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2010 San Antonio Silver Stars season
Coach	Sandy Brondello
Arena	AT&T Center
Attendance	8,041 per game
Results
Record	14–20 (.412)
Place	3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Young (15.3)
Rebounds	Snow (6.2)
Assists	Hammon (5.4)
Media
Radio	KTKR
Television	FS-SW NBATV, ESPN2
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The 2010 San Antonio Silver Stars season was the 14th season overall for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 8th in San Antonio.

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Silver Stars' 2009 record, they would pick 5th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Silver Stars picked Laura Harper.

WNBA draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	5	Jayne Appel	United States	Stanford
2	17	Alysha Clark	United States	Middle Tennessee State
3	29	Alexis Rack	United States	Mississippi State

Transaction log

• February 2: The Silver Stars re-signed free agent Ruth Riley.
• February 19: The Silver Stars acquired Roneeka Hodges from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 WNBA Draft. ^[1]
• February 24: The Silver Stars signed Quianna Chaney to a training camp contract. ^[2]
• February 25: Dan Hughes announced that he would step aside from the head coaching position and promoted Sandy Brondello to head coach.
• March 9: The Silver Stars signed Tasha Humphrey to a training camp contract.
• March 10: The Silver Stars re-signed Shanna Crossley.
• March 11: The Silver Stars traded Dalma Ivanyi and the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 WNBA Draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Michelle Snow.
• April 6: The Silver Stars signed Deonna Davis to a training camp contract.
• April 14: The Silver Stars traded Shanna Crossley to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Crystal Kelly.
• April 22: The Silver Stars re-signed Edwige Lawson-Wade.
• April 28: The Silver Stars re-signed Belinda Snell.
• April 29: The Silver Stars waived Brittany Jackson.
• May 5: The Silver Stars waived Dee Davis and Diana Delva.
• May 9: The Silver Stars waived Krystal Vaughn and Alexis Rack.
• May 13: The Silver Stars waived Quianna Chaney, Lacey Simpson and Charel Allen.
• May 14: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark and Tasha Humphrey.
• May 21: The Silver Stars signed Chamique Holdsclaw and waived Belinda Snell.
• June 9: The Silver Stars signed Allie Quigley and waived Crystal Kelly.
• June 29: The Silver Stars waived Megan Frazee and signed Crystal Kelly.
• July 15: The Silver Stars waived Allie Quigley.
• August 11: The Silver Stars signed Ashley Battle.

Trades

Date	Trade
February 19, 2010	To San Antonio Silver Stars	To Minnesota Lynx
	Roneeka Hodges and right to swap second round picks in the 2011 Draft	the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 Draft
March 11, 2010	To San Antonio Silver Stars	To Atlanta Dream
	Dalma Ivanyi and right to swap second round picks in the 2011 Draft	Michelle Snow and the right to swap second round picks in the 2011 Draft
April 14, 2010	To San Antonio Silver Stars	To Tulsa Shock
	Crystal Kelly	Shanna Crossley

Free agents

Roster

San Antonio Silver Stars roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 32 Appel, Jayne 6' 4" (1.93m) 210 lb (95kg) Stanford F 22 Battle, Ashley 6' 0" (1.83m) 170 lb (77kg) Connecticut PG 30 Darling, Helen 5' 6" (1.68m) 164 lb (74kg) Penn State PG 25 Hammon, Becky 5' 6" (1.68m) 136 lb (62kg) Colorado State G 5 Hodges, Roneeka 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) Florida State F 1 Holdsclaw, Chamique 6' 2" (1.88m) 172 lb (78kg) Tennessee F 42 Kelly, Crystal 6' 2" (1.88m) 200 lb (91kg) Western Kentucky SG 9 Lawson-Wade, Edwige 5' 6" (1.68m) 130 lb (59kg) France C 00 Riley, Ruth 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) Notre Dame C 2 Snow, Michelle 6' 5" (1.96m) 158 lb (72kg) Tennessee PF 33 Young, Sophia 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) Baylor	Head coach Sandy Brondello ( Australia) Assistant coaches Olaf Lange ( Germany) Athletic trainer Tonya Holley ( St. Andrews Presbyterian) Strength and conditioning coach Mike Ekanem ( Texas Lutheran) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Michelle Snow	Ruth Riley
PF	Sophia Young	Jayne Appel / Crystal Kelly
SF	Chamique Holdsclaw	Ashley Battle
SG	Roneeka Hodges	Edwige Lawson-Wade
PG	Becky Hammon	Helen Darling

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Seattle Storm x	28	6	.824	–	17–0	11–6	20–2
Phoenix Mercury x	15	19	.441	13.0	9–8	6–11	13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x	14	20	.412	14.0	8–9	6–11	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x	13	21	.382	15.0	8–9	5–12	10–12
Minnesota Lynx o	13	21	.382	15.0	7–10	6–11	8–14
Tulsa Shock o	6	28	.176	22.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 4 8:00pm China National Team 91-57 N/A N/A N/A Incarnate Word N/A 1-0 2 May 8 3:30pm @ Los Angeles 86-77 Belinda Snell (17) Alysha Clark (7) Helen Darling (4) Walter Pyramid 1,521 2-0

Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season
May Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 15 8:00pm Atlanta FS-SW 70-75 Hammon (20) Riley (6) Hammon (5) AT&T Center 9,409 0-1 2 May 20 12:30pm @ Tulsa NBATV FS-SW FS-OK 83-74 Young (23) Snow (15) Hammon (7) BOK Center 4,636 1-1 3 May 22 8:00pm Los Angeles NBATV FS-SW 88-81 Holdsclaw (19) Snow (10) Hammon, Holdsclaw (5) AT&T Center 7,862 2-1 4 May 28 8:00pm New York 71-77 Young (17) Riley (6) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 5,293 2-2 5 May 30 3:00pm Seattle 56-84 Hodges (12) Snow (6) Snow (3) AT&T Center 4,924 2-3
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 6 June 3 7:00pm @ Indiana FS-SW FS-I 57-79 Holdsclaw (12) Holdsclaw (5) Lawson-Wade (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,574 2-4 7 June 6 1:00pm @ Connecticut 68-81 Young (21) Snow (10) Lawson-Wade (9) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,292 2-5 8 June 11 8:00pm Tulsa 87-75 Holdsclaw (19) Holdsclaw (11) Lawson-Wade (9) AT&T Center 7,076 3-5 6 June 13 3:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV SSO 83-90 Young (24) Holdsclaw (9) Lawson-Wade (7) Philips Arena 6,050 3-6 7 June 18 10:00pm @ Phoenix 108-105 Young (25) Young (10) Hammon (10) US Airways Center 6,147 4-6 8 June 20 9:00pm @ Seattle NBATV FS-SW 61-82 Hammon, Holdsclaw (12) Holdsclaw (9) Hammon (5) KeyArena 8,086 4-7 7 June 26 8:00pm Minnesota NBATV FS-SW 80-66 Snow (23) Snow (9) Hammon (10) AT&T Center 10,184 5-7 8 June 29 10:00pm @ Seattle 72-86 Hammon (24) Appel, Holdsclaw (6) 5 players (1) KeyArena 7,823 5-8
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 8 July 1 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 63-73 Snow (16) Snow (8) Lawson-Wade (5) STAPLES Center 7,803 5-9 7 July 6 8:00pm Connecticut ESPN2 79-66 Young (19) Snow, Young (8) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 7,264 6-9 8 July 8 8:00pm @ Minnesota 66-89 Hodges (15) Young (5) Darling (5) Target Center 7,182 6-10 8 July 14 12:30pm @ Chicago CN100 61-88 Young (14) Snow (8) Darling, Hammon, Young (4) Allstate Arena 6,950 6-11 7 July 16 8:00pm Tulsa 70-75 Holdsclaw (20) Young (11) Snow (4) AT&T Center 9,298 6-12 8 July 18 3:00pm Los Angeles 83-73 Hodges (24) Appel, Hodges (5) Hammon (7) AT&T Center 6,542 7-12 8 July 20 12:30pm Seattle NBATV FS-SW 74-80 Young (18) Young (7) Hammon (10) AT&T Center 12,414 7-13 7 July 22 8:00pm @ Minnesota 74-72 Holdsclaw (17) Holdsclaw (8) Darling (4) Target Center 6,126 8-13 8 July 24 8:00pm Chicago CN100 72-75 Hodges, Snow (13) Snow (11) Young (5) AT&T Center 8,999 8-14 8 July 27 7:30pm @ New York ESPN2 72-77 Holdsclaw (18) Holdsclaw (9) Hammon, Snow (4) Madison Square Garden 10,712 8-15 7 July 29 7:00pm @ Washington NBATV CSN-MA 79-75 Holdsclaw (17) Holdsclaw (11) Hammon (6) Verizon Center 9,212 9-15 8 July 30 8:00pm @ Tulsa NBATV FS-OK 101-85 Hammon (22) Snow (7) Hammon, Holdsclaw, Lawson-Wade (3) BOK Center 5,203 10-15
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 8 August 3 8:00pm Phoenix 92-103 Young (24) Holdsclaw, Snow (7) Hammon (11) AT&T Center 6,116 10-16 7 August 6 10:00pm @ Phoenix 87-103 Hammon, Holdsclaw (21) Holdsclaw (9) Snow (4) US Airways Center 12,909 10-17 8 August 8 8:00pm @ Los Angeles NBATV FS-SW FS-W 92-83 Hodges (19) Young (10) Hammon (7) STAPLES Center 9,793 11-17 8 August 10 8:00pm Minnesota 66-73 Young (19) Snow (10) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 5,142 11-18 7 August 13 8:00pm Tulsa 94-74 Holdslcaw (18) Kelly (9) Hammon (8) AT&T Center 10,244 12-18 8 August 15 7:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV FS-SW FS-N 78-84 Hammon (30) Hammon, Hodges (6) Hammon, Hodges, Young (3) Target Center 8,678 12-19 8 August 17 8:00pm Washington 76-66 Young (19) Hodges, Snow (5) Hammon (5) AT&T Center 6,801 12-20 7 August 20 8:00pm Indiana 75-61 Young (22) Snow (8) Hammon, Snow (6) AT&T Center 10,807 13-20 8 August 22 3:00pm Phoenix 83-82 Hammon (30) Young (10) Hodges (6) AT&T Center 8,331 14-20
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2010 Game Log: Postseason
Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 August 26 9:00pm @ Phoenix ESPN2 93-106 Hammon (19) Young (9) Hammon, Snow (4) US Airways Center 8,927 0-1 2 August 28 1:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 73-92 Hammon (21) Young (9) Hammon (7) AT&T Center 6,763 0-2

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
Jayne Appel	28	0	10.9	.535	.333	.559	2.5	0.5	0.25	0.18	3.4
Ashley Battle	5	0	7.0	.333	.000	.000	1.8	0.2	0.00	0.00	1.6
Helen Darling	33	1	11.8	.300	.273	.647	1.0	1.4	0.61	0.03	1.9
Megan Frazee	10	0	10.1	.375	.111	.684	2.1	0.1	0.00	0.00	3.8
Becky Hammon	32	32	33.6	.442	.390	.960	2.9	5.4	1.13	0.25	15.1
Roneeka Hodges	34	19	25.3	.357	.308	.758	3.2	1.4	0.44	0.29	7.7
Chamique Holdsclaw	29	29	29.0	.494	.355	.806	5.3	2.0	1.48	0.34	13.6
Crystal Kelly	26	0	9.3	.440	1.000	.739	1.2	0.3	0.27	0.04	3.0
Edwige Lawson-Wade	33	19	21.9	.370	.339	.907	1.9	2.8	1.06	0.06	6.5
Allie Quigley	4	0	6.3	.500	.500	.667	0.3	0.0	0.00	0.00	3.5
Ruth Riley	20	2	13.1	.537	.200	.800	2.3	1.0	0.25	0.65	3.8
Belinda Snell	2	1	19.0	.333	.200	1.000	2.0	2.5	0.00	0.00	4.5
Michelle Snow	34	33	24.1	.574	.000	.719	6.2	1.6	0.97	0.74	10.4
Sophia Young	34	34	31.8	.501	.263	.658	5.2	2.4	1.59	0.26	15.3

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jayne Appel	2	0	12.0	.500	.000	.750	3.5	1.0	0.00	0.00	5.5
Ashley Battle	2	0	17.0	.200	.500	.750	3.0	2.0	0.50	0.00	3.0
Helen Darling	2	0	7.0	.500	.000	.000	0.5	0.0	0.00	0.00	1.0
Becky Hammon	2	2	37.0	.393	.389	1.000	3.5	5.5	0.50	0.00	20.0
Roneeka Hodges	2	2	28.5	.529	.429	.000	1.5	1.5	0.00	0.00	10.5
Crystal Kelly	1	0	6.0	.000	.000	.500	2.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	1.0
Edwige Lawson-Wade	2	2	28.5	.538	.625	1.000	1.5	4.0	2.00	0.50	12.5
Ruth Riley	2	0	15.5	.455	.000	1.000	2.0	0.0	1.50	1.50	7.5
Michelle Snow	2	2	19.0	.333	.000	.667	4.0	2.0	0.50	0.00	7.0
Sophia Young	2	2	33.0	.406	.000	.556	9.0	2.5	1.00	0.50	15.5

Awards and honors

• Jayne Appel was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.
• Becky Hammon was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.
• Michelle Snow was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA starter.
• Sophia Young was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.

References

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