2011 Phoenix Mercury Statistics
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Team Record: 19-15
Finishing 3rd in the WNBA's Western Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost semifinals
First Round - Defeated Seattle Storm 2-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Minnesota Lynx 2-0
Coach: Corey Gaines (19-15)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 155,845, Avg. 9,167 in 17 home dates
2011 Phoenix Mercury RosterTeam Record: 19-15
Finishing 3rd in the WNBA's Western Conference
Postseason: 2-3 Lost semifinals
First Round - Defeated Seattle Storm 2-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Minnesota Lynx 2-0
Coach: Corey Gaines (19-15)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Attendance: 155,845, Avg. 9,167 in 17 home dates
The Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association ended the 2011 season with a record of 19 wins and 15 losses, finishing third in the WNBA's Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
Phoenix paced the league with 3,025 points. The team surrendered 2,923 points, most in the circuit. Diana Taurasi tossed in a team-best 692 points for the Mercury, while Candice Dupree and Penny Taylor scored 14 or more per game, too. Candice Dupree accounted for 279 boards. Penny Taylor dished out 135 assists for the squad.
On defense, Penny Taylor added 49 steals.
Corey Gaines coached the team. The 2011 Phoenix Mercury 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Taurasi | F-G | 32 | 32 | 965 | 463 | 208 | 205 | 81 | 216 | 195 | 13 | 88 | 101 | 114 | 24 | 20 | 96 | 113 | 692 |
| Candice Dupree | F | 34 | 34 | 1075 | 361 | 198 | 6 | 1 | 115 | 98 | 86 | 193 | 279 | 61 | 19 | 25 | 67 | 74 | 495 |
| Penny Taylor | F | 29 | 29 | 864 | 321 | 164 | 112 | 45 | 127 | 111 | 28 | 113 | 141 | 135 | 49 | 11 | 65 | 67 | 484 |
| DeWanna Bonner | G | 34 | 5 | 857 | 279 | 120 | 102 | 35 | 99 | 90 | 62 | 176 | 238 | 27 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 61 | 365 |
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris | G | 34 | 2 | 593 | 260 | 87 | 54 | 18 | 39 | 38 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 43 | 61 | 230 |
| Temeka Johnson | G | 30 | 30 | 717 | 170 | 74 | 65 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 51 | 60 | 132 | 24 | 5 | 57 | 53 | 192 |
| Kara Braxton | F-C | 18 | 18 | 356 | 145 | 81 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 29 | 60 | 89 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 57 | 191 |
| Nakia Sanford | F-C | 33 | 16 | 476 | 95 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 45 | 50 | 87 | 137 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 73 | 137 |
| Alexis Gray-Lawson | G | 27 | 0 | 308 | 83 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 104 |
| Ketia Swanier | G | 29 | 4 | 429 | 79 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 49 | 55 | 66 | 23 | 1 | 50 | 50 | 77 |
| Olayinka Sanni | C | 14 | 0 | 73 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 22 |
| Krystal Thomas | C | 8 | 0 | 98 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 21 |
| Sidney Spencer | G | 8 | 0 | 65 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| Totals | 330 | 170 | 6876 | 2303 | 1062 | 641 | 239 | 778 | 662 | 310 | 884 | 1194 | 652 | 223 | 132 | 510 | 681 | 3025 |
Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Taurasi | F-G | 32 | 32 | 30.2 | 44.9 | 39.5 | 90.3 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 21.6 |
| Candice Dupree | F | 34 | 34 | 31.6 | 54.8 | 16.7 | 85.2 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 14.6 |
| Penny Taylor | F | 29 | 29 | 29.8 | 51.1 | 40.2 | 87.4 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 16.7 |
| DeWanna Bonner | G | 34 | 5 | 25.2 | 43.0 | 34.3 | 90.9 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 10.7 |
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris | G | 34 | 2 | 17.4 | 33.5 | 33.3 | 97.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 6.8 |
| Temeka Johnson | G | 30 | 30 | 23.9 | 43.5 | 38.5 | 86.4 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 6.4 |
| Kara Braxton | F-C | 18 | 18 | 19.8 | 55.9 | 50.0 | 59.5 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 10.6 |
| Nakia Sanford | F-C | 33 | 16 | 14.4 | 48.4 | 75.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 | |
| Alexis Gray-Lawson | G | 27 | 0 | 11.4 | 39.8 | 34.9 | 82.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| Ketia Swanier | G | 29 | 4 | 14.8 | 34.2 | 28.6 | 68.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| Olayinka Sanni | C | 14 | 0 | 5.2 | 66.7 | 33.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| Krystal Thomas | C | 8 | 0 | 12.3 | 56.3 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | |
| Sidney Spencer | G | 8 | 0 | 8.1 | 31.3 | 75.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| Averages | 330 | 170 | 20.8 | 46.1 | 37.3 | 85.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 9.2 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Taurasi | F-G | 5 | 5 | 156 | 83 | 33 | 28 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 100 |
| Candice Dupree | F | 5 | 5 | 163 | 58 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 77 |
| DeWanna Bonner | G | 5 | 5 | 179 | 66 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 63 |
| Penny Taylor | F | 5 | 5 | 154 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 58 |
| Temeka Johnson | G | 5 | 5 | 135 | 44 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris | G | 4 | 0 | 49 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| Nakia Sanford | F-C | 4 | 0 | 80 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| Ketia Swanier | G | 5 | 0 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Krystal Thomas | C | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Alexis Gray-Lawson | G | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Sidney Spencer | G | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 25 | 1002 | 350 | 144 | 92 | 22 | 89 | 73 | 47 | 127 | 174 | 73 | 27 | 16 | 62 | 103 | 383 |
Postseason Player Averages:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Taurasi | F-G | 5 | 5 | 31.2 | 39.8 | 28.6 | 92.9 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 20.0 |
| Candice Dupree | F | 5 | 5 | 32.6 | 60.3 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 15.4 |
| DeWanna Bonner | G | 5 | 5 | 35.8 | 34.8 | 21.7 | 85.7 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 12.6 |
| Penny Taylor | F | 5 | 5 | 30.8 | 47.8 | 30.8 | 83.3 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 11.6 |
| Temeka Johnson | G | 5 | 5 | 27.0 | 25.0 | 11.1 | 62.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris | G | 4 | 0 | 12.3 | 36.4 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| Nakia Sanford | F-C | 4 | 0 | 20.0 | 63.6 | 50.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 4.8 | |
| Ketia Swanier | G | 5 | 0 | 9.4 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| Krystal Thomas | C | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | |
| Alexis Gray-Lawson | G | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 16.7 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Sidney Spencer | G | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Averages | 330 | 25 | 21.8 | 41.1 | 23.9 | 82.0 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 8.3 |
