2013 Chicago Sky season

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

2013 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Pokey Chatman
Arena	Allstate Arena
Attendance	per game
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
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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 F 25 Campbell, Michelle 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 05-12-1984 Rutgers F 8 Cash, Swin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 09-22-1979 Connecticut G/F 11 Delle Donne, Elena 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 09-05-1989 Delaware C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 10-06-1985 LSU G 7 Murphy, Shay 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 04-15-1985 Southern California G 10 Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 164 lb (74 kg) 01-11-1988 Rutgers G 14 Quigley, Allie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 140 lb (64 kg) 06-20-1986 DePaul C 30 Swords, Carolyn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 07-19-1989 Boston College G 22 Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 02-08-1989 Gonzaga F 1 Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 10-30-1986 James Madison G 5 Zoll, Sharnee 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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 15 New York W 85–67 Elena Delle Donne (17) Sylvia Fowles (7) Sharnee Zoll (7) Dickens Athletic Center 1,250 1-0
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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 27 @ Phoenix W 102–80 Epiphanny Prince (26) Sylvia Fowles (10) Epiphanny Prince (5) US Airways Center 10200 1–0 2 May 31 Connecticut W 86–75 Sylvia Fowles (24) Sylvia Fowles (22) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena 6607 2–0
June : 5–3 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 June 2 Tulsa W 92–71 Epiphanny Prince (19) Sylvia Fowles (13) Swin Cash (5) Allstate Arena 6811 3–0 4 June 7 @ San Antonio L 69–81 Elena Delle Donne (17) Sylvia Fowles (13) Cash & Zoll (3) AT&T Center 6244 3–1 5 June 9 San Antonio W 72–70 Elena Delle Donne (23) Sylvia Fowles (16) Courtney Vandersloot (5) Allstate Arena 4293 4–1 6 June 16 @ Atlanta L 74–88 Elena Delle Donne (25) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Philips Arena 5552 4–2 7 June 20 @ Tulsa L 74–83 Sylvia Fowles (17) Sylvia Fowles (12) Courtney Vandersloot (5) BOK Center 4161 4–3 8 June 22 @ Indiana W 71–61 Epiphanny Prince (21) Swin Cash (8) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7934 5–3 9 June 26 NY Liberty W 87–74 Elena Delle Donne (26) Sylvia Fowles (14) Elena Delle Donne (6) Allstate Arena 8911 6–3 10 June 29 Los Angeles W 94–82 Epiphanny Prince (21) Elena Delle Donne (8) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Allstate Arena 6885 7–3
July : 5–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 11 July 2 Seattle L 60–69 Prince & Delle Donne (12) Swin Cash (14) Courtney Vandersloot (3) Allstate Arena 5808 7–4 12 July 7 @ NY Liberty W 93–64 Elena Delle Donne (20) Carolyn Swords (7) Courtney Vandersloot (3) Prudential Center 7127 8–4 13 July 10 Washington W 89–85 Sylvia Fowles (26) Sylvia Fowles (18) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena 14201 9–4 14 July 12 @ Connecticut W 83–70 Elena Delle Donne (23) Cash & Fowles (8) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 6285 10–4 15 July 18 @ NY Liberty W 75–55 Elena Delle Donne (23) Delle Donne, Prince, & Young (6) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Prudential Center 12858 11–4 16 July 20 NY Liberty W 80–69 Tamera Young (17) Sylvia Fowles (13) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena 6037 12–4 17 July 24 @ Washington L 78–82 Sylvia Fowles (21) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (4) Verizon Center 14411 12–5
August : 9–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record All-Star Break 18 August 2 Washington W 85–78 Sylvia Fowles (32) Sylvia Fowles (15) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena 5134 13–5 19 August 3 @ Indiana L 58–79 Courtney Vandersloot (11) Avery Warley (8) Cash & Prince (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8610 13–6 20 August 6 Indiana L 58–64 Sylvia Fowles (14) Sylvia Fowles (17) Prince & Vandersloot (3) Allstate Arena 4135 13–7 21 August 9 @ Connecticut W 77–61 Epiphanny Prince (23) Sylvia Fowles (10) Epiphanny Prince (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6086 14–7 22 August 11 Minnesota W 94–86 (OT) Elena Delle Donne (32) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena 6297 15–7 23 August 13 @ Los Angeles L 76–80 Sylvia Fowles (22) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Staples Center 10553 15–8 24 August 15 @ Seattle W 79–66 Swin Cash (18) Sylvia Fowles (10) Courtney Vandersloot (8) Key Arena 6829 16–8 25 August 18 Connecticut W 89–78 Epiphanny Prince (21) Sylvia Fowles (21) Epiphanny Prince (8) Allstate Arena 5074 17–8 26 August 20 @ Washington W 79–73 Elena Delle Donne (24) Sylvia Fowles (15) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Verizon Center 6471 18–8 27 August 23 NY Liberty W 82–64 Sylvia Fowles (14) Fowles, Campbell, & Warley (7) Courtney Vandersloot (7) Allstate Arena 5888 19–8 28 August 24 @ Atlanta W 67–56 Elena Delle Donne (25) Sylvia Fowles (13) Courtney Vandersloot (10) Philips Arena 7412 20–8 29 August 31 Atlanta W 85–68 Sylvia Fowles (18) Delle Donne & Warley (7) Courtney Vandersloot (9) Allstate Arena 6047 21–8
September : 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 30 September 6 Indiana L 77–82 Sylvia Fowles (23) Tamera Young (10) Swin Cash (4) Allstate Arena 5996 21–9 31 September 8 @ Washington W 93–79 Elena Delle Donne (22) Sylvia Fowles (9) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Verizon Center 9060 22–9 32 September 11 Phoenix W 70–68 Epiphanny Prince (21) Sylvia Fowles (12) Courtney Vandersloot (6) Allstate Arena 6409 23–9 33 September 13 Atlanta W 87–82 Epiphanny Prince (29) Sylvia Fowles (18) Epiphanny Prince (7) Allstate Arena 7679 24–9 34 September 14 @ Minnesota L 66–79 Sylvia Fowles (17) Sylvia Fowles (11) Swin Cash (6) Target Center 9613 24–10
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
Elena Delle Donne	30	30	31.4	.426	.438	.929	5.6	1.8	.67	1.8	18.1
Sylvia Fowles	32	32	31.3	.586	.000	.685	11.5	.40	.91	2.44	16.3
Epiphanny Prince	31	31	30.0	.376	.396	.900	2.7	3.0	1.65	.39	15.0
Swin Cash	34	34	28.3	.415	.270	.853	5.6	2.2	.91	.59	9.3
Courtney Vandersloot	33	33	29.8	.396	.304	.833	3.2	5.6	1.39	.85	8.8
Tamera Young	33	8	18.1	.426	.000	.605	3.8	.60	.52	.15	5.6
Allie Quigley	34	0	9.4	.316	.315	.889	.70	.60	.35	.12	3.8
Carolyn Swords	16	2	11.3	.619	.000	.778	2.6	.60	.50	.75	3.7
Eshaya Murphy	34	0	11.1	.292	.172	.792	1.9	.30	.62	.00	3.1
Michelle Campbell	31	0	7.7	.314	.000	.733	1.5	.20	.16	.19	1.7
Avery Warley	14	0	8.1	.438	.000	1.000	2.1	.10	.21	.43	1.3
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

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