2010 Tulsa Shock season

2010 Tulsa Shock season
Coach	Nolan Richardson
Arena	BOK Center
Attendance	4,812 per game
Results
Record	6–28 (.176)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Latta (12.4)
Rebounds	Black (6.5)
Assists	Latta (3.9)
Media
Television	COX, FS-OK NBATV, ESPN2
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The 2010 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Tulsa Shock franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their first in Tulsa.

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Detroit Shock's 2009 record, the Tulsa Shock would pick 7th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Shock picked Scholanda Robinson.

WNBA draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
2	19	Amanda Thompson	United States	Oklahoma
3	31	Vivian Frieson	United States	Gonzaga

Transaction log

• March 10: The Shock signed Marion Jones, Natashy Lacy and Iciss Tillis to training camp contracts.
• April 1: The Shock signed Ivory Latta to a training camp contract.
• April 7: The Shock acquired Amber Holt and Chante Black from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for the seventh pick in the 2010 Draft and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
• April 14: The Shock traded Crystal Kelly to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Shanna Crossley.
• April 26: The Shock signed Juanita Ward, Kim Sitzmann, Danielle Green, Brittany Gilliam and Monique Alexander to training camp contracts.
• April 28: The Shock signed Christi Thomas.
• April 29: The Shock waived Kim Sitzmann, Monique Alexander, Danielle Green and Brittany Gilliam.
• May 5: The Shock waived Vivian Frieson and Juanita Ward.
• May 11: The Shock released Cheryl Ford.
• May 13: The Shock waived Ivory Latta and Christi Thomas.
• May 14: The Shock waived Olayinka Sanni and Iciss Tillis.
• May 27: The Shock traded Shavonte Zellous to the Indiana Fever in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
• June 2: The Shock signed Ashley Walker.
• June 8: The Shock waived Amanda Thompson and Ashley Walker and signed Kiesha Brown and Jennifer Lacy.
• June 14: The Shock traded Plenette Pierson to the New York Liberty in exchange for Tiffany Jackson.
• July 23: The Shock traded Kara Braxton to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
• July 26: The Shock traded Alexis Hornbuckle to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Rashanda McCants. ^[1]

Trades

Date	Trade
April 7, 2010	To Tulsa Shock	To Connecticut Sun
	Amber Holt and Chante Black	Seventh pick in 2010 Draft and second-round pick in 2011 Draft
April 14, 2010	To Tulsa Shock	To San Antonio Silver Stars
	Shanna Crossley	Crystal Kelly
May 27, 2010	To Tulsa Shock	To Indiana Fever
	Second-round pick in 2011 Draft	Shavonte Zellous
June 14, 2010	To Tulsa Shock	To New York Liberty
	Tiffany Jackson	Plenette Pierson
July 22, 2010	To Tulsa Shock	To Phoenix Mercury
	Nicole Ohlde and a first-round pick in 2011 Draft	Kara Braxton
July 26, 2010	To Tulsa Shock	To Minnesota Lynx
	Rashanda McCants	Alexis Hornbuckle

Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team Scholanda Robinson December 14, 2009 Sacramento Monarchs Marion Jones March 10, 2010 free agent Amber Holt April 7, 2010 Connecticut Sun Chante Black April 7, 2010 Connecticut Sun Shanna Crossley April 14, 2010 San Antonio Silver Stars Ashley Walker June 2, 2010 free agent Kiesha Brown June 8, 2010 free agent Jennifer Lacy June 8, 2010 free agent Tiffany Jackson June 14, 2010 New York Liberty Ivory Latta July 5, 2010 free agent Nicole Ohlde July 23, 2010 Phoenix Mercury Rashanda McCants July 26, 2010 Minnesota Lynx

Subtractions Player Left New team Deanna Nolan hiatus Nikki Teasley hiatus Katie Smith March 16, 2010 Washington Mystics Taj McWilliams-Franklin April 22, 2010 New York Liberty Crystal Kelly April 14, 2010 San Antonio Silver Stars Cheryl Ford May 11, 2010 free agent Olayinka Sanni May 14, 2010 free agent Shavonte Zellous May 27, 2010 Indiana Fever Ashley Walker June 8, 2010 free agent Amanda Thompson June 8, 2010 free agent Plenette Pierson June 14, 2010 New York Liberty Natasha Lacy July 5, 2010 free agent Kara Braxton July 23, 2010 Phoenix Mercury Alexis Hornbuckle July 26, 2010 Minnesota Lynx

Roster

2010 Tulsa Shock roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From C 11 Black, Chante 6' 5" (1.96m) 188 lb (85kg) Duke G 8 Brown, Kiesha 5' 10" (1.78m) 134 lb (61kg) Georgia SG 0 Crossley, Shanna 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) Tennessee G/F 4 Holt, Amber 6' 0" (1.83m) 170 lb (77kg) Middle Tennessee PF 33 Jackson, Tiffany 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) Texas G 20 Jones, Marion 5' 10" (1.78m) 150 lb (68kg) North Carolina F 21 Lacy, Jennifer 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) Pepperdine G 12 Latta, Ivory 5' 6" (1.68m) 143 lb (65kg) North Carolina F 32 McCants, Rashanda 6' 1" (1.85m) 161 lb (73kg) North Carolina F/C 30 Ohlde, Nicole 6' 5" (1.96m) 190 lb (86kg) Kansas State G 5 Robinson, Scholanda 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) LSU	Head coach Nolan Richardson (UTEP) Assistant coaches Wayne Stehlik (Nebraska Wesleyan) Tammy Bagby (Langston) Athletic trainer Stuart Nichols (Northeastern State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Nicole Ohlde	Chante Black
PF	Tiffany Jackson	Jennifer Lacy
SF	Rashanda McCants	Amber Holt
SG	Scholanda Robinson	Shanna Crossley / Marion Jones
PG	Ivory Latta	Kiesha Brown

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Seattle Storm x	28	6	.824	–	17–0	11–6	20–2
Phoenix Mercury x	15	19	.441	13.0	9–8	6–11	13–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x	14	20	.412	14.0	8–9	6–11	11–11
Los Angeles Sparks x	13	21	.382	15.0	8–9	5–12	10–12
Minnesota Lynx o	13	21	.382	15.0	7–10	6–11	8–14
Tulsa Shock o	6	28	.176	22.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 9 2:00pm Seattle 90–80 Braxton, Holt (14) Black (8) Lacy, Pierson (4) BOK Center N/A 1–0

Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season
May Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 15 8:00pm Minnesota NBATV COX 74–80 Holt (16) Black (10) Lacy (5) BOK Center 7,806 0-1 2 May 20 12:30pm San Antonio NBATV FS-OK FS-SW 74-83 Braxton (15) Braxton, Holt (6) Zellous (4) BOK Center 4,636 0-2 3 May 23 7:00pm @ Minnesota 94-82 Pierson, Zellous (14) Black (17) Lacy (7) Target Center 6,822 1-2 4 May 25 7:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 96-110 Holt (20) Black (12) Lacy (7) BOK Center 4,100 1-3 5 May 29 8:00pm Indiana NBATV FS-OK 79-74 Holt (16) Black (11) Lacy (5) BOK Center 4,005 2-3
June Game Date Time Opponent TV (ET) Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 6 June 4 8:00pm Minnesota FS-OK 92-79 Robinson (20) Black (11) Lacy (6) BOK Center 4,521 3-3 7 June 5 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 70-95 Crossley (20) Braxton (9) Lacy (7) Allstate Arena 4,549 3-4 8 June 11 8:00pm @ San Antonio 75-87 Braxton (14) Black (9) Lacy (5) AT&T Center 7,076 3-5 9 June 12 10:00pm @ Phoenix 84-116 Crossley (17) Hornbuckle (8) Braxton, Crossley (4) US Airways Center 6,580 3-6 10 June 18 8:00pm @ Minnesota 67-78 Brown (14) Braxton (7) Crossley, Lacy (3) Target Center 6,953 3-7 11 June 19 8:00pm Minnesota COX 78-92 Robinson (14) Jackson (6) Hornbuckle, Robinson (4) BOK Center 5,013 3-8 12 June 23 12:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV FS-OK SSO 90-96 Robinson (17) Black (12) Brown (7) Philips Arena 9,598 3-9 13 June 25 8:00pm New York COX 78-92 Lacy (16) Black (9) Hornbuckle, Robinson (3) BOK Center 4,554 3-10 14 June 27 4:00pm Seattle COX 72-83 Robinson (16) Jackson (8) Brown, Jackson, Lacy (3) BOK Center 4,865 3-11 15 June 29 8:00pm Connecticut COX 89-101 Robinson (19) Black (6) Brown (7) BOK Center 3,649 3-12
July Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 16 July 3 8:00pm Washington COX 54-69 Robinson (16) Black, Jackson (5) Brown (2) BOK Center 3,516 3-13 17 July 8 7:00pm @ Indiana 72-100 Holt (18) Black (12) Black (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,077 3-14 18 July 13 7:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 71-87 Brown (14) Braxton (10) Latta (6) BOK Center 7,073 3-15 19 July 16 8:00pm @ San Antonio 75-70 Latta (15) Braxton, Jackson, Lacy (5) Latta (4) AT&T Center 9,298 4-15 20 July 17 10:00pm @ Phoenix 88-97 Robinson (15) Black (13) Brown (7) US Airways Center 8,564 4-16 21 July 20 3:00pm @ Los Angeles 83-86 (OT) Robinson (19) Jackson (9) Latta (7) STAPLES Center 14,413 4-17 22 July 22 8:00pm Phoenix COX 91-123 Braxton (18) Jackson (9) Latta (6) BOK Center 3,333 4-18 23 July 25 9:00pm @ Seattle KONG 59-75 Crossley (19) Robinson (6) Brown, Jackson (2) KeyArena 9,686 4-19 24 July 27 1:30pm Atlanta NBATV COX 89-105 Latta (23) Ohlde (7) Latta (6) BOK Center 3,800 4-20 25 July 30 8:00pm San Antonio NBATV FS-OK 85-101 Latta (19) Jackson (7) Brown (5) BOK Center 5,203 4-21
August Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 26 August 1 4:00pm @ Washington NBATV CSN-MA 62-87 Jackson (14) Jackson (7) Brown (3) Verizon Center 9,008 4-22 27 August 3 8:00pm Seattle COX 84-75 Robinson (21) Jackson (5) Latta (7) BOK Center 3,697 5-22 28 August 6 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 70-77 Latta (16) Jackson (9) Ohlde (4) STAPLES Center 8,962 5-23 29 August 7 10:00pm @ Seattle KONG 65-111 Latta (14) Jackson (6) Jackson, Jones, Latta (4) KeyArena 9,686 5-24 30 August 13 8:00pm @ San Antonio 74-94 Robinson (14) Jackson (5) Latta (5) AT&T Center 10,244 5-25 31 August 14 8:00pm Los Angeles COX 87-92 Latta (26) Jackson (13) Holt, Latta (4) BOK Center 5,719 5-26 32 August 17 7:30pm @ Connecticut 62-90 Robinson (18) Holt (7) Holt (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,828 5-27 33 August 19 7:30pm @ New York 85-95 Crossley (21) Black (9) Jackson, Robinson (4) Madison Square Garden 8,766 5-28 34 August 21 8:00pm Chicago NBATV FS-OK 84-71 Crossley, Jackson (17) Jackson (9) Latta (5) BOK Center 6,321 6-28

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
Chante Black	34	23	20.9	.537	.000	.347	6.5	0.6	0.53	1.59	3.4
Kara Braxton	22	16	16.8	.500	.250	.639	4.6	1.3	1.10	0.80	9.3
Kiesha Brown	27	8	17.8	.389	.391	.821	2.0	2.4	0.56	0.00	5.7
Shanna Crossley	30	16	21.3	.404	.422	.800	1.4	1.6	0.87	0.07	9.7
Amber Holt	33	9	21.1	.408	.314	.802	3.1	1.8	0.91	0.21	8.7
Alexis Hornbuckle	15	10	21.1	.373	.400	.833	3.5	2.7	1.50	0.70	5.8
Tiffany Jackson	25	17	23.7	.399	1.000	.797	5.8	1.4	1.36	0.32	7.6
Marion Jones	33	1	9.4	.525	.250	.595	1.6	0.6	0.55	0.21	3.4
Jennifer Lacy	34	3	16.8	.383	.386	.750	3.0	0.8	0.79	0.29	7.0
Natasha Lacy	16	3	18.3	.475	.250	.595	2.3	3.5	1.44	0.19	6.3
Ivory Latta	18	16	28.7	.422	.370	.776	1.4	3.9	1.00	0.11	12.4
Rashanda McCants	6	4	17.7	.350	.278	.400	2.0	1.5	0.83	0.50	5.8
Nicole Ohlde	12	9	25.1	.443	.000	.773	3.8	1.4	0.67	0.75	7.9
Plenette Pierson	8	1	15.8	.535	.429	.857	2.5	1.3	1.20	0.40	12.1
Scholanda Robinson	34	33	24.6	.402	.303	.708	2.4	1.7	1.56	0.35	11.9
Amanda Thompson	7	0	7.0	.143	.000	.700	1.6	0.4	0.43	0.00	1.6
Ashley Walker	2	0	4.5	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	1.00	0.00	0.0
Shavonte Zellous	4	1	16.8	.161	.100	.833	0.8	2.5	0.50	0.00	4.0

References

1. "Shock complete roster flip with trade". ESPN . July 26, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.