CONNECTICUT SUN HAS SIGNED THREE

ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2009, THE CONNECTICUT SUN (WNBA) BASKETBALL TEAM ANNOUNCED THE SIGNING OF THREE PLAYERS FOR THE 2009 SEASON.

THE THREE PLAYERS SIGNED WERE BARBARA TURNER, DANIELLE PAGE, AND KERRI GARDIN. THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTS WERE NOT RELEASED.

MIKE THIBAULT, CONNECTICUT SUN'S COACH SAID, "WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE BARBARA, KERRI AND DANIELLE BACK THIS COMING SEASON. BOTH KERRI AND BARB CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE COURT TO OUR SUCCESS LAST SEASON, AND WITH THEIR OF EXPERIENCE. ALTHOUGH DANIELLE DID NOT PLAY MUCH LAST YEAR, HER CONTRIBUTIONS ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS IN PRACTICE HELPED THE QUALITY OF OUR OVERALL IMPROVEMENT."

BARBARA TURNER, A 6 FOOT (6'0") FORWARD FROM UCONN, HAD FORTY FOUR (44) THREE (3) POINT SHOTS PLAYING IN EVERY GAME OF THE 34 GAME SEASON. SHE STARTED IN SIX (6) GAMES AND AVERAGED EIGHT (8) POINTS PER GAME.

KERRI GARDIN, A SIX FOOT, ONE INCH (6' 1") FORWARD. WHO WAS WAIVED BY THE CHICAGO SKY, PRIOR TO START OF LAST SEASON, SIGNED AS A FREE AGENT WITH THE CONNECTICUT SUN. SHE STARTED IN 15 OF THE 34 GAMES SHE PLAYED FOR THE TEAM LAST SEASON. HER FORTE IS DEFENSE WHERE SHE HAD 111 REBOUNDS AND 41 ASSISTS.

DANIELLE PAGE, A SIX FOOT TWO INCH (6'2") FORWARD PLAYED IN THREE (3) GAMES LAST YEAR.

WE WISH, ALL THREE PLAYERS A GREAT 2009 SEASON, WHICH BEGINS JUNE 6, 2009. ON THAT DAY, THE CONNECTICUT SUN WILL PLAY THE WASHINGTON MYSTICS AT THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. GO, SUN GO..