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New York Liberty Center Tina Charles Selected to 2014 WNBA All-Star Game

July 15, 2014 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
New York Liberty News Release


NEW YORK, NY - JULY 15, 2014 - New York Liberty center Tina Charles was selected as a reserve for the 2014 Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star Game, the league announced today. The game will be played at US Airways Center on Saturday, July 19 at 3:30 p.m. and broadcast live on ESPN.

Charles will make her third appearance in the WNBA All-Star game, having been previously selected in 2011 and 2013. The 2010 WNBA MVP, Charles was also picked to play for Team USA in the "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun" exhibition game that year. No All-Star game was played in 2010 due to the FIBA World Championships in the Czech Republic.

In her first season in New York, Charles leads the Liberty in scoring and rebounding with 17.1 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. She ranks sixth in the league in scoring and fifth in rebounding. Charles has also recorded eight double-doubles this season, as well as eight 20-plus point games.

Named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week on July 7, Charles guided the Liberty to back-to-back wins over Tulsa and Minnesota. She opened the week with a 28-point, 14-rebound effort against the Shock, followed by a career-high 32 points and 10 boards against the defending WNBA Champion Lynx.

Charles will be joined on the Eastern Conference All-Star roster by Liberty guard Cappie Pondexter who earned her sixth career All-Star selection and third-straight as a starter.

Reserves were chosen by the league's 12 head coaches. Coaches were not permitted to vote for players on their own team and selected reserves by voting for six players within their own conference, including two guards, three frontcourt players, and one player regardless of position.

Eastern Conference Reserves: Western Conference Reserves:

Jessica Breland, Frontcourt (Chicago Sky) Seimone Augustus, Backcourt (Minnesota Lynx)

Tina Charles, Frontcourt (New York Liberty) Candice Dupree, Frontcourt (Phoenix Mercury)

Erika de Souza, Frontcourt (Atlanta Dream) Glory Johnson, Frontcourt (Tulsa Shock)

Katie Douglas, Backcourt (Connecticut Sun) Nneka Ogwumike, Frontcourt (Los Angeles Sparks)

Briann January, Backcourt (Indiana Fever) Danielle Robinson, Backcourt (San Antonio Stars)

Chiney Ogwumike, Frontcourt (Connecticut Sun) Lindsay Whalen, Backcourt (Minnesota Lynx)

Replacement players, who will take the roster spot of players who cannot play due to injury, will be named by WNBA President Laurel J. Richie. Any changes to the starting lineup necessitated by injury will be made by the head coach of the respective All-Star team.

Under WNBA guidelines, the coach of the previous season's conference champion serves as the All-Star coach for that conference, provided that the coach remains in the same position. Since Fred Williams - head coach of the 2013 Eastern Conference champion Atlanta Dream - is now at the helm in Tulsa, the East head coach - Atlanta's Michael Cooper - was selected based on the club with the best winning percentage through games on June 29. Cooper earned the honor after guiding his club to an 11-4 mark (.733) at that point in the season. Minnesota Head Coach Cheryl Reeve, who guided the Lynx to the 2013 WNBA title, will lead the West squad.

BOOST MOBILE WNBA ALL-STAR 2014 ROSTERS (alphabetical)

EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS

Head Coach: Michael Cooper (Atlanta Dream)

Player Team Position Ht. DOB From Yrs.

Jessica Breland^ Chicago Sky Frontcourt 6-3 2/23/88 North Carolina 2

Tamika Catchings* Indiana Fever Frontcourt 6-1 7/21/79 Tennessee 13

Tina Charles New York Liberty Frontcourt 6-4 12/5/88 Connecticut 4

Elena Delle Donne* Chicago Sky Frontcourt 6-5 9/5/89 Delaware 1

Erika de Souza Atlanta Dream Frontcourt 6-5 3/9/82 Brazil 8

Katie Douglas Connecticut Sun Backcourt 6-0 5/7/79 Purdue 13

Briann January^ Indiana Fever Backcourt 5-8 1/11/87 Arizona State 5

Angel McCoughtry* Atlanta Dream Frontcourt 6-1 9/10/86 Louisville 5

Chiney Ogwumike^+ Connecticut Sun Frontcourt 6-4 3/21/92 Stanford R

Cappie Pondexter* New York Liberty Backcourt 5-9 1/7/83 Rutgers 8

Shoni Schimmel*^+ Atlanta Dream Backcourt 5-9 5/4/92 Louisville R

WESTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS

Head Coach: Cheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx)

Player Team Position

Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx Backcourt 6-0 4/30/84 LSU 8

Skylar Diggins*^ Tulsa Shock Backcourt 5-9 8/2/90 Notre Dame 1

Candice Dupree Phoenix Mercury Frontcourt 6-2 8/16/84 Temple 8

Brittney Griner* Phoenix Mercury Frontcourt 6-8 10/18/90 Baylor 1

Glory Johnson Tulsa Shock Frontcourt 6-3 7/27/90 Tennessee 2

Maya Moore* Minnesota Lynx Frontcourt 6-0 6/11/89 Connecticut 3

Nneka Ogwumike Los Angeles Sparks Frontcourt 6-2 7/2/90 Stanford 2

Candace Parker* Los Angeles Sparks Frontcourt 6-4 4/19/86 Tennessee 6

Danielle Robinson San Antonio Stars Backcourt 5-9 5/10/89 Oklahoma 3

Diana Taurasi* Phoenix Mercury Backcourt 6-0 6/11/82 Connecticut 10

Lindsay Whalen Minnesota Lynx Backcourt 5-9 5/9/82 Minnesota 10

* denotes member of the starting lineup, as voted by the fans

^ denotes first-time All-Star selection

+ denotes rookie

WNBA ALL-STAR GAME HISTORY

Date Location W L

July 14, 1999 Madison Square Garden (New York) West 79 East 61

July 17, 2000 America West Arena (Phoenix) West 73 East 61

July 16, 2001 TD Waterhouse Centre (Orlando) West 80 East 72

July 15, 2002 MCI Center (Washington) West 81 East 76

July 12, 2003 Madison Square Garden (New York) West 84 East 75

July 9, 2005 Mohegan Sun Arena (Connecticut) West 122 East 99

July 12, 2006 Madison Square Garden (New York) East 98 West 82

July 15, 2007 Verizon Center (Washington) East 103 West 99

July 25, 2009 Mohegan Sun Arena (Connecticut) West 133 East 118

July 27, 2011 AT&T Center (San Antonio) East 118 West 113

July 27, 2013 Mohegan Sun Arena (Connecticut) West 102 East 98

* No All-Star game was held in 2004, 2008, and 2012 due to the Olympic Games in Athens, Beijing, and London, respectively. Similarly, no All-Star game was played in 2010, due to the FIBA World Championships in Czech Republic. An exhibition game was conducted at Radio City Music Hall in the summer of 2004, and in 2010, an exhibition game was held at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. with a USA vs. WNBA format in the "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun."

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