2013 Connecticut Sun season

2013 Connecticut Sun season
Head coach	Anne Donovan
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Results
Record	10–24 (.294)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Media
Television	CSN-NE ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2013 WNBA season was the 15th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their 11th since moving to Connecticut from Orlando.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Dream's selections in the 2013 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	11
2	23
3	35

Trades

Date	Trade
TBD	To Connecticut Sun	To TBD
	TBD	TBD

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team

Roster

2013 Connecticut Sun roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 8 Bass, Mistie 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 1983-12-02 Duke 5 C 31 Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) 1988-12-05 Connecticut 2 G 34 Faris, Kelly 5' 11" (1.8m) 1991-01-16 Connecticut R G 32 Greene, Kalana 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 1987-07-13 Connecticut 2 F 5 Griffin, Kelsey 6' 2" (1.88m) 179 lb (81kg) 1987-07-02 Nebraska 2 G 23 Hightower, Allison 5' 10" (1.78m) 139 lb (63kg) 1988-04-06 LSU 2 G/F 88 Castro Marques, Iziane 6' 0" (1.83m) 140 lb (64kg) 1982-03-13 Brazil 10 G 20 Lawson, Kara 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1981-02-14 Tennessee 9 G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 1986-12-02 Connecticut 3 G 1 Carter, Sydney 5' 6" (1.68m) 1990-11-01 Texas A&M 1 G/F 14 White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m) 154 lb (70kg) 1982-09-27 Mississippi State 7 F 7 Pedersen, Kayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 1989-04-14 Stanford 2	Head coach Anne Donovan (Old Dominion) Assistant coaches Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi) Catherine Proto (Springfield) Athletic trainer Jeremy Norman (Keene State) Strength and conditioning coach Jodi Hopkins (Ohio) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tina Charles	Ashley Walker
PF	Kelsey Griffin	Mistie Bass
SF	Kalana Greene	Tan White Kelly Faris
SG	Allison Hightower	Renee Montgomery
PG	Kara Lawson	Sydney Carter

Season standings

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Chicago Sky	24	10	.706	-	34
2	x-Atlanta Dream	17	17	.500	7	34
3	x-Washington Mystics	17	17	.500	7	34
4	x-Indiana Fever	16	18	.471	8	34
5	e-New York Liberty	11	23	.324	13	34
6	e-Connecticut Sun	10	24	.294	14	34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
Pre-season: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 11 NY Liberty W 83–74 Allison Hightower (12) Natasha Lacy (5) Kara Lawson (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6692 1–0 2 May 18 @ NY Liberty L 67–78 Ashley Walker (12) Natasha Lacy (7) Lawson & Lacy (3) Prudential Center 1945 1–1 3 May 21 @ Minnesota W 88–80 Tan White (12) Ashley Walker (10) Kara Lawson (6) Target Center 2803 2–1
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Regular season

2013 game log Total: 10–24 (Home: 8–9; Road: 2–15)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 25 NY Liberty W 81–69 Kara Lawson (23) Tina Charles (13) Kara Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7672 1–0 2 May 31 @ Chicago L 75–86 Allison Hightower (20) Tina Charles (15) Kara Lawson (4) Allstate Arena 6607 1–1
June : 1–6 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 June 1 @ Minnesota L 74–90 Charles & Lawson (22) Tina Charles (10) Hightower & Lawson (4) Target Center 9223 1–2 4 June 7 Washington L 62–66 Tina Charles (21) Tina Charles (12) Allison Hightower (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6150 1–3 5 June 12 @ Indiana W 73–61 Tina Charles (30) Tina Charles (10) Kalana Greene (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6283 2–3 6 June 14 @ NY Liberty L 68–78 Allison Hightower (17) Griffin & Bass (8) Kara Lawson (6) Prudential Center 5845 2–4 7 June 16 Seattle L 66–78 Allison Hightower (17) Griffin & Charles (6) Hightower, Lawson, Bass, & Castro Marques (2) Mohegan Sun Arena 6550 2–5 8 June 23 Atlanta L 77–78 Tina Charles (19) Tina Charles (12) Allison Hightower (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7557 2–6 9 June 29 Phoenix L 70–89 Tina Charles (25) Tina Charles (13) Greene & Carter (2) Mohegan Sun Arena 9110 2–7
July : 2–5 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 10 July 2 Tulsa W 88–69 Allison Hightower (18) Tina Charles (13) Sydney Carter (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 5701 3–7 11 July 6 @ Indiana L 66–78 Griffin & Hightower (17) Kelsey Griffin (8) Iziane Castro Marques (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6383 3–8 12 July 12 Chicago L 70–83 Tina Charles (29) Greene & Castro Marques (7) Kara Lawson (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6285 3–9 13 July 14 San Antonio W 86–84 Allison Hightower (23) Tina Charles (10) Kara Lawson (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6335 4–9 14 July 19 @ Tulsa L 58–64 Allison Hightower (14) Tina Charles (12) Tan White (3) BOK Center 5294 4–10 15 July 20 @ San Antonio L 52–60 Tina Charles (18) Tina Charles (12) Tan White (3) AT&T Center 8375 4–11 16 July 24 @ Atlanta L 65–74 Greene & Charles (14) Tina Charles (16) Mistie Bass (3) Philips Arena 4434 4–12
August : 3–10 (Home: 2–4; Road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record All-Star Break 17 August 1 Indiana W 70–64 Tina Charles (22) Tina Charles (12) Renee Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 4971 5–12 18 August 3 @ NY Liberty W 88–66 Tina Charles (21) Tina Charles (14) Allison Hightower (8) Prudential Center 6245 6–12 19 August 6 Los Angeles L 72–74 Tina Charles (25) Tina Charles (13) Allison Hightower (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 5792 6–13 20 August 9 Chicago L 61–77 Allison Hightower (13) Tina Charles (10) Griffin, Hightower, & Montgomery (2) Mohegan Sun Arena 6086 6–14 21 August 11 @ Washington L 63–74 Tina Charles (18) Tina Charles (12) Allison Hightower (5) Verizon Center 7725 6–15 22 August 14 Atlanta W 88–86 Tina Charles (25) Kelly Faris (7) Renee Montgomery (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 5206 7–15 23 August 16 @ Atlanta L 57–88 Iziane Castro Marques (18) Kayla Pedersen (8) Kelsey Griffin (2) Philips Arena 4435 7–16 24 August 18 @ Chicago L 78–89 Tan White (16) Kelly Faris (7) Montgomery & Greene (4) Allstate Arena 5074 7–17 25 August 22 Minnesota L 77–91 Tina Charles (22) Tina Charles (12) Renee Montgomery (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7088 7–18 26 August 25 NY Liberty L 66–74 Kelsey Griffin (22) Kelsey Griffin (10) Renee Montgomery (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 7004 7–19 27 August 27 @ Los Angeles L 78–91 Iziane Castro Marques (19) Tina Charles (9) Montgomery, Castro Marques, & Carter (3) Staples Center 11401 7–20 28 August 29 @ Seattle L 65–78 Tina Charles (18) Mistie Bass (6) Montgomery, White, & Bass (2) Key Arena 5567 7–21 29 August 31 @ Phoenix L 68–76 Tina Charles (16) Tina Charles (13) Renee Montgomery (5) US Airways Center 8119 7–22
September: 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 September 6 Washington W 77–70 Tan White (26) Mistie Bass (10) Tan White (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 5611 8–22 31 September 7 @ Indiana L 60–69 Kelsey Griffin (14) Mistie Bass (11) White, Montgomery, & Pedersen (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9826 8–23 32 September 11 Atlanta W 78–77 Mistie Bass (15) Bass & Pedersen (6) Renee Montgomery (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 5724 9–23 33 September 13 @ Washington L 56–82 Mistie Bass (13) Kayla Pedersen (7) Mistie Bass (3) Verizon Center 7779 9–24 34 September 15 Indiana W 82–80 (OT) Iziane Castro Marques (19) Mistie Bass (12) Renee Montgomery (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 8478 10–24
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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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG