Chennedy Carter’s 2024 Season in Review

Chennedy Carter’s 2024 Season in Review

BIO:

Height: 5-9

Position: G

Years Pro: 3

College: Texas A&M/United States

Drafted: Atlanta Dream (No. 4 overall in 2020)

TOP-10 ALL-TIME SKY FRANCHISE RECORDS:

T-No. 10 on Sky’s Single-Game Scoring List (34)
No. 2 and No. 3 on Sky’s Single-Game Field Goals Made List (15, 14)
T-No. 7 on Sky’s Single Season Scoring List (577)
No. 8 on Sky’s Season Scoring Per Game List (17.5)
T-No. 4 on Sky’s Single Season 30+ Point Games List (2)
T-No. 3 on Sky’s Single Season Field Goals Made List (238)

2024 SEASON OVERVIEW: Signed to a training camp contract in 2024, Carter battled her way onto the season-opening roster and immediately positioned herself as a Sky centerpiece.

She made her Chicago Sky debut on May 15 against Dallas, going on to notch 12 points in the following game on May 18. She had eight straight games from May 18 to June 6 with at least 11 points, including 14 against Los Angeles on May 30.

Through the beginning part of the season, she came off the bench and averaged 12.9 points on 52.0% shooting in her first 13 games.

Her standout play off the bench cemented her as a Sixth Player of the Year candidate. Then, on June 16, Carter was elevated to the starting lineup. She averaged 20.1 points for the rest of the season, starting in 20 games and averaging 20.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists while shooting 47.5% from the field and 32.0%
from three. She finished the year with three votes for Most Improved Player.

Carter set a then-season high 19 points and six assists against Indiana on June 1 before topping that with 25 points on June 6 against Washington. Carter started her first game in a Sky uniform on June 16 against Indiana, scoring 18. She also scored 23 points on June 23 against Indiana. She had one of the most productive stretches of her career before the All-Star break, averaging 23.1 points, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals while shooting 50.0% in the month of July. That stretch included a
26-point game (July 2 at Atlanta), a 33-point game (July 5 at Seattle, career-high 15 made field goals) and a 34-point game (July 16 at Las Vegas).

Carter scored 25 points on Aug. 25 in a narrow loss to Las Vegas, included a late three that tied the game. In a Sept. 6 game against Los Angeles, Carter notched a near-triple-double, with 15 points and season highs of nine rebounds and seven assists. On Sept. 8, she scored 28 points in a key win over Dallas.

In total, Carter averaged a career highs of 17.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists along with 3.1 assists. She also shot a career-best 48.7% from the field. Carter finished the season ranked second in the league in fast break points with 3.7 per game and sixth in points in the paint, being the only guard among the top-10 ranking players in that respect. Her 17.5 points per game also ranked 14th in the league. Her 12.6 points off the bench were the second-highest average of any player
with 10 or more bench appearances.

2024 SEASON MILESTONES:

May 18 — Secured her first double-figure scoring game in a Sky uniform, with 12 points off the bench against Dallas

May 23 — Matched her career high with six rebounds against New York

June 1 — Set then-season highs for scoring (19) and assists (six) against Indiana

June 6 — Set a then-season high 25 points against Washington

June 16 — Made her first start in a Sky uniform against Indiana, scoring 18 points and four assists

June 23 — Scored 23 points at home against Indiana

July 2 — Scored a then-season high 26 points at Atlanta

July 5 — Recorded a second straight game with a season high by scoring 33 points against Seattle, the most by a Seattle opponent at that point in the season

July 5 — Her 15 made field goals against Seattle set a career high

July 11 — Reached 1,000 career points against New York

July 11 — Capped a streak of 11 straight games with 15 or more points, the second-longest streak in Sky franchise history

July 16 — Finished one point shy of her career high by scoring 34 points against Las Vegas

July 16 — Her 14 made field goals against Las Vegas were a season high and her 24 attempts were a career high

Aug. 25 — Scored 25 points against Las Vegas, tying her career high for three-pointers made

Sept. 6 — Scored 15 points to go along with a season-high seven assists and career-high nine rebounds in a win over Los Angeles

Sept. 8 — Scored 28 points and six assists in a win over Dallas