2011 Connecticut Sun season

2011 Connecticut Sun season
Coach	Mike Thibault
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Attendance	7,056 per game
Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Charles (17.6)
Rebounds	Charles (11.0)
Assists	Montgomery (4.9)
Media
Television	CSN-NE ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2011 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their ninth in Connecticut.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
2	16	Sydney Colson	United States	Texas A&M
3	28	Adrienne Johnson	United States	Louisiana Tech

Transaction log

• February 3: The Sun re-signed Tan White and Kerri Gardin. ^[1]
• February 14: The Sun signed draft pick Danielle McCray.
• April 8: The Sun signed Rachele Fitz to a training camp contract. ^[2]
• April 10: The Sun signed Stefanie Murphy to a training camp contract.
• April 11: The Sun traded a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for draft rights to Tahnee Robinson.
• April 11: The Sun traded draft rights to Sydney Colson to the New York Liberty in exchange for Kalana Greene.
• May 25: The Sun waived Adrienne Johnson, Tahnee Robinson, and Rachele Fitz.
• June 1: The Sun waived Stefanie Murphy.
• June 3: The Sun signed Jessica Moore and waived Kerri Gardin.
• July 22: The Sun waived DeMya Walker. ^[3]
• July 24: The Sun signed Jessica Breland to a seven-day contract. ^[4]

Trades

Date	Trade
April 11, 2011	To Connecticut Sun	To Phoenix Mercury
	Tahnee Robinson	third-round pick in 2012 Draft
April 11, 2011	To Connecticut Sun	To New York Liberty
	Kalana Greene	Sydney Colson

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Danielle McCray February 14, 2011 unsigned 2010 draft pick Kalana Greene April 11, 2011 New York Liberty Jessica Moore June 3, 2011 free agent Jessica Breland July 24, 2011 free agent

Subtractions Player Left New team Anete Jekabsone-Zogota February 3, 2011 hiatus Sandrine Gruda May 15, 2011 hiatus Kerri Gardin June 3, 2011 free agent DeMya Walker July 22, 2011 free agent

Roster

2011 Connecticut Sun roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 51 Breland, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 1988-02-23 North Carolina R C 31 Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) 1988-12-05 Connecticut 1 G 32 Greene, Kalana 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 1987-07-13 Connecticut 1 F 5 Griffin, Kelsey 6' 2" (1.88m) 179 lb (81kg) 1987-07-02 Nebraska 1 G 23 Hightower, Allison 5' 10" (1.78m) 139 lb (63kg) 1988-04-06 LSU 1 F 15 Jones, Asjha 6' 3" (1.91m) 196 lb (89kg) 1980-08-01 Connecticut 9 G 20 Lawson, Kara 5' 9" (1.75m) 169 lb (77kg) 1981-02-14 Tennessee 8 G/F 4 McCray, Danielle 5' 11" (1.8m) 174 lb (79kg) 1987-10-08 Kansas R G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 1986-12-02 Connecticut 2 F/C 30 Moore, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1982-07-09 Connecticut 6 G/F 14 White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m) 154 lb (70kg) 1982-09-27 Mississippi State 6	Head coach Mike Thibault (Saint Martin's) Assistant coaches Scott Hawk (Omaha) Bernadette Mattox (Georgia) Athletic trainer Jeremy Norman (Keene State) Strength and conditioning coach Jodi Hopkins (Ohio) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
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 x	21	13	.618	–	13–4	8–9	13–9
Connecticut Sun x	21	13	.618	–	15–2	6–11	14–8
Atlanta Dream x	20	14	.588	1.0	11–6	9–8	14–8
New York Liberty x	19	15	.559	2.0	12-5	7–10	11–11
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	7.0	10–7	4–13	10–12
Washington Mystics o	6	28	.176	15.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 19 7:00pm China 101–63 Greene, Griffin (13) Charles (10) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,666 1–0 2 May 25 7:00pm San Antonio 56–80 White (15) Charles (17) Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,801 1–1 3 May 27 7:00pm 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 Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 4 7:00pm Washington 89–73 Charles (18) Jones (7) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,666 1–0 2 June 10 8:30pm @ Chicago 75–78 Montgomery (22) Greene (6) Lawson Montgomery White (4) Allstate Arena 6,609 1–1 3 June 12 3:00pm Tulsa 90–79 Charles (19) Charles (8) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,520 2–1 4 June 16 7:00pm @ Washington CSN-MA 79–71 Charles (26) Charles (10) Montgomery (5) Verizon Center 7,028 3–1 5 June 19 1:00pm Chicago 83–68 Charles (31) Charles (12) Jones (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,875 4–1 6 June 23 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 101–107 (2OT) Montgomery (33) Charles (13) Montgomery (6) Allstate Arena 3,319 4–2 7 June 25 7:00pm @ Indiana NBATV CSN-NE 70–75 Montgomery (19) Charles (11) Montgomery (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,100 4–3 8 June 28 8:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 79–76 Charles (22) Charles (23) Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,515 5–3
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 9 July 1 7:30pm Seattle CSN-NE 75–70 Charles (20) Charles (10) Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,748 6–3 10 July 9 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV FS-N 67–90 Montgomery (14) Charles (8) Jones Lawson (3) Target Center 8,205 6–4 11 July 13 1:00pm @ Indiana 78–90 White (17) Charles (11) Montgomery (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,045 6–5 12 July 15 7:00pm @ New York NBATV CSN-NE 68–59 Charles (15) Jones (7) Montgomery (4) Prudential Center 7,722 7–5 13 July 17 5:00pm Indiana 76–71 McCray (22) Charles (14) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,075 8–5 14 July 19 7:30pm New York 85–79 Charles (24) Charles (7) Montgomery (10) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,096 9–5 All-Star break 15 July 26 8:00pm @ Chicago CSN-NE CN100 77–66 Jones (22) Charles (15) Montgomery (6) Allstate Arena 3,091 10–5 16 July 28 7:30pm Indiana 58–69 Charles (13) Charles (10) Montgomery (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,329 10–6 17 July 31 5:00pm Atlanta 99–92 Montgomery (19) Charles (11) Lawson (9) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,955 11–6
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 18 August 3 3:00pm @ Los Angeles NBATV 79–70 Charles (20) Charles (13) Montgomery (6) STAPLES Center 14,266 12–6 19 August 5 10:00pm @ Seattle NBATV 79–81 Montgomery (19) Charles (10) White (4) KeyArena 7,289 12–7 20 August 7 6:00pm @ Phoenix NBATV FS-A 96–95 (OT) Montgomery (28) Charles (17) Greene (6) US Airways Center 8,514 13–7 21 August 9 7:30pm Chicago 69–58 Charles (16) Charles (11) Lawson White (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,049 14–7 22 August 11 7:30pm San Antonio FS-SW 59–72 Jones (16) Jones (10) McCray (2) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,334 14–8 23 August 13 7:00pm Washington 82–75 Charles Montgomery (16) White (10) Jones Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,717 15–8 24 August 16 7:30pm Minnesota CSN-NE 108–79 Montgomery (17) Charles (18) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,323 16–8 25 August 18 7:00pm @ New York NBATV MSG 81–84 (OT) Charles (29) Charles (14) Montgomery (5) Prudential Center 7,245 16–9 26 August 19 7:30pm @ Atlanta NBATV SSO 88–94 (OT) Jones (21) Charles Griffin (11) Montgomery (7) Philips Arena 7,225 16–10 27 August 21 5:00pm Atlanta 96–87 Montgomery (21) Jones (10) Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,636 17–10 28 August 26 7:30pm Phoenix CSN-NE 95–92 Charles (17) Jones (11) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,007 18–10 29 August 28 4:00pm @ Tulsa 72–83 Charles (21) Charles (10) Charles Jones Montgomery (3) BOK Center 4,813 18–11 30 August 30 8:00pm @ San Antonio 66–78 Charles (16) Jones (10) Charles Montgomery (4) AT&T Center 6,934 18–12
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 31 September 2 7:30pm Indiana 83–55 McCray (14) Charles (16) Charles (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,991 19–12 32 September 4 4:00pm @ Washington NBATV CSN-MA 79–48 Charles (24) Charles (15) Montgomery (7) Verizon Center 13,403 20–12 33 September 6 7:30pm @ Atlanta SSO 74–85 Charles (17) Charles (12) Montgomery (7) Philips Arena 6,558 20–13 34 September 11 1:00pm 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 Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 16 7:00pm Atlanta NBATV 84–89 Jones Montgomery (16) McCray (8) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,373 0–1 2 September 18 3:00pm @ Atlanta ESPN2 64-69 Jones (15) Charles (17) Montgomery (6) Philips Arena 6,887 0–2

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
Jessica Breland	4	0	1.5	.500	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.25	0.5
Tina Charles	34	34	33.4	.468	.000	.687	11.0	1.9	0.76	1.76	17.6
Kalana Greene	33	33	23.7	.422	.391	.600	3.8	1.5	0.91	0.36	5.6
Kelsey Griffin	34	2	13.0	.357	.167	.731	3.1	0.5	0.74	0.29	3.6
Allison Hightower	25	2	9.2	.339	.222	.750	0.6	0.5	0.44	0.04	2.0
Asjha Jones	34	34	28.6	.444	.300	.711	6.4	1.9	0.62	0.47	13.3
Kara Lawson	33	8	25.2	.449	.430	.890	2.6	2.9	0.70	0.03	10.4
Danielle McCray	34	23	15.1	.399	.391	.771	2.3	1.2	0.47	0.12	5.9
Renee Montgomery	34	34	29.1	.400	.384	.829	2.1	4.9	1.44	0.09	14.6
Jessica Moore	29	0	6.9	.425	.000	.778	0.8	0.2	0.17	0.07	1.7
DeMya Walker	10	0	8.0	.421	.000	.727	1.6	0.0	0.20	0.00	2.4
Tan White	34	0	22.0	.354	.280	.840	2.9	1.9	1.18	0.18	5.9

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jessica Breland	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tina Charles	2	2	36.0	.313	.000	.625	12.0	2.0	1.00	2.50	12.5
Kalana Greene	2	2	22.0	.389	.600	1.000	2.0	1.0	1.50	1.00	9.5
Kelsey Griffin	2	0	8.0	.200	.000	.500	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.50	1.5
Allison Hightower	2	0	14.5	.571	.667	1.000	2.0	0.5	1.00	0.00	6.0
Asjha Jones	2	2	32.0	.366	.000	.500	6.5	2.5	1.50	1.50	15.5
Kara Lawson	2	0	18.5	.400	.571	.750	0.5	3.5	0.00	0.00	7.5
Danielle McCray	2	2	15.0	.250	.000	1.000	5.5	0.5	0.00	0.00	2.5
Renee Montgomery	2	2	28.5	.471	.333	.875	1.5	4.5	0.50	0.50	13.0
Jessica Moore	2	0	4.0	1.000	.000	1.000	0.5	0.0	0.00	0.00	2.0
Tan White	2	0	21.5	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.5	3.0	1.50	0.00	4.0

Awards and honors

• Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 13, 2011.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 27, 2011.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 18, 2011.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 29, 2011.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the month of June.
• Tina Charles was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Renee Montgomery was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
• Tina Charles finished as a Peak Performer , averaging 11.0 rebounds per game.
• Tina Charles was named to the All-Defensive Second Team .
• Tina Charles was named to the All-WNBA First Team .

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.