2009 Chicago Sky season

The 2009 WNBA season is the 4th for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Sky were unable to qualify for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

2009 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Steven Key
Arena	UIC Pavilion
Attendance	3,933 per game
Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Dupree (15.7)
Rebounds	Dupree (7.9)
Assists	Canty (3.2)
Media
Television	CN100
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Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sky's 2008 record, they would pick 3rd in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Sky picked Mistie Williams. [1]

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sky's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Kristi Toliver	United States	Maryland
1	16	Danielle Gant	United States	Texas A&M
3	29	Jenifer Risper	United States	Vanderbilt

[2]

Transactions

• August 21: The Sky signed Mistie Bass and waived Chen Nan.
• August 12: The Sky traded Armintie Price to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Tamera Young.
• June 4: The Sky waived Mistie Bass.
• May 31: The Sky waived Jennifer Risper.
• May 25: The Sky waived Quianna Chaney and Danielle Gant.
• April 28: The Sky signed Chen Nan.[3]
• January 12: The Sky signed free agent Shyra Ely.
• January 9: The Sky re-signed free agent K.B. Sharp.
• January 7: The Sky signed free agent Erin Thorn.
• October 9, 2008: The Sky signed Dominique Canty and Brooke Wyckoff through the 2009 season.

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Free agents

Additions Player Signed Former team Dominique Canty October 9, 2008 re-signed Brooke Wyckoff October 9, 2008 re-signed Erin Thorn January 7, 2009 New York Liberty K.B. Sharp January 9, 2009 re-signed Shyra Ely January 12, 2009 Seattle Storm Chen Nan April 28, 2009 free agent Tamera Young August 12, 2009 Atlanta Dream Mistie Bass August 21, 2009 free agent

Subtractions Player Left New team Chasity Melvin February 9, 2009 Washington Mystics Quianna Chaney May 25, 2009 free agent Danielle Gant May 25, 2009 free agent Jennifer Risper May 31, 2009 free agent Armintie Price August 12, 2009 Atlanta Dream Chen Nan August 21, 2009 free agent Tye'sha Fluker 2009 free agent Cathy Joens 2009 free agent

Roster

Chicago Sky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From F 8 Bass, Mistie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Duke G/F 3 Canty, Dominique 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Alabama PF 4 Dupree, Candice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Temple SF 0 Ely, Shyra 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Tennessee C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) LSU C 44 Mattera, Katie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Liberty University SG 11 Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Texas Tech PG 32 Sharp, K.B. 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 146 lb (66 kg) Cincinnati SG 5 Thorn, Erin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) BYU G 7 Toliver, Kristi 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 130 lb (59 kg) Maryland F 1 Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) James Madison University	Head coach Steven Key (Boston University) Assistant coaches Stephanie White (Purdue) Michael Mitchell (Fresno State) Athletic trainer Nick Rubel Strength and conditioning coach Ann Crosby Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever ^x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	17–5
Atlanta Dream ^x	18	16	.529	4.0	12–5	6–11	10–12
Detroit Shock ^x	18	16	.529	4.0	11–6	7–10	11–11
Washington Mystics ^x	16	18	.471	6.0	11–6	5–12	10–12
Chicago Sky ^o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	10–12
Connecticut Sun ^o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	9–12
New York Liberty ^o	13	21	.382	9.0	8–9	5–12	8–13

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 22 8:30pm Detroit 71-67 Fowles (21) Fowles (9) Perkins (5) UIC Pavilion 3,283 1-0 2 May 27 11:00am @ Detroit 68-78 Toliver (17) Dupree, Bass (7) Price, Toliver (3) Palace of Auburn Hills 3,952 1-1 3 May 28 7:00pm @ Indiana 67-74 Dupree, Chen (15) Ely (8) Dupree (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,457 1-2 4 June 2 8:00pm E League 102-55 Dupree (20) Dupree, Fowles (7) Toliver (6) UIC Pavilion 3,488 2-2

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season
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June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 6 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBA TV FSN-N 85-102 Perkins (24) Perkins (6) Canty (6) Target Center 8,708 0-1 2 June 12 8:30pm Atlanta CN100 NBA TV 81-73 Dupree (23) Dupree (8) Perkins (8) UIC Pavilion 5,689 1-1 3 June 14 6:00pm Seattle 64-57 Dupree (14) Fowles (15) Wyckoff (3) UIC Pavilion 2,681 2-1 4 June 16 8:00pm Connecticut 78-75 Perkins (25) Fowles (10) Perkins (5) UIC Pavilion 2,396 3-1 5 June 19 7:00pm @ Connecticut 61-91 Toliver (14) Fowles (9) Price (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,892 3-2 6 June 20 7:00pm @ Washington 72-81 Perkins (15) Price (7) Perkins (6) Verizon Center 11,745 3-3 7 June 23 12:00pm @ Atlanta 99-98 (OT) Perkins (22) Dupree (10) Perkins (6) Philips Arena 10,351 4-3 8 June 27 8:00pm Washington 68-63 Dupree (23) Fowles (10) Perkins (5) UIC Pavilion 3,918 5-3 9 June 30 8:00pm Sacramento 74-72 Perkins (17) Fowles (14) Perkins (8) UIC Pavilion 2,721 6-3
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 10 July 3 8:00pm @ San Antonio 72-85 Price (17) Ely (5) Canty (5) AT&T Center 6,662 6-4 11 July 7 10:00pm @ Sacramento 73-83 Perkins (21) Perkins (5) Perkins (6) ARCO Arena 5,672 6-5 12 July 8 10:00pm @ Phoenix 70-90 Dupree (22) Dupree (12) Price (2) US Airways Center 5,597 6-6 13 July 10 8:30pm Indiana 54-83 Ely (12) Dupree (8) Toliver (4) UIC Pavilion 4,021 6-7 14 July 12 9:00pm @ Seattle NBA TV FSN-NW 86-81 Dupree (28) Dupree (7) Toliver (7) KeyArena 6,796 7-7 15 July 15 1:00pm @ Indiana 74-84 Dupree (17) Dupree (10) Canty, Chen, Toliver (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,050 7-8 16 July 19 6:00pm San Antonio NBA TV CN100 85-75 Perkins (29) Dupree (11) Canty (6) UIC Pavilion 3,282 8-8 17 July 22 12:30pm New York 70-77 Fowles (15) Dupree (11) Canty (4) UIC Pavilion 5,881 8-9 18 July 23 7:00pm @ Washington ESPN2 64-75 Perkins (14) Fowles (7) Toliver (2) Verizon Center 11,651 8-10 19 July 29 8:00pm Los Angeles 75-63 Perkins (18) Fowles (7) Dupree (5) UIC Pavilion 5,633 9-10
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 20 August 1 8:00pm Connecticut NBA TV WCTX 84-72 Dupree (23) Dupree (8) Canty (6) UIC Pavilion 3,071 10-10 21 August 5 7:00pm @ Indiana NBA TV CN100 67-76 Dupree (19) Dupree (13) Canty (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,581 10-11 22 August 8 7:00pm @ Atlanta 82-80 Thorn (20) Dupree (11) Perkins (5) Philips Arena 5,424 11-11 23 August 9 6:00pm @ Detroit 58-64 Dupree (16) Fowles (18) Wyckoff (3) Palace of Auburn Hills 6,893 11-12 24 August 14 7:30pm @ New York NBA TV CN100 MSG 88-77 Fowles (22) Dupree, Fowles (9) Canty (6) Madison Square Garden 9,832 12-12 25 August 15 8:00pm Minnesota 79-76 Thorn (17) Dupree (14) Canty (8) UIC Pavilion 3,877 13-12 26 August 18 8:00pm Phoenix 99-106 Ely (26) Dupree (7) Dupree (5) UIC Pavilion TBA 13-13 27 August 22 8:00pm Detroit 67-76 Dupree (20) Dupree (14) Canty, Dupree, Thorn (3) UIC Pavilion 5,167 13-14 28 August 25 10:00pm @ Los Angeles ESPN2 63-75 Ely (16) Dupree (8) Canty (4) STAPLES Center 9,615 13-15 29 August 28 8:30pm New York NBA TV CN100 MSG 96-77 Dupree (26) Dupree (6) Dupree (4) UIC Pavilion 3,707 14-15 30 August 30 4:00pm @ New York 63-77 Dupree (15) Dupree (13) Thorn (7) Madison Square Garden 8,685 14-16
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 31 September 4 8:30pm Washington 92-86 Fowles (13) Dupree (10) Perkins (5) UIC Pavilion 3,241 15-16 32 September 6 6:00pm @ Detroit 75-84 Dupree, Ely (18) Ely (8) Ely, Sharp (3) Palace of Auburn Hills 6,619 15-17 33 September 10 8:00pm Indiana 86-79 Toliver (19) Dupree (9) Canty (6) UIC Pavilion 2,902 16-17 34 September 12 8:00pm Detroit 69-80 Dupree (27) Dupree (7) Canty (6) UIC Pavilion 5,334 16-18

Regular Season Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Player Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Mistie Bass	8	5	15.8	3.4	0.4	0.63	0.38	6.1
Dominique Canty	34	34	22.8	1.9	3.2	0.82	0.15	6.9
Candice Dupree	34	34	34.9	7.9	2.2	1.03	1.21	15.7
Shyra Ely	34	9	14.6	2.6	0.6	0.35	0.24	6.8
Sylvia Fowles	24	20	28.8	7.8	0.8	0.88	1.46	11.3
Katie Mattera	2	0	11.5	3.0	0.0	0.00	0.50	5.5
Chen Nan	26	5	12.3	2.1	0.2	0.31	0.35	3.7
Jia Perkins	34	34	27.4	3.4	2.9	2.15	0.18	13.2
Armintie Price	22	0	14.7	2.7	1.2	0.60	0.10	3.5
K.B. Sharp	27	0	12.0	0.7	0.9	0.30	0.07	2.6
Erin Thorn	34	0	17.0	1.6	1.6	0.59	0.00	6.2
Kristi Toliver	27	0	14.3	1.4	1.9	0.37	0.11	7.6
Brooke Wyckoff	27	23	19.7	2.7	1.4	0.37	0.74	3.1
Tamera Young	10	6	12.9	3.0	0.7	0.70	0.40	5.0

Team Statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Chicago Sky	.435	.395	.760	31.9	15.6	7.3	4.1	15.6	17.8	75.7
Opponents	.442	.347	.781	34.0	17.9	8.0	3.6	14.4	18.7	79.2

Awards and honors

• Candice Dupree was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 15, 2009.
• Candice Dupree was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter.
• Sylvia Fowles was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter.
• Jia Perkins was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve.

References

1. http://www.wnba.com/news/comets_dispersal_081208.html
2. "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
3. http://www.wnba.com/sky/news/Sky_Sign_Chinese_National_Tea-311148-844.html
4. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions

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