2010 Chicago Sky season

The 2010 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. This was the first season for the Sky in Allstate Arena. The Sky previously played at UIC Pavilion.

Transactions

Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft With the Sacramento Monarchs ceasing operation and based on the 2009 records of teams, the Sky selected 4th in the Dispersal Draft.

Pick Player Nationality College Previous team 4 Courtney Paris Oklahoma Sacramento Monarchs

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 4 Epiphanny Prince Rutgers 3 28 Abi Olajuwon Oklahoma

Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction January 11, 2010 Extended Qualifying Offers to Candice Dupree and Mistie Bass January 30, 2010 Traded Candice Dupree to the Phoenix Mercury and the 16th Pick in the 2010 WNBA draft to the New York Liberty in exchange for Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld in a 3-Team Deal February 3, 2010 Signed Dominique Canty April 13, 2010 Waived Mistie Bass Signed Epiphanny Prince and Abi Olajuwon to Rookie Scale Contracts April 16, 2010 Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp Contract April 20, 2010 Signed Kristi Cirone to a Training Camp Contract April 25, 2010 Signed Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams to Training Camp Contracts May 2, 2010 Waived Shyra Ely and Kristi Cirone May 9, 2010 Waived Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams May 12, 2010 Waived Courtney Paris May 13, 2010 Traded Kristi Toliver to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2nd round Pick in the 2011 WNBA draft May 31, 2010 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Sylvia Fowles and Tamera Young June 1, 2010 Waived Abi Olajuwon July 22, 2010 Waived Sandora Irvin Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 7-Day Contract July 29, 2010 Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 2nd 7-Day Contract August 5, 2010 Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 3rd 7-Day Contract August 12, 2010 Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 4th 7-Day Contract August 19, 2010 Signed Eshaya Murphy September 10, 2010 Head coach Steven Key resigns as coach and general manager

Roster

Depth Pos.StarterBench C Sylvia Fowles Christi Thomas PF Mistie Bass Catherine Kraayeveld SF Tamera Young Eshaya MurphyShameka Christon SG Jia Perkins Erin Thorn PG Dominique Canty Epiphanny Prince

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 30 || 1:00pm || @ Minnesota || 87-78 || Tamera Young (18) || Mistie Bass (7) || Sami Whitcomb (5) || Concordia University 633 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 6 || 12:30pm || Minnesota || 74-65 || Catherine Kraayeveld (20) || BassKraayeveldIrvin (6) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena N/A || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 7 || 12:00pm || @ Indiana || 63-69 || Kristi Toliver (14) || Mistie Bass (8) || Mistie Bass (2) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,291 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || May 10 || 12:30pm || Indiana || 84-71 || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena N/A || 3-1

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 15 || 3:30pm || @ Connecticut || CN100 || 61-74 || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Shameka Christon (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 8,072 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 16 || 4:00pm || @ New York || NBATVCN100MSG || 82-85 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Dominique Canty (8) || Dominique Canty (5) || Madison Square Garden 12,088 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 22 || 8:00pm || Indiana || CN100 || 86-92 (OT) || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Dominique Canty (5) || Allstate Arena 6,477 || 0-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || May 23 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || CN100FS-I || 61-69 || Catherine Kraayeveld (11) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || FowlesKraayeveld (2) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,665 || 0-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || May 27 || 8:00pm || Seattle || CN100 || 84-75 || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Dominique Canty (4) || Allstate Arena 2,923 || 1-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || May 29 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || CN100 || 73-58 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Mistie Bass (6) || CantyPrince (4) || Target Center 6,129 || 2-4

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 4 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || CN100FS-S || 80-70 || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Shameka Christon (8) || Philips Arena 2,515 || 3-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 5 || 8:00pm || Tulsa || CN100 || 95-70 || Sylvia Fowles (32) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 4,549 || 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 8 || 8:00pm || New York || CN100 || 70-85 || Epiphanny Prince (20) || Sylvia Fowles (6) || ChristonYoungPrinceThorn (3) || Allstate Arena 2,408 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || June 11 || 8:30pm || Washington || CN100 || 78-95 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || CantyPerkinsThorn (4) || Allstate Arena 3,107 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || June 15 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || CN100 || 86-93 || Jia Perkins (25) || Tamera Young (7) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 3,292 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || June 19 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || NBATVCN100CSN-MA || 61-65 (OT) || Sylvia Fowles (17) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Jia Perkins (4) || Verizon Center 9,034 || 4-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || June 22 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || CN100 || 86-77 || Epiphanny Prince (19) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || PrinceYoung (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,987 || 5-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || June 25 || 8:30pm || Washington || CN100 || 79-72 || Jia Perkins (20) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Dominique Canty (4) || Allstate Arena 3,419 || 6-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || June 27 || 6:00pm || Indiana || CN100 || 70-64 || Erin Thorn (15) || Sylvia Fowles (17) || PrinceThorn (3) || Allstate Arena 4,051 || 6-9

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 1 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || CN100 || 92-80 || Sylvia Fowles (26) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || BassCanty (5) || Allstate Arena 3,061 || 7-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 3 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVCN100SSO || 88-82 || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || CantyThornYoung (2) || Philips Arena 6,920 || 8-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 6 || 8:00pm || Indiana || CN100 || 51-58 || Sylvia Fowles (26) || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Epiphanny Prince (4) || Allstate Arena 3,732 || 8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || July 11 || 4:00pm || @ New York || MSG || 54-57 || Jia Perkins (26) || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Sylvia Fowles (3) || Madison Square Garden 9,644 || 8-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || July 14 || 12:30pm || San Antonio || CN100 || 88-61 || FowlesPerkinsPrince (14) || Mistie Bass (7) || CantyPrince (5) || Allstate Arena 6,950 || 9-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || July 16 || 8:30pm || Los Angeles || CN100 || 80-68 || Erin Thorn (15) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 4,841 || 10-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || July 18 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || CSN-MA || 61-59 || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || FowlesKraayeveldThorn (3) || Verizon Center 8,790 || 11-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || July 23 || 8:30pm || New York || CN100 || 71-79 || Epiphanny Prince (14) || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 5,256 || 11-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 24 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || CN100 || 75-72 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Dominique Canty (6) || AT&T Center 8,999 || 12-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || July 27 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || CN100 || 74-78 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || ThornYoung (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,853 || 12-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || July 30 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATVKONG || 60-80 || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Mistie Bass (7) || Sylvia Fowles (5) || KeyArena 7,749 || 12-14

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 1 || 6:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATVCN100FS-A || 96-97 || Sylvia Fowles (35) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Epiphanny Prince (5) || US Airways Center 11,237 || 12-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 4 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATVCN100 || 77-82 || Jia Perkins (16) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || CantyPerkins (4) || STAPLES Center 9,732 || 12-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 7 || 3:00pm || Minnesota || ESPN2 || 82-87 (OT) || Jia Perkins (16) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Dominique Canty (6) || Allstate Arena 4,992 || 12-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 10 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || || 91-82 || Sylvia Fowles (24) || Sylvia Fowles (14) || YoungCantyThornPrince (4) || Allstate Arena 4,089 || 13-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || August 14 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || CN100 || 74-98 || Epiphanny Prince (18) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Epiphanny Prince (4) || Allstate Arena 4,214 || 13-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || August 17 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVFS-S || 84-79 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Sylvia Fowles (14) || Tamera Young (5) || Philips Arena 5,209 || 14-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || August 20 || 8:30pm || Connecticut || NBATVCN100 || 71-78 || Epiphanny Prince (19) || Sylvia Fowles (6) || Dominique Canty (7) || Allstate Arena 5,598 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || August 21 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || NBATVFS-OK || 71-84 || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || Dominique Canty (5) || BOK Center 6,321 || 14-20

| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sylvia Fowles 34 34 32.0 58.2 100.0 76.0 9.9 1.5 1.1 2.6 17.8 Jia Perkins 34 34 27.5 39.6 34.9 81.4 2.9 2.4 1.6 0.2 10.7 Epiphanny Prince 34 2 19.6 42.7 33.8 78.4 2.0 2.7 1.6 0.1 9.8 Dominique Canty 34 34 26.0 43.0 18.2 69.3 2.6 3.4 1.0 0.2 9.0 Shameka Christon 10 9 21.3 35.9 40.0 93.8 2.4 2.4 0.3 0.2 8.5 Tamera Young 32 22 18.6 36.2 27.7 68.4 3.1 1.6 0.8 0.2 6.8 Erin Thorn 34 0 20.1 41.2 42.0 88.9 1.9 2.1 0.6 0.1 6.3 Cathrine Kraayeveld 34 14 21.2 35.0 31.6 87.5 2.7 1.3 0.6 0.1 6.3 Shay Murphy 11 0 14.1 28.8 28.6 66.7 1.8 0.8 0.8 0.0 5.1 Mistie Bass 34 20 18.9 52.7 0.0 62.5 3.9 1.1 0.6 0.4 4.9 Sandora Irvin 18 1 7.6 46.7 14.3 66.7 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.9 Christi Thomas 15 0 8.5 40.0 0.0 50.0 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.3 Abi Olajuwon 6 0 5.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 7 July 6 All-Defensive First Team August 29 All-WNBA First Team September 13 Team USA Starter July 10 Epiphanny Prince WNBA All-Rookie Team September 1

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