# 2012 Connecticut Sun season

The 2012 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their tenth in Connecticut.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 9 | Astan Dabo | Mali | Mali |
| 2 | 21 | Chay Shegog | United States | North Carolina |

### Transaction log

* April 11, 2011: The Sun traded a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Phoenix Mercury as part of the Tahnee Robinson trade.
* February 6: The Sun signed Mistie Mims.
* February 28: The Sun signed Sidney Spencer and Jessica Breland.
* March 16: The Sun signed Dawn Evans.
* April 17: The Sun signed Brittany Carter.
* April 26: The Sun signed draft pick Chay Shegog.
* April 30: The Sun signed Stefanie Murphy.
* May 5: The Sun waived Brittany Carter.
* May 8: The Sun waived Jessica Breland and Stefanie Murphy.
* May 15: The Sun waived Dawn Evans.
* May 16: The Sun waived Sidney Spencer.
* August 14: The Sun waived Chay Shegog.
* August 15: The Sun signed Jessica Moore.

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

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

## Season 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 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Mon 77:00New York96-81Greene Jones (12)McCray (6)Lawson (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 4,2871-0
2Thu 107:00MinnesotaCPTV-S85-87Lawson (19)Griffin (9)Montgomery (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 4,8351-1
3Mon 147:00@ Washington64-83Jones (17)Griffin Shegog (5)Lawson (4)Verizon Center 5,1421-2 :

### Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season :
May (3–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sat 194:00@ New YorkMSG+78-73Charles (19)Charles (13)Lawson (6)Madison Square Garden 8,1121-0
2Sun 205:00New YorkCPTV-S92-77Charles (25)Charles (11)Montgomery (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,1182-0
3Fri 257:00San AntonioCPTV-S83-79Montgomery (23)Charles (8)Hightower Jones (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,1153-0 :
June (7–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4Fri 17:00MinnesotaCPTV-S72-85Charles (20)Charles (12)Lawson (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,2493-1
5Sun 33:00WashingtonCPTV-S94-86Charles (30)Charles (9)Charles Greene Lawson (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,0654-1
6Fri 87:00@ Indiana89-81Lawson (18)Charles (14)Charles McCray Montgomery (3)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,0415-1
7Sun 105:00AtlantaCPTV-S92-73Charles (22)Charles (11)Hightower (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,5266-1
8Wed 138:00Los AngelesESPN281-87Charles (19)Charles (13)Lawson (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,0586-2
9Fri 157:00New York97-55Charles (20)Charles Jones (8)Greene (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,5227-2
10Sun 173:00@ AtlantaSSO75-73Charles (23)Charles (22)Lawson (4)Philips Arena 4,3238-2
11Tue 197:00IndianaCPTV-S88-85 (OT)Lawson (22)Charles Jones (8)Greene Lawson (3)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,5039-2
12Thu 217:00@ IndianaCPTV-S FS-I61-95Mims (11)Charles (8)Lawson (2)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,3269-3
13Fri 297:00@ WashingtonCPTV-S CSN-MA77-64Jones (20)Jones (11)Hightower (4)Verizon Center 6,97510-3 :
July (5–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
14Sun 15:00SeattleCPTV-S83-89 (OT)Lawson (22)Charles (14)Hightower (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,20110-4
15Fri 68:00@ Tulsa86-79Charles (24)Charles Jones (10)Lawson (6)BOK Center 4,31811-4
16Sat 78:00@ MinnesotaNBATV CPTV-S86-80Lawson (22)Charles (15)Hightower (5)Target Center 10,88212-4
17Tue 1011:30am@ WashingtonCPTV-S CSN-MA77-70Lawson (17)Charles (8)Charles Greene (4)Verizon Center 12,56913-4
18Wed 117:00Washington85-73Jones (22)Jones (9)Montgomery (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,80414-4
19Fri 138:30@ ChicagoCPTV-S CN10080-78 (OT)Charles (25)Charles (13)Montgomery (4)Allstate Arena 5,98815-4
Summer Olympic break :
August (4–2)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
20Thu 167:00@ New YorkNBATV MSG66-79Montgomery (16)Charles (12)Lawson (4)Prudential Center 5,86515-5
21Sat 187:00New YorkCPTV-S85-74Charles (23)Charles (9)Lawson (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,23216-5
22Tue 217:00Tulsa82-80 (OT)Lawson (19)Mims (11)Lawson Montgomery (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,74517-5
23Sun 265:00ChicagoCPTV-S70-82Hightower (17)Charles (8)Lawson (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,39017-6
24Tue 288:00@ ChicagoCPTV-S CN10083-72Charles (24)Charles (14)Lawson (6)Allstate Arena 2,88418-6
25Thu 308:00@ San Antonio84-73Charles (20)Charles Griffin (10)Hightower (8)AT&T Center 5,02319-6 :
September (6–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
26Sun 23:00@ AtlantaNBATV SSO80-87Lawson (16)Charles (11)Lawson (5)Philips Arena 5,02019-7
27Tue 47:00@ WashingtonCPTV-S77-70Charles (20)Charles (13)Mims Lawson (4)Verizon Center 5,98020-7
28Fri 77:00PhoenixCPTV-S82-91Montgomery (25)Mims (9)Lawson (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 8,37920-8
29Sun 95:00ChicagoCPTV-S82-77Charles (24)Charles Lawson (6)Lawson (9)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,65821-8
30Wed 1210:00@ PhoenixESPN2 CPTV-S100-78Lawson (30)Mims (9)Lawson (7)US Airways Center 5,42122-8
31Fri 1411:00@ Los AngelesNBATV CPTV-S TWC10182-93Charles (21)Charles (13)Lawson Montgomery (4)Staples Center 10,50322-9
32Sun 169:00@ SeattleCPTV-S KONG60-58Lawson (13)Mims (11)4 players (2)KeyArena 7,74823-9
33Wed 197:00Indiana73-67Lawson (23)Charles (12)Lawson (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,81124-9
34Sun 235:00AtlantaCPTV-S92-72Lawson (21)Charles (9)Montgomery (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 9,14325-9 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

### Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason :
Eastern Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 278:00New YorkESPN265-60Charles (17)Jones (9)Hightower Lawson (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 5,5201-0
2September 297:00@ New YorkNBATV75-62Charles (25)Charles (14)Lawson (6)Prudential Center 7,8542-0 :
Eastern Conference Finals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1October 58:00IndianaESPN276-64Charles (18)Charles (15)Montgomery (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,5991-0
2October 88:00@ IndianaESPN276-78Lawson (18)Jones (10)Jones Montgomery (4)Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,2251-1
3October 118:30IndianaESPN271-87Charles (18)Charles (10)Lawson (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,5161-2 :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |