2012 Chicago Sky season

August 2023 March 2026 Chicago Sky 2012 14 20 Eastern 5 Pokey Chatman Allstate Arena Did not qualify CN100ESPN2, NBATV 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 2012 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 2 23 Shey Peddy Temple 3 27 Sydney Carter Texas A&M Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction 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 DraftP Nate Seattle Storm Trade Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, Second Rounder To Chicago Sky For #2 Pick, Cap Room https://www.swishappeal.com/2012/1/2/2677155/seattle-storm-trade-swin-cash-lecoe-willingham-second-rounder-to swishappeal.com Swish Appeal July 13, 2022 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 MurphySky Re-Sign Explosive Guard Shay Murphy https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/sky-re-sign-explosive-guard-shay-murphy/n-4351905 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 13, 2022 Signed Ruth RileySky sign vet center Ruth Riley https://www.espn.com/chicago/story/_/id/7547750/ruth-riley-signs-chicago-sky ESPN.com ESPN July 13, 2022 February 20, 2012 Signed Tamera Young February 22, 2012 Signed Ticha PenicheiroP Nate Quick Analysis: Chicago Sky Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Ticha Penicheiro https://www.swishappeal.com/2012/2/22/2813676/ticha-penicheiro-chicago-sky-wnba-free-agency swishappeal.com Swish Appeal July 13, 2022 February 28, 2012 Signed Felicia Chester to a training-camp contract Sky Sign Former Depaul Standout Felicia Chester to training-camp contract https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/sky-sign-former-depaul-standout-felicia-chester-to-training-camp-contract/n-4360563 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 13, 2022 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 PetrovicSky trades draft pick for 6-4 Serbian forward https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120314/sports/703149672/ dailyherald.com Daily Herald July 13, 2022 March 24, 2012 Signed Sonja Petrovic to a rookie-scale contract April 12, 2012 Signed Sylvia Fowles to a Multi-Year DealSky re-sign Fowles to multi-year deal https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-xpm-2012-04-16-chi-sky-resign-fowles-to-multiyear-deal-20120416-story.html chicagotribune.com Chicago Tribune July 13, 2022 April 25, 2012 Signed Lykendra Johnson to a training-camp contractSky sign former Trinity star Johnson https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-xpm-2012-04-25-chi-sky-sign-former-trinity-star-johnson-20120425-story.html chicagotribune.com Chicago Tribune May 13, 2022 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-HyltonRayburn, Wisdom-Hylton waived by WNBA teams https://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/womens/basketball/article_cae0505a-9f6d-11e1-bad9-001a4bcf6878.html purdueexponenet.com PE - All Things Purdue July 13, 2022 May 14, 2012 Waived Sydney Carter and Shey PeddyChicago Sky Waive Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/chicago-sky-waive-shey-peddy-and-sydney-carter/n-4402139 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 13, 2022 May 16, 2012 Waived Felicia ChesterMitchell Fred After 'tough decisions,' Sky finalizes roster https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-xpm-2012-05-16-chi-sky-20120516-story.html chicagotribune.com Chicago Tribune July 13, 2022 May 31, 2012 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Epiphanny Prince June 18, 2012 Signed Sydney Carter to a Hardship ContractSky Add Sydney Carter to Roster https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/sky/news/sky_add_sydney_carter__roste_2012_06_19.html wnba.com WNBA July 13, 2022 June 27, 2012 Released Sydney Carter from her Hardship ContractSky releases backup point guard Carter https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120627/sports/706279879/ dailyherald.com Daily Herald July 13, 2022 Roster Chicago Sky 2012 WNBA #4b90cc #Fbb726 #Fbb726 #FFFFFF 8 Swin Cash F 6 1 176 09-22-1979 10 Connecticut USA 34 Sylvia Fowles C 6 6 208 10-06-1985 4 Louisiana State USA 7 Shay Murphy G 5 11 161 04-15-1985 5 USC USA 21 Ticha Penicheiro G 5 11 145 09-18-1974 14 Old Dominion Portugal 5 Sonja Petrovic Sonja Vasić F 6 1 172 02-18-1989 R Serbia SER 10 Epiphanny Prince G 5 9 164 01-11-1988 2 Rutgers USA 00 Ruth Riley F/C 6 5 198 08-28-1979 11 Notre Dame USA 30 Carolyn Swords C 6 6 212 07-19-1989 1 Boston College USA 22 Courtney Vandersloot G 5 8 132 02-08-1989 1 Gonzaga USA 43 Le'coe Willingham F 6 0 206 02-10-1981 8 Auburn USA 1 Tamera Young F 6 2 172 10-30-1986 4 JMU USA USA Pokey Chatman LSU USA Jeff House 1 Nazareth College (New York) USA Christie Sides 1 Louisiana Tech USA Natalie Meckstroth 1 Indiana USA Ann Crosby 1 Western Michigan University Depth Pos.StarterBench C Sylvia Fowles Carolyn SwordsRuth Riley PF Swin Cash Le'coe Willingham SF Tamera Young Sonja Petrovic SG Epiphanny Prince Shay Murphy PG Courtney Vandersloot Ticha Penicheiro Schedule Preseason y background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910 2012 Preseason ScheduleTotal: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || Mon 14 || 10:30am || @ New York || || 89-57 || Epiphanny Prince (15) || Carolyn Swords (10) || Shey Peddy (4) || Prudential Center 6,397 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910 2012 Regular Season Schedule y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || Sat 19 || 7:00 || @ Washington || CN100 || 69-57 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || PrinceWillinghamVandersloot (3) || Verizon Center 11,415 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || Fri 25 || 8:30 || Indiana || CN100 || 72-83 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Courtney Vandersloot (4) || Allstate Arena 6,198 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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 |- y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || Fri 1 || 8:30 || Washington || CN100 || 65-63 || Epiphanny Prince (31) || Sylvia Fowles (16) || VanderslootYoung (3) || Allstate Arena 4,078 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || Sat 2 || 7:00 || @ Atlanta || CN100SSO || 94-92(OT) || Epiphanny Prince (33) || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Philips Arena 4,503 || 4-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || Fri 8 || 8:30 || Tulsa || CN100 || 98-91(OT) || Epiphanny Prince (32) || Sylvia Fowles (21) || CashPrinceVandersloot (5) || Allstate Arena 5,019 || 5-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || Sun 10 || 4:00 || @ New York || CN100MSG || 73-64 || Epiphanny Prince (26) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (5) || Prudential Center 5,908 || 6-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || Wed 13 || 8:00 || Seattle || CN100 || 74-58 || Epiphanny Prince (17) || Sylvia Fowles (15) || Epiphanny Prince (7) || Allstate Arena 4,681 || 7-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || Sat 16 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || CN100 || 70-84 || Sylvia Fowles (26) || Tamera Young (7) || CashYoung (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,098 || 7-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || Sat 23 || 12:30 || @ Minnesota || ESPN || 67-79 || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Courtney Vandersloot (5) || Target Center 9,267 || 7-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || Wed 27 || 12:30 || Indiana || || 72-81 || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Courtney Vandersloot (4) || Allstate Arena 6,312 || 7-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || Fri 29 || 8:30 || Phoenix || CN100 || 81-84 || Swin Cash (16) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Allstate Arena 5,488 || 7-5 |- y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || Sun 1 || 6:00 || Atlanta || CN100 || 71-69 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || PenicheiroPetrovicVandersloot (4) || Allstate Arena 6,093 || 8-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || Wed 11 || 12:30 || San Antonio || || 68-77 || Shay Murphy (20) || Sylvia Fowles (7) || PenicheiroWillingham (3) || Allstate Arena 13,161 || 8-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || Fri 13 || 8:30 || Connecticut || CN100CPTV-S || 78-80(OT) || Courtney Vandersloot (22) || Sylvia Fowles (10) || Courtney Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena 5,988 || 8-9 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break |- y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED 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 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | Summer Olympic break |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || Fri 17 || 8:30 || Atlanta || CN100 || 76-82 || Epiphanny Prince (16) || Sylvia Fowles (6) || Epiphanny Prince (3) || Allstate Arena 5,593 || 8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || Sun 19 || 4:00 || @ Washington || NBATVCN100CSN-MA || 71-75(OT) || Epiphanny Prince (18) || Sylvia Fowles (16) || CashVanderslootPenicheiroWillingham (2) || Verizon Center 8,489 || 8-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || Tue 21 || 8:00 || New York || CN100 || 67-77 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || CashFowles (8) || Ticha Penicheiro (7) || Allstate Arena 3,638 || 8-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || Wed 22 || 7:00 || @ Atlanta || NBATVCN100FS-S || 71-82 || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Sylvia Fowles (6) || Ticha Penicheiro (4) || Philips Arena 4,010 || 8-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || Fri 24 || 8:00 || @ Tulsa || || 78-81 || Courtney Vandersloot (23) || Shay Murphy (10) || Swin Cash (5) || BOK Center 5,147 || 8-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || Sun 26 || 5:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 82-70 || Epiphanny Prince (15) || CashSwordsRileyPetrovic (6) || Courtney Vandersloot (11) || Mohegan Sun Arena 8,390 || 9-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || Tue 28 || 8:00 || Connecticut || CN100CPTV-S || 72-83 || Courtney Vandersloot (17) || Sonja Petrovic (8) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Allstate Arena 2,884 || 9-15 |- y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED 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 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || Sat 1 || 7:00 || @ Indiana || NBATVCN100 || 64-81 || Epiphanny Prince (22) || Carolyn Swords (8) || Courtney Vandersloot (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,307 || 9-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || Sun 2 || 6:00 || Los Angeles || CN100KDOC || 85-74 || Epiphanny Prince (17) || CashFowles (9) || Epiphanny Prince (9) || Allstate Arena 6,197 || 10-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || Fri 7 || 7:30 || @ New York || CN100MSG || 92-83 || Epiphanny Prince (30) || Swin Cash (7) || CashPrinceVandersloot (4) || Prudential Center 6,145 || 11-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || Sun 9 || 5:00 || @ Connecticut || CPTV-S || 77-82 || Swin Cash (21) || Swin Cash (15) || PrinceVandersloot (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,658 || 11-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || Tue 11 || 8:00 || Minnesota || CN100 || 83-70 || Epiphanny Prince (26) || Carolyn Swords (9) || Epiphanny Prince (5) || Allstate Arena 4,296 || 12-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || Thu 13 || 10:30 || @ Los Angeles || NBATVCN100TWC101 || 77-86 || Swin Cash (23) || Swin Cash (6) || Courtney Vandersloot (9) || Staples Center 8,489 || 12-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || Sun 16 || 6:00 || @ Phoenix || NBATVCN100 || 86-55 || Shay Murphy (22) || CashWillingham (8) || Epiphanny Prince (4) || US Airways Center 8,044 || 13-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || Tue 18 || 10:00 || @ Seattle || || 60-75 || Epiphanny Prince (21) || CashPrince (7) || Epiphanny Prince (4) || KeyArena 6,459 || 13-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || Thu 20 || 8:00 || Atlanta || CN100 || 66-75 || Carolyn Swords (16) || Carolyn Swords (9) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Allstate Arena 4,188 || 13-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || Sat 22 || 8:00 || Washington || NBATVCN100 || 77-58 || Courtney Vandersloot (20) || Swin Cash (8) || VanderslootPrince (3) || Allstate Arena 6,721 || 14-20 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com Standings NYL 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 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 https://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2012/06/skys-prince-and-mercurys-bonner-named-wnba-eastern-and-western-conference-players-of-the-week/?pc-switcher=1 hoopfeed.com Hoopfeed July 14, 2022 June 11 Sky's Prince and Sparks' Ogwumike Named Players of the Week https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/skys-prince-and-sparks-ogwumike-named-players-of-the-week/n-4420092 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 14, 2022 Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Month - May June 1 Chicago's Sylvia Fowles and Los Angeles' Candace Parker Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month Presented by Boost Mobile https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/potm_may_2012.html wnba.com WNBA July 14, 2022 All-Defensive First Team September 28 Indiana Fever's Catchings and Chicago Sky's Fowles Headline the 2012 WNBA All-Defensive Team https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/playoffs/2012/all_defensive_team_120928.html wnba.com WNBA July 14, 2022 All-WNBA Second Team October 16 MVP Tina Charles Headlines 2012 All-WNBA First Team https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/playoffs/2012/allwnba_team_101612.html wnba.com WNBA July 14, 2022 References External links Category:Chicago Sky seasons Chicago Chicago Sky Category:2010s in Cook County, Illinois