2009 Minnesota Lynx season

2009 Minnesota Lynx season
Head Coach	Jennifer Gillom
Arena	Target Center
Attendance	7,537 per game
Results
Record	14–20 (.412)
Place	5th (Western)
Playoff Finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Anosike (13.2)
Rebounds	Anosike (7.4)
Assists	Anosike (2.7)
Media
Television	Fox Sports North
Minnesota Lynx seasons
< 2008	2010 >

The 2009 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Lynx's 2008 record, they would pick 4th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Lynx picked Roneeka Hodges.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Lynx's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Transactions

• July 17: The Lynx signed Tasha Humphrey and waived Christi Thomas.
• June 5: The Lynx waived Tye'sha Fluker, Emily Fox, and Anna DeForge.
• June 3: The Lynx promoted Jennifer Gillom as head coach to replace Don Zierden
• June 1: The Lynx signed Tye'sha Fluker.
• May 30: The Lynx waived Kamersha Hairston and Aisha Mohammed.
• May 11: The Lynx signed Kamesha Hairston and Aisha Mohammed to training camp contracts.
• May 7: The Lynx signed Roneeka Hodges and renounced the rights to Kristi Harrower.
• May 5: The Lynx traded Noelle Quinn to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Rafaella Masciadri and a first-round 2010 WNBA Draft pick.
• April 22: The Lynx waived Navonda Moore.
• January 30: The Lynx traded Lindsey Harding, their second-round draft picks in 2009 (23rd overall) and 2010 to the Washington Mystics for their first-round (ninth overall) and second round (15th overall) draft picks in the 2009 draft.
• January 30: The Lynx traded Nicole Ohlde to the Phoenix Mercury for Kelly Miller and LaToya Pringle.
• January 30: The Lynx signed-and-traded Vanessa Hayden to the Los Angeles Sparks for Christi Thomas.
• January 9: The Lynx waived Kristen Rasmussen.
• March 14, 2008: The Lynx swapped second-round 2009 Draft picks with the Connecticut Sun as part of the Kristen Rasmussen/Tamika Raymond transaction.

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Minnesota Lynx roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 21 Anosike, Nicky 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Tennessee G 33 Augustus, Seimone  6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 179 lb (81 kg) LSU G 5 Hodges, Roneeka 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Florida State C 9 Hollingsworth, Quanitra 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Virginia Commonwealth F 24 Houston, Charde 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Connecticut C 34 Humphrey, Tasha 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Georgia F 8 McCants, Rashanda 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 161 lb (73 kg) North Carolina PG 2 Miller, Kelly 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) Georgia F 12 Montañana, Anna 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) George Washington G 20 Montgomery, Renee 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 139 lb (63 kg) Connecticut G 11 Wiggins, Candice 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 154 lb (70 kg) Stanford	Head coach Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi) Assistant coaches Jim Davis (Tennessee Wesleyan) Jim Petersen (Minnesota) Athletic trainer Chuck Barta (Wisconsin–La Crosse) Strength and conditioning coach Katie Murphy Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x	23	11	.676	–	12–5	11–6	13–7
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	3.0	13–4	7–10	13–7
Los Angeles Sparks x	18	16	.529	5.0	11–6	7–10	11–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x	15	19	.441	8.0	10–7	5–12	10–10
Minnesota Lynx o	14	20	.412	9.0	9–8	5–12	7–13
Sacramento Monarchs o	12	22	.353	11.0	7–10	5–12	6–14

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 23 1:00pm Indiana 51-68 Hollingsworth (14) Pringle (6) Montgomery (3) College of St. Benedict 475 0-1

Regular Season 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

Awards and honors

• Seimone Augustus was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 15, 2009.
• Candice Wiggins was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 29, 2009.
• Nicky Anosike was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference reserve.
• Charde Houston was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference reserve.
• Renee Montgomery was named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Nicky Anosike was named to the All-Defensive First Team.

External links

• Gillom promoted to head coach of the Minnesota Lynx