Looking Back at 2010: Erin Thorn

Guard, #5, 8 yrs in WNBA
Season AVGs:
  • 6.3 points (2nd best in career)
  • 1.9 rebounds (2nd best in career)
  • 2.1 assists (2nd best in career)
  • .889 FT %
  • .420 3FG% (2nd best in career)
  • 20.1 minutes (2nd best in career)
  • 34 games played (career-high, 2nd time)

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    In her second full season with the Sky, veteran sharpshooter Erin Thorn frequently hit her mark.

    Thorn led the Sky and was No. 7 in the league in 3-point field goal percentage (.420). She was also tops on the Sky with 42, 3-pointers made in her eighth year in the WNBA.

    All shooters go through hot and cold streaks. No streak Erin went through was hotter than in the Sky�s game against the Connecticut Sun on June 22.

    In the Sky�s 86-77 win over the Sun Thorn was perfect. She scored a season-high 18 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the field including 3-of-3 from behind the 3-point line. Thorn also made all five of her free throw attempts.

    One of her 3s helped end a Sun run that saw Connecticut pull to within one point, 2:30 into the second half. She also made three consecutive free throws to ice the game in the final 20 seconds.

    Thorn, a career .870 percent free throw shooter, made 88.9% of her free throws in 2010. In the Sky�s 88-82 win over host Atlanta on July 3, Thorn made a career-high 9-of-10 free throws. She finished the game with 14 points and also grabbed a season-high five rebounds.

    Thorn was a constant off the bench of the Sky in 2010. She averaged 20.1 minutes per game and played in all 34 Sky games.

    For a team that played with a short bench for most of the season, Thorn also displayed her versatility on both ends of the floor seeing time at the 1, 2 and 3 spots.

    Erin Thorn proved again to be a consistent shooter who can fill multiple roles throughout a basketball season as needed. In 2011 Sky Fans should expect another steady season from this sharpshooter.

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