2015 San Antonio Stars season

The 2015 WNBA season was the eighteenth season for the San Antonio Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Stars played their home games at Freeman Coliseum due to renovation at AT&T Center. The season tipped off on June 5, on the road against the Phoenix Mercury. The Stars lost that game 71–76 and went on to lose their first six games of the season. Their losses against Tulsa and Minnesota came by double digits. Their sixth and final loss of the streak came in overtime against Chicago. Their first win came on June 25, at home, against Phoenix. They followed that with a defeat of Seattle before losing to Phoenix to end June with a 2–7 record. They started July by losing and then defeating Los Angeles. The Stars then lost all three games of a three game road trip, with the worst loss being a twenty-seven point loss to Minnesota. They broke their streak by defeating Tulsa at home, before losing to Chicago on the road. They defeated Indiana 80–62 and Atlanta 102–85 before losing to Washington 88–53. The Stars ended July 4–6. They started August with three straight losses, before defeating Seattle on August 8. The Stars would not win another game in August, losing six straight games to end the month. The worst loss of the stretch was a thirty-one point loss to Los Angeles. Their August record was 1–10. The losing streak extended into September and reached nine games, as the Stars lost their first three games of September. They only lost by one point to Connecticut during the stretch, but followed that with a thirty-point loss to Phoenix. The Stars ended the season with a 59–58 defeat of Seattle, their only road victory of the season.

Their 8–26 overall record saw them finish in sixth place in the Western Conference, and they did not qualify for the 2015 WNBA playoffs. Their eight total wins were the second lowest in franchise history at the time, only behind their seven wins in 1997 and 2005 .

Transactions

WNBA draft

Trades/Roster Changes

Roster

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Game log

Preseason

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 22 | @ Tulsa | L 51–81 | Jia Perkins (9) | Appel-Marinelli, Hamby (6) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (3) | BOK Center<br>2,937 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | May 28 | Tulsa | L 71–79 | Kayla Alexander (16) | Kayla Alexander (12) | Sydney Colson (7) | Freeman Coliseum<br>3,822 | 0–2

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | June 5 | @ Phoenix | L 71–76 | Jia Perkins (20) | Danielle Adams (6) | Colson, McBride, Robinson (2) | US Airways Center<br>11,789 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | June | @ Atlanta | L 69–72 | Kayla McBride (29) | Appel-Marinelli, Hamby (6) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Philips Arena<br>4,308 | 0–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | June 14 | Tulsa | L 62–73 | Kayla McBride (17) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (7) | Danielle Robinson (7) | Freeman Coliseum<br>7,305 | 0–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | June 16 | @ Tulsa | L 61–88 | Perkins, Young-Malcolm (20) | Jia Perkins (6) | Danielle Robinson (4) | BOK Center<br>5,005 | 0–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | June 19 | Minnesota | L 59–74 | Jia Perkins (16) | Alexander, Young-Malcolm (5) | Danielle Robinson (5) | Freeman Coliseum<br>3,968 | 0–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | June 20 | Chicago | L 87–95 (OT) | Danielle Robinson (17) | Sophia Young-Malcolm (11) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Freeman Coliseum<br>4,026 | 0–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 | June 25 | Phoenix | W 76–71 | Sophia Young-Malcolm (21) | Dearica Hamby (14) | Danielle Robinson (8) | Freeman Coliseum<br>3,102 | 1–6 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 | June 27 | Seattle | W 73–71 | Kayla McBride (23) | Hamby, Perkins (6) | Danielle Robinson (7) | Freeman Coliseum<br>4,067 | 2–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 9 | June 30 | @ Phoenix | L 78–85 | McBride, Young-Malcolm (18) | Alexander, Hamby (5) | Sydney Colson (8) | US Airways Center<br>8,319 | 2–7

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 | July 2 | @ Los Angeles | L 81–86 | Dearica Hamby (19) | Dearica Hamby (8) | Danielle Robinson (13) | Staples Center<br>6,287 | 2–8 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 | July 8 | Los Angeles | W 70–63 | Danielle Robinson (22) | Appel-Marinelli, Young-Malcolm (7) | Danielle Robinson (8) | Freeman Coliseum<br>3,100 | 3–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | July 10 | @ Indiana | L 76–83 | Sophia Young-Malcolm (27) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (10) | Dearica Hamby (3) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>6,457 | 3–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 | July 12 | @ Minnesota | L 49–66 | Dearica Hamby (13) | Kayla Alexander (11) | Alexander, Logic (3) | Target Center<br>8,951 | 3–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | July 15 | @ New York | L 68–84 | Danielle Robinson (18) | Dearica Hamby (6) | Sydney Colson (4) | Madison Square Garden<br>18,617 | 3–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 15 | July 17 | Tulsa | W 65–58 | Sophia Young-Malcolm (18) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (9) | Danielle Robinson (3) | Freeman Coliseum<br>9,080 | 4–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 | July 19 | @ Chicago | L 82–93 | Danielle Adams (20) | Adams, Hamby (4) | Samantha Logic (5) | Allstate Arena<br>5,011 | 4–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 | July 21 | Indiana | W 80–62 | Danielle Robinson (18) | Sophia Young-Malcolm (10) | Colson, McBride, Robinson (4) | Freeman Coliseum<br>6,846 | 5–12 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 | July 29 | Atlanta | W 102–85 | Kayla McBride (25) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (8) | Danielle Robinson (12) | Freeman Coliseum<br>3,613 | 6–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 | July 31 | Washington | L 53–88 | Sophia Young-Malcolm (17) | Sophia Young-Malcolm (7) | Robinson, Young-Malcolm (4) | Freeman Coliseum<br>4,311 | 6–13

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 | August 2 | Los Angeles | L 80–78 | Jia Perkins (24) | Perkins, Young-Malcolm (5) | Appel-Marinelli, McBride, Robinson (3) | Freeman Coliseum<br>5,416 | 6–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | August 4 | @ Connecticut | L 51–82 | Jia Perkins (15) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (11) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena<br>4,490 | 6–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 | August 5 | @ Washington | L 63–66 | Jia Perkins (23) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (8) | Danielle Robinson (9) | Capital One Arena<br>7,078 | 6–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 | August 8 | Seattle | W 88–81 | Jia Perkins (32) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (8) | Danielle Robinson (8) | Freeman Coliseum<br>4,691 | 7–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 24 | August 11 | @ Minnesota | L 76–83 | Kayla McBride (24) | Appel-Marinelli, Young-Malcolm (10) | Danielle Robinson (9) | Target Center<br>8,851 | 7–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | August 16 | @ Seattle | L 63–72 | Kayla McBride (19) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (8) | Sophia Young-Malcolm (4) | KeyArena<br>5,748 | 7–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | August 19 | New York | L 45–73 | Kayla McBride (11) | Appel-Marinelli, Young-Malcolm (6) | Sydney Colson (4) | Freeman Coliseum<br>3,626 | 7–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 27 | August 21 | Minnesota | L 61–78 | Jia Perkins (16) | Adams, Colson, Appel-Marinelli, Montgomery, Robinson (4) | Danielle Robinson (6) | Freeman Coliseum<br>4,298 | 7–20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 | August 23 | Los Angeles | L 59–90 | Kayla McBride (13) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (9) | Colson, Perkins (4) | Freeman Coliseum<br>3,972 | 7–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 | August 28 | @ Seattle | L 69–83 | Sophia Young-Malcolm (18) | Hamby, Appel-Marinelli, Montgomery, Perkins (4) | Kayla McBride (4) | Key Arena<br>5,676 | 7–22 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 | August 30 | @ Los Angeles | L 52–60 | Jia Perkins (15) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (13) | Danielle Robinson (5) | Staples Center<br>19,076 | 7–23

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 | September 4 | Connecticut | L 72–73 | Kayla McBride (17) | Janye Appel-Marinelli (7) | Sydney Colson (5) | Freeman Coliseum<br>4,633 | 7–24 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | September 5 | Phoenix | L 52–82 | Ayayi, Young-Malcolm (8) | Alex Montgomery (10) | Samantha Logic (3) | Freeman Coliseum<br>6,076 | 7–25 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 33 | September 8 | @ Tulsa | L 64–74 | Jia Perkins (24) | Jayne Appel-Marinelli (11) | Sydney Colson (4) | BOK Center<br>4,145 | 7–26 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 34 | September 13 | @ Seattle | W 59–58 | Dearica Hamby (15) | Valeriane Ayayi (8) | Sydney Colson (6) | KeyArena<br>6,256 | 8–26

Standings

Statistics

Regular season

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References

External links

• The official site of the San Antonio Stars