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WNBA team season
The 2018 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Las Vegas Aces franchise of the WNBA . This was the franchise's inaugural season in Las Vegas, after moving from San Antonio during the off season.[ 2] The season tips off on May 20.[ 3]
The team started the season slowly in May, posting an 0–4 record. June was a month of improvement, as the Aces went 6–7, including a win over Seattle away. July was the team's best month of the year. The Aces posted a 6–2 record, with their only 2 losses being to Los Angeles . The team's playoff push fell short in August, when the team posted a 2–7 record including the league's first forfeited game. Ultimately the forfeit proved costly, as the team missed out on the playoffs by 1 game and finished 9th in the league overall.
Trades/Roster Changes[ edit ]
Date
Details
February 1, 2018
Signed F Tamera Young [ 4]
February 1, 2018
Signed C Carolyn Swords [ 5]
February 1, 2018
Received Indiana Fever's 2nd round pick in 2019 WNBA draft in exchange for C Kayla Alexander and Las Vegas Aces' 3rd round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft.[ 6]
February 2, 2018
Received C Kelsey Bone from Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the 26th pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft and Las Vegas Aces' 2nd round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft.[ 7]
February 26, 2018
Re-signed G/F Sequoia Holmes , F Cierra Burdick , Signed F Ivey Slaughter [ 8]
March 13, 2018
Re-signed G Sydney Colson [ 9]
March 20, 2018
Re-signed F Valeriane Ayayi [ 10]
April 11, 2018
Signed G Jacki Gemelos [ 11]
May 19, 2018
Signed G Lindsay Allen [ 12]
May 23, 2018
Signed G Kelsey Plum and G Kayla McBride [ 13]
2018 Las Vegas Aces roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
Yrs
G
15
Allen, Lindsay
5' 8" (1.73m)
144 lb (65kg)
03-20-1995
Notre Dame
1
C
3
Bone, Kelsey
6' 4" (1.93m)
220 lb (100kg)
12-31-1991
Texas A&M
4
F
12
Coffey, Nia
6' 1" (1.85m)
180 lb (82kg)
05-21-1995
Northwestern
1
F
5
Hamby, Dearica
6' 3" (1.91m)
189 lb (86kg)
11-06-1993
Wake Forest
3
C
20
Harrison, Isabelle
6' 3" (1.91m)
183 lb (83kg)
09-27-1993
Tennessee
2
G
4
Jefferson, Moriah
5' 6" (1.68m)
123 lb (56kg)
03-08-1994
Connecticut
2
G
21
McBride, Kayla
5' 10" (1.78m)
174 lb (79kg)
06-25-1992
Notre Dame
4
G/F
31
Nared, Jaime
6' 2" (1.88m)
160 lb (73kg)
09-14-1995
Tennessee
R
C
19
Park Ji-su
6' 5" (1.96m)
206 lb (93kg)
12-06-1998
South Korea
R
G
10
Plum, Kelsey
5' 8" (1.73m)
145 lb (66kg)
08-24-1994
Washington
1
C
8
Swords, Carolyn
6' 6" (1.98m)
215 lb (98kg)
07-18-1989
Boston College
6
C
22
Wilson, A'ja
6' 4" (1.93m)
195 lb (88kg)
08-08-1996
South Carolina
R
F
1
Young, Tamera
6' 2" (1.88m)
175 lb (79kg)
10-30-1986
James Madison
10
Head coach
Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame )
Assistant coaches
Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech ) Kelly Raimon (Connecticut )
Athletic trainer
Vacant
Strength and conditioning coach
Laura Ramus (Wayne State (MI) )
Legend
(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured
2018 game log Total: 14–20 (Home: 8–9; Road: 6–11)
May: 0–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–3)
June
: 6–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 3–3)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location Attendance
Record
5
June 1
Washington
W 85–73
Wilson (26)
Wilson (12)
Tied (4)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,575
1–4
6
June 3
@ Chicago
L 90–95
Wilson (22)
Park (6)
Allen (8)
Wintrust Arena 5,052
1–5
7
June 8
Atlanta
L 83–87
Wilson (20)
Wilson (9)
Allen (7)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,913
1–6
8
June 10
@ Phoenix
L 66–72
Wilson (17)
Park (11)
Plum (6)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,471
1–7
9
June 12
@ Indiana
W 101–92 (OT)
Wilson (35)
Wilson (13)
Young (9)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,437
2–7
10
June 13
@ New York
W 78–63
Hamby (17)
Tied (4)
Allen (7)
Westchester County Center 1,419
3–7
11
June 15
@ Dallas
L 67–77
McBride (22)
Young (9)
Young (4)
College Park Center 4,549
3–8
12
June 17
Phoenix
L 80–92
Wilson (21)
Coffey (12)
Plum (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,432
3–9
13
June 19
@ Seattle
W 87–77
Wilson (25)
Wilson (15)
Tied (6)
KeyArena 6,395
4–9
14
June 22
New York
W 88–78
McBride (27)
Wilson (14)
Wilson (4)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,478
5–9
15
June 24
Minnesota
L 73–88
McBride (18)
Wilson (7)
Plum (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,814
5–10
16
June 27
Dallas
L 91–97
McBride (38)
Wilson (15)
Wilson (8)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,246
5–11
17
June 29
Los Angeles
W 94–78
Wilson (29)
Tied (9)
Tied (5)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,124
6–11
July
: 6–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–1)
August
: 2–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–4)
2018 season schedule
Notes
(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name
x – Qualified for playoffs
e – Eliminated from playoffs
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
A'ja Wilson
33
33
30.6
46.2
0.0
77.4
8.0
2.2
0.8
1.7
20.7
Kayla McBride
31
31
32.3
44.9
39.3
91.7
3.9
3.5
1.1
0.1
18.2
Tamera Young
33
25
26.7
40.8
30.8
70.7
5.1
2.8
1.0
0.2
9.9
Kelsey Plum
31
27
25.5
46.7
43.9
87.5
2.4
4.0
0.8
0.2
9.5
Dearica Hamby
33
0
14.4
52.6
28.9
74.2
3.6
1.2
0.7
0.3
7.4
Moriah Jefferson
16
0
15.7
37.9
20.0
81.0
1.3
2.1
0.6
0.0
5.4
Nia Coffey
28
10
13.8
38.0
40.0
61.8
2.4
0.6
0.3
0.2
5.3
Carolyn Swords
26
12
14.5
55.7
0.0
87.5
4.7
0.9
0.2
0.7
3.9
Lindsay Allen
24
6
14.9
38.4
6.3
70.8
1.3
2.9
0.6
0.0
3.1
Kelsey Bone
32
10
10.8
50.0
0.0
50.0
2.2
1.2
0.1
0.1
2.8
Ji-Su Park
32
11
13.0
38.8
0.0
61.9
3.3
0.9
0.3
0.6
2.8
Jaime Nared
31
0
9.1
30.0
22.6
85.7
1.5
0.5
0.4
0.1
2.5
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