christon (21) Moore (5) Moore (9) Verizon Center 9,968 4-8 13 July 19 4:00pm Atlanta 89-86 Christon (32) Christon (8) Mitchell (6) Madison Square Garden 8,560 5-8 14 July 22 12:30pm @ Chicago 77-70 Spencer (15) Kraayeveld (8) Moore (4) UIC Pavilion 5,881 6-8 15 July 23 7:30pm Sacramento MSG 73-88 Carson (20) Carson (5) Moore (4) Madison Square Garden 8,845 6-9 16 July 26 4:00pm Phoenix 88-94 Christon (21) McCarville (10) Moore , Spencer (3) Madison Square Garden 11,211 6-10 17 July 30 7:30pm Washington NBA TV MSG 75-78 McCarville (28) McCarville (6) McCarville , Mitchell , Moore (3) Madison Square Garden 10,172 6-11
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 18 August 1 7:00pm @ Atlanta NBA TV MSG 83-89 Christon (23) Carson , Christon (8) McCarville (6) Philips Arena 6,103 6-12 19 August 4 7:30pm @ Detroit ESPN2 64-76 Christon (14) Christon , Jackson , McCarville (4) 7 players (1) Palace of Auburn Hills 7,014 6-13 20 August 7 10:00pm @ Sacramento 84-66 McCarville (18) Jackson (6) McCarville (5) ARCO Arena 6,284 7-13 21 August 8 10:00pm @ Seattle 69-70 McCarville (22) Christon (9) Moore (5) KeyArena 7,496 7-14 22 August 11 9:00pm @ Los Angeles ESPN2 65-61 Christon (11) Christon , Moore (6) Christon , Moore (5) STAPLES Center 9,548 8-14 23 August 14 7:30pm Chicago NBA TV MSG CN100 77-88 Christon (25) Christon (10) Moore (6) Madison Square Garden 9,832 8-15 24 August 16 4:00pm @ Washington 60-59 McCarville (19) Kraayeveld (6) Moore (5) Verizon Center 10,580 9-15 25 August 19 7:00pm @ Connecticut 69-74 Kraayeveld (13) McCarville (9) Mitchell (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,050 9-16 26 August 21 7:30pm Connecticut NBA TV MSG 85-83 (OT) Christon (23) McCarville (13) Moore (5) Madison Square Garden 9,355 10-16 27 August 23 4:00pm Minnesota 80-67 Christon (24) Jackson (7) Moore (6) Madison Square Garden 8,481 11-16 28 August 28 8:30pm @ Chicago NBA TV MSG CN100 77-96 Jackson (16) Vaughn (9) Christon (6) UIC Pavilion 3,707 11-17 29 August 30 4:00pm Chicago 77-63 Christon (18) Kraayeveld (13) Moore (5) Madison Square Garden 8,685 12-17
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Regular Season Statistics [ edit ] Player statistics [ edit ] Team statistics [ edit ] Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG New York Liberty .415 .358 .787 31.8 15.5 8.1 3.6 16.0 18.7 73.9 Opponents .420 .347 .789 35.4 14.2 7.9 3.6 16.1 17.4 74.6
Awards and honors [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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