2015 Atlanta Dream season

The 2015 WNBA season was the 8th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. This was the 2nd season under head coach Michael Cooper and the first season they have missed the playoffs since the 2008 season.^[1] The Dream opened their season up against the New York Liberty on June 5, 2022, with a 82–73 loss.^[2]

2015 Atlanta Dream season
Coach	Michael Cooper
Arena	Philips Arena
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	15–19 (.441)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Angel McCoughtry – 20.1
Rebounds	Sancho Lyttle – 8.3
Assists	Shoni Schimmel – 3.2
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2015 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	9	Samantha Logic	United States	Iowa
3	29	Ariel Massengale	United States	Tennessee
3	34	Lauren Okafor	United States	James Madison

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
January 12, 2015	Extended Qualifying Offers to Nadia Colhado, Aneika Henry-Morello, Jasmine Thomas, and Amanda Thompson
January 15, 2015	Cored Erika de Souza
February 23, 2015	Signed Erika de Souza^[3]
February 24, 2015	Signed Sequoia Holmes, Ify Ibekwe, and Nadia Colhado to training-camp contracts
	Signed Roneeka Hodges^[4]
March 19, 2015	Signed Jasmine Thomas to Multi-Year Deal^[5]
April 16, 2015	Traded Jasmine Thomas to the Connecticut Sun for the draft rights to Brittany Hrynko^[6]
April 20, 2015	Signed Monique Oliver and Chucky Jeffery to training-camp contracts
April 21, 2015	Signed Aneika Henry-Morello^[7]
April 22, 2015	Signed Samantha Logic to a rookie-scale contract
April 23, 2015	Signed Lauren Okafor to a rookie-scale contract
May 6, 2015	Signed Matee Ajavon^[8]
	Signed Martha Alwal to a training-camp contract^[9]
May 14, 2015	Signed Brittany Hrynko to a rookie-scale contract
May 19, 2015	Waived Brittany Hrynko^[10]
	Full Season Suspend Celine Dumerc^[11]
May 24, 2015	Waived Monique Oliver, Chucky Jeffery, and Lauren Okafor
May 25, 2015	Signed Erica Wheeler to a training-camp contract^[12]
May 29, 2015	Waived Ify Ibekwe
June 1, 2015	Waived Martha Alwal and Sequoia Holmes
June 14, 2015	Temporarily Suspend Aneika Henry-Morello and Tiffany Hayes due to Overseas Commitment^[13]
June 17, 2015	Signed Cierra Burdick and Sydney Carter^[14]
July 3, 2015	Waived Nadia Colhado
July 4, 2015	Activated Tiffany Hayes from her Temporary Suspension
July 5, 2015	Traded Samantha Logic to the San Antonio Stars in exchange for a 2nd round pick in the 2016 WNBA draft^[15]
	Activated Aneika Henry-Morello from her Temporary Suspension
July 22, 2015	Waived Erica Wheeler
July 26, 2015	Traded Erika de Souza to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Damiris Dantas and Reshanda Gray from the Minnesota Lynx in a 3-Team Deal.^[16]
September 11, 2015	Signed Carla Cortijo to a Hardship Contract

Roster

2015 Atlanta Dream Roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From G 10   Ajavon, Matee 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Rutgers F 11   Burdick, Cierra 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Tennessee G 4   Carter, Sydney 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 133 lb (60 kg) Texas A&M G 8   Cortijo, Carla 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 135 lb (61 kg) Texas F 12   Dantas, Damiris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Brazil F 21   Gray, Reshanda 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) California G 15   Hayes, Tiffany 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 135 lb (61 kg) Connecticut F/C 13   Henry-Morello, Aneika 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Florida G 5   Hodges, Roneeka 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Florida State F 20   Lyttle, Sancho 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Houston G/F 35   McCoughtry, Angel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Louisville F 1   Milton-Jones, Delisha 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Florida G 23   Schimmel, Shoni 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 161 lb (73 kg) Louisville	Head coach   Michael Cooper (New Mexico) Assistant coaches   Karleen Thompson (USC)   Tellis Frank (Western Kentucky) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended   Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Damiris Dantas	Aneika Henry-Morello
PF	Sancho Lyttle	Delisha Milton-Jones Reshanda Gray
SF	Angel McCoughtry	Roneeka Hodges Cierra Burdick
SG	Tiffany Hayes	Matee Ajavon
PG	Shoni Schimmel	Sydney Carter Carla Cortijo

Schedule

Preseason

2015 Preseason Schedule
Total: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0) 1 May 23 Washington L 55-79 McCoughtry Alwal (10) Aneika Henry-Morello (9) Shoni Schimmel (6) KFC Yum! Center 6,347 0–1 2 May 27 @ New York W 85-72 McCoughtry Wheeler (13) Érika de Souza (10) Erica Wheeler (4) Madison Square Garden 14,530 1–1
2015 season schedule

Regular season

2015 Regular Season Schedule Total: 15-19 (Home: 9–8; Road: 6–11)
June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 5 @ New York L 73-82 Angel McCoughtry (27) McCoughtry Schimmel (8) Shoni Schimmel (4) Madison Square Garden 8,910 0–1 2 June 7 Connecticut L 70-75 Sancho Lyttle (16) Sancho Lyttle (14) Shoni Schimmel (3) Philips Arena 8,350 0–2 3 June 11 San Antonio W 72-69 Angel McCoughtry (21) Sancho Lyttle (10) Shoni Schimmel (3) Philips Arena 4,308 1–2 4 June 12 @ Washington W 64-61 Angel McCoughtry (21) Lyttle de Souza (6) Schimmel McCoughtry Ajavon (3) Philips Arena 7,248 2–2 5 June 14 @ Connecticut L 64-82 Angel McCoughtry (24) Sancho Lyttle (10) Lyttle Wheeler (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,520 2–3 6 June 16 Indiana L 79-90 Sancho Lyttle (19) Erika de Souza (9) McCoughtry de Souza (4) Philips Arena 9,814 2–4 7 June 19 Chicago W 74-73 Angel McCoughtry (18) Erika de Souza (11) Angel McCoughtry (6) Philips Arena 5,166 3–4 8 June 21 New York L 64-73 Angel McCoughtry (17) Erika de Souza (9) Angel McCoughtry (4) Philips Arena 5,805 3–5 9 June 24 @ Chicago L 96-100 OT Angel McCoughtry (34) Lyttle McCoughtry (10) McCoughtry Ajavon (6) Allstate Arena 9,893 3–6 10 June 26 Washington W 72-69 Angel McCoughtry (18) Sancho Lyttle (10) Matee Ajavon (4) Philips Arena 5,861 4–6
July: 3–6 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–5) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 July 5 Seattle W 72-64 Angel McCoughtry (23) Sancho Lyttle (15) McCoughtry Hayes(4) Philips Arena 5,385 5–6 12 July 7 Tulsa L 75-85 Angel McCoughtry (25) Sancho Lyttle (13) Matee Ajavon (4) Philips Arena 6,744 5–7 13 July 12 New York W 84-76 Angel McCoughtry (32) Erika de Souza (8) Angel McCoughtry (6) Philips Arena 6,028 6–7 14 July 14 @ Phoenix L 71-80 Tiffany Hayes (19) Cierra Burdick (8) Cierra Burdick (6) US Airways Center 10,472 6–8 15 July 16 @ Los Angeles W 76-72 Angel McCoughtry (22) Erika de Souza (8) McCoughtry Wheeler (3) STAPLES Center 12,567 7–8 16 July 18 @ Seattle L 73-86 Angel McCoughtry (16) de Souza Milton-Jones (5) Shoni Schimmel (3) KeyArena 9,686 7–9 17 July 21 @ Chicago L 92-97 Tiffany Hayes (19) Erika de Souza (9) Angel McCoughtry (6) Allstate Arena 5,967 7–10 18 July 29 @ San Antonio L 85-102 Angel McCoughtry (14) Aneika Henry-Morello (9) Shoni Schimmel (7) Freeman Coliseum 3,613 7–11 19 July 31 @ Minnesota L 70-86 Tiffany Hayes (15) Aneika Henry-Morello (8) Shoni Schimmel (10) Target Center 9,134 7–12
August: 5–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 3–2) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 20 August 2 Phoenix L 68-71 Angel McCoughtry (16) Henry-Morello Dantas (9) Roneeka Hodges (4) Philips Arena 7,352 7–13 21 August 7 @ Indiana L 77-106 Angel McCoughtry (23) Aneika Henry-Morello (7) Schimmel McCoughtry (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,869 7–14 22 August 9 @ Tulsa W 98-90 Angel McCoughtry (23) Angel McCoughtry (9) Hayes McCoughtry (4) BOK Center 5,345 8–14 23 August 14 Minnesota L 82-84 Angel McCoughtry (32) Dantas Gray (8) Shoni Schimmel (8) Philips Arena 5,890 8–15 24 August 16 Connecticut W 90-77 McCoughtry Gray (18) Sancho Lyttle (7) Matee Ajavon (7) Philips Arena 5,661 9–15 25 August 21 @ New York L 67-78 Tiffany Hayes (17) Sancho Lyttle (8) Shoni Schimmel (4) Madison Square Garden 9,303 9–16 26 August 23 @ Connecticut W 102-92 Angel McCoughtry (33) Angel McCoughtry (8) Matee Ajavon (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,319 10–16 27 August 25 Connecticut W 71-57 Sancho Lyttle (17) Hayes Henry-Morello (9) Ajavon Hayes (5) Philips Arena 5,573 11–16 28 August 28 @ Indiana W 90-84 Tiffany Hayes (28) Sancho Lyttle (8) Ajavon Schimmel McCoughtry (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,303 12–16 29 August 29 Chicago L 98-96 Angel McCoughtry (33) Angel McCoughtry (11) Sancho Lyttle (3) Philips Arena 6,872 12–17
September: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 30 September 1 @ New York L 75-80 OT Angel McCoughtry (25) Aneika Henry-Morello (9) Tiffany Hayes (6) Madison Square Garden 7,482 12–18 31 September 6 @ Washington W 73-67 Tiffany Hayes (19) Aneika Henry-Morello Lyttle (10) Sancho Lyttle (6) Philips Arena 5,584 13–18 32 September 9 Los Angeles W 90-60 Angel McCoughtry (23) Damiris Dantas (12) Schimmel Hayes Ajavon (5) Philips Arena 3,856 14–18 33 September 11 Indiana L 67-75 Sancho Lyttle (19) Lyttle Aneika Henry-Morello (8) Hayes Lyttle (3) Philips Arena 5,823 14–19 34 September 13 @ Washington W 73-71 Angel McCoughtry (24) Sancho Lyttle (12) Schimmel Lyttle (3) Verizon Center 7,196 15–19
2015 season schedule

Standings

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
x - New York Liberty	23	11	.676	–	12–5	11–6	13–9
x - Chicago Sky	21	13	.618	2	13–4	8–9	14–8
x - Indiana Fever	20	14	.588	3	11–6	9–8	13–9
x - Washington Mystics	18	16	.529	5	11–6	7–10	10–12
e - Atlanta Dream	15	19	.441	8	9–8	6–11	10–12
e - Connecticut Sun	15	19	.441	8	8–9	7–10	6–16

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Angel McCoughtry	34	26	30.0	41.3	36.3	80.5	5.3	2.8	2.1	0.5	20.1
Tiffany Hayes	28	27	29.9	39.2	27.4	80.5	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.4	12.9
Sancho Lyttle	24	24	30.0	47.5	20.0	73.6	8.3	2.2	2.3	0.6	10.3
Erika de Souza	17	17	28.9	45.9	0.0	54.2	7.5	1.2	0.9	0.8	8.6
Damiris Dantas	16	16	24.8	38.3	33.3	97.3	5.4	0.7	0.9	0.6	8.6
Shoni Schimmel	32	16	19.8	37.8	38.3	85.7	2.5	3.2	0.8	0.2	7.6
Carla Cortijo	2	0	16.0	55.6	50.0	75.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	7.0
Roneeka Hodges	23	9	19.5	38.2	36.0	75.0	2.0	1.3	0.2	0.2	6.4
Matee Ajavon	33	11	17.6	40.5	16.7	82.2	2.5	2.4	1.4	0.2	5.9
Reshanda Gray	17	1	14.8	49.3	0.0	73.3	2.8	0.2	0.4	0.4	5.9
Aneika Henry-Morello	29	11	17.9	48.5	0.0	75.0	4.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	5.2
Erica Wheeler	17	0	11.9	45.7	40.0	50.0	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.0	4.5
Cierra Burdick	11	4	18.9	42.5	0.0	87.5	3.2	1.2	0.9	0.5	4.4
DeLisha Milton-Jones	18	1	8.9	34.0	10.0	55.6	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	2.1
Sydney Carter	26	7	11.3	20.8	16.7	80.0	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	2.0
Nadia Colhado	6	0	5.3	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.0
Samantha Logic	4	0	5.8	9.1	12.5	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.8

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Angel McCoughtry	All-Star Selection	July 14	^[17]
	All-WNBA First Team	October 8	^[18]
	All-Defensive First Team	September 27	^[19]
DeLisha Milton-Jones	Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award	October 1	^[20]
Sancho Lyttle	All-Defensive Second Team	September 27	^[19]
Shoni Schimmel	All-Star Selection	July 14	^[17]

References

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12. "Dream Signs Guard Erica Wheeler". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
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14. "Atlanta Dream Signs Cierra Burdick and Sydney Carter". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
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External links

• THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE ATLANTA DREAM
• Atlanta Dream 2015 Schedule - Dream Home and Away - ESPN