2012 Chicago Sky season

2012 Chicago Sky season
2012 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Pokey Chatman
Arena	Allstate Arena
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	14–20 (.412)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Prince (18.1)
Rebounds	Fowles (10.4)
Assists	Vandersloot (4.6)
Media
Television	CN100; ESPN2, NBATV
	← 2011 season 2013 season →

The 2012 WNBA season is the 7th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sky's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	23 (from Sea.)	Shey Peddy	United States	Temple
3	27	Sydney Carter	United States	Texas A&M

Transaction log

June 1, 2011: The Sky traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks as part of the Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton trade.
January 2: The Sky acquired Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, and the 23rd pick in the 2012 Draft from the Seattle Storm in exchange for the second pick in the 2012 Draft.
February 6: The Sky signed Ruth Riley.
February 7: The Sky re-signed Shay Murphy.
February 21: The Sky re-signed Tamera Young.
February 22: The Sky signed Ticha Penicheiro.
February 28: The Sky signed Felicia Chester.
March 14: The Sky traded a second-round pick in the 2013 Draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Sonja Petrovic.
April 12: The Sky re-signed Sylvia Fowles to a multi-year deal.
April 25: The Sky signed Lykendra Johnson.
May 2: The Sky signed draft picks Sydney Carter and Shey Peddy.
May 3: The Sky waived Lykendra Johnson.
May 11: The Sky waived Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.
May 14: The Sky waived Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter.
May 16: The Sky waived Felicia Chester.

Trades

Date	Trade
January 2, 2012	To Chicago Sky	To Seattle Storm
January 2, 2012	Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, 23rd pick in 2012 Draft	Second pick in 2012 Draft
March 14, 2012	To Chicago Sky	To San Antonio Silver Stars
March 14, 2012	Sonja Petrovic	Third-round pick in 2013 Draft

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Swin Cash	January 2, 2012	Seattle Storm
Le'coe Willingham	January 2, 2012	Seattle Storm
Ruth Riley	February 6, 2012	San Antonio Silver Stars
Ticha Penicheiro	February 22, 2012	Los Angeles Sparks
Sonja Petrovic	March 14, 2012	San Antonio Silver Stars

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Cathrine Kraayeveld	February 8, 2012	Atlanta Dream
Michelle Snow	February 9, 2012	Washington Mystics
Erin Thorn	February 13, 2012	Minnesota Lynx
Dominique Canty	February 22, 2012	Washington Mystics
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	May 11, 2012	free agent

Roster

2012 Chicago Sky roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name			Height
F	8	Cash, Swin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	09-22-1979	Connecticut
C	34	Fowles, Sylvia	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	10-06-1985	LSU
G	7	Murphy, Shay	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	04-15-1985	USC
G	21	Penicheiro, Ticha	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	09-18-1974	Old Dominion
F	5	Petrovic, Sonja	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	02-18-1989	Serbia
G	10	Prince, Epiphanny	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	01-11-1988	Rutgers
F/C	00	Riley, Ruth	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	08-28-1979	Notre Dame
C	30	Swords, Carolyn	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	07-19-1989	Boston College
G	22	Vandersloot, Courtney	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	02-08-1989	Gonzaga
F	43	Willingham, Le'coe	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	02-10-1981	Auburn
F	1	Young, Tamera	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	10-30-1986	James Madison

Head coach: Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches: Jeff House (Nazareth)
Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)

Athletic trainer: Natalie Meckstroth (Indiana)

Strength and conditioning coach: Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Sylvia Fowles	Carolyn Swords Ruth Riley
PF	Swin Cash	Le'coe Willingham
SF	Tamera Young	Sonja Petrovic
SG	Epiphanny Prince	Shay Murphy
PG	Courtney Vandersloot	Ticha Penicheiro

Season standings

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun ^y	25	9	.735	–	12–5	13–4	18–4
Indiana Fever ^x	22	12	.647	3.0	13–4	9–8	15–7
Atlanta Dream ^x	19	15	.559	6.0	11–6	8–9	12–10
New York Liberty ^x	15	19	.441	10.0	9–8	6–11	10–12
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	11.0	7–10	7–10	8–14
Washington Mystics ^o	5	29	.147	20.0	4–13	1–16	3–19

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Thu 10	8:00	Washington	73-68	Prince (13)	Fowles (12)	Vandersloot (7)	New Trier High School 1,121	1-0
2	Mon 14	10:30am	@ New York	89-57	Prince (15)	Swords (10)	Peddy (4)	Prudential Center 6,397	2-0
3	Tue 15	1:00	@ Minnesota	61-82	Young (11)	Fowles (5)	Riley (4)	University of Minnesota 4,102	2-1

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

May (2–1)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Sat 19	7:00	@ Washington	CN100	69-57	Fowles (23)	Fowles (12)	Prince Willingham Vandersloot (3)	Verizon Center 11,415	1-0
2	Fri 25	8:30	Indiana	CN100	72-83	Fowles (21)	Fowles (10)	Vandersloot (4)	Allstate Arena 6,198	1-1
3	Wed 30	8:00	@ San Antonio	CN100	77-63	Fowles (23)	Fowles (12)	Vandersloot (7)	AT&T Center 7,233	2-1

June (5–4)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
4	Fri 1	8:30	Washington	CN100	65-63	Prince (31)	Fowles (16)	Vandersloot Young (3)	Allstate Arena 4,078	3-1
5	Sat 2	7:00	@ Atlanta	CN100 SSO	94-92 (OT)	Prince (33)	Fowles (19)	Vandersloot (6)	Philips Arena 4,503	4-1
6	Fri 8	8:30	Tulsa	CN100	98-91 (OT)	Prince (32)	Fowles (21)	Cash Prince Vandersloot (5)	Allstate Arena 5,019	5-1
7	Sun 10	4:00	@ New York	CN100 MSG	73-64	Prince (26)	Fowles (12)	Vandersloot (5)	Prudential Center 5,908	6-1
8	Wed 13	8:00	Seattle	CN100	74-58	Prince (17)	Fowles (15)	Prince (7)	Allstate Arena 4,681	7-1
9	Sat 16	7:00	@ Indiana	CN100	70-84	Fowles (26)	Young (7)	Cash Young (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,098	7-2
10	Sat 23	12:30	@ Minnesota	ESPN	67-79	Fowles (22)	Fowles (13)	Vandersloot (5)	Target Center 9,267	7-3
11	Wed 27	12:30	Indiana		72-81	Fowles (19)	Fowles (10)	Vandersloot (4)	Allstate Arena 6,312	7-4
12	Fri 29	8:30	Phoenix	CN100	81-84	Cash (16)	Fowles (10)	Vandersloot (6)	Allstate Arena 5,488	7-5

July (1–4)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
13	Sun 1	6:00	Atlanta	CN100	71-69	Fowles (21)	Fowles (12)	Penicheiro Petrovic Vandersloot (4)	Allstate Arena 6,093	8-5
14	Fri 6	8:30	New York	CN100	59-64	Fowles (20)	Fowles (9)	Vandersloot (8)	Allstate Arena 4,211	8-6
15	Sat 7	7:00	@ Indiana	CN100	86-88 (OT)	Fowles (24)	Fowles (16)	Vandersloot (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,155	8-7
16	Wed 11	12:30	San Antonio		68-77	Murphy (20)	Fowles (7)	Penicheiro Willingham (3)	Allstate Arena 13,161	8-8
17	Fri 13	8:30	Connecticut	CN100 CPTV-S	78-80 (OT)	Vandersloot (22)	Fowles (10)	Vandersloot (8)	Allstate Arena 5,988	8-9
Summer Olympic break

August (1–6)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
Summer Olympic break
18	Fri 17	8:30	Atlanta	CN100	76-82	Prince (16)	Fowles (6)	Prince (3)	Allstate Arena 5,593	8-10
19	Sun 19	4:00	@ Washington	NBATV CN100 CSN-MA	71-75 (OT)	Prince (18)	Fowles (16)	4 players (2)	Verizon Center 8,489	8-11
20	Tue 21	8:00	New York	CN100	67-77	Fowles (18)	Cash Fowles (8)	Penicheiro (7)	Allstate Arena 3,638	8-12
21	Wed 22	7:00	@ Atlanta	NBATV CN100 FS-S	71-82	Fowles (22)	Fowles (6)	Penicheiro (4)	Philips Arena 4,010	8-13
22	Fri 24	8:00	@ Tulsa		78-81	Vandersloot (23)	Murphy (10)	Cash (5)	BOK Center 5,147	8-14
23	Sun 26	5:00	@ Connecticut	CPTV-S	82-70	Prince (15)	4 players (6)	Vandersloot (11)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,390	9-14
24	Tue 28	8:00	Connecticut	CN100 CPTV-S	72-83	Vandersloot (17)	Petrovic (8)	Vandersloot (6)	Allstate Arena 2,884	9-15

September (5–5)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
25	Sat 1	7:00	@ Indiana	NBATV CN100	64-81	Prince (22)	Swords (8)	Vandersloot (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,307	9-16
26	Sun 2	6:00	Los Angeles	CN100 KDOC	85-74	Prince (17)	Cash Fowles (9)	Prince (9)	Allstate Arena 6,197	10-16
27	Fri 7	7:30	@ New York	CN100 MSG	92-83	Prince (30)	Cash (7)	Cash Prince Vandersloot (4)	Prudential Center 6,145	11-16
28	Sun 9	5:00	@ Connecticut	CPTV-S	77-82	Cash (21)	Cash (15)	Prince Vandersloot (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,658	11-17
29	Tue 11	8:00	Minnesota	CN100	83-70	Prince (26)	Swords (9)	Prince (5)	Allstate Arena 4,296	12-17
30	Thu 13	10:30	@ Los Angeles	NBATV CN100 TWC101	77-86	Cash (23)	Cash (6)	Vandersloot (9)	Staples Center 8,489	12-18
31	Sun 16	6:00	@ Phoenix	NBATV CN100	86-55	Murphy (22)	Cash Willingham (8)	Prince (4)	US Airways Center 8,044	13-18
32	Tue 18	10:00	@ Seattle		60-75	Prince (21)	Cash Prince (7)	Prince (4)	KeyArena 6,459	13-19
33	Thu 20	8:00	Atlanta	CN100	66-75	Swords (16)	Swords (9)	Vandersloot (6)	Allstate Arena 4,188	13-20
34	Sat 22	8:00	Washington	NBATV CN100	77-58	Vandersloot (20)	Cash (8)	Vandersloot Prince (3)	Allstate Arena 6,721	14-20

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

Awards and honors

References

External links

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