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2011 Connecticut Sun season
CoachMike Thibault
ArenaMohegan Sun Arena
Attendance7,056 per game
Results
Record21–13 (.618)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
PointsCharles (17.6)
ReboundsCharles (11.0)
AssistsMontgomery (4.9)
Media
TelevisionCSN-NE
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2011 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their ninth in Connecticut.

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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The following are the Sun's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
2 16 Sydney Colson  United States Texas A&M
3 28 Adrienne Johnson  United States Louisiana Tech

Transaction log

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  • February 3: The Sun re-signed Tan White and Kerri Gardin.[1]
  • February 14: The Sun signed draft pick Danielle McCray.
  • April 8: The Sun signed Rachele Fitz to a training camp contract.[2]
  • April 10: The Sun signed Stefanie Murphy to a training camp contract.
  • April 11: The Sun traded a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for draft rights to Tahnee Robinson.
  • April 11: The Sun traded draft rights to Sydney Colson to the New York Liberty in exchange for Kalana Greene.
  • May 25: The Sun waived Adrienne Johnson, Tahnee Robinson, and Rachele Fitz.
  • June 1: The Sun waived Stefanie Murphy.
  • June 3: The Sun signed Jessica Moore and waived Kerri Gardin.
  • July 22: The Sun waived DeMya Walker.[3]
  • July 24: The Sun signed Jessica Breland to a seven-day contract.[4]

Trades

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Date Trade
April 11, 2011 To Connecticut Sun To Phoenix Mercury
Tahnee Robinson third-round pick in 2012 Draft
April 11, 2011 To Connecticut Sun To New York Liberty
Kalana Greene Sydney Colson

Personnel changes

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Roster

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2011 Connecticut Sun roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 51 United States Breland, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 02-23-1988 North Carolina R
C 31 United States Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) 12-05-1988 Connecticut 1
G 32 United States Greene, Kalana 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 07-13-1987 Connecticut 1
F 5 United States Griffin, Kelsey 6' 2" (1.88m) 179 lb (81kg) 07-02-1987 Nebraska 1
G 23 United States Hightower, Allison 5' 10" (1.78m) 139 lb (63kg) 04-06-1988 LSU 1
F 15 United States Jones, Asjha 6' 3" (1.91m) 196 lb (89kg) 08-01-1980 Connecticut 9
G 20 United States Lawson, Kara 5' 9" (1.75m) 169 lb (77kg) 02-14-1981 Tennessee 8
G/F 4 United States McCray, Danielle 5' 11" (1.8m) 174 lb (79kg) 10-08-1987 Kansas R
G 21 United States Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 12-02-1986 Connecticut 2
F/C 30 United States Moore, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 07-09-1982 Connecticut 6
G/F 14 United States White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m) 154 lb (70kg) 09-27-1982 Mississippi State 6
Head coach
United States Mike Thibault (St. Martin's)
Assistant coaches
United States Scott Hawk (Nebraska-Omaha)
United States Bernadette Mattox (Georgia)
Athletic trainer
United States Jeremy Norman (Keene State)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Jodi Hopkins (Ohio)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

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Pos. Starter Bench
C Tina Charles Jessica Moore
PF Asjha Jones Kelsey Griffin
Jessica Breland
SF Kalana Greene Tan White
SG Danielle McCray Kara Lawson
PG Renee Montgomery Allison Hightower

Season standings

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Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Indiana Fever x 21 13 .618 – 13–4 8–9 13–9
Connecticut Sun x 21 13 .618 – 15–2 6–11 14–8
Atlanta Dream x 20 14 .588 1.0 11–6 9–8 14–8
New York Liberty x 19 15 .559 2.0 12-5 7–10 11–11
Chicago Sky o 14 20 .412 7.0 10–7 4–13 10–12
Washington Mystics o 6 28 .176 15.0 4–13 2–15 4–18

Schedule

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Preseason

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2011 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 May 19 7:00pm China 101–63 Greene, Griffin (13) Charles (10) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,666		 1–0
2 May 25 7:00pm San Antonio 56–80 White (15) Charles (17) Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
4,801		 1–1
3 May 27 7:00pm San Antonio 75–73 Charles (17) Charles (11) Jones (4) Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
2,139		 2–1

Regular season

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2011 Game Log: Regular Season
June
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 June 4 7:00pm Washington 89–73 Charles (18) Jones (7) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,666		 1–0
2 June 10 8:30pm @ Chicago 75–78 Montgomery (22) Greene (6) Lawson
Montgomery
White (4)		 Allstate Arena
6,609		 1–1
3 June 12 3:00pm Tulsa 90–79 Charles (19) Charles (8) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,520		 2–1
4 June 16 7:00pm @ Washington CSN-MA 79–71 Charles (26) Charles (10) Montgomery (5) Verizon Center
7,028		 3–1
5 June 19 1:00pm Chicago 83–68 Charles (31) Charles (12) Jones (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,875		 4–1
6 June 23 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 101–107 (2OT) Montgomery (33) Charles (13) Montgomery (6) Allstate Arena
3,319		 4–2
7 June 25 7:00pm @ Indiana NBATV
CSN-NE		 70–75 Montgomery (19) Charles (11) Montgomery (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,100		 4–3
8 June 28 8:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 79–76 Charles (22) Charles (23) Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,515		 5–3
July
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
9 July 1 7:30pm Seattle CSN-NE 75–70 Charles (20) Charles (10) Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,748		 6–3
10 July 9 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV
FS-N		 67–90 Montgomery (14) Charles (8) Jones
Lawson (3)		 Target Center
8,205		 6–4
11 July 13 1:00pm @ Indiana 78–90 White (17) Charles (11) Montgomery (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,045		 6–5
12 July 15 7:00pm @ New York NBATV
CSN-NE		 68–59 Charles (15) Jones (7) Montgomery (4) Prudential Center
7,722		 7–5
13 July 17 5:00pm Indiana 76–71 McCray (22) Charles (14) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,075		 8–5
14 July 19 7:30pm New York 85–79 Charles (24) Charles (7) Montgomery (10) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,096		 9–5
All-Star break
15 July 26 8:00pm @ Chicago CSN-NE
CN100		 77–66 Jones (22) Charles (15) Montgomery (6) Allstate Arena
3,091		 10–5
16 July 28 7:30pm Indiana 58–69 Charles (13) Charles (10) Montgomery (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,329		 10–6
17 July 31 5:00pm Atlanta 99–92 Montgomery (19) Charles (11) Lawson (9) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,955		 11–6
August
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
18 August 3 3:00pm @ Los Angeles NBATV 79–70 Charles (20) Charles (13) Montgomery (6) STAPLES Center
14,266		 12–6
19 August 5 10:00pm @ Seattle NBATV 79–81 Montgomery (19) Charles (10) White (4) KeyArena
7,289		 12–7
20 August 7 6:00pm @ Phoenix NBATV
FS-A		 96–95 (OT) Montgomery (28) Charles (17) Greene (6) US Airways Center
8,514		 13–7
21 August 9 7:30pm Chicago 69–58 Charles (16) Charles (11) Lawson
White (4)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
6,049		 14–7
22 August 11 7:30pm San Antonio FS-SW 59–72 Jones (16) Jones (10) McCray (2) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,334		 14–8
23 August 13 7:00pm Washington 82–75 Charles
Montgomery (16)		 White (10) Jones
Lawson (5)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
6,717		 15–8
24 August 16 7:30pm Minnesota CSN-NE 108–79 Montgomery (17) Charles (18) Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,323		 16–8
25 August 18 7:00pm @ New York NBATV
MSG		 81–84 (OT) Charles (29) Charles (14) Montgomery (5) Prudential Center
7,245		 16–9
26 August 19 7:30pm @ Atlanta NBATV
SSO		 88–94 (OT) Jones (21) Charles
Griffin (11)		 Montgomery (7) Philips Arena
7,225		 16–10
27 August 21 5:00pm Atlanta 96–87 Montgomery (21) Jones (10) Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,636		 17–10
28 August 26 7:30pm Phoenix CSN-NE 95–92 Charles (17) Jones (11) Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,007		 18–10
29 August 28 4:00pm @ Tulsa 72–83 Charles (21) Charles (10) Charles
Jones
Montgomery (3)		 BOK Center
4,813		 18–11
30 August 30 8:00pm @ San Antonio 66–78 Charles (16) Jones (10) Charles
Montgomery (4)		 AT&T Center
6,934		 18–12
September
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
31 September 2 7:30pm Indiana 83–55 McCray (14) Charles (16) Charles (7) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,991		 19–12
32 September 4 4:00pm @ Washington NBATV
CSN-MA		 79–48 Charles (24) Charles (15) Montgomery (7) Verizon Center
13,403		 20–12
33 September 6 7:30pm @ Atlanta SSO 74–85 Charles (17) Charles (12) Montgomery (7) Philips Arena
6,558		 20–13
34 September 11 1:00pm New York NBATV 69–63 Charles (18) Charles
Jones (11)		 Montgomery (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
9,115		 21–13
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

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2011 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 September 16 7:00pm Atlanta NBATV 84–89 Jones
Montgomery (16)		 McCray (8) Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,373		 0–1
2 September 18 3:00pm @ Atlanta ESPN2 64-69 Jones (15) Charles (17) Montgomery (6) Philips Arena
6,887		 0–2

Statistics

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jessica Breland 4 0 1.5 .500 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.25 0.5
Tina Charles 34 34 33.4 .468 .000 .687 11.0 1.9 0.76 1.76 17.6
Kalana Greene 33 33 23.7 .422 .391 .600 3.8 1.5 0.91 0.36 5.6
Kelsey Griffin 34 2 13.0 .357 .167 .731 3.1 0.5 0.74 0.29 3.6
Allison Hightower 25 2 9.2 .339 .222 .750 0.6 0.5 0.44 0.04 2.0
Asjha Jones 34 34 28.6 .444 .300 .711 6.4 1.9 0.62 0.47 13.3
Kara Lawson 33 8 25.2 .449 .430 .890 2.6 2.9 0.70 0.03 10.4
Danielle McCray 34 23 15.1 .399 .391 .771 2.3 1.2 0.47 0.12 5.9
Renee Montgomery 34 34 29.1 .400 .384 .829 2.1 4.9 1.44 0.09 14.6
Jessica Moore 29 0 6.9 .425 .000 .778 0.8 0.2 0.17 0.07 1.7
DeMya Walker 10 0 8.0 .421 .000 .727 1.6 0.0 0.20 0.00 2.4
Tan White 34 0 22.0 .354 .280 .840 2.9 1.9 1.18 0.18 5.9

Postseason

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jessica Breland 0 0 – – – – – – – – –
Tina Charles 2 2 36.0 .313 .000 .625 12.0 2.0 1.00 2.50 12.5
Kalana Greene 2 2 22.0 .389 .600 1.000 2.0 1.0 1.50 1.00 9.5
Kelsey Griffin 2 0 8.0 .200 .000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.50 1.5
Allison Hightower 2 0 14.5 .571 .667 1.000 2.0 0.5 1.00 0.00 6.0
Asjha Jones 2 2 32.0 .366 .000 .500 6.5 2.5 1.50 1.50 15.5
Kara Lawson 2 0 18.5 .400 .571 .750 0.5 3.5 0.00 0.00 7.5
Danielle McCray 2 2 15.0 .250 .000 1.000 5.5 0.5 0.00 0.00 2.5
Renee Montgomery 2 2 28.5 .471 .333 .875 1.5 4.5 0.50 0.50 13.0
Jessica Moore 2 0 4.0 1.000 .000 1.000 0.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.0
Tan White 2 0 21.5 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.5 3.0 1.50 0.00 4.0

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Connecticut Sun re-sign veteran guard". The Bulletin. February 3, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Allard, Marc (April 9, 2011). "WNBA: Sun coach expecting quiet draft for team". The Bulletin. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "Connecticut Sun part ways with DeMya Walker". The Bulletin. July 23, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Connecticut Sun Sign Jessica Breland To Seven-Day Contract". CBS News. July 24, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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