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2012 Chicago Sky season

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The 2012 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 7th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their second season under head coach Pokey Chatman.

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
223Shey PeddyTemple
327Sydney CarterTexas A&M

Trades and Roster Changes

DateTransaction
January 2, 2012Traded a First Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Swin Cash, Le'Coe Willingham, and a Second Round Pick in the 2012 Draft
January 6, 2012Extended Qualifying Offers to Sylvia Fowles and Tamera Young
January 10, 2012Extended Qualifying Offers to Mistie Bass and Shay Murphy
February 6, 2012Signed Shay Murphy
Signed Ruth Riley
February 20, 2012Signed Tamera Young
February 22, 2012Signed Ticha Penicheiro
February 28, 2012Signed Felicia Chester to a training-camp contract
March 14, 2012Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2013 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the rights to Sonja Petrovic
March 24, 2012Signed Sonja Petrovic to a rookie-scale contract
April 12, 2012Signed Sylvia Fowles to a Multi-Year Deal
April 25, 2012Signed Lykendra Johnson to a training-camp contract
May 2, 2012Signed Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter to rookie-scale contracts
May 3, 2012Waived Lykendra Johnson
May 11, 2012Waived Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
May 14, 2012Waived Sydney Carter and Shey Peddy
May 16, 2012Waived Felicia Chester
May 31, 2012Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Epiphanny Prince
June 18, 2012Signed Sydney Carter to a Hardship Contract
June 27, 2012Released Sydney Carter from her Hardship Contract

Roster

Depth

Pos.StarterBenchCPFSFSGPG
Sylvia FowlesCarolyn Swords
Ruth Riley
Swin CashLe'coe Willingham
Tamera YoungSonja Petrovic
Epiphanny PrinceShay Murphy
Courtney VanderslootTicha Penicheiro

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Thu 10 || 8:00 || Washington || || 73-68 || Epiphanny Prince (13) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (7) || New Trier High School 1,121 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || Mon 14 || 10:30am || @ New York || || 89-57 || Epiphanny Prince (15) || Carolyn Swords (10) || Shey Peddy (4) || Prudential Center 6,397 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || Tue 15 || 1:00 || @ Minnesota || || 61-82 || Tamera Young (11) || Sylvia Fowles (5) || Ruth Riley (4) || University of Minnesota 4,102 || 2-1 |-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Sat 19 || 7:00 || @ Washington || CN100 || 69-57 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Prince Willingham Vandersloot (3) || Verizon Center 11,415 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || Fri 25 || 8:30 || Indiana || CN100 || 72-83 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Courtney Vandersloot (4) || Allstate Arena 6,198 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || Wed 30 || 8:00 || @ San Antonio || CN100 || 77-63 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (7) || AT&T Center 7,233 || 2-1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || Fri 1 || 8:30 || Washington || CN100 || 65-63 || Epiphanny Prince (31) || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Vandersloot Young (3) || Allstate Arena 4,078 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || Sat 2 || 7:00 || @ Atlanta || CN100 SSO || 94-92 (OT) || Epiphanny Prince (33) || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Philips Arena 4,503 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || Fri 8 || 8:30 || Tulsa || CN100 || 98-91 (OT) || Epiphanny Prince (32) || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Cash Prince Vandersloot (5) || Allstate Arena 5,019 || 5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || Sun 10 || 4:00 || @ New York || CN100 MSG || 73-64 || Epiphanny Prince (26) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (5) || Prudential Center 5,908 || 6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || Wed 13 || 8:00 || Seattle || CN100 || 74-58 || Epiphanny Prince (17) || Sylvia Fowles (15) || Epiphanny Prince (7) || Allstate Arena 4,681 || 7-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || Sat 16 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || CN100 || 70-84 || Sylvia Fowles (26) || Tamera Young (7) || Cash Young (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,098 || 7-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || Sat 23 || 12:30 || @ Minnesota || ESPN || 67-79 || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Courtney Vandersloot (5) || Target Center 9,267 || 7-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || Wed 27 || 12:30 || Indiana || || 72-81 || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Courtney Vandersloot (4) || Allstate Arena 6,312 || 7-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || Fri 29 || 8:30 || Phoenix || CN100 || 81-84 || Swin Cash (16) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Allstate Arena 5,488 || 7-5 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || Sun 1 || 6:00 || Atlanta || CN100 || 71-69 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Penicheiro Petrovic Vandersloot (4) || Allstate Arena 6,093 || 8-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || Fri 6 || 8:30 || New York || CN100 || 59-64 || Sylvia Fowles (20) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Courtney Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena 4,211 || 8-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || Sat 7 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || CN100 || 86-88 (OT) || Sylvia Fowles (24) || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,155 || 8-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || Wed 11 || 12:30 || San Antonio || || 68-77 || Shay Murphy (20) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Penicheiro Willingham (3) || Allstate Arena 13,161 || 8-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || Fri 13 || 8:30 || Connecticut || CN100 CPTV-S || 78-80 (OT) || Courtney Vandersloot (22) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Courtney Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena 5,988 || 8-9

-
-
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
18
5,593
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
19
CN100
CSN-MA
(OT)
Vandersloot
Penicheiro
Willingham (2)
8,489
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
20
Fowles (8)
3,638
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
21
CN100
FS-S
4,010
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
22
5,147
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
23
Swords
Riley
Petrovic (6)
8,390
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
24
CPTV-S
2,884
-
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
25
CN100
9,307
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
26
KDOC
Fowles (9)
6,197
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
27
MSG
Prince
Vandersloot (4)
6,145
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
28
Vandersloot (5)
6,658
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
29
4,296
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
30
CN100
TWC101
8,489
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
31
CN100
Willingham (8)
8,044
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
32
Prince (7)
6,459
- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
33
4,188
- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
34
CN100
Prince (3)
6,721
-
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Standings

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Epiphanny Prince262530.044.240.789.93.53.11.80.318.1
Sylvia Fowles252531.163.80.069.210.40.81.31.216.2
Swin Cash343430.036.728.176.55.82.31.00.510.6
Courtney Vandersloot342726.640.533.364.92.14.61.30.28.9
Shay Murphy29318.642.044.173.02.90.91.10.28.5
Tamera Young332424.442.30.060.63.71.41.00.28.2
Sonja Petrovic30215.135.827.976.92.31.00.50.54.8
Carolyn Swords30911.157.10.068.23.20.30.40.54.0
Sydney Carter109.033.30.00.00.00.01.00.04.0
Le'Coe Willingham33118.531.327.460.92.90.90.50.13.5
Ruth Riley331414.437.927.878.62.41.00.70.62.7
Ticha Penicheiro19612.735.320.054.51.32.10.40.21.7

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDate awardedRef.
Epiphanny PrinceEastern Conference Player of the WeekJune 3
June 11
Sylvia FowlesEastern Conference Player of the Month - MayJune 1
All-Defensive First TeamSeptember 28
All-WNBA Second TeamOctober 16

References

References

  1. "Seattle Storm Trade Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, Second Rounder To Chicago Sky For #2 Pick, Cap Room". Swish Appeal.
  2. "Sky Re-Sign Explosive Guard Shay Murphy". Our Sports Central.
  3. "Sky sign vet center Ruth Riley". ESPN.
  4. "Quick Analysis: Chicago Sky Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Ticha Penicheiro". Swish Appeal.
  5. "Sky Sign Former Depaul Standout Felicia Chester to training-camp contract". Our Sports Central.
  6. "Sky trades draft pick for 6-4 Serbian forward". Daily Herald.
  7. "Sky re-sign Fowles to multi-year deal". Chicago Tribune.
  8. "Sky sign former Trinity star Johnson". Chicago Tribune.
  9. "Rayburn, Wisdom-Hylton waived by WNBA teams". PE - All Things Purdue.
  10. "Chicago Sky Waive Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter". Our Sports Central.
  11. "After 'tough decisions,' Sky finalizes roster". Chicago Tribune.
  12. "Sky Add Sydney Carter to Roster". WNBA.
  13. "Sky releases backup point guard Carter". Daily Herald.
  14. "Sky’s Prince and Mercury’s Bonner named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week for games played May 28-June 3, 2012". Hoopfeed.
  15. "Sky's Prince and Sparks' Ogwumike Named Players of the Week". Our Sports Central.
  16. "Chicago's Sylvia Fowles and Los Angeles' Candace Parker Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month Presented by Boost Mobile". WNBA.
  17. "Indiana Fever's Catchings and Chicago Sky's Fowles Headline the 2012 WNBA All-Defensive Team". WNBA.
  18. "MVP Tina Charles Headlines 2012 All-WNBA First Team". WNBA.
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