2010 Connecticut Sun season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association

Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. It is their 8th in Connecticut.

Dispersal draft

Based on the Sun's 2009 record, they would pick 3rd in the Sacramento Monarchs

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

dispersal draft

Dispersal draft

A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Sun picked DeMya Walker

DeMya Walker

DeMya Chakheia Walker is a professional basketball player from the United States.-High school:...

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft

2010 WNBA Draft

The 2010 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

Round	Pick	Player	School/Team/Country
1	1 (from N.Y New York Liberty The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league... , via L.A. Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began... , via Minn. Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season... )	Tina Charles Tina Charles (basketball) Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...	Connecticut
1	7 (from Tul.)	Danielle McCray Danielle McCray Danielle McCray is a forward for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. McCray was born November 8, 1987 in Boynton Beach, Florida. McCray was selected 7th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. She played collegiately for the Kansas Jayhawks where she was named a second-team All-American during her senior season...	Kansas Kansas Jayhawks The sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. They are one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference...
2	15	Allison Hightower Allison Hightower Allison Hightower is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 15th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft.-High school:...	LSU
3	27	Johannah Leedham	Franklin Pierce

Transaction log

January 12: The Sun traded Lindsay Whalen and the second overall pick in the 2010 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Renee Montgomery and the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft.
February 2: The Sun signed free agent Kara Lawson and re-signed Anete Jekabsone-Zogota to multi-year contracts.
February 10: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin to a training camp contract.
February 23: The Sun re-signed Tan White.
April 7: The Sun traded Amber Holt and Chante Black to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for the seventh pick in the 2010 Draft and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
April 8: The Sun announced that Erin Phillips would sit out the season.
April 8: The Sun traded their first-round and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the draft rights to Kelsey Griffin.
April 15: The Sun waived Tamika Whitmore.
April 23: The Sun signed Sha Brooks, Alicia Gladden, May Kotsopoulos, Judie Lomax, Pauline Love and Kaitlin Sowinski to training camp contracts.
April 26: The Sun signed Kailey Klein to a training camp contract.
May 5: The Sun waived Sha Brooks.
May 6: The Sun waived Kaitlin Sowinski, Pauline Love and Kailey Klein.
May 14: The Sun waived May Kotsopoulos and Judie Lomax.

Trades

Date	Trade
January 12, 2010	To Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...	To Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
January 12, 2010	Renee Montgomery Renee Montgomery Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:... and first overall pick in 2010 Draft	Lindsay Whalen Lindsay Whalen Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun... and second overall pick in 2010 Draft
April 7, 2010	To Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...	To Tulsa Shock
April 7, 2010	Seventh overall pick in 2010 Draft and second-round pick in 2011 Draft	Amber Holt Amber Holt Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :... and Chante Black
April 8, 2010	To Connecticut Sun Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...	To Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
April 8, 2010	Rights to Kelsey Griffin Kelsey Griffin Kelsey Griffin is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin played college ball for Nebraska, leading the Cornhuskers to their best ever season...	First-round and second-round pick in 2011 Draft

Additions

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| DeMya Walker
DeMya Walker
DeMya Chakheia Walker is a professional basketball player from the United States.-High school:...

|| December 14, 2009 || Sacramento Monarchs

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

|- style="height:40px"
| Renee Montgomery
Renee Montgomery
Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

|| January 12, 2010 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Kara Lawson
Kara Lawson
-External links:**...

|| February 2, 2010 || Sacramento Monarchs

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

|- style="height:40px"
| Anete Jekabsone-Zogota || February 2, 2010 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

|- style="height:40px"
| Kerri Gardin
Kerri Gardin
Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|| February 10, 2010 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

|- style="height:40px"
| Tan White
Tan White
LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

|| February 23, 2010 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

|- style="height:40px"
| Kelsey Griffin
Kelsey Griffin
Kelsey Griffin is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin played college ball for Nebraska, leading the Cornhuskers to their best ever season...

|| April 8, 2010 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

Subtractions

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| style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
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|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...

|| January 12, 2010 || Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

|- style="height:40px"
| Amber Holt
Amber Holt
Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :...

|| April 7, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|- style="height:40px"
| Chante Black || April 7, 2010 || Tulsa Shock
|- style="height:40px"
| Erin Phillips
Erin Phillips
Erin Victoria Phillips is an Australian professional women's basketball player. In the United States, she currently plays for the Indiana Fever in the Women's National Basketball Association and for Adelaide Lightning in the Women's National Basketball League .-Personal:Phillips is the daughter...

|| April 8, 2010 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Tamika Whitmore
Tamika Whitmore
Tamika Whitmore is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-College years:She played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship...

|| April 15, 2010 || free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

Roster

Depth

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!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | C

Center (basketball)

The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...

| Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

| Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | PF

Power forward (basketball)

Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...

| Asjha Jones
Asjha Jones
Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

| DeMya Walker

DeMya Walker

DeMya Chakheia Walker is a professional basketball player from the United States.-High school:...

/ Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | SF

Small forward

The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...

| Kelsey Griffin
Kelsey Griffin
Kelsey Griffin is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin played college ball for Nebraska, leading the Cornhuskers to their best ever season...

| Anete Jekabsone-Zogota
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | SG

Shooting guard

The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...

| Kara Lawson
Kara Lawson
-External links:**...

| Tan White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | PG

Point guard

Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...

| Renee Montgomery
Renee Montgomery
Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

| Allison Hightower

Allison Hightower

Allison Hightower is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 15th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft.-High school:...

Preseason

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! colspan=2 style="background:#092C57; color:#FFC322" | 2010 Game Log: Preseason
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|
The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association

Women's National Basketball Association

. It is their 8th in Connecticut.

Dispersal draft

Based on the Sun's 2009 record, they would pick 3rd in the Sacramento Monarchs

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

dispersal draft

Dispersal draft

. The Sun picked DeMya Walker

DeMya Walker

DeMya Chakheia Walker is a professional basketball player from the United States.-High school:...

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft

2010 WNBA Draft

.
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! style="background:#092C57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#092C57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#092C57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 1 (from N.Y

New York Liberty

The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...

, via L.A.

Los Angeles Sparks

The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

, via Minn.

Minnesota Lynx

)
| Tina Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

Danielle McCray

Danielle McCray is a forward for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. McCray was born November 8, 1987 in Boynton Beach, Florida. McCray was selected 7th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. She played collegiately for the Kansas Jayhawks where she was named a second-team All-American during her senior season...

|
| Kansas

Kansas Jayhawks

The sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. They are one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a member of the Big 12 Conference...

|-
| 2
| 15
| Allison Hightower

Allison Hightower

Allison Hightower is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 15th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft.-High school:...

|
| LSU
|-
| 3
| 27
| Johannah Leedham
|
| Franklin Pierce
|-
|}

Transaction log

January 12: The Sun traded Lindsay Whalen and the second overall pick in the 2010 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Renee Montgomery and the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft.
February 2: The Sun signed free agent Kara Lawson and re-signed Anete Jekabsone-Zogota to multi-year contracts.
February 10: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin to a training camp contract.
February 23: The Sun re-signed Tan White.
April 7: The Sun traded Amber Holt and Chante Black to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for the seventh pick in the 2010 Draft and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
April 8: The Sun announced that Erin Phillips would sit out the season.
April 8: The Sun traded their first-round and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the draft rights to Kelsey Griffin.
April 15: The Sun waived Tamika Whitmore.
April 23: The Sun signed Sha Brooks, Alicia Gladden, May Kotsopoulos, Judie Lomax, Pauline Love and Kaitlin Sowinski to training camp contracts.
April 26: The Sun signed Kailey Klein to a training camp contract.
May 5: The Sun waived Sha Brooks.
May 6: The Sun waived Kaitlin Sowinski, Pauline Love and Kailey Klein.
May 14: The Sun waived May Kotsopoulos and Judie Lomax.

Trades

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! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|January 12, 2010
| width=375|To Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

| width=375|To Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|-
| Renee Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

and first overall pick in 2010 Draft
| Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...

and second overall pick in 2010 Draft
|-
| rowspan=2|April 7, 2010
| width=375|To Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
|-
| Seventh overall pick in 2010 Draft and second-round pick in 2011 Draft
| Amber Holt

Amber Holt

Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :...

and Chante Black
|-
| rowspan=2|April 8, 2010
| width=375|To Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...

| width=375|To Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

|-
| Rights to Kelsey Griffin

Kelsey Griffin

Kelsey Griffin is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin played college ball for Nebraska, leading the Cornhuskers to their best ever season...

| First-round and second-round pick in 2011 Draft
|}

Additions

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

Minnesota Lynx

|- style="height:40px"
| Kara Lawson
Kara Lawson
-External links:**...

|| February 2, 2010 || Sacramento Monarchs

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

|- style="height:40px"
| Anete Jekabsone-Zogota || February 2, 2010 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

Minnesota Lynx

Subtractions

Minnesota Lynx

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

Roster

Depth

Center (basketball)

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | PF

Power forward (basketball)

| Asjha Jones
Asjha Jones
Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

| DeMya Walker

DeMya Walker

DeMya Chakheia Walker is a professional basketball player from the United States.-High school:...

/ Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | SF

Small forward

Shooting guard

| Kara Lawson
Kara Lawson
-External links:**...

| Tan White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | PG

Point guard

Allison Hightower

Allison Hightower is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 15th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft.-High school:...

Preseason

Women's National Basketball Association

. It is their 8th in Connecticut.

Dispersal draft

Based on the Sun's 2009 record, they would pick 3rd in the Sacramento Monarchs

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

dispersal draft

Dispersal draft

. The Sun picked DeMya Walker

DeMya Walker

DeMya Chakheia Walker is a professional basketball player from the United States.-High school:...

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft

2010 WNBA Draft

New York Liberty

, via L.A.

Los Angeles Sparks

, via Minn.

Minnesota Lynx

)
| Tina Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

Danielle McCray

|
| Kansas

Kansas Jayhawks

|-
| 2
| 15
| Allison Hightower

Allison Hightower

Allison Hightower is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 15th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft.-High school:...

|
| LSU
|-
| 3
| 27
| Johannah Leedham
|
| Franklin Pierce
|-
|}

Transaction log

January 12: The Sun traded Lindsay Whalen and the second overall pick in the 2010 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Renee Montgomery and the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft.
February 2: The Sun signed free agent Kara Lawson and re-signed Anete Jekabsone-Zogota to multi-year contracts.
February 10: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin to a training camp contract.
February 23: The Sun re-signed Tan White.
April 7: The Sun traded Amber Holt and Chante Black to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for the seventh pick in the 2010 Draft and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
April 8: The Sun announced that Erin Phillips would sit out the season.
April 8: The Sun traded their first-round and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the draft rights to Kelsey Griffin.
April 15: The Sun waived Tamika Whitmore.
April 23: The Sun signed Sha Brooks, Alicia Gladden, May Kotsopoulos, Judie Lomax, Pauline Love and Kaitlin Sowinski to training camp contracts.
April 26: The Sun signed Kailey Klein to a training camp contract.
May 5: The Sun waived Sha Brooks.
May 6: The Sun waived Kaitlin Sowinski, Pauline Love and Kailey Klein.
May 14: The Sun waived May Kotsopoulos and Judie Lomax.

Trades

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

and first overall pick in 2010 Draft
| Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Whalen

Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...

Amber Holt

Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Holt went to Meadowcreek High School.- Early life :...

Kelsey Griffin

| First-round and second-round pick in 2011 Draft
|}

Additions

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

Minnesota Lynx

|- style="height:40px"
| Kara Lawson
Kara Lawson
-External links:**...

|| February 2, 2010 || Sacramento Monarchs

Sacramento Monarchs

The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...

|- style="height:40px"
| Anete Jekabsone-Zogota || February 2, 2010 || re-signed

Connecticut Sun

Minnesota Lynx

Subtractions

Minnesota Lynx

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

Roster

Depth

Center (basketball)

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | PF

Power forward (basketball)

| Asjha Jones
Asjha Jones
Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

| DeMya Walker

DeMya Walker

DeMya Chakheia Walker is a professional basketball player from the United States.-High school:...

/ Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | SF

Small forward

Shooting guard

| Kara Lawson
Kara Lawson
-External links:**...

| Tan White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#B22222" | PG

Point guard

Allison Hightower

Allison Hightower is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 15th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft.-High school:...

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#092C57; color:#FFC322" | 2010 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="5%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="10%" | Opponent
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="10%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 1 || May 4 || 11:00am || Atlanta

Atlanta Dream

The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

|| 86-79 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(21) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(9) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(4) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

3,779 || 1-0
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 2 || May 7 || 7:30pm || Poland National Team

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

|| 89-46 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

, Kotsopoulos (15) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(9) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(5) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

5,059 || 2-0
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 3 || May 11 || 10:30am || @ New York

New York Liberty

|| 84-89 (3OT) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(22) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

, Walker

DeMya Walker

DeMya Chakheia Walker is a professional basketball player from the United States.-High school:...

(13) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

, Walker

DeMya Walker

DeMya Chakheia Walker is a professional basketball player from the United States.-High school:...

(4) || Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

19,763 || 2-1
|}
|}

Regular season

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#092C57; color:#FFC322" | 2010 Game Log: Regular Season
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#eeeeee; color:#000000" | Watch all games live on WNBA LiveAccess
|- valign="top"
|

May

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 1 || May 15 || 3:30pm || Chicago

Chicago Sky

The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...

|| CN100

Comcast Network

Comcast Network is a cable television station that is shown mostly in parts of Comcast Cable services in the Eastern part of the US. Viewed in four states and 20 television markets from New Jersey to Virginia on Comcast cable systems. The main focus of the network is Philadelphia although they...

|| 74-61 || Jekabsone-Zogota (18) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

, Griffin

Kelsey Griffin

(10) || Griffin

Kelsey Griffin

, Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(3) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

8,072 || 1-0
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 2 || May 21 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta

Atlanta Dream

|| NBATV
CSN-NE

CSN New England

Comcast SportsNet New England is a regional cable sports television network based in Burlington, Massachusetts that operates in Massachusetts, eastern and central Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island...

FS-S || 82-97 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(22) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(11) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(5) || Philips Arena

Philips Arena

Philips Arena is an indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia.Completed in 1999 to replace The Omni, at a cost of $213.5 million, it is home to the Atlanta Hawks, of the National Basketball Association, and the Atlanta Dream, of the Women's National Basketball Association...

4,092 || 1-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 3 || May 23 || 3:00pm || Washington

Washington Mystics

The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...

|| || 80-65 || White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

(15) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(8) || Gardin

Kerri Gardin

Kerri Gardin is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played the forward position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.-College career:...

(4) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

7,614 || 2-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 4 || May 27 || 7:30pm || Minnesota

Minnesota Lynx

|| || 105-79 || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(23) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(10) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

, Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(6) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

6,401 || 3-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 5 || May 30 || 4:00pm || @ Washington

Washington Mystics

|| || 65-69 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(13) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(9) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(4) || Verizon Center

Verizon Center

Verizon Center is a sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C., USA, named after telecommunications sponsor Verizon Communications, and has been nicknamed the "Phone Booth" because of its association with telecommunications companies...

8,602 || 3-2
|}

|-
|

June

New York Liberty

|| || 75-68 || White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

(18) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(15) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(6) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

6,493 || 4-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 7 || June 6 || 1:00pm || San Antonio

San Antonio Silver Stars

The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

|| || 81-68 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(19) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(11) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

, White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

(6) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

6,292 || 5-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 8 || June 11 || 7:30pm || Indiana

Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

|| CSN-NE

CSN New England

|| 86-77 || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(29) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(12) || Jekabsone-Zogota (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

7,603 || 6-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 9 || June 13 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana

Indiana Fever

|| || 67-77 || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(17) || Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

(5) || Jekabsone-Zogota (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse

Conseco Fieldhouse

Conseco Fieldhouse is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena, it is home to the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association...

7,302 || 6-3
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 10 || June 18 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles

Los Angeles Sparks

|| || 78-75 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(26) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(19) || Jekabsone-Zogota, Jones

Asjha Jones

Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

, White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

(3) || STAPLES Center

Staples Center

Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...

8,852 || 7-3
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 11 || June 20 || 6:00pm || @ Phoenix

Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...

|| NBATV
FS-A

FSN Arizona

Fox Sports Arizona is a regional sports network that serves the state of Arizona. It was originally launched as Prime Sports Arizona on September 1, 1996 as an affiliate of the Prime Network...

|| 96-94 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(24) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(12) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(5) || US Airways Center

US Airways Center

US Airways Center is a sports and entertainment arena located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It opened in 1992, and is the home of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association, the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena...

6,068 || 8-3
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 12 || June 22 || 7:30pm || Chicago

Chicago Sky

|| CN100

Comcast Network

|| 77-86 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(14) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(16) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(6) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

6,981 || 8-4
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 13 || June 25 || 7:30pm || Phoenix

Phoenix Mercury

|| CSN-NE

CSN New England

|| 82-79 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(19) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(23) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(6) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

9,518 || 9-4
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 14 || June 27 || 4:00pm || @ New York

New York Liberty

|| CSN-NE

CSN New England

|| 68-77 || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

, Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(13) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(16) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(5) || Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

15,293 || 9-5
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 15 || June 29 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || COX || 101-89 || Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

, Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(17) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(12) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(5) || BOK Center

BOK Center

The BOK Center, or Bank of Oklahoma Center, is a 19,100-seat multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Designed to accommodate arena football, hockey, basketball, concerts, and similar events, the facility was built at a cost of $178 million...

3,649 || 10-5
|}

|-
|

July

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 16 || July 1 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago

Chicago Sky

|| CN100

Comcast Network

|| 80-92 || Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

(17) || Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

(7) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(5) || Allstate Arena

Allstate Arena

Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in Rosemont, Illinois.It is home to the Chicago Rush, of the Arena Football League, DePaul University's men's basketball team, the Chicago Wolves, of the AHL, and the Chicago Sky, of the WNBA.It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and...

3,061 || 10-6
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 17 || July 6 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio

San Antonio Silver Stars

|| ESPN2 || 66-79 || White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

(17) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(13) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(4) || AT&T Center

AT&T Center

AT&T Center is an indoor arena, located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It seats 18,581, for basketball , 13,800, for ice hockey and 19,000, for concerts or religious gatherings and contains 2,018 club seats, 50 luxury suites and 32 bathrooms .It was completed in 2002, as the SBC...

7,264 || 10-7
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 18 || July 7 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta

Atlanta Dream

|| SSO

SportSouth

SportSouth is a regional sports network in the United States, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. SportSouth, formerly Turner South, relaunched on October 13, 2006...

|| 103-108 (OT) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(27) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(20) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(8) || Philips Arena

Philips Arena

5,305 || 10-8
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 19 || July 14 || 1:00pm || @ Indiana

Indiana Fever

|| || 77-68 || Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

(21) || Griffin

Kelsey Griffin

(8) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(5) || Conseco Fieldhouse

Conseco Fieldhouse

10,076 || 11-8
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 20 || July 17 || 7:00pm || Atlanta

Atlanta Dream

|| || 96-80 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(22) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(14) || White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

(7) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

7,378 || 12-8
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 21 || July 20 || 8:00pm || New York

New York Liberty

|| ESPN2 || 74-82 (OT) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(23) || Griffin

Kelsey Griffin

(9) || White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

(4) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

6,478 || 12-9
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 22 || July 24 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles

Los Angeles Sparks

|| CSN-NE

CSN New England

|| 80-89 || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(14) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

, Jones

Asjha Jones

Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

(9) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(4) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

8,097 || 12-10
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 23 || July 27 || 7:30pm || Washington

Washington Mystics

|| || 88-78 || Jones

Asjha Jones

Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

(23) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(9) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(7) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

6,322 || 13-10
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 24 || July 30 || 7:30pm || Atlanta

Atlanta Dream

|| || 62-94 || Jones

Asjha Jones

Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

(16) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(12) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(5) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

7,003 || 13-11
|}

|-
|

August

New York Liberty

|| MSG

MSG Network

The MSG Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic United States. It is focused on New York City sports teams...

|| 67-71 || Jones

Asjha Jones

Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

(18) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(10) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(5) || Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

9,341 || 13-12
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 26 || August 3 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota

Minnesota Lynx

|| CSN-NE

CSN New England

|| 103-111 (OT) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(33) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(21) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

, Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(4) || Target Center

Target Center

The Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is sponsored by Target Corporation. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 people. It contains 702 club seats and 68 suites....

5,954 || 13-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 27 || August 5 || 10:30pm || @ Seattle

Seattle Storm

The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...

|| ESPN2 || 82-83 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(23) || Jones

Asjha Jones

Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

(9) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(10) || KeyArena

KeyArena

KeyArena at Seattle Center , is a multipurpose arena, in Seattle, Washington. It is located north of downtown in the entertainment complex known as Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World's Fair, the Century 21 Exposition...

7,539 || 13-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 28 || August 8 || 5:00pm || Washington

Washington Mystics

|| || 76-67 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

, Jones

Asjha Jones

Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

(17) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(14) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(7) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

7,076 || 14-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 29 || August 10 || 7:00pm || @ Washington

Washington Mystics

|| NBATV
CSN-MA || 74-84 || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(17) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(15) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

, Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

, White

Tan White

LaTanya "Tan" Chantella White, born September 27, 1982 in Tupelo, Mississippi is a professional basketball player of the WNBA, playing for the Connecticut Sun. White is 5'7" tall and weighs 154 lb...

(4) || Verizon Center

Verizon Center

8,180 || 14-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 30 || August 13 || 7:30pm || Seattle

Seattle Storm

|| || 88-68 || Jones

Asjha Jones

Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

(19) || Gruda

Sandrine Gruda

Sandrine Gruda is a French professional basketball player. She currently plays the center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Before the WNBA:...

(9) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

, Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

, Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(5) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

9,197 || 15-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 31 || August 15 || 5:00pm || Indiana

Indiana Fever

|| || 66-79 || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(18) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(13) || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(8) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

7,915 || 15-16
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 32 || August 17 || 7:30pm || Tulsa || CSN-NE

CSN New England

|| 90-62 || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(22) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(10) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(4) || Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena

The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...

8,828 || 16-16
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 33 || August 20 || 8:30pm || @ Chicago

Chicago Sky

|| NBATV
CN100

Comcast Network

|| 78-71 || Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(20) || Griffin

Kelsey Griffin

(11) || Lawson

Kara Lawson

-External links:**...

(6) || Allstate Arena

Allstate Arena

5,598 || 17-16
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 34 || August 22 || 4:00pm || @ New York

New York Liberty

|| MSG

MSG Network

The MSG Network, now shortened to simply MSG, is a regional cable television and radio network serving the Mid-Atlantic United States. It is focused on New York City sports teams...

|| 87-88 (OT) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(21) || Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

(13) || Jones

Asjha Jones

Asjha Takera Jones is a professional basketball player. She plays the power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-Early years:...

, Montgomery

Renee Montgomery

Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

(4) || Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

15,989 || 17-17
|}
|}

Regular season

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|-
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="16%" | Player
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | GP
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | GS
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | MPG
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | FG%
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | 3P%
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | FT%
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | RPG
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | APG
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | SPG
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | BPG
! style="background:#092C57;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | PPG
|-
|
| style="background:#B22222; color:white"|34 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|34 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|31.0 || .487 || .000 || .763 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|11.7 || 1.5 || 0.74 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|1.68 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|15.5
|-
|
| 25 || 0 || 8.2 || .270 || .091 || .667 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 0.36 || 0.12 || 1.2
|-
|
| style="background:#B22222; color:white"|34 || 19 || 20.0 || .350 || .271 || .774 || 4.7 || 1.1 || 0.68 || 0.50 || 4.4
|-
|
| 28 || 6 || 22.7 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|.491 || .182 || .760 || 4.5 || 1.2 || 0.68 || 0.75 || 11.5
|-
|
| 20 || 1 || 10.4 || .317 || .167 || .813 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 0.70 || 0.10 || 2.7
|-
|
| 20 || 14 || 17.6 || .389 || .351 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 1.7 || 0.45 || 0.25 || 7.2
|-
|
| 30 || 29 || 25.8 || .448 || .300 || .848 || 4.9 || 2.2 || 0.43 || 0.43 || 10.8
|-
|
| style="background:#B22222; color:white"|34 || 32 || 25.1 || .409 || .359 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|.895 || 2.6 || 3.5 || 0.41 || 0.00 || 8.3
|-
|
| style="background:#B22222; color:white"|34 || 23 || 27.6 || .401 || .349 || .855 || 2.2 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|4.1 || 1.38 || 0.09 || 13.3
|-
|
| 31 || 2 || 11.0 || .419 || .000 || .826 || 2.1 || 0.8 || 0.45 || 0.16 || 4.1
|-
|
| style="background:#B22222; color:white"|34 || 10 || 25.2 || .420 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|.366 || .800 || 2.7 || 2.3 || style="background:#B22222; color:white"|1.59 || 0.12 || 10.1
|}

Awards and honors

Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 12, 2010.
Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for May.
Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for June.
Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for July.
Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for August.
Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team
2010 WNBA All-Star Game
The Stars at the Sun game was played on July 10, 2010 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, home of the Connecticut Sun. This game, unlike previous non-Olympic year games, was a contest between the USA women's national team and a team of WNBA All-Stars. This game is not considered a WNBA...

as a Team USA reserve.
Renee Montgomery
Renee Montgomery
Renee Danielle Montgomery is an American basketball player who won a national championship with the UConn Huskies in 2009. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.-High school:...

was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team
2010 WNBA All-Star Game
The Stars at the Sun game was played on July 10, 2010 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, home of the Connecticut Sun. This game, unlike previous non-Olympic year games, was a contest between the USA women's national team and a team of WNBA All-Stars. This game is not considered a WNBA...

as a Team USA reserve.
Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

was named to the All-Rookie Team
WNBA All-Rookie Team
The WNBA All-Rookie Team is an annual Women's National Basketball Association honor given since the 2005 WNBA season to the top rookies during the regular season. Voting is conducted by the WNBA head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team. Each coach selects five...

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Kelsey Griffin
Kelsey Griffin
Kelsey Griffin is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin played college ball for Nebraska, leading the Cornhuskers to their best ever season...

was named to the All-Rookie Team
WNBA All-Rookie Team
The WNBA All-Rookie Team is an annual Women's National Basketball Association honor given since the 2005 WNBA season to the top rookies during the regular season. Voting is conducted by the WNBA head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team. Each coach selects five...

.
Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

was named to the All-WNBA Second Team
All-WNBA Team
The All-WNBA Team is an annual Women's National Basketball Association honor bestowed on the best players in the league following every WNBA season. The voting is conducted by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States. The team has been selected in every season of the...

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