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WNBA team season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 6th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association . Sky center Sylvia Fowles finished the season as only the second player in WNBA history to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. Pokey Chatman was named the head coach and general manager, after Steven Key resigned following the 2010 season .[ 1]
Trades and Roster Changes [ edit ]
Date
Transaction
October 29, 2010
Hired Pokey Chatman as head coach and general manager[ 1]
December 28, 2010
Hired Jeff House and Christie Sides as assistant coaches[ 2]
January 12, 2011
Extended Qualifying Offers to Mistie Bass and Shay Murphy
April 7, 2011
Signed Jolene Anderson to a training-camp contract[ 3]
April 20, 2011
Signed Angie Bjorklund , Courtney Vandersloot , Carolyn Swords , and Amy Jaeschke to rookie-scale contracts
Traded Jia Perkins to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Michelle Snow [ 4]
Signed Erin Thorn
April 22, 2011
Signed Linda Frohlich [ 5]
May 24, 2011
Waived Jolene Anderson
May 27, 2011
Waived Amy Jaeschke
June 1, 2011
Traded a 2nd round pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton [ 6]
June 2, 2011
Waived Shameka Christon [ 7]
June 21, 2011
Waived Angie Bjorklund [ 8]
July 24, 2011
Signed Shay Murphy to a 7-day contract
July 31, 2011
Signed Shay Murphy to a 2nd 7-day contract
August 7, 2011
Signed Shay Murphy to a 3rd 7-day contract
August 14, 2011
Signed Shay Murphy to a 4th 7-day contract
August 21, 2011
Signed Shay Murphy to a 5th 7-day contract
August 28, 2011
Signed Shay Murphy
2011 Chicago Sky Roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Ht.
Wt.
From
G
3
Canty, Dominique
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
166 lb (75 kg)
03-02-1977
Alabama
C
34
Fowles, Sylvia
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
10-06-1985
LSU
F
33
Kraayeveld, Cathrine
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
183 lb (83 kg)
09-30-1981
Oregon
G
7
Murphy, Shay
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
164 lb (74 kg)
04-15-1985
USC
G
10
Prince, Epiphanny
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
167 lb (76 kg)
01-11-1988
Rutgers
F/C
2
Snow, Michelle
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
158 lb (72 kg)
03-20-1980
Tennessee
C
30
Swords, Carolyn
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
07-19-1989
Boston College
G
5
Thorn, Erin
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
144 lb (65 kg)
05-19-1981
BYU
G
21
Vandersloot, Courtney
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
130 lb (59 kg)
02-08-1989
Gonzaga
F
14
Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
186 lb (84 kg)
05-26-1986
Purdue
F
1
Young, Tamera
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
10-30-1986
James Madison
Head coach
Pokey Chatman (LSU )
Assistant coaches
Jeff House (Nazareth College ) Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech )
Athletic trainer
Michelle Kania (Illinois )
Strength and conditioning coach
Ann Crosby (Western Michigan )
Legend
(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured
2011 Preseason Schedule Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
2011 Regular Season Schedule Total: 14–20 (Home: 10–7; Road: 4–13)
June: 4–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–3)
July: 5–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–4)
Game
Date
Time (ET)
Opponent
TV
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
10
July 1
10:00pm
@ Phoenix
NBATV CN100
84-97
Epiphanny Prince (19)
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (8)
Epiphanny Prince (6)
US Airways Center 9,517
4-6
11
July 5
8:00pm
Washington
CN100
78-65
Sylvia Fowles (34)
Sylvia Fowles (16)
Erin Thorn (4)
Allstate Arena 3,187
5-6
12
July 9
8:00pm
Atlanta
CN100
81-69
Epiphanny Prince (24)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Courtney Vandersloot (9)
Allstate Arena 5,679
6-6
13
July 10
4:00pm
@ New York
NBATV CN100 MSG+
73-80
Fowles Vandersloot (14)
Sylvia Fowles (8)
Tamera Young (4)
Prudential Center 7,315
6-7
14
July 13
12:30pm
Tulsa
74-52
Sylvia Fowles (21)
Sylvia Fowles (13)
Epiphanny Prince (6)
Allstate Arena 13,838
7-7
15
July 16
7:30pm
@ Atlanta
NBATV CN100 FS-S
68-76
Sylvia Fowles (20)
Michelle Snow (12)
Erin Thorn (9)
Philips Arena 7,413
7-8
16
July 19
7:00pm
Seattle
ESPN2
78-69
Sylvia Fowles (24)
Sylvia Fowles (9)
Courtney Vandersloot (7)
Allstate Arena 6,026
8-8
17
July 21
7:00pm
@ Indiana
NBATV CN100 FS-I
63-77
Sylvia Fowles (21)
Michelle Snow (6)
Erin Thorn (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 8,050
8-9
All-Star break
18
July 26
8:00pm
Connecticut
CN100 CSN-NE
66-77
Epiphanny Prince (16)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Tamera Young (5)
Allstate Arena 3,091
8-10
19
July 28
8:00pm
@ Tulsa
64-55
Sylvia Fowles (14)
Michelle Snow (11)
Michelle Snow (5)
BOK Center 4,012
9-10
20
July 30
8:00pm
Los Angeles
CN100
84-88
Erin Thorn (17)
Sylvia Fowles (9)
Epiphanny Prince (5)
Allstate Arena 5,909
9-11
August: 5–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–3)
Game
Date
Time (ET)
Opponent
TV
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
21
August 4
12:00pm
@ New York
NBATV MSG
49-59
Sylvia Fowles (11)
Sylvia Fowles (8)
Epiphanny Prince (3)
Prudential Center 10,133
9-12
22
August 7
6:00pm
Indiana
CN100
88-69
Fowles Murphy (21)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Erin Thorn (4)
Allstate Arena 5,794
10-12
23
August 9
7:30pm
@ Connecticut
58-69
Sylvia Fowles (19)
Tamera Young (15)
Courtney Vandersloot (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,049
10-13
24
August 12
8:30pm
Minnesota
CN100
76-79
Sylvia Fowles (28)
Sylvia Fowles (13)
Courtney Vandersloot (8)
Allstate Arena 6,289
10-14
25
August 14
3:00pm
@ San Antonio
NBATV CN100
85-73
Sylvia Fowles (28)
Sylvia Fowles (17)
Dominique Canty (6)
AT&T Center 7,060
11-14
26
August 20
7:00pm
@ Washington
NBATV CN100
71-70
Sylvia Fowles (25)
Sylvia Fowles (11)
Prince Young (4)
Verizon Center 10,273
12-14
27
August 23
8:00pm
Atlanta
CN100
80-83
Sylvia Fowles (20)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Michelle Snow (3)
Allstate Arena 2,876
12-15
28
August 26
8:30pm
Washington
CN100
80-67
Epiphanny Prince (18)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Thorn Vandersloot (5)
Allstate Arena 4,434
13-15
29
August 28
6:00pm
New York
NBATV CN100
74-73
Fowles Thorn (17)
Sylvia Fowles (14)
Thorn Young (4)
Allstate Arena 5,707
14-15
30
August 30
7:00pm
@ New York
CN100 MSG+
67-71
Sylvia Fowles (22)
Sylvia Fowles (8)
Erin Thorn (4)
Prudential Center 6,334
14-16
September: 0–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–3)
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
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^ "The Sky Acquires Michelle Snow in trade for Jia Perkins" . wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ "Sky Signs Linda Frolich" . oursportscentral.com . Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ "Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton joins Sky" . ESPN.com . ESPN. Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
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