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ATLANTA DREAM (17-14) vs. PHOENIX MERCURY (27-4) Aug. 13, 2014 • 7:00 p.m. ET • TV: FOX Sports South Philips Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Regular Season Game 32 • Home Game 16 2014 Schedule & Results PROBABLE STARTERS Date .........Opponent ....................Result/Time Pos. No. Player PPG RPG APG Notes May 11 .....NEW YORK^ .......................W, 63-58 G 9 CÉLINE DUMERC 3.3 2.0 4.0 Leads the WNBA in assists per 40 May 16 .....SAN ANTONIO (SPSO) ....W, 79-75 5-7 • 145 • France minutes (8.9) May 17 .....at Indiana (FSS) .......W, 90-88 (2OT) Averaging 15.9 points per game in her May 24 .....at Chicago (NBA TV) .......... L, 73-87 G 15 TIFFANY HAYES 13.2 3.0 2.6 last 15 games May 25 .....INDIANA (SPSO) ...... L, 77-82 (OT) 5-10 • 155 • Connecticut May 30 .....SEATTLE (SPSO) ................W, 80-69 F 35 ANGEL McCOUGHTRY 19.0 5.4 3.7 Leads the league in steals (2.48), aim- June 1 .......at Connecticut .......................L, 76-85 ing for her second WNBA steals title June 3 .......LOS ANGELES (ESPN2) ....W, 93-85 6-1 • 160 • Louisville June 7 .......CHICAGO (SPSO) ..............W, 97-59 F 20 SANCHO LYTTLE 12.4 9.2 2.4 Only Dream player to start every game June 13 .... MINNESOTA (SPSO) .........W, 85-82 6-4 • 175 • Houton this season June 15 .... at Washington ......................W, 75-67 June 18 .... WASHINGTON (FSS) ........W, 83-73 C 14 ERIKA DE SOUZA 13.9 8.9 1.2 Averaging career highs in points and June 20 .... NEW YORK (SPSO) ...........W, 85-64 6-5 • 190 • Brazil free throw percentage (.720) June 22 .... at New York ........................... L, 78-85 June 26 .... at San Antonio .....................W, 81-79 June 29 .... at Indiana (NBA TV) ..........W, 76-68 2014 ATLANTA DREAM RECORD July 1 ........INDIANA (ESPN2) ..............L, 70-77 RECORD HOME ROAD OT 2OT July 5 ........WASHINGTON (SPSO) .....W, 86-73 July 8 ........ CONNECTICUT* (ESPN2) .W, 83-71 OVERALL 17-14 11-4 6-10 2-3 1-1 July 12 ......at Indiana (SPSO) ................W, 93-74 EASTERN CONF. 11-10 7-4 4-6 2-1 1-0 July 13 ......CHICAGO* ................W, 81-79 (OT) July 16 ......at New York ........................... L, 75-77 WESTERN CONF. 6-4 4-0 2-4 0-2 0-1 July 22 ...... at Minnesota (FSS) ...L, 108-112 (2OT) CURRENT STREAK L5 L1 L4 L2 L1 July 25 ......CHICAGO* ...........................L, 75-79 July 27 ......at Washington (NBA TV) ....L, 67-77 July 29 ......CONNECTICUT (SPSO) ...W, 89-80 July 31 ......at Tulsa ..................................W, 85-75 INJURIES AND TRANSACTIONS Aug. 3 ...... NEW YORK (SPSO) ............ L, 76-83 INJURY REPORT Aug. 5 ...... at Phoenix ..............................L, 67-75 Delisha Milton-Jones (Out - Right Achilles); Angel McCoughtry (Day-to-day - Tendinitis in feet) Aug. 7 ...... at Seattle .................................L, 68-88 Aug. 8 ...... at Los Angeles ........... L, 77-80 (2OT) RECENT TRANSACTIONS Aug. 10 .... at Chicago (NBA TV) .......... L, 69-80 July 9 Traded Swin Cash to the New York Liberty for Delisha Milton-Jones June 2 Removed Céline Aug. 13 .... PHOENIX (FSS) .........................7 pm Dumerc from the suspended list May 31 Waived Inga Orekhova May 15 Temporarily suspended Céline Aug. 15 .... TULSA (SPSO) ......................7:30 pm Dumerc May 12 Waived Cassie Harberts, Jhasmin Player and Samantha Prahalis May 7 Traded Court- Aug. 17 .... at Connecticut .............................1 pm ney Clements and Atlanta’s second-round pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft to the Chicago Sky for Swin All Times Eastern Cash and Chicago’s third-round pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft May 4 Waived Rebekah Gardner and Home games in CAPS Khaalidah Miller April 29 Waived Ashley Corral, Jacki Gemelos and Danielle Wilson April 25 Signed ^ - Preseason Game Ashley Corral, Rebekah Gardner, Khaalidah Miller, Amanda Th ompson and Danielle Wilson to train- * - Game at McCamish Pavilion (Georgia Tech) ing camp contracts April 14 Selected Shoni Schimmel (First Round, No. 8 overall), Inga Orekhova (Sec- ond Round, No. 18 overall) and Cassie Harberts (Second Round, No. 20 overall) in the WNBA Draft . 2014 ATLANTA DREAM BASKETBALL 2014 ATLANTA DREAM NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birth Date Exp From 1 Delisha Milton-Jones F 6-1 185 09/11/74 15 Florida 5 Jasmine Th omas G 5-9 145 09/30/89 3 Duke 9 Céline Dumerc G 5-7 132 07/09/82 R France 10 Matee Ajavon G 5-8 160 05/07/86 6 Rutgers 13 Aneika Henry F-C 6-4 192 02/13/86 2 Florida 14 Erika de Souza C 6-5 190 03/09/82 8 Brazil 15 Tiff any Hayes G 5-10 155 09/20/89 2 Connecticut 20 Sancho Lyttle F 6-4 175 09/20/83 9 Houston 21 Amanda Th ompson F 6-1 180 11/18/87 1 Oklahoma 23 Shoni Schimmel G 5-9 161 05/04/92 R Louisville 31 Nadia Colhado C 6-4 196 02/25/89 R Brazil 35 Angel McCoughtry G-F 6-1 160 09/10/86 5 Louisville Head Coach: Michael Cooper (New Mexico) Assistant Coaches: Karleen Th ompson (Southern California), Teresa Edwards (Georgia) Athletic Trainer: Michael Douglas (Morehouse) Coordinator of Basketball Operations: Camensky Bryson (Memphis) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Matee Ajavon (muh-TEE AJ-uh-vahn) Nadia Colhado (cole-YAH-doh) Erika de Souza (deh-SOH-za) Céline Dumerc (seh-LEEN doo-MAIRK) Aneika Henry (uh-NEEK-uh) Sancho Lyttle (SAN-choh) Angel McCoughtry (mc-CAW-tree) Shoni Schimmel (SHOH-nee) UPCOMING GAMES DATE OPPONENT TIME (EDT) ARENA TV Friday, Aug. 15 Tulsa 7:30 pm Philips Arena SPSO Sunday, Aug. 17 Connecticut 1:00 pm Mohegan Sun Arena N/A END OF REGULAR SEASON www.AtlantaDream.net • @AtlantaDream • Facebook.com/AtlantaDream 2014 ATLANTA DREAM BASKETBALL DREAM-MERCURY SERIES HISTORY SERIES RECORD SERIES RESULTS DATE H/A W/L SCORE Overall...................................PHX leads, 8-5 7/1/08 H L 79-97 at Atlanta ......................Tied, 3-3 7/19/08 A L 84-110 at Phoenix ....................PHX leads, 5-2 7/30/09 H W 106-76 Current Streak ......................PHX, W3 9/5/09 A L 82-100 at Atlanta ......................PHX, W1 5/28/10 A W 96-93 at Phoenix ....................PHX, W2 6/29/10 H W 94-88 Largest Atlanta Win ............30 (7/30/09) 6/24/11 H L 83-92 Largest Phoenix Win ...........26 (7/19/08) 8/11/11 A L 95-109 5/31/12 H W 81-65 7/7/12 A W 100-93 (2OT) 8/3/13 A L 76-82 9/8/13 H L 71-79 8/5/14 A L 67-75 2014 DREAM STATISTICS VS. MERCURY 3-POINT ----REBOUNDS---- NO PLAYER GP-GS MIN FGM-FGA FG% FGM-FGA FG% FTM-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT/AVG AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS/AVG 35 McCoughtry, A 1-1 26:25 7-16 0.438 2-5 0.400 3-4 0.750 2 1 3/3.0 1 5-0 2 2 1 19/19.0 23 Schimmel, S 1-0 26:54 6-15 0.400 1-6 0.167 0-0 0.000 1 3 4/4.0 5 3-0 2 2 0 13/13.0 15 Hayes, T 1-1 29:45 3-14 0.214 0-5 0.000 6-7 0.857 0 5 5/5.0 3 3-0 0 1 0 12/12.0 13 Henry, A 1-1 32:44 4-7 0.571 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.500 8 2 10/10.0 0 5-0 0 2 1 9/9.0 20 Lyttle, S 1-1 37:47 4-14 0.286 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 2 10 12/12.0 1 2-0 7 1 0 8/8.0 5 Th omas, J 1-0 18:44 2-7 0.286 0-1 0.000 0-0 0.000 2 1 3/3.0 1 1-0 0 2 0 4/4.0 31 Colhado, N 1-0 7:16 1-2 0.500 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 3 3/3.0 0 2-0 0 1 1 2/2.0 9 Dumerc, C 1-1 15:19 0-2 0.000 0-1 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0/0.0 3 0-0 1 0 0 0/0.0 10 Ajavon, M 1-0 2:53 0-2 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-2 0.000 1 0 1/1.0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0/0.0 21 Th ompson, A 1-0 2:13 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0/0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0/0.0 1 Milton-Jones, D 0-0 0:00 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0/0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0/0.0 14 de Souza, E 0-0 0:00 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0/0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0/0.0 Team 13 2 Atlanta Dream 1-5 200:00 27-79 0.342 3-18 0.167 10-15 0.667 16 25 54/54.0 14 21-0 12 13 3 67/67.0 Team 5 0 OPPONENTS 1-5 200:00 30-64 0.469 3-13 0.231 12-15 0.800 8 27 40/40.0 20 9-0 7 16 10 75/75.0 2014 MERCURY STATISTICS VS.