WNBA team season
The 2018 WNBA season was the 22nd season for the Las Vegas Aces franchise of the WNBA . This was the franchise's inaugural season in Las Vegas, after moving from San Antonio during the off season.[2] The season tips off on May 20.[3]
The team started the season slowly in May, posting an 0–4 record. June was a month of improvement, as the Aces went 6–7, including a win over Seattle away. July was the team's best month of the year. The Aces posted a 6–2 record, with their only 2 losses being to Los Angeles . The team's playoff push fell short in August, when the team posted a 2–7 record including the league's first forfeited game. Ultimately the forfeit proved costly, as the team missed out on the playoffs by 1 game and finished 9th in the league overall.
Transactions [ edit ] WNBA draft [ edit ] Trades/Roster Changes [ edit ] Date Details February 1, 2018 Signed F Tamera Young [4] February 1, 2018 Signed C Carolyn Swords [5] February 1, 2018 Received Indiana Fever's 2nd round pick in 2019 WNBA draft in exchange for C Kayla Alexander and Las Vegas Aces' 3rd round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft.[6] February 2, 2018 Received C Kelsey Bone from Phoenix Mercury in exchange for the 26th pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft and Las Vegas Aces' 2nd round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft.[7] February 26, 2018 Re-signed G/F Sequoia Holmes , F Cierra Burdick , Signed F Ivey Slaughter [8] March 13, 2018 Re-signed G Sydney Colson [9] March 20, 2018 Re-signed F Valeriane Ayayi [10] April 11, 2018 Signed G Jacki Gemelos [11] May 19, 2018 Signed G Lindsay Allen [12] May 23, 2018 Signed G Kelsey Plum and G Kayla McBride [13]
2018 Las Vegas Aces roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 15 Allen, Lindsay 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 03-20-1995 Notre Dame 1 C 3 Bone, Kelsey 6' 4" (1.93m) 220 lb (100kg) 12-31-1991 Texas A&M 4 F 12 Coffey, Nia 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 05-21-1995 Northwestern 1 F 5 Hamby, Dearica 6' 3" (1.91m) 189 lb (86kg) 11-06-1993 Wake Forest 3 C 20 Harrison, Isabelle 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 09-27-1993 Tennessee 2 G 4 Jefferson, Moriah 5' 6" (1.68m) 123 lb (56kg) 03-08-1994 Connecticut 2 G 21 McBride, Kayla 5' 10" (1.78m) 174 lb (79kg) 06-25-1992 Notre Dame 4 G/F 31 Nared, Jaime 6' 2" (1.88m) 160 lb (73kg) 09-14-1995 Tennessee R C 19 Park Ji-su 6' 5" (1.96m) 206 lb (93kg) 12-06-1998 South Korea R G 10 Plum, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 145 lb (66kg) 08-24-1994 Washington 1 C 8 Swords, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m) 215 lb (98kg) 07-18-1989 Boston College 6 C 22 Wilson, A'ja 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 08-08-1996 South Carolina R F 1 Young, Tamera 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 10-30-1986 James Madison 10
Head coach Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame ) Assistant coaches Vickie Johnson (Louisiana Tech ) Kelly Raimon (Connecticut ) Athletic trainer Vacant Strength and conditioning coach Laura Ramus (Wayne State (MI) ) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
Game log [ edit ] Pre-season [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] 2018 game log Total: 14–20 (Home: 8–9; Road: 6–11) May: 0–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–3)
June : 6–7 (Home: 3–4; Road: 3–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 June 1 Washington W 85–73 Wilson (26) Wilson (12) Tied (4) Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,575 1–4 6 June 3 @ Chicago L 90–95 Wilson (22) Park (6) Allen (8) Wintrust Arena 5,052 1–5 7 June 8 Atlanta L 83–87 Wilson (20) Wilson (9) Allen (7) Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,913 1–6 8 June 10 @ Phoenix L 66–72 Wilson (17) Park (11) Plum (6) Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,471 1–7 9 June 12 @ Indiana W 101–92 (OT) Wilson (35) Wilson (13) Young (9) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,437 2–7 10 June 13 @ New York W 78–63 Hamby (17) Tied (4) Allen (7) Westchester County Center 1,419 3–7 11 June 15 @ Dallas L 67–77 McBride (22) Young (9) Young (4) College Park Center 4,549 3–8 12 June 17 Phoenix L 80–92 Wilson (21) Coffey (12) Plum (5) Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,432 3–9 13 June 19 @ Seattle W 87–77 Wilson (25) Wilson (15) Tied (6) KeyArena 6,395 4–9 14 June 22 New York W 88–78 McBride (27) Wilson (14) Wilson (4) Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,478 5–9 15 June 24 Minnesota L 73–88 McBride (18) Wilson (7) Plum (5) Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,814 5–10 16 June 27 Dallas L 91–97 McBride (38) Wilson (15) Wilson (8) Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,246 5–11 17 June 29 Los Angeles W 94–78 Wilson (29) Tied (9) Tied (5) Mandalay Bay Events Center 5,124 6–11
July : 6–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–1)
August : 2–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–4)
2018 season schedule
Standings [ edit ] Notes
(#) – Conference Standing, Playoff Seeds shown to the right of team name x – Qualified for playoffs e – Eliminated from playoffs Statistics [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG A'ja Wilson 33 33 30.6 46.2 0.0 77.4 8.0 2.2 0.8 1.7 20.7 Kayla McBride 31 31 32.3 44.9 39.3 91.7 3.9 3.5 1.1 0.1 18.2 Tamera Young 33 25 26.7 40.8 30.8 70.7 5.1 2.8 1.0 0.2 9.9 Kelsey Plum 31 27 25.5 46.7 43.9 87.5 2.4 4.0 0.8 0.2 9.5 Dearica Hamby 33 0 14.4 52.6 28.9 74.2 3.6 1.2 0.7 0.3 7.4 Moriah Jefferson 16 0 15.7 37.9 20.0 81.0 1.3 2.1 0.6 0.0 5.4 Nia Coffey 28 10 13.8 38.0 40.0 61.8 2.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 5.3 Carolyn Swords 26 12 14.5 55.7 0.0 87.5 4.7 0.9 0.2 0.7 3.9 Lindsay Allen 24 6 14.9 38.4 6.3 70.8 1.3 2.9 0.6 0.0 3.1 Kelsey Bone 32 10 10.8 50.0 0.0 50.0 2.2 1.2 0.1 0.1 2.8 Ji-Su Park 32 11 13.0 38.8 0.0 61.9 3.3 0.9 0.3 0.6 2.8 Jaime Nared 31 0 9.1 30.0 22.6 85.7 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 2.5
Awards and honors [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Las Vegas Announces Telecast Agreement With AT&T SportsNet" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018 . ^ "San Antonio Stars moving to Las Vegas, bought by MGM Resorts" . usatoday.com . Associated Press. October 17, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "2018 Las Vegas Aces Schedule" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Signs 10-Year Veteran Forward Tamera Young" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. February 1, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Signs Five-Year Veteran Carolyn Swords" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. February 1, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Acquires 2019 Second Round Pick From Indiana" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. February 1, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Acquires All-Star Kelsey Bone From Phoenix Mercury" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. February 2, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Re-Signs Holmes, Burdick, Signs Free Agent Ivey Slaughter" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. February 26, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Re-Signs Guard Sydney Colson" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. March 13, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Re-Signs Forward Valeriane Ayayi" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. March 20, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Signs Free Agent Guard Jacki Gemelos" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Signs Lindsay Allen" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. May 19, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018 . ^ "Aces Welcome McBride, Plum To Las Vegas, Waive Schimmel, Louis" . aces.wnba.com . WNBA. May 23, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas Aces Forfeit Game vs. Washington Mystics" . wnba.com . WNBA. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas' A'ja Wilson Named Rookie of the Month" . wnba.com . WNBA. July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018 . ^ "Elena Delle Donne, A'ja Wilson Named Players of the Week" . wnba.com . WNBA. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018 . ^ "2018 WNBA All-Stars Announced; Elena Delle Donne, Candace Parker To Serve As Player-Captains" . wnba.com . WNBA. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas' Wilson Named WNBA Rookie Of The Month" . wnba.com . WNBA. August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018 . ^ "Las Vegas' A'ja Wilson Named August WNBA Rookie Of The Month" . wnba.com . WNBA. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018 . ^ "Aces' A'ja Wilson Unanimously Selected 2018 WNBA Rookie Of The Year" . wnba.com . WNBA. September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018 . External links [ edit ]
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