2009 New York Liberty season

August 2023 March 2026 New York Liberty 2009 13 21 Eastern 7th Pat Coyle (6-11)Anne Donovan (7-10) Madison Square Garden Did not qualify MSG Network The 2009 WNBA season was 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 Dispersal Draft Based on the Liberty's 2008 record, they would pick 8th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Liberty waived their pick. WNBA draft The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 8 Kia Vaughn United States Rutgers 2 21 Abby Waner United States DukeWNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090725061746/http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html 2009-07-25 dead 2009-07-23 Transactions 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. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions DateTradeMay 7, 2008To New York LibertyTo Phoenix Mercury Leilani Mitchell third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA DraftMay 5, 2009To New York LibertyTo Los Angeles Sparks Sidney Spencer first-round pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft Free agents 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team Cathrine Kraayeveld January 12, 2009 re-signed Sidney Spencer May 5, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Erin Thorn January 7, 2009 Chicago Sky Abby Waner May 29, 2009 free agent Jessica Davenport June 4, 2009 free agent Lisa Willis June 4, 2009 free agent Roster New York Liberty 2009 WNBA 22 Ashley Battle SF 6 0 170 Connecticut USA 17 Essence Carson G/F 6 0 165 Rutgers USA 20 Shameka Christon G/F 6 1 170 Arkansas USA 3 Tiffany Jackson basketball PF 6 3 185 Texas USA no 33 Cathrine Kraayeveld PF 6 4 180 Oregon USA 2 Erlana Larkins PF 6 1 210 North Carolina USA 4 Janel McCarville C 6 2 205 Minnesota USA 23 Leilani Mitchell PG 5 5 130 Utah USA 12 Loree Moore PG 5 9 169 Tennessee USA 6 Sidney Spencer G/F 6 3 183 Tennessee USA 15 Kia Vaughn C 6 4 200 Rutgers USA USA Anne Donovan Old Dominion University USA Laurie Byrd 1 Eastern Michigan University USA Lisa White 1 Stony Brook University USA Lisa White 1 Stony Brook University http://www.wnba.com/liberty/roster/ 2009-06-04 Season standings NYL x =Clinched Playoff Spot e =Eliminated from playoff contention Schedule Preseason y background:#0047AB; color:white 2009 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 21 || 11:00am || Washington || 77-71 || Christon (12) || McCarville (5) || Carson (4) || Madison Square Garden 15,958 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 22 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || 62-74 || Davenport (10) || Davenport, Jackson (5) || McCarville, Mitchell, Spencer (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,578 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 28 || 11:30am || @ Washington || 56-74 || Battle, Carson (9) || Vaughn (7) || Mitchell (2) || Verizon Center 9,287 || 1-2 |- Regular season background:#0047AB; color:white 2009 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 7 || 4:00pm || Connecticut || WCTX || 57-66 || Christon (13) || Kraayeveld (7) || Battle, Mitchell (3) || Madison Square Garden 13,397 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 10 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 84-91 || Carson (18) || Kraayeveld, Vaughn (7) || McCarville (6) || US Airways Center 5,080 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 13 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBA TVMSGKMYS || 60-63 || Christon (21) || McCarville (9) || McCarville, Moore (3) || AT&T Center 10,572 || 0-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 19 || 7:30pm || San Antonio || NBA TVMSG || 77-61 || McCarville (18) || Christon, Jackson, McCarville, Moore (6) || Christon (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,046 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 21 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || || 93-81 || Christon (17) || Moore (8) || Moore (8) || Philips Arena 5,624 || 2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 23 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 57-69 || Christon (20) || Christon, McCarville (6) || Moore (2) || Target Center 5,620 || 2-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 26 || 7:30pm || Indiana || || 81-82 (OT) || Christon (20) || McCarville (9) || Moore (6) || Madison Square Garden 9,304 || 2-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 27 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || MSG || 54-63 || Carson (14) || Jackson (9) || Moore (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,481 || 2-6 |- y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || July 2 || 7:30pm || Detroit || MSG || 80-64 || Christon (25) || Kraayeveld (5) || McCarville (5) || Madison Square Garden 8,018 || 3-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 9 || 7:30pm || Los Angeles || MSG || 60-69 || McCarville (18) || McCarville (6) || McCarville (3) || Madison Square Garden 12,247 || 3-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 11 || 7:30pm || Atlanta || || 71-69 || Christon (18) || McCarville (7) || Moore (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,732 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || July 18 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 67-68 || Christon (21) || Moore (5) || Moore (9) || Verizon Center 9,968 || 4-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 19 || 4:00pm || Atlanta || || 89-86 || Christon (32) || Christon (8) || Mitchell (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,560 || 5-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 22 || 12:30pm || @ Chicago || || 77-70 || Spencer (15) || Kraayeveld (8) || Moore (4) || UIC Pavilion 5,881 || 6-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 23 || 7:30pm || Sacramento || MSG || 73-88 || Carson (20) || Carson (5) || Moore (4) || Madison Square Garden 8,845 || 6-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 26 || 4:00pm|| Phoenix || || 88-94 || Christon (21) || McCarville (10) || Moore, Spencer (3) || Madison Square Garden 11,211 || 6-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 30 || 7:30pm || Washington || NBA TVMSG || 75-78 || McCarville (28) || McCarville (6) || McCarville, Mitchell, Moore (3) || Madison Square Garden 10,172 || 6-11 |- y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || August 1 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBA TVMSG || 83-89 || Christon (23) || Carson, Christon (8) || McCarville (6) || Philips Arena 6,103 || 6-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 7 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 84-66 || McCarville (18) || Jackson (6) || McCarville (5) || ARCO Arena 6,284 || 7-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 8 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 69-70 || McCarville (22) || Christon (9) || Moore (5) || KeyArena 7,496 || 7-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 11 || 9:00pm || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 65-61 || Christon (11) || Christon, Moore (6) || Christon, Moore (5) || STAPLES Center 9,548 || 8-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 14 || 7:30pm || Chicago || NBA TVMSGCN100 || 77-88 || Christon (25) || Christon (10) || Moore (6) || Madison Square Garden 9,832 || 8-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 16 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || || 60-59 || McCarville (19) || Kraayeveld (6) || Moore (5) || Verizon Center 10,580 || 9-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 19 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 69-74 || Kraayeveld (13) || McCarville (9) || Mitchell (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,050 || 9-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 21 || 7:30pm || Connecticut || NBA TVMSG || 85-83 (OT) || Christon (23) || McCarville (13) || Moore (5) || Madison Square Garden 9,355 || 10-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 23 || 4:00pm || Minnesota || || 80-67 || Christon (24) || Jackson (7) || Moore (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,481 || 11-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 28 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || NBA TVMSGCN100 || 77-96 || Jackson (16) || Vaughn (9) || Christon (6) || UIC Pavilion 3,707 || 11-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 30 || 4:00pm || Chicago || || 77-63 || Christon (18) || Kraayeveld (13) || Moore (5) || Madison Square Garden 8,685 || 12-17 |- y background:#66CDAA; color:#FF4500 September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 1 || 7:30pm || Seattle || || 58-65 || Kraayeveld (14) || Kraayeveld (9) || Moore (4) || Madison Square Garden 8,469 || 12-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 4 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || NBA TVMSG || 85-88 (OT) || Christon (22) || Moore (8) || Moore (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,685 || 12-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 8 || 7:30pm || Indiana || || 63-69 || Carson (17) || Larkins, Mitchell (6) || Mitchell (6) || Madison Square Garden 7,583 || 12-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || September 10 || 7:30pm || @ Detroit || NBA TVMSG || 87-94 (OT) || Carson (28) || Battle, Vaughn (4) || Moore (6) || Palace of Auburn Hills 8,178 || 12-21 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 13 || 4:00pm || Washington || MSG || 86-65 || Carson (17) || Jackson, Kraayeveld (5) || Mitchell (6) || Madison Square Garden 15,667 || 13-21 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess Regular Season Statistics Player statistics Player GP GS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Battle, Ashley Ashley Battle34 3 16.1 2.5 1.2 0.91 0.06 5.2 Carson, Essence Essence Carson34 34 25.3 2.1 1.4 1.09 0.29 10.0 Christon, Shameka Shameka Christon 32 31 31.7 4.9 1.8 0.88 0.84 16.1 Jackson, Tiffany Tiffany Jackson34 9 14.6 3.4 0.7 0.62 0.38 5.3 Kraayeveld, Cathrine Cathrine Kraayeveld34 26 26.1 4.6 0.9 0.65 0.38 9.0 Larkins, Erlana Erlana Larkins 18 0 7.6 1.7 0.4 0.50 0.22 2.4 McCarville, Janel Janel McCarville 32 32 26.5 5.5 2.8 1.28 1.38 12.3 Mitchell, Leilani Leilani Mitchell34 2 12.8 1.2 2.2 0.26 0.06 2.4 Moore, Loree Loree Moore34 32 27.7 3.7 3.9 1.94 0.06 6.3 Spencer, Sidney Sidney Spencer 33 0 10.3 1.2 0.5 0.18 0.03 3.0 Vaughn, Kia Kia Vaughn34 1 11.6 2.6 0.2 0.18 0.09 4.8 Team statistics 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 Shameka Christon was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 13, 2009. Shameka Christon was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve. July 25, 2009: Teresa Weatherspoon, who led the New York Liberty to three WNBA finals, will be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, leading a class of six inductees.http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug%3Dap-halloffame%26prov%3Dap%26type%3Dlgns Blair and Foster head up '13 Hall of Fame - College Women's Basketball - Rivals.com 2009-07-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121007093346/http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug=ap-halloffame 2012-10-07 References External links Official Site Category:New York Liberty seasons New York New York Liberty