2010 Connecticut Sun season

The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their eighth in Connecticut.

2010 Connecticut Sun season
CoachMike Thibault
ArenaMohegan Sun Arena
Attendance7,490 per game
Results
Record17–17 (.500)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsCharles (15.5)
ReboundsCharles (11.7)
AssistsMontgomery (4.1)
Media
TelevisionCSN-NE
NBATV, ESPN2

Transactions

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Dispersal draft

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Based on the Sun's 2009 record, they would pick 3rd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Sun picked DeMya Walker.

WNBA draft

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

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 1 (from N.Y, via L.A., via Minn.) Tina Charles   United States Connecticut
1 7 (from Tul.) Danielle McCray   United States Kansas
2 15 Allison Hightower   United States LSU
3 27 Johannah Leedham   United Kingdom Franklin Pierce

Transaction log

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  • January 12: The Sun traded Lindsay Whalen and the second overall pick in the 2010 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Renee Montgomery and the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft.[1]
  • February 2: The Sun signed free agent Kara Lawson and re-signed Anete Jekabsone-Zogota to multi-year contracts.
  • February 10: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin to a training camp contract.
  • February 23: The Sun re-signed Tan White.
  • April 7: The Sun traded Amber Holt and Chante Black to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for the seventh pick in the 2010 Draft and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
  • April 8: The Sun announced that Erin Phillips would sit out the season.
  • April 8: The Sun traded their first-round and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the draft rights to Kelsey Griffin.
  • April 15: The Sun waived Tamika Whitmore.[2]
  • April 23: The Sun signed Sha Brooks, Alicia Gladden, May Kotsopoulos, Judie Lomax, Pauline Love and Kaitlin Sowinski to training camp contracts.
  • April 26: The Sun signed Kailey Klein to a training camp contract.
  • May 5: The Sun waived Sha Brooks.
  • May 6: The Sun waived Kaitlin Sowinski, Pauline Love and Kailey Klein.[3]
  • May 14: The Sun waived May Kotsopoulos and Judie Lomax.

Trades

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Date Trade
January 12, 2010 To Connecticut Sun To Minnesota Lynx
Renee Montgomery and first overall pick in 2010 Draft Lindsay Whalen and second overall pick in 2010 Draft
April 7, 2010 To Connecticut Sun To Tulsa Shock
Seventh overall pick in 2010 Draft and second-round pick in 2011 Draft Amber Holt and Chante Black
April 8, 2010 To Connecticut Sun To Minnesota Lynx
Rights to Kelsey Griffin First-round and second-round pick in 2011 Draft

Free agents

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Roster

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Connecticut Sun roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 31   Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) Connecticut
SF 41   Gardin, Kerri 6' 1" (1.85m) 168 lb (76kg) Virginia Tech
F 5   Griffin, Kelsey 6' 2" (1.88m) 179 lb (81kg) Nebraska
C 7   Gruda, Sandrine 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) France
G 23   Hightower, Allison 5' 10" (1.78m) 139 lb (63kg) LSU
SG 10   Jēkabsone-Žogota, Anete 5' 9" (1.75m) 180 lb (82kg) Latvia
PF 15   Jones, Asjha 6' 2" (1.88m) 196 lb (89kg) Connecticut
G 20   Lawson, Kara 5' 8" (1.73m) 169 lb (77kg) Tennessee
G 21   Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) Connecticut
F 22   Walker, DeMya 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) Virginia
SG 14   White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m) 154 lb (70kg) Mississippi State
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
Strength and conditioning coach

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Depth

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Pos. Starter Bench
C Tina Charles Sandrine Gruda
PF Asjha Jones DeMya Walker / Kerri Gardin
SF Kelsey Griffin Anete Jekabsone-Zogota
SG Kara Lawson Tan White
PG Renee Montgomery Allison Hightower

Season standings

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Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Washington Mystics x 22 12 .647 13–4 9–8 13–9
New York Liberty x 22 12 .647 13–4 9–8 14–8
Indiana Fever x 21 13 .618 1.0 13–4 8–9 13–9
Atlanta Dream x 19 15 .559 3.0 10–7 9–8 10–12
Connecticut Sun o 17 17 .500 5.0 12–5 5–12 9–13
Chicago Sky o 14 20 .412 8.0 7–10 7–10 7–15

Schedule

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Preseason

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2010 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 4 11:00am Atlanta 86-79 Charles (21) Charles (9) Montgomery (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
3,779
1-0
2 May 7 7:30pm Poland National Team 89-46 Charles, Kotsopoulos (15) Charles (9) Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,059
2-0
3 May 11 10:30am @ New York 84-89 (3OT) Charles (22) Charles, Walker (13) Lawson, Walker (4) Madison Square Garden
19,763
2-1

Regular season

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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 3:30pm Chicago CN100 74-61 Jekabsone-Zogota (18) Charles, Griffin (10) Griffin, Lawson (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,072
1-0
2 May 21 7:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV
CSN-NE
FS-S
82-97 Charles (22) Charles (11) Montgomery (5) Philips Arena
4,092
1-1
3 May 23 3:00pm Washington 80-65 White (15) Charles (8) Gardin (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,614
2-1
4 May 27 7:30pm Minnesota 105-79 Montgomery (23) Charles (10) Lawson, Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,401
3-1
5 May 30 4:00pm @ Washington 65-69 Charles (13) Charles (9) Montgomery (4) Verizon Center
8,602
3-2
June
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
6 June 4 7:30pm New York 75-68 White (18) Charles (15) Lawson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,493
4-2
7 June 6 1:00pm San Antonio 81-68 Charles (19) Charles (11) Lawson, White (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,292
5-2
8 June 11 7:30pm Indiana CSN-NE 86-77 Montgomery (29) Charles (12) Jekabsone-Zogota (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,603
6-2
9 June 13 6:00pm @ Indiana 67-77 Montgomery (17) Gruda (5) Jekabsone-Zogota (3) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,302
6-3
10 June 18 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 78-75 Charles (26) Charles (19) Jekabsone-Zogota, Jones, White (3) STAPLES Center
8,852
7-3
11 June 20 6:00pm @ Phoenix NBATV
FS-A
96-94 Charles (24) Charles (12) Lawson (5) US Airways Center
6,068
8-3
12 June 22 7:30pm Chicago CN100 77-86 Charles (14) Charles (16) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,981
8-4
13 June 25 7:30pm Phoenix CSN-NE 82-79 Charles (19) Charles (23) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,518
9-4
14 June 27 4:00pm @ New York CSN-NE 68-77 Lawson, Montgomery (13) Charles (16) Montgomery (5) Madison Square Garden
15,293
9-5
15 June 29 8:00pm @ Tulsa COX 101-89 Gruda, Lawson (17) Charles (12) Montgomery (5) BOK Center
3,649
10-5
July
Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
16 July 1 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 80-92 Gruda (17) Gruda (7) Montgomery (5) Allstate Arena
3,061
10-6
17 July 6 8:00pm @ San Antonio ESPN2 66-79 White (17) Charles (13) Lawson (4) AT&T Center
7,264
10-7
18 July 7 7:00pm @ Atlanta SSO 103-108 (OT) Charles (27) Charles (20) Lawson (8) Philips Arena
5,305
10-8
19 July 14 1:00pm @ Indiana 77-68 Gruda (21) Griffin (8) Lawson (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
10,076
11-8
20 July 17 7:00pm Atlanta 96-80 Charles (22) Charles (14) White (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,378
12-8
21 July 20 8:00pm New York ESPN2 74-82 (OT) Montgomery (23) Griffin (9) White (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,478
12-9
22 July 24 7:00pm Los Angeles CSN-NE 80-89 Montgomery (14) Charles, Jones (9) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,097
12-10
23 July 27 7:30pm Washington 88-78 Jones (23) Charles (9) Lawson (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,322
13-10
24 July 30 7:30pm Atlanta 62-94 Jones (16) Charles (12) Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,003
13-11
August
Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
25 August 1 4:00pm @ New York MSG 67-71 Jones (18) Charles (10) Montgomery (5) Madison Square Garden
9,341
13-12
26 August 3 8:00pm @ Minnesota CSN-NE 103-111 (OT) Montgomery (33) Charles (21) Charles, Montgomery (4) Target Center
5,954
13-13
27 August 5 10:30pm @ Seattle ESPN2 82-83 Charles (23) Jones (9) Montgomery (10) KeyArena
7,539
13-14
28 August 8 5:00pm Washington 76-67 Charles, Jones (17) Charles (14) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,076
14-14
29 August 10 7:00pm @ Washington NBATV
CSN-MA
74-84 Montgomery (17) Charles (15) Lawson, Montgomery, White (4) Verizon Center
8,180
14-15
30 August 13 7:30pm Seattle 88-68 Jones (19) Gruda (9) Charles, Lawson, Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,197
15-15
31 August 15 5:00pm Indiana 66-79 Charles (18) Charles (13) Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,915
15-16
32 August 17 7:30pm Tulsa CSN-NE 90-62 Montgomery (22) Charles (10) Charles (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,828
16-16
33 August 20 8:30pm @ Chicago NBATV
CN100
78-71 Montgomery (20) Griffin (11) Lawson (6) Allstate Arena
5,598
17-16
34 August 22 4:00pm @ New York MSG 87-88 (OT) Charles (21) Charles (13) Jones, Montgomery (4) Madison Square Garden
15,989
17-17
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Statistics

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tina Charles 34 34 31.0 .487 .000 .763 11.7 1.5 0.74 1.68 15.5
Kerri Gardin 25 0 8.2 .270 .091 .667 1.2 0.6 0.36 0.12 1.2
Kelsey Griffin 34 19 20.0 .350 .271 .774 4.7 1.1 0.68 0.50 4.4
Sandrine Gruda 28 6 22.7 .491 .182 .760 4.5 1.2 0.68 0.75 11.5
Allison Hightower 20 1 10.4 .317 .167 .813 1.3 0.5 0.70 0.10 2.7
Anete Jekabsone-Zogota 20 14 17.6 .389 .351 1.000 2.0 1.7 0.45 0.25 7.2
Asjha Jones 30 29 25.8 .448 .300 .848 4.9 2.2 0.43 0.43 10.8
Kara Lawson 34 32 25.1 .409 .359 .895 2.6 3.5 0.41 0.00 8.3
Renee Montgomery 34 23 27.6 .401 .349 .855 2.2 4.1 1.38 0.09 13.3
DeMya Walker 31 2 11.0 .419 .000 .826 2.1 0.8 0.45 0.16 4.1
Tan White 34 10 25.2 .420 .366 .800 2.7 2.3 1.59 0.12 10.1

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Lynx trade for ex-Gopher star Lindsay Whalen". Star Tribune. January 13, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Stout, Matt (April 15, 2010). "WNBA: Sun waive Whitmore after reaching buyout". The Bulletin. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ^ Stout, Matt (May 6, 2010). "WNBA: Sun waive 3 more; Jekabsone-Zogota to arrive". The Bulletin. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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