2016 Connecticut Sun season

January 2025 March 2026 Connecticut Sun 2016 14 20 Eastern 5th Curt Miller Mohegan Sun Arena Did Not Qualify The 2016 WNBA season was the 18th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the WNBA. It was the 14th season for the franchise in Connecticut. The season tipped off on May 14 in Chicago versus the Chicago Sky.http://sun.wnba.com/schedule/#?season=2016&seasontype=02 2016 Connecticut Sun Schedule Women's National Basketball Association May 30, 2024 The Sun went 3–0 in the preseason, but could not carry that momentum over to the regular season as they opened with a loss. They won their second game of the season over San Antonio before losing their next four straight games to end May 1–5. Their losing streak extended into June as they lost their first two games before defeating Seattle by a point. The Sun would lose their next three games, including a triple-overtime thriller against Washington 106–109. They defeated San Antonio again to break their losing streak before losing three straight games to finish June 2–8. July started much better for the Sun as they won three of their first four games, matching their win total from the first two months of the season. Their only loss came at home to Atlanta, 63–67. They lost two games and won to games to end the month 5–3. Upon return from the Olympic Break, the Sun went 2–1 in August, defeating Minnesota and San Antonio at home and losing to Atlanta away. They opened September with a win over Phoenix, but lost their next three games. They finished the season with three wins and finished September 4–3. Their 14–20 overall record saw them finish ninth overall, two games out of the final playoff spot. Transactions WNBA draft 2016 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 3 Morgan Tuck Connecticut 1 4 Rachel Banham Minnesota 1 6 Jonquel Jones George Washington 2 17 Jamie Weisner Oregon State 3 27 Aliyyah Handford St. John's Trades/Roster Changes DateDetails February 3, 2016 Traded Elizabeth Williams to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the 4th Overall Pick in the 2016 WNBA drafthttps://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/14711038/connecticut-sun-trade-elizabeth-williams-atlanta-dream-no-4-draft-pick Seattle Connecticut Sun trade F/C Elizabeth Williams to Dream for No. 4 draft pick 2016-02-12 ESPN ESPN February 4, 2016 April 14, 2016 Traded Chelsea Gray the 15th and 23rds pick in the 2016 draft, and the 4th pick in the 2017 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for the rights to Jonquel Jones and the 17th pick in the 2016 draft.https://www.espn.com.au/wnba/story/_/id/14880298/los-angeles-sparks-acquire-riquna-williams-no-6-pick-dallas-wings-exchange-erin-phillips-no-5-pick Sparks acquire Riquna Williams in swap of high picks with Wings 2016-03-18 ESPN ESPN March 2, 2016 June 25, 2016 Traded Kelsey Bone to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Courtney Williams, the rights to Jillian Alleyne and the 13th pick in the 2017 draft. Knight Joey Courtney Williams traded to Connecticut Tampa Bay Times June 26, 2016 http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/courtney-williams-traded-to-connecticut/2283190 August 27, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160828140619/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/courtney-williams-traded-to-connecticut/2283190 August 28, 2016 dead Roster Connecticut Sun 2016 WNBA 1 Rachel Banham G 5 10 181 07-15-1993 R Minnesota USA yes 20 Alex Bentley G 5 7 152 10-27-1990 3 Penn State USA 34 Kelly Faris G 5 11 154 12-31-1991 3 Connecticut USA 15 Aneika Henry C/F 6 4 192 02-13-1986 4 Florida JAM 35 Jonquel Jones C/F 6 6 215 01-05-1994 R George Washington BHS 2 Camille Little F 6 2 180 01-18-1985 9 North Carolina USA 13 Chiney Ogwumike C/F 6 3 183 03-22-1992 1 Stanford USA 40 Shekinna Stricklen F 6 2 230 07-30-1990 4 Tennessee USA 31 Asia Taylor F 6 1 167 08-22-1991 1 Louisville USA 25 Alyssa Thomas F 6 2 203 04-12-1992 2 Maryland USA 5 Jasmine Thomas Jasmine Thomas (basketball) G 5 9 143 09-30-1989 5 Duke USA 33 Morgan Tuck F 6 2 207 04-30-1994 R Connecticut USA yes 10 Courtney Williams G 5 8 142 05-11-1994 R South Florida USA USA Curt Miller Baldwin Wallace University USA Nicki Collen 1 Marquette USA Steve Smith 1 USA Jeremy Norman 1 Keene State College USA Tim Yuhas 1 Connecticut Source:https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CON/2016.html 2016 Connecticut Sun Stats basketball-reference.com Sports Reference May 30, 2024 Game log Preseason Connecticut Sun yes 2016 Connecticut Sun May yes 2 0 1 0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 | May 4 | Chicago | W 84–81 | Kelsey Bone (15) | Alyssa Thomas (7) | Bone, A. Thomas, J. Thomas, Tuck (5) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,207 | 1–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | May 5 | San Antonio | W 76–53 | Morgan Tuck (16) | Jonquel Jones (12) | Kelly Faris (3) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,025 | 2–0 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 | May 8 | @ Dallas | W 82–74 | Jonquel Jones (16) | Kelly Faris (7) | Rachel Banham (7) | College Park Center2,326 | 3–0 con yes 2016 Regular season Connecticut Sun 2016 Total: 14–20 (Home: 8–9; Road: 6–11) Connecticut Sun May yes 0 2 1 3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | May 14 | @ Chicago | L 70–93 | Alex Bentley (14) | A. Thomas, Tuck (7) | Alyssa Thomas (4) | Allstate Arena6,719 | 0–1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 | May 19 | @ San Antonio | W 72–68 | Camille Little (13) | Kelsey Bone (10) | Jasmine Thomas (8) | AT&T Center6,267 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | May 21 | Washington | L 76–84 | Alyssa Thomas (18) | Kelsey Bone (10) | Jasmine Thomas (7) | Mohegan Sun Arena6,022 | 1–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | May 26 | Los Angeles | L 72–77 | Jasmine Thomas (17) | Chiney Ogwumike (9) | Bentley, J. Thomas (4) | Mohegan Sun Arena4,766 | 1–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | May 28 | @ Seattle | L 81–93 | Jasmine Thomas (17) | Jasmine Thomas (5) | Camille Little (6) | KeyArena4,456 | 1–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 | May 31 | @ Phoenix | L 90–99 | Camille Little (16) | Kelsey Bone (8) | Jasmine Thomas (6) | Talking Stick Resort Arena8,412 | 1–5 Connecticut Sun June 2 4 0 4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || June 3 || Atlanta || L 77–83 || Alex Bentley (16) || Kelsey Bone (7) || Jasmine Thomas (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,541 || 1–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || June 5 || Indiana || L 77–88 || Alyssa Thomas (20) || Jonquel Jones (9) || Rachel Banham (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,346 || 1–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || June 10 || Seattle || W 77–76 || Morgan Tuck (20) || Alyssa Thomas (9) || Alyssa Thomas (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena8,075 || 2–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || June 12 || @ Atlanta || L 87–93 || Jasmine Thomas (19) || Bentley, Ogwumike, Tuck (6) || Bentley, Thomas (5) || Philips Arena4,486 || 2–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || June 14 || Washington || L 106–109 3OT || Alex Bentley (31) || Kelsey Bone (11) || Camille Little (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,442 || 2–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || June 16 || New York || L 72–80 || Alex Bentley (16) || Kelsey Bone (7) || Kelsey Bone (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,786 || 2–10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 || June 19 || San Antonio || W 90–83 || Alex Bentley (29) || Jones, J. Thomas (9) || Jasmine Thomas (10) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,596 || 3–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || June 24 || @ Seattle || L 81–98 || Alex Bentley (13) || Alyssa Thomas (6) || Alex Bentley (4) || KeyArena6,568 || 3–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || June 26 || @ Los Angeles || L 73–80 || Chiney Ogwumike (16) || Alyssa Thomas (9) || Alyssa Thomas (7) || Staples Center9,441 || 3–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || June 29 || @ Phoenix || L 75–86 || Alex Bentley (20) || Jonquel Jones (9) || Alex Bentley (6) || Talking Stick Resort Arena10,551 || 3–13 Connecticut Sun July 1 2 4 1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 || July 2 || @ Dallas || W 86–83 || Alex Bentley (24) || Chiney Ogwumike (9) || Jasmine Thomas (7) || College Park Center5,108 || 4–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 || July 7 || Minnesota || W 93–83 || Alex Bentley (24) || Chiney Ogwumike (7) || Jasmine Thomas (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,739 || 5–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || July 10 || Atlanta || L 63–67 || Alyssa Thomas (19) || Ogwumike, J. Thomas (5) || Alex Bentley (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,857 || 5–14 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 || July 13 || @ Indiana || W 86–64 || Chiney Ogwumike (20) || Chiney Ogwumike (8) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse12,272 || 6–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || July 15 || Los Angeles || L 92–98 || Alyssa Thomas (17) || Chiney Ogwumike (13) || Bentley, J. Thomas, Little (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,430 || 6–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || July 17 || @ New York || L 76–83 || Chiney Ogwumike (18) || Chiney Ogwumike (10) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Madison Square Garden9,464 || 6–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 || July 20 || @ Dallas || W 89–78 || Chiney Ogwumike (26) || Chiney Ogwumike (15) || Morgan Tuck (5) || College Park Center4,873 || 7–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 || July 22 || @ Chicago || W 94–89 || Alex Bentley (21) || Jonquel Jones (10) || Jasmine Thomas (8) || Allstate Arena6,893 || 8–16 Connecticut Sun August 2 0 0 1 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 || August 26 || Minnesota || W 84–80 || Alyssa Thomas (15) || Chiney Ogwumike (10) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena7,381 || 9–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || August 28 || @ Atlanta || L 73–87 || Chiney Ogwumike (24) || Courtney Williams (7) || Jasmine Thomas (4) || Philips Arena7,055 || 9–17 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 || August 30 || San Antonio || W 89–62 || Alex Bentley (21) || Alyssa Thomas (7) || Camille Little (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,291 || 10–17 Connecticut Sun September 3 1 1 2 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 || September 2 || Phoenix || W 87–74 || Chiney Ogwumike (22) || Chiney Ogwumike (10) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,709 || 11–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || September 4 || @ Minnesota || L 79–93 || Alex Bentley (16) || Jonquel Jones (11) || Alex Bentley (6) || Target Center7,632 || 11–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || September 9 || @ New York || L 82–89 || Ogwumike, Williams (20) || Chiney Ogwumike (9) || Jasmine Thomas (4) || Madison Square Garden9,482 || 11–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || September 11 || Chicago Sky || L 86–96 || Jasmine Thomas (20) || Chiney Ogwumike (10) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,620 || 11–20 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 || September 13 || Indiana || W 89–87 || Jasmine Thomas (21) || A. Thomas, J. Thomas (5) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,407 || 12–20 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 || September 16 || Dallas || W 107–74 || Little, Williams (15) || Chiney Ogwumike (13) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,228 || 13–20 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 34 || September 18 || @ Washington || W 87–78 || Jonquel Jones (21) || Ogwumike, A. Thomas (10) || Jasmine Thomas (10) || Verizon Center 8,991 || 14–20 |- con 2016 Standings CON Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Jasmine Thomas WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week September 19, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/sun-jasmine-thomas-sparks-nneka-ogwumike-players-of-week Sun's Jasmine Thomas, Sparks' Nneka Ogwumike Named Players of the Week WNBA September 19, 2016 May 30, 2024 All-Defensive Second Team September 30, 2016 https://www.wnba.com/news/2016-wnba-all-defensive-team-official-release Sylvia Fowles, Nneka Ogwumike Headline 2016 WNBA All-Defensive Team WNBA September 30, 2016 May 30, 2024 Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Alex Bentley 34 34 28.8 38.5% 28.6% 78.5% 1.9 2.5 0.9 0.1 12.9 Chiney Ogwumike 33 18 24.3 58.7% — 71.9% 6.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 12.6 Jasmine Thomas 34 34 32.1 40.8% 29.7% 86.1% 4.1 5.1 1.3 0.4 11.7 Alyssa Thomas 31 31 27.1 48.7% — 63.4% 6.0 2.3 1.4 0.2 11.1 Kelsey Bone 14 13 23.9 43.3% 26.7% 66.7% 5.4 1.3 0.7 0.2 10.7 Courtney Williams 19 0 17.2 42.7% 30.8% 57.9% 3.6 1.5 0.6 0.2 8.1 Camille Little 33 29 24.6 38.4% 32.2% 63.2% 3.0 2.0 1.2 0.3 7.8 Morgan Tuck 26 3 16.7 41.4% 30.4% 71.1% 2.8 1.1 0.4 0.1 7.0 Jonquel Jones 34 6 14.1 53.1% 33.3% 73.9% 3.7 0.6 0.6 1.1 6.8 Shekinna Stricklen 28 0 10.9 36.5% 35.1% 64.3% 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 4.0 Rachel Banham 15 0 10.9 40.8% 35.1% 66.7% 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.1 3.7 Asia Taylor 4 0 4.3 60.0% — 85.7% 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 3.0 Kelly Faris 31 0 10.2 39.6% 25.0% 93.3% 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.1 2.0 Aneika Henry 10 2 5.0 38.5% — 40.0% 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.2 References External links The Official Site of the Connecticut Sun Category:Connecticut Sun seasons Connecticut Sun Category:Organized events in Uncasville, Connecticut