1997 New York Liberty Stats

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Record: 17-11, 2nd in WNBA Eastern Conference

Coach: Nancy Darsch (17-11)

Executive: Carol Blazejowski

PTS/G: 68.3 (5th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 65.9 (3rd of 8)

Pace: 74.3 (5th of 8)

Off Rtg: 90.6 (6th of 8) Def Rtg: 87.4 (2nd of 8) Net Rtg: +3.2 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 16-12

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Playoffs:
Won WNBA Semifinals (1-0) over Phoenix Mercury
Lost WNBA Finals (1-0) to Houston Comets

WNBA Runners-up
Eastern Conference Champions

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
10	Rhonda Blades	G	5-7	138	October 29, 1972	R	Vanderbilt
22	Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer	G	5-11	175	October 29, 1962	R	Alabama
5	Kisha Ford	G-F	5-10	153	April 4, 1975	R	Georgia Tech
34	Kym Hampton	C	6-2	210	November 3, 1962	R	Arizona State
55	Vickie Johnson	G-F	5-9	150	April 15, 1972	R	Louisiana Tech
50	Rebecca Lobo	C	6-4	185	October 6, 1973	R	UConn
13	Jasmina Perazic-Gipe	G-F	6-0		December 6, 1960	R	Maryland
33	Trena Trice	F-C	6-2	180	August 4, 1965	R	NC State
11	Teresa Weatherspoon	G	5-8	161	December 8, 1965	R	Louisiana Tech
23	Sue Wicks	F	6-3	174	November 26, 1966	R	Rutgers University
13	Sophia Witherspoon	G	5-10	145	July 6, 1969	R	Florida

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team and Opponent Stats Table
Type	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	28	5675	707	1715	.412	93	339	.274	614	1376	.446	404	607	.666	320	600	920	484	289	116	536	556	1911
Team/G		202.7	25.3	61.3	.412	3.3	12.1	.274	21.9	49.1	.446	14.4	21.7	.666	11.4	21.4	32.9	17.3	10.3	4.1	19.1	19.9	68.3
Lg Rank		3	4	5	5	6	5	7	3	5	5	5	4	8	4	5	3	3	3	4	7	4	5
Opponent	28	5675	661	1690	.391	106	320	.331	555	1370	.405	416	564	.738	327	604	931	397	278	87	570	563	1844
Opp/G		202.7	23.6	60.4	.391	3.8	11.4	.331	19.8	48.9	.405	14.9	20.1	.738	11.7	21.6	33.3	14.2	9.9	3.1	20.4	20.1	65.9
Lg Rank		3	1	3	1	4	4	6	1	5	1	5	4	8	6	6	7	1	4	3	7	5	3

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Rebecca Lobo	23	28	28	33.5	4.8	12.6	.376	0.6	2.3	.286	4.1	10.4	.395	2.3	3.8	.610	2.2	5.0	7.3	1.9	0.9	1.8	3.1	2.6	12.4
2	Teresa Weatherspoon	31	28	28	33.0	2.3	4.9	.467	0.1	1.3	.086	2.2	3.6	.598	2.3	3.6	.650	0.9	3.3	4.1	6.2	3.0	0.1	3.4	2.6	7.0
3	Sophia Witherspoon	27	28	28	31.0	5.0	12.3	.406	1.6	4.5	.349	3.4	7.8	.438	3.0	4.0	.748	1.1	1.9	3.0	2.3	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.2	14.5
4	Vickie Johnson	25	26	25	30.3	4.2	10.4	.404	0.2	0.8	.190	4.0	9.6	.422	1.0	1.3	.771	1.8	2.5	4.2	2.5	0.7	0.2	1.9	2.0	9.6
5	Kym Hampton	34	28	28	23.7	3.6	7.5	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	7.5	.476	2.6	4.1	.640	1.9	4.0	5.8	1.4	1.4	0.7	1.8	2.4	9.8
6	Kisha Ford	22	28	3	16.9	1.5	4.1	.377	0.1	0.7	.150	1.4	3.4	.426	1.0	1.6	.614	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.0	4.1
7	Trena Trice	31	28	0	12.1	1.8	3.3	.554	0.1	0.3	.250	1.8	3.0	.583	1.1	1.6	.667	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.8
8	Sue Wicks	30	28	0	11.9	1.4	3.8	.355	0.1	0.3	.286	1.3	3.6	.360	0.8	1.2	.667	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.6	1.9	3.6
9	Rhonda Blades	24	28	0	10.4	0.9	2.5	.357	0.6	1.9	.315	0.3	0.6	.500	0.5	0.7	.650	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.0	1.4	2.0	2.9
10	Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer	34	2	0	5.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0
11	Jasmina Perazic-Gipe	36	9	0	5.2	0.6	1.4	.385	0.0	0.3	.000	0.6	1.1	.500	0.0	0.0		0.2	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.1	1.1

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Teresa Weatherspoon	31	2	2	37.5	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	2.5	4.0	.625	0.0	1.0	.000	0.5	1.0	1.5	5.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	5.0
2	Vickie Johnson	25	2	2	34.0	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	0.5	.000	5.5	12.5	.440	0.5	1.0	.500	2.5	3.5	6.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	11.5
3	Rebecca Lobo	23	2	2	34.0	4.5	10.5	.429	0.0	1.5	.000	4.5	9.0	.500	3.5	6.0	.583	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.5	4.0	12.5
4	Kym Hampton	34	2	2	32.5	5.0	9.5	.526	0.0	0.0		5.0	9.5	.526	3.5	5.0	.700	2.5	11.0	13.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	13.5
5	Sophia Witherspoon	27	2	2	32.5	2.5	9.0	.278	1.0	2.5	.400	1.5	6.5	.231	0.0	0.0		1.0	4.0	5.0	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	6.0
6	Rhonda Blades	24	1	0	13.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	0.0
7	Kisha Ford	22	2	0	9.5	0.0	2.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0
8	Trena Trice	31	2	0	8.0	2.0	2.5	.800	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	.800	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.5	4.5
9	Sue Wicks	30	2	0	5.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0		1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Rebecca Lobo	23	28	28	939	133	354	.376	18	63	.286	115	291	.395	64	105	.610	62	141	203	53	26	51	88	73	348
2	Teresa Weatherspoon	31	28	28	924	64	137	.467	3	35	.086	61	102	.598	65	100	.650	25	91	116	173	85	2	94	72	196
3	Sophia Witherspoon	27	28	28	867	140	345	.406	44	126	.349	96	219	.438	83	111	.748	30	54	84	64	49	7	77	62	407
4	Vickie Johnson	25	26	25	789	109	270	.404	4	21	.190	105	249	.422	27	35	.771	46	64	110	66	19	4	49	52	249
5	Kym Hampton	34	28	28	663	100	211	.474	0	1	.000	100	210	.476	73	114	.640	52	111	163	38	39	19	49	68	273
6	Kisha Ford	22	28	3	473	43	114	.377	3	20	.150	40	94	.426	27	44	.614	28	20	48	25	28	5	38	56	116
7	Trena Trice	31	28	0	340	51	92	.554	2	8	.250	49	84	.583	30	45	.667	32	36	68	2	9	9	40	65	134
8	Sue Wicks	30	28	0	332	38	107	.355	2	7	.286	36	100	.360	22	33	.667	36	58	94	29	17	18	46	52	100
9	Rhonda Blades	24	28	0	290	25	70	.357	17	54	.315	8	16	.500	13	20	.650	6	15	21	30	14	1	39	55	80
10	Jasmina Perazic-Gipe	36	9	0	47	5	13	.385	0	3	.000	5	10	.500	0	0		2	9	11	4	3	0	7	1	10
11	Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer	34	2	0	11	1	4	.250	0	1	.000	1	3	.333	0	0		1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	2
			28		5675	707	1715	.412	93	339	.274	614	1376	.446	404	607	.666	320	600	920	484	289	116	536	556	1911

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Teresa Weatherspoon	31	2	2	75	5	10	.500	0	2	.000	5	8	.625	0	2	.000	1	2	3	10	4	0	12	6	10
2	Vickie Johnson	25	2	2	68	11	26	.423	0	1	.000	11	25	.440	1	2	.500	5	7	12	4	2	1	2	6	23
3	Rebecca Lobo	23	2	2	68	9	21	.429	0	3	.000	9	18	.500	7	12	.583	5	13	18	4	0	4	5	8	25
4	Kym Hampton	34	2	2	65	10	19	.526	0	0		10	19	.526	7	10	.700	5	22	27	1	1	1	3	2	27
5	Sophia Witherspoon	27	2	2	65	5	18	.278	2	5	.400	3	13	.231	0	0		2	8	10	5	3	2	5	7	12
6	Kisha Ford	22	2	0	19	0	5	.000	0	1	.000	0	4	.000	0	0		1	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	0
7	Trena Trice	31	2	0	16	4	5	.800	0	0		4	5	.800	1	1	1.000	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	5	9
8	Rhonda Blades	24	1	0	13	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0
9	Sue Wicks	30	2	0	11	2	6	.333	0	0		2	6	.333	0	0		0	4	4	1	1	1	3	4	4

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Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Rebecca Lobo	23	28	939	14.3	.435	.401	.178	.297	8.1	18.4	13.3	11.7	1.5	4.5	18.0	23.4	85	87	0.0	2.0	1.9	.083
2	Teresa Weatherspoon	31	28	924	16.3	.541	.478	.255	.730	3.3	12.1	7.7	33.8	5.0	0.2	34.2	13.4	94	84	1.1	2.4	3.5	.149
3	Sophia Witherspoon	27	28	867	18.3	.517	.470	.365	.322	4.3	7.6	5.9	16.0	3.0	0.7	16.4	24.5	98	90	2.3	1.4	3.6	.168
4	Vickie Johnson	25	26	789	12.5	.436	.411	.078	.130	7.2	9.9	8.5	17.3	1.3	0.4	14.7	19.1	92	93	0.9	0.9	1.7	.088
5	Kym Hampton	34	28	663	20.9	.523	.474	.005	.540	9.6	20.5	15.1	12.1	3.2	2.4	15.8	21.1	101	83	1.9	1.8	3.7	.221
6	Kisha Ford	22	28	473	8.6	.435	.390	.175	.386	7.3	5.2	6.2	9.9	3.2	0.9	22.2	16.3	82	91	-0.2	0.7	0.5	.046
7	Trena Trice	31	28	340	12.9	.599	.565	.087	.489	11.6	13.0	12.3	1.2	1.4	2.2	26.4	20.1	92	90	0.4	0.5	0.9	.110
8	Sue Wicks	30	28	332	12.3	.411	.364	.065	.308	13.3	21.4	17.4	17.2	2.8	4.5	27.5	22.7	76	83	-0.6	0.9	0.4	.046
9	Rhonda Blades	24	28	290	6.1	.508	.479	.771	.286	2.5	6.3	4.4	19.3	2.6	0.3	33.1	18.3	79	91	-0.3	0.4	0.1	.017
10	Jasmina Perazic-Gipe	36	9	47	8.2	.385	.385	.231	.000	5.2	23.4	14.4	16.5	3.4	0.0	35.0	19.2	62	83	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.043
11	Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer	34	2	11	3.0	.250	.250	.250	.000	11.2	11.1	11.1	17.1	0.0	0.0	20.0	20.5	62	96	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.131

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Teresa Weatherspoon	31	2	75	4.3	.460	.500	.200	.200	1.8	2.7	2.3	26.2	3.2	0.0	52.4	15.7	57	86	-0.3	0.1	-0.2	-0.101
2	Vickie Johnson	25	2	68	18.8	.428	.423	.038	.077	9.8	10.3	10.1	14.2	1.8	1.2	6.9	21.8	97	84	0.2	0.1	0.3	.195
3	Rebecca Lobo	23	2	68	20.1	.476	.429	.143	.571	9.8	19.1	15.1	13.3	0.0	4.9	16.0	23.6	94	80	0.2	0.1	0.4	.216
4	Kym Hampton	34	2	65	29.4	.577	.526	.000	.526	10.3	33.8	23.7	3.7	0.9	1.3	11.4	20.8	113	72	0.4	0.2	0.6	.396
5	Sophia Witherspoon	27	2	65	8.1	.333	.333	.278	.000	4.1	12.3	8.8	15.4	2.8	2.6	21.7	18.2	68	80	-0.1	0.1	0.0	.022
6	Kisha Ford	22	2	19	-3.6	.000	.000	.200	.000	7.0	0.0	3.0	9.2	6.4	0.0	0.0	13.5	22	81	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.156
7	Trena Trice	31	2	16	29.5	.827	.800	.000	.200	8.3	6.3	7.1	0.0	3.8	5.2	26.9	23.9	108	79	0.1	0.0	0.1	.318
8	Rhonda Blades	24	1	13	-3.8					0.0	0.0	0.0	26.8	0.0	0.0	100.0	7.9	34	95	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.200
9	Sue Wicks	30	2	11	2.8	.333	.333	.000	.000	0.0	36.4	20.8	23.1	5.5	7.6	33.3	42.0	50	56	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.162

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