2016 Connecticut Sun season

The 2016 WNBA season was the 18th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the WNBA. It was the 14th season for the franchise in Connecticut. The season tipped off on May 14 in Chicago versus the Chicago Sky.

The Sun went 3–0 in the preseason, but could not carry that momentum over to the regular season as they opened with a loss. They won their second game of the season over San Antonio before losing their next four straight games to end May 1–5. Their losing streak extended into June as they lost their first two games before defeating Seattle by a point. The Sun would lose their next three games, including a triple-overtime thriller against Washington 106–109. They defeated San Antonio again to break their losing streak before losing three straight games to finish June 2–8. July started much better for the Sun as they won three of their first four games, matching their win total from the first two months of the season. Their only loss came at home to Atlanta, 63–67. They lost two games and won to games to end the month 5–3. Upon return from the Olympic Break, the Sun went 2–1 in August, defeating Minnesota and San Antonio at home and losing to Atlanta away. They opened September with a win over Phoenix, but lost their next three games. They finished the season with three wins and finished September 4–3. Their 14–20 overall record saw them finish ninth overall, two games out of the final playoff spot.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 3 Morgan Tuck Connecticut 1 4 Rachel Banham Minnesota 1 6 Jonquel Jones George Washington 2 17 Jamie Weisner Oregon State 3 27 Aliyyah Handford St. John's

Trades/Roster Changes DateDetails February 3, 2016 Traded Elizabeth Williams to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the 4th Overall Pick in the 2016 WNBA draft April 14, 2016 Traded Chelsea Gray the 15th and 23rds pick in the 2016 draft, and the 4th pick in the 2017 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for the rights to Jonquel Jones and the 17th pick in the 2016 draft. June 25, 2016 Traded Kelsey Bone to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Courtney Williams, the rights to Jillian Alleyne and the 13th pick in the 2017 draft.

Roster

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Game log

Preseason

Regular season

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || June 3 || Atlanta || L 77–83 || Alex Bentley (16) || Kelsey Bone (7) || Jasmine Thomas (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,541 || 1–6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || June 5 || Indiana || L 77–88 || Alyssa Thomas (20) || Jonquel Jones (9) || Rachel Banham (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,346 || 1–7 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || June 10 || Seattle || W 77–76 || Morgan Tuck (20) || Alyssa Thomas (9) || Alyssa Thomas (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena8,075 || 2–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || June 12 || @ Atlanta || L 87–93 || Jasmine Thomas (19) || Bentley, Ogwumike, Tuck (6) || Bentley, Thomas (5) || Philips Arena4,486 || 2–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || June 14 || Washington || L 106–109 3OT || Alex Bentley (31) || Kelsey Bone (11) || Camille Little (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,442 || 2–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || June 16 || New York || L 72–80 || Alex Bentley (16) || Kelsey Bone (7) || Kelsey Bone (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,786 || 2–10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 || June 19 || San Antonio || W 90–83 || Alex Bentley (29) || Jones, J. Thomas (9) || Jasmine Thomas (10) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,596 || 3–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || June 24 || @ Seattle || L 81–98 || Alex Bentley (13) || Alyssa Thomas (6) || Alex Bentley (4) || KeyArena6,568 || 3–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || June 26 || @ Los Angeles || L 73–80 || Chiney Ogwumike (16) || Alyssa Thomas (9) || Alyssa Thomas (7) || Staples Center9,441 || 3–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || June 29 || @ Phoenix || L 75–86 || Alex Bentley (20) || Jonquel Jones (9) || Alex Bentley (6) || Talking Stick Resort Arena10,551 || 3–13

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 || July 2 || @ Dallas || W 86–83 || Alex Bentley (24) || Chiney Ogwumike (9) || Jasmine Thomas (7) || College Park Center5,108 || 4–13 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 || July 7 || Minnesota || W 93–83 || Alex Bentley (24) || Chiney Ogwumike (7) || Jasmine Thomas (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,739 || 5–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || July 10 || Atlanta || L 63–67 || Alyssa Thomas (19) || Ogwumike, J. Thomas (5) || Alex Bentley (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,857 || 5–14 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 || July 13 || @ Indiana || W 86–64 || Chiney Ogwumike (20) || Chiney Ogwumike (8) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse12,272 || 6–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || July 15 || Los Angeles || L 92–98 || Alyssa Thomas (17) || Chiney Ogwumike (13) || Bentley, J. Thomas, Little (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,430 || 6–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || July 17 || @ New York || L 76–83 || Chiney Ogwumike (18) || Chiney Ogwumike (10) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Madison Square Garden9,464 || 6–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 || July 20 || @ Dallas || W 89–78 || Chiney Ogwumike (26) || Chiney Ogwumike (15) || Morgan Tuck (5) || College Park Center4,873 || 7–16 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 || July 22 || @ Chicago || W 94–89 || Alex Bentley (21) || Jonquel Jones (10) || Jasmine Thomas (8) || Allstate Arena6,893 || 8–16

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 || August 26 || Minnesota || W 84–80 || Alyssa Thomas (15) || Chiney Ogwumike (10) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena7,381 || 9–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || August 28 || @ Atlanta || L 73–87 || Chiney Ogwumike (24) || Courtney Williams (7) || Jasmine Thomas (4) || Philips Arena7,055 || 9–17 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 || August 30 || San Antonio || W 89–62 || Alex Bentley (21) || Alyssa Thomas (7) || Camille Little (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,291 || 10–17

|- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 || September 2 || Phoenix || W 87–74 || Chiney Ogwumike (22) || Chiney Ogwumike (10) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,709 || 11–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || September 4 || @ Minnesota || L 79–93 || Alex Bentley (16) || Jonquel Jones (11) || Alex Bentley (6) || Target Center7,632 || 11–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || September 9 || @ New York || L 82–89 || Ogwumike, Williams (20) || Chiney Ogwumike (9) || Jasmine Thomas (4) || Madison Square Garden9,482 || 11–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || September 11 || Chicago Sky || L 86–96 || Jasmine Thomas (20) || Chiney Ogwumike (10) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,620 || 11–20 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 || September 13 || Indiana || W 89–87 || Jasmine Thomas (21) || A. Thomas, J. Thomas (5) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,407 || 12–20 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 || September 16 || Dallas || W 107–74 || Little, Williams (15) || Chiney Ogwumike (13) || Jasmine Thomas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena6,228 || 13–20 |- style="background:#bbffbb;" | 34 || September 18 || @ Washington || W 87–78 || Jonquel Jones (21) || Ogwumike, A. Thomas (10) || Jasmine Thomas (10) || Verizon Center 8,991 || 14–20

Standings

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Jasmine Thomas WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week September 19, 2016 All-Defensive Second Team September 30, 2016

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Alex Bentley 34 34 28.8 38.5% 28.6% 78.5% 1.9 2.5 0.9 0.1 12.9 Chiney Ogwumike 33 18 24.3 58.7% — 71.9% 6.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 12.6 Jasmine Thomas 34 34 32.1 40.8% 29.7% 86.1% 4.1 5.1 1.3 0.4 11.7 Alyssa Thomas 31 31 27.1 48.7% — 63.4% 6.0 2.3 1.4 0.2 11.1 Kelsey Bone 14 13 23.9 43.3% 26.7% 66.7% 5.4 1.3 0.7 0.2 10.7 Courtney Williams 19 0 17.2 42.7% 30.8% 57.9% 3.6 1.5 0.6 0.2 8.1 Camille Little 33 29 24.6 38.4% 32.2% 63.2% 3.0 2.0 1.2 0.3 7.8 Morgan Tuck 26 3 16.7 41.4% 30.4% 71.1% 2.8 1.1 0.4 0.1 7.0 Jonquel Jones 34 6 14.1 53.1% 33.3% 73.9% 3.7 0.6 0.6 1.1 6.8 Shekinna Stricklen 28 0 10.9 36.5% 35.1% 64.3% 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 4.0 Rachel Banham 15 0 10.9 40.8% 35.1% 66.7% 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.1 3.7 Asia Taylor 4 0 4.3 60.0% — 85.7% 1.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 3.0 Kelly Faris 31 0 10.2 39.6% 25.0% 93.3% 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.1 2.0 Aneika Henry 10 2 5.0 38.5% — 40.0% 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.2

References

External links The Official Site of the Connecticut Sun

2016 Connecticut Sun season

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