2012 Tulsa Shock season

2012 Tulsa Shock season
2012 Tulsa Shock season
Coach	Gary Kloppenburg
Arena	BOK Center
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	9–25 (.265)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	ESPN2, NBATV
	← 2011 season 2013 season →

The 2012 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their third in Tulsa.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Shock's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	4	Glory Johnson	United States	Tennessee
2	17 (from S.A.)	Riquna Williams	United States	Miami
3	25	Vicki Baugh	United States	Tennessee
3	29 (from S.A.)	Lynetta Kizer	United States	Maryland

Transaction log

February 1, 2011: The Shock traded a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Andrea Riley.^[1]
April 11, 2011: The Shock acquired second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft from the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
January 12: The Shock traded Andrea Riley to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Temeka Johnson.^[2]
February 10: The Shock re-signed Amber Holt, Abi Olajuwon, and Shanna Zolman.
February 13: The Shock re-signed Jennifer Lacy.^[3]
February 17: The Shock signed Scholanda Dorrell.^[4]
February 27: The Shock signed Jené Morris.^[5]
March 5: The Shock signed Chanel Mokango.^[6]
April 17: The Shock signed Lorin Dixon.
April 23: The Shock signed draft picks Vicki Baugh and Lynetta Kizer and waived Abi Olajuwon.
April 26: The Shock signed draft picks Glory Johnson and Riquna Williams.
April 27: The Shock signed Marshae Dotson and waived Chanel Mokango.
May 6: The Shock waived Marshae Dotson.^[7]
May 14: The Shock waived Lorin Dixon and Vicki Baugh.^[8]
May 15: The Shock waived Amber Holt and Shanna Zolman.^[9]
June 17: The Shock waived Jene Morris.
June 18: The shock signed Amber Holt and Courtney Paris and waived Lynetta Kizer.
July 2: The Shock traded Karima Christmas to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Roneeka Hodges.^[10]

Trades

Date	Trade
January 12, 2012	To Tulsa Shock	To Phoenix Mercury
January 12, 2012	Temeka Johnson	Andrea Riley
July 2, 2012	To Tulsa Shock	To Indiana Fever
July 2, 2012	Roneeka Hodges	Karima Christmas

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Chante Black	2012	injury
Temeka Johnson	January 12, 2012	Phoenix Mercury
Scholanda Dorrell	February 17, 2012	San Antonio Silver Stars
Glory Johnson	April 16, 2012	draft pick
Riquna Williams	April 16, 2012	draft pick
Courtney Paris	June 18, 2012	free agent
Roneeka Hodges	July 2, 2012	Indiana Fever

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Betty Lennox	2012	free agent
Sheryl Swoopes	2012	free agent
Tiffany Jackson	2012	maternity leave
Andrea Riley	January 12, 2012	Phoenix Mercury
Abi Olajuwon	April 21, 2012	free agent
Karima Christmas	July 2, 2012	Indiana Fever

Roster

2012 Tulsa Shock roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
C	11	Black, Chante	6' 5" (1.96m)	188 lb (85kg)	11-12-1985	Duke	2
C	8	Cambage, Liz (IN)	6' 8" (2.03m)	215 lb (98kg)	02-18-1991	Australia	1
G	5	Dorrell, Scholanda	5' 11" (1.8m)	162 lb (73kg)	01-09-1983	LSU	6
G	15	Hodges, Roneeka	5' 11" (1.8m)	165 lb (75kg)	07-19-1982	Florida State	7
G/F	4	Holt, Amber	6' 0" (1.83m)	170 lb (77kg)	06-07-1985	Middle Tennessee	4
F	25	Johnson, Glory	6' 3" (1.91m)	170 lb (77kg)	07-27-1990	Tennessee	R
G	2	Johnson, Temeka	5' 3" (1.6m)	142 lb (64kg)	09-06-1982	LSU	7
F	21	Lacy, Jennifer	6' 3" (1.91m)	175 lb (79kg)	03-21-1983	Pepperdine	6
G	12	Latta, Ivory	5' 6" (1.68m)	143 lb (65kg)	09-25-1984	North Carolina	5
C	3	Paris, Courtney	6' 4" (1.93m)	250 lb (113kg)	09-21-1987	Oklahoma	2
F	14	Pedersen, Kayla	6' 4" (1.93m)	190 lb (86kg)	04-14-1989	Stanford	1
G	1	Williams, Riquna	5' 7" (1.7m)	165 lb (75kg)	05-28-1990	Miami (FL)	R

Head coach: Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
Assistant coaches: Jason Glover (Grand Canyon)
Kathy McConnell-Miller (Colorado)

Athletic trainer: Allison Russell (Tulsa)

Legend

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

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Glory Johnson	Chante Black Liz Cambage
PF	Kayla Pedersen	Courtney Paris Jennifer Lacy
SF	Amber Holt	Roneeka Hodges
SG	Ivory Latta	Riquna Williams Scholanda Dorrell
PG	Temeka Johnson

Season standings

Western Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Minnesota Lynx ^z	27	7	.794	–	16–1	11–6	17–5
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	24	10	.706	3.0	16–1	8–9	15–7
San Antonio Silver Stars ^x	21	13	.618	6.0	12–5	9–8	14–8
Seattle Storm ^x	16	18	.471	11.0	10–7	6–11	11–11
Tulsa Shock ^o	9	25	.265	18.0	6–11	3–14	5–17
Phoenix Mercury ^o	7	27	.206	20.0	3–14	4–13	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Sat 5	2:00	@ Atlanta		89-91	Latta (18)	Morris (6)	Latta (4)	Philips Arena 4,340	0-1
2	Fri 11	12:30	Seattle		86-60	G. Johnson Williams (10)	Kizer (5)	T. Johnson (5)	BOK Center 5,297	1-1

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season

May (0–4)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	Sat 19	8:00	San Antonio	FS-SW	79-88	T. Johnson (21)	G. Johnson (10)	T. Johnson (9)	BOK Center 7,509	0-1
2	Tue 22	8:00	Phoenix		87-89	T. Johnson Latta (16)	Black (7)	T. Johnson (7)	BOK Center 5,341	0-2
3	Sat 26	7:00	@ Washington		61-64	Latta (16)	T. Johnson (5)	T. Johnson (4)	Verizon Center 11,866	0-3
4	Tue 29	10:30	@ Los Angeles		75-76	Williams (19)	G. Johnson Pedersen Williams (5)	T. Johnson (5)	Staples Center 8,312	0-4

June (2-8)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
5	Fri 1	10:00	@ Seattle		58-76	Lacy (12)	G. Johnson Pedersen (6)	Williams (3)	KeyArena 7,489	0-5
6	Sun 3	6:00	@ Phoenix		72-79	Lacy (19)	T. Johnson (9)	T. Johnson Latta (3)	US Airways Center 7,178	0-6
7	Fri 8	8:30	@ Chicago	CN100	91-98 (OT)	Latta (25)	Pedersen (9)	T. Johnson Latta (6)	Allstate Arena 5,019	0-7
8	Sat 9	8:00	Minnesota		73-93	Lacy (15)	Pedersen (10)	T. Johnson (6)	BOK Center 5,113	0-8
9	Fri 15	8:00	Seattle		73-86	Lacy (16)	G. Johnson Pedersen T. Johnson Latta (5)	T. Johnson (8)	BOK Center 5,100	0-9
10	Sun 17	4:00	Phoenix		87-75	T. Johnson (22)	G. Johnson (9)	T. Johnson (5)	BOK Center 4,200	1-9
11	Wed 20	10:30	@ Los Angeles		79-95	G. Johnson (19)	G. Johnson Paris (8)	T. Johnson (4)	Staples Center 8,388	1-10
12	Sat 23	8:00	Indiana		70-73	G. Johnson (22)	Paris (11)	Latta (5)	BOK Center 4,209	1-11
13	Tue 26	8:00	Los Angeles		91-75	Williams (27)	G. Johnson Pedersen (6)	Latta (8)	BOK Center 4,102	2-11
14	Fri 29	8:00	Atlanta		92-102	G. Johnson Latta (16)	Pedersen (8)	T. Johnson (8)	BOK Center 4,235	2-12

July (1–3)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
15	Fri 6	8:00	Connecticut	75-86	Latta (24)	G. Johnson (7)	Pedersen (5)	BOK Center 4,318	2-13
16	Sun 8	4:00	Washington	78-62	Latta (18)	Latta (6)	T. Johnson Latta (3)	BOK Center 4,003	3-13
17	Tue 10	12:30	Minnesota	86-107	Latta (25)	5 players (3)	T. Johnson (7)	BOK Center 6,012	3-14
18	Thu 12	1:00	@ Minnesota	74-89	G. Johnson (30)	G. Johnson (14)	Latta (4)	Target Center 15,318	3-15
Summer Olympic break

August (1–3)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
Summer Olympic break
19	Fri 17	8:00	San Antonio		79-89	Williams (17)	Pedersen (8)	T. Johnson (6)	BOK Center 6,270	3-16
20	Sun 19	7:00	@ Minnesota	NBATV	59-83	G. Johnson (17)	G. Johnson (12)	T. Johnson	Target Center 10,223	3-17
21	Tue 21	7:00	@ Connecticut		80-82 (OT)	T. Johnson Lacy (14)	G. Johnson (15)	T. Johnson (7)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,745	3-18
22	Fri 24	8:00	Chicago		81-78 (OT)	Hodges Williams (22)	G. Johnson (12)	G. Johnson (5)	BOK Center 5,147	4-18
23	Sat 25	8:00	@ San Antonio	FS-SW	71-91	Williams (17)	G. Johnson (9)	Latta (5)	AT&T Center 9,029	4-19
24	Tue 28	7:00	@ Atlanta	FS-S	84-80	Hodges (20)	G. Johnson (8)	T. Johnson (6)	Philips Arena 2,813	5-19
25	Thu 30	8:00	Los Angeles		99-85	Latta (21)	Holt G. Johnson (6)	Latta (14)	BOK Center 5,275	6-19
26	Fri 31	8:00	@ Minnesota	NBATV	83-92	Williams (21)	G. Johnson (6)	G. Johnson Latta (4)	Target Center 9,213	6-20

September (0–0)

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
27	Thu 6	10:00	@ Seattle		74-101	Latta (18)	R. Hodges (7)	R. Williams (5)	KeyArena 5,948	6-21
28	Sat 8	8:00	Seattle		66-89	Latta (14)	Pedersen (7)	R. Williams (6)	BOK Center 7,415	6-22
29	Wed 12	8:00	San Antonio		67-78	G. Johnson (18)	Hodges (6)	T. Johnson (4)	BOK Center 4,543	6-23
30	Fri 14	10:00	@ Phoenix		92-84	Latta (20)	R. Williams G. Johnson (6)	R. Williams (4)	US Airways Center 6,719	7-23
31	Sun 16	3:00	@ San Antonio		80-70	T. Johnson (18)	G. Johnson (11)	Latta (4)	AT&T Center 5,246	8-23
32	Thu 20	8:00	New York		78-66	T. Johnson (26)	G. Johnson (7)	T. Johnson (6)	BOK Center 5,661	9-23
33	Sat 22	2:00	@ New York	NBATV MSG	74-91	Latta (16)	Paris Pedersen R. Williams G. Johnson (4)	Latta (6)	Prudential Center 8,508	9-24
34	Sun 23	5:00	@ Indiana	NBATV FS-I	58-91	Latta (16)	G. Johnson (11)	Latta (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,225	9-25

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

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

^ "Sparks trade Andrea Riley for pick". ESPN. February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Shock Trades Riley To Phoenix For Temeka Johnson". KWTV. January 12, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Tulsa Shock Re-Signs Lacy To Multi-Year Contract". KOTV. February 13, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Shock agree with Scholanda Dorrell". ESPN. February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Tulsa Shock Signs Jene Morris". KOTV. February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Shock sign center Chanel Mokango". ESPN. March 5, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Shock makes room on roster for veteran Temeka Johnson". Tulsa World. May 7, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024. (subscription required)
^ "Shock cut Vicki Baugh, Lorin Dixon". ESPN. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
^ "Shanna Zolman, Amber Holt waived by Shock". Tulsa World. May 15, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024. (subscription required)
^ "Tulsa Shock trade Christmas to Indiana". Tulsa World. July 2, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024. (subscription required)

External links

2012 Tulsa Shock season at ESPN

[1] "Sparks trade Andrea Riley for pick". ESPN. February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[2] "Shock Trades Riley To Phoenix For Temeka Johnson". KWTV. January 12, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[3] "Tulsa Shock Re-Signs Lacy To Multi-Year Contract". KOTV. February 13, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[4] "Shock agree with Scholanda Dorrell". ESPN. February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[5] "Tulsa Shock Signs Jene Morris". KOTV. February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[6] "Shock sign center Chanel Mokango". ESPN. March 5, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[7] "Shock makes room on roster for veteran Temeka Johnson". Tulsa World. May 7, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024. (subscription required)

[8] "Shock cut Vicki Baugh, Lorin Dixon". ESPN. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024.

[9] "Shanna Zolman, Amber Holt waived by Shock". Tulsa World. May 15, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024. (subscription required)

[10] "Tulsa Shock trade Christmas to Indiana". Tulsa World. July 2, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2024. (subscription required)

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