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2012 Atlanta Dream season


F. Williams (7-3) ESPN2, NBATV

The 2012 Atlanta Dream season was the 5th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 5th season under head coach, Marynell Meadors.

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
214Tiffany HayesConnecticut
332Isabelle Yacoubou (pick later voided)France

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 4, 2012Extended Qualifying Offers to Courtney Paris, Armintie Herrington, Alison Bales, and Yelena Leuchanka
January 15, 2012Cored Erika de Souza
January 31, 2012Shalee Lehning announces her retirement from the WNBA
February 8, 2012Signed Cathrine Kraayeveld
February 9, 2012Signed Yelena Leuchanka
February 10, 2012Signed Aneika Henry-Morello to a training-camp contract
February 14, 2012Signed Laurie Koehn to training-camp contract
February 15, 2012Signed Coco Miller and Courtney Paris to training-camp contracts
March 3, 2012Signed Ketia Swanier
March 7, 2012Signed Armintie Herrington
March 8, 2012Signed Erika de Souza
April 6, 2012Signed Romina Ciappina to a training-camp contract
April 13, 2012Alison Bales announces her retirement from the WNBA
April 20, 2012Signed Tiffany Hayes to a rookie-scale contract
Signed Chelsea Regins and Aishah Sutherland to training-camp contracts
April 25, 2012Signed Brittany Johnson to a training-camp contract
May 8, 2012Waived Romina Ciappina, Chelsea Regins, Brittany Johnson, and Aishah Sutherland
May 16, 2012Waived Coco Miller
June 3, 2012Waived Courtney Paris
June 4, 2012Signed Jessica Moore
July 2, 2012Waived Jessica Moore
July 5, 2012Signed Jessica Moore to a 7-day contract
July 12, 2012Signed Jessica Moore to a 2nd 7-day contract

Roster

Depth

Pos.StarterBenchCPFSFSGPG
Erika de SouzaYelena Leuchanka
Sancho LyttleAneika Henry
Angel McCoughtryCathrine Kraayeveld
Tiffany Hayes
Armintie PriceLaurie Koehn
Lindsey HardingKetia Swanier

Schedule

Preseason

| Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}} |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Sat 5 || 2:00 || Tulsa || || 91-89 || Koehn (21) || Henry (9) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 4,340 || 1-0 |-

Regular season

Total: 19–15 (Home: 11–6; Road: 8–9)}} | Game| Date| Time (ET)| Opponent| TV| Score| High points| High rebounds| High assists| Location/Attendance| Record}} |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || Sat 19 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || SSO FS-I || 84-92 || McCoughtry (26) || Lyttle (10) || Harding (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,403 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || Fri 25 || 7:30 || New York || SSO || 100-74 || McCoughtry (23) || Leuchanka (7) || McCoughtry (7) || Philips Arena 6,802 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || Sun 27 || 3:00 || Indiana || SSO || 62-78 || McCoughtry (21) || Lyttle (9) || Price Swanier (2) || Philips Arena 7,282 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || Thu 31 || 7:00 || Phoenix || SSO || 81-65 || Kraayeveld Lyttle (12) || Kraayeveld (9) || Price (6) || Philips Arena 4,887 || 2-2 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || Sat 2 || 7:00 || Chicago || SSO CN100 || 92-94 (OT) || McCoughtry (33) || Lyttle Price Swanier (4) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 4,503 || 2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || Tue 5 || 7:00 || @ New York || || 72-79 || McCoughtry (21) || McCoughtry (14) || Price (4) || Prudential Center 4,823 || 2-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || Fri 8 || 7:30 || San Antonio || SSO || 60-57 || McCoughtry (16) || Lyttle (9) || McCoughtry (5) || Philips Arena 4,501 || 3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || Sun 10 || 5:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 73-92 || McCoughtry (23) || Lyttle (8) || Harding (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,526 || 3-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || Fri 15 || 7:30 || Los Angeles || SSO || 92-59 || McCoughtry (31) || Henry (9) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 8,872 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || Sun 17 || 3:00 || Connecticut || SSO || 73-75 || Price (20) || Lyttle (9) || Price (6) || Philips Arena 4,323 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || Tue 19 || 7:00 || New York || FS-S || 60-73 || Harding Lyttle (13) || Lyttle (13) || Price (5) || Philips Arena 4,134 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || Sun 24 || 4:00 || @ New York || MSG || 74-64 || McCoughtry (23) || McCoughtry (8) || Swanier (9) || Prudential Center 6,754 || 5-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || Tue 26 || 12:00 || Indiana || SSO || 70-58 || McCoughtry (22) || Kraayeveld (10) || Harding (5) || Philips Arena 8,388 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || Fri 29 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 102-92 || McCoughtry (24) || Lyttle (8) || Harding (7) || BOK Center 4,235 || 7-7 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || Sun 1 || 6:00 || @ Chicago || CN100 || 69-71 || McCoughtry (21) || Lyttle (7) || Harding Hayes (3) || Allstate Arena 6,093 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || Sat 7 || 10:00 || @ Phoenix || || 100-93 (2OT) || Lyttle (31) || Lyttle (10) || Swanier (5) || US Airways Center 7,948 || 8-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || Sun 8 || 8:30 || @ Los Angeles || NBATV KDOC || 63-79 || Lyttle (17) || Henry (8) || Harding (5) || Staples Center 11,019 || 8-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || Wed 11 || 3:00 || @ Seattle || || 70-59 || Lyttle (21) || Hayes (8) || Harding (5) || KeyArena 9,686 || 9-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || Fri 13 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || SSO FS-SW || 70-91 || Lyttle (21) || Lyttle (12) || Harding (6) || AT&T Center 13,426 || 9-10

-
-
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
20
5,593
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
21
SSO
FS-I
Price (6)
9,302
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
22
FS-S
CN100
Lyttle (7)
Swanier
Lyttle (5)
4,010
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
23
CSN-MA
Hayes (5)
9,697
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
24
McCoughtry (14)
7,224
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
25
Lyttle (9)
2,813
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
26
3,381
-
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
27
SSO
Hayes
Harding (4)
5,020
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
28
FS-S
FS-I
4,112
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
29
9,308
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
30
Harding (15)
6,898
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
31
FS-S
Harding (5)
5,558
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
32
7,368
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
33
4,188
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
34
Harding
Hayes (3)
9,143
-
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 28 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 75-66 || Harding (23) || Lyttle McCoughtry (9) || Harding (7) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,776 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 30 || 4:00 || Indiana || ESPN || 88-103 || McCoughtry (22) || de Souza (9) || Harding (6) || Philips Arena 6,890 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 2 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || NBATV || 64-75 || Harding (17) || de Souza Harding (7) || Price (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,840 || 1-2 |-

Standings

Playoffs

Statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Angel McCoughtry241729.944.733.780.05.02.92.51.121.4
Sancho Lyttle343431.641.225.575.87.62.52.40.714.0
Lindsey Harding343230.642.524.181.82.84.51.40.212.3
Erika de Souza151529.952.30.069.68.21.61.31.511.6
Tiffany Hayes341723.139.027.378.63.12.10.80.48.6
Armintie Herrington343326.650.90.060.23.72.51.10.38.4
Aneika Henry341418.046.80.076.24.10.40.50.94.8
Cathrine Kraayeveld33115.442.140.233.32.80.80.40.54.6
Yelena Leuchanka19513.738.10.071.42.70.60.50.53.1
Ketia Swanier34211.431.716.773.11.41.90.40.02.2
Jessica Moore805.466.70.075.01.30.00.00.01.9
Laurie Koehn2304.934.133.30.00.40.10.10.01.8
Courtney Paris407.350.00.00.02.00.00.50.51.5

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Lindsey Harding3338.042.625.088.94.75.32.70.319.0
Angel McCoughtry3333.341.225.081.85.73.32.31.318.0
Sancho Lyttle3334.336.20.075.07.00.73.00.712.3
Erika de Souza3329.741.40.0100.06.30.30.70.78.7
Armintie Herrington3330.036.40.072.73.73.32.30.38.0
Tiffany Hayes3016.336.433.3100.02.31.71.70.34.3
Aneika Henry3010.075.00.0100.01.70.00.00.72.7
Ketia Swanier203.066.750.00.00.00.00.00.02.5
Cathrine Kraayeveld306.3100.0100.00.01.00.30.00.31.0

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Angel McCoughtryEastern Conference Player of the WeekJuly 2
Sancho LyttleEastern Conference Player of the WeekAugust 27
All-Defensive First TeamSeptember 28title=Indiana Fever's Catchings and Chicago Sky's Fowles Headline the 2012 WNBA All-Defensive Teamurl=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/playoffs/2012/all_defensive_team_120928.htmlwebsite=wnba.compublisher=WNBAaccess-date=July 5, 2022}}
Lindsey HardingEastern Conference Player of the WeekSeptember 10
Armintie PriceAll-Defensive Second TeamSeptember 28
Tiffany HayesWNBA All-Rookie TeamOctober 7

References

References

  1. "DREAM GUARD SHALEE LEHNING ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT". WNBA.
  2. "Atlanta Dream Re-Signs Center Yelena Leuchanka". Our Sports Central.
  3. "ATLANTA DREAM SIGNS FORWARD ANEIKA HENRY". WNBA.
  4. "Atlanta Dream Signs Guard Laurie Koehn". Our Sports Central.
  5. "Atlanta Dream Re-Signs Coco Miller and Courtney Paris". Our Sports Central.
  6. "Swanier Headed Home!!". 2x Inc..
  7. "De Souza and Price re-sign with Dream". WFMY News2.
  8. "Alison Bales leaves WNBA for school". ESPN.
  9. Hoopfeed.com. "Atlanta Dream waived Coco Miller, put Erika de Souza on suspended list. Roster at 11. #wnba".
  10. "WNBA 2012: Dream Waives Courtney Parris To Make Room For Jessica Moore". SB Nation.
  11. "Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week". Our Sports Central.
  12. "Atlanta's Lyttle and Los Angeles' Toliver Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week Presented by Boost Mobile". WNBA.
  13. "Indiana Fever's Catchings and Chicago Sky's Fowles Headline the 2012 WNBA All-Defensive Team". WNBA.
  14. "Harding, Moore named Players of the Week". WTSP.
  15. "Nneka Ogwumike, Glory Johnson Headline 2012 All-Rookie Team". WNBA.
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