# 2010 Chicago Sky season

The 2010 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. This was the first season for the Sky in Allstate Arena. The Sky previously played at UIC Pavilion.

## Transactions
### Sacramento Monarchs Dispersal Draft

With the Sacramento Monarchs ceasing operation and based on the 2009 records of teams, the Sky selected 4th in the Dispersal Draft.
| Pick | Player | Nationality | College | Previous Team |
| 4 | Courtney Paris | United States | Oklahoma | Sacramento Monarchs |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 4 | Epiphanny Prince | United States | Rutgers |
| 3 | 28 | Abi Olajuwon | Nigeria | Oklahoma |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| January 11, 2010 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Candice Dupree and Mistie Bass |
| January 30, 2010 | Traded Candice Dupree to the Phoenix Mercury and the 16th Pick in the 2010 WNBA draft to the New York Liberty in exchange for Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld in a 3-Team Deal |
| February 3, 2010 | Signed Dominique Canty |
| April 13, 2010 | Waived Mistie Bass |
| April 13, 2010 | Signed Epiphanny Prince and Abi Olajuwon to Rookie Scale Contracts |
| April 16, 2010 | Signed Sandora Irvin to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 20, 2010 | Signed Kristi Cirone to a Training Camp Contract |
| April 25, 2010 | Signed Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams to Training Camp Contracts |
| May 2, 2010 | Waived Shyra Ely and Kristi Cirone |
| May 9, 2010 | Waived Sami Whitcomb and Larrissa Williams |
| May 12, 2010 | Waived Courtney Paris |
| May 13, 2010 | Traded Kristi Toliver to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2nd round Pick in the 2011 WNBA draft |
| May 31, 2010 | Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Sylvia Fowles and Tamera Young |
| June 1, 2010 | Waived Abi Olajuwon |
| July 22, 2010 | Waived Sandora Irvin |
| July 22, 2010 | Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 7-Day Contract |
| July 29, 2010 | Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 2nd 7-Day Contract |
| August 5, 2010 | Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 3rd 7-Day Contract |
| August 12, 2010 | Signed Eshaya Murphy to a 4th 7-Day Contract |
| August 19, 2010 | Signed Eshaya Murphy |
| September 10, 2010 | Head coach Steven Key resigns as coach and general manager |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Sylvia Fowles | Christi Thomas |
| PF | Mistie Bass | Catherine Kraayeveld |
| SF | Tamera Young | Eshaya Murphy Shameka Christon |
| SG | Jia Perkins | Erin Thorn |
| PG | Dominique Canty | Epiphanny Prince |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2010 Preseason Schedule Total: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1April 301:00pm@ Minnesota87-78Tamera Young (18)Mistie Bass (7)Sami Whitcomb (5)Concordia University 6331-0
2May 612:30pmMinnesota74-65Catherine Kraayeveld (20)Bass Kraayeveld Irvin (6)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena N/A2-0
3May 712:00pm@ Indiana63-69Kristi Toliver (14)Mistie Bass (8)Mistie Bass (2)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,2912-1
4May 1012:30pmIndiana84-71Sylvia Fowles (13)Sylvia Fowles (7)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena N/A3-1 :

### Regular Season

2010 Regular Season Schedule Total: 14–20 (Home: 7–10; Road: 7–10) :
May 2–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 153:30pm@ ConnecticutCN10061-74Sylvia Fowles (16)Sylvia Fowles (9)Shameka Christon (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,0720-1
2May 164:00pm@ New YorkNBATV CN100 MSG82-85Sylvia Fowles (23)Dominique Canty (8)Dominique Canty (5)Madison Square Garden 12,0880-2
3May 228:00pmIndianaCN10086-92 (OT)Sylvia Fowles (22)Sylvia Fowles (12)Dominique Canty (5)Allstate Arena 6,4770-3
4May 236:00pm@ IndianaCN100 FS-I61-69Catherine Kraayeveld (11)Sylvia Fowles (9)Fowles Kraayeveld (2)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,6650-4
5May 278:00pmSeattleCN10084-75Sylvia Fowles (19)Sylvia Fowles (8)Dominique Canty (4)Allstate Arena 2,9231-4
6May 298:00pm@ MinnesotaCN10073-58Sylvia Fowles (18)Mistie Bass (6)Canty Prince (4)Target Center 6,1292-4 :
June 4–5 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
7June 47:00pm@ AtlantaCN100 FS-S80-70Sylvia Fowles (19)Sylvia Fowles (9)Shameka Christon (8)Philips Arena 2,5153-4
8June 58:00pmTulsaCN10095-70Sylvia Fowles (32)Sylvia Fowles (13)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena 4,5494-4
9June 88:00pmNew YorkCN10070-85Epiphanny Prince (20)Sylvia Fowles (6)Christon Young Prince Thorn (3)Allstate Arena 2,4084-5
10June 118:30pmWashingtonCN10078-95Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (7)Canty Perkins Thorn (4)Allstate Arena 3,1074-6
11June 158:00pmAtlantaCN10086-93Jia Perkins (25)Tamera Young (7)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena 3,2924-7
12June 197:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV CN100 CSN-MA61-65 (OT)Sylvia Fowles (17)Sylvia Fowles (9)Jia Perkins (4)Verizon Center 9,0344-8
13June 227:30pm@ ConnecticutCN10086-77Epiphanny Prince (19)Sylvia Fowles (9)Prince Young (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,9875-8
14June 258:30pmWashingtonCN10079-72Jia Perkins (20)Sylvia Fowles (7)Dominique Canty (4)Allstate Arena 3,4196-8
15June 276:00pmIndianaCN10070-64Erin Thorn (15)Sylvia Fowles (17)Prince Thorn (3)Allstate Arena 4,0516-9 :
July: 6–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 18:00pmConnecticutCN10092-80Sylvia Fowles (26)Sylvia Fowles (11)Bass Canty (5)Allstate Arena 3,0617-9
17July 37:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV CN100 SSO88-82Sylvia Fowles (22)Sylvia Fowles (12)Canty Thorn Young (2)Philips Arena 6,9208-9
18July 68:00pmIndianaCN10051-58Sylvia Fowles (26)Sylvia Fowles (18)Epiphanny Prince (4)Allstate Arena 3,7328-10
19July 114:00pm@ New YorkMSG54-57Jia Perkins (26)Sylvia Fowles (19)Sylvia Fowles (3)Madison Square Garden 9,6448-11
20July 1412:30pmSan AntonioCN10088-61Fowles Perkins Prince (14)Mistie Bass (7)Canty Prince (5)Allstate Arena 6,9509-11
21July 168:30pmLos AngelesCN10080-68Erin Thorn (15)Sylvia Fowles (10)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena 4,84110-11
22July 184:00pm@ WashingtonCSN-MA61-59Sylvia Fowles (13)Sylvia Fowles (11)Fowles Kraayeveld Thorn (3)Verizon Center 8,79011-11
23July 238:30pmNew YorkCN10071-79Epiphanny Prince (14)Sylvia Fowles (16)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena 5,25611-12
24July 248:00pm@ San AntonioCN10075-72Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (12)Dominique Canty (6)AT&T Center 8,99912-12
25July 277:00pm@ IndianaCN10074-78Sylvia Fowles (18)Sylvia Fowles (8)Thorn Young (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 6,85312-13
26July 3010:00pm@ SeattleNBATV KONG60-80Sylvia Fowles (13)Mistie Bass (7)Sylvia Fowles (5)KeyArena 7,74912-14 :
August: 2–6 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
27August 16:00pm@ PhoenixNBATV CN100 FS-A96-97Sylvia Fowles (35)Sylvia Fowles (8)Epiphanny Prince (5)US Airways Center 11,23712-15
28August 410:30pm@ Los AngelesNBATV CN10077-82Jia Perkins (16)Sylvia Fowles (11)Canty Perkins (4)STAPLES Center 9,73212-16
29August 73:00pmMinnesotaESPN282-87 (OT)Jia Perkins (16)Sylvia Fowles (11)Dominique Canty (6)Allstate Arena 4,99212-17
30August 108:00pmPhoenix91-82Sylvia Fowles (24)Sylvia Fowles (14)Young Canty Thorn Prince (4)Allstate Arena 4,08913-17
31August 148:00pmAtlantaCN10074-98Epiphanny Prince (18)Sylvia Fowles (9)Epiphanny Prince (4)Allstate Arena 4,21413-18
32August 177:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV FS-S84-79Sylvia Fowles (18)Sylvia Fowles (14)Tamera Young (5)Philips Arena 5,20914-18
33August 208:30pmConnecticutNBATV CN10071-78Epiphanny Prince (19)Sylvia Fowles (6)Dominique Canty (7)Allstate Arena 5,59814-19
34August 218:00pm@ TulsaNBATV FS-OK71-84Sylvia Fowles (16)Sylvia Fowles (7)Dominique Canty (5)BOK Center 6,32114-20 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess :

## 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 |

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Sylvia Fowles | 34 | 34 | 32.0 | 58.2 | 100.0 | 76.0 | 9.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 17.8 |
| Jia Perkins | 34 | 34 | 27.5 | 39.6 | 34.9 | 81.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 10.7 |
| Epiphanny Prince | 34 | 2 | 19.6 | 42.7 | 33.8 | 78.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 9.8 |
| Dominique Canty | 34 | 34 | 26.0 | 43.0 | 18.2 | 69.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 9.0 |
| Shameka Christon | 10 | 9 | 21.3 | 35.9 | 40.0 | 93.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 8.5 |
| Tamera Young | 32 | 22 | 18.6 | 36.2 | 27.7 | 68.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| Erin Thorn | 34 | 0 | 20.1 | 41.2 | 42.0 | 88.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| Cathrine Kraayeveld | 34 | 14 | 21.2 | 35.0 | 31.6 | 87.5 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| Shay Murphy | 11 | 0 | 14.1 | 28.8 | 28.6 | 66.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 5.1 |
| Mistie Bass | 34 | 20 | 18.9 | 52.7 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| Sandora Irvin | 18 | 1 | 7.6 | 46.7 | 14.3 | 66.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Christi Thomas | 15 | 0 | 8.5 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Abi Olajuwon | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 7 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 6 |
| Sylvia Fowles | All-Defensive First Team | August 29 |
| Sylvia Fowles | All-WNBA First Team | September 13 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Team USA Starter | July 10 |
| Epiphanny Prince | WNBA All-Rookie Team | September 1 |