2016 New York Liberty season

May 2025 March 2026 New York Liberty 2016 21 13 Eastern 1st Bill Laimbeer Madison Square Garden Lost in Second Round to Phoenix MSG Network (MSG), MSG Plus (MSG+) The 2016 WNBA season was the 20th season for the New York Liberty franchise of the WNBA. The season began on May 14, on the road against the Washington Mystics.https://www.wnba.com/schedule?season=2016&month=all&team=liberty&broadcaster=all 2016 New York Liberty Schedule WNBA May 10, 2025 The Liberty started the season with two straight wins, before dropping their final three games in May. Two of there losses came in overtime, and the third came by ten points to Minnesota. They won their first two games of June before dropping a road game against Los Angeles. The Liberty went on a winning streak from there, winning their next six straight games, which included four road wins. The streak was broken with an overtime loss to Phoenix on June 26. The team followed that with an overtime victory over Minnesota to finish the month 9–2. The Liberty won five of their first six games in July, with the only lost coming in Los Angeles. Their victories included three point defeats of Seattle and Chicago. They went 2–2 in their final four games before the Olympic break, losing to Minnesota and Indiana, and defeating Connecticut and Washington. They finished July 7–3, and were 18–8 before the break. They won their first game back against San Antonio 84–77. However, the second half of the season did not go as well for the Liberty, as they went 2–5 in September. They only defeated Phoenix and Connecticut. All of their defeats, except a 84–81 loss to Dallas, came by double digits. The Liberty finished the season 21–13, which saw them finish in first place in the Eastern Conference. They were the third seed in the 2016 WNBA playoffs and earned a bye into the Second Round. They hosted eighth-seed Phoenix in their Second Round game. The Mercury defeated the Liberty 101–94. The game was within two points in the fourth quarter, but a late surge saw the Mercury pull away. A highlight of the season was Tina Charles sweeping Eastern Conference Player of the Month awards, and winning seven Eastern Conference Player of the Week awards. She was also selected to the All-WNBA First Team while leading the league in scoring and rebounding. Transactions WNBA draft 2016 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 12 Adut Bulgak Florida State 2 24 Ameryst Alston Ohio State 3 36 Shacobia Barbee Georgia Trades/Roster Changes DateDetails February 1, 2016 Signed Shavonte Zelloushttps://www.si.com/wnba/2016/02/01/ap-bkl-liberty-zellous New York Liberty sign free agent Shavonte Zellous Sports Illustrated February 1, 2016 May 13, 2025 Re-signed Carolyn Swordshttps://liberty.wnba.com/news/liberty-signs-shavonte-zellous-and-carolyn-swords-to-open-free-agency Liberty Signs Shavonte Zellous and Carolyn Swords to Open Free Agency liberty.wnba.com WNBA February 1, 2016 May 13, 2025 March 8, 2016 Signed Swin Cashhttps://www.courant.com/2016/05/24/former-uconn-star-swin-cash-back-with-new-york-liberty/ Former UConn Star Swin Cash Back With New York Liberty Hartford Courant Associated Press May 24, 2016 May 13, 2025 April 18, 2016 Signed Lindsey Hardinghttps://www.wnba.com/news/new-york-liberty-signs-guard-lindsey-harding New York Liberty Signs Guard Lindsey Harding wnba.com WNBA April 18, 2016 May 13, 2025 May 2, 2016 The Liberty acquired Shoni Schimmel from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for their second round pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.Liberty Acquire Dream Guard Shoni Schimmel for Second-Round Draft Pick https://www.wnba.com/news/new-york-liberty-shoni-schimmel-trade-atlanta-dream WNBA May 2, 2016 April 23, 2025 May 11, 2016 The Liberty acquired Amanda Zahui B. and Dallas' second round pick in the 2017 draft in exchange for the Liberty's first round pick in the 2017 draft.http://www.wnba.com/news/new-york-liberty-acquires-amanda-zahui-b-dallas-wings/ New York Liberty Acquires Amanda Zahui B. From Dallas Wings 2016-05-11 WNBA wnba.com Roster Source:https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/NYL/2016.html 2016 New York Liberty Stats basketball-reference.com Sports Reference May 10, 2025 New York Liberty 2016 WNBA 9 Rebecca Allen Rebecca Allen (basketball) F/G 6 2 162 11-06-1992 1 Australia AUS 22 Ameryst Alston G 5 9 178 06-20-1994 R Ohio State USA 15 Brittany Boyd G 5 9 156 06-11-1993 1 California USA 2 Adut Bulgak C 6 4 156 12-20-1992 R Florida State USA 32 Swin Cash F 6 1 171 09-22-1979 14 Connecticut USA 31 Tina Charles Tina Charles (basketball) C/F 6 4 192 12-05-1988 6 Connecticut USA 12 Lindsey Harding G 5 8 139 06-12-1984 8 Duke USA 10 Epiphanny Prince G 5 9 179 01-11-1988 6 Rutgers RUS 14 Sugar Rodgers G 5 9 161 12-08-1989 3 Georgetown USA 5 Shoni Schimmel G 5 9 161 05-04-1992 2 Louisville USA 41 Kiah Stokes C 6 3 191 03-30-1993 1 Connecticut USA 8 Carolyn Swords C 6 6 215 07-19-1989 4 Boston College USA 30 Tanisha Wright G 5 11 166 11-29-1983 11 Penn State USA 17 Amanda Zahui B. C 6 5 184 09-08-1993 1 Minnesota SWE 1 Shavonte Zellous G 5 10 188 08-28-1986 7 Pittsburgh USA USA Bill Laimbeer Notre Dame USA Katie Smith Ohio State USA Herb Williams Ohio State USA Rosemary Ragle 1 Troy University Game log Preseason New York Liberty yes 2016 New York Liberty May yes 0 1 0 1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 1 | vs. Chicago | L 59–93 | Adut Bulgak (17) | Adut Bulgak (12) | Brittany Boyd-Jones (3) | Bob Carpenter Center3,432 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 5 | Minnesota | L 74–77 | Sugar Rodgers (22) | Avery Warley-Talbert (6) | Alston, Warley-Talbert (2) | Levien Gymnasium1,028 | 0–2 nyl yes 2016 Regular season New York Liberty 2017 Total: 21–13 (Home: 10–7; Road: 11–6) New York Liberty May yes 1 2 1 1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | May 14 | @ Washington | W 87–76 | Tina Charles (24) | Tina Charles (11) | Lindsey Harding (7) | Capital One Arena11,579 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | May 15 | Dallas | W 79–71 | Charles, Rodgers (24) | Tina Charles (11) | Lindsey Harding (5) | Madison Square Garden10,120 | 2–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | May 21 | Los Ageles | L 72–79 (OT) | Tina Charles (17) | Tina Charles (16) | Harding, Wright (4) | Madison Square Garden9,417 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 24 | Atlanta | L 79–85 (OT) | Tina Charles (29) | Carolyn Swords (11) | Tina Charles (6) | Madison Square Garden14,503 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | May 31 | Minnesota | L 69–79 | Tina Charles (23) | Tina Charles (11) | Tanisha Wright (4) | Madison Square Garden7,356 | 2–3 New York Liberty June 3 1 6 1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 | June 3 | Indiana | W 91–59 | Sugar Rodgers (21) | Kiah Stokes (12) | Tina Charles (6) | Madison Square Garden8,566 | 3–3 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 | June 5 | @ Seattle | W 86–78 | Tina Charles (19) | Tina Charles (13) | Sugar Rodgers (5) | KeyArena6,240 | 4–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 | June 7 | @ Los Angeles | L 77–100 | Shavonte Zellous (12) | Amanda Zahui B. (8) | Tina Charles (4) | Staples Center7,103 | 4–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 | June 11 | @ San Antonio | W 90–75 | Sugar Rodgers (22) | Kiah Stokes (10) | Tina Charles (6) | AT&T Center5,219 | 5–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 | June 14 | Dallas | W 91–88 | Tina Charles (28) | Rodgers, Stokes (7) | Tanisha Wright (5) | Madison Square Garden7,939 | 6–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 | June 16 | @ Connecticut | W 80–72 | Tina Charles (32) | Kiah Stokes (9) | Tanisha Wright (6) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,786 | 7–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 | June 19 | @ Indiana | W 78–75 | Tina Charles (26) | Tina Charles (15) | Tina Charles (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,440 | 8–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 | June 22 | @ Atlanta | W 90–79 | Tina Charles (23) | Charles, Stokes (9) | Tina Charles (10) | Philips Arena10,345 | 9–4 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 14 | June 24 | Chicago | W 80–79 | Tina Charles (21) | Tina Charles (13) | Charles, Wright (4) | Madison Square Garden10,120 | 10–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | June 26 | Phoenix | L 97–104 (OT) | Tina Charles (26) | Charles, Stokes (8) | Wright, Zellous (6) | Madison Square Garden9,591 | 10–5 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 | June 29 | @ Minnesota | W 95–92 (OT) | Sugar Rodgers (30) | Kiah Stokes (11) | Boyd-Jones, Wright, Zellous (3) | Target Center7,721 | 11–5 New York Liberty July 5 1 2 2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 | July 1 | @ Phoenix | W 99–88 | Tina Charles (31) | Tina Charles (10) | Tanisha Wright (6) | Talking Stick Resort Arena11,606 | 12–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 18 | July 3 | @ Los Angeles | L 67–77 | Tina Charles (27) | Carolyn Swords (11) | Charles, Wright (3) | Staples Center10,003 | 12–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 | July 6 | Seattle | W 78–74 | Charles, Wright (18) | Kiah Stokes (11) | Sugar Rodgers (7) | Madison Square Garden9,852 | 13–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 | July 8 | @ Chicago | W 88–85 | Tina Charles (29) | Tina Charles (9) | Tanisha Wright (6) | Allstate Arena5,633 | 14–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 | July 10 | San Antonio | W 75–65 | Amanda Zahui B. (14) | Carolyn Swords (11) | Brittany Boyd-Jones (4) | Madison Square Garden9,790 | 15–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 | July 13 | Atlanta | W 86–62 | Tina Charles (18) | Tina Charles (9) | Wright, Zellous (3) | Madison Square Garden11,317 | 16–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 23 | July 15 | @ Minnesota | L 70–88 | Tina Charles (15) | Tina Charles (14) | Shavonte Zellous (4) | Target Center8,123 | 16–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 | July 17 | Connecticut | W 83–76 | Swin Cash (16) | Tina Charles (10) | Charles, Rodgers, Wright (3) | Madison Square Garden9,464 | 17–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 | July 20 | Washington | W 88–81 | Rebecca Allen (19) | Charles, Zahui B. (9) | Brittany Boyd-Jones (7) | Capital One Arena12,778 | 18–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | July 21 | Indiana | L 70–82 | Tina Charles (25) | Tina Charles (13) | Boyd-Jones, Wright (6) | Madison Square Garden11,253 | 18–8 New York Liberty August 0 0 1 0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 | August 26 | @ San Antonio | W 84–77 | Sugar Rodgers (18) | Tina Charles (10) | Charles, Zellous (4) | AT&T Center6,831 | 19–8 New York Liberty September 2 2 0 3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | September 1 | @ Indiana | L 77–98 | Tina Charles (22) | Tina Charles (11) | Boyd-Jones, Charles (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,524 | 19–9 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 29 | September 3 | Phoenix | W 92–70 | Tina Charles (23) | Tina Charles (15) | Brittany Boyd-Jones (6) | Madison Square Garden10,026 | 20–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | September 7 | Seattle | L 78–102 | Tina Charles (22) | Tina Charles (9) | Tina Charles (7) | Madison Square Garden8,159 | 20–10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 31 | September 9 | Connecticut | W 89–82 | Tina Charles (23) | Tina Charles (10) | Brittany Boyd-Jones (8) | Madison Square Garden9,482 | 21–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | September 11 | @ Dallas | L 81–84 | Tina Charles (29) | Tina Charles (10) | Brittany Boyd-Jones (10) | College Park Center5,662 | 21–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | September 13 | Washington | L 62–75 | Tina Charles (22) | Tina Charles (11) | Brittany Boyd-Jones (6) | Madison Square Garden8,345 | 21–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 34 | September 16 | @ Chicago | L 68–92 | Cash, Swords (15) | Allen, Swords (8) | Brittany Boyd-Jones (6) | Allstate Arena7,295 | 21–13 nyl 2016 Playoffs New York Liberty yes 2016 New York Liberty WNBA Second Round yes yes 0 1 0 0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 24 | Phoenix | L 94–101 | Tanisha Wright (21) | Tina Charles (9) | Charles, Wright (5) | Madison Square Garden10,227 | 0–1 nly yes 2016 Standings NYL Playoffs Bracket Statistics Regular season Source: Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tina Charles 32 32 33.7 43.9% 34.7% 81.2% 9.9 3.8 0.8 0.8 21.5 Sugar Rodgers 33 33 30.5 40.5% 41.3% 84.2% 3.7 2.4 1.1 0.5 14.5 Kiah Stokes 27 0 24.1 64.1% — 62.7% 7.4 0.7 0.7 1.4 6.9 Shavonte Zellous 33 1 23.3 40.3% 19.2% 85.1% 2.5 2.2 0.9 0.2 8.8 Tanisha Wright 29 28 23.0 40.1% 23.5% 71.7% 2.3 3.6 0.9 0.2 6.7 Lindsey Harding 5 3 22.8 32.0% 0.00% 100.0% 2.8 3.6 0.2 0.0 3.6 Brittany Boyd 33 9 19.7 36.1% 16.7% 72.8% 2.5 3.6 1.6 0.1 6.5 Swin Cash 31 23 19.5 37.9% 12.5% 68.3% 3.4 1.4 0.7 0.5 5.3 Carolyn Swords 34 34 17.5 57.1% — 68.6% 4.6 0.7 0.2 0.6 5.2 Epiphanny Prince 6 0 13.8 40.0% 36.4% 100.0% 1.5 0.7 0.3 0.0 5.2 Rebecca Allen 21 6 13.3 45.9% 56.7% 86.7% 1.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 5.7 Amanda Zahui B. 33 1 11.3 44.9% 18.8% 78.7% 3.2 0.4 0.3 0.7 5.0 Shoni Schimmel 17 0 4.5 55.0% 56.3% 80.0% 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.1 2.1 Adut Bulgak 7 0 3.3 45.5% 50.0% 75.0% 1.3 — — — 2.0 Ameryst Alston 1 0 — — — — — — — — — Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Tina Charles Peak Performer: Points September 20, 2016 Liberty’s Charles, Seattle’s Bird Earn 2016 WNBA Peak Performer Awards https://www.wnba.com/news/libertys-charles-seattles-bird-earn-2016-wnba-peak-performer-awards/ wnba.com WNBA May 12, 2025 September 20, 2016 Peak Performer: Rebounds All-WNBA First Team October 14, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/2016-all-wnba-teams-official-release 2016 All-WNBA First and Second Teams Announced wnba.com WNBA October 14, 2016 May 12, 2025 Eastern Conference Player of the Month June 2, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/tina-charles-maya-moore-wnba-players-of-month Charles, Moore Named WNBA Players of the Month Presented by Samsung wnba.com WNBA June 2, 2016 May 12, 2025 July 7, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/tina-charles-nneka-ogwumike-named-players-month Tina Charles And Nneka Ogwumike Named Players Of The Month wnba.com WNBA July 7, 2016 May 12, 2025 July 26, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/tina-charles-nneka-ogwumike-wnba-players-of-month Charles, Ogwumike Named WNBA Players of the Month Presented by Samsung wnba.com WNBA July 26, 2016 May 12, 2025 September 20, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/maya-moore-tina-charles-named-players-month Maya Moore, Tina Charles Named Players Of The Month wnba.com WNBA September 20, 2016 May 12, 2025 Eastern Conference Player of the Week May 23, 2016 https://liberty.wnba.com/news/charles-named-eastern-conference-player-week Charles Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week liberty.wnba.com WNBA May 23, 2016 May 12, 2025 June 6, 2016 https://liberty.wnba.com/news/tina-charles-eastern-conference-player-week-2nd-time Tina Charles Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week For 2nd Time liberty.wnba.com WNBA June 6, 2016 May 12, 2025 June 20, 2016 https://liberty.wnba.com/news/8602 Charles Tabbed as Eastern Conference Player of the Week for a 3rd Time liberty.wnba.com WNBA June 20, 2016 May 12, 2025 June 27, 2016 https://liberty.wnba.com/news/deja-vu-charles-repeats-player-week Déjà Vu: Charles Repeats as Player of the Week liberty.wnba.com WNBA June 27, 2016 May 12, 2025 July 6, 2016 https://liberty.wnba.com/news/charles-ties-wnba-record-5th-player-week-win Charles Ties WNBA Record with 5th Player of the Week Win liberty.wnba.com WNBA July 6, 2016 May 12, 2025 July 22, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/tina-charles-nneka-ogwumike-players-of-week-072516 Tina Charles and Nneka Ogwumike Named WNBA Players of the Week wnba.com WNBA July 25, 2016 May 12, 2025 September 5, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/new-yorks-charles-phoenixs-griner-named-wnba-players-week New York's Charles, Phoenix's Griner Named WNBA Players Of The Week wnba.com WNBA September 5, 2016 May 12, 2025 Tanisha Wright WNBA All-Defensive Second Team September 30, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/2016-wnba-all-defensive-team-official-release Sylvia Fowles, Nneka Ogwumike Headline 2016 WNBA All-Defensive Team wnba.com WNBA September 30, 2016 May 12, 2025 References Category:2016 WNBA season 2016