1998 New York Liberty season

August 2023 March 2026 New York Liberty 1998 18 12 Eastern 3rd Nancy Darsch Madison Square Garden Did not qualify The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the New York Liberty. The Liberty finished with an 18–12 mark, but they missed the playoffs after losing a tiebreaker to the Charlotte Sting. Transactions Detroit Shock expansion draft The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the New York Liberty: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Rhonda Blades Vanderbilt WNBA draft 1998 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 9 Alicia Thompson Texas Tech 2 19 Nadine Domond Iowa329Albena BranzovaFIU439Vanessa NygaardStanford Transactions DateTransaction February 18, 1998 Lost Rhonda Blades to the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft1998 New York Liberty Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/NYL/1998_transactions.html 2024-06-02 Basketball-Reference.com en April 29, 1998 Drafted Alicia Thompson, Nadine Domond, Albena Branzova and Vanessa Nygaard in the 1998 WNBA draft May 18, 1998 Waived Simone Edwards June 3, 1998 Waived Cassandra Crumpton-MoorerJune 8, 1998Waived Nadine DomondJuly 14, 1998Waived Albena Branzova Roster New York Liberty 1998 WNBA white #010101 white #0057B7 31 Albena Branzova F 6 4 1971-07-17 R FIU PRB 14 Elisabeth Cebrian C 6 5 190 1971-02-07 R Francoist Spain 5 Kisha Ford G/F 5 10 153 1975-04-04 1 Georgia Tech USA 34 Kym Hampton C 6 2 210 1962-11-03 1 Arizona State USA 55 Vickie Johnson G/F 5 9 150 1972-04-15 1 Louisiana Tech USA 50 Rebecca Lobo C 6 4 185 1973-10-06 1 UConn USA 43 Alicia Thompson F 6 1 180 1976-06-30 R Texas Tech USA 33 Trena Trice F/C 6 2 180 1965-08-04 1 NC State USA 4 Coquese Washington G 5 6 138 1971-01-17 R Notre Dame USA 11 Teresa Weatherspoon G 5 8 161 1965-12-08 1 Louisiana Tech USA 23 Sue Wicks F 6 3 174 1966-11-26 1 Rutgers USA 13 Sophia Witherspoon G/F 5 10 145 1969-07-06 1 Florida USA USA Nancy Darsch Tennessee USA Melissa McFerrin USA Pat Coyle basketball Schedule Regular season New York Liberty #010101; color:white 1998 Total: 17–11 (Home: 10–5; Road: 7–6) New York Liberty #0057B7; color:white June yes 4 0 1 4 |- | 1 | June 11 | @ Cleveland | L 71–78 | Sophia Witherspoon (19) | Rebecca Lobo (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Gund Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 13 | @ Houston | L 62–73 | Vickie Johnson (18) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Compaq Center | 0–2 |- | 3 | June 15 | @ Utah | L 60–71 | Vickie Johnson (19) | Hampton Witherspoon (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (9) | Delta Center | 0–3 |- | 4 | June 18 | @ Sacramento | W 64–48 | Teresa Weatherspoon (13) | Rebecca Lobo (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | ARCO Arena | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 19 | @ Los Angeles | L 75–78 | Sophia Witherspoon (18) | Kym Hampton (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Great Western Forum | 1–4 |- | 6 | June 21 | Utah | W 68–64 | Kym Hampton (22) | Kym Hampton (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Madison Square Garden | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 23 | Cleveland | W 59–57 | Vickie Johnson (27) | Hampton Lobo (8) | Lobo Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 26 | Sacramento | W 62–48 | Kym Hampton (13) | Johnson Lobo (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (4) | Madison Square Garden | 4–4 |- | 9 | June 29 | Phoenix | W 71–68 | Johnson Witherspoon (23) | Teresa Weatherspoon (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Madison Square Garden | 5–4 New York Liberty #0057B7; color:white July 3 2 4 3 |- | 10 | July 1 | @ Detroit | L 65–82 | Sophia Witherspoon (13) | Kym Hampton (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 5–5 |- | 11 | July 3 | Washington | W 76–60 | Teresa Weatherspoon (14) | Hampton Lobo (6) | Johnson Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 6–5 |- | 12 | July 5 | @ Washington | W 62–61 | Kym Hampton (17) | Rebecca Lobo (13) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | MCI Center | 7–5 |- | 13 | July 6 | Detroit | W 59–56 | Teresa Weatherspoon (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (4) | Madison Square Garden | 8–5 |- | 14 | July 8 | Houston | L 54–79 | Rebecca Lobo (14) | Hampton Lobo (4) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Madison Square Garden | 8–6 |- | 15 | July 12 | Charlotte | L 57–75 | Kym Hampton (12) | Kym Hampton (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 8–7 |- | 16 | July 15 | @ Charlotte | L 65–72 | Sophia Witherspoon (17) | Kym Hampton (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 8–8 |- | 17 | July 16 | @ Cleveland | L 51–60 | Sophia Witherspoon (13) | Kym Hampton (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | Gund Arena | 8–9 |- | 18 | July 18 | @ Phoenix | W 69–63 | Sophia Witherspoon (24) | Sophia Witherspoon (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | America West Arena | 9–9 |- | 19 | July 21 | @ Los Angeles | W 92–77 | Vickie Johnson (17) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Teresa Weatherspoon (13) | Great Western Forum | 10–9 |- | 20 | July 24 | @ Sacramento | W 76–54 | Sophia Witherspoon (15) | Rebecca Lobo (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (10) | ARCO Arena | 11–9 |- | 21 | July 26 | Detroit | W 78–62 | Sophia Witherspoon (17) | Rebecca Lobo (10) | Teresa Weatherspoon (9) | Madison Square Garden | 12–9 New York Liberty #0057B7; color:white August 4 2 1 2 |- | 22 | August 1 | @ Washington | W 67–53 | Rebecca Lobo (13) | Kym Hampton (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (6) | MCI Center | 13–9 |- | 23 | August 2 | Charlotte | W 85–67 | Johnson Witherspoon (18) | Lobo Wicks (6) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Madison Square Garden | 14–9 |- | 24 | August 5 | @ Charlotte | L 61–69 | Vickie Johnson (21) | Rebecca Lobo (11) | Teresa Weatherspoon (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–10 |- | 25 | August 8 | Los Angeles | W 80–62 | Rebecca Lobo (22) | Sue Wicks (9) | Coquese Washington (8) | Madison Square Garden | 15–10 |- | 26 | August 11 | Phoenix | W 79–78 (OT) | Sophia Witherspoon (17) | Rebecca Lobo (11) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 16–10 |- | 27 | August 13 | Washington | W 88–45 | Kisha Ford (19) | Rebecca Lobo (9) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 17–10 |- | 28 | August 15 | Houston | W 70–54 | Sophia Witherspoon (21) | Rebecca Lobo (12) | Teresa Weatherspoon (7) | Madison Square Garden | 18–10 |- | 29 | August 17 | Cleveland | L 64–70 | Rebecca Lobo (18) | Teresa Weatherspoon (5) | Johnson Washington Weatherspoon (4) | Madison Square Garden | 18–11 |- | 30 | August 19 | @ Detroit | L 68–82 | Sophia Witherspoon (26) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | Teresa Weatherspoon (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 18–12 nyl 1998 Season standings NYL Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Teresa Weatherspoon 30 30 33.4 .338 .327 .609 4.0 6.4 3.3 0.0 6.8 Vickie Johnson 30 30 30.2 .446 .375 .768 3.8 2.5 1.0 0.2 12.5 Sophia Witherspoon 30 30 29.9 .401 .344 .786 3.0 1.9 1.3 0.1 13.8 Rebecca Lobo 30 30 29.2 .484 .308 .710 6.9 1.5 0.6 1.1 11.7 Kym Hampton 30 30 24.8 .452 .000 .716 6.0 0.9 1.1 0.5 9.1 Kisha Ford 30 0 15.7 .435 .182 .625 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.1 4.9 Sue Wicks 30 0 14.8 .430 .000 .800 2.8 1.2 0.5 0.3 4.3 Albena Branzova 11 0 8.5 .360 .500 .750 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 2.1 Elisabeth Cebrian 22 0 8.5 .429 N/A .571 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.7 Coquese Washington 228 0 8.1 .294 .238 .692 0.9 1.6 0.6 0.0 1.9 Trena Trice 10 0 7.7 .412 N/A .636 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.3 2.1Alicia Thompson1906.6.231 1.000.6321.30.20.10.11.6 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References External links Liberty on Basketball Reference Category:New York Liberty seasons New York New York Liberty