2013 Connecticut Sun season
CoachAnne Donovan
ArenaMohegan Sun Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record10–24 (.294)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDNQ
Media
TelevisionCSN-NE
ESPN2, NBATV

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

Roster

2013 Connecticut Sun roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 8 United States Bass, Mistie 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 12-02-1983 Duke 5
C 31 United States Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) 12-05-1988 Connecticut 2
G 34 United States Faris, Kelly 5' 11" (1.8m) – 01-16-1991 Connecticut R
G 32 United States Greene, Kalana 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 07-13-1987 Connecticut 2
F 5 United States Griffin, Kelsey 6' 2" (1.88m) 179 lb (81kg) 07-02-1987 Nebraska 2
G 23 United States Hightower, Allison 5' 10" (1.78m) 139 lb (63kg) 04-06-1988 LSU 2
G/F 88 Brazil Castro Marques, Iziane 6' 0" (1.83m) 140 lb (64kg) 03-13-1982 Brazil 10
G 20 United States Lawson, Kara 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 02-14-1981 Tennessee 9
G 21 United States Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 12-02-1986 Connecticut 3
G 1 United States Carter, Sydney 5' 6" (1.68m) – 11-1-1990 Texas A&M 1
G/F 14 United States White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m) 154 lb (70kg) 09-27-1982 Mississippi State 7
F 7 United States Pedersen, Kayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 190 lb (86kg) 04-14-1989 Stanford 2
Head coach
United States Anne Donovan (Old Dominion)
Assistant coaches
United States Jennifer Gillom (Mississippi)
United States Catherine Proto (Springfield)
Athletic trainer
United States Jeremy Norman (Keene State)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Jodi Hopkins (Ohio)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured 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 Sky2410.706-34
2 x-Atlanta Dream1717.500734
3 x-Washington Mystics1717.500734
4 x-Indiana Fever1618.471834
5 e-New York Liberty1123.3241334
6 e-Connecticut Sun1024.2941434

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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 10–24 (Home: 8–9; Road: 2–15)
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
2013 season schedule

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

Awards and honors

References

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