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2011 Connecticut Sun season

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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.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
216Sydney ColsonTexas A&M
328Adrienne JohnsonLouisiana Tech

Transaction log

  • February 3: The Sun re-signed Tan White and Kerri Gardin.
  • February 14: The Sun signed draft pick Danielle McCray.
  • April 8: The Sun signed Rachele Fitz to a training camp contract.
  • 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.
  • July 24: The Sun signed Jessica Breland to a seven-day contract.

Trades

DateTrade
April 11, 2011To Connecticut Sun
Tahnee Robinsonthird-round pick in 2012 Draft
April 11, 2011To Connecticut Sun
Kalana GreeneSydney Colson

Personnel changes

Additions

Jessica BrelandJuly 24, 2011free agent

Subtractions

DeMya WalkerJuly 22, 2011free agent

Roster

Depth

Pos.StarterBenchCPFSFSGPG
Tina CharlesJessica Moore
Asjha JonesKelsey Griffin
Jessica Breland
Kalana GreeneTan White
Danielle McCrayKara Lawson
Renee MontgomeryAllison Hightower

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 19 || 7:00pm || China || 101–63 || Greene, Griffin (13) || Charles (10) || Montgomery (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 4,666 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 25 || 7:00pm || San Antonio || 56–80 || White (15) || Charles (17) || Lawson (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 4,801 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || June 4 || 7:00pm || Washington || || 89–73 || Charles (18) || Jones (7) || Lawson (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,666 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 10 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || || 75–78 || Montgomery (22) || Greene (6) || Lawson Montgomery White (4) || Allstate Arena 6,609 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 12 || 3:00pm || Tulsa || || 90–79 || Charles (19) || Charles (8) || Montgomery (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,520 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 16 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 79–71 || Charles (26) || Charles (10) || Montgomery (5) || Verizon Center 7,028 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 19 || 1:00pm || Chicago || || 83–68 || Charles (31) || Charles (12) || Jones (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,875 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 23 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 101–107 (2OT) || Montgomery (33) || Charles (13) || Montgomery (6) || Allstate Arena 3,319 || 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 25 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATV CSN-NE || 70–75 || Montgomery (19) || Charles (11) || Montgomery (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,100 || 4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 28 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 79–76 || Charles (22) || Charles (23) || Montgomery (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,515 || 5–3 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || July 1 || 7:30pm || Seattle || CSN-NE || 75–70 || Charles (20) || Charles (10) || Montgomery (8) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,748 || 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 9 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATV FS-N || 67–90 || Montgomery (14) || Charles (8) || Jones Lawson (3) || Target Center 8,205 || 6–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || July 13 || 1:00pm || @ Indiana || || 78–90 || White (17) || Charles (11) || Montgomery (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,045 || 6–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 15 || 7:00pm || @ New York || NBATV CSN-NE || 68–59 || Charles (15) || Jones (7) || Montgomery (4) || Prudential Center 7,722 || 7–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 17 || 5:00pm || Indiana || || 76–71 || McCray (22) || Charles (14) || Montgomery (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,075 || 8–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 19 || 7:30pm || New York || || 85–79 || Charles (24) || Charles (7) || Montgomery (10) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,096 || 9–5 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 26 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CSN-NE CN100 || 77–66 || Jones (22) || Charles (15) || Montgomery (6) || Allstate Arena 3,091 || 10–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 28 || 7:30pm || Indiana || || 58–69 || Charles (13) || Charles (10) || Montgomery (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,329 || 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 31 || 5:00pm || Atlanta || || 99–92 || Montgomery (19) || Charles (11) || Lawson (9) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,955 || 11–6 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || August 3 || 3:00pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATV || 79–70 || Charles (20) || Charles (13) || Montgomery (6) || STAPLES Center 14,266 || 12–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || August 5 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATV || 79–81 || Montgomery (19) || Charles (10) || White (4) || KeyArena 7,289 || 12–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 9 || 7:30pm || Chicago || || 69–58 || Charles (16) || Charles (11) || Lawson White (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,049 || 14–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 11 || 7:30pm || San Antonio || FS-SW || 59–72 || Jones (16) || Jones (10) || McCray (2) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,334 || 14–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 13 || 7:00pm || Washington || || 82–75 || Charles Montgomery (16) || White (10) || Jones Lawson (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,717 || 15–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 16 || 7:30pm || Minnesota || CSN-NE || 108–79 || Montgomery (17) || Charles (18) || Montgomery (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,323 || 16–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 18 || 7:00pm || @ New York || NBATV MSG || 81–84 (OT) || Charles (29) || Charles (14) || Montgomery (5) || Prudential Center 7,245 || 16–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 19 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV SSO || 88–94 (OT) || Jones (21) || Charles Griffin (11) || Montgomery (7) || Philips Arena 7,225 || 16–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 21 || 5:00pm || Atlanta || || 96–87 || Montgomery (21) || Jones (10) || Montgomery (8) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,636 || 17–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 26 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || CSN-NE || 95–92 || Charles (17) || Jones (11) || Montgomery (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,007 || 18–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 28 || 4:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 72–83 || Charles (21) || Charles (10) || Charles Jones Montgomery (3) || BOK Center 4,813 || 18–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || August 30 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 66–78 || Charles (16) || Jones (10) || Charles Montgomery (4) || AT&T Center 6,934 || 18–12 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 2 || 7:30pm || Indiana || || 83–55 || McCray (14) || Charles (16) || Charles (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,991 || 19–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 4 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || NBATV CSN-MA || 79–48 || Charles (24) || Charles (15) || Montgomery (7) || Verizon Center 13,403 || 20–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || September 6 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 74–85 || Charles (17) || Charles (12) || Montgomery (7) || Philips Arena 6,558 || 20–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 16 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || NBATV || 84–89 || Jones Montgomery (16) || McCray (8) || Lawson (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,373 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 18 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || ESPN2 || 64-69 || Jones (15) || Charles (17) || Montgomery (6) || Philips Arena 6,887 || 0–2 |-

Statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
401.5.500.000.0000.00.00.000.250.5
343433.4.468.000.68711.01.90.761.7617.6
333323.7.422.391.6003.81.50.910.365.6
34213.0.357.167.7313.10.50.740.293.6
2529.2.339.222.7500.60.50.440.042.0
343428.6.444.300.7116.41.90.620.4713.3
33825.2.449.430.8902.62.90.700.0310.4
342315.1.399.391.7712.31.20.470.125.9
343429.1.400.384.8292.14.91.440.0914.6
2906.9.425.000.7780.80.20.170.071.7
1008.0.421.000.7271.60.00.200.002.4
34022.0.354.280.8402.91.91.180.185.9

Postseason

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
00–––––––––
2236.0.313.000.62512.02.01.002.5012.5
2222.0.389.6001.0002.01.01.501.009.5
208.0.200.000.5000.00.00.000.501.5
2014.5.571.6671.0002.00.51.000.006.0
2232.0.366.000.5006.52.51.501.5015.5
2018.5.400.571.7500.53.50.000.007.5
2215.0.250.0001.0005.50.50.000.002.5
2228.5.471.333.8751.54.50.500.5013.0
204.01.000.0001.0000.50.00.000.002.0
2021.51.0001.0001.0002.53.01.500.004.0

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

References

  1. (February 3, 2011). "Connecticut Sun re-sign veteran guard". [[The Bulletin (Norwich).
  2. Allard, Marc. (April 9, 2011). "WNBA: Sun coach expecting quiet draft for team". [[The Bulletin (Norwich).
  3. (July 23, 2011). "Connecticut Sun part ways with DeMya Walker". [[The Bulletin (Norwich).
  4. (July 24, 2011). "Connecticut Sun Sign Jessica Breland To Seven-Day Contract". [[CBS News]].
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