# 2010 Connecticut Sun season

The 2010 WNBA season is 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* May 14: The Sun waived May Kotsopoulos and Judie Lomax.

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| January 12, 2010 | To Connecticut Sun | To Minnesota Lynx |
| January 12, 2010 | Renee Montgomery and first overall pick in 2010 Draft | Lindsay Whalen and second overall pick in 2010 Draft |
| April 7, 2010 | To Connecticut Sun | To Tulsa Shock |
| April 7, 2010 | Seventh overall pick in 2010 Draft and second-round pick in 2011 Draft | Amber Holt and Chante Black |
| April 8, 2010 | To Connecticut Sun | To Minnesota Lynx |
| April 8, 2010 | Rights to Kelsey Griffin | First-round and second-round pick in 2011 Draft |

### Free agents
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| 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

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Washington Mystics $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 13–4 | 9–8 | 13–9 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 13–4 | 9–8 | 14–8 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 1.0 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 13–9 |
| Atlanta Dream $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.0 | 10–7 | 9–8 | 10–12 |
| Connecticut Sun $^o$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 5.0 | 12–5 | 5–12 | 9–13 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 8.0 | 7–10 | 7–10 | 7–15 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 411:00amAtlanta86-79Charles (21)Charles (9)Montgomery (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 3,7791-0
2May 77:30pmPoland National Team89-46Charles, Kotsopoulos (15)Charles (9)Montgomery (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,0592-0
3May 1110:30am@ New York84-89 (3OT)Charles (22)Charles, Walker (13)Lawson, Walker (4)Madison Square Garden 19,7632-1 :

### Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season :
May
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 153:30pmChicagoCN10074-61Jekabsone-Zogota (18)Charles, Griffin (10)Griffin, Lawson (3)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,0721-0
2May 217:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV CSN-NE FS-S82-97Charles (22)Charles (11)Montgomery (5)Philips Arena 4,0921-1
3May 233:00pmWashington80-65White (15)Charles (8)Gardin (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,6142-1
4May 277:30pmMinnesota105-79Montgomery (23)Charles (10)Lawson, Montgomery (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,4013-1
5May 304:00pm@ Washington65-69Charles (13)Charles (9)Montgomery (4)Verizon Center 8,6023-2 :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6June 47:30pmNew York75-68White (18)Charles (15)Lawson (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,4934-2
7June 61:00pmSan Antonio81-68Charles (19)Charles (11)Lawson, White (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,2925-2
8June 117:30pmIndianaCSN-NE86-77Montgomery (29)Charles (12)Jekabsone-Zogota (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,6036-2
9June 136:00pm@ Indiana67-77Montgomery (17)Gruda (5)Jekabsone-Zogota (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,3026-3
10June 1810:30pm@ Los Angeles78-75Charles (26)Charles (19)Jekabsone-Zogota, Jones, White (3)STAPLES Center 8,8527-3
11June 206:00pm@ PhoenixNBATV FS-A96-94Charles (24)Charles (12)Lawson (5)US Airways Center 6,0688-3
12June 227:30pmChicagoCN10077-86Charles (14)Charles (16)Montgomery (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,9818-4
13June 257:30pmPhoenixCSN-NE82-79Charles (19)Charles (23)Montgomery (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,5189-4
14June 274:00pm@ New YorkCSN-NE68-77Lawson, Montgomery (13)Charles (16)Montgomery (5)Madison Square Garden 15,2939-5
15June 298:00pm@ TulsaCOX101-89Gruda, Lawson (17)Charles (12)Montgomery (5)BOK Center 3,64910-5 :
July
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 18:00pm@ ChicagoCN10080-92Gruda (17)Gruda (7)Montgomery (5)Allstate Arena 3,06110-6
17July 68:00pm@ San AntonioESPN266-79White (17)Charles (13)Lawson (4)AT&T Center 7,26410-7
18July 77:00pm@ AtlantaSSO103-108 (OT)Charles (27)Charles (20)Lawson (8)Philips Arena 5,30510-8
19July 141:00pm@ Indiana77-68Gruda (21)Griffin (8)Lawson (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 10,07611-8
20July 177:00pmAtlanta96-80Charles (22)Charles (14)White (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,37812-8
21July 208:00pmNew YorkESPN274-82 (OT)Montgomery (23)Griffin (9)White (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,47812-9
22July 247:00pmLos AngelesCSN-NE80-89Montgomery (14)Charles, Jones (9)Lawson (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,09712-10
23July 277:30pmWashington88-78Jones (23)Charles (9)Lawson (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,32213-10
24July 307:30pmAtlanta62-94Jones (16)Charles (12)Lawson (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,00313-11 :
August
GameDateTimeOpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
25August 14:00pm@ New YorkMSG67-71Jones (18)Charles (10)Montgomery (5)Madison Square Garden 9,34113-12
26August 38:00pm@ MinnesotaCSN-NE103-111 (OT)Montgomery (33)Charles (21)Charles, Montgomery (4)Target Center 5,95413-13
27August 510:30pm@ SeattleESPN282-83Charles (23)Jones (9)Montgomery (10)KeyArena 7,53913-14
28August 85:00pmWashington76-67Charles, Jones (17)Charles (14)Montgomery (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,07614-14
29August 107:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV CSN-MA74-84Montgomery (17)Charles (15)Lawson, Montgomery, White (4)Verizon Center 8,18014-15
30August 137:30pmSeattle88-68Jones (19)Gruda (9)Charles, Lawson, Montgomery (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,19715-15
31August 155:00pmIndiana66-79Charles (18)Charles (13)Montgomery (8)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,91515-16
32August 177:30pmTulsaCSN-NE90-62Montgomery (22)Charles (10)Charles (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,82816-16
33August 208:30pm@ ChicagoNBATV CN10078-71Montgomery (20)Griffin (11)Lawson (6)Allstate Arena 5,59817-16
34August 224:00pm@ New YorkMSG87-88 (OT)Charles (21)Charles (13)Jones, Montgomery (4)Madison Square Garden 15,98917-17 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Tina Charles | 34 | 34 | 31.0 | .487 | .000 | .763 | 11.7 | 1.5 | 0.74 | 1.68 | 15.5 |
| Kerri Gardin | 25 | 0 | 8.2 | .270 | .091 | .667 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.36 | 0.12 | 1.2 |
| Kelsey Griffin | 34 | 19 | 20.0 | .350 | .271 | .774 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 4.4 |
| Sandrine Gruda | 28 | 6 | 22.7 | .491 | .182 | .760 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 11.5 |
| Allison Hightower | 20 | 1 | 10.4 | .317 | .167 | .813 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.70 | 0.10 | 2.7 |
| Anete Jekabsone-Zogota | 20 | 14 | 17.6 | .389 | .351 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 7.2 |
| Asjha Jones | 30 | 29 | 25.8 | .448 | .300 | .848 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 10.8 |
| Kara Lawson | 34 | 32 | 25.1 | .409 | .359 | .895 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 8.3 |
| Renee Montgomery | 34 | 23 | 27.6 | .401 | .349 | .855 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 1.38 | 0.09 | 13.3 |
| DeMya Walker | 31 | 2 | 11.0 | .419 | .000 | .826 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.45 | 0.16 | 4.1 |
| Tan White | 34 | 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.