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	Epiphanny Prince – 18.1
Rebounds	Sylvia Fowles – 10.4
Assists	Courtney Vandersloot – 4.6
Media
Television	CN100 ESPN2, NBATV
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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

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 to 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. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 8 Cash, Swin 6' 1" (1.85m) 176 lb (80kg) 1979-09-22 Connecticut 10 C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6' 6" (1.98m) 208 lb (94kg) 1985-10-06 LSU 4 G 7 Murphy, Shay 5' 11" (1.8m) 161 lb (73kg) 1985-04-15 USC 5 G 21 Penicheiro, Ticha 5' 11" (1.8m) 145 lb (66kg) 1974-09-18 Old Dominion 14 F 5 Petrovic, Sonja 6' 1" (1.85m) 172 lb (78kg) 1989-02-18 Serbia R G 10 Prince, Epiphanny 5' 9" (1.75m) 164 lb (74kg) 1988-01-11 Rutgers 2 F/C 00 Riley, Ruth 6' 5" (1.96m) 198 lb (90kg) 1979-08-28 Notre Dame 11 C 30 Swords, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m) 212 lb (96kg) 1989-07-19 Boston College 1 G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5' 8" (1.73m) 132 lb (60kg) 1989-02-08 Gonzaga 1 F 43 Willingham, Le'coe 6' 0" (1.83m) 206 lb (93kg) 1981-02-10 Auburn 8 F 1 Young, Tamera 6' 2" (1.88m) 172 lb (78kg) 1986-10-30 James Madison 4	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 (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (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

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 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

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]

References

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2. "Sky Re-Sign Explosive Guard Shay Murphy". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
3. "Sky sign vet center Ruth Riley". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
4. P, Nate. "Quick Analysis: Chicago Sky Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Ticha Penicheiro". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
5. "Sky Sign Former Depaul Standout Felicia Chester to training-camp contract". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
6. "Sky trades draft pick for 6-4 Serbian forward". dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
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10. "Chicago Sky Waive Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
11. Mitchell, Fred. "After 'tough decisions,' Sky finalizes roster". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
12. "Sky Add Sydney Carter to Roster". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
13. "Sky releases backup point guard Carter". dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
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.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
15. "Sky's Prince and Sparks' Ogwumike Named Players of the Week". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
17. "Indiana Fever's Catchings and Chicago Sky's Fowles Headline the 2012 WNBA All-Defensive Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
18. "MVP Tina Charles Headlines 2012 All-WNBA First Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.

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