2012 Connecticut Sun season

Transactions

WNBA draft

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

Transaction log

• April 11, 2011: The Sun traded a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Tahnee Robinson trade.
• February 6: The Sun signed Mistie Mims.
• February 28: The Sun signed Sidney Spencer and Jessica Breland.
• March 16: The Sun signed Dawn Evans.
• April 17: The Sun signed Brittany Carter.
• April 26: The Sun signed draft pick Chay Shegog.
• April 30: The Sun signed Stefanie Murphy.
• May 5: The Sun waived Brittany Carter.
• May 8: The Sun waived Jessica Breland and Stefanie Murphy.
• May 15: The Sun waived Dawn Evans.
• May 16: The Sun waived Sidney Spencer.
• August 14: The Sun waived Chay Shegog.
• August 15: The Sun signed Jessica Moore.

Personnel changes

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Depth

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Mon 7 || 7:00 || New York || || 96-81 || Greene Jones (12) || McCray (6) || Lawson (7)|| Mohegan Sun Arena 4,287 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || Thu 10 || 7:00 || Minnesota || CPTV-S || 85-87 || Lawson (19) ||Griffin (9) || Montgomery (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 4,835 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || Mon 14 || 7:00 || @ Washington || || 64-83 || Jones (17) || Griffin Shegog (5) || Lawson (4) || Verizon Center 5,142 || 1-2 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Sat 19 || 4:00 || @ New York || MSG+ || 78-73 || Charles (19) || Charles (13) || Lawson (6) || Madison Square Garden 8,112 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || Sun 20 || 5:00 || New York || CPTV-S || 92-77 || Charles (25) || Charles (11) || Montgomery (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,118 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || Fri 25 || 7:00 || San Antonio || CPTV-S || 83-79 || Montgomery (23) || Charles (8) || Hightower Jones (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,115 || 3-0 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || Fri 1 || 7:00 || Minnesota || CPTV-S || 72-85 || Charles (20) || Charles (12) || Lawson (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,249 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || Sun 3 || 3:00 || Washington || CPTV-S || 94-86 || Charles (30) || Charles (9) || Charles Greene Lawson (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,065 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || Fri 8 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || || 89-81 || Lawson (18) || Charles (14) || Charles McCray Montgomery (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,041 || 5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || Sun 10 || 5:00 || Atlanta || CPTV-S || 92-73 || Charles (22) || Charles (11) || Hightower (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,526 || 6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || Wed 13 || 8:00 || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 81-87 || Charles (19) || Charles (13) || Lawson (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,058 || 6-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || Fri 15 || 7:00 || New York || || 97-55 || Charles (20) || Charles Jones (8) || Greene (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,522 || 7-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || Sun 17 || 3:00 || @ Atlanta || SSO || 75-73 || Charles (23) || Charles (22) || Lawson (4) || Philips Arena 4,323 || 8-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || Tue 19 || 7:00 || Indiana || CPTV-S || 88-85 (OT) || Lawson (22) || Charles Jones (8) || Greene Lawson (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,503 || 9-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || Thu 21 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || CPTV-S FS-I || 61-95 || Mims (11) || Charles (8) || Lawson (2) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,326 || 9-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || Fri 29 || 7:00 || @ Washington || CPTV-S CSN-MA || 77-64 || Jones (20) || Jones (11) || Hightower (4) || Verizon Center 6,975 || 10-3 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || Sun 1 || 5:00 || Seattle || CPTV-S || 83-89 (OT) || Lawson (22) || Charles (14) || Hightower (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,201 || 10-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || Fri 6 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 86-79 || Charles (24) || Charles Jones (10) || Lawson (6) || BOK Center 4,318 || 11-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || Sat 7 || 8:00 || @ Minnesota || NBATV CPTV-S || 86-80 || Lawson (22) || Charles (15) || Hightower (5) || Target Center 10,882 || 12-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || Tue 10 || 11:30am || @ Washington || CPTV-S CSN-MA || 77-70 || Lawson (17) || Charles (8) || Charles Greene (4) || Verizon Center 12,569 || 13-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || Wed 11 || 7:00 || Washington || || 85-73 || Jones (22) || Jones (9) || Montgomery (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,804 || 14-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || Fri 13 || 8:30 || @ Chicago || CPTV-S CN100 || 80-78 (OT) || Charles (25) || Charles (13) || Montgomery (4) || Allstate Arena 5,988 || 15-4

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 27 || 8:00 || New York || ESPN2 || 65-60 || Charles (17) || Jones (9) || Hightower Lawson (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,520 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 29 || 7:00 || @ New York || NBATV || 75-62 || Charles (25) || Charles (14) || Lawson (6) || Prudential Center 7,854 || 2-0 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || October 5 || 8:00 || Indiana || ESPN2 || 76-64 || Charles (18) || Charles (15) || Montgomery (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,599 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 8 || 8:00 || @ Indiana || ESPN2 || 76-78 || Lawson (18) || Jones (10) || Jones Montgomery (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,225 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 11 || 8:30 || Indiana || ESPN2 || 71-87 || Charles (18) || Charles (10) || Lawson (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,516 || 1-2 |-

References

References

1. (May 16, 2012). "Local roundup: Connecticut Sun trim roster". [[The Bulletin (Norwich).
2. (April 17, 2012). "WNBA: Connecticut Sun sign Brittany Carter to training camp contract". [[CT Insider]].
3. Allard, Marc. (May 9, 2012). "Sun cut 2 more to trip roster". [[Journal Star (Peoria).
4. (May 16, 2012). "Sun Cut Sidney Spencer To Reach 11-Player Limit". [[Hartford Courant]].
5. (August 15, 2012). "Connecticut Sun Add Jessica Moore; Ready To Play After Long Layoff". [[Hartford Courant]].