1998 New York Liberty season

The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the New York Liberty. The Liberty finished with an 18–12 mark, but they missed the playoffs after losing a tiebreaker to the Charlotte Sting.

1998 New York Liberty season
CoachNancy Darsch
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Attendance14,935 per game
Results
Record18–12 (.600)
Place3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Transactions

Detroit Shock expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the New York Liberty:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Rhonda Blades  United States Vanderbilt

WNBA draft
See also: 1998 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 9 Alicia Thompson  United States Texas Tech
2 19 Nadine Domond  United States Iowa
3 29 Albena Branzova  Bulgaria FIU
4 39 Vanessa Nygaard  United States Stanford

Transactions
Date Transaction
February 18, 1998 Lost Rhonda Blades to the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 29, 1998 Drafted Alicia Thompson, Nadine Domond, Albena Branzova and Vanessa Nygaard in the 1998 WNBA Draft[1]
May 18, 1998 Waived Simone Edwards[1]
June 3, 1998 Waived Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer[1]
June 8, 1998 Waived Nadine Domond[1]
July 14, 1998 Waived Albena Branzova[1]

Roster
1998 New York Liberty roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 31 Branzova, Albena 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1971-07-17 FIU R
C 14 Cebrian, Elisabeth 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) 1971-02-07 R
G/F 5 Ford, Kisha 5' 10" (1.78m) 153 lb (69kg) 1975-04-04 Georgia Tech 1
C 34 Hampton, Kym 6' 2" (1.88m) 210 lb (95kg) 1962-11-03 Arizona State 1
G/F 55 Johnson, Vickie 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1972-04-15 Louisiana Tech 1
C 50 Lobo, Rebecca 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 1973-10-06 Connecticut 1
F 43 Thompson, Alicia 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1976-06-30 Texas Tech R
F/C 33 Trice, Trena 6' 2" (1.88m) 180 lb (82kg) 1965-08-04 NC State 1
G 4 Washington, Coquese 5' 6" (1.68m) 138 lb (63kg) 1971-01-17 Notre Dame R
G 11 Weatherspoon, Teresa 5' 8" (1.73m) 161 lb (73kg) 1965-12-08 Louisiana Tech 1
F 23 Wicks, Sue 6' 3" (1.91m) 174 lb (79kg) 1966-11-26 Rutgers 1
G/F 13 Witherspoon, Sophia 5' 10" (1.78m) 145 lb (66kg) 1969-07-06 Florida 1
Head coach
Nancy Darsch (Tennessee)
Assistant coaches
Melissa McFerrin
Pat Coyle



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Schedule

Regular season
1998 game log
Total: 17–11 (Home: 10–5; Road: 7–6)
June: 5–4 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 June 11 @ Cleveland L 71–78 Sophia Witherspoon (19) Rebecca Lobo (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Gund Arena 0–1
2 June 13 @ Houston L 62–73 Vickie Johnson (18) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Compaq Center 0–2
3 June 15 @ Utah L 60–71 Vickie Johnson (19) Hampton
Witherspoon (8)		 Teresa Weatherspoon (9) Delta Center 0–3
4 June 18 @ Sacramento W 64–48 Teresa Weatherspoon (13) Rebecca Lobo (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) ARCO Arena 1–3
5 June 19 @ Los Angeles L 75–78 Sophia Witherspoon (18) Kym Hampton (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Great Western Forum 1–4
6 June 21 Utah W 68–64 Kym Hampton (22) Kym Hampton (10) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) Madison Square Garden 2–4
7 June 23 Cleveland W 59–57 Vickie Johnson (27) Hampton
Lobo (8)		 Lobo
Weatherspoon (5)		 Madison Square Garden 3–4
8 June 26 Sacramento W 62–48 Kym Hampton (13) Johnson
Lobo (7)		 Teresa Weatherspoon (4) Madison Square Garden 4–4
9 June 29 Phoenix W 71–68 Johnson
Witherspoon (23)		 Teresa Weatherspoon (10) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) Madison Square Garden 5–4
July : 7–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 4–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
10 July 1 @ Detroit L 65–82 Sophia Witherspoon (13) Kym Hampton (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 5–5
11 July 3 Washington W 76–60 Teresa Weatherspoon (14) Hampton
Lobo (6)		 Johnson
Weatherspoon (6)		 Madison Square Garden 6–5
12 July 5 @ Washington W 62–61 Kym Hampton (17) Rebecca Lobo (13) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) MCI Center 7–5
13 July 6 Detroit W 59–56 Teresa Weatherspoon (12) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (4) Madison Square Garden 8–5
14 July 8 Houston L 54–79 Rebecca Lobo (14) Hampton
Lobo (4)		 Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Madison Square Garden 8–6
15 July 12 Charlotte L 57–75 Kym Hampton (12) Kym Hampton (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Madison Square Garden 8–7
16 July 15 @ Charlotte L 65–72 Sophia Witherspoon (17) Kym Hampton (12) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Charlotte Coliseum 8–8
17 July 16 @ Cleveland L 51–60 Sophia Witherspoon (13) Kym Hampton (10) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) Gund Arena 8–9
18 July 18 @ Phoenix W 69–63 Sophia Witherspoon (24) Sophia Witherspoon (6) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) America West Arena 9–9
19 July 21 @ Los Angeles W 92–77 Vickie Johnson (17) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Teresa Weatherspoon (13) Great Western Forum 10–9
20 July 24 @ Sacramento W 76–54 Sophia Witherspoon (15) Rebecca Lobo (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (10) ARCO Arena 11–9
21 July 26 Detroit W 78–62 Sophia Witherspoon (17) Rebecca Lobo (10) Teresa Weatherspoon (9) Madison Square Garden 12–9
August : 5–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
22 August 1 @ Washington W 67–53 Rebecca Lobo (13) Kym Hampton (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (6) MCI Center 13–9
23 August 2 Charlotte W 85–67 Johnson
Witherspoon (18)		 Lobo
Wicks (6)		 Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Madison Square Garden 14–9
24 August 5 @ Charlotte L 61–69 Vickie Johnson (21) Rebecca Lobo (11) Teresa Weatherspoon (4) Charlotte Coliseum 14–10
25 August 8 Los Angeles W 80–62 Rebecca Lobo (22) Sue Wicks (9) Coquese Washington (8) Madison Square Garden 15–10
26 August 11 Phoenix W 79–78 (OT) Sophia Witherspoon (17) Rebecca Lobo (11) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Madison Square Garden 16–10
27 August 13 Washington W 88–45 Kisha Ford (19) Rebecca Lobo (9) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Madison Square Garden 17–10
28 August 15 Houston W 70–54 Sophia Witherspoon (21) Rebecca Lobo (12) Teresa Weatherspoon (7) Madison Square Garden 18–10
29 August 17 Cleveland L 64–70 Rebecca Lobo (18) Teresa Weatherspoon (5) Johnson
Washington
Weatherspoon (4)		 Madison Square Garden 18–11
30 August 19 @ Detroit L 68–82 Sophia Witherspoon (26) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) Teresa Weatherspoon (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 18–12
1998 season schedule

Season standings
Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x2010.66712–4–
Charlotte Sting x1812.60011–52.0
New York Liberty o1812.6008–82.0
Detroit Shock o1713.5678–83.0
Washington Mystics o327.1001–1517.0

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
Teresa Weatherspoon 30 30 33.4 .338 .327 .609 4.0 6.4 3.3 0.0 6.8
Vickie Johnson 30 30 30.2 .446 .375 .768 3.8 2.5 1.0 0.2 12.5
Sophia Witherspoon 30 30 29.9 .401 .344 .786 3.0 1.9 1.3 0.1 13.8
Rebecca Lobo 30 30 29.2 .484 .308 .710 6.9 1.5 0.6 1.1 11.7
Kym Hampton 30 30 24.8 .452 .000 .716 6.0 0.9 1.1 0.5 9.1
Kisha Ford 30 0 15.7 .435 .182 .625 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.1 4.9
Sue Wicks 30 0 14.8 .430 .000 .800 2.8 1.2 0.5 0.3 4.3
Albena Branzova 11 0 8.5 .360 .500 .750 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 2.1
Elisabeth Cebrian 22 0 8.5 .429 N/A .571 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.7
Coquese Washington 228 0 8.1 .294 .238 .692 0.9 1.6 0.6 0.0 1.9
Trena Trice 10 0 7.7 .412 N/A .636 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.3 2.1
Alicia Thompson 19 0 6.6 .231 1.000 .632 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.6

‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

  1. "1998 New York Liberty Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 2, 2024.

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