2007 Chicago Sky season

2007 Chicago Sky season
2007 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Bo Overton
Arena	UIC Pavilion
Attendance	3,915 per game
Results
Record	14–20 (.412)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Candice Dupree – 16.5
Rebounds	Candice Dupree – 7.7
Assists	Dominique Canty – 4.1
	← 2006 season 2008 season →

The 2007 Chicago Sky season was the 2nd season in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. Bo Overton was hired to be the new head coach and general manager after Dave Cowens resigned following the 2006 season.^[1]

Armintie Price became the first player in Sky history to be named WNBA Rookie of the Year.^[2]

Transactions

Charlotte Sting Dispersal Draft

With the Charlotte Sting ceasing operation and based on the 2006 records of teams, the Sky selected 1st in the Dispersal Draft.^[3]

Pick	Player	Nationality	College	Previous Team
1	Monique Currie	United States	Duke	Charlotte Sting

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College
1	3	Armintie Price	United States	Ole Miss
1	10	Carla Thomas	United States	Vanderbilt
2	20	Stephanie Raymond	United States	Northern Illinois
2	21	Jessica Dickson	United States	South Florida
3	27	Jenna Rubino	United States	DePaul

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
February 12, 2007	Signed Dominique Canty
March 1, 2007	Signed Kayte Christensen^[4]
March 20, 2007	Signed Cisti Greenwalt to a Training Camp Contract
March 23, 2007	Traded Chelsea Newton and the 21st Pick in the 2007 WNBA draft to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for the 10th Pick in the 2007 Draft^[5]
April 6, 2007	Signed Elisha Turek to a Training Camp Contract ^[6]
April 9, 2007	Signed Chelsi Welch to a Training Camp Contract^[7]
April 10, 2007	Signed Armintie Price, Stephanie Raymond, Carla Thomas, and Jenna Rubino to Rookie Scale Contracts
April 10, 2007	Signed Christina Quaye to a Training Camp Contract
April 16, 2007	Renounced the rights to Francesca Zara
April 20, 2007	Signed Claire Coggins and Dionnah Jackson to Training Camp Contracts
May 1, 2007	Waived Elisha Turek
May 7, 2007	Waived Chelsi Welch, Christina Quaye, and Cisti Greenwalt
May 8, 2007	Signed Catherine Joens to a Training Camp Contract
May 14, 2007	Waived Dionnah Jackson
May 18, 2007	Waived Amanda Lassiter, Deanna Jackson, and Jenna Rubino^[8]
May 24, 2007	Waived Catherine Joens
May 24, 2007	Traded Monique Currie to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Chasity Melvin^[9]
July 5, 2007	Signed Catherine Joens

Roster

2007 Chicago Sky Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Ht.	Wt.
G	3	Canty, Dominique	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Alabama
F	20	Christensen, Kayte	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	UC Santa Barbara
G	14	Coggins, Claire	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Kansas State
G	12	Dales, Stacy	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Oklahoma
F	4	Dupree, Candice	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Temple
G/F	9	Joens, Catherine	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	George Washington
C	44	Melvin, Chasity	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	NC State
F	52	Moeggenberg, Liz	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Michigan State
G	11	Perkins, Jia	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Texas Tech
G	22	Price, Armintie	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	Mississippi
G	33	Raymond, Stephanie	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	139 lb (63 kg)	Northern Illinois
F	42	Thomas, Carla	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Vanderbilt
F	21	Wyckoff, Brooke	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	Florida State

Head coach

Bo Overton (Oklahoma)

Assistant coaches

Legend

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

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Chasity Melvin	Kayte Christensen
PF	Candice Dupree	Liz Moeggenberg Carla Thomas
SF	Armintie Price	Brooke Wyckoff Katie Cronin
SG	Stacey Dales	Claire Coggins
PG	Dominique Canty	Jia Perkins Stephanie Raymond

Schedule

Regular Season

2007 Regular Season Schedule
Total: 14–20 (Home: 6–11; Road: 8–9)

May: 1–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 20	@ New York	71-83	Monique Currie (20)	Dupree Curre (10)	Armintie Price (8)	Madison Square Garden 11,341	0-1
2	May 22	Los Angeles	64-81	Dominique Canty (18)	Kayte Christensen (8)	Dominique Canty (4)	UIC Pavilion 5,140	0-2
3	May 25	@ Minnesota	82-77	Candice Dupree (25)	Kayte Christensen (7)	Stacey Dales (6)	Target Center 4,891	1-2
4	May 31	Connecticut	97-102 OT	Candice Dupree (29)	Dupree Wyckoff (7)	Brooke Wyckoff (10)	UIC Pavilion 2,634	1-3

June: 6–5 (Home: 2–4; Road: 4–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
5	June 1	@ Washington	75-70	Dupree Perkins (19)	Chasity Melvin (15)	Dominique Canty (7)	Verizon Center 6,391	2-3
6	June 3	Minnesota	78-72	Candice Dupree (20)	Candice Dupree (11)	Dominique Canty (5)	UIC Pavilion 3,477	3-3
7	June 7	@ Phoenix	66-80	Chasity Melvin (15)	Chasity Melvin (11)	Canty Melvin (3)	US Airways Center 6,161	3-4
8	June 9	@ San Antonio	70-60	Candice Dupree (22)	Chasity Melvin (12)	Stacey Dales (5)	AT&T Center 9,899	4-4
9	June 12	Seattle	69-81	Candice Dupree (18)	Armintie Price (12)	Stacey Dales (7)	UIC Pavilion 2,645	4-5
10	June 15	New York	73-66	Candice Dupree (24)	Candice Dupree (13)	Armintie Price (6)	UIC Pavilion 3,236	5-5
11	June 17	@ Connecticut	87-74	Candice Dupree (28)	Dupree Melvin (8)	Dominique Canty (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,614	6-5
12	June 19	Sacramento	52-54	Candice Dupree (21)	Candice Dupree (14)	Dominique Canty (7)	UIC Pavilion 2,505	6-6
13	June 23	Washington	86-99	Candice Dupree (26)	Melvin Price (9)	Armintie Price (6)	UIC Pavilion 3,617	6-7
14	June 26	@ Seattle	76-94	Jia Perkins (19)	Dupree Price Perkins (7)	Price Dupree Raymond (4)	KeyArena 6,752	6-8
15	June 29	@ Sacramento	92-84 2OT	Jia Perkins (39)	Armintie Price (9)	Jia Perkins (10)	ARCO Arena 6,862	7-8

July: 5–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 2–3)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
16	July 1	@ Los Angeles	74-71 OT	Candice Dupree (24)	Candice Dupree (11)	Armintie Price (6)	Staples Center 7,522	8-8
17	July 7	Washington	73-77	Candice Dupree (24)	Candice Dupree (11)	Stacey Dales (6)	UIC Pavilion 3,161	8-9
18	July 8	@ Indiana	70-86	Catherine Joens (16)	Candice Dupree (9)	Jia Perkins (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,247	8-10
19	July 10	@ Detroit	84-92	Jia Perkins (22)	Candice Dupree (10)	Jia Perkins (4)	Palace of Auburn Hills 8,975	8-11
20	July 12	Detroit	65-78	Jia Perkins (17)	Candice Dupree (6)	Catherine Joens (5)	UIC Pavilion 3,085	8-12
21	July 18	@ Indiana	74-75	Jia Perkins (24)	Armintie Price (7)	Price Canty (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,542	8-13
22	July 21	Indiana	68-65	Jia Perkins (17)	Armintie Price (8)	Dominique Canty (5)	UIC Pavilion 3,383	9-13
23	July 22	San Antonio	84-82 OT	Jia Perkins (27)	Armintie Price (7)	Stacey Dales (4)	UIC Pavilion 3,286	10-13
24	July 26	@ Detroit	83-73	Candice Dupree (24)	Candice Dupree (12)	Dominique Canty (5)	Palace of Auburn Hills 9,238	11-13
25	July 27	Phoenix	96-98	Stacey Dales (23)	Melvin Price (8)	Dominique Canty (8)	UIC Pavilion 4,053	11-14
26	July 29	Houston	88-70	Stacey Dales (18)	Chasity Melvin (5)	Dominique Canty (8)	UIC Pavilion 3,469	12-14
27	July 31	@ Connecticut	56-74	Jia Perkins (17)	Dupree Perkins (7)	Canty Joens (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,048	12-15

August: 2–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
28	August 3	Detroit	60-66	Jia Perkins (19)	Jia Perkins (7)	Price Canty Perkins (3)	UIC Pavilion 4,635	12-16
29	August 5	@ Washington	66-71	Candice Dupree (18)	Chasity Melvin (12)	Dominique Canty (5)	Verizon Center 8,395	12-17
30	August 7	Indiana	70-75 2OT	Chasity Melvin (26)	Candice Dupree (20)	Canty Dales Perkins (4)	UIC Pavilion 5,029	12-18
31	August 11	Connecticut	66-88	Candice Dupree (18)	Candice Dupree (6)	Melvin Perkins (4)	UIC Pavilion 4,261	12-19
32	August 14	New York	77-65	Jia Perkins (24)	Brooke Wyckoff (10)	Dominique Canty (9)	UIC Pavilion 5,443	13-19
33	August 16	@ Houston	81-70	Stacey Dales (17)	Candice Dupree (9)	Dominique Canty (7)	Toyota Center 6,814	14-19
34	August 19	@ New York	52-58	Dominique Canty (14)	Brooke Wyckoff (9)	Dominique Canty (2)	Madison Square Garden 9,520	14-20

Standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	24	10	.706	–	12–5	12–5	14–6
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	3.0	12–5	9–8	12–8
Connecticut Sun ^x	18	16	.529	6.0	8–9	10–7	10–10
New York Liberty ^x	16	18	.471	8.0	10–7	6–11	10–10
Washington Mystics ^o	16	18	.471	8.0	8–9	8–9	8–12
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	10.0	6–11	8–9	6–14

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
Candice Dupree	33	33	32.7	44.6	0.0	77.5	7.7	1.4	0.9	1.2	16.5
Monique Currie	2	2	30.5	29.6	18.2	73.3	6.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	14.5
Jia Perkins	33	5	23.1	46.4	43.3	77.4	3.3	2.3	1.5	0.2	11.7
Stacey Dales	31	30	27.3	34.7	33.8	84.6	1.8	2.7	0.6	0.0	10.3
Chasity Melvin	29	25	29.4	46.8	20.0	62.7	6.7	1.3	1.1	0.8	9.9
Dominique Canty	30	27	25.9	36.1	25.0	70.4	2.1	4.1	1.0	0.1	8.6
Armintie Price	34	34	26.3	40.9	33.3	51.7	6.0	2.9	1.2	0.2	7.9
Catherine Joens	19	0	14.3	39.2	48.9	84.6	1.7	1.7	0.9	0.1	5.0
Stephanie Raymond	20	0	9.0	32.8	31.8	53.8	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.0	3.1
Brooke Wyckoff	34	7	15.3	37.6	35.8	76.9	3.2	1.4	0.6	0.5	2.9
Claire Coggins	20	1	9.8	24.7	20.0	25.0	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	2.5
Carla Thomas	17	0	7.2	39.5	0.0	92.9	1.6	0.2	0.1	0.2	2.5
Kayte Christensen	23	7	9.2	41.7	0.0	44.4	1.9	0.3	0.4	0.2	2.1
Liz Moeggenberg	23	0	9.0	41.5	16.7	40.0	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.6

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Armintie Price	WNBA Rookie of the Year	September 8	^[10]
Armintie Price	WNBA All-Rookie Team	September 8	^[11]
Candice Dupree	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	June 20	^[12]
Candice Dupree	WNBA All-Star Selection	July 8	^[13]
Jia Perkins	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 2	^[14]

References

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^ "Former Ole Miss All-American Armintie Price Named WNBA Rookie Of The Year". olemisssports.com. Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
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[2] "Chicagoï¿½s Armintie Price Named 2007 WNBA Rookie of the Year". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[3] "WNBA Holds Dispersal Draft for Former Members of the Charlotte Sting". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[4] "Sky Signs Kayte Christensen". wnba.com. Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[5] "CHELSEA NEWTON RETURNS TO SACRAMENTO MONARCHS THROUGH TRADE DEAL WITH CHICAGO SKY". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[6] "Turek signs with WNBA's Chicago Sky". nonpareilonline.com. The Daily Nonpareil. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[7] "Former Sooner Invited To WNBA Camp". newson6.com. News on 6. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

[8] "Chicago Sky Releases Lassiter and Rubino". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[9] "Sky Trades Monique Curry to Mystics for Chasity Melvin". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[10] "Former Ole Miss All-American Armintie Price Named WNBA Rookie Of The Year". olemisssports.com. Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[11] "WNBA Names 2007 All-Rookie Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[12] "FORMER OWL DUPREE NAMED WNBA'S EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK". owlsports.com. Temple Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[13] "Chicago Sky Top 10 – Candice Dupree". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

[14] "Lauren Jackson and Jia Perkins Named Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

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