ATLANTA DREAM (15-9) Vs. CONNECTICUT SUN (10-16) July 29, 2014 • 12:00 P.M
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ATLANTA DREAM (15-9) vs. CONNECTICUT SUN (10-16) July 29, 2014 • 12:00 p.m. ET • TV: SPSO Philips Arena • Atlanta, Ga. Regular Season Game 25 • Home Game 14 2014 Schedule & Results PROBABLE STARTERS Date .........Opponent ....................Result/Time Pos. No. Player PPG RPG APG Notes May 11 ..... NEW YORK^ .......................W, 63-58 G 5 JASMINE THOMAS 6.1 1.9 1.9 Has started every game but one this May 16 ..... SAN ANTONIO (SPSO) ....W, 79-75 5-9 • 145 • Duke season May 17 ..... at Indiana (FSS) .......W, 90-88 (2OT) Averaging 16.4 points per game over May 24 ..... at Chicago (NBA TV) .......... L, 73-87 12.5 3.0 2.5 G 15 TIFFANY HAYES her last eight games May 25 ..... INDIANA (SPSO) ...... L, 77-82 (OT) 5-10 • 155 • Connecticut May 30 ..... SEATTLE (SPSO) ................W, 80-69 F 35 ANGEL McCOUGHTRY 19.3 5.5 4.3 Leading the league in steals (2.43); June 1 ....... at Connecticut ....................... L, 76-85 would be 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 12.8 9.0 2.5 Averaging 20.0 points per game in her June 13 .... MINNESOTA (SPSO) .........W, 85-82 6-4 • 175 • Houton last three games June 15 .... at Washington ......................W, 75-67 June 18 .... WASHINGTON (FSS) ........W, 83-73 C 14 ERIKA DE SOUZA 13.8 9.3 1.3 Five straight games with single-digit June 20 .... NEW YORK (SPSO) ...........W, 85-64 6-5 • 190 • Brazil points; had just one in first 19 games 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 15-9 10-3 5-6 1-1 1-1 July 12 ...... at Indiana (SPSO) ................W, 93-74 EASTERN CONF. 10-8 6-3 4-5 1-1 1-0 July 13 ...... CHICAGO* ................W, 81-79 (OT) July 16 ...... at New York ........................... L, 75-77 WESTERN CONF. 5-1 4-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 July 22 ...... at Minnesota (FSS) ...L, 108-112 (2OT) CURRENT STREAK L4 L1 L3 W1 L1 July 25 ...... CHICAGO* ........................... L, 75-79 July 27 ...... at Washington (NBA TV) .... L, 67-77 July 29 ...... CONNECTICUT (SPSO) ........12 pm INJURIES AND TRANSACTIONS July 31 ...... at Tulsa .........................................8 pm Aug. 3 ...... NEW YORK (SPSO) ..................3 pm INJURY REPORT Aug. 5 ...... at Phoenix ..................................10 pm Delisha Milton-Jones (Out - Right Achilles) Aug. 7 ...... at Seattle .....................................10 pm Aug. 8 ...... at Los Angeles ..................... 10:30 pm RECENT TRANSACTIONS Aug. 10 .... at Chicago (WNBA TV) ............6 pm 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 Thompson 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 Thomas 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 Tiffany Hayes G 5-10 155 09/20/89 2 Connecticut 20 Sancho Lyttle F 6-4 175 09/20/83 9 Houston 21 Amanda Thompson 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 Thompson (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 Thursday, July 31 Tulsa 8:00 pm BOK Center N/A Sunday, Aug. 3 New York 3:00 pm Philips Arena SPSO Tuesday, Aug. 5 Phoenix 10:00 pm US Airways Center N/A Thursday, Aug. 7 Seattle 10:00 pm Key Arena N/A Friday, Aug. 8 Los Angeles 10:30 pm Staples Center N/A www.AtlantaDream.net • @AtlantaDream • Facebook.com/AtlantaDream 2014 ATLANTA DREAM BASKETBALL DREAM-SUN SERIES HISTORY SERIES RECORD SERIES RESULTS DATE H/A W/L SCORE DATE H/A W/L SCORE Overall...................................Tied, 13-13 5/17/08 A L 67-100 6/23/13 A W 78-77 at Atlanta ......................ATL leads, 10-2 6/27/08 A L 101-109 (OT) 7/24/13 H W 74-65 at Connecticut .............CON leads, 11-3 8/29/08 H L 72-98 8/14/13 A L 86-88 Current Streak ......................ATL, W1 6/14/09 A W 67-62 8/16/13 H W 88-57 at Atlanta ......................ATL, W4 6/27/09 A L 68-82 9/11/13 A L 77-78 at Connecticut .............CON, W1 7/7/09 H W 72-67 6/1/14 A L 76-85 Largest Atlanta Win ............32 (7/30/10) 9/11/09 H W 88-64 7/8/14 H W 83-71 Largest Connecticut Win ...33 (5/17/08) 5/21/10 H W 97-82 7/7/10 H W 108-103 (OT) PLAYOFFS Playoffs ..................................ATL leads, 2-0 7/17/10 A L 80-96 DATE H/A W/L SCORE at Atlanta ......................ATL leads, 1-0 7/30/10 A W 94-62 9/16/11 A W 89-84 at Connecticut .............ATL leads, 1-0 7/31/11 A L 92-99 9/18/11 H W 69-64 8/19/11 H W 94-88 (OT) 821/11 A L 87-96 9/6/11 H W 85-74 6/10/12 A L 73-92 6/17/12 H L 73-75 9/2/12 H W 87-80 9/23/12 A L 72-92 2014 DREAM STATISTICS VS. SUN 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 15 Hayes, T 2-2 52:20 13-22 0.591 2-4 0.500 6-9 0.667 4 2 6/3.0 4 6-0 2 2 0 34/17.0 35 McCoughtry, A 2-2 51:27 10-28 0.357 1-4 0.250 8-10 0.800 3 6 9/4.5 6 3-0 2 5 0 29/14.5 14 de Souza, E 2-2 57:30 13-24 0.542 0-0 0.000 2-4 0.500 6 9 15/7.5 2 4-0 5 9 5 28/14.0 20 Lyttle, S 2-2 58:20 5-17 0.294 1-1 1.000 9-14 0.643 5 9 14/7.0 7 6-0 5 5 0 20/10.0 23 Schimmel, S 2-0 30:07 5-12 0.417 4-8 0.500 0-0 0.000 1 4 5/2.5 6 4-0 0 1 1 14/7.0 5 Thomas, J 2-2 42:56 5-13 0.385 1-3 0.333 2-4 0.500 1 6 7/3.5 3 3-0 1 5 0 13/6.5 9 Dumerc, C 1-0 18:41 2-2 1.000 0-0 0.000 1-4 0.250 0 2 2/2.0 3 1-0 1 3 0 5/5.0 13 Henry, A 2-0 29:03 3-7 0.429 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 4 10 14/7.0 1 6-0 0 2 0 6/3.0 21 Thompson, A 1-0 13:00 0-1 0.000 0-0 0.000 2-2 1.000 0 2 2/2.0 1 1-0 0 0 0 2/2.0 31 Colhado, N 1-0 4:51 1-1 1.000 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 0 0 0/0.0 0 1-0 1 0 0 2/2.0 4 Cash, S 2-0 21:43 1-5 0.200 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.500 0 1 1/0.5 2 2-0 2 2 2 3/1.5 10 Ajavon, M 2-0 20:02 1-6 0.167 0-0 0.000 1-2 0.500 2 3 5/2.5 0 1-0 2 4 0 3/1.5 Team 17 0 Atlanta Dream 2-10 400:00 59-138 0.428 9-20 0.450 32-51 0.627 26 54 97/48.5 35 38-0 21 38 8 159/79.5 Team 20 2 OPPONENTS 2-10 400:00 58-137 0.423 11-28 0.393 29-39 0.744 23 47 90/45.0 29 46-0 17 43 8 156/78.0 2014 SUN STATISTICS VS.