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The 2009 WNBA season is the 4th for the Chicago Sky of the Women’s National Basketball Association. Steven Key returned as coach – marking the first time in franchise history that the Sky did not have to hire a new coach after 1 year. The Sky received the 3rd Overall pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft and used it on Maryland guard Kristi Toliver.[1]

Transactions[edit]

Houston Comets Dispersal Draft[edit]

With the Houston Comets ceasing operation and based on the 2008 records of teams, the Sky selected 3rd in the Dispersal Draft.[2]

WNBA Draft[edit]

Trades and Roster Changes[edit]

Date Transaction
January 7, 2009 Signed Erin Thorn[3]
January 12, 2009 Signed K.B. Sharp and Shyra Ely[4]
April 15, 2009 Signed Kristi Toliver, Jennifer Risper, and Danielle Grant to their Rookie Scale Contracts
April 28, 2009 Signed Chen Nan[5]
May 24, 2009 Waived Quianna Chaney and Danielle Grant[6]
May 29, 2009 Waived Liz Moeggenberg
May 31, 2009 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Armintie Price
Waived Jennifer Risper
June 4, 2009 Waived Mistie Bass
August 12, 2009 Traded Armintie Price to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Tamera Young[7]
August 21, 2009 Waived Chen Nan
Signed Mistie Bass[8]
September 1, 2009 Signed Katie Mattera to a 7-Day Conract
September 8, 2009 Waived Brooke Wyckoff[9]
Signed Katie Mattera[10]
September 11, 2009 Signed Jia Perkins to a Multi-Year Contract Extension[11]
2009 Chicago Sky Roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
F 8 United States Bass, Mistie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Duke
G/F 3 United States Canty, Dominique 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Alabama
PF 4 United States Dupree, Candice 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Temple
SF 0 United States Ely, Shyra 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Tennessee
C 34 United States Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) LSU
C 44 United States Mattera, Katie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Liberty University
SG 11 United States Perkins, Jia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Texas Tech
PG 32 United States Sharp, K.B. 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 146 lb (66 kg) Cincinnati
SG 5 United States Thorn, Erin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) BYU
G 7 United States Toliver, Kristi 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 130 lb (59 kg) Maryland
F 1 United States Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) James Madison University
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • United States Nick Rubel
Strength and conditioning coach
  • United States Ann Crosby
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Preseason[edit]

2009 Preseason Schedule
Total: 2–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–2

Regular Season[edit]

2009 Regular Season
Total: 16–18 (Home: 12–5; Road: 4–13)

June: 6–3 (Home: 5–0; Road: 1–3)

July: 3–7 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–5)

Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
10 July 3 8:00pm @ San Antonio 72-85 Armintie Price (17) Shyra Ely (5) Dominique Canty (5) AT&T Center
6,662		 6-4
11 July 7 10:00pm @ Sacramento 73-83 Jia Perkins (21) Jia Perkins (5) Jia Perkins (6) ARCO Arena
5,672		 6-5
12 July 8 10:00pm @ Phoenix 70-90 Candice Dupree (22) Candice Dupree (12) Armintie Price (2) US Airways Center
5,597		 6-6
13 July 10 8:30pm Indiana 54-83 Shyra Ely (12) Candice Dupree (8) Kristi Toliver (4) UIC Pavilion
4,021		 6-7
14 July 12 9:00pm @ Seattle NBA TV
FSN-NW		 86-81 Candice Dupree (28) Candice Dupree (7) Kristi Toliver (7) KeyArena
6,796		 7-7
15 July 15 1:00pm @ Indiana 74-84 Candice Dupree (17) Candice Dupree (10) Canty
Chen
Toliver (3)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
10,050		 7-8
16 July 19 6:00pm San Antonio NBA TV
CN100		 85-75 Jia Perkins (29) Candice Dupree (11) Dominique Canty (6) UIC Pavilion
3,282		 8-8
17 July 22 12:30pm New York 70-77 Sylvia Fowles (15) Candice Dupree (11) Dominique Canty (4) UIC Pavilion
5,881		 8-9
18 July 23 7:00pm @ Washington ESPN2 64-75 Jia Perkins (14) Sylvia Fowles (7) Kristi Toliver (2) Verizon Center
11,651		 8-10
19 July 29 8:00pm Los Angeles 75-63 Jia Perkins (18) Sylvia Fowles (7) Candice Dupree (5) UIC Pavilion
5,633		 9-10

August: 5–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–4)

Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
20 August 1 8:00pm Connecticut NBA TV
WCTX		 84-72 Candice Dupree (23) Candice Dupree (8) Dominique Canty (6) UIC Pavilion
3,071		 10-10
21 August 5 7:00pm @ Indiana NBA TV
CN100		 67-76 Candice Dupree (19) Candice Dupree (13) Dominique Canty (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
6,581		 10-11
22 August 8 7:00pm @ Atlanta 82-80 Erin Thorn (20) Candice Dupree (11) Jia Perkins (5) Philips Arena
5,424		 11-11
23 August 9 6:00pm @ Detroit 58-64 Candice Dupree (16) Sylvia Fowles (18) Brooke Wyckoff (3) Palace of Auburn Hills
6,893		 11-12
24 August 14 7:30pm @ New York NBA TV
CN100
MSG		 88-77 Sylvia Fowles (22) Dupree
Fowles (9)		 Dominique Canty (6) Madison Square Garden
9,832		 12-12
25 August 15 8:00pm Minnesota 79-76 Erin Thorn (17) Candice Dupree (14) Dominique Canty (8) UIC Pavilion
3,877		 13-12
26 August 18 8:00pm Phoenix 99-106 Shyra Ely (26) Candice Dupree (7) Candice Dupree (5) UIC Pavilion
TBA		 13-13
27 August 22 8:00pm Detroit 67-76 Candice Dupree (20) Candice Dupree (14) Canty
Dupree
Thorn (3)		 UIC Pavilion
5,167		 13-14
28 August 25 10:00pm @ Los Angeles ESPN2 63-75 Shyra Ely (16) Candice Dupree (8) Dominique Canty (4) STAPLES Center
9,615		 13-15
29 August 28 8:30pm New York NBA TV
CN100
MSG		 96-77 Candice Dupree (26) Candice Dupree (6) Candice Dupree (4) UIC Pavilion
3,707		 14-15
30 August 30 4:00pm @ New York 63-77 Candice Dupree (15) Candice Dupree (13) Erin Thorn (7) Madison Square Garden
8,685		 14-16

September: 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1)
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Standings[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Regular Season[edit]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Candice Dupree 34 34 34.9 42.9 38.7 78.5 7.9 2.2 1.0 1.2 15.7
Jia Perkins 34 34 27.4 41.7 38.5 84.6 3.4 2.9 2.1 0.2 13.2
Sylvia Fowles 24 20 28.8 59.9 0.0 64.6 7.8 0.8 0.9 1.5 11.3
Kristi Toliver 27 0 14.3 45.3 44.4 91.3 1.4 1.9 0.4 0.1 7.6
Dominique Canty 34 34 22.8 38.1 36.4 68.9 1.9 3.2 0.8 0.1 6.9
Shyra Ely 34 9 14.6 41.8 38.3 80.4 2.6 0.6 0.4 0.2 6.8
Erin Thorn 34 0 17.0 42.4 40.2 90.9 1.6 1.6 0.6 0.0 6.2
Mistie Bass 8 5 15.8 51.3 0.0 56.3 3.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 6.1
Katie Mattera 2 0 11.5 75.0 0.0 83.3 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 5.5
Tamera Young 10 6 12.9 34.8 25.0 88.9 3.0 0.7 0.7 0.4 5.0
Chen Nan 26 5 12.3 48.4 0.0 62.5 2.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 3.7
Armintie Price 22 0 14.7 38.6 0.0 57.5 2.7 1.2 0.5 0.0 3.5
Brooke Wyckoff 27 23 19.7 37.8 39.2 87.5 2.7 1.4 0.4 0.7 3.1
K.B. Sharp 27 0 12.0 40.4 35.3 94.7 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 2.6

Awards and Honors[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ “Atlanta Dream Select Sancho Lyttle With Top Pick in Houston Comets Dispersal Draft”. WNBA.com. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  3. ^ “Sky Signs Erin Thorn”. wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  4. ^ “Chicago Sky Re-Sign Veteran KB Sharp”. oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. 12 January 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  5. ^ “Sky sign Chen through 2010”. ESPN.com. ESPN. 28 April 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  6. ^ “Weekend Update”. hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. 30 May 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  7. ^ “Sky acquire Dream’s Young for Price”. espn.com. ESPN. 12 August 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  8. ^ “Former Duke Star Mistie Bass Re-Signs With Chicago”. goduke.com. Duke Athletics. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  9. ^ “Bad break for Wyckoff”. dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. 12 September 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  10. ^ “Saturday planner – Chicago Tribune”. chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  11. ^ “Sky Sign Guard Jia Perkins To Multi-Year Extension”. oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. 11 September 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  12. ^ “Candice Dupree and Seimone Augustus Named WNBA Players of the Week”. wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  13. ^ a b “Starting lineups announced for WNBA All-Star Game, Tamika Catchings tops balloting”. hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. 15 July 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  14. ^ “2009 WNBA All-Star Game reserves announced”. hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 11, 2002.

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