2011 Chicago Sky season

The 2011 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 6th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach Pokey Chatman. Sky center Sylvia Fowles finished the season as only the second player in WNBA history to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. Chatman was named the head coach and general manager, after Steven Key resigned following the 2010 season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 3 Courtney Vandersloot Gonzaga 2 15 Carolyn Swords Boston College 2 17 Angie Bjorklund Tennessee 3 27 Amy Jaeschke Northwestern

Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction October 29, 2010 Hired Pokey Chatman as head coach and general manager December 28, 2010 Hired Jeff House and Christie Sides as assistant coaches January 12, 2011 Extended Qualifying Offers to Mistie Bass and Shay Murphy April 7, 2011 Signed Jolene Anderson to a training-camp contract April 20, 2011 Signed Angie Bjorklund, Courtney Vandersloot, Carolyn Swords, and Amy Jaeschke to rookie-scale contracts Traded Jia Perkins to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Michelle Snow Signed Erin Thorn April 22, 2011 Signed Linda Frohlich May 24, 2011 Waived Jolene Anderson May 27, 2011 Waived Amy Jaeschke June 1, 2011 Traded a 2nd round pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton June 2, 2011 Waived Shameka Christon June 21, 2011 Waived Angie Bjorklund July 24, 2011 Signed Shay Murphy to a 7-day contract July 31, 2011 Signed Shay Murphy to a 2nd 7-day contract August 7, 2011 Signed Shay Murphy to a 3rd 7-day contract August 14, 2011 Signed Shay Murphy to a 4th 7-day contract August 21, 2011 Signed Shay Murphy to a 5th 7-day contract August 28, 2011 Signed Shay Murphy

Roster

Depth Pos.StarterBench C Sylvia Fowles Carolyn Swords PF Michelle Snow Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton SF Tamera Young Shay MurphyCathrine Kraayeveld SG Epiphanny Prince Erin Thorn PG Courtney Vandersloot Dominique Canty

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 23 || 11:30am || China || 84-45 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Carolyn Swords (8) || Courtney Vandersloot (7) || Trinity International University 972 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 26 || 11:30am || @ Washington || 55-66 || Epiphanny Prince (12) || Sylvia Fowles (6) || Epiphanny Prince (4) || Verizon Center 9,502 || 1-1

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 4 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || CN100FS-I || 57-65 || Epiphanny Prince (20) || FowlesKraayeveldSnow (7) || Courtney Vandersloot (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,024 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || June 10 || 8:30pm || Connecticut || CN100 || 78-75 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Epiphanny Prince (7) || Allstate Arena 6,609 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 11 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CN100 || 84-77 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Michelle Snow (8) || Dominique Canty (6) || Verizon Center 11,943 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 17 || 8:30pm || New York || CN100 || 85-73 || Sylvia Fowles (27) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Epiphanny Prince (8) || Allstate Arena 5,718 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 19 || 1:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 68-83 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,875 || 3-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 21 || 12:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 68-71 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Michelle Snow (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Philips Arena 6,154 || 3-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 23 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || CN100 || 107-101 (2OT) || Epiphanny Prince (25) || Michelle Snow (17) || Courtney Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 3,319 || 4-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 25 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || CN100 || 78-86 || Sylvia Fowles (28) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Courtney Vandersloot (4) || Allstate Arena 5,547 || 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 28 || 8:00pm || San Antonio || CN100 || 74-84 || Epiphanny Prince (19) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || PrinceThorn (4) || Allstate Arena 3,894 || 4-5

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 1 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATVCN100 || 84-97 || Epiphanny Prince (19) || Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (8) || Epiphanny Prince (6) || US Airways Center 9,517 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 5 || 8:00pm || Washington || CN100 || 78-65 || Sylvia Fowles (34) || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Erin Thorn (4) || Allstate Arena 3,187 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 9 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || CN100 || 81-69 || Epiphanny Prince (24) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (9) || Allstate Arena 5,679 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || July 10 || 4:00pm || @ New York || NBATVCN100MSG+ || 73-80 || FowlesVandersloot (14) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Tamera Young (4) || Prudential Center 7,315 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 13 || 12:30pm || Tulsa || || 74-52 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Epiphanny Prince (6) || Allstate Arena 13,838 || 7-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 16 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVCN100FS-S || 68-76 || Sylvia Fowles (20) || Michelle Snow (12) || Erin Thorn (9) || Philips Arena 7,413 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 19 || 7:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 78-69 || Sylvia Fowles (24) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Courtney Vandersloot (7) || Allstate Arena 6,026 || 8-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 21 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATVCN100FS-I || 63-77 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Michelle Snow (6) || Erin Thorn (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,050 || 8-9 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 26 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || CN100CSN-NE || 66-77 || Epiphanny Prince (16) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Tamera Young (5) || Allstate Arena 3,091 || 8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 28 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 64-55 || Sylvia Fowles (14) || Michelle Snow (11) || Michelle Snow (5) || BOK Center 4,012 || 9-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || July 30 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || CN100 || 84-88 || Erin Thorn (17) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Epiphanny Prince (5) || Allstate Arena 5,909 || 9-11

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 4 || 12:00pm || @ New York || NBATVMSG || 49-59 || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Epiphanny Prince (3) || Prudential Center 10,133 || 9-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 7 || 6:00pm || Indiana || CN100 || 88-69 || FowlesMurphy (21) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Erin Thorn (4) || Allstate Arena 5,794 || 10-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 9 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || || 58-69 || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Tamera Young (15) || Courtney Vandersloot (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,049 || 10-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || August 12 || 8:30pm || Minnesota || CN100 || 76-79 || Sylvia Fowles (28) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Courtney Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena 6,289 || 10-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 14 || 3:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATVCN100 || 85-73 || Sylvia Fowles (28) || Sylvia Fowles (17) || Dominique Canty (6) || AT&T Center 7,060 || 11-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 20 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || NBATVCN100 || 71-70 || Sylvia Fowles (25) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || PrinceYoung (4) || Verizon Center 10,273 || 12-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 23 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || CN100 || 80-83 || Sylvia Fowles (20) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Michelle Snow (3) || Allstate Arena 2,876 || 12-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 26 || 8:30pm || Washington || CN100 || 80-67 || Epiphanny Prince (18) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || ThornVandersloot (5) || Allstate Arena 4,434 || 13-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 28 || 6:00pm || New York || NBATVCN100 || 74-73 || FowlesThorn (17) || Sylvia Fowles (14) || ThornYoung (4) || Allstate Arena 5,707 || 14-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || August 30 || 7:00pm || @ New York || CN100MSG+ || 67-71 || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Erin Thorn (4) || Prudential Center 6,334 || 14-16

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 4 || 6:00pm || Indiana || NBATVCN100 || 80-88 || Epiphanny Prince (21) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Epiphanny Prince (6) || Allstate Arena 6,199 || 14-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 8 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATVCN100FS-N || 69-78 || FowlesThorn (17) || Carolyn Swords (8) || SwordsVandersloot (4) || Target Center 8,781 || 14-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || September 10 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATVCN100 || 67-74 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Dominique Canty (6) || STAPLES Center 13,501 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 11 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATVKONG || 70-81 || Sylvia Fowles (30) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Erin Thorn (7) || KeyArena 13,659 || 14-20

| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sylvia Fowles34 34 34.6 59.1 0.0 76.6 10.2 0.6 1.2 2.0 20.0 Epiphanny Prince34 27 29.4 37.5 37.3 80.4 2.1 3.0 2.3 0.4 13.6 Eshaya Murphy 10 0 20.5 36.9 40.0 92.9 4.8 1.1 1.3 0.4 9.8 Tamera Young 33 19 24.0 42.5 14.3 72.4 3.8 1.3 1.1 0.3 7.9 Courtney Vandersloot34 26 22.9 39.1 27.1 76.6 2.0 3.7 0.7 0.4 6.5 Michelle Snow 34 30 24.1 45.6 0.0 78.0 6.3 1.9 0.5 1.3 5.9 Cathrine Kraayeveld 33 15 20.6 39.5 40.9 73.3 2.6 1.2 0.6 0.2 5.9 Erin Thorn34 7 16.8 40.5 39.5 94.7 1.7 2.4 0.3 0.1 5.4 Dominique Canty 22 8 15.0 31.8 14.3 57.6 1.2 2.0 0.5 0.1 4.1 Carolyn Swords 29 4 7.5 52.8 0.0 87.5 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.7 Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton 29 0 8.1 41.5 0.0 50.0 1.9 0.6 0.4 0.5 1.7 Angie Bjorklund 7 0 6.1 18.2 20.0 100.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.1

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 18 August 15 August 29 Eastern Conference Player of the Month - August September 1 WNBA All-Star Selection July 20 Defensive Player of the Year September 29 All-Defensive First Team September 29 All-WNBA Second Team October 4 Courtney Vandersloot WNBA All-Star Selection July 20 All-Rookie Team September 16 Epiphanny Prince WNBA All-Star Selection July 20

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