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. Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 7 Kelley Cain Tennessee 3 36 (from Minn.) Katelan Redmon Gonzaga
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
PlayerSignedFormer team DeMya Walker April 13, 2012 Washington Mystics Kelley Cain April 16, 2012 draft pick
Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Ta'Shia Phillips 2012 free agent Sydney Colson May 16, 2012 free agent
Roster
Depth Pos.StarterBench C Kia Vaughn Kara BraxtonKelley Cain PF Plenette Pierson DeMya Walker SF Essence Carson Nicole Powell SG Cappie Pondexter Alex Montgomery PG 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) || MitchellPondexter (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) || MitchellPondexter (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) || PondexterWalker (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) || CarsonPierson (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 || MSGCN100 || 64-73 || Pondexter (22) || CarsonPondexterVaughn (6) || Pondexter (7) || Prudential Center 5,908 || 3-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || Fri 15 || 7:00 || @ Connecticut || || 55-97 || Carson (14) || PondexterWalker (5) || PondexterVaughn (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,522 || 3-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || Tue 19 || 7:00 || @ Atlanta || FS-S || 73-60 || CarsonPondexter (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 || NBATVMSG || 81-94 || Carson (25) || BraxtonPondexter (8) || Mitchell (6) || Prudential Center 7,714 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || Tue 10 || 12:00 || @ Indiana || || 82-84 || Pondexter (33) || CainPowell (6) || Pondexter (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,216 || 6-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || Fri 13 || 11:00am || Washington || || 53-70 || Pondexter (22) || CarsonPowell (8) || Pondexter (3) || Prudential Center 14,715 || 6-12 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break
| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || Thu 16 || 7:00 || Connecticut || NBATVMSG || 79-66 || Pondexter (24) || Vaughn (7) || Pondexter (5) || Prudential Center 5,865 || 7-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || Sat 18 || 7:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 74-85 || CarsonPondexter (17) || Pierson (8) || Pondexter (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 8,232 || 7-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || Tue 21 || 8:00 || @ Chicago || CN100 || 77-67 || Pondexter (25) || Braxton (7) || Mitchell (6) || Allstate Arena 3,638 || 8-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || Thu 23 || 10:00 || @ Phoenix || || 89-77 || Pondexter (31) || Braxton (9) || Mitchell (7) || US Airways Center 7,039 || 9-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || Sat 25 || 10:30 || @ Los Angeles || NBATVTWC101 || 62-87 || Pondexter (20) || Pierson (10) || Mitchell (6) || Staples Center 12,433 || 9-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || Sun 26 || 9:00 || @ Seattle || || 66-84 || Pondexter (23) || Pierson (6) || Pierson (4) || KeyArena 6,459 || 9-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || Thu 30 || 7:00 || Indiana || NBATVMSG || 63-76 || CarsonPondexter (18) || PiersonPondexter (8) || Pierson (4) || Prudential Center 5,315 || 9-16
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || Sat 1 || 4:00 || Washington || NBATVMSG || 79-73 || Carson (20) || Pondexter (6) || Carson (6) || Prudential Center 6,245 || 10-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || Wed 5 || 7:00 || Phoenix || MSG || 87-59 || Pierson (17) || Cain (6) || Pondexter (8) || Prudential Center 4,732 || 11-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || Fri 7 || 7:30 || Chicago || MSGCN100 || 83-92 || Pondexter (24) || Braxton (11) || Pondexter (4) || Prudential Center 6,145 || 11-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || Sun 9 || 4:00 || Los Angeles || NBATVMSGKDOC || 73-71 || Pondexter (21) || Pondexter (12) || Pondexter (8) || Prudential Center 7,357 || 12-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || Wed 12 || 7:00 || Washington || MSG || 75-62 || Pondexter (22) || Vaughn (10) || Pondexter (6) || Prudential Center 5,717 || 13-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || Sun 16 || 4:00 || @ Washington || NBATV || 75-68 || Pondexter (30) || Pondexter (11) || Pondexter (5) || Verizon Center 8,087 || 14-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || Tue 18 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || ESPN2 || 66-77 || Pondexter (23) || Pierson (6) || PiersonPondexter (3) || AT&T Center 6,650 || 14-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || Thu 20 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 66-78 || BraxtonPiersonPondexter (14) || Vaughn (7) || Pondexter (5) || BOK Center 5,661 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || Sat 22 || 2:00 || Tulsa || NBATVMSG || 91-74 || Pierson (19) || Vaughn (9) || PiersonPondexter (5) || Prudential Center 8,508 || 15-19
| 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 Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Awards and honors
References
External links