WNBA team season
The 1997 WNBA season was the first season for the New York Liberty.
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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
Schedule
Regular season
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
Playoffs
1997 playoff game log
Semifinal vs. Phoenix Mercury
Championship vs. Houston Comets
1997 playoff schedule
Season standings
Statistics
Regular Season
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.
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Awards and honors
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]
References
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