2012 Chicago Sky season

2012 Chicago Sky season
CoachPokey Chatman
ArenaAllstate Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record14–20 (.412)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsEpiphanny Prince – 18.1
ReboundsSylvia Fowles – 10.4
AssistsCourtney Vandersloot – 4.6
Media
TelevisionCN100
ESPN2, NBATV

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

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2012 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
2 23 Shey Peddy  United States Temple
3 27 Sydney Carter  United States Texas A&M

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
January 2, 2012 Traded a First Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft t the Seattle Storm in exchange for Swin Cash, Le'Coe Willingham, and a Second Round Pick in the 2012 Draft[1]
January 6, 2012 Extended Qualifying Offers to Sylvia Fowles and Tamera Young
January 10, 2012 Extended Qualifying Offers to Mistie Bass and Shay Murphy
February 6, 2012 Signed Shay Murphy[2]
Signed Ruth Riley[3]
February 20, 2012 Signed Tamera Young
February 22, 2012 Signed Ticha Penicheiro[4]
February 28, 2012 Signed Felicia Chester to a training-camp contract [5]
March 14, 2012 Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2013 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the rights to Sonja Petrovic[6]
March 24, 2012 Signed Sonja Petrovic to a rookie-scale contract
April 12, 2012 Signed Sylvia Fowles to a Multi-Year Deal[7]
April 25, 2012 Signed Lykendra Johnson to a training-camp contract[8]
May 2, 2012 Signed Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter to rookie-scale contracts
May 3, 2012 Waived Lykendra Johnson
May 11, 2012 Waived Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton[9]
May 14, 2012 Waived Sydney Carter and Shey Peddy[10]
May 16, 2012 Waived Felicia Chester[11]
May 31, 2012 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Epiphanny Prince
June 18, 2012 Signed Sydney Carter to a Hardship Contract[12]
June 27, 2012 Released Sydney Carter from her Hardship Contract[13]

Roster

2012 Chicago Sky Roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
F 8 United States Cash, Swin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 09-22-1979 Connecticut
C 34 United States Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 10-06-1985 LSU
G 7 United States Murphy, Shay 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 04-15-1985 USC
G 21 Portugal Penicheiro, Ticha 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 09-18-1974 Old Dominion
F 5 Serbia Petrovic, Sonja 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 02-18-1989 Serbia
G 10 United States Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 164 lb (74 kg) 01-11-1988 Rutgers
F/C 00 United States Riley, Ruth 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 08-28-1979 Notre Dame
C 30 United States Swords, Carolyn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 07-19-1989 Boston College
G 22 United States Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 02-08-1989 Gonzaga
F 43 United States Willingham, Le'coe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 02-10-1981 Auburn
F 1 United States Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 10-30-1986 James Madison
Head coach
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Jeff House (Nazareth)
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Athletic trainer
United States Natalie Meckstroth (Indiana)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured 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

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Preseason Schedule
Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
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
2 Mon 14 10:30am @ New York 89-57 Epiphanny Prince (15) Carolyn Swords (10) Shey Peddy (4) Prudential Center
6,397		 2-0
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

2012 Regular Season Schedule
May: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
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 Sylvia Fowles (23) Sylvia Fowles (12) Prince
Willingham
Vandersloot (3)		 Verizon Center
11,415		 1-0
2 Fri 25 8:30 Indiana CN100 72-83 Sylvia Fowles (21) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Allstate Arena
6,198		 1-1
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
June: 5–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–2))
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 Epiphanny Prince (31) Sylvia Fowles (16) Vandersloot
Young (3)		 Allstate Arena
4,078		 3-1
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
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
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
8 Wed 13 8:00 Seattle CN100 74-58 Epiphanny Prince (17) Sylvia Fowles (15) Epiphanny Prince (7) Allstate Arena
4,681		 7-1
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
10 Sat 23 12:30 @ Minnesota ESPN 67-79 Sylvia Fowles (22) Sylvia Fowles (13) Courtney Vandersloot (5) Target Center
9,267		 7-3
11 Wed 27 12:30 Indiana 72-81 Sylvia Fowles (19) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Allstate Arena
6,312		 7-4
12 Fri 29 8:30 Phoenix CN100 81-84 Swin Cash (16) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena
5,488		 7-5
July: 1–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–1)
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 Sylvia Fowles (21) Sylvia Fowles (12) Penicheiro
Petrovic
Vandersloot (4)		 Allstate Arena
6,093		 8-5
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
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
16 Wed 11 12:30 San Antonio 68-77 Shay Murphy (20) Sylvia Fowles (7) Penicheiro
Willingham (3)		 Allstate Arena
13,161		 8-8
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
Summer Olympic break
August: 1–6 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–3)
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 Epiphanny Prince (16) Sylvia Fowles (6) Epiphanny Prince (3) Allstate Arena
5,593		 8-10
19 Sun 19 4:00 @ Washington NBATV
CN100
CSN-MA		 71-75
(OT)		 Epiphanny Prince (18) Sylvia Fowles (16) Cash
Vandersloot
Penicheiro
Willingham (2)		 Verizon Center
8,489		 8-11
20 Tue 21 8:00 New York CN100 67-77 Sylvia Fowles (18) Cash
Fowles (8)		 Ticha Penicheiro (7) Allstate Arena
3,638		 8-12
21 Wed 22 7:00 @ Atlanta NBATV
CN100
FS-S		 71-82 Sylvia Fowles (22) Sylvia Fowles (6) Ticha Penicheiro (4) Philips Arena
4,010		 8-13
22 Fri 24 8:00 @ Tulsa 78-81 Courtney Vandersloot (23) Shay Murphy (10) Swin Cash (5) BOK Center
5,147		 8-14
23 Sun 26 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 82-70 Epiphanny Prince (15) Cash
Swords
Riley
Petrovic (6)		 Courtney Vandersloot (11) Mohegan Sun Arena
8,390		 9-14
24 Tue 28 8:00 Connecticut CN100
CPTV-S		 72-83 Courtney Vandersloot (17) Sonja Petrovic (8) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena
2,884		 9-15
September: 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4)
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 Epiphanny Prince (22) Carolyn Swords (8) Courtney Vandersloot (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,307		 9-16
26 Sun 2 6:00 Los Angeles CN100
KDOC		 85-74 Epiphanny Prince (17) Cash
Fowles (9)		 Epiphanny Prince (9) Allstate Arena
6,197		 10-16
27 Fri 7 7:30 @ New York CN100
MSG		 92-83 Epiphanny Prince (30) Swin Cash (7) Cash
Prince
Vandersloot (4)		 Prudential Center
6,145		 11-16
28 Sun 9 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 77-82 Swin Cash (21) Swin Cash (15) Prince
Vandersloot (5)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
6,658		 11-17
29 Tue 11 8:00 Minnesota CN100 83-70 Epiphanny Prince (26) Carolyn Swords (9) Epiphanny Prince (5) Allstate Arena
4,296		 12-17
30 Thu 13 10:30 @ Los Angeles NBATV
CN100
TWC101		 77-86 Swin Cash (23) Swin Cash (6) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Staples Center
8,489		 12-18
31 Sun 16 6:00 @ Phoenix NBATV
CN100		 86-55 Shay Murphy (22) Cash
Willingham (8)		 Epiphanny Prince (4) US Airways Center
8,044		 13-18
32 Tue 18 10:00 @ Seattle 60-75 Epiphanny Prince (21) Cash
Prince (7)		 Epiphanny Prince (4) KeyArena
6,459		 13-19
33 Thu 20 8:00 Atlanta CN100 66-75 Carolyn Swords (16) Carolyn Swords (9) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena
4,188		 13-20
34 Sat 22 8:00 Washington NBATV
CN100		 77-58 Courtney Vandersloot (20) Swin Cash (8) Vandersloot
Prince (3)		 Allstate Arena
6,721		 14-20
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Standings

Eastern Conference
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
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
Epiphanny Prince 26 25 30.0 44.2 40.7 89.9 3.5 3.1 1.8 0.3 18.1
Sylvia Fowles 25 25 31.1 63.8 0.0 69.2 10.4 0.8 1.3 1.2 16.2
Swin Cash 34 34 30.0 36.7 28.1 76.5 5.8 2.3 1.0 0.5 10.6
Courtney Vandersloot 34 27 26.6 40.5 33.3 64.9 2.1 4.6 1.3 0.2 8.9
Shay Murphy 29 3 18.6 42.0 44.1 73.0 2.9 0.9 1.1 0.2 8.5
Tamera Young 33 24 24.4 42.3 0.0 60.6 3.7 1.4 1.0 0.2 8.2
Sonja Petrovic 30 2 15.1 35.8 27.9 76.9 2.3 1.0 0.5 0.5 4.8
Carolyn Swords 30 9 11.1 57.1 0.0 68.2 3.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 4.0
Sydney Carter 1 0 9.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
Le'Coe Willingham 33 1 18.5 31.3 27.4 60.9 2.9 0.9 0.5 0.1 3.5
Ruth Riley 33 14 14.4 37.9 27.8 78.6 2.4 1.0 0.7 0.6 2.7
Ticha Penicheiro 19 6 12.7 35.3 20.0 54.5 1.3 2.1 0.4 0.2 1.7

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Epiphanny Prince Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 3 [14]
June 11 [15]
Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Month - May June 1 [16]
All-Defensive First Team September 28 [17]
All-WNBA Second Team October 16 [18]

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