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	Prince (18.1)
Rebounds	Fowles (10.4)
Assists	Vandersloot (4.6)
Media
Television	CN100 ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2012 WNBA season is the 7th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions[]

WNBA Draft[]

The following are the Sky's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	23 (from Sea.)	Shey Peddy	United States	Temple
3	27	Sydney Carter	United States	Texas A&M

Transaction log[]

• June 1, 2011: The Sky traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks as part of the Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton trade.
• January 2: The Sky acquired Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, and the 23rd pick in the 2012 Draft from the Seattle Storm in exchange for the second pick in the 2012 Draft.
• February 6: The Sky signed Ruth Riley.
• February 7: The Sky re-signed Shay Murphy.
• February 21: The Sky re-signed Tamera Young.
• February 22: The Sky signed Ticha Penicheiro.
• February 28: The Sky signed Felicia Chester.
• March 14: The Sky traded a second-round pick in the 2013 Draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Sonja Petrovic.
• April 12: The Sky re-signed Sylvia Fowles to a multi-year deal.
• April 25: The Sky signed Lykendra Johnson.
• May 2: The Sky signed draft picks Sydney Carter and Shey Peddy.
• May 3: The Sky waived Lykendra Johnson.
• May 11: The Sky waived Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton.
• May 14: The Sky waived Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter.
• May 16: The Sky waived Felicia Chester.

Trades[]

Date	Trade
January 2, 2012	To Chicago Sky	To Seattle Storm
	Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, 23rd pick in 2012 Draft	Second pick in 2012 Draft
March 14, 2012	To Chicago Sky	To San Antonio Silver Stars
	Sonja Petrovic	Third-round pick in 2013 Draft

Personnel changes[]

Roster[]

2012 Chicago Sky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From F 8 Cash, Swin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 09-22-1979 Connecticut C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 10-06-1985 LSU G 7 Murphy, Shay 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 04-15-1985 Southern California G 21 Penicheiro, Ticha 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 09-18-1974 Old Dominion F 5 Petrovic, Sonja 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 02-18-1989 Serbia G 10 Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 164 lb (74 kg) 01-11-1988 Rutgers F/C 00 Riley, Ruth 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 08-28-1979 Notre Dame C 30 Swords, Carolyn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 07-19-1989 Boston College G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 02-08-1989 Gonzaga F 43 Willingham, Le'coe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 02-10-1981 Auburn F 1 Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 10-30-1986 James Madison	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 (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (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

Season standings[]

Eastern Conference v t	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

Schedule[]

Preseason[]

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Thu 10 8:00 Washington 73-68 Prince (13) Fowles (12) Vandersloot (7) New Trier High School 1,121 1-0 2 Mon 14 10:30am @ New York 89-57 Prince (15) Swords (10) Peddy (4) Prudential Center 6,397 2-0 3 Tue 15 1:00 @ Minnesota 61-82 Young (11) Fowles (5) Riley (4) University of Minnesota 4,102 2-1

Regular season[]

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (2–1) 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 Fowles (23) Fowles (12) Prince Willingham Vandersloot (3) Verizon Center 11,415 1-0 2 Fri 25 8:30 Indiana CN100 72-83 Fowles (21) Fowles (10) Vandersloot (4) Allstate Arena 6,198 1-1 3 Wed 30 8:00 @ San Antonio CN100 77-63 Fowles (23) Fowles (12) Vandersloot (7) AT&T Center 7,233 2-1
June (5–4) 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 Prince (31) Fowles (16) Vandersloot Young (3) Allstate Arena 4,078 3-1 5 Sat 2 7:00 @ Atlanta CN100 SSO 94-92 (OT) Prince (33) Fowles (19) Vandersloot (6) Philips Arena 4,503 4-1 6 Fri 8 8:30 Tulsa CN100 98-91 (OT) Prince (32) Fowles (21) Cash Prince Vandersloot (5) Allstate Arena 5,019 5-1 7 Sun 10 4:00 @ New York CN100 MSG 73-64 Prince (26) Fowles (12) Vandersloot (5) Prudential Center 5,908 6-1 8 Wed 13 8:00 Seattle CN100 74-58 Prince (17) Fowles (15) Prince (7) Allstate Arena 4,681 7-1 9 Sat 16 7:00 @ Indiana CN100 70-84 Fowles (26) Young (7) Cash Young (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,098 7-2 10 Sat 23 12:30 @ Minnesota ESPN 67-79 Fowles (22) Fowles (13) Vandersloot (5) Target Center 9,267 7-3 11 Wed 27 12:30 Indiana 72-81 Fowles (19) Fowles (10) Vandersloot (4) Allstate Arena 6,312 7-4 12 Fri 29 8:30 Phoenix CN100 81-84 Cash (16) Fowles (10) Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena 5,488 7-5
July (1–4) 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 Fowles (21) Fowles (12) Penicheiro Petrovic Vandersloot (4) Allstate Arena 6,093 8-5 14 Fri 6 8:30 New York CN100 59-64 Fowles (20) Fowles (9) Vandersloot (8) Allstate Arena 4,211 8-6 15 Sat 7 7:00 @ Indiana CN100 86-88 (OT) Fowles (24) Fowles (16) Vandersloot (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,155 8-7 16 Wed 11 12:30 San Antonio 68-77 Murphy (20) Fowles (7) Penicheiro Willingham (3) Allstate Arena 13,161 8-8 17 Fri 13 8:30 Connecticut CN100 CPTV-S 78-80 (OT) Vandersloot (22) Fowles (10) Vandersloot (8) Allstate Arena 5,988 8-9 Summer Olympic break
August (1–6) 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 Prince (16) Fowles (6) Prince (3) Allstate Arena 5,593 8-10 19 Sun 19 4:00 @ Washington NBATV CN100 CSN-MA 71-75 (OT) Prince (18) Fowles (16) 4 players (2) Verizon Center 8,489 8-11 20 Tue 21 8:00 New York CN100 67-77 Fowles (18) Cash Fowles (8) Penicheiro (7) Allstate Arena 3,638 8-12 21 Wed 22 7:00 @ Atlanta NBATV CN100 FS-S 71-82 Fowles (22) Fowles (6) Penicheiro (4) Philips Arena 4,010 8-13 22 Fri 24 8:00 @ Tulsa 78-81 Vandersloot (23) Murphy (10) Cash (5) BOK Center 5,147 8-14 23 Sun 26 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 82-70 Prince (15) 4 players (6) Vandersloot (11) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,390 9-14 24 Tue 28 8:00 Connecticut CN100 CPTV-S 72-83 Vandersloot (17) Petrovic (8) Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena 2,884 9-15
September (5–5) 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 Prince (22) Swords (8) Vandersloot (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,307 9-16 26 Sun 2 6:00 Los Angeles CN100 KDOC 85-74 Prince (17) Cash Fowles (9) Prince (9) Allstate Arena 6,197 10-16 27 Fri 7 7:30 @ New York CN100 MSG 92-83 Prince (30) Cash (7) Cash Prince Vandersloot (4) Prudential Center 6,145 11-16 28 Sun 9 5:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 77-82 Cash (21) Cash (15) Prince Vandersloot (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,658 11-17 29 Tue 11 8:00 Minnesota CN100 83-70 Prince (26) Swords (9) Prince (5) Allstate Arena 4,296 12-17 30 Thu 13 10:30 @ Los Angeles NBATV CN100 TWC101 77-86 Cash (23) Cash (6) Vandersloot (9) Staples Center 8,489 12-18 31 Sun 16 6:00 @ Phoenix NBATV CN100 86-55 Murphy (22) Cash Willingham (8) Prince (4) US Airways Center 8,044 13-18 32 Tue 18 10:00 @ Seattle 60-75 Prince (21) Cash Prince (7) Prince (4) KeyArena 6,459 13-19 33 Thu 20 8:00 Atlanta CN100 66-75 Swords (16) Swords (9) Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena 4,188 13-20 34 Sat 22 8:00 Washington NBATV CN100 77-58 Vandersloot (20) Cash (8) Vandersloot Prince (3) Allstate Arena 6,721 14-20
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Statistics[]

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

Awards and honors[]

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