2011 Connecticut Sun season

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2011 Connecticut Sun season
Coach Mike Thibault
Arena Mohegan Sun Arena
Attendance7,056 per game
Results
Record21–13 (.618)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points Charles (17.6)
Rebounds Charles (11.0)
Assists Montgomery (4.9)
Media
Television CSN-NE
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2011 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their ninth in Connecticut.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
216 Sydney Colson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas A&M
328 Adrienne Johnson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisiana Tech

Transaction log

Trades

DateTrade
April 11, 2011To Connecticut Sun To Phoenix Mercury
Tahnee Robinsonthird-round pick in 2012 Draft
April 11, 2011To Connecticut Sun To New York Liberty
Kalana Greene Sydney Colson

Personnel changes

Roster

2011 Connecticut Sun roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 51 Flag of the United States.svg Breland, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m)165 lb (75kg)1988-02-23 North Carolina R
C 31 Flag of the United States.svg Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m)198 lb (90kg)1988-12-05 Connecticut 1
G 32 Flag of the United States.svg Greene, Kalana 5' 10" (1.78m)170 lb (77kg)1987-07-13 Connecticut 1
F 5 Flag of the United States.svg Griffin, Kelsey 6' 2" (1.88m)179 lb (81kg)1987-07-02 Nebraska 1
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Hightower, Allison 5' 10" (1.78m)139 lb (63kg)1988-04-06 LSU 1
F 15 Flag of the United States.svg Jones, Asjha 6' 3" (1.91m)196 lb (89kg)1980-08-01 Connecticut 9
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg Lawson, Kara 5' 9" (1.75m)169 lb (77kg)1981-02-14 Tennessee 8
G/F 4 Flag of the United States.svg McCray, Danielle 5' 11" (1.8m)174 lb (79kg)1987-10-08 Kansas R
G 21 Flag of the United States.svg Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m)143 lb (65kg)1986-12-02 Connecticut 2
F/C 30 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m)175 lb (79kg)1982-07-09 Connecticut 6
G/F 14 Flag of the United States.svg White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m)154 lb (70kg)1982-09-27 Mississippi State 6
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

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Tina Charles Jessica Moore
PF Asjha Jones Kelsey Griffin
Jessica Breland
SF Kalana Greene Tan White
SG Danielle McCray Kara Lawson
PG Renee Montgomery Allison Hightower

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Indiana Fever x2113.618–13–48–913–9
Connecticut Sun x2113.618–15–26–1114–8
Atlanta Dream x2014.5881.011–69–814–8
New York Liberty x1915.5592.012-57–1011–11
Chicago Sky o1420.4127.010–74–1310–12
Washington Mystics o628.17615.04–132–154–18

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 197:00pm China 101–63 Greene, Griffin (13) Charles (10) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,666		1–0
2May 257:00pm San Antonio 56–80 White (15) Charles (17) Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,801		1–1
3May 277:00pm San Antonio 75–73 Charles (17) Charles (11) Jones (4) Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
2,139		2–1

Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 47:00pm Washington 89–73 Charles (18) Jones (7) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,666		1–0
2June 108:30pm@ Chicago 75–78 Montgomery (22) Greene (6) Lawson
Montgomery
White (4)		 Allstate Arena
6,609		1–1
3June 123:00pm Tulsa 90–79 Charles (19) Charles (8) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,520		2–1
4June 167:00pm@ Washington CSN-MA 79–71 Charles (26) Charles (10) Montgomery (5) Verizon Center
7,028		3–1
5June 191:00pm Chicago 83–68 Charles (31) Charles (12) Jones (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,875		4–1
6June 238:00pm@ Chicago CN100 101–107 (2OT) Montgomery (33) Charles (13) Montgomery (6) Allstate Arena
3,319		4–2
7June 257:00pm@ Indiana NBATV
CSN-NE 		70–75 Montgomery (19) Charles (11) Montgomery (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,100		4–3
8June 288:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 79–76 Charles (22) Charles (23) Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,515		5–3
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
9July 17:30pm Seattle CSN-NE 75–70 Charles (20) Charles (10) Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,748		6–3
10July 98:00pm@ Minnesota NBATV
FS-N 		67–90 Montgomery (14) Charles (8) Jones
Lawson (3)		 Target Center
8,205		6–4
11July 131:00pm@ Indiana 78–90 White (17) Charles (11) Montgomery (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,045		6–5
12July 157:00pm@ New York NBATV
CSN-NE 		68–59 Charles (15) Jones (7) Montgomery (4) Prudential Center
7,722		7–5
13July 175:00pm Indiana 76–71 McCray (22) Charles (14) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,075		8–5
14July 197:30pm New York 85–79 Charles (24) Charles (7) Montgomery (10) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,096		9–5
All-Star break
15July 268:00pm@ Chicago CSN-NE
CN100 		77–66 Jones (22) Charles (15) Montgomery (6) Allstate Arena
3,091		10–5
16July 287:30pm Indiana 58–69 Charles (13) Charles (10) Montgomery (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,329		10–6
17July 315:00pm Atlanta 99–92 Montgomery (19) Charles (11) Lawson (9) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,955		11–6
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
18August 33:00pm@ Los Angeles NBATV 79–70 Charles (20) Charles (13) Montgomery (6) STAPLES Center
14,266		12–6
19August 510:00pm@ Seattle NBATV 79–81 Montgomery (19) Charles (10) White (4) KeyArena
7,289		12–7
20August 76:00pm@ Phoenix NBATV
FS-A 		96–95 (OT) Montgomery (28) Charles (17) Greene (6) US Airways Center
8,514		13–7
21August 97:30pm Chicago 69–58 Charles (16) Charles (11) Lawson
White (4)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
6,049		14–7
22August 117:30pm San Antonio FS-SW 59–72 Jones (16) Jones (10) McCray (2) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,334		14–8
23August 137:00pm Washington 82–75 Charles
Montgomery (16)		 White (10) Jones
Lawson (5)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
6,717		15–8
24August 167:30pm Minnesota CSN-NE 108–79 Montgomery (17) Charles (18) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,323		16–8
25August 187:00pm@ New York NBATV
MSG 		81–84 (OT) Charles (29) Charles (14) Montgomery (5) Prudential Center
7,245		16–9
26August 197:30pm@ Atlanta NBATV
SSO 		88–94 (OT) Jones (21) Charles
Griffin (11)		 Montgomery (7) Philips Arena
7,225		16–10
27August 215:00pm Atlanta 96–87 Montgomery (21) Jones (10) Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,636		17–10
28August 267:30pm Phoenix CSN-NE 95–92 Charles (17) Jones (11) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,007		18–10
29August 284:00pm@ Tulsa 72–83 Charles (21) Charles (10) Charles
Jones
Montgomery (3)		 BOK Center
4,813		18–11
30August 308:00pm@ San Antonio 66–78 Charles (16) Jones (10) Charles
Montgomery (4)		 AT&T Center
6,934		18–12
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 27:30pm Indiana 83–55 McCray (14) Charles (16) Charles (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,991		19–12
32September 44:00pm@ Washington NBATV
CSN-MA 		79–48 Charles (24) Charles (15) Montgomery (7) Verizon Center
13,403		20–12
33September 67:30pm@ Atlanta SSO 74–85 Charles (17) Charles (12) Montgomery (7) Philips Arena
6,558		20–13
34September 111:00pm New York NBATV 69–63 Charles (18) Charles
Jones (11)		 Montgomery (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,115		21–13
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 167:00pm Atlanta NBATV 84–89 Jones
Montgomery (16)		 McCray (8) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,373		0–1
2September 183:00pm@ Atlanta ESPN2 64-69 Jones (15) Charles (17) Montgomery (6) Philips Arena
6,887		0–2

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
Jessica Breland 401.5.500.000.0000.00.00.000.250.5
Tina Charles 343433.4.468.000.68711.01.90.761.7617.6
Kalana Greene 333323.7.422.391.6003.81.50.910.365.6
Kelsey Griffin 34213.0.357.167.7313.10.50.740.293.6
Allison Hightower 2529.2.339.222.7500.60.50.440.042.0
Asjha Jones 343428.6.444.300.7116.41.90.620.4713.3
Kara Lawson 33825.2.449.430.8902.62.90.700.0310.4
Danielle McCray 342315.1.399.391.7712.31.20.470.125.9
Renee Montgomery 343429.1.400.384.8292.14.91.440.0914.6
Jessica Moore 2906.9.425.000.7780.80.20.170.071.7
DeMya Walker 1008.0.421.000.7271.60.00.200.002.4
Tan White 34022.0.354.280.8402.91.91.180.185.9

Postseason

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Jessica Breland 00–––––––––
Tina Charles 2236.0.313.000.62512.02.01.002.5012.5
Kalana Greene 2222.0.389.6001.0002.01.01.501.009.5
Kelsey Griffin 208.0.200.000.5000.00.00.000.501.5
Allison Hightower 2014.5.571.6671.0002.00.51.000.006.0
Asjha Jones 2232.0.366.000.5006.52.51.501.5015.5
Kara Lawson 2018.5.400.571.7500.53.50.000.007.5
Danielle McCray 2215.0.250.0001.0005.50.50.000.002.5
Renee Montgomery 2228.5.471.333.8751.54.50.500.5013.0
Jessica Moore 204.01.000.0001.0000.50.00.000.002.0
Tan White 2021.51.0001.0001.0002.53.01.500.004.0

Awards and honors

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References

  1. ↑ "Connecticut Sun re-sign veteran guard". The Bulletin . February 3, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ Allard, Marc (April 9, 2011). "WNBA: Sun coach expecting quiet draft for team". The Bulletin . Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Connecticut Sun part ways with DeMya Walker". The Bulletin . July 23, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Connecticut Sun Sign Jessica Breland To Seven-Day Contract". CBS News . July 24, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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