2009 Connecticut Sun season
Head Coach	Mike Thibault
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Attendance	6,794 per game
Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Jones (16.7)
Rebounds	Gruda (6.3)
Assists	Whalen (4.6)
Local Media
Television	WCTX
Connecticut Sun seasons
< 2008	2010 >

The 2009 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their 7th in Connecticut. The Sun attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, but did not qualify for the postseason.

Contents 1 Offseason 1.1 Dispersal Draft 1.2 WNBA Draft 2 Transactions 2.1 Free agents 2.1.1 Additions 2.1.2 Subtractions 3 Roster 4 Season Standings 5 Schedule 5.1 Preseason 5.2 Regular Season 6 Depth 7 Regular Season Statistics 7.1 Player Statistics 7.2 Team Statistics 8 Awards and honors 9 Attendance 10 References 11 External links

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Dispersal Draft

Based on the Sun's 2008 record, they would pick 10th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Sun waived their pick.

[edit] WNBA Draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	10	Chante Black	United States	Duke
2	17 (from Minn.)	Lyndra Littles	United States	Virginia
3	36	Alba Torrens	Spain	Spain

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[edit] Transactions

• July 4: The Sun waived Lauren Ervin due to the arrival of Sandrine Gruda.
• June 28: The Sun waived Barbara Turner due to the arrival of Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota.
• June 19: The Sun signed Tan White and waived Kristi Cirone.
• June 5: The Sun waived Lyndra Littles, Danielle Page and Carrem Gay.
• June 3: The Sun claimed Kiesha Brown off waivers.
• June 1: The Sun waived Ketia Swanier and Ashley Hayes.
• April 20: The Sun signed Carrem Gay to a training camp contract.
• April 20: The Sun announced that Tamika Raymond would sit out the 2009 season.
• April 13: The Sun announced Jamie Carey's retirement.
• April 13: The Sun signed Ashley Hayes to a training camp contract.
• April 10: The Sun signed Kristi Cirone to a training camp contract.
• February 13: The Sun signed Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota to a training camp contract.
• January 23: The Sun signed Lauren Ervin to a rookie-scale contract.
• January 21: The Sun signed Barbara Turner, Kerri Gardin, and Danielle Page for the 2009 season.
• January 7: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin and Danielle Page to training camp contracts.

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Date	Trade
March 14, 2008	To Connecticut Sun	To Minnesota Lynx
	Minnesota's second-round 2009 Draft pick and Tamika Raymond	Connecticut's second-round 2009 Draft pick and Kristen Rasmussen

[edit] Free agents

[edit] Additions Player Signed Former team Kerri Gardin January 21, 2009 re-signed Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota February 13, 2009 free agent Kiesha Brown June 3, 2009 Washington Mystics Tan White June 19, 2009 Indiana Fever

[edit] Subtractions Player Left New team Jamie Carey April 13, 2009 retired Tamika Raymond April 20, 2009 free agent Ketia Swanier June 1, 2009 Phoenix Mercury Lyndra Littles June 5, 2009 free agent Danielle Page June 5, 2009 free agent Barbara Turner June 28, 2009 free agent Lauren Ervin July 4, 2009 free agent Svetlana Abrosimova 2009 free agent

[edit] Roster

Connecticut Sun roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From 5.0 C 33 USA  Black, Chante 77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Duke 1.0 PG 4 USA  Brown, Kiesha 70 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 134 lb (61 kg) Georgia 3.0 SF 41 USA  Gardin, Kerri 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Virginia Tech 5.0 C 7 FRA  Gruda, Sandrine 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) France 2.5 G/F 1 USA  Holt, Amber 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Middle Tennessee State 2.0 SG 10 Latvia  Jēkabsone-Žogota, Anete 69 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Latvia 4.0 PF 15 USA  Jones, Asjha 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Connecticut 1.0 PG 31 AUS  Phillips, Erin 67 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Australia 1.0 PG 13 USA  Whalen, Lindsay 69 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Minnesota 2.0 SG 20 USA  White, Tan 67 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 154 lb (70 kg) Mississippi State 4.0 PF 00 USA  Whitmore, Tamika 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Memphis	Head coach Mike Thibault (St. Martin's University) Assistant coach(es) Scott Hawk (Nebraska-Omaha) Bernadette Mattox (Georgia) Strength and conditioning coach(es) Jodi Hopkins (Ohio) Athletic trainer(s) Jeremy Norman (Keene State College) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: 2009-07-04

[edit] Season Standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Indiana Fever x	22	12	.667	17-5	-
Atlanta Dream x	18	16	.529	10-12	4.0
Detroit Shock x	18	16	.529	11-11	4.0
Washington Mystics x	16	18	.471	10-12	6.0
Chicago Sky o	16	18	.471	10-12	6.0
Connecticut Sun o	16	18	.471	9-12	6.0
New York Liberty o	13	21	.382	8-13	10.0

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 22 7:00pm New York 74-62 Jones (11) Black (7) Whalen (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,578 1-0 2 May 27 7:30pm @ Atlanta 73-76 Phillips (18) Black, Ervin (6) Swanier, Whalen (3) Philips Arena 4,980 1-1 3 May 31 7:00pm Los Angeles 77-80 Phillips (11) Littles (8) Phillips, Swanier, Whalen (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,630 1-2

[edit] 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 4:00pm Washington 70-82 Jones (22) Whalen (6) Whalen (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,191 0-1 2 June 7 4:00pm @ New York WCTX 66-57 Whalen (14) Whalen (12) Brown, Cirone, Whalen, Whitmore (2) Madison Square Garden 13,397 1-1 3 June 14 3:00pm Atlanta 62-67 Whalen (16) Black (9) Whalen (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,429 1-2 4 June 16 8:00pm @ Chicago 75-78 Jones, Whitmore (16) Jones (5) Whalen (8) UIC Pavilion 2,396 1-3 5 June 19 7:00pm Chicago 91-61 Jones (17) Gardin (11) Gardin (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,892 2-3 6 June 21 3:00pm San Antonio NBA TV WCTX 71-58 Jones (19) Black (8) Jones, Turner, Whalen (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,928 3-3 7 June 27 7:00pm Atlanta 82-68 Jones (24) Jones (12) Whalen (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,264 4-3
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 8 July 2 7:00pm @ Indiana NBA TV FSI 53-67 Whalen (11) Black (8) Brown, Whalen, White (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,468 4-4 9 July 5 6:00pm @ Detroit 95-92 (OT) Gruda (23) Gardin, Gruda (6) Jones (5) Palace of Auburn Hills 6,981 5-4 10 July 7 7:30pm @ Atlanta 67-72 Jones, White (14) Gruda, Jones, White (6) Brown (4) Philips Arena 6,225 5-5 11 July 11 7:00pm Detroit NBA TV WCTX 77-79 (OT) Jones (23) Jones (10) Whalen (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,342 5-6 12 July 14 7:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 82-71 Jones (24) Gruda (6) Jones, Whalen (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,612 6-6 13 July 17 8:00pm @ San Antonio 72-64 Jones (17) Gruda, Whalen (7) Jones, Whalen (5) AT&T Center 9,524 7-6 14 July 19 3:00pm Indiana 67-61 Whalen (15) Gruda (9) Whalen (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,517 8-6 15 July 22 7:00pm Sacramento 83-75 Jones (28) Jones (10) Phillips (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,675 9-6 16 July 28 7:30pm Phoenix ESPN2 80-95 Jekabsone-Zogota (15) Whalen (8) Holt, Whalen (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,739 9-7 17 July 30 8:00pm @ Indiana FSI 85-94 (OT) Jones (21) Gruda (10) 5 players (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,538 9-8
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 18 August 1 7:00pm @ Chicago NBA TV WCTX 72-84 White (16) White (6) Jekabsone-Zogota (6) UIC Pavilion 3,071 9-9 19 August 2 6:00pm @ Detroit 83-65 Whalen (22) Gruda (8) Whalen (4) Palace of Auburn Hills 7,814 10-9 20 August 7 8:00pm @ Minnesota NBA TV FSN-N 88-95 Gruda (21) Gruda, Jones (6) Jekabsone-Zogota (7) Target Center 8,134 10-10 21 August 9 3:00pm Washington 96-67 Whalen (16) Holt (8) Whalen (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,528 11-10 22 August 13 7:00pm Seattle 64-53 Gruda (14) Jones (10) Whalen (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,983 12-10 23 August 14 7:00pm @ Washington 89-91 (2OT) Jones (23) Gruda (10) Whalen (5) Verizon Center 9,738 12-11 24 August 19 7:00pm New York 74-69 Whalen (20) Whalen (10) White (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,050 13-11 25 August 21 7:30pm @ New York NBA TV MSG 83-85 (OT) Gruda (24) Gruda (12) Whalen (7) Madison Square Garden 9,355 13-12 26 August 22 7:00pm Minnesota 98-94 Gruda, Whalen (21) Gruda (9) Whalen (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,803 14-12 27 August 25 7:00pm Detroit 70-90 Gruda (19) Gardin (7) Whalen (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,811 14-13 28 August 27 10:00pm @ Seattle 74-86 Whalen (18) Gardin (8) Whalen (5) KeyArena 6,588 14-14 29 August 29 10:00pm @ Phoenix NBA TV WCTX 84-95 Jekabsone-Zogota (23) Gardin (13) Brown, Gardin, Whalen (3) US Airways Center 9,977 14-15 30 August 30 9:30pm @ Los Angeles NBA TV FSNW 81-91 Jekabsone-Zogota (21) Gruda (7) Whalen (9) STAPLES Center 11,072 14-16
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 31 September 1 10:00pm @ Sacramento 70-90 Gruda, White (13) Gruda (5) Brown, Phillips (3) ARCO Arena 6,015 14-17 32 September 4 7:00pm New York NBA TV MSG 88-85 (OT) Jekabsone-Zogota (23) Jekabsone-Zogota (7) Whalen (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,685 15-17 33 September 11 7:00pm @ Atlanta 64-88 Gruda (16) Gruda (6) 4 players (2) Philips Arena 8,644 15-18 34 September 13 3:00pm Indiana WCTX 95-85 Gardin (23) Gardin (8) Phillips (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,047 16-18

[edit] Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Sandrine Gruda	Chante Black
PF	Asjha Jones	Tamika Whitmore
SF	Tan White	Amber Holt / Kerri Gardin
SG	Anete Jekabsone-Zogota	Erin Phillips
PG	Lindsay Whalen	Kiesha Brown

[edit] 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	TO	Turnovers per game	PF	Fouls per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	Shaded block denotes leader.

[edit] Player Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Black, Chante Chante Black	33	8	13.0	3.2	0.2	0.39	0.82	2.9
Brown, Kiesha Kiesha Brown	34	0	11.6	1.6	1.1	0.38	0.09	3.8
Cirone, Kristi Kristi Cirone	4	0	5.8	1.3	1.0	0.50	0.00	1.8
Ervin, Lauren Lauren Ervin	8	0	7.0	1.6	0.0	0.13	0.00	2.0
Gardin, Kerri Kerri Gardin	33	23	18.1	4.3	1.2	0.76	0.73	5.5
Gruda, Sandrine Sandrine Gruda	26	25	31.2	6.3	1.3	0.88	1.58	13.5
Holt, Amber Amber Holt	23	7	16.5	3.2	1.9	0.39	0.09	6.0
Jēkabsone-Žogota, Anete Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota	27	16	23.9	2.9	2.2	0.33	0.00	9.4
Jones, Asjha Asjha Jones	23	23	31.6	5.9	2.4	0.87	0.57	16.7
Phillips, Erin Erin Phillips	32	18	23.1	3.2	2.1	1.34	0.09	8.1
Turner, Barbara Barbara Turner	7	0	20.6	2.1	2.0	0.71	0.00	4.0
Whalen, Lindsay Lindsay Whalen	34	34	29.4	4.6	4.6	1.26	0.15	12.3
White, Tan Tan White	30	15	22.0	2.7	2.2	1.17	0.30	9.5
Whitmore, Tamika Tamika Whitmore	24	1	15.7	2.2	1.0	0.38	0.13	4.4

[edit] Team Statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Connecticut Sun	.406	.316	.747	34.8	17.9	7.4	3.8	13.3	19.9	78.0
Opponents	.426	.322	.792	37.5	15.4	7.3	3.7	16.2	20.1	78.1

[edit] Awards and honors

• Asjha Jones was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 20, 2009.
• Sandrine Gruda was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 17, 2009.
• Asjha Jones was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference reserve.

[edit] Attendance

• A sellout for a basketball game at Mohegan Sun Arena is 9,518.

Regular Season Attendance
Year Average: Home Average: Away High Low Sellouts Total for Year WNBA Game Average 2009 6,794 (12th) 7,761 (10th) 9,047 5,675 0 115,496 8,039

[edit] References

[edit] External links

v • d • e Connecticut Sun seasons 1999  • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008  • 2009 • 2010 Bold indicates WNBA Finals appearance

v • d • e Connecticut Sun Formerly the Orlando Miracle • Founded in 1999 • Based in Uncasville, Connecticut The Franchise All-Time Roster • The Orlando Miracle Years • The Move to Connecticut • Most Recent Season Arenas TD Waterhouse Centre • Mohegan Sun Arena Head Coaches Carolyn Peck • Dee Brown • Mike Thibault Administration Owner: RDV Sports, Inc. • Mohegan Sun General Manager: Carolyn Peck • Dee Brown • Chris Sienko Notable Players Katie Douglas • Margo Dydek • Sandrine Gruda • Asjha Jones • Taj McWilliams-Franklin • Erin Phillips • Nykesha Sales • Lindsay Whalen • Tamika Whitmore Seasons 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 Playoff Appearances 2000 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 Conference Titles 2004 • 2005 WNBA Titles None Rivals Atlanta Dream • Detroit Shock • Indiana Fever • New York Liberty Media TV: WCTX (MyTV9) • Radio: WMOS (The Wolf) • Announcers: Bob Heussler, Mike Gorman, Rebecca Lobo

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