# 2012 Chicago Sky season

The 2012 WNBA season is the 7th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 2 | 23 | Shey Peddy | United States | Temple |
| 3 | 27 | Sydney Carter | United States | Texas A&M |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| January 2, 2012 | Traded a First Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Swin Cash, Le'Coe Willingham, and a Second Round Pick in the 2012 Draft |
| January 6, 2012 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Sylvia Fowles and Tamera Young |
| January 10, 2012 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Mistie Bass and Shay Murphy |
| February 6, 2012 | Signed Shay Murphy |
| February 6, 2012 | Signed Ruth Riley |
| February 20, 2012 | Signed Tamera Young |
| February 22, 2012 | Signed Ticha Penicheiro |
| February 28, 2012 | Signed Felicia Chester to a training-camp contract |
| March 14, 2012 | Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2013 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the rights to Sonja Petrovic |
| March 24, 2012 | Signed Sonja Petrovic to a rookie-scale contract |
| April 12, 2012 | Signed Sylvia Fowles to a Multi-Year Deal |
| April 25, 2012 | Signed Lykendra Johnson to a training-camp contract |
| May 2, 2012 | Signed Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter to rookie-scale contracts |
| May 3, 2012 | Waived Lykendra Johnson |
| May 11, 2012 | Waived Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton |
| May 14, 2012 | Waived Sydney Carter and Shey Peddy |
| May 16, 2012 | Waived Felicia Chester |
| May 31, 2012 | Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Epiphanny Prince |
| June 18, 2012 | Signed Sydney Carter to a Hardship Contract |
| June 27, 2012 | Released Sydney Carter from her Hardship Contract |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Sylvia Fowles | Carolyn Swords Ruth Riley |
| PF | Swin Cash | Le'coe Willingham |
| SF | Tamera Young | Sonja Petrovic |
| SG | Epiphanny Prince | Shay Murphy |
| PG | Courtney Vandersloot | Ticha Penicheiro |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2012 Preseason Schedule Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Thu 108:00Washington73-68Epiphanny Prince (13)Sylvia Fowles (12)Courtney Vandersloot (7)New Trier High School 1,1211-0
2Mon 1410:30am@ New York89-57Epiphanny Prince (15)Carolyn Swords (10)Shey Peddy (4)Prudential Center 6,3972-0
3Tue 151:00@ Minnesota61-82Tamera Young (11)Sylvia Fowles (5)Ruth Riley (4)University of Minnesota 4,1022-1 :

### Regular Season

2012 Regular Season Schedule :
May: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sat 197:00@ WashingtonCN10069-57Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (12)Prince Willingham Vandersloot (3)Verizon Center 11,4151-0
2Fri 258:30IndianaCN10072-83Sylvia Fowles (21)Sylvia Fowles (10)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Allstate Arena 6,1981-1
3Wed 308:00@ San AntonioCN10077-63Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (12)Courtney Vandersloot (7)AT&T Center 7,2332-1 :
June: 5–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–2))
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4Fri 18:30WashingtonCN10065-63Epiphanny Prince (31)Sylvia Fowles (16)Vandersloot Young (3)Allstate Arena 4,0783-1
5Sat 27:00@ AtlantaCN100 SSO94-92 (OT)Epiphanny Prince (33)Sylvia Fowles (19)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Philips Arena 4,5034-1
6Fri 88:30TulsaCN10098-91 (OT)Epiphanny Prince (32)Sylvia Fowles (21)Cash Prince Vandersloot (5)Allstate Arena 5,0195-1
7Sun 104:00@ New YorkCN100 MSG73-64Epiphanny Prince (26)Sylvia Fowles (12)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Prudential Center 5,9086-1
8Wed 138:00SeattleCN10074-58Epiphanny Prince (17)Sylvia Fowles (15)Epiphanny Prince (7)Allstate Arena 4,6817-1
9Sat 167:00@ IndianaCN10070-84Sylvia Fowles (26)Tamera Young (7)Cash Young (3)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,0987-2
10Sat 2312:30@ MinnesotaESPN67-79Sylvia Fowles (22)Sylvia Fowles (13)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Target Center 9,2677-3
11Wed 2712:30Indiana72-81Sylvia Fowles (19)Sylvia Fowles (10)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Allstate Arena 6,3127-4
12Fri 298:30PhoenixCN10081-84Swin Cash (16)Sylvia Fowles (10)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Allstate Arena 5,4887-5 :
July: 1–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
13Sun 16:00AtlantaCN10071-69Sylvia Fowles (21)Sylvia Fowles (12)Penicheiro Petrovic Vandersloot (4)Allstate Arena 6,0938-5
14Fri 68:30New YorkCN10059-64Sylvia Fowles (20)Sylvia Fowles (9)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Allstate Arena 4,2118-6
15Sat 77:00@ IndianaCN10086-88 (OT)Sylvia Fowles (24)Sylvia Fowles (16)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,1558-7
16Wed 1112:30San Antonio68-77Shay Murphy (20)Sylvia Fowles (7)Penicheiro Willingham (3)Allstate Arena 13,1618-8
17Fri 138:30ConnecticutCN100 CPTV-S78-80 (OT)Courtney Vandersloot (22)Sylvia Fowles (10)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Allstate Arena 5,9888-9
Summer Olympic break :
August: 1–6 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
18Fri 178:30AtlantaCN10076-82Epiphanny Prince (16)Sylvia Fowles (6)Epiphanny Prince (3)Allstate Arena 5,5938-10
19Sun 194:00@ WashingtonNBATV CN100 CSN-MA71-75 (OT)Epiphanny Prince (18)Sylvia Fowles (16)Cash Vandersloot Penicheiro Willingham (2)Verizon Center 8,4898-11
20Tue 218:00New YorkCN10067-77Sylvia Fowles (18)Cash Fowles (8)Ticha Penicheiro (7)Allstate Arena 3,6388-12
21Wed 227:00@ AtlantaNBATV CN100 FS-S71-82Sylvia Fowles (22)Sylvia Fowles (6)Ticha Penicheiro (4)Philips Arena 4,0108-13
22Fri 248:00@ Tulsa78-81Courtney Vandersloot (23)Shay Murphy (10)Swin Cash (5)BOK Center 5,1478-14
23Sun 265:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S82-70Epiphanny Prince (15)Cash Swords Riley Petrovic (6)Courtney Vandersloot (11)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,3909-14
24Tue 288:00ConnecticutCN100 CPTV-S72-83Courtney Vandersloot (17)Sonja Petrovic (8)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Allstate Arena 2,8849-15 :
September: 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
25Sat 17:00@ IndianaNBATV CN10064-81Epiphanny Prince (22)Carolyn Swords (8)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,3079-16
26Sun 26:00Los AngelesCN100 KDOC85-74Epiphanny Prince (17)Cash Fowles (9)Epiphanny Prince (9)Allstate Arena 6,19710-16
27Fri 77:30@ New YorkCN100 MSG92-83Epiphanny Prince (30)Swin Cash (7)Cash Prince Vandersloot (4)Prudential Center 6,14511-16
28Sun 95:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S77-82Swin Cash (21)Swin Cash (15)Prince Vandersloot (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,65811-17
29Tue 118:00MinnesotaCN10083-70Epiphanny Prince (26)Carolyn Swords (9)Epiphanny Prince (5)Allstate Arena 4,29612-17
30Thu 1310:30@ Los AngelesNBATV CN100 TWC10177-86Swin Cash (23)Swin Cash (6)Courtney Vandersloot (9)Staples Center 8,48912-18
31Sun 166:00@ PhoenixNBATV CN10086-55Shay Murphy (22)Cash Willingham (8)Epiphanny Prince (4)US Airways Center 8,04413-18
32Tue 1810:00@ Seattle60-75Epiphanny Prince (21)Cash Prince (7)Epiphanny Prince (4)KeyArena 6,45913-19
33Thu 208:00AtlantaCN10066-75Carolyn Swords (16)Carolyn Swords (9)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Allstate Arena 4,18813-20
34Sat 228:00WashingtonNBATV CN10077-58Courtney Vandersloot (20)Swin Cash (8)Vandersloot Prince (3)Allstate Arena 6,72114-20 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

## Standings

| Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Connecticut Sun $^y$ | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 12–5 | 13–4 | 18–4 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | 3.0 | 13–4 | 9–8 | 15–7 |
| Atlanta Dream $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 6.0 | 11–6 | 8–9 | 12–10 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 15 | 19 | .441 | 10.0 | 9–8 | 6–11 | 10–12 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 11.0 | 7–10 | 7–10 | 8–14 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 5 | 29 | .147 | 20.0 | 4–13 | 1–16 | 3–19 |

### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Epiphanny Prince | 26 | 25 | 30.0 | 44.2 | 40.7 | 89.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 18.1 |
| Sylvia Fowles | 25 | 25 | 31.1 | 63.8 | 0.0 | 69.2 | 10.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 16.2 |
| Swin Cash | 34 | 34 | 30.0 | 36.7 | 28.1 | 76.5 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 10.6 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | 34 | 27 | 26.6 | 40.5 | 33.3 | 64.9 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 8.9 |
| Shay Murphy | 29 | 3 | 18.6 | 42.0 | 44.1 | 73.0 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 8.5 |
| Tamera Young | 33 | 24 | 24.4 | 42.3 | 0.0 | 60.6 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 8.2 |
| Sonja Petrovic | 30 | 2 | 15.1 | 35.8 | 27.9 | 76.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
| Carolyn Swords | 30 | 9 | 11.1 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 68.2 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Sydney Carter | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Le'Coe Willingham | 33 | 1 | 18.5 | 31.3 | 27.4 | 60.9 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| Ruth Riley | 33 | 14 | 14.4 | 37.9 | 27.8 | 78.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
| Ticha Penicheiro | 19 | 6 | 12.7 | 35.3 | 20.0 | 54.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Epiphanny Prince | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 3 |
| Epiphanny Prince | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | June 11 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Month - May | June 1 |
| Sylvia Fowles | All-Defensive First Team | September 28 |
| Sylvia Fowles | All-WNBA Second Team | October 16 |