2010 Connecticut Sun season

February 2024 August 2023 March 2026 Connecticut Sun 2010 17 17 Eastern 5th Mike Thibault Mohegan Sun Arena Did not qualify CSN-NENBATV, ESPN2 The 2010 WNBA season was the 12th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their eighth in Connecticut. Transactions Dispersal draft Based on the Sun's 2009 record, they would pick 3rd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Sun picked DeMya Walker. WNBA draft The following are the Sun's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 1 (from N.Y, via L.A., via Minn.) Tina Charles United States Connecticut 1 7 (from Tul.) Danielle McCray United States Kansas 2 15 Allison Hightower United States LSU 3 27 Johannah Leedham United Kingdom Franklin Pierce Transaction log January 12: The Sun traded Lindsay Whalen and the second overall pick in the 2010 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Renee Montgomery and the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft.https://www.startribune.com/lynx-trade-for-ex-gopher-star-lindsay-whalen/81230172/ Lynx trade for ex-Gopher star Lindsay Whalen Star Tribune January 13, 2010 February 21, 2024 February 2: The Sun signed free agent Kara Lawson and re-signed Anete Jekabsone-Zogota to multi-year contracts. February 10: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin to a training camp contract. February 23: The Sun re-signed Tan White. April 7: The Sun traded Amber Holt and Chante Black to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for the seventh pick in the 2010 Draft and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft. April 8: The Sun announced that Erin Phillips would sit out the season. April 8: The Sun traded their first-round and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the draft rights to Kelsey Griffin. April 15: The Sun waived Tamika Whitmore.https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/sports/pro/2010/04/15/wnba-sun-waive-whitmore-after/64976750007/ WNBA: Sun waive Whitmore after reaching buyout Matt Stout The Bulletin April 15, 2010 February 21, 2024 April 23: The Sun signed Sha Brooks, Alicia Gladden, May Kotsopoulos, Judie Lomax, Pauline Love and Kaitlin Sowinski to training camp contracts. April 26: The Sun signed Kailey Klein to a training camp contract. May 5: The Sun waived Sha Brooks. May 6: The Sun waived Kaitlin Sowinski, Pauline Love and Kailey Klein.https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/sports/pro/2010/05/06/wnba-sun-waive-3-more/65045278007/ WNBA: Sun waive 3 more; Jekabsone-Zogota to arrive Matt Stout The Bulletin May 6, 2010 February 21, 2024 May 14: The Sun waived May Kotsopoulos and Judie Lomax. Trades DateTradeJanuary 12, 2010To Connecticut SunTo Minnesota Lynx Renee Montgomery and first overall pick in 2010 Draft Lindsay Whalen and second overall pick in 2010 DraftApril 7, 2010To Connecticut SunTo Tulsa Shock Seventh overall pick in 2010 Draft and second-round pick in 2011 Draft Amber Holt and Chante BlackApril 8, 2010To Connecticut SunTo Minnesota Lynx Rights to Kelsey Griffin First-round and second-round pick in 2011 Draft Free agents 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team DeMya Walker December 14, 2009 Sacramento Monarchs Renee Montgomery January 12, 2010 Minnesota Lynx Kara Lawson February 2, 2010 Sacramento Monarchs Anete Jekabsone-Zogota February 2, 2010 re-signed Kerri Gardin February 10, 2010 re-signed Tan White February 23, 2010 re-signed Kelsey Griffin April 8, 2010 Minnesota Lynx Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Lindsay Whalen January 12, 2010 Minnesota Lynx Amber Holt April 7, 2010 Tulsa Shock Chante Black April 7, 2010 Tulsa Shock Erin Phillips April 8, 2010 hiatus Tamika Whitmore April 15, 2010 free agent Roster Connecticut Sun 2010 WNBA 31 Tina Charles Tina Charles (basketball) C 6 4 198 Connecticut USA 41 Kerri Gardin SF 6 1 168 Virginia Tech USA 5 Kelsey Griffin F 6 2 179 Nebraska USA 7 Sandrine Gruda C 6 4 185 France FRA 23 Allison Hightower G 5 10 139 LSU USA 10 Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota SG 5 9 180 Latvia Latvia 15 Asjha Jones PF 6 2 196 Connecticut USA 20 Kara Lawson G 5 8 169 Tennessee USA 21 Renee Montgomery G 5 7 143 Connecticut USA 22 DeMya Walker F 6 3 200 Virginia USA 14 Tan White SG 5 7 154 Mississippi State USA USA Mike Thibault St. Martin's University USA Scott Hawk 1 Nebraska-Omaha USA Bernadette Mattox 1 Georgia USA Jodi Hopkins 1 Ohio USA Jeremy Norman 1 Keene State College http://www.wnba.com/sun/roster/ 2010-05-14 Depth Pos.StarterBench C Tina Charles Sandrine Gruda PF Asjha Jones DeMya Walker / Kerri Gardin SF Kelsey Griffin Anete Jekabsone-Zogota SG Kara Lawson Tan White PG Renee Montgomery Allison Hightower Season standings CON Schedule Preseason y background:#092C57; color:#FFC322 2010 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 4 || 11:00am || Atlanta || 86-79 || Charles (21) || Charles (9) || Montgomery (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 3,779 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 7 || 7:30pm || Poland National Team || 89-46 || Charles, Kotsopoulos (15) || Charles (9) || Montgomery (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 5,059 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || May 11 || 10:30am || @ New York || 84-89 (3OT) || Charles (22) || Charles, Walker (13) || Lawson, Walker (4) || Madison Square Garden 19,763 || 2-1 |- Regular season background:#092C57; color:#FFC322 2010 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#B22222; color:white May Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 15 || 3:30pm || Chicago || CN100 || 74-61 || Jekabsone-Zogota (18) || Charles, Griffin (10) || Griffin, Lawson (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 8,072 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 21 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVCSN-NEFS-S || 82-97 || Charles (22) || Charles (11) || Montgomery (5) || Philips Arena 4,092 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || May 23 || 3:00pm || Washington || || 80-65 || White (15) || Charles (8) || Gardin (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,614 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || May 27 || 7:30pm || Minnesota || || 105-79 || Montgomery (23) || Charles (10) || Lawson, Montgomery (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,401 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || May 30 || 4:00pm || @ Washington || || 65-69 || Charles (13) || Charles (9) || Montgomery (4) || Verizon Center 8,602 || 3-2 |- y background:#B22222; color:white June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 4 || 7:30pm || New York || || 75-68 || White (18) || Charles (15) || Lawson (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,493 || 4-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 6 || 1:00pm || San Antonio || || 81-68 || Charles (19) || Charles (11) || Lawson, White (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,292 || 5-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 11 || 7:30pm || Indiana || CSN-NE || 86-77 || Montgomery (29) || Charles (12) || Jekabsone-Zogota (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,603 || 6-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 13 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana || || 67-77 || Montgomery (17) || Gruda (5) || Jekabsone-Zogota (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,302 || 6-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || June 18 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || || 78-75 || Charles (26) || Charles (19) || Jekabsone-Zogota, Jones, White (3) || STAPLES Center 8,852 || 7-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || June 20 || 6:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATVFS-A || 96-94 || Charles (24) || Charles (12) || Lawson (5) || US Airways Center 6,068 || 8-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || June 22 || 7:30pm || Chicago || CN100 || 77-86 || Charles (14) || Charles (16) || Montgomery (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,981 || 8-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || June 25 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || CSN-NE || 82-79 || Charles (19) || Charles (23) || Montgomery (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,518 || 9-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || June 27 || 4:00pm || @ New York || CSN-NE || 68-77 || Lawson, Montgomery (13) || Charles (16) || Montgomery (5) || Madison Square Garden 15,293 || 9-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || June 29 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 101-89 || Gruda, Lawson (17) || Charles (12) || Montgomery (5) || BOK Center 3,649 || 10-5 |- y background:#B22222; color:white July Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 1 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 80-92 || Gruda (17) || Gruda (7) || Montgomery (5) || Allstate Arena 3,061 || 10-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 6 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || ESPN2 || 66-79 || White (17) || Charles (13) || Lawson (4) || AT&T Center 7,264 || 10-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 7 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 103-108 (OT) || Charles (27) || Charles (20) || Lawson (8) || Philips Arena 5,305 || 10-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 14 || 1:00pm || @ Indiana || || 77-68 || Gruda (21) || Griffin (8) || Lawson (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 10,076 || 11-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || July 17 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || || 96-80 || Charles (22) || Charles (14) || White (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,378 || 12-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || July 20 || 8:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 74-82 (OT) || Montgomery (23) || Griffin (9) || White (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,478 || 12-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || July 24 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || CSN-NE || 80-89 || Montgomery (14) || Charles, Jones (9) || Lawson (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 8,097 || 12-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || July 27 || 7:30pm || Washington || || 88-78 || Jones (23) || Charles (9) || Lawson (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,322 || 13-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || July 30 || 7:30pm || Atlanta || || 62-94 || Jones (16) || Charles (12) || Lawson (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,003 || 13-11 |- y background:#B22222; color:white August Game Date Time Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 1 || 4:00pm || @ New York || MSG || 67-71 || Jones (18) || Charles (10) || Montgomery (5) || Madison Square Garden 9,341 || 13-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 3 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || CSN-NE || 103-111 (OT) || Montgomery (33) || Charles (21) || Charles, Montgomery (4) || Target Center 5,954 || 13-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 5 || 10:30pm || @ Seattle || ESPN2 || 82-83 || Charles (23) || Jones (9) || Montgomery (10) || KeyArena 7,539 || 13-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 8 || 5:00pm || Washington || || 76-67 || Charles, Jones (17) || Charles (14) || Montgomery (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,076 || 14-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || August 10 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || NBATVCSN-MA || 74-84 || Montgomery (17) || Charles (15) || Lawson, Montgomery, White (4) || Verizon Center 8,180 || 14-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || August 13 || 7:30pm || Seattle || || 88-68 || Jones (19) || Gruda (9) || Charles, Lawson, Montgomery (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,197 || 15-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || August 15 || 5:00pm || Indiana || || 66-79 || Charles (18) || Charles (13) || Montgomery (8) || Mohegan Sun Arena 7,915 || 15-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || August 17 || 7:30pm || Tulsa || CSN-NE || 90-62 || Montgomery (22) || Charles (10) || Charles (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 8,828 || 16-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || August 20 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago || NBATVCN100 || 78-71 || Montgomery (20) || Griffin (11) || Lawson (6) || Allstate Arena 5,598 || 17-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || August 22 || 4:00pm || @ New York || MSG || 87-88 (OT) || Charles (21) || Charles (13) || Jones, Montgomery (4) || Madison Square Garden 15,989 || 17-17 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Charles, Tina Tina Charles34 34 31.0 .487 .000 .763 11.7 1.5 0.74 1.68 15.5 Gardin, Kerri Kerri Gardin 25 0 8.2 .270 .091 .667 1.2 0.6 0.36 0.12 1.2 Griffin, Kelsey Kelsey Griffin34 19 20.0 .350 .271 .774 4.7 1.1 0.68 0.50 4.4 Gruda, Sandrine Sandrine Gruda 28 6 22.7 .491 .182 .760 4.5 1.2 0.68 0.75 11.5 Hightower, Allison Allison Hightower 20 1 10.4 .317 .167 .813 1.3 0.5 0.70 0.10 2.7 Jekabsone-Zogota, Anete Anete Jekabsone-Zogota 20 14 17.6 .389 .351 1.000 2.0 1.7 0.45 0.25 7.2 Jones, Asjha Asjha Jones 30 29 25.8 .448 .300 .848 4.9 2.2 0.43 0.43 10.8 Lawson, Kara Kara Lawson34 32 25.1 .409 .359 .895 2.6 3.5 0.41 0.00 8.3 Montgomery, Renee Renee Montgomery34 23 27.6 .401 .349 .855 2.2 4.1 1.38 0.09 13.3 Walker, DeMya DeMya Walker 31 2 11.0 .419 .000 .826 2.1 0.8 0.45 0.16 4.1 White, Tan Tan White34 10 25.2 .420 .366 .800 2.7 2.3 1.59 0.12 10.1 Awards and honors Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 12, 2010. Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for May. Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for June. Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for July. Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for August. Tina Charles was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA reserve. Renee Montgomery was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA reserve. Tina Charles was named to the All-Rookie Team. Kelsey Griffin was named to the All-Rookie Team. Tina Charles was named to the All-WNBA Second Team. References External links Category:Connecticut Sun seasons Connecticut Connecticut Sun