2011 Connecticut Sun season

2011 Connecticut Sun season
Coach	Mike Thibault
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Attendance	7,056 per game
Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Charles (17.6)
Rebounds	Charles (11.0)
Assists	Montgomery (4.9)
Media
Television	CSN-NE ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2011 WNBA season is 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.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	16	Sydney Colson	United States	Texas A&M
3	28	Adrienne Johnson	United States	Louisiana 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

Date	Trade
April 11, 2011	To Connecticut Sun	To Phoenix Mercury
	Tahnee Robinson	third-round pick in 2012 Draft
April 11, 2011	To Connecticut Sun	To New York Liberty
	Kalana Greene	Sydney Colson

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Danielle McCray	February 14, 2011	unsigned 2010 draft pick
Kalana Greene	April 11, 2011	New York Liberty
Jessica Moore	June 3, 2011	free agent
Jessica Breland	July 24, 2011	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Anete Jekabsone-Zogota	February 3, 2011	hiatus
Sandrine Gruda	May 15, 2011	hiatus
Kerri Gardin	June 3, 2011	free agent
DeMya Walker	July 22, 2011	free agent

Roster

2011 Connecticut Sun roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 51 Breland, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 02-23-1988 North Carolina C 31 Charles, Tina 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 12-05-1988 Connecticut G 32 Greene, Kalana 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 07-13-1987 Connecticut F 5 Griffin, Kelsey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 07-02-1987 Nebraska G 23 Hightower, Allison 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 139 lb (63 kg) 04-06-1988 LSU F 15 Jones, Asjha 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) 08-01-1980 Connecticut G 20 Lawson, Kara 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 169 lb (77 kg) 02-14-1981 Tennessee G/F 4 McCray, Danielle 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 10-08-1987 Kansas G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 143 lb (65 kg) 12-02-1986 Connecticut F/C 30 Moore, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 07-09-1982 Connecticut G/F 14 White, Tan 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 09-27-1982 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	Jessica Moore
PF	Asjha Jones	Kelsey Griffin Jessica Breland
SF	Kalana Greene	Tan White
SG	Danielle McCray	Kara Lawson
PG	Renee Montgomery	Allison Hightower

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever x	21	13	.618	–	13–4	8–9	13–9
Connecticut Sun x	21	13	.618	–	15–2	6–11	14–8
Atlanta Dream x	20	14	.588	1.0	11–6	9–8	14–8
New York Liberty x	19	15	.559	2.0	12-5	7–10	11–11
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	7.0	10–7	4–13	10–12
Washington Mystics o	6	28	.176	15.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason

Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 19 7:00pm China 101–63 Greene, Griffin (13) Charles (10) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,666 1–0 2 May 25 7:00pm San Antonio 56–80 White (15) Charles (17) Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,801 1–1 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

Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 16 7:00pm Atlanta NBATV 84–89 Jones Montgomery (16) McCray (8) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,373 0–1 2 September 18 3:00pm @ Atlanta ESPN2 64-69 Jones (15) Charles (17) Montgomery (6) Philips Arena 6,887 0–2

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
Jessica Breland	4	0	1.5	.500	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.25	0.5
Tina Charles	34	34	33.4	.468	.000	.687	11.0	1.9	0.76	1.76	17.6
Kalana Greene	33	33	23.7	.422	.391	.600	3.8	1.5	0.91	0.36	5.6
Kelsey Griffin	34	2	13.0	.357	.167	.731	3.1	0.5	0.74	0.29	3.6
Allison Hightower	25	2	9.2	.339	.222	.750	0.6	0.5	0.44	0.04	2.0
Asjha Jones	34	34	28.6	.444	.300	.711	6.4	1.9	0.62	0.47	13.3
Kara Lawson	33	8	25.2	.449	.430	.890	2.6	2.9	0.70	0.03	10.4
Danielle McCray	34	23	15.1	.399	.391	.771	2.3	1.2	0.47	0.12	5.9
Renee Montgomery	34	34	29.1	.400	.384	.829	2.1	4.9	1.44	0.09	14.6
Jessica Moore	29	0	6.9	.425	.000	.778	0.8	0.2	0.17	0.07	1.7
DeMya Walker	10	0	8.0	.421	.000	.727	1.6	0.0	0.20	0.00	2.4
Tan White	34	0	22.0	.354	.280	.840	2.9	1.9	1.18	0.18	5.9

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Jessica Breland	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tina Charles	2	2	36.0	.313	.000	.625	12.0	2.0	1.00	2.50	12.5
Kalana Greene	2	2	22.0	.389	.600	1.000	2.0	1.0	1.50	1.00	9.5
Kelsey Griffin	2	0	8.0	.200	.000	.500	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.50	1.5
Allison Hightower	2	0	14.5	.571	.667	1.000	2.0	0.5	1.00	0.00	6.0
Asjha Jones	2	2	32.0	.366	.000	.500	6.5	2.5	1.50	1.50	15.5
Kara Lawson	2	0	18.5	.400	.571	.750	0.5	3.5	0.00	0.00	7.5
Danielle McCray	2	2	15.0	.250	.000	1.000	5.5	0.5	0.00	0.00	2.5
Renee Montgomery	2	2	28.5	.471	.333	.875	1.5	4.5	0.50	0.50	13.0
Jessica Moore	2	0	4.0	1.000	.000	1.000	0.5	0.0	0.00	0.00	2.0
Tan White	2	0	21.5	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.5	3.0	1.50	0.00	4.0

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.