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2009 Chicago Sky season

The 2009 WNBA season was the 4th for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. Steven Key returned as coach - marking the first time in franchise history that the Sky did not have to hire a new coach after 1 year. The Sky received the 3rd Overall pick in the 2009 WNBA draft and used it on Maryland guard Kristi Toliver.

Transactions

Houston Comets Dispersal Draft

With the Houston Comets ceasing operation and based on the 2008 records of teams, the Sky selected 3rd in the Dispersal Draft.

PickPlayerNationalityCollegePrevious Team
3Mistie WilliamsDukeHouston Comets

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
13Kristi ToliverUnited StatesMaryland
116Danielle GantUnited StatesTexas A&M
329Jenifer RisperUnited StatesVanderbilt

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 7, 2009Signed Erin Thorn
January 12, 2009Signed K.B. Sharp and Shyra Ely
April 15, 2009Signed Kristi Toliver, Jennifer Risper, and Danielle Grant to their Rookie Scale Contracts
April 28, 2009Signed Chen Nan
May 24, 2009Waived Quianna Chaney and Danielle Grant
May 29, 2009Waived Liz Moeggenberg
May 31, 2009Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Armintie Price
Waived Jennifer Risper
June 4, 2009Waived Mistie Bass
August 12, 2009Traded Armintie Price to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Tamera Young
August 21, 2009Waived Chen Nan
Signed Mistie Bass
September 1, 2009Signed Katie Mattera to a 7-Day Contract
September 8, 2009Waived Brooke Wyckoff
Signed Katie Mattera
September 11, 2009Signed Jia Perkins to a Multi-Year Contract Extension

Roster

Depth

Pos.StarterBenchCPFSFSGPG
Sylvia FowlesMistie Bass
Katie Mattera
Candice DupreeShyra Ely
Tamera YoungK.B. Sharp
Jia PerkinsErin Thorn
Dominique CantyKristi Toliver

Schedule

Preseason

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 1 || May 22 || 8:30pm || Detroit || 71-67 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Jia Perkins (5) || UIC Pavilion 3,283 || 1-0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 2 || May 27 || 11:00am || @ Detroit || 68-78 || Kristi Toliver (17) || Dupree Bass (7) || Price Toliver (3) || Palace of Auburn Hills 3,952 || 1-1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 3 || May 28 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || 67-74 || Dupree Chen (15) || Shyra Ely (8) || Candice Dupree (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,457 || 1-2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 4 || June 2 || 8:00pm || E League || 102-55 ||Candice Dupree (20) ||Dupree Fowles (7) || Kristi Toliver (6) || UIC Pavilion 3,488 || 2-2 |-

Regular season

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 1 || June 6 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBA TV FSN-N || 85-102 || Jia Perkins (24) || Jia Perkins (6) || Dominique Canty (6) || Target Center 8,708 || 0-1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 2 || June 12 || 8:30pm || Atlanta || CN100 NBA TV || 81-73 || Candice Dupree (23) || Candice Dupree (8) || Jia Perkins (8) || UIC Pavilion 5,689 || 1-1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 3 || June 14 || 6:00pm || Seattle || || 64-57 || Candice Dupree (14) || Sylvia Fowles (15) || Brooke Wyckoff (3) || UIC Pavilion 2,681 || 2-1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 4 || June 16 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || || 78-75 || Jia Perkins (25) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Jia Perkins (5) || UIC Pavilion 2,396 || 3-1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 5 || June 19 || 7:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 61-91 || Kristi Toliver (14) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Armintie Price (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,892 || 3-2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 6 || June 20 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || || 72-81 || Jia Perkins (15) || Armintie Price (7) || Jia Perkins (6) || Verizon Center 11,745 || 3-3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 7 || June 23 || 12:00pm || @ Atlanta || || 99-98 (OT) || Jia Perkins (22) || Candice Dupree (10) || Jia Perkins (6) || Philips Arena 10,351 || 4-3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 8 || June 27 || 8:00pm || Washington || || 68-63 || Candice Dupree (23) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Jia Perkins (5) || UIC Pavilion 3,918 || 5-3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 9 || June 30 || 8:00pm || Sacramento || || 74-72 || Jia Perkins (17) || Sylvia Fowles (14) || Jia Perkins (8) || UIC Pavilion 2,721 || 6-3 |- |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 10 || July 3 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 72-85 || Armintie Price (17) || Shyra Ely (5) || Dominique Canty (5) || AT&T Center 6,662 || 6-4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 11 || July 7 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 73-83 || Jia Perkins (21) || Jia Perkins (5) || Jia Perkins (6) || ARCO Arena 5,672 || 6-5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 12 || July 8 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 70-90 || Candice Dupree (22) || Candice Dupree (12) || Armintie Price (2) || US Airways Center 5,597 || 6-6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 13 || July 10 || 8:30pm || Indiana || || 54-83 || Shyra Ely (12) || Candice Dupree (8) || Kristi Toliver (4) || UIC Pavilion 4,021 || 6-7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 14 || July 12 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || NBA TV FSN-NW || 86-81 || Candice Dupree (28) || Candice Dupree (7) || Kristi Toliver (7) || KeyArena 6,796 || 7-7 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 15 || July 15 || 1:00pm || @ Indiana || || 74-84 || Candice Dupree (17) || Candice Dupree (10) || Canty Chen Toliver (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 10,050 || 7-8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 16 || July 19 || 6:00pm|| San Antonio || NBA TV CN100 || 85-75 || Jia Perkins (29) || Candice Dupree (11) || Dominique Canty (6) || UIC Pavilion 3,282 || 8-8 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 17 || July 22 || 12:30pm || New York || || 70-77 || Sylvia Fowles (15) || Candice Dupree (11) || Dominique Canty (4) || UIC Pavilion 5,881 || 8-9 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 18 || July 23 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || ESPN2 || 64-75 || Jia Perkins (14) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Kristi Toliver (2) || Verizon Center 11,651 || 8-10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 19 || July 29 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || || 75-63 || Jia Perkins (18) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Candice Dupree (5) || UIC Pavilion 5,633 || 9-10 |- |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 20 || August 1 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || NBA TV WCTX || 84-72 || Candice Dupree (23) || Candice Dupree (8) || Dominique Canty (6) || UIC Pavilion 3,071 || 10-10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 21 || August 5 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBA TV CN100 || 67-76 || Candice Dupree (19) || Candice Dupree (13) || Dominique Canty (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,581 || 10-11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 22 || August 8 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || || 82-80 || Erin Thorn (20) || Candice Dupree (11) || Jia Perkins (5) || Philips Arena 5,424 || 11-11 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 23 || August 9 || 6:00pm || @ Detroit || || 58-64 || Candice Dupree (16) || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Brooke Wyckoff (3) || Palace of Auburn Hills 6,893 || 11-12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 24 || August 14 || 7:30pm || @ New York || NBA TV CN100 MSG || 88-77 || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Dupree Fowles (9) || Dominique Canty (6) || Madison Square Garden 9,832 || 12-12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 25 || August 15 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || || 79-76 || Erin Thorn (17) || Candice Dupree (14) || Dominique Canty (8) || UIC Pavilion 3,877 || 13-12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 26 || August 18 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || || 99-106 || Shyra Ely (26) || Candice Dupree (7) || Candice Dupree (5) || UIC Pavilion TBA || 13-13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 27 || August 22 || 8:00pm || Detroit || || 67-76 || Candice Dupree (20) || Candice Dupree (14) || Canty Dupree Thorn (3) || UIC Pavilion 5,167 || 13-14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 28 || August 25 || 10:00pm || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 63-75 || Shyra Ely (16) || Candice Dupree (8) || Dominique Canty (4) || STAPLES Center 9,615 || 13-15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 29 || August 28 || 8:30pm || New York || NBA TV CN100 MSG || 96-77 || Candice Dupree (26) || Candice Dupree (6) || Candice Dupree (4) || UIC Pavilion 3,707 || 14-15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 30 || August 30 || 4:00pm || @ New York || || 63-77 || Candice Dupree (15) || Candice Dupree (13) || Erin Thorn (7) || Madison Square Garden 8,685 || 14-16 |- |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 31 || September 4 || 8:30pm || Washington || || 92-86 || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Candice Dupree (10) || Jia Perkins (5) || UIC Pavilion 3,241 || 15-16 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 32 || September 6 || 6:00pm || @ Detroit || || 75-84 || Dupree Ely (18) || Shyra Ely (8) || Ely Sharp (3) || Palace of Auburn Hills 6,619 || 15-17 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 33 || September 10 || 8:00pm || Indiana || || 86-79 || Kristi Toliver (19) || Candice Dupree (9) || Dominique Canty (6) || UIC Pavilion 2,902 || 16-17 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 34 || September 12 || 8:00pm || Detroit || || 69-80 || Candice Dupree (27) || Candice Dupree (7) || Dominique Canty (6) || UIC Pavilion 5,334 || 16-18 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Standings

Statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Candice Dupree343434.942.938.778.57.92.21.01.215.7
Jia Perkins343427.441.738.584.63.42.92.10.213.2
Sylvia Fowles242028.859.90.064.67.80.80.91.511.3
Kristi Toliver27014.345.344.491.31.41.90.40.17.6
Dominique Canty343422.838.136.468.91.93.20.80.16.9
Shyra Ely34914.641.838.380.42.60.60.40.26.8
Erin Thorn34017.042.440.290.91.61.60.60.06.2
Mistie Bass8515.851.30.056.33.40.40.60.46.1
Katie Mattera2011.575.00.083.33.00.00.00.55.5
Tamera Young10612.934.825.088.93.00.70.70.45.0
Chen Nan26512.348.40.062.52.10.20.30.33.7
Armintie Price22014.738.60.057.52.71.20.50.03.5
Brooke Wyckoff272319.737.839.287.52.71.40.40.73.1
K.B. Sharp27012.040.435.394.70.70.90.30.12.6

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Candice DupreeEastern Conference Player of the WeekJune 15
WNBA All-Star StarterJuly 14title=Starting lineups announced for WNBA All-Star Game, Tamika Catchings tops ballotingurl=https://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2009/07/starting-lineups-announced-for-wnba-all-star-game-tamika-catchings-tops-balloting/website=hoopfeed.comdate=15 July 2009publisher=Hoopfeedaccess-date=July 11, 2022}}
Sylvia FowlesWNBA All-Star StarterJuly 14
Jia PerkinsWNBA All-Star SelectionJuly 20

References

References

  1. "Atlanta Dream Win Top Pick in 2009 WNBA Draft". WNBA.
  2. (2008-12-08). "Atlanta Dream Select Sancho Lyttle With Top Pick in Houston Comets Dispersal Draft". WNBA.com.
  3. "Sky Signs Erin Thorn". WNBA.
  4. (12 January 2009). "Chicago Sky Re-Sign Veteran KB Sharp". Our Sports Central.
  5. (28 April 2009). "Sky sign Chen through 2010". ESPN.
  6. (30 May 2009). "Weekend Update". Hoopfeed.
  7. (12 August 2009). "Sky acquire Dream's Young for Price". ESPN.
  8. "Former Duke Star Mistie Bass Re-Signs With Chicago". Duke Athletics.
  9. (12 September 2009). "Bad break for Wyckoff". Daily Herald.
  10. "Saturday planner – Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune.
  11. (11 September 2009). "Sky Sign Guard Jia Perkins To Multi-Year Extension". Our Sports Central.
  12. "Candice Dupree and Seimone Augustus Named WNBA Players of the Week". WNBA.
  13. (15 July 2009). "Starting lineups announced for WNBA All-Star Game, Tamika Catchings tops balloting". Hoopfeed.
  14. "2009 WNBA All-Star Game reserves announced". Hoopfeed.
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