# 2008 Chicago Sky season

The 2008 WNBA season was the third season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. The Sky, were once again, were looking for a new coach after Bo Overton resigned following one season with the Sky. Assistant coach Steven Key was hired as the new head coach and general manager.
The Sky received the second over pick in the 2008 WNBA draft from the draft lottery system. They were able to use this pick on star center Sylvia Fowles out of LSU.

## Transactions
### Atlanta Dream Expansion Draft

The following player was selected in the Atlanta Dream expansion draft from the Chicago Sky:
| Player | Nationality | College | New Team |
| Carla Thomas | United States | Vanderbilt | Atlanta Dream |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 2 | Sylvia Fowles | United States | LSU |
| 2 | 19 | Quianna Chaney | United States | LSU |
| 3 | 33 | Angela Tisdale | United States | Baylor |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| January 14, 2008 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Catherine Joens and Claire Coggins |
| January 15, 2008 | Cored Chasity Melvin |
| February 22, 2008 | Signed Jia Perkins |
| March 12, 2008 | Head coach Bo Overton resigned |
| March 12, 2008 | Hired Steven Key as Head coach and General Manager |
| April 2, 2008 | Signed Carrie Moore to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 5, 2008 | Stacey Dales announced her retirement from the WNBA |
| April 15, 2008 | Signed Sylvia Fowles, Quianna Chaney, and Angela Tisdale to their Rookie Scale Contracts |
| April 16, 2008 | Signed Nina Stone and Amanda Jackson to Training Camp Contracts |
| April 18, 2008 | Signed Brooke Queenan to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 22, 2008 | Signed Chasity Melvin |
| April 24, 2008 | Signed Catherine Joens to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 28, 2008 | Signed Claire Coggins to a Training Camp Contract |
| May 4, 2008 | Waived Nina Stone, Claire Coggins, and Angela Tisdale |
| May 6, 2008 | Signed Erin Grant to a Training Camp Contract |
| May 9, 2008 | Waived Amanda Jackson and Carrie Moore |
| May 14, 2008 | Traded Bernadette Ngoyisa to the Indiana Fever in exchange for K.B. Sharp |
| May 15, 2008 | Waived Erin Grant and Stephanie Raymond |
| May 16, 2008 | Temporarily Suspend Liz Moeggenberg |
| May 20, 2008 | Waived Kayte Christensen |
| May 31, 2008 | Exercised the 4th-Year Team Option on Candice Dupree |
| June 5, 2008 | Signed Tye'sha Fluker |
| June 28, 2008 | Waived Brooke Queenan |
| July 1, 2008 | Signed Brooke Queenan to a 7-Day Contract |
| July 8, 2008 | Signed Brooke Queenan to a 2nd 7-Day Contract |
| July 8, 2008 | Signed Leah Rush to a 7-Day Contract |
| July 15, 2008 | Signed Brooke Queenan to a 3rd 7-Day Contract |
| July 22, 2008 | Signed Brooke Queenan to a 4th 7-Day Contract |
| August 14, 2008 | Waived Brooke Queenan |
| August 14, 2008 | Signed Leah Rush to a 2nd 7-Day Contract |
| September 4, 2008 | Signed Leah Rush to a 3rd 7-Day Contract |
| September 11, 2008 | Signed Leah Rush |
| September 11, 2008 | Signed Brooke Wyckoff to a Contract Extension |
| September 14, 2008 | Signed Dominique Canty to a One-Year Extension |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Chasity Melvin | Sylvia Fowles Tye'sha Fluker |
| PF | Candice Dupree | Catherine Joens |
| SF | Brooke Wyckoff | Armintie Price Leah Rush |
| SG | Jia Perkins | K.B. Sharp |
| PG | Dominique Canty | Quianna Chaney |

## Schedule
### Regular Season

2008 Regular Season Schedule Total: 12–22 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1) :
May: 1–2 (Home: 8–9; Road: 4–13)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
May 17
@ Seattle
61-67
Chasity Melvin (15)
Candice Dupree (10)
Perkins Price (2)
KeyArena 12,079
0-1
2
May 22
Sacramento
87-77
Dupree Price (22)
Sylvia Fowles (7)
Dominique Canty (6)
UIC Pavilion 4,188
1-1
3
May 29
Minnesota
69-75
Sylvia Fowles (16)
Sylvia Fowles (11)
Dominique Canty (6)
UIC Pavilion 3,014
1-2 :
June: 3–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4
June 1
Connecticut
73-75
Jia Perkins (21)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Dominique Canty (5)
UIC Pavilion 2,276
1-3
5
June 3
Los Angeles
77-81 (OT)
Candice Dupree (22)
Candice Dupree (11)
Dominique Canty (8)
UIC Pavilion 6,304
1-4
6
June 6
@ Atlanta
86-72
Canty Perkins (16)
Dupree Perkins (9)
Price (5)
Philips Arena 7,418
2-4
7
June 7
Atlanta
91-70
Candice Dupree (20)
Chasity Melvin (7)
Dominique Canty (6)
UIC Pavilion 3,182
3-4
8
June 13
Washington
57-64
Jia Perkins (17)
Candice Dupree (8)
Canty Price (4)
UIC Pavilion 2,600
3-5
9
June 18
@ Los Angeles
67-80
Jia Perkins (18)
Candice Dupree (8)
Canty Dupree (3)
STAPLES Center 7,245
3-6
10
June 20
@ Phoenix
105-112 (OT)
Jia Perkins (30)
Candice Dupree (12)
Candice Dupree (5)
US Airways Center 7,311
3-7
11
June 22
@ Sacramento
70-82
Jia Perkins (22)
Candice Dupree (11)
Dominique Canty (8)
ARCO Arena 6,107
3-8
12
June 26
Phoenix
79-89
Chasity Melvin (19)
Chasity Melvin (15)
Brooke Wyckoff (9)
UIC Pavilion 3,103
3-9
13
June 28
Detroit
76-59
Candice Dupree (18)
Dupree Melvin (8)
Chasity Melvin (5)
UIC Pavilion 3,407
4-9 :
July: 4–8 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–7)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
14
July 1
@ Minnesota
73-71
Candice Dupree (26)
Chasity Melvin (11)
Dominique Canty (5)
Target Center 4,765
5-9
15
July 2
@ Indiana
67-74
Candice Dupree (20)
Candice Dupree (13)
Dupree Wyckoff (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 6,196
5-10
16
July 5
@ Atlanta
84-91
Jia Perkins (24)
Candice Dupree (8)
Dominique Canty (6)
Philips Arena 8,468
5-11
17
July 10
San Antonio
67-75
Jia Perkins (17)
Candice Dupree (8)
Canty Perkins (4)
UIC Pavilion 3,040
5-12
18
July 12
@ Indiana
57-66
Candice Dupree (19)
Chasity Melvin (12)
Chasity Melvin (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 7,134
5-13
19
July 13
Atlanta
79-66
Dupree Perkins (18)
Armintie Price (7)
Dupree Perkins Wyckoff Fluker (3)
UIC Pavilion 2,907
6-13
20
July 16
@ Detroit
63-66
Jia Perkins (26)
Candice Dupree (12)
Dupree Melvin (4)
Palace of Auburn Hills 15,210
6-14
21
July 18
Connecticut
73-65
Jia Perkins (15)
Candice Dupree (9)
K.B. Sharp (4)
UIC Pavilion 3,379
7-14
22
July 20
@ Connecticut
67-74
Armintie Price (15)
Chasity Melvin (10)
Jia Perkins (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 7,367
7-15
23
July 22
Indiana
68-60
Candice Dupree (20)
Jia Perkins (10)
Jia Perkins (8)
UIC Pavilion 3,035
8-15
24
July 24
@ San Antonio
67-78
Candice Dupree (20)
Candice Dupree (10)
Perkins Sharp (3)
AT&T Center 9,372
8-16
25
July 26
@ Houston
65-79
Candice Dupree (28)
Jia Perkins (7)
Jia Perkins (5)
Reliant Arena 6,569
8-17 :
August: 3–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
26
August 28
@ New York
69-60
Jia Perkins (19)
Sylvia Fowles (10)
Armintie Price (5)
Madison Square Garden 8,566
9-17
27
August 29
@ Washington
79-75
Jia Perkins (28)
Sylvia Fowles (13)
Armintie Price (4)
Verizon Center 10,043
10-17
28
August 31
Detroit
82-81 (OT)
Candice Dupree (24)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Candice Dupree (7)
UIC Pavilion 4,197
11-17 :
September: 1–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
29
September 4
Seattle
62-70
Jia Perkins (22)
Candice Dupree (6)
Dominique Canty (6)
UIC Pavilion 3,829
11-18
30
September 5
@ Connecticut
75-80
Jia Perkins (18)
Sylvia Fowles (6)
Dominique Canty (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 8,088
11-19
31
September 7
@ New York
61-69
Jia Perkins (18)
Sylvia Fowles (12)
Canty Sharp (2)
Madison Square Garden 7,903
11-20
32
September 9
Washington
78-59
Jia Perkins (17)
Candice Dupree (10)
Candice Dupree (6)
UIC Pavilion 3,087
12-20
33
September 12
New York
62-69
Candice Dupree (18)
Dupree Fowles (6)
Canty Wyckoff (4)
UIC Pavilion 5,681
12-21
34
September 14
Houston
76-79
Candice Dupree (20)
Armintie Price (7)
Dominique Canty (6)
UIC Pavilion 4,917
12-22 :

## Standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Detroit Shock $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 14–3 | 8–9 | 16–4 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 1.0 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 13–7 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 11–9 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 5.0 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 12–8 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10.0 | 8–9 | 4–13 | 10–10 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 10 | 24 | .294 | 12.0 | 6–11 | 4–13 | 6–14 |
| Atlanta Dream $^o$ | 4 | 30 | .118 | 18.0 | 1–16 | 3–14 | 2–18 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Jia Perkins | 34 | 34 | 31.9 | 43.6 | 36.3 | 89.1 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 17.0 |
| Candice Dupree | 34 | 34 | 32.9 | 45.7 | 14.3 | 78.0 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 16.3 |
| Sylvia Fowles | 17 | 14 | 25.3 | 51.3 | 0.0 | 58.5 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 10.5 |
| Chasity Melvin | 34 | 18 | 22.3 | 44.3 | 33.3 | 61.4 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 8.2 |
| Dominique Canty | 28 | 28 | 26.3 | 39.4 | 16.7 | 66.9 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 8.1 |
| Armintie Price | 34 | 11 | 22.4 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 52.0 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 6.9 |
| Catherine Joens | 26 | 0 | 10.5 | 37.4 | 36.9 | 87.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.8 |
| K.B. Sharp | 34 | 6 | 17.6 | 43.3 | 32.1 | 65.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Tye'sha Fluker | 26 | 2 | 8.9 | 38.5 | 33.3 | 76.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Quianna Chaney | 28 | 0 | 8.6 | 27.7 | 24.0 | 83.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
| Brooke Wyckoff | 34 | 23 | 17.5 | 34.2 | 31.4 | 56.3 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| Leah Rush | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Brooke Queenan | 8 | 0 | 4.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Sylvia Fowles | WNBA All-Defense Second Team | September 19 |
| Sylvia Fowles | WNBA All-Rookie Team | October 3 |
| Jia Perkins | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | September 2 |