2013 New York Liberty season

2013 New York Liberty season
CoachBill Laimbeer[1]
ArenaPrudential Center
Attendanceper game
Results
Record10–24 (.294)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
TelevisionMSG, MSG+
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2013 WNBA season is the 17th season for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Liberty will play at Prudential Center in New Jersey due to renovations at Madison Square Garden.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Liberty's selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 5
2 17
3 29

Trades

Date Trade
TBD To New York Liberty To TBD
TBD TBD

Personnel changes

Roster

2013 New York Liberty roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F/C 3 United States Bone, Kelsey 6' 4" (1.93m) – 12-31-1991 Texas A&M R
F/C 45 United States Braxton, Kara 6' 6" (1.98m) 225 lb (102kg) 02-18-1983 Georgia 8
G/F 17 United States Carson, Essence 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 07-28-1986 Rutgers 5
F 1 United States Milton-Jones, Delisha 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 09-11-1974 Florida 14
PG 5 United States Mitchell, Leilani 5' 5" (1.65m) 128 lb (58kg) 06-15-1985 Utah 5
G/F 21 United States Montgomery, Alex 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) 11-12-1988 Georgia Tech 2
F/C 33 United States Pierson, Plenette 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 08-31-1981 Texas Tech 10
G 23 United States Pondexter, Cappie 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 01-07-1983 Rutgers 7
G 30 United States Smith, Katie 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 06-04-1974 Ohio State 14
G 4 United States Williams, Kamiko 5' 11" (1.8m) – 04-06-1991 Tennessee R
F 15 United States Young, Toni 6' 2" (1.88m) – 01-11-1991 Oklahoma State R
Head coach
United States Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches
United States Barbara Farris (Tulane)
United States Taj McWilliams-Franklin (St. Edward's)
Athletic trainer
United States Laura Ramus (Wayne State)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Kevin Duffy (Ohio)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Kara Braxton Kelsey Bone
PF Cheryl Ford Toni Young
SF Plenette Pierson Essence Carson
Alex Montgomery
SG Cappie Pondexter Katie Smith
PG Leilani Mitchell Kamiko Williams

Season standings

# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z-Chicago Sky 24 10 .706 - 34
2 x-Atlanta Dream 17 17 .500 7 34
3 x-Washington Mystics 17 17 .500 7 34
4 x-Indiana Fever 16 18 .471 8 34
5 e-New York Liberty 11 23 .324 13 34
6 e-Connecticut Sun 10 24 .294 14 34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)
Pre-season: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 11 @ Connecticut L 74–83 Williams, Pierson, & Montgomery (12) Essence Carson (5) Alex Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
6692 		0–1
2 May 15 @ Chicago L 67–85 Pondexter & Montgomery (14) Alex Montgomery (8) Kara Braxton (4) Jacoby Dickens Center
1250 		0–2
3 May 18 Connecticut W 78–67 Cappie Pondexter (14) Pondexter & Bone (6) Essence Carson (5) Prudential Center
1945 		1–2
2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 11–23 (Home: 6–11; Road: 5–12)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 25 @ Connecticut L 69–81 Cappie Pondexter (23) Kara Braxton (9) Pondexter & Williams (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7672 		0–1
2 May 31 Tulsa W 78–76 (OT) Essence Carson (18) Braxton & Pondexter (8) Cappie Pondexter (6) Prudential Center
7532 		1–1
June : 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 June 5 Indiana W 75–68 (OT) Essence Carson (21) Braxton & Montgomery (7) Leilani Mitchell (3) Prudential Center
7617 		2–1
4 June 7 @ Atlanta L 56–75 Kara Braxton (14) Alex Montgomery (12) Pierson & Montgomery (4) Philips Arena
6173 		2–2
5 June 9 Atlanta W 76–67 Pierson & Pondexter (17) Leilani Mitchell (7) Cappie Pondexter (6) Prudential Center
5933 		3–2
6 June 14 Connecticut W 78–68 Cappie Pondexter (20) Kara Braxton (13) Leilani Mitchell (5) Prudential Center
5845 		4–2
7 June 23 San Antonio L 77–78 (OT) Cappie Pondexter (19) Cappie Pondexter (11) Pondexter & Mitchell (6) Prudential Center
6123 		4–3
8 June 26 @ Chicago L 74–87 Cappie Pondexter (21) Kelsey Bone (9) Leilani Mitchell (7) Allstate Arena
8911 		4–4
9 June 28 @ Seattle W 67–62 Cappie Pondexter (23) Kara Braxton (14) Smith, Braxton, & Pondexter (3) Key Arena
7687 		5–4
July : 3–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
10 July 2 @ Phoenix L 87–94 Cappie Pondexter (17) Kamiko Williams (9) Alex Montgomery (4) US Airways Center
7636 		5–5
11 July 4 @ Los Angeles L 89–97 Cappie Pondexter (34) Kelsey Bone (8) Cappie Pondexter (6) Staples Center
8565 		5–6
12 July 7 Chicago L 64–93 Cappie Pondexter (18) Kelsey Bone (8) Mitchell & Pondexter (4) Prudential Center
7127 		5–7
13 July 9 Seattle W 66–57 Plenette Pierson (22) Kara Braxton (11) Cappie Pondexter (4) Prudential Center
5766 		6–7
14 July 13 Indiana L 53–74 Plenette Pierson (12) Alex Montgomery (11) Bone, Braxton, Pondexter, Montgomery, Williams, & Mitchell (1) Prudential Center
6772 		6–8
15 July 18 Chicago L 55–75 Pierson & Bone (11) Kelsey Bone (8) Alex Montgomery (3) Prudential Center
12858 		6–9
16 July 20 @ Chicago L 69–80 Cappie Pondexter (22) Plenette Pierson (11) Pondexter & Mitchell (4) Allstate Arena
6037 		6–10
17 July 23 @ Indiana W 77–72 Cappie Pondexter (24) Pierson & Montgomery (11) Plenette Pierson (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7577 		7–10
18 July 25 @ San Antonio L 53–65 Cappie Pondexter (20) Kara Braxton (7) Cappie Pondexter (3) AT&T Center
12086 		7–11
All-Star Break
19 July 31 @ Washington W 88–78 Kara Braxton (22) Kelsey Bone (11) Cappie Pondexter (9) Verizon Center
6711 		8–11
August : 3–7 (Home: 1–5; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
20 August 3 Connecticut L 66–88 Kara Braxton (18) Kelsey Bone (9) Cappie Pondexter (5) Prudential Center
6245 		8–12
21 August 6 Washington W 93–88 Pondexter & Montgomery (21) Pierson & Bone (6) Plenette Pierson (10) Prudential Center
8907 		9–12
22 August 10 Los Angeles L 67–85 Cappie Pondexter (22) Kara Braxton (9) Pierson & Braxton (3) Prudential Center
7569 		9–13
23 August 11 @ Atlanta W 88–82 Cappie Pondexter (33) Plenette Pierson (12) Cappie Pondexter (7) Philips Arena
4576 		10–13
24 August 16 Washington L 57–66 Katie Smith (14) Kara Braxton (9) Alex Montgomery (5) Prudential Center
6157 		10–14
25 August 18 @ Minnesota L 57–88 Smith & Montgomery (11) DeLisha Milton-Jones (8) DeLisha Milton-Jones (5) Target Center
9004 		10–15
26 August 23 @ Chicago L 64–82 Plenette Pierson (25) Kelsey Bone (7) Cappie Pondexter (6) Allstate Arena
5888 		10–16
27 August 25 @ Connecticut W 74–66 Plenette Pierson (18) Kara Braxton (7) Alex Montgomery (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7004 		11–16
28 August 27 Minnesota L 47–73 Cappie Pondexter (13) DeLisha Milton-Jones (7) Plenette Pierson (3) Prudential Center
5997 		11–17
29 August 30 Indiana L 67–73 Kelsey Bone (13) Alex Montgomery (9) Pondexter & Mitchell (3) Prudential Center
6621 		11–18
September: 0–5 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
30 September 1 @ Tulsa L 88–93 Braxton & Pondexter (20) Kara Braxton (15) Cappie Pondexter (6) BOK Center
5818 		11–19
31 September 6 Atlanta L 57–70 Kara Braxton (17) Plenette Pierson (8) Alex Montgomery (4) Prudential Center
7021 		11–20
32 September 10 Phoenix L 76–80 Katie Smith (17) Plenette Pierson (15) Plenette Pierson (6) Prudential Center
8127 		11–21
33 September 13 @ Indiana L 63–66 DeLisha Milton-Jones (18) Kara Braxton (8) Pierson & Montgomery (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10571 		11–22
34 September 15 @ Washington L 52–70 Kelsey Bone (11) Plenette Pierson (11) Plenette Pierson (4) Verizon Center
9454 		11–23
2013 season schedule

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
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ Berkman, Seth (October 16, 2017). "Katie Smith Replaces Bill Laimbeer as Liberty Coach". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2020.