2012 New York Liberty season

August 2023 March 2026 February 2024 New York Liberty 2012 15 19 Eastern 4 John Whisenant Prudential Center Lost in Conference Semifinals MSG, MSG+ESPN2, NBATV 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.https://www.espn.com/story/_/id/7612533/kelly-miller-signs-new-york-liberty Guard Kelly Miller signs with Liberty ESPN February 24, 2012 February 21, 2024 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.https://www.onlineathens.com/story/sports/high-school/basketball/2012/07/03/wnba-teams-waive-twins-sisters-former-uga-stars-coco-and-kelly-miller/15605172007/ WNBA teams waive twins sisters, former UGA stars Coco and Kelly Miller Athens Banner-Herald July 2, 2012 February 21, 2024 Personnel changes 52% 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 New York Liberty 2012 WNBA 45 Kara Braxton F/C 6 6 225 02-18-1983 7 Georgia USA 52 Kelley Cain C 6 6 220 05-16-1989 R Tennessee USA 17 Essence Carson G/F 6 0 165 07-28-1986 4 Rutgers USA 5 Leilani Mitchell PG 5 5 128 06-15-1985 4 Utah USA 21 Alex Montgomery G/F 6 1 185 11-12-1988 1 Georgia Tech USA 33 Plenette Pierson F/C 6 2 180 08-31-1981 9 Texas Tech USA 23 Cappie Pondexter G 5 9 160 01-07-1983 6 Rutgers USA 14 Nicole Powell F 6 2 170 06-22-1982 8 Stanford USA 30 Katelan Redmon G/F 6 1 10-11-1988 R Gonzaga USA 15 Kia Vaughn C 6 4 198 01-24-1987 3 Rutgers USA 22 DeMya Walker F 6 3 200 11-28-1977 12 Virginia USA USA John Whisenant New Mexico State University USA Monique Ambers Arizona State USA Norm Ellenberger Butler USA Laura Ramus 1 Wayne State University USA Kevin Duffy 1 Ohio 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 NYL Schedule Preseason y background:#0047AB; color:white 2012 Game Log: Preseason (May) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- 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 background:#0047AB; color:white 2012 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 May (0–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- 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 |- y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 June (5–5) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- 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 |- y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 July (1–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- 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 |- y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 August (3–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- | 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 |- y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 September (6–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- 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 background:#0047AB; color:white 2012 Game Log: Postseason y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- 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 February 2013 References External links Category:New York Liberty seasons New York New York Liberty Category:2012 in sports in New Jersey