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
Coach	Mike Thibault
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Attendance	7,490 per game
Results
Record	17–17 (.500)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Charles (15.5)
Rebounds	Charles (11.7)
Assists	Montgomery (4.1)
Media
Television	CSN-NE NBATV, ESPN2
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Transactions

Dispersal draft

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

WNBA Draft

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 14: The Sun waived May Kotsopoulos and Judie Lomax.

Trades

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

Additions Player Signed Former team DeMya Walker December 14, 2009 Sacramento Monarchs Renee Montgomery January 12, 2010 Minnesota Lynx Kara Lawson February 2, 2010 Sacramento Monarchs Anete Jekabsone-Zogota February 2, 2010 re-signed Kerri Gardin February 10, 2010 re-signed Tan White February 23, 2010 re-signed Kelsey Griffin April 8, 2010 Minnesota Lynx

Subtractions Player Left New team Lindsay Whalen January 12, 2010 Minnesota Lynx Amber Holt April 7, 2010 Tulsa Shock Chante Black April 7, 2010 Tulsa Shock Erin Phillips April 8, 2010 hiatus Tamika Whitmore April 15, 2010 free agent

Roster

Connecticut Sun roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From C 31 Charles, Tina 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Connecticut SF 41 Gardin, Kerri 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) Virginia Tech F 5 Griffin, Kelsey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Nebraska C 7 Gruda, Sandrine 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) France G 23 Hightower, Allison 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 139 lb (63 kg) LSU SG 10 Jēkabsone-Žogota, Anete 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Latvia PF 15 Jones, Asjha 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Connecticut G 20 Lawson, Kara 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 169 lb (77 kg) Tennessee G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Connecticut F 22 Walker, DeMya 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Virginia SG 14 White, Tan 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 154 lb (70 kg) Mississippi State	Head coach Mike Thibault (St. Martin's) Assistant coaches Scott Hawk (Nebraska-Omaha) Bernadette Mattox (Georgia) Athletic trainer Jeremy Norman (Keene State) Strength and conditioning coach Jodi Hopkins (Ohio) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

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

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

Preseason

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

2010 Game Log: Regular Season
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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

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
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

• Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 12, 2010.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for May.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for June.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for July.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for August.
• Tina Charles was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA reserve.
• Renee Montgomery was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA reserve.
• Tina Charles was named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Kelsey Griffin was named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Tina Charles was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.

References

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