2010 Connecticut Sun season

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2010 Connecticut Sun season
Coach Mike Thibault
Arena Mohegan Sun Arena
Attendance7,490 per game
Results
Record17–17 (.500)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Charles (15.5)
Rebounds Charles (11.7)
Assists Montgomery (4.1)
Media
Television CSN-NE
NBATV, ESPN2

The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their eighth in Connecticut.

Contents

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Sun's 2009 record, they would pick 3rd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Sun picked DeMya Walker.

WNBA draft

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
11 (from N.Y, via L.A., via Minn.) Tina Charles Flag of the United States.svg United States Connecticut
17 (from Tul.) Danielle McCray Flag of the United States.svg United States Kansas
215 Allison Hightower Flag of the United States.svg United States LSU
327Johannah LeedhamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Franklin Pierce

Transaction log

Trades

DateTrade
January 12, 2010To Connecticut Sun To Minnesota Lynx
Renee Montgomery and first overall pick in 2010 Draft Lindsay Whalen and second overall pick in 2010 Draft
April 7, 2010To Connecticut Sun To Tulsa Shock
Seventh overall pick in 2010 Draft and second-round pick in 2011 Draft Amber Holt and Chante Black
April 8, 2010To Connecticut Sun To Minnesota Lynx
Rights to Kelsey Griffin First-round and second-round pick in 2011 Draft

Free agents

Roster

2010 Connecticut Sun roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightFrom
C 31 Flag of the United States.svg Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m)198 lb (90kg) Connecticut
SF 41 Flag of the United States.svg Gardin, Kerri 6' 1" (1.85m)168 lb (76kg) Virginia Tech
F 5 Flag of the United States.svg Griffin, Kelsey 6' 2" (1.88m)179 lb (81kg) Nebraska
C 7 Flag of France.svg Gruda, Sandrine 6' 4" (1.93m)185 lb (84kg) France
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Hightower, Allison 5' 10" (1.78m)139 lb (63kg) LSU
SG 10 Flag of Latvia.svg Jēkabsone-Žogota, Anete 5' 9" (1.75m)180 lb (82kg) Latvia
PF 15 Flag of the United States.svg Jones, Asjha 6' 2" (1.88m)196 lb (89kg) Connecticut
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg Lawson, Kara 5' 8" (1.73m)169 lb (77kg) Tennessee
G 21 Flag of the United States.svg Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m)143 lb (65kg) Connecticut
F 22 Flag of the United States.svg Walker, DeMya 6' 3" (1.91m)200 lb (91kg) Virginia
SG 14 Flag of the United States.svg White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m)154 lb (70kg) Mississippi State
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Thibault (Saint Martin's)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hawk (Omaha)
Flag of the United States.svg Bernadette Mattox (Georgia)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Norman (Keene State)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Jodi Hopkins (Ohio)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  WNBA roster page

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Tina Charles Sandrine Gruda
PF Asjha Jones DeMya Walker / Kerri Gardin
SF Kelsey Griffin Anete Jekabsone-Zogota
SG Kara Lawson Tan White
PG Renee Montgomery Allison Hightower

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Washington Mystics x2212.647–13–49–813–9
New York Liberty x2212.647–13–49–814–8
Indiana Fever x2113.6181.013–48–913–9
Atlanta Dream x1915.5593.010–79–810–12
Connecticut Sun o1717.5005.012–55–129–13
Chicago Sky o1420.4128.07–107–107–15

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 411:00am Atlanta 86-79 Charles (21) Charles (9) Montgomery (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
3,779		1-0
2May 77:30pm Poland National Team 89-46 Charles, Kotsopoulos (15) Charles (9) Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,059		2-0
3May 1110:30am@ New York 84-89 (3OT) Charles (22) Charles, Walker (13) Lawson, Walker (4) Madison Square Garden
19,763		2-1

Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season
May
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 153:30pm Chicago CN100 74-61 Jekabsone-Zogota (18) Charles, Griffin (10) Griffin, Lawson (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,072		1-0
2May 217:00pm@ Atlanta NBATV
CSN-NE
FS-S 		82-97 Charles (22) Charles (11) Montgomery (5) Philips Arena
4,092		1-1
3May 233:00pm Washington 80-65 White (15) Charles (8) Gardin (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,614		2-1
4May 277:30pm Minnesota 105-79 Montgomery (23) Charles (10) Lawson, Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,401		3-1
5May 304:00pm@ Washington 65-69 Charles (13) Charles (9) Montgomery (4) Verizon Center
8,602		3-2
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6June 47:30pm New York 75-68 White (18) Charles (15) Lawson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,493		4-2
7June 61:00pm San Antonio 81-68 Charles (19) Charles (11) Lawson, White (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,292		5-2
8June 117:30pm Indiana CSN-NE 86-77 Montgomery (29) Charles (12) Jekabsone-Zogota (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,603		6-2
9June 136:00pm@ Indiana 67-77 Montgomery (17) Gruda (5) Jekabsone-Zogota (3) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,302		6-3
10June 1810:30pm@ Los Angeles 78-75 Charles (26) Charles (19) Jekabsone-Zogota, Jones, White (3) STAPLES Center
8,852		7-3
11June 206:00pm@ Phoenix NBATV
FS-A 		96-94 Charles (24) Charles (12) Lawson (5) US Airways Center
6,068		8-3
12June 227:30pm Chicago CN100 77-86 Charles (14) Charles (16) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,981		8-4
13June 257:30pm Phoenix CSN-NE 82-79 Charles (19) Charles (23) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,518		9-4
14June 274:00pm@ New York CSN-NE 68-77 Lawson, Montgomery (13) Charles (16) Montgomery (5) Madison Square Garden
15,293		9-5
15June 298:00pm@ Tulsa COX 101-89 Gruda, Lawson (17) Charles (12) Montgomery (5) BOK Center
3,649		10-5
July
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 18:00pm@ Chicago CN100 80-92 Gruda (17) Gruda (7) Montgomery (5) Allstate Arena
3,061		10-6
17July 68:00pm@ San Antonio ESPN2 66-79 White (17) Charles (13) Lawson (4) AT&T Center
7,264		10-7
18July 77:00pm@ Atlanta SSO 103-108 (OT) Charles (27) Charles (20) Lawson (8) Philips Arena
5,305		10-8
19July 141:00pm@ Indiana 77-68 Gruda (21) Griffin (8) Lawson (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
10,076		11-8
20July 177:00pm Atlanta 96-80 Charles (22) Charles (14) White (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,378		12-8
21July 208:00pm New York ESPN2 74-82 (OT) Montgomery (23) Griffin (9) White (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,478		12-9
22July 247:00pm Los Angeles CSN-NE 80-89 Montgomery (14) Charles, Jones (9) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,097		12-10
23July 277:30pm Washington 88-78 Jones (23) Charles (9) Lawson (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,322		13-10
24July 307:30pm Atlanta 62-94 Jones (16) Charles (12) Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,003		13-11
August
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
25August 14:00pm@ New York MSG 67-71 Jones (18) Charles (10) Montgomery (5) Madison Square Garden
9,341		13-12
26August 38:00pm@ Minnesota CSN-NE 103-111 (OT) Montgomery (33) Charles (21) Charles, Montgomery (4) Target Center
5,954		13-13
27August 510:30pm@ Seattle ESPN2 82-83 Charles (23) Jones (9) Montgomery (10) KeyArena
7,539		13-14
28August 85:00pm Washington 76-67 Charles, Jones (17) Charles (14) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,076		14-14
29August 107:00pm@ Washington NBATV
CSN-MA 		74-84 Montgomery (17) Charles (15) Lawson, Montgomery, White (4) Verizon Center
8,180		14-15
30August 137:30pm Seattle 88-68 Jones (19) Gruda (9) Charles, Lawson, Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,197		15-15
31August 155:00pm Indiana 66-79 Charles (18) Charles (13) Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,915		15-16
32August 177:30pm Tulsa CSN-NE 90-62 Montgomery (22) Charles (10) Charles (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,828		16-16
33August 208:30pm@ Chicago NBATV
CN100 		78-71 Montgomery (20) Griffin (11) Lawson (6) Allstate Arena
5,598		17-16
34August 224:00pm@ New York MSG 87-88 (OT) Charles (21) Charles (13) Jones, Montgomery (4) Madison Square Garden
15,989		17-17
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Tina Charles 343431.0.487.000.76311.71.50.741.6815.5
Kerri Gardin 2508.2.270.091.6671.20.60.360.121.2
Kelsey Griffin 341920.0.350.271.7744.71.10.680.504.4
Sandrine Gruda 28622.7.491.182.7604.51.20.680.7511.5
Allison Hightower 20110.4.317.167.8131.30.50.700.102.7
Anete Jekabsone-Zogota 201417.6.389.3511.0002.01.70.450.257.2
Asjha Jones 302925.8.448.300.8484.92.20.430.4310.8
Kara Lawson 343225.1.409.359.8952.63.50.410.008.3
Renee Montgomery 342327.6.401.349.8552.24.11.380.0913.3
DeMya Walker 31211.0.419.000.8262.10.80.450.164.1
Tan White 341025.2.420.366.8002.72.31.590.1210.1

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References

  1. ↑ "Lynx trade for ex-Gopher star Lindsay Whalen". Star Tribune . January 13, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ Stout, Matt (April 15, 2010). "WNBA: Sun waive Whitmore after reaching buyout". The Bulletin . Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ↑ Stout, Matt (May 6, 2010). "WNBA: Sun waive 3 more; Jekabsone-Zogota to arrive". The Bulletin . Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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