# 2011 Connecticut Sun season

The 2011 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their ninth in Connecticut.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 2 | 16 | Sydney Colson | United States | Texas A&M |
| 3 | 28 | Adrienne Johnson | United States | Louisiana Tech |

### Transaction log

* February 3: The Sun re-signed Tan White and Kerri Gardin.
* February 14: The Sun signed draft pick Danielle McCray.
* April 8: The Sun signed Rachele Fitz to a training camp contract.
* April 10: The Sun signed Stefanie Murphy to a training camp contract.
* April 11: The Sun traded a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for draft rights to Tahnee Robinson.
* April 11: The Sun traded draft rights to Sydney Colson to the New York Liberty in exchange for Kalana Greene.
* May 25: The Sun waived Adrienne Johnson, Tahnee Robinson, and Rachele Fitz.
* June 1: The Sun waived Stefanie Murphy.
* June 3: The Sun signed Jessica Moore and waived Kerri Gardin.
* July 22: The Sun waived DeMya Walker.
* July 24: The Sun signed Jessica Breland to a seven-day contract.

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| April 11, 2011 | To Connecticut Sun | To Phoenix Mercury |
| April 11, 2011 | Tahnee Robinson | third-round pick in 2012 Draft |
| April 11, 2011 | To Connecticut Sun | To New York Liberty |
| April 11, 2011 | Kalana Greene | Sydney Colson |

### Personnel changes
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Tina Charles | Jessica Moore |
| PF | Asjha Jones | Kelsey Griffin Jessica Breland |
| SF | Kalana Greene | Tan White |
| SG | Danielle McCray | Kara Lawson |
| PG | Renee Montgomery | Allison Hightower |

## Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | – | 13–4 | 8–9 | 13–9 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | – | 15–2 | 6–11 | 14–8 |
| Atlanta Dream $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 1.0 | 11–6 | 9–8 | 14–8 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 2.0 | 12-5 | 7–10 | 11–11 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 7.0 | 10–7 | 4–13 | 10–12 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 6 | 28 | .176 | 15.0 | 4–13 | 2–15 | 4–18 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 197:00pmChina101–63Greene, Griffin (13)Charles (10)Montgomery (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 4,6661–0
2May 257:00pmSan Antonio56–80White (15)Charles (17)Lawson (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 4,8011–1
3May 277:00pmSan Antonio75–73Charles (17)Charles (11)Jones (4)Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza 2,1392–1 :

### Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 47:00pmWashington89–73Charles (18)Jones (7)Lawson (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,6661–0
2June 108:30pm@ Chicago75–78Montgomery (22)Greene (6)Lawson Montgomery White (4)Allstate Arena 6,6091–1
3June 123:00pmTulsa90–79Charles (19)Charles (8)Montgomery (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,5202–1
4June 167:00pm@ WashingtonCSN-MA79–71Charles (26)Charles (10)Montgomery (5)Verizon Center 7,0283–1
5June 191:00pmChicago83–68Charles (31)Charles (12)Jones (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,8754–1
6June 238:00pm@ ChicagoCN100101–107 (2OT)Montgomery (33)Charles (13)Montgomery (6)Allstate Arena 3,3194–2
7June 257:00pm@ IndianaNBATV CSN-NE70–75Montgomery (19)Charles (11)Montgomery (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,1004–3
8June 288:00pmLos AngelesESPN279–76Charles (22)Charles (23)Montgomery (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,5155–3 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
9July 17:30pmSeattleCSN-NE75–70Charles (20)Charles (10)Montgomery (8)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,7486–3
10July 98:00pm@ MinnesotaNBATV FS-N67–90Montgomery (14)Charles (8)Jones Lawson (3)Target Center 8,2056–4
11July 131:00pm@ Indiana78–90White (17)Charles (11)Montgomery (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,0456–5
12July 157:00pm@ New YorkNBATV CSN-NE68–59Charles (15)Jones (7)Montgomery (4)Prudential Center 7,7227–5
13July 175:00pmIndiana76–71McCray (22)Charles (14)Montgomery (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,0758–5
14July 197:30pmNew York85–79Charles (24)Charles (7)Montgomery (10)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,0969–5
All-Star break
15July 268:00pm@ ChicagoCSN-NE CN10077–66Jones (22)Charles (15)Montgomery (6)Allstate Arena 3,09110–5
16July 287:30pmIndiana58–69Charles (13)Charles (10)Montgomery (3)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,32910–6
17July 315:00pmAtlanta99–92Montgomery (19)Charles (11)Lawson (9)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,95511–6 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
18August 33:00pm@ Los AngelesNBATV79–70Charles (20)Charles (13)Montgomery (6)STAPLES Center 14,26612–6
19August 510:00pm@ SeattleNBATV79–81Montgomery (19)Charles (10)White (4)KeyArena 7,28912–7
20August 76:00pm@ PhoenixNBATV FS-A96–95 (OT)Montgomery (28)Charles (17)Greene (6)US Airways Center 8,51413–7
21August 97:30pmChicago69–58Charles (16)Charles (11)Lawson White (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,04914–7
22August 117:30pmSan AntonioFS-SW59–72Jones (16)Jones (10)McCray (2)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,33414–8
23August 137:00pmWashington82–75Charles Montgomery (16)White (10)Jones Lawson (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,71715–8
24August 167:30pmMinnesotaCSN-NE108–79Montgomery (17)Charles (18)Montgomery (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,32316–8
25August 187:00pm@ New YorkNBATV MSG81–84 (OT)Charles (29)Charles (14)Montgomery (5)Prudential Center 7,24516–9
26August 197:30pm@ AtlantaNBATV SSO88–94 (OT)Jones (21)Charles Griffin (11)Montgomery (7)Philips Arena 7,22516–10
27August 215:00pmAtlanta96–87Montgomery (21)Jones (10)Montgomery (8)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,63617–10
28August 267:30pmPhoenixCSN-NE95–92Charles (17)Jones (11)Montgomery (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,00718–10
29August 284:00pm@ Tulsa72–83Charles (21)Charles (10)Charles Jones Montgomery (3)BOK Center 4,81318–11
30August 308:00pm@ San Antonio66–78Charles (16)Jones (10)Charles Montgomery (4)AT&T Center 6,93418–12 :
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 27:30pmIndiana83–55McCray (14)Charles (16)Charles (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,99119–12
32September 44:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV CSN-MA79–48Charles (24)Charles (15)Montgomery (7)Verizon Center 13,40320–12
33September 67:30pm@ AtlantaSSO74–85Charles (17)Charles (12)Montgomery (7)Philips Arena 6,55820–13
34September 111:00pmNew YorkNBATV69–63Charles (18)Charles Jones (11)Montgomery (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,11521–13 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

### Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason :
Eastern Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 167:00pmAtlantaNBATV84–89Jones Montgomery (16)McCray (8)Lawson (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,3730–1
2September 183:00pm@ AtlantaESPN264-69Jones (15)Charles (17)Montgomery (6)Philips Arena 6,8870–2 :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Jessica Breland | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.5 |
| Tina Charles | 34 | 34 | 33.4 | .468 | .000 | .687 | 11.0 | 1.9 | 0.76 | 1.76 | 17.6 |
| Kalana Greene | 33 | 33 | 23.7 | .422 | .391 | .600 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.91 | 0.36 | 5.6 |
| Kelsey Griffin | 34 | 2 | 13.0 | .357 | .167 | .731 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.74 | 0.29 | 3.6 |
| Allison Hightower | 25 | 2 | 9.2 | .339 | .222 | .750 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.44 | 0.04 | 2.0 |
| Asjha Jones | 34 | 34 | 28.6 | .444 | .300 | .711 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 0.62 | 0.47 | 13.3 |
| Kara Lawson | 33 | 8 | 25.2 | .449 | .430 | .890 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 0.70 | 0.03 | 10.4 |
| Danielle McCray | 34 | 23 | 15.1 | .399 | .391 | .771 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.47 | 0.12 | 5.9 |
| Renee Montgomery | 34 | 34 | 29.1 | .400 | .384 | .829 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 1.44 | 0.09 | 14.6 |
| Jessica Moore | 29 | 0 | 6.9 | .425 | .000 | .778 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 1.7 |
| DeMya Walker | 10 | 0 | 8.0 | .421 | .000 | .727 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 2.4 |
| Tan White | 34 | 0 | 22.0 | .354 | .280 | .840 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.18 | 0.18 | 5.9 |

### Postseason

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Jessica Breland | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tina Charles | 2 | 2 | 36.0 | .313 | .000 | .625 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 12.5 |
| Kalana Greene | 2 | 2 | 22.0 | .389 | .600 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 9.5 |
| Kelsey Griffin | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | .200 | .000 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 1.5 |
| Allison Hightower | 2 | 0 | 14.5 | .571 | .667 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 6.0 |
| Asjha Jones | 2 | 2 | 32.0 | .366 | .000 | .500 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 15.5 |
| Kara Lawson | 2 | 0 | 18.5 | .400 | .571 | .750 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.5 |
| Danielle McCray | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | .250 | .000 | 1.000 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.5 |
| Renee Montgomery | 2 | 2 | 28.5 | .471 | .333 | .875 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 13.0 |
| Jessica Moore | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.0 |
| Tan White | 2 | 0 | 21.5 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 4.0 |

## Awards and honors

* Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 13, 2011.
* Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 27, 2011.
* Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 18, 2011.
* Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 29, 2011.
* Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the month of June.
* Tina Charles was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
* Renee Montgomery was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
* Tina Charles finished as a Peak Performer, averaging 11.0 rebounds per game.
* Tina Charles was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
* Tina Charles was named to the All-WNBA First Team.