2013 Chicago Sky season

2013 Chicago Sky season

Head Coach

Arena

Results
Record	24–10 (.706)
Place	1st (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Lost in Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Delle Donne 18.1
Rebounds	Fowles 11.5
Assists	Vandersloot 5.6
Media
Television	CN100 ESPN2, NBATV
Chicago Sky seasons
< 2012	2014 >

The 2013 WNBA season is the 8th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.

With the addition of Elena Delle Donne, expectations were high for the Sky to finally reach the playoffs. Delle Donne, along with Sylvia Fowles, Epiphanny Prince, Courtney Vandersloot, and Swin Cash finished the regular season with the best record in the Eastern Conference - thus giving the Sky, their first regular season Conference title and the first seed in the 2013 WNBA Playoffs. The Sky were ultimately swept in the Conference Semifinals by the Indiana Fever.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following are the Sky's selections in the 2013 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	2	Elena Delle Donne	United States	University of Delaware
3	28	Brooklyn Pope	United States	Baylor University

Transaction Log

February 18: Signed Sharnee Zoll
March 4: Signed Allie Quigley
March 18: Re-signed Tamera Young
March 27: Signed Michelle Campbell
March 29: Signed D'Andra Moss
May 4: Signed Brittany Jones
May 10: Waived Brooklyn Pope and Brittany Jones
May 15: Waived D'Andra Moss
May 18: Waived Sonja Petrovic
May 23: Waived Ruth Riley
June 3: Temporary Suspension (Overseas Obligation) Epiphanny Prince
June 20: Temporary Suspension Removed Epiphanny Prince
August 3: Signed Avery Warley (7-day Contract)
September 11: Waived Sharnee Zoll
September 11: Signed Avery Warley

Trades

No trades were made by the Sky during the 2013 season.

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Sharnee Zoll	February 18, 2013	free agent
Elena Delle Donne	April 15, 2013	draft pick
Allie Quigley	March 4, 2013	free agent
Michelle Campbell	March 27, 2013	free agent
Avery Warley	August 3/September 11, 2013	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Ticha Penicheiro	September 23, 2012	retired
Le'Coe Willingham	February 14, 2013	Atlanta Dream
Sonja Petrovic	May 18, 2013	released
Ruth Riley	June 18, 2013	Atlanta Dream
Sharnee Zoll	September 11, 2013	released

Roster

2013 Chicago Sky roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
4.0 !F	25	USA !	Campbell, Michelle	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)		05-12-1984	Rutgers
4.0 !F	8	USA !	Cash, Swin	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	09-22-1979	Connecticut
2.5 !G/F	11	USA !	Delle Donne, Elena	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	09-05-1989	Delaware
6.0 !C	34	USA !	Fowles, Sylvia	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	10-06-1985	LSU
1.5 !G	7	USA !	Murphy, Shay	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	04-15-1985	Southern California
1.5 !G	10	USA !	Prince, Epiphanny	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	164 lb (74 kg)	01-11-1988	Rutgers
1.5 !G	14	USA !	Quigley, Allie	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	06-20-1986	DePaul
6.0 !C	30	USA !	Swords, Carolyn	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	07-19-1989	Boston C
1.5 !G	22	USA !	Vandersloot, Courtney	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	02-08-1989	Gonzaga
4.0 !F	1	USA !	Young, Tamera	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	10-30-1986	James Madison
1.5 !G	5	USA !	Zoll, Sharnee	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	148 lb (67 kg)	07-11-1986	Virginia

Head coach: Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches: Jeff House (Nazareth)
Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)

Athletic trainer: Natalie Meckstroth (Indiana)

Strength and conditioning coach: Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Sylvia Fowles	Avery Warley Carolyn Swords
PF	Elena Delle Donne	Michelle Campbell
SF	Swin Cash	Tamera Young
SG	Epiphanny Prince	Shay Murphy
PG	Courtney Vandersloot	Allie Quigley

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

Pre-season: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)

2013 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 24–10 (Home: 14–3; Road: 10–7)

May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)

June : 5–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3)

July : 5–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–1)

August : 9–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–2)

September : 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)

2013 season schedule

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log
Total: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

Conference Semifinals: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	September 20	Indiana	L 72–85	Elena Delle Donne (20)	Sylvia Fowles (10)	Courtney Vandersloot (7)	Allstate Arena 5895	0–1
2	September 22	@ Indiana	L 57–79	Sylvia Fowles (14)	Sylvia Fowles (14)	Vandersloot & Delle Donne (2)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7144	0–2

2013 season schedule

Statistics

Regular season

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Delle Donne, Elena !Elena Delle Donne	30	30	31.4	.426	.438	.929	5.6	1.8	.67	1.8	18.1
Fowles, Sylvia !Sylvia Fowles	32	32	31.3	.586	.000	.685	11.5	.40	.91	2.44	16.3
Prince, Epiphanny !Epiphanny Prince	31	31	30.0	.376	.396	.900	2.7	3.0	1.65	.39	15.0
Cash, Swin !Swin Cash	34	34	28.3	.415	.270	.853	5.6	2.2	.91	.59	9.3
Vandersloot, Courtney !Courtney Vandersloot	33	33	29.8	.396	.304	.833	3.2	5.6	1.39	.85	8.8
Young, Tamera !Tamera Young	33	8	18.1	.426	.000	.605	3.8	.60	.52	.15	5.6
Quigley, Allie !Allie Quigley	34	0	9.4	.316	.315	.889	.70	.60	.35	.12	3.8
Swords, Carolyn !Carolyn Swords	16	2	11.3	.619	.000	.778	2.6	.60	.50	.75	3.7
Murphy, Shay !Eshaya Murphy	34	0	11.1	.292	.172	.792	1.9	.30	.62	.00	3.1
Campbell, Michelle !Michelle Campbell	31	0	7.7	.314	.000	.733	1.5	.20	.16	.19	1.7
Warley, Avery !Avery Warley	14	0	8.1	.438	.000	1.000	2.1	.10	.21	.43	1.3
Zoll, Sharnee !Sharnee Zoll	19	0	9.7	.214	.000	.625	.70	1.7	.16	.00	0.9

Awards and honors

WNBA Rookie of the Year - Elena Delle Donne

WNBA Defensive Player of the Year - Sylvia Fowles

All-WNBA First Team - Sylvia Fowles

All-WNBA Second Team - Elena Delle Donne

All-Defensive First Team - Sylvia Fowles

WNBA All-Rookie Team - Elena Delle Donne

WNBA All-Stars - Elena Delle Donne, Epiphanny Prince, Sylvia Fowles

Eastern Conference Player of the Month - July - Sylvia Fowles

Eastern Conference Player of the Month - August - Sylvia Fowles

Eastern Conference Player of the Month - September - Sylvia Fowles

Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month - June - Elena Delle Donne

Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month - July - Elena Delle Donne

Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month - August - Elena Delle Donne

Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month - September - Elena Delle Donne

Eastern Conference Player of the Week - Elena Delle Donne (4 times), Sylvia Fowles (2 times)

References

External links

Chicago Sky

Founded in 2005
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Franchise
Current season

Arenas

UIC Pavilion
Allstate Arena

Head coaches

Administration

Owner:	Michael J. Alter

General Manager:	Dave Cowens Bo Overton Steven Key Pokey Chatman

All-Stars

Seasons

Playoff appearances

Conference Championships

2014

WNBA Championships

None

Rivals

Media

Radio:	WVON

TV:	Comcast Network (CN100) The U Too (WMEU-CD)

Announcers:	Patricia Babcock-McGraw Stephen Bardo Lisa Byington Eric Collins Brent Stover Brooke Weisbrod

2013 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock

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