2009 Indiana Fever season
Head Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	7,939 per game
Results
Record	22–12 (.647)
Place	1st (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Lost WNBA Finals
Team Leaders
Points	Douglas (17.6)
Rebounds	Catchings (7.2)
Assists	Catchings (3.1)
Local Media
Television	FSN Indiana
Indiana Fever seasons
< 2008	2010 >

The 2009 Indiana Fever season was their 10^th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Fever attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs for the fifth consecutive season and were successful. The Fever reached their first WNBA Finals, but fell short in 5 games to the Phoenix Mercury.

Contents 1 Offseason 1.1 Dispersal Draft 1.2 WNBA Draft 1.3 Transactions 1.4 Free agents 1.4.1 Additions 1.4.2 Subtractions 2 Roster 3 Season Standings 4 Schedule 4.1 Preseason 4.2 Regular Season 4.3 Postseason 5 Regular Season Statistics 5.1 Player Statistics 5.2 Team Statistics 6 Awards and honors 7 References

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Dispersal Draft

Based on the Fever's 2008 record, they would pick 6th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Fever picked Erica White.

[edit] WNBA Draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	6	Briann January	United States	Arizona State
2	19	Christina Wirth	United States	Vanderbilt
3	22	Danielle Campbell	United States	Purdue

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[edit] Transactions

• June 17: The Fever signed Jessica Davenport and waived Yolanda Griffith.
• June 11: The Fever signed Jessica Moore and Eshaya Murphy and waived Erica White and Kadijah Whittington.
• June 4: The Fever waived Danielle Campbell and Tan White.
• May 21: The Fever waived Doneeka Lewis and Sherill Baker.
• May 4: The Fever signed Tamecka Dixon.
• April 20: The Fever waived Allison Feaster.
• March 4: The Fever signed Sherill Baker and Doneeka Lewis to a training camp contracts.
• February 20: The Fever signed Yolanda Griffith.
• January 8: The Fever re-signed free agent Tully Bevilaqua to a multiyear contract and waived Kristen Mann.

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[edit] Free agents

[edit] Additions Player Signed Former team Tully Bevilaqua January 8, 2009 re-signed Tamecka Dixon May 4, 2009 Houston Comets Jessica Moore June 11, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks Eshaya Murphy June 11, 2009 Washington Mystics Jessica Davenport June 17, 2009 New York Liberty

[edit] Subtractions Player Left New team Kristen Mann January 8, 2009 Washington Mystics Bernadette Ngoyisa March 16, 2009 San Antonio Silver Stars Allison Feaster April 20, 2009 free agent Sherill Baker May 21, 2009 free agent Doneeka Lewis May 21, 2009 free agent Danielle Campbell June 4, 2009 free agent Tan White June 4, 2009 free agent Khadijah Whittington June 11, 2009 free agent LaToya Bond 2009 free agent

[edit] Roster

Indiana Fever roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From 1.0 PG 41 AUS  Bevilaqua, Tully (C) 67 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Australia 3.0 SF 24 USA  Catchings, Tamika (C) 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Tennessee 5.0 C 50 USA  Davenport, Jessica 77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Ohio State 2.0 SG 21 USA  Dixon, Tamecka 69 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 148 lb (67 kg) Kansas 2.5 G/F 23 USA  Douglas, Katie 72 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Purdue 4.0 PF 32 USA  Hoffman, Ebony 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Southern California 1.0 PG 20 USA  January, Briann 68 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Arizona State 4.5 F/C 31 USA  Moore, Jessica 75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Connecticut 2.0 SG 14 USA  Murphy, Eshaya 71 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 164 lb (74 kg) Southern California 5.0 C 8 CAN  Sutton-Brown, Tammy 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Rutgers 3.0 SF 34 USA  Wirth, Christina 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Vanderbilt	Head coach Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin) Assistant coach(es) Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego) Jim Lewis (West Virginia) Strength and conditioning coach(es) Brandon Johnson (Purdue) Athletic trainer(s) Craig Stull Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: 2009-06-17

[edit] Season Standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Indiana Fever x	22	12	.667	17-5	-
Atlanta Dream x	18	16	.529	10-12	4.0
Detroit Shock x	18	16	.529	11-11	4.0
Washington Mystics x	16	18	.471	10-12	6.0
Chicago Sky o	16	18	.471	10-12	6.0
Connecticut Sun o	16	18	.471	9-12	6.0
New York Liberty o	13	21	.382	8-13	10.0

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 23 1:00pm @ Minnesota 68-51 Douglas (19) Sutton-Brown (5) Catchings, January (3) Claire Lynch Hall 475 1-0 2 May 28 7:00pm Chicago 74-67 Douglas (15) Sutton-Brown (7) Catchings, January (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,457 2-0 3 June 2 10:00pm @ San Antonio 67-60 Catchings (16) Whittington (6) Catchings (4) Austin Convention Center N/A 3-0

[edit] Regular Season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season
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June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 6 7:00pm @ Atlanta 86-87 (2OT) Douglas (22) Catchings (9) January (5) Philips Arena 8,709 0-1 2 June 7 7:00pm Minnesota FSI 74-96 Griffith (17) Griffith (7) White (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,234 0-2 3 June 9 7:00pm Seattle ESPN2 73-66 Douglas (20) Sutton-Brown (10) Hoffman (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,253 1-2 4 June 12 7:00pm Los Angeles 73-61 Hoffman (14) Bevilaqua, Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5) Catchings, Douglas (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,320 2-2 5 June 19 7:30pm @ Detroit 66-54 Catchings (15) Sutton-Brown (9) Catchings (4) Palace of Auburn Hills 7,725 3-2 6 June 21 6:00pm Detroit NBA TV FSI 82-70 Douglas (23) Sutton-Brown (9) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,610 4-2 7 June 26 7:30pm @ New York 82-81 (OT) Douglas (28) Hoffman (14) Douglas (4) Madison Square Garden 9,304 5-2 8 June 27 7:00pm New York MSG 63-54 Hoffman (14) Catchings (11) Catchings (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,481 6-2
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 9 July 2 7:00pm Connecticut NBA TV FSI 67-53 Douglas, Sutton-Brown (14) Sutton-Brown (14) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,468 7-2 10 July 5 6:00pm Atlanta 78-74 Sutton-Brown (22) Catchings, Sutton-Brown (9) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,024 8-2 11 July 10 8:30pm @ Chicago 83-54 Murphy (15) Sutton-Brown (7) Hoffman, January (6) UIC Pavilion 4,021 9-2 12 July 15 1:00pm Chicago 84-74 Sutton-Brown (22) Catchings (8) Catchings, Douglas (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,050 10-2 13 July 17 7:00pm Atlanta 84-79 Douglas (25) Catchings (8) Bevilaqua (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,975 11-2 14 July 19 3:00pm @ Connecticut 61-67 Douglas, Hoffman (15) Hoffman (6) Catchings, Douglas (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,517 11-3 15 July 21 7:00pm @ Washington 82-70 Catchings (28) Catchings (10) Bevilaqua (8) Verizon Center 9,798 12-3 16 July 23 12:30pm @ San Antonio 65-84 Davenport (13) Davenport (6) January (6) AT&T Center 9,985 12-4 17 July 28 7:00pm Washington 85-81 Douglas (34) Hoffman (10) Bevilaqua, Douglas (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 5,904 13-4 18 July 30 7:00pm Connecticut FSI 94-85 (OT) Douglas (32) Hoffman (8) Bevilaqua (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,538 14-4
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 19 August 2 4:00pm @ Washington 87-79 Douglas (24) Catchings (9) Catchings (5) Verizon Center 11,595 15-4 20 August 5 7:00pm Chicago NBA TV CN100 76-67 Douglas (14) Murphy (7) Bevilaqua, January (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,581 16-4 21 August 8 10:00pm @ Phoenix 90-83 Douglas (28) Douglas (10) Catchings, Douglas (5) US Airways Center 9,867 17-4 22 August 10 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 63-75 Douglas (16) Catchings, Moore (6) Hoffman (3) STAPLES Center 8,263 17-5 23 August 13 8:00pm @ Minnesota 91-81 Hoffman (24) Hoffman (10) Bevilaqua, Dixon (4) Target Center 7,156 18-5 24 August 15 7:00pm Detroit 82-59 Douglas (19) Catchings (9) Douglas (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,963 19-5 25 August 20 10:00pm @ Sacramento 62-67 Douglas (21) Catchings (9) January (6) ARCO Arena 6,290 19-6 26 August 22 10:00pm @ Seattle 60-74 Douglas (12) Catchings, Hoffman (7) Catchings (7) KeyArena 8,273 19-7 27 August 27 7:00pm San Antonio NBA TV FSI Catchings (20) Catchings (8) Bevilaqua, Douglas (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,836 20-7 28 August 29 7:00pm Sacramento 78-79 Douglas (24) Sutton-Brown (7) Bevilaqua (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,579 20-8
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 29 September 2 7:00pm Phoenix NBA TV FSI 90-106 Catchings (27) Catchings (12) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,446 20-9 30 September 4 7:30pm @ Detroit 63-70 (OT) Catchings (14) Catchings (13) 4 players (3) Palace of Auburn Hills 7,230 20-10 31 September 6 4:00pm Washington 72-61 Catchings (20) Sutton-Brown (11) Hoffman (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,702 21-10 32 September 8 7:30pm @ New York 69-63 Catchings, Douglas (17) Catchings (10) Douglas (4) Madison Square Garden 7,583 22-10 33 September 10 8:00pm @ Chicago 79-86 Douglas (25) Catchings (10) Douglas, January (4) UIC Pavilion 2,902 22-11 34 September 13 3:00pm @ Connecticut WCTX 85-95 Catchings, Davenport, Dixon, Murphy (13) Murphy (6) Wirth (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,047 22-12

[edit] Postseason

2009 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 17 7:00pm @ Washington ESPN2 88-79 Catchings (26) Catchings (12) Bevilaqua, Catchings, January (3) Comcast Center 6,332 1-0 2 September 19 7:00pm Washington NBA TV 81-74 (OT) Catchings (24) Catchings (16) Catchings, Douglas (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,655 2-0
Eastern Conference Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 23 8:00pm @ Detroit ESPN2 56-72 Douglas (16) Catchings (11) Bevilaqua, Douglas (5) Palace of Auburn Hills 7,214 0-1 2 September 25 7:00pm Detroit NBA TV 79-75 Catchings (22) Catchings (9) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,210 1-1 3 September 26 7:00pm Detroit NBA TV 72-67 Sutton-Brown (17) Catchings (8) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 2-1
WNBA Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 29 9:00pm @ Phoenix ESPN2 116-120 (OT) Douglas (30) Hoffman (8) January (7) US Airways Center 11,617 0-1 2 October 1 9:00pm @ Phoenix ESPN2 93-84 Catchings (19) Catchings (9) Catchings (11) US Airways Center 16,758 1-1 3 October 4 4:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 86-85 Hoffman (18) Catchings (12) Catchings, Douglas (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 2-1 4 October 7 7:30pm Phoenix ESPN2 77-90 Catchings (24) Catchings (12) Catchings, Douglas (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 2-2 5 October 9 9:00pm @ Phoenix ESPN2 86-94 Sutton-Brown (22) Catchings (9) Douglas (9) US Airways Center 17,313 2-3

[edit] Regular Season 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	TO	Turnovers per game	PF	Fouls per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	Shaded block denotes leader.

[edit] Player Statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bevilaqua, Tully Tully Bevilaqua	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Catchings, Tamika Tamika Catchings	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Davenport, Jessica Jessica Davenport	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Dixon, Tamecka Tamecka Dixon	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Douglas, Katie Katie Douglas	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Griffith, Yolanda Yolanda Griffith	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Hoffman, Ebony Ebony Hoffman	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
January, Briann Briann January	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Moore, Jessica Jessica Moore	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Murphy, Eshaya Eshaya Murphy	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Sutton-Brown, Tammy Tammy Sutton-Brown	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
White, Erica Erica White	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Wirth, Christina Christina Wirth	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Whittington, Khadijah Khadijah Whittington	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

[edit] Team Statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Indiana Fever	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0
Opponents	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0

[edit] Awards and honors

• Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 22, 2009.
• Tammy Sutton-Brown was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 29, 2009.
• Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 27, 2009.
• Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 3, 2009.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter.
• Katie Douglas was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Katie Douglas was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.
• Tamika Catchings was named the Defensive Player of the Year.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
• Tully Bevilaqua was named to the All-Defensive First Team.

[edit] References

v • d • e Indiana Fever Founded in 2000 • Based in Indianapolis, Indiana The Franchise Franchise • Current season Arenas Conseco Fieldhouse Head Coaches Donovan • Fortner • Winters • Dunn Notable Players Tully Bevilaqua • Tamika Catchings • Anna DeForge • Katie Douglas • Ebony Hoffman • Nikki McCray • Tammy Sutton-Brown • Tamika Whitmore • Natalie Williams Seasons 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Playoff Appearances 2002 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Rivals Chicago Sky • Connecticut Sun • Detroit Shock • New York Liberty

v • d • e 2009 WNBA season by team
Draft • Schedule •All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream	Chicago Sky	Connecticut Sun	Detroit Shock	Indiana Fever	New York Liberty	Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks	Minnesota Lynx	Phoenix Mercury	Sacramento Monarchs	San Antonio Silver Stars	Seattle Storm
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