The 2012 WNBA season is 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.
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 | |
Player | Signed | Former team | |
DeMya Walker | April 13, 2012 | Washington Mystics | |
Kelley Cain | April 16, 2012 | draft pick |
Player | Left | New team | |
Ta'Shia Phillips | 2012 | free agent | |
Sydney Colson | May 16, 2012 | free agent |
Pos. | Starter | Bench | |
---|---|---|---|
C | Kia Vaughn | Kara Braxton Kelley Cain | |
PF | Plenette Pierson | DeMya Walker | |
SF | Essence Carson | Nicole Powell | |
SG | Cappie Pondexter | Alex Montgomery | |
PG | Leilani Mitchell |
|- 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|-
|- 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) || Mitchell
Pondexter (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) || Mitchell
Pondexter (5) || Philips Arena
6,802 || 0-4|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || Sat 2 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || FS-I || 68-91 || Pierson (24) || Powell (7) || Pondexter
Walker (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) || Carson
Pierson (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 || MSG
CN100 || 64-73 || Pondexter (22) || Carson
Pondexter
Vaughn (6) || Pondexter (7) || Prudential Center
5,908 || 3-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10 || Fri 15 || 7:00 || @ Connecticut || || 55-97 || Carson (14) || Pondexter
Walker (5) || Pondexter
Vaughn (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena
6,522 || 3-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || Tue 19 || 7:00 || @ Atlanta || FS-S || 73-60 || Carson
Pondexter (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|-|- 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 || NBATV
MSG || 81-94 || Carson (25) || Braxton
Pondexter (8) || Mitchell (6) || Prudential Center
7,714 || 6-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 17 || Tue 10 || 12:00 || @ Indiana || || 82-84 || Pondexter (33) || Cain
Powell (6) || Pondexter (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,216 || 6-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || Fri 13 || 11:00am || Washington || || 53-70 || Pondexter (22) || Carson
Powell (8) || Pondexter (3) || Prudential Center
14,715 || 6-12|-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break|-|-| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || Thu 16 || 7:00 || Connecticut || NBATV
MSG || 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 || Carson
Pondexter (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 || NBATV
TWC101 || 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 || NBATV
MSG || 63-76 || Carson
Pondexter (18) || Pierson
Pondexter (8) || Pierson (4) || Prudential Center
5,315 || 9-16|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 26 || Sat 1 || 4:00 || Washington || NBATV
MSG || 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 || MSG
CN100 || 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 || NBATV
MSG
KDOC || 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) || Pierson
Pondexter (3) || AT&T Center
6,650 || 14-18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || Thu 20 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 66-78 || Braxton
Pierson
Pondexter (14) || Vaughn (7) || Pondexter (5) || BOK Center
5,661 || 14-19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 34 || Sat 22 || 2:00 || Tulsa || NBATV
MSG || 91-74 || Pierson (19) || Vaughn (9) || Pierson
Pondexter (5) || Prudential Center
8,508 || 15-19|-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
|- 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|-