2004 Connecticut Sun Stats

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Record: 18-16, 1st in WNBA Eastern Conference

Coach: Mike Thibault (18-16)

Executive: Chris Sienko

PTS/G: 68.7 (4th of 13) Opp PTS/G: 67.8 (9th of 13)

Pace: 68.7 (6th of 13)

Off Rtg: 98.5 (5th of 13) Def Rtg: 97.2 (8th of 13) Net Rtg: +1.3 (5th of 13)

Expected W-L: 18-16

Arena: Mohegan Sun Arena

Playoffs:
Won WNBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (2-1) over Washington Mystics
Won WNBA Eastern Conference Finals (2-0) over New York Liberty
Lost WNBA Finals (2-1) to Seattle Storm

WNBA Runners-up
Eastern Conference Champions

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
24	Debbie Black	G	5-3	124	July 29, 1966	5	Saint Joseph's
22	Jessica Brungo	F	6-1	165	April 16, 1982	R	Penn State
34	Jennifer Derevjanik	G	5-10	140	March 29, 1982	R	George Mason
32	Katie Douglas	G-F	6-0	165	May 7, 1979	3	Purdue
12	Candace Futrell	G	5-10	154	July 10, 1982	R	Duquesne
15	Asjha Jones	F	6-2	187	August 1, 1980	2	UConn
11	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	6-2	195	October 20, 1970	5	Georgia State University, St. Edward's University
3	Wendy Palmer	F	6-2	165	August 12, 1974	7	Virginia
42	Nykesha Sales	F-G	6-0	184	May 10, 1976	5	UConn
13	Lindsay Whalen	G	5-9	170	May 9, 1982	R	Minnesota
43	Le'coe Willingham	F	6-0	200	February 10, 1981	R	Auburn

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team and Opponent Stats Table
Type	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	34	6900	876	2051	.427	149	467	.319	727	1584	.459	434	590	.736	321	724	1045	572	299	96	462	610	2335
Team/G		202.9	25.8	60.3	.427	4.4	13.7	.319	21.4	46.6	.459	12.8	17.4	.736	9.4	21.3	30.7	16.8	8.8	2.8	13.6	17.9	68.7
Lg Rank		3	2	5	5	8	5	12	6	6	1	11	11	8	7	5	7	2	3	13	2	3	4
Year/Year		+0.3%	+1.6%	-2.4%	+1.6	-15.4%	-14.9%	-0.3	+5.9%	+2.0%	+1.7	-9.2%	-8.4%	-0.5	-4.1%	-4.9%	-4.7%	+9.8%	+11.4%	-15.2%	+6.2%	-8.2%	-2.0%
Opponent	34	6900	858	1996	.430	145	384	.378	713	1612	.442	443	599	.740	305	755	1060	565	239	113	491	626	2304
Opp/G		202.9	25.2	58.7	.430	4.3	11.3	.378	21.0	47.4	.442	13.0	17.6	.740	9.0	22.2	31.2	16.6	7.0	3.3	14.4	18.4	67.8
Lg Rank		3	9	7	11	7	5	12	10	11	8	6	6	7	3	12	10	12	2	1	5	5	9
Year/Year			-0.8%	-5.2%	+1.9	-15.7%	-28.5%	+5.7	+2.9%	+2.8%	+0.1	-13.3%	-11.1%	-1.6	-16.7%	-7.1%	-9.8%	+1.8%	-5.4%	+26.9%	+2.9%	-6.6%	-4.4%

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	33	34	34	33.3	4.9	10.4	.477	0.0	0.4	.000	4.9	10.0	.494	2.3	3.8	.602	2.4	4.7	7.2	1.9	1.4	1.3	2.1	2.8	12.1
2	Katie Douglas	25	34	34	32.9	3.7	9.4	.389	1.6	4.5	.346	2.1	4.9	.429	1.8	2.3	.792	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.6	1.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	10.7
3	Nykesha Sales	28	34	34	32.2	6.2	14.3	.432	1.2	3.8	.318	5.0	10.5	.473	1.6	2.3	.727	1.0	3.0	4.0	2.9	2.2	0.2	2.2	2.9	15.2
4	Lindsay Whalen	22	31	30	30.5	2.7	5.9	.454	0.6	1.8	.351	2.0	4.1	.500	2.9	3.9	.730	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.8	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.3	8.9
5	Wendy Palmer	29	33	33	23.8	3.3	7.7	.427	0.4	1.2	.317	2.9	6.4	.448	2.1	2.6	.800	1.4	4.1	5.5	0.9	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.3	9.0
6	Asjha Jones	23	34	1	20.6	2.8	7.0	.402	0.1	0.2	.333	2.8	6.9	.403	1.2	1.4	.854	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.1	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.4	6.9
7	Debbie Black	37	31	4	11.2	0.8	1.8	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.8	.473	0.1	0.1	.750	0.4	0.7	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.1	1.8
8	Jessica Brungo	22	33	0	9.5	0.5	1.8	.305	0.3	1.2	.263	0.2	0.6	.381	0.1	0.2	.800	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.5
9	Le'coe Willingham	23	23	0	7.6	1.0	1.7	.632	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.6	.649	0.9	1.1	.769	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	3.0
10	Candace Futrell	21	20	0	7.2	0.6	1.9	.289	0.4	0.9	.412	0.2	1.1	.190	0.7	0.8	.813	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.1
11	Jennifer Derevjanik	22	23	0	6.1	0.3	1.1	.269	0.1	0.5	.250	0.2	0.6	.286	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Katie Douglas	25	8	8	33.5	2.9	8.3	.348	1.4	4.6	.297	1.5	3.6	.414	3.1	3.4	.926	1.1	2.9	4.0	2.8	1.3	0.0	2.0	2.4	10.3
2	Nykesha Sales	28	8	8	32.5	5.5	12.8	.431	1.9	3.6	.517	3.6	9.1	.397	1.9	2.8	.682	1.5	3.9	5.4	1.4	3.1	0.8	2.5	2.8	14.8
3	Lindsay Whalen	22	8	8	31.9	3.8	8.1	.462	0.5	1.4	.364	3.3	6.8	.481	5.4	6.6	.811	0.6	1.6	2.3	5.1	1.4	0.4	2.1	2.9	13.4
4	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	33	8	8	31.5	4.4	10.9	.402	0.1	0.3	.500	4.3	10.6	.400	1.5	2.3	.667	2.4	5.0	7.4	1.9	1.5	0.8	1.6	2.8	10.4
5	Asjha Jones	23	8	0	21.4	3.3	6.6	.491	0.0	0.0		3.3	6.6	.491	0.9	1.4	.636	1.0	1.6	2.6	1.4	0.6	0.1	2.3	1.3	7.4
6	Wendy Palmer	29	8	8	19.5	2.3	6.1	.367	0.4	1.5	.250	1.9	4.6	.405	0.6	1.0	.625	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	5.5
7	Jessica Brungo	22	8	0	12.6	0.4	1.9	.200	0.3	1.3	.200	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.0	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.0
8	Debbie Black	37	8	0	9.1	0.5	1.8	.286	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	1.6	.231	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.1	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.5	1.1
9	Le'coe Willingham	23	8	0	7.5	0.9	2.3	.389	0.0	0.0		0.9	2.3	.389	0.4	0.5	.750	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.5	2.1
10	Candace Futrell	21	2	0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
11	Jennifer Derevjanik	22	1	0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	33	34	34	1133	168	352	.477	0	12	.000	168	340	.494	77	128	.602	83	161	244	63	48	45	73	96	413
2	Katie Douglas	25	34	34	1120	125	321	.389	53	153	.346	72	168	.429	61	77	.792	33	99	132	90	50	13	52	73	364
3	Nykesha Sales	28	34	34	1096	210	486	.432	41	129	.318	169	357	.473	56	77	.727	33	102	135	97	75	8	76	98	517
4	Lindsay Whalen	22	31	30	946	83	183	.454	20	57	.351	63	126	.500	89	122	.730	21	69	90	148	39	0	94	72	275
5	Wendy Palmer	29	33	33	786	108	253	.427	13	41	.317	95	212	.448	68	85	.800	47	135	182	30	23	5	40	77	297
6	Asjha Jones	23	34	1	699	96	239	.402	2	6	.333	94	233	.403	41	48	.854	51	67	118	39	20	18	53	82	235
7	Debbie Black	37	31	4	347	26	56	.464	0	1	.000	26	55	.473	3	4	.750	13	23	36	47	19	0	15	35	55
8	Jessica Brungo	22	33	0	314	18	59	.305	10	38	.263	8	21	.381	4	5	.800	10	27	37	27	4	4	12	21	50
9	Le'coe Willingham	23	23	0	175	24	38	.632	0	1	.000	24	37	.649	20	26	.769	22	21	43	7	8	2	12	16	68
10	Candace Futrell	21	20	0	144	11	38	.289	7	17	.412	4	21	.190	13	16	.813	7	12	19	10	5	1	7	20	42
11	Jennifer Derevjanik	22	23	0	140	7	26	.269	3	12	.250	4	14	.286	2	2	1.000	1	8	9	14	8	0	10	20	19
			34		6900	876	2051	.427	149	467	.319	727	1584	.459	434	590	.736	321	724	1045	572	299	96	462	610	2335

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Katie Douglas	25	8	8	268	23	66	.348	11	37	.297	12	29	.414	25	27	.926	9	23	32	22	10	0	16	19	82
2	Nykesha Sales	28	8	8	260	44	102	.431	15	29	.517	29	73	.397	15	22	.682	12	31	43	11	25	6	20	22	118
3	Lindsay Whalen	22	8	8	255	30	65	.462	4	11	.364	26	54	.481	43	53	.811	5	13	18	41	11	3	17	23	107
4	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	33	8	8	252	35	87	.402	1	2	.500	34	85	.400	12	18	.667	19	40	59	15	12	6	13	22	83
5	Asjha Jones	23	8	0	171	26	53	.491	0	0		26	53	.491	7	11	.636	8	13	21	11	5	1	18	10	59
6	Wendy Palmer	29	8	8	156	18	49	.367	3	12	.250	15	37	.405	5	8	.625	10	25	35	1	3	3	8	11	44
7	Jessica Brungo	22	8	0	101	3	15	.200	2	10	.200	1	5	.200	0	0		5	8	13	5	1	0	2	5	8
8	Debbie Black	37	8	0	73	4	14	.286	1	1	1.000	3	13	.231	0	0		2	9	11	7	4	0	6	12	9
9	Le'coe Willingham	23	8	0	60	7	18	.389	0	0		7	18	.389	3	4	.750	8	11	19	1	0	1	3	4	17
10	Candace Futrell	21	2	0	3	1	1	1.000	0	0		1	1	1.000	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
11	Jennifer Derevjanik	22	1	0	1	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	33	34	1133	18.7	.506	.477	.034	.364	9.4	19.1	14.1	11.4	2.5	3.4	15.2	21.1	99	95	1.8	1.9	3.6	.129
2	Katie Douglas	25	34	1120	15.9	.513	.472	.477	.240	3.8	11.9	7.7	15.4	2.6	1.0	12.8	18.1	104	98	2.3	1.2	3.5	.125
3	Nykesha Sales	28	34	1096	20.0	.497	.474	.265	.158	3.9	12.5	8.1	20.0	4.0	0.6	12.8	27.1	98	95	1.9	1.7	3.6	.131
4	Lindsay Whalen	22	31	946	15.0	.581	.508	.311	.667	2.8	9.8	6.2	28.6	2.4	0.0	28.4	17.4	100	100	1.5	0.7	2.3	.096
5	Wendy Palmer	29	33	786	16.8	.511	.453	.162	.336	7.7	23.0	15.2	7.7	1.7	0.5	12.1	20.9	103	97	1.7	1.0	2.7	.137
6	Asjha Jones	23	34	699	12.4	.452	.406	.025	.201	9.4	12.9	11.1	11.2	1.7	2.2	16.9	22.3	89	99	0.0	0.7	0.7	.038
7	Debbie Black	37	31	347	12.1	.476	.464	.018	.071	4.8	8.9	6.8	24.2	3.2	0.0	20.6	10.4	103	99	0.5	0.3	0.8	.094
8	Jessica Brungo	22	33	314	7.7	.408	.390	.644	.085	4.1	11.5	7.7	14.9	0.7	1.1	16.4	11.6	91	102	0.1	0.1	0.2	.024
9	Le'coe Willingham	23	23	175	23.6	.688	.632	.026	.684	16.1	16.1	16.1	8.0	2.7	1.0	19.5	17.5	122	97	0.8	0.2	1.1	.243
10	Candace Futrell	21	20	144	11.4	.466	.382	.447	.421	6.2	11.2	8.7	12.4	2.0	0.6	13.5	18.0	100	100	0.2	0.1	0.3	.091
11	Jennifer Derevjanik	22	23	140	3.7	.353	.327	.462	.077	0.9	7.7	4.2	17.1	3.3	0.0	27.1	13.1	71	99	-0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.040

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Katie Douglas	25	8	268	14.5	.526	.432	.561	.409	4.2	10.6	7.4	16.1	2.2	0.0	17.0	17.6	105	98	0.6	0.3	0.9	.134
2	Nykesha Sales	28	8	260	22.2	.528	.505	.284	.216	5.8	14.7	10.3	9.9	5.7	1.9	15.2	25.5	98	87	0.5	0.7	1.2	.184
3	Lindsay Whalen	22	8	255	23.3	.606	.492	.169	.815	2.5	6.3	4.4	33.6	2.6	1.0	16.1	20.8	120	98	1.4	0.3	1.7	.262
4	Taj McWilliams-Franklin	33	8	252	16.8	.437	.408	.023	.207	9.5	19.6	14.6	13.0	2.8	1.9	12.0	21.6	94	91	0.2	0.6	0.8	.121
5	Asjha Jones	23	8	171	12.5	.510	.491	.000	.208	5.9	9.4	7.7	14.5	1.7	0.5	23.7	22.3	87	99	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.020
6	Wendy Palmer	29	8	156	10.4	.419	.398	.245	.163	8.1	19.8	14.0	1.3	1.1	1.6	13.2	19.5	85	95	-0.1	0.2	0.1	.036
7	Jessica Brungo	22	8	101	3.7	.267	.267	.667	.000	6.2	9.8	8.0	8.7	0.6	0.0	11.8	8.5	78	101	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.009
8	Debbie Black	37	8	73	3.7	.321	.321	.071	.000	3.5	15.2	9.4	17.7	3.3	0.0	30.0	13.8	66	93	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.036
9	Le'coe Willingham	23	8	60	13.8	.430	.389	.000	.222	16.8	22.7	19.8	3.5	0.0	1.4	13.2	19.1	94	96	0.0	0.1	0.1	.087
10	Candace Futrell	21	2	3	36.3	1.000	1.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.8	200	107	0.0	0.0	0.0	.312
11	Jennifer Derevjanik	22	1	1	0.0					0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		107	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.016

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