WNBA team season
The 1997 WNBA season was the first season for the New York Liberty.
WNBA allocation draft
[edit] 1997 New York Liberty roster |
Players | Coaches |
Pos. | # | Nat. | Name | | | Height | | Weight | | | DOB | | | From | Yrs | G | 10 | | Blades, Rhonda | | | 5' 7" (1.7m) | | 138 lb (63kg) | | | 1972-10-29 | | | Vanderbilt | R | G | 22 | | Crumpton-Moorer, Cassandra | | | 5' 11" (1.8m) | | 175 lb (79kg) | | | 1962-10-29 | | | Alabama | R | G/F | 5 | | Ford, Kisha | | | 5' 10" (1.78m) | | 153 lb (69kg) | | | 1975-04-04 | | | Georgia Tech | R | C | 34 | | Hampton, Kym | | | 6' 2" (1.88m) | | 210 lb (95kg) | | | 1962-11-03 | | | Arizona State | R | G/F | 55 | | Johnson, Vickie | | | 5' 9" (1.75m) | | 150 lb (68kg) | | | 1972-04-15 | | | Louisiana Tech | R | C | 50 | | Lobo, Rebecca | | | 6' 4" (1.93m) | | 185 lb (84kg) | | | 1973-10-06 | | | Connecticut | R | G/F | 13 | | Perazić-Gipe, Jasmina | | | 6' 0" (1.83m) | | – | | | 1960-12-06 | | | Maryland | R | F/C | 33 | | Trice, Trena | | | 6' 2" (1.88m) | | 180 lb (82kg) | | | 1965-08-04 | | | NC State | R | G | 11 | | Weatherspoon, Teresa | | | 5' 8" (1.73m) | | 161 lb (73kg) | | | 1965-12-08 | | | Louisiana Tech | R | F | 23 | | Wicks, Sue | | | 6' 3" (1.91m) | | 174 lb (79kg) | | | 1966-11-26 | | | Rutgers | R | G/F | 13 | | Witherspoon, Sophia | | | 5' 10" (1.78m) | | 145 lb (66kg) | | | 1969-07-06 | | | Florida | R | | - Head coach
Nancy Darsch (Tennessee) - Assistant coaches
Melissa McFerrin
Lisa White
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (FA) Free agent
- (IN) Inactive
- (S) Suspended
Injured |
1997 game log Total: 17–11 (Home: 10–5; Road: 7–6) |
June: 4–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 3–0) |
July : 10–4 (Home: 6–2; Road: 4–2) |
August : 3–7 (Home: 3–3; Road: 0–4) |
1997 season schedule |
1997 playoff game log |
Semifinal vs. Phoenix Mercury |
Championship vs. Houston Comets |
1997 playoff schedule |
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
Rebecca Lobo | 28 | 28 | 33.5 | .376 | .286 | .610 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 12.4 |
Teresa Weatherspoon | 28 | 28 | 33.0 | .467 | .086 | .650 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 7.0 |
Sophia Witherspoon | 28 | 28 | 31.0 | .406 | .349 | .748 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 14.5 |
Vickie Johnson | 26 | 25 | 30.3 | .404 | .190 | .771 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9.6 |
Kym Hampton | 28 | 28 | 23.7 | .474 | .000 | .640 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 9.8 |
Kisha Ford | 28 | 3 | 16.9 | .377 | .150 | .614 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 4.1 |
Trena Trice | 28 | 0 | 12.1 | .554 | .250 | .667 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
Sue Wicks | 28 | 0 | 11.9 | .355 | .286 | .667 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3.6 |
Rhonda Blades | 28 | 0 | 10.4 | .357 | .315 | .650 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer | 2 | 0 | 5.5 | .250 | .000 | N/A | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Jasmina Perazić-Gipe | 9 | 0 | 5.2 | .385 | .000 | N/A | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
- Kym Hampton ranked tenth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 163
- Kym Hampton ranked tenth in the WNBA in blocks with 19.
- Kym Hampton ranked fifth in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.471)
- Rebecca Lobo ranked fourth in the WNBA in blocks with 51.
- Rebecca Lobo ranked fourth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 203.
- Rebecca Lobo ranked eighth in the WNBA in minutes per game with 33.5 minutes per game.
- Sophia Witherspoon ranked seventh in the WNBA in points with 407 points.
- Sophia Witherspoon ranked ninth in the WNBA in field goals with 140.
- Sophia Witherspoon ranked seventh in the WNBA in points per game with 14.5
- Sophia Witherspoon was tied for tenth in the WNBA in steals with 49.
- Teresa Weatherspoon ranked tenth in the WNBA in minutes per game with 33.0 minutes.
[2]
- Rebecca Lobo, Forward, All-WNBA Second Team
- Teresa Weatherspoon, Guard, All-WNBA Second Team
[3]
- Teresa Weatherspoon: Led WNBA, Assists, 172
- Teresa Weatherspoon: Led WNBA, Steals, 85
- Teresa Weatherspoon: Led WNBA, Assists per game, 6.1
- Teresa Weatherspoon: Led WNBA, Steals per game, 3.0 [2]
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