2008 San Antonio Silver Stars season

August 2023 March 2026 San Antonio Silver Stars 2008 24 10 Western 1 Dan Hughes AT&T Center Lost WNBA Finals The 2008 WNBA season was the 12th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars. Offseason Expansion draft Chantelle Anderson was selected in the 2008 Expansion Draft for the Atlanta Dream.http://www.wnba.com/dream/expansiondraft_080206.html WNBA.com: Atlanta Dream 2008-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061552/http://www.wnba.com/dream/expansiondraft_080206.html 2009-08-20 dead WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Club team221 (from NY) Chioma Nnamaka Georgia Tech339 Alex Anderson Chattanooga Transactions Trades April 9, 2008Acquired Ann Wauters, the draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and Atlanta's 2009 second-round draft pick from Atlanta Dream for Camille Little, the draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka, and San Antonio's 2009 first-round draft pick. https://web.archive.org/web/20090114022659/http://www.wnba.com/silverstars/news/draft_recap_080409.html 2009-01-14 Sign and Trade To San Antonio Silver Stars Ann Wauters, the draft rights to Morenike Atunrase, and Atlanta's 2009 second-round draft pick. To Atlanta Dream Camille Little, the draft rights to Chioma Nnamaka, and San Antonio's 2009 first-round draft pick. Free agents Player Signed Former team Brittany Wilkins April 2, 2008 Sacramento Monarchs (2006) Edwige Lawson-Wade April 28, 2008 Seattle Storm (2006) Player Left New team Marie Ferdinand-Harris February 22, 2008 Los Angeles Sparks Regular season Silver Stars guard Shanna Crossley tore the ACL in her left knee during a preseason game against the Detroit Shock. The news was announced by head coach and general manager Dan Hughes on May 14. Crossley injured her knee during San Antonio's second offensive possession of the game. SILVER STARS: Silver Stars Guard Crossley Suffers Season-Ending Knee Injury https://web.archive.org/web/20080724112850/http://www.wnba.com/silverstars/news/crossley_080514.html July 24, 2008 Season standings SAN Season schedule Date Opponent Score Leading Scorer Attendance Record May 17 @ Sacramento64-73Sophia Young (22)16,2250-1 May 20 vs. Phoenix81-76Sophia Young (25)9,1031-1 May 24 vs. Seattle87-72Sophia Young (23)9,7672-1 May 30 @ Seattle57-78Sophia Young (14) Ann Wauters (14)6,8102-2 June 3 @ Houston72-75Becky Hammon (20)7,0592-3 June 6 vs. Washington63-52Becky Hammon (20)5,8003-3 June 8 @ Minnesota78-90Ann Wauters (24)5,0203-4 June 11 vs. Indiana64-53Sophia Young (17)6,2624-4 June 13 vs. Seattle74-69Becky Hammon (17)6,4785-4 June 15 @ Indiana70-60Ann Wauters (19)7,4126-4 June 18 @ Atlanta81-66Becky Hammon (25)6,2257-4 June 20 vs. Los Angeles77-75Ann Wauters (21)10,2218-4 June 24 vs. Houston81-82 (OT)Becky Hammon (25)7,2268-5 June 26 @ Houston71-77Sophia Young (19)5,9838-6 June 28 vs. Minnesota73-65Sophia Young (20)7,5139-6 July 1 vs. Detroit79-72 (OT)Sophia Young (27)5,65610-6 July 3 vs. Sacramento68-67Sophia Young (20)6,56811-6 July 6 @ Washington83-75Becky Hammon (28)10,43912-6 July 8 vs. New York83-79Becky Hammon (27)6,10713-6 July 10 @ Chicago75-67Ann Wauters (23)3,04014-6 July 11 vs. Atlanta82-74Becky Hammon (26)10,94315-6 July 14 @ Los Angeles62-75Becky Hammon (21)11,97615-7 July 15 @ Phoenix97-87Sophia Young (26)6,45116-7 July 19 vs. Minnesota74-87Becky Hammon (24)8,61416-8 July 24 vs. Chicago78-67Sophia Young (20)9,37217-8 July 25 @ Minnesota68-78Sophia Young (21)7,24717-9 July 27 @ Detroit76-64Becky Hammon (23)9,53718-9 August 28 @ Phoenix77-55Sophia Young (18)7,93119-9 August 30 @ Los Angeles53-58Becky Hammon (17)9,92319-10 September 5 vs. Los Angeles76-58Edwige Lawson-Wade (14)9,53120-10 September 7 @ Connecticut85-73Becky Hammon (24)7,95621-10 September 9 @ New York82-76Becky Hammon (30)7,99422-10 September 11 vs. Connecticut78-74Sophia Young (24)6,79123-10 September 13 vs. Sacramento77-69Ann Wauters (18)9,77024-10 WNBA Playoffs Date Opponent Score Leading Scorer Attendance Series Western Conference Semifinals September 18 @ Sacramento85-78Becky Hammon (30)7,740SA leads 1-0 September 20 vs. Sacramento67-84Becky Hammon (14)7,807Tied 1-1 September 22 vs. Sacramento86-81 (OT)Sophia Young (27)4,247SA wins 2-1 Western Conference Finals September 25 @ Los Angeles70-85Ann Wauters (18)7,102°LA leads 1-0 September 27 vs. Los Angeles67-66Sophia Young (21)7,715Tied 1-1 September 28 vs. Los Angeles76-72Becky Hammon (35)7,111SA wins 2-1 WNBA Finals October 1 vs. Detroit69-77Sophia Young (21)9,380DET leads 1-0 October 3 vs. Detroit61-69Becky Hammon (24)16,012DET leads 2-0 October 5 @ Detroit60-76Ann Wauters (19)8,952^DET wins 3-0 ° Played in the Galen Center, Los Angeles, CA ^ Played in the EMU Convocation Center, Ypsilanti, MI Player stats Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Becky Hammon Becky Hammon 33 33 33.4 .390 .350 .937 2.8 4.9 1.3 0.2 17.6 Sophia Young Sophia Young 33 33 31.9 .478 .000 .786 5.6 2.3 1.6 0.5 17.5 Ann Wauters Ann Wauters 32 31 30.6 .533 .355 .714 7.5 1.8 1.1 1.2 14.7 Erin Buescher Erin Buescher 34 23 26.7 .427 .431 .771 3.3 1.7 1.1 0.6 7.2 Vickie Johnson Vickie Johnson 32 32 27.9 .439 .282 .778 5.3 3.6 0.8 0.2 6.7 Ruth Riley Ruth Riley 30 3 19.3 .434 .321 .857 3.6 1.0 0.5 1.4 5.1 Helen Darling Helen Darling 31 14 18.7 .268 .200 .789 2.4 1.7 1.1 0.1 3.5 Edwige Lawson-Wade Edwige Lawson-Wade 30 1 9.3 .450 .468 .667 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 3.3 Morenike Atunrase Morenike Atunrase 33 0 10.5 .276 .293 .688 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 2.2 Sandora Irvin Sandora Irvin 21 0 5.5 .321 .250 .636 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.2 Adrianne Ross Adrianne Ross 4 0 1.8 .000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 Brittany Wilkins Brittany Wilkins 1 0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Valeriya Berezhynska Valeriya Berezhynska 2 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 San Antonio Silver Stars Regular Season Stats Postseason Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Becky Hammon Becky Hammon 9 9 36.8 .421 .458 .895 2.3 4.6 1.0 0.6 18.1 Sophia Young Sophia Young 9 9 36.1 .456 .000 .750 5.9 1.7 1.6 0.1 17.7 Ann Wauters Ann Wauters 9 9 33.3 .444 .083 .889 5.8 1.6 0.7 1.3 13.4 Vickie Johnson Vickie Johnson 9 9 30.4 .492 .400 .636 4.7 3.1 1.0 0.0 8.3 Erin Buescher Erin Buescher 9 8 27.8 .380 .292 .733 2.9 1.7 0.8 0.2 6.2 Edwige Lawson-Wade Edwige Lawson-Wade 5 0 16.8 .318 .467 1.000 2.4 1.8 0.6 0.0 5.0 Ruth Riley Ruth Riley 9 1 17.1 .212 .111 .750 2.1 1.1 0.4 0.9 2.0 Helen Darling Helen Darling 6 0 8.8 .385 .286 .000 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.0 2.0 Morenike Atunrase Morenike Atunrase 8 0 5.5 .500 .500 .000 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.3 Sandora Irvin Sandora Irvin 3 0 1.3 .333 .000 .000 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 Adrianne Ross Adrianne Ross 2 0 1.5 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Brittany Wilkins Brittany Wilkins 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 San Antonio Silver Stars Playoff Stats Roster San Antonio Silver Stars 2008 WNBA 24 Morenike Atunrase G/F 5 10 Texas A&M USA 7 Erin Buescher SF 6 3 181 Master's College USA 5 Shanna Crossley SG 5 10 155 Tennessee USA yes 30 Helen Darling PG 5 6 164 Penn State USA 25 Becky Hammon PG 5 6 136 Colorado State USA 50 Sandora Irvin PF 6 3 185 TCU USA 55 Vickie Johnson G/F 5 9 150 Louisiana Tech USA 9 Edwige Lawson-Wade Edwige Lawson SG 5 6 130 France FRA 00 Ruth Riley C 6 5 198 Notre Dame USA 32 Adrianne Ross SG 5 8 142 TCU USA 12 Ann Wauters C 6 4 193 Belgium BEL 51 Brittany Wilkins C 6 3 185 Iowa State USA 33 Sophia Young PF 6 1 165 Baylor USA USA Dan Hughes basketball Muskingum College AUS Sandy Brondello Australia WNBL USA Olaf Lange basketball coach USA Vanessa Nygaard USA Mike Ekanem Texas Lutheran University USA Tonya Holley St. Andrew's Presbyterian http://www.wnba.com/silverstars/roster/ 2008-09-17 Awards and honors Sophia Young, WNBA Player of the Week (May 17–25) Becky Hammon, WNBA Player of the Week (July 7–13) Ann Wauters, WNBA Player of the Week (September 8–14) Sophia Young, WNBA All-Defensive First Team Vickie Johnson, Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award Sophia Young, All-WNBA First Team Becky Hammon, All-WNBA Second Team References Category:San Antonio Stars seasons San Antonio Category:Western Conference (WNBA) championship seasons