2012 Connecticut Sun season

2012 Connecticut Sun season
Coach	Mike Thibault
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Attendance	7,266 per game
Results
Record	25–9 (.735)
Place	1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Finals
Team Leaders
Points	Charles (18.0)
Rebounds	Charles (10.5)
Assists	Lawson (4.0)
Media
Television	CPTV-S ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2012 WNBA season was the 14th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their tenth in Connecticut.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	9	Astan Dabo	Mali	Mali
2	21	Chay Shegog	United States	North Carolina

Transaction log

• April 11, 2011: The Sun traded a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Tahnee Robinson trade.
• February 6: The Sun signed Mistie Mims.
• February 28: The Sun signed Sidney Spencer and Jessica Breland.
• March 16: The Sun signed Dawn Evans. ^[1]
• April 17: The Sun signed Brittany Carter. ^[2]
• April 26: The Sun signed draft pick Chay Shegog.
• April 30: The Sun signed Stefanie Murphy.
• May 5: The Sun waived Brittany Carter.
• May 8: The Sun waived Jessica Breland and Stefanie Murphy. ^[3]
• May 15: The Sun waived Dawn Evans. ^[1]
• May 16: The Sun waived Sidney Spencer. ^[4]
• August 14: The Sun waived Chay Shegog.
• August 15: The Sun signed Jessica Moore. ^[5]

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Mistie Mims February 6, 2012 Chicago Sky

Subtractions Player Left New team Jessica Breland May 8, 2012 free agent

Roster

Depth

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

Season standings

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun y	25	9	.735	–	12–5	13–4	18–4
Indiana Fever x	22	12	.647	3.0	13–4	9–8	15–7
Atlanta Dream x	19	15	.559	6.0	11–6	8–9	12–10
New York Liberty x	15	19	.441	10.0	9–8	6–11	10–12
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	11.0	7–10	7–10	8–14
Washington Mystics o	5	29	.147	20.0	4–13	1–16	3–19

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Mon 7 7:00 New York 96-81 Greene Jones (12) McCray (6) Lawson (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,287 1-0 2 Thu 10 7:00 Minnesota CPTV-S 85-87 Lawson (19) Griffin (9) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,835 1-1 3 Mon 14 7:00 @ Washington 64-83 Jones (17) Griffin Shegog (5) Lawson (4) Verizon Center 5,142 1-2

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (3–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 19 4:00 @ New York MSG+ 78-73 Charles (19) Charles (13) Lawson (6) Madison Square Garden 8,112 1-0 2 Sun 20 5:00 New York CPTV-S 92-77 Charles (25) Charles (11) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,118 2-0 3 Fri 25 7:00 San Antonio CPTV-S 83-79 Montgomery (23) Charles (8) Hightower Jones (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,115 3-0
June (7–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 4 Fri 1 7:00 Minnesota CPTV-S 72-85 Charles (20) Charles (12) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,249 3-1 5 Sun 3 3:00 Washington CPTV-S 94-86 Charles (30) Charles (9) Charles Greene Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,065 4-1 6 Fri 8 7:00 @ Indiana 89-81 Lawson (18) Charles (14) Charles McCray Montgomery (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,041 5-1 7 Sun 10 5:00 Atlanta CPTV-S 92-73 Charles (22) Charles (11) Hightower (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,526 6-1 8 Wed 13 8:00 Los Angeles ESPN2 81-87 Charles (19) Charles (13) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,058 6-2 9 Fri 15 7:00 New York 97-55 Charles (20) Charles Jones (8) Greene (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,522 7-2 10 Sun 17 3:00 @ Atlanta SSO 75-73 Charles (23) Charles (22) Lawson (4) Philips Arena 4,323 8-2 11 Tue 19 7:00 Indiana CPTV-S 88-85 (OT) Lawson (22) Charles Jones (8) Greene Lawson (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,503 9-2 12 Thu 21 7:00 @ Indiana CPTV-S FS-I 61-95 Mims (11) Charles (8) Lawson (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,326 9-3 13 Fri 29 7:00 @ Washington CPTV-S CSN-MA 77-64 Jones (20) Jones (11) Hightower (4) Verizon Center 6,975 10-3
July (5–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 14 Sun 1 5:00 Seattle CPTV-S 83-89 (OT) Lawson (22) Charles (14) Hightower (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,201 10-4 15 Fri 6 8:00 @ Tulsa 86-79 Charles (24) Charles Jones (10) Lawson (6) BOK Center 4,318 11-4 16 Sat 7 8:00 @ Minnesota NBATV CPTV-S 86-80 Lawson (22) Charles (15) Hightower (5) Target Center 10,882 12-4 17 Tue 10 11:30am @ Washington CPTV-S CSN-MA 77-70 Lawson (17) Charles (8) Charles Greene (4) Verizon Center 12,569 13-4 18 Wed 11 7:00 Washington 85-73 Jones (22) Jones (9) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,804 14-4 19 Fri 13 8:30 @ Chicago CPTV-S CN100 80-78 (OT) Charles (25) Charles (13) Montgomery (4) Allstate Arena 5,988 15-4 Summer Olympic break
August (4–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 20 Thu 16 7:00 @ New York NBATV MSG 66-79 Montgomery (16) Charles (12) Lawson (4) Prudential Center 5,865 15-5 21 Sat 18 7:00 New York CPTV-S 85-74 Charles (23) Charles (9) Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,232 16-5 22 Tue 21 7:00 Tulsa 82-80 (OT) Lawson (19) Mims (11) Lawson Montgomery (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,745 17-5 23 Sun 26 5:00 Chicago CPTV-S 70-82 Hightower (17) Charles (8) Lawson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,390 17-6 24 Tue 28 8:00 @ Chicago CPTV-S CN100 83-72 Charles (24) Charles (14) Lawson (6) Allstate Arena 2,884 18-6 25 Thu 30 8:00 @ San Antonio 84-73 Charles (20) Charles Griffin (10) Hightower (8) AT&T Center 5,023 19-6
September (6–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 26 Sun 2 3:00 @ Atlanta NBATV SSO 80-87 Lawson (16) Charles (11) Lawson (5) Philips Arena 5,020 19-7 27 Tue 4 7:00 @ Washington CPTV-S 77-70 Charles (20) Charles (13) Mims Lawson (4) Verizon Center 5,980 20-7 28 Fri 7 7:00 Phoenix CPTV-S 82-91 Montgomery (25) Mims (9) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,379 20-8 29 Sun 9 5:00 Chicago CPTV-S 82-77 Charles (24) Charles Lawson (6) Lawson (9) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,658 21-8 30 Wed 12 10:00 @ Phoenix ESPN2 CPTV-S 100-78 Lawson (30) Mims (9) Lawson (7) US Airways Center 5,421 22-8 31 Fri 14 11:00 @ Los Angeles NBATV CPTV-S TWC101 82-93 Charles (21) Charles (13) Lawson Montgomery (4) Staples Center 10,503 22-9 32 Sun 16 9:00 @ Seattle CPTV-S KONG 60-58 Lawson (13) Mims (11) 4 players (2) KeyArena 7,748 23-9 33 Wed 19 7:00 Indiana 73-67 Lawson (23) Charles (12) Lawson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,811 24-9 34 Sun 23 5:00 Atlanta CPTV-S 92-72 Lawson (21) Charles (9) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,143 25-9
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 27 8:00 New York ESPN2 65-60 Charles (17) Jones (9) Hightower Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,520 1-0 2 September 29 7:00 @ New York NBATV 75-62 Charles (25) Charles (14) Lawson (6) Prudential Center 7,854 2-0
Eastern Conference Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 October 5 8:00 Indiana ESPN2 76-64 Charles (18) Charles (15) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,599 1-0 2 October 8 8:00 @ Indiana ESPN2 76-78 Lawson (18) Jones (10) Jones Montgomery (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,225 1-1 3 October 11 8:30 Indiana ESPN2 71-87 Charles (18) Charles (10) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,516 1-2

References

1. "Local roundup: Connecticut Sun trim roster". The Bulletin . May 16, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
2. "WNBA: Connecticut Sun sign Brittany Carter to training camp contract". CT Insider . April 17, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
3. Allard, Marc (May 9, 2012). "Sun cut 2 more to trip roster". Journal Star . Retrieved February 21, 2024.
4. "Sun Cut Sidney Spencer To Reach 11-Player Limit". Hartford Courant . May 16, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
5. "Connecticut Sun Add Jessica Moore; Ready To Play After Long Layoff". Hartford Courant . August 15, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.