2009 New York Liberty season
Head Coach	Pat Coyle (6-11) Anne Donovan (7-10)
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Attendance	9,800 per game
Results
Record	13–21 (.382)
Place	7th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Christon (16.1)
Rebounds	McCarville (5.5)
Assists	Moore (3.9)
Local Media
Television	MSG Network
New York Liberty seasons
< 2008	2010 >

The 2009 WNBA season is 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.

Contents 1 Offseason 1.1 Dispersal Draft 1.2 WNBA Draft 1.3 Transactions 1.4 Free agents 1.4.1 Additions 1.4.2 Subtractions 2 Roster 3 Season Standings 4 Schedule 4.1 Preseason 4.2 Regular Season 5 Regular Season Statistics 5.1 Player Statistics 5.2 Team Statistics 6 Awards and honors 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Dispersal Draft

Based on the Liberty's 2008 record, they would pick 8th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Liberty waived their pick.

[edit] 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	Duke

^[1]

[edit] 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.

^[2]

Date	Trade
May 7, 2008	To New York Liberty	To Phoenix Mercury
	Leilani Mitchell	third-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft
May 5, 2009	To New York Liberty	To Los Angeles Sparks
	Sidney Spencer	first-round pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft

[edit] Free agents

[edit] Additions Player Signed Former team Cathrine Kraayeveld January 12, 2009 re-signed Sidney Spencer May 5, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks

[edit] Subtractions Player Left New 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

[edit] Roster

New York Liberty roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From 3.0 SF 22 USA  Battle, Ashley 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Connecticut 2.5 G/F 17 USA  Carson, Essence 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Rutgers 2.5 G/F 20 USA  Christon, Shameka 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Arkansas 4.0 PF 3 USA  Jackson, Tiffany 75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Texas 4.0 PF 33 USA  Kraayeveld, Cathrine 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oregon 4.0 PF 2 USA  Larkins, Erlana 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) North Carolina 5.0 C 4 USA  McCarville, Janel 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Minnesota 1.0 PG 23 USA  Mitchell, Leilani 65 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 130 lb (59 kg) Utah 1.0 PG 12 USA  Moore, Loree 69 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 169 lb (77 kg) Tennessee 2.5 G/F 6 USA  Spencer, Sidney 75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Tennessee 5.0 C 15 USA  Vaughn, Kia 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Rutgers	Head coach Anne Donovan (Old Dominion) Assistant coach(es) Laurie Byrd (Eastern Michigan) Strength and conditioning coach(es) Lisa White (Stony Brook) Athletic trainer(s) Lisa White (Stony Brook) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: 2009-06-04

[edit] Season Standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Indiana Fever x	22	12	.667	17-5	-
Atlanta Dream x	18	16	.529	10-12	4.0
Detroit Shock x	18	16	.529	11-11	4.0
Washington Mystics x	16	18	.471	10-12	6.0
Chicago Sky o	16	18	.471	10-12	6.0
Connecticut Sun o	16	18	.471	9-12	6.0
New York Liberty o	13	21	.382	8-13	10.0

^x =Clinched Playoff Spot
^e =Eliminated from playoff contention

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 21 11:00am Washington 77-71 Christon (12) McCarville (5) Carson (4) Madison Square Garden 15,958 1-0 2 May 22 7:00pm @ Connecticut 62-74 Davenport (10) Davenport, Jackson (5) McCarville, Mitchell, Spencer (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,578 1-1 3 May 28 11:30am @ Washington 56-74 Battle, Carson (9) Vaughn (7) Mitchell (2) Verizon Center 9,287 1-2

[edit] Regular Season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season
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June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 7 4:00pm Connecticut WCTX 57-66 Christon (13) Kraayeveld (7) Battle, Mitchell (3) Madison Square Garden 13,397 0-1 2 June 10 10:00pm @ Phoenix 84-91 Carson (18) Kraayeveld, Vaughn (7) McCarville (6) US Airways Center 5,080 0-2 3 June 13 8:00pm @ San Antonio NBA TV MSG KMYS 60-63 Christon (21) McCarville (9) McCarville, Moore (3) AT&T Center 10,572 0-3 4 June 19 7:30pm San Antonio NBA TV MSG 77-61 McCarville (18) Christon, Jackson, McCarville, Moore (6) Christon (6) Madison Square Garden 8,046 1-3 5 June 21 3:00pm @ Atlanta 93-81 Christon (17) Moore (8) Moore (8) Philips Arena 5,624 2-3 6 June 23 8:00pm @ Minnesota 57-69 Christon (20) Christon, McCarville (6) Moore (2) Target Center 5,620 2-4 7 June 26 7:30pm Indiana 81-82 (OT) Christon (20) McCarville (9) Moore (6) Madison Square Garden 9,304 2-5 8 June 27 7:00pm @ Indiana MSG 54-63 Carson (14) Jackson (9) Moore (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,481 2-6
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 9 July 2 7:30pm Detroit MSG 80-64 Christon (25) Kraayeveld (5) McCarville (5) Madison Square Garden 8,018 3-6 10 July 9 7:30pm Los Angeles MSG 60-69 McCarville (18) McCarville (6) McCarville (3) Madison Square Garden 12,247 3-7 11 July 11 7:30pm Atlanta 71-69 Christon (18) McCarville (7) Moore (6) Madison Square Garden 8,732 4-7 12 July 18 7:00pm @ Washington 67-68 Christon (21) Moore (5) Moore (9) Verizon Center 9,968 4-8 13 July 19 4:00pm Atlanta 89-86 Christon (32) Christon (8) Mitchell (6) Madison Square Garden 8,560 5-8 14 July 22 12:30pm @ Chicago 77-70 Spencer (15) Kraayeveld (8) Moore (4) UIC Pavilion 5,881 6-8 15 July 23 7:30pm Sacramento MSG 73-88 Carson (20) Carson (5) Moore (4) Madison Square Garden 8,845 6-9 16 July 26 4:00pm Phoenix 88-94 Christon (21) McCarville (10) Moore, Spencer (3) Madison Square Garden 11,211 6-10 17 July 30 7:30pm Washington NBA TV MSG 75-78 McCarville (28) McCarville (6) McCarville, Mitchell, Moore (3) Madison Square Garden 10,172 6-11
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 18 August 1 7:00pm @ Atlanta NBA TV MSG 83-89 Christon (23) Carson, Christon (8) McCarville (6) Philips Arena 6,103 6-12 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 20 August 7 10:00pm @ Sacramento 84-66 McCarville (18) Jackson (6) McCarville (5) ARCO Arena 6,284 7-13 21 August 8 10:00pm @ Seattle 69-70 McCarville (22) Christon (9) Moore (5) KeyArena 7,496 7-14 22 August 11 9:00pm @ Los Angeles ESPN2 65-61 Christon (11) Christon, Moore (6) Christon, Moore (5) STAPLES Center 9,548 8-14 23 August 14 7:30pm Chicago NBA TV MSG CN100 77-88 Christon (25) Christon (10) Moore (6) Madison Square Garden 9,832 8-15 24 August 16 4:00pm @ Washington 60-59 McCarville (19) Kraayeveld (6) Moore (5) Verizon Center 10,580 9-15 25 August 19 7:00pm @ Connecticut 69-74 Kraayeveld (13) McCarville (9) Mitchell (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,050 9-16 26 August 21 7:30pm Connecticut NBA TV MSG 85-83 (OT) Christon (23) McCarville (13) Moore (5) Madison Square Garden 9,355 10-16 27 August 23 4:00pm Minnesota 80-67 Christon (24) Jackson (7) Moore (6) Madison Square Garden 8,481 11-16 28 August 28 8:30pm @ Chicago NBA TV MSG CN100 77-96 Jackson (16) Vaughn (9) Christon (6) UIC Pavilion 3,707 11-17 29 August 30 4:00pm Chicago 77-63 Christon (18) Kraayeveld (13) Moore (5) Madison Square Garden 8,685 12-17
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 30 September 1 7:30pm Seattle 58-65 Kraayeveld (14) Kraayeveld (9) Moore (4) Madison Square Garden 8,469 12-18 31 September 4 7:00pm @ Connecticut NBA TV MSG 85-88 (OT) Christon (22) Moore (8) Moore (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,685 12-19 32 September 8 7:30pm Indiana 63-69 Carson (17) Larkins, Mitchell (6) Mitchell (6) Madison Square Garden 7,583 12-20 33 September 10 7:30pm @ Detroit NBA TV MSG 87-94 (OT) Carson (28) Battle, Vaughn (4) Moore (6) Palace of Auburn Hills 8,178 12-21 34 September 13 4:00pm Washington MSG 86-65 Carson (17) Jackson, Kraayeveld (5) Mitchell (6) Madison Square Garden 15,667 13-21

[edit] Regular Season Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game
SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	TO	Turnovers per game	PF	Fouls per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	Shaded block denotes leader.

[edit] Player Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Battle, Ashley Ashley Battle	34	3	16.1	2.5	1.2	0.91	0.06	5.2
Carson, Essence Essence Carson	34	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 Jackson	34	9	14.6	3.4	0.7	0.62	0.38	5.3
Kraayeveld, Cathrine Cathrine Kraayeveld	34	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 Mitchell	34	2	12.8	1.2	2.2	0.26	0.06	2.4
Moore, Loree Loree Moore	34	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 Vaughn	34	1	11.6	2.6	0.2	0.18	0.09	4.8

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site

v • d • e 2009 WNBA season by team
Draft • Transactions • Schedule • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream	Chicago Sky	Connecticut Sun	Detroit Shock	Indiana Fever	New York Liberty	Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks	Minnesota Lynx	Phoenix Mercury	Sacramento Monarchs	San Antonio Silver Stars	Seattle Storm
←  2008 • WNBA season • 2010  →

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