2006 Connecticut Sun Statistics

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 26-8
Finishing 1st in the WNBA's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 3-2 Lost semifinals

First Round - Defeated Washington Mystics 2-0
Conference Finals - Lost to Detroit Shock 2-1
Coach: Mike Thibault (26-8)
Location: Uncasville, Connecticut
Attendance: 126,096, Avg. 7,417 in 17 home dates

2006 Connecticut Sun Roster

The Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2006 season with a record of 26 wins and 8 losses, finishing first in the WNBA's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-2.

The Sun scored 2,683 points and conceded 2,417. Katie Douglas tossed in a team-high 525 points for Connecticut, and Taj McWilliams-Franklin contributed 306 boards. Lindsay Whalen dished out 153 assists for the squad.

Defensively, Katie Douglas added 62 steals, while Margo Dydek blocked 85 shots.

Mike Thibault coached the team. The 2006 Connecticut Sun lost in the semifinals of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Katie Douglas	G-F	32	32	1003	404	179	173	73	112	94	38	83	121	79	62	4	73	48	525
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	32	32	996	329	164	8	1	110	81	104	202	306	80	35	31	78	75	410
Asjha Jones	F	34	2	777	334	155	19	5	79	62	59	124	183	46	23	20	60	74	377
Margo Dydek	C	34	34	743	253	125	4	1	84	69	35	171	206	40	21	85	50	73	320
Lindsay Whalen	G	33	33	861	226	88	62	8	124	112	17	105	122	153	34	2	79	56	296
Nykesha Sales	G-F	22	20	609	254	109	80	32	50	36	21	61	82	60	26	6	29	43	286
Erin Phillips	G	34	13	615	145	57	70	24	50	44	20	53	73	80	29	2	38	38	182
Laura Summerton	C	33	3	359	74	32	15	3	27	16	12	24	36	19	3	2	20	38	83
Megan Mahoney	F	31	1	351	85	26	29	7	19	17	15	51	66	24	7	1	25	38	76
Le'coe Willingham	F	29	0	209	53	25	10	6	13	7	20	35	55	17	5	0	15	23	63
Jamie Carey	G	24	0	286	58	22	40	14	5	5	1	15	16	32	7	0	17	24	63
Brooke Queenan	F	4	0	10	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Ambrosia Anderson	F	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jessica Brungo	F	4	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		347	170	6827	2216	982	510	174	675	545	342	926	1268	630	252	153	486	530	2683

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Katie Douglas	G-F	32	32	31.3	44.3	42.2	83.9	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.5	1.9	0.1	2.3	1.5	16.4
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	32	32	31.1	49.8	12.5	73.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.5	1.1	1.0	2.4	2.3	12.8
Asjha Jones	F	34	2	22.9	46.4	26.3	78.5	1.7	3.6	5.4	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.8	2.2	11.1
Margo Dydek	C	34	34	21.9	49.4	25.0	82.1	1.0	5.0	6.1	1.2	0.6	2.5	1.5	2.1	9.4
Lindsay Whalen	G	33	33	26.1	38.9	12.9	90.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	4.6	1.0	0.1	2.4	1.7	9.0
Nykesha Sales	G-F	22	20	27.7	42.9	40.0	72.0	1.0	2.8	3.7	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.3	2.0	13.0
Erin Phillips	G	34	13	18.1	39.3	34.3	88.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.1	1.1	5.4
Laura Summerton	C	33	3	10.9	43.2	20.0	59.3	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.2	2.5
Megan Mahoney	F	31	1	11.3	30.6	24.1	89.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	2.5
Le'coe Willingham	F	29	0	7.2	47.2	60.0	53.8	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	2.2
Jamie Carey	G	24	0	11.9	37.9	35.0	100.0	0.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.6
Brooke Queenan	F	4	0	2.5	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5
Ambrosia Anderson	F	1	0	1.0				0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jessica Brungo	F	4	0	1.8				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
Averages		347	170	19.7	44.3	34.1	80.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.5	7.7

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	5	5	164	63	27	3	0	15	10	16	31	47	11	2	4	9	17	64
Lindsay Whalen	G	5	5	154	56	19	21	7	25	18	3	16	19	11	4	1	18	11	63
Margo Dydek	C	5	5	133	48	22	1	0	13	11	12	24	36	4	4	14	8	17	55
Katie Douglas	G-F	4	4	125	45	18	27	8	5	4	6	9	15	10	4	1	11	1	48
Asjha Jones	F	5	0	113	51	14	2	0	16	7	10	12	22	10	3	3	8	13	35
Erin Phillips	G	5	1	101	22	10	13	7	8	6	1	6	7	7	4	1	6	10	33
Nykesha Sales	G-F	5	5	151	38	6	15	2	14	11	10	20	30	17	7	3	5	9	25
Le'coe Willingham	F	3	0	10	5	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	5
Jamie Carey	G	5	0	29	6	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	5
Laura Summerton	C	2	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Megan Mahoney	F	4	0	13	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0
Totals		48	25	1000	340	121	91	26	96	67	61	123	184	72	28	28	68	84	335

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Taj McWilliams-Franklin	F-C	5	5	32.8	42.9	0.0	66.7	3.2	6.2	9.4	2.2	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.4	12.8
Lindsay Whalen	G	5	5	30.8	33.9	33.3	72.0	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.2	0.8	0.2	3.6	2.2	12.6
Margo Dydek	C	5	5	26.6	45.8	0.0	84.6	2.4	4.8	7.2	0.8	0.8	2.8	1.6	3.4	11.0
Katie Douglas	G-F	4	4	31.3	40.0	29.6	80.0	1.5	2.3	3.8	2.5	1.0	0.3	2.8	0.3	12.0
Asjha Jones	F	5	0	22.6	27.5	0.0	43.8	2.0	2.4	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.6	7.0
Erin Phillips	G	5	1	20.2	45.5	53.8	75.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.0	6.6
Nykesha Sales	G-F	5	5	30.2	15.8	13.3	78.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.8	5.0
Le'coe Willingham	F	3	0	3.3	40.0	100.0		1.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.7
Jamie Carey	G	5	0	5.8	33.3	20.0		0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.0
Laura Summerton	C	2	0	3.5	50.0			0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Megan Mahoney	F	4	0	3.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0
Averages		347	25	20.8	35.6	28.6	69.8	1.3	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.6	0.6	1.4	1.8	7.0

2006 Connecticut Sun Statistics

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