2012 Tulsa Shock season

2012 Tulsa Shock season
Coach	Gary Kloppenburg
Arena	BOK Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	9–25 (.265)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2012 WNBA season was the 15th season for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their third in Tulsa.

Transactions

WNBA draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	4	Glory Johnson	United States	Tennessee
2	17 (from S.A.)	Riquna Williams	United States	Miami
3	25	Vicki Baugh	United States	Tennessee
3	29 (from S.A.)	Lynetta Kizer	United States	Maryland

Transaction log

• February 1, 2011: The Shock traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Andrea Riley. ^[1]
• April 11, 2011: The Shock acquired second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft from the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
• January 12: The Shock traded Andrea Riley to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Temeka Johnson. ^[2]
• February 10: The Shock re-signed Amber Holt, Abi Olajuwon, and Shanna Zolman.
• February 13: The Shock re-signed Jennifer Lacy. ^[3]
• February 17: The Shock signed Scholanda Dorrell. ^[4]
• February 27: The Shock signed Jené Morris. ^[5]
• March 5: The Shock signed Chanel Mokango. ^[6]
• April 17: The Shock signed Lorin Dixon.
• April 23: The Shock signed draft picks Vicki Baugh and Lynetta Kizer and waived Abi Olajuwon.
• April 26: The Shock signed draft picks Glory Johnson and Riquna Williams.
• April 27: The Shock signed Marshae Dotson and waived Chanel Mokango.
• May 6: The Shock waived Marshae Dotson. ^[7]
• May 14: The Shock waived Lorin Dixon and Vicki Baugh. ^[8]
• May 15: The Shock waived Amber Holt and Shanna Zolman. ^[9]
• June 17: The Shock waived Jene Morris.
• June 18: The shock signed Amber Holt and Courtney Paris and waived Lynetta Kizer.
• July 2: The Shock traded Karima Christmas to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Roneeka Hodges. ^[10]

Trades

Date	Trade
January 12, 2012	To Tulsa Shock	To Phoenix Mercury
	Temeka Johnson	Andrea Riley
July 2, 2012	To Tulsa Shock	To Indiana Fever
	Roneeka Hodges	Karima Christmas

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Chante Black 2012 injury Temeka Johnson January 12, 2012 Phoenix Mercury Scholanda Dorrell February 17, 2012 San Antonio Silver Stars Glory Johnson April 16, 2012 draft pick Riquna Williams April 16, 2012 draft pick Courtney Paris June 18, 2012 free agent Roneeka Hodges July 2, 2012 Indiana Fever

Subtractions Player Left New team Betty Lennox 2012 free agent Sheryl Swoopes 2012 free agent Tiffany Jackson 2012 maternity leave Andrea Riley January 12, 2012 Phoenix Mercury Abi Olajuwon April 21, 2012 free agent Karima Christmas July 2, 2012 Indiana Fever

Roster

2012 Tulsa Shock roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 11 Black, Chante 6' 5" (1.96m) 188 lb (85kg) 1985-11-12 Duke 2 C 8 Cambage, Liz  (IN) 6' 8" (2.03m) 215 lb (98kg) 1991-02-18 Australia 1 G 5 Dorrell, Scholanda 5' 11" (1.8m) 162 lb (73kg) 1983-01-09 LSU 6 G 15 Hodges, Roneeka 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1982-07-19 Florida State 7 G/F 4 Holt, Amber 6' 0" (1.83m) 170 lb (77kg) 1985-06-07 Middle Tennessee 4 F 25 Johnson, Glory 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1990-07-27 Tennessee R G 2 Johnson, Temeka 5' 3" (1.6m) 142 lb (64kg) 1982-09-06 LSU 7 F 21 Lacy, Jennifer 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1983-03-21 Pepperdine 6 G 12 Latta, Ivory 5' 6" (1.68m) 143 lb (65kg) 1984-09-25 North Carolina 5 C 3 Paris, Courtney 6' 4" (1.93m) 250 lb (113kg) 1987-09-21 Oklahoma 2 F 14 Pedersen, Kayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 1989-04-14 Stanford 1 G 1 Williams, Riquna 5' 7" (1.7m) 165 lb (75kg) 1990-05-28 Miami (FL) R	Head coach Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego) Assistant coaches Jason Glover (Grand Canyon) Kathy McConnell-Miller (Colorado) Athletic trainer Allison Russell (Tulsa) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Glory Johnson	Chante Black Liz Cambage
PF	Kayla Pedersen	Courtney Paris Jennifer Lacy
SF	Amber Holt	Roneeka Hodges
SG	Ivory Latta	Riquna Williams Scholanda Dorrell
PG	Temeka Johnson

Season standings

Western Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx z	27	7	.794	–	16–1	11–6	17–5
Los Angeles Sparks x	24	10	.706	3.0	16–1	8–9	15–7
San Antonio Silver Stars x	21	13	.618	6.0	12–5	9–8	14–8
Seattle Storm x	16	18	.471	11.0	10–7	6–11	11–11
Tulsa Shock o	9	25	.265	18.0	6–11	3–14	5–17
Phoenix Mercury o	7	27	.206	20.0	3–14	4–13	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 5 2:00 @ Atlanta 89-91 Latta (18) Morris (6) Latta (4) Philips Arena 4,340 0-1 2 Fri 11 12:30 Seattle 86-60 G. Johnson Williams (10) Kizer (5) T. Johnson (5) BOK Center 5,297 1-1

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (0–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 19 8:00 San Antonio FS-SW 79-88 T. Johnson (21) G. Johnson (10) T. Johnson (9) BOK Center 7,509 0-1 2 Tue 22 8:00 Phoenix 87-89 T. Johnson Latta (16) Black (7) T. Johnson (7) BOK Center 5,341 0-2 3 Sat 26 7:00 @ Washington 61-64 Latta (16) T. Johnson (5) T. Johnson (4) Verizon Center 11,866 0-3 4 Tue 29 10:30 @ Los Angeles 75-76 Williams (19) G. Johnson Pedersen Williams (5) T. Johnson (5) Staples Center 8,312 0-4
June (2-8) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 5 Fri 1 10:00 @ Seattle 58-76 Lacy (12) G. Johnson Pedersen (6) Williams (3) KeyArena 7,489 0-5 6 Sun 3 6:00 @ Phoenix 72-79 Lacy (19) T. Johnson (9) T. Johnson Latta (3) US Airways Center 7,178 0-6 7 Fri 8 8:30 @ Chicago CN100 91-98 (OT) Latta (25) Pedersen (9) T. Johnson Latta (6) Allstate Arena 5,019 0-7 8 Sat 9 8:00 Minnesota 73-93 Lacy (15) Pedersen (10) T. Johnson (6) BOK Center 5,113 0-8 9 Fri 15 8:00 Seattle 73-86 Lacy (16) G. Johnson Pedersen T. Johnson Latta (5) T. Johnson (8) BOK Center 5,100 0-9 10 Sun 17 4:00 Phoenix 87-75 T. Johnson (22) G. Johnson (9) T. Johnson (5) BOK Center 4,200 1-9 11 Wed 20 10:30 @ Los Angeles 79-95 G. Johnson (19) G. Johnson Paris (8) T. Johnson (4) Staples Center 8,388 1-10 12 Sat 23 8:00 Indiana 70-73 G. Johnson (22) Paris (11) Latta (5) BOK Center 4,209 1-11 13 Tue 26 8:00 Los Angeles 91-75 Williams (27) G. Johnson Pedersen (6) Latta (8) BOK Center 4,102 2-11 14 Fri 29 8:00 Atlanta 92-102 G. Johnson Latta (16) Pedersen (8) T. Johnson (8) BOK Center 4,235 2-12
July (1–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 15 Fri 6 8:00 Connecticut 75-86 Latta (24) G. Johnson (7) Pedersen (5) BOK Center 4,318 2-13 16 Sun 8 4:00 Washington 78-62 Latta (18) Latta (6) T. Johnson Latta (3) BOK Center 4,003 3-13 17 Tue 10 12:30 Minnesota 86-107 Latta (25) 5 players (3) T. Johnson (7) BOK Center 6,012 3-14 18 Thu 12 1:00 @ Minnesota 74-89 G. Johnson (30) G. Johnson (14) Latta (4) Target Center 15,318 3-15 Summer Olympic break
August (1–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 19 Fri 17 8:00 San Antonio 79-89 Williams (17) Pedersen (8) T. Johnson (6) BOK Center 6,270 3-16 20 Sun 19 7:00 @ Minnesota NBATV 59-83 G. Johnson (17) G. Johnson (12) T. Johnson Target Center 10,223 3-17 21 Tue 21 7:00 @ Connecticut 80-82 (OT) T. Johnson Lacy (14) G. Johnson (15) T. Johnson (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,745 3-18 22 Fri 24 8:00 Chicago 81-78 (OT) Hodges Williams (22) G. Johnson (12) G. Johnson (5) BOK Center 5,147 4-18 23 Sat 25 8:00 @ San Antonio FS-SW 71-91 Williams (17) G. Johnson (9) Latta (5) AT&T Center 9,029 4-19 24 Tue 28 7:00 @ Atlanta FS-S 84-80 Hodges (20) G. Johnson (8) T. Johnson (6) Philips Arena 2,813 5-19 25 Thu 30 8:00 Los Angeles 99-85 Latta (21) Holt G. Johnson (6) Latta (14) BOK Center 5,275 6-19 26 Fri 31 8:00 @ Minnesota NBATV 83-92 Williams (21) G. Johnson (6) G. Johnson Latta (4) Target Center 9,213 6-20
September (0–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 27 Thu 6 10:00 @ Seattle 74-101 Latta (18) R. Hodges (7) R. Williams (5) KeyArena 5,948 6-21 28 Sat 8 8:00 Seattle 66-89 Latta (14) Pedersen (7) R. Williams (6) BOK Center 7,415 6-22 29 Wed 12 8:00 San Antonio 67-78 G. Johnson (18) Hodges (6) T. Johnson (4) BOK Center 4,543 6-23 30 Fri 14 10:00 @ Phoenix 92-84 Latta (20) R. Williams G. Johnson (6) R. Williams (4) US Airways Center 6,719 7-23 31 Sun 16 3:00 @ San Antonio 80-70 T. Johnson (18) G. Johnson (11) Latta (4) AT&T Center 5,246 8-23 32 Thu 20 8:00 New York 78-66 T. Johnson (26) G. Johnson (7) T. Johnson (6) BOK Center 5,661 9-23 33 Sat 22 2:00 @ New York NBATV MSG 74-91 Latta (16) Paris Pedersen R. Williams G. Johnson (4) Latta (6) Prudential Center 8,508 9-24 34 Sun 23 5:00 @ Indiana NBATV FS-I 58-91 Latta (16) G. Johnson (11) Latta (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,225 9-25
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

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

References

1. "Sparks trade Andrea Riley for pick". ESPN . February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
2. "Shock Trades Riley To Phoenix For Temeka Johnson". KWTV. January 12, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
3. "Tulsa Shock Re-Signs Lacy To Multi-Year Contract". KOTV. February 13, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
4. "Shock agree with Scholanda Dorrell". ESPN . February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
5. "Tulsa Shock Signs Jene Morris". KOTV. February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
6. "Shock sign center Chanel Mokango". ESPN . March 5, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
7. "Shock makes room on roster for veteran Temeka Johnson". Tulsa World . May 7, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.(subscription required)
8. "Shock cut Vicki Baugh, Lorin Dixon". ESPN . May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
9. "Shanna Zolman, Amber Holt waived by Shock". Tulsa World . May 15, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.(subscription required)
10. "Tulsa Shock trade Christmas to Indiana". Tulsa World . July 2, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.(subscription required)

External links

• 2012 Tulsa Shock season at ESPN