2009 Indiana Fever seasonCoach Lin Dunn Arena Conseco Fieldhouse Attendance 7,939 per game Record 22–12 (.647) Place 1st (Eastern) Playoff finish Lost WNBA Finals 3-2 (Phoenix) Points Douglas (17.6)Rebounds Catchings (7.2)Assists Catchings (3.1)Television FSN Indiana
The 2009 Indiana Fever season was their 10th 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 .
Offseason [ ]
Dispersal draft [ ]
Based on the Fever's 2008 record, they would pick 6th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft . The Fever picked Erica White .
WNBA draft [ ]
The following are the Fever's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft .
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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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Free agents [ ]
Additions [ ]
Subtractions [ ]
Roster [ ]
Indiana Fever roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
PG
41
Bevilaqua, Tully (C)
5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
145 lb (66 kg)
Australia
SF
24
Catchings, Tamika (C)
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
167 lb (76 kg)
Tennessee
C
50
Davenport, Jessica
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Ohio State
SG
21
Dixon, Tamecka
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
148 lb (67 kg)
Kansas
G/F
23
Douglas, Katie
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
Purdue
PF
32
Hoffman, Ebony
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Southern California
PG
20
January, Briann
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
Arizona State
F/C
31
Moore, Jessica
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Connecticut
SG
14
Murphy, Eshaya
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
164 lb (74 kg)
Southern California
C
8
Sutton-Brown, Tammy
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
Rutgers
SF
34
Wirth, Christina
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Vanderbilt
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
Craig Stull
Strength and conditioning coach
Legend
(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured
Season standings [ ]
Schedule [ ]
Preseason [ ]
Regular season [ ]
2009 Game Log: Regular Season
Game
Date
Time (ET)
Opponent
TV
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
1
June 6
7:00 pm
@ Atlanta
86-87 (2OT)
Douglas (22)
Catchings (9)
January (5)
Philips Arena 8,709
0-1
2
June 7
7:00 pm
Minnesota
FSI
74-96
Griffith (17)
Griffith (7)
White (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 9,234
0-2
3
June 9
7:00 pm
Seattle
ESPN2
73-66
Douglas (20)
Sutton-Brown (10)
Hoffman (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 7,253
1-2
4
June 12
7:00 pm
Los Angeles
73-61
Hoffman (14)
Bevilaqua , Catchings , Sutton-Brown (5)
Catchings , Douglas (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 9,320
2-2
5
June 19
7:30 pm
@ Detroit
66-54
Catchings (15)
Sutton-Brown (9)
Catchings (4)
Palace of Auburn Hills 7,725
3-2
6
June 21
6:00 pm
Detroit
NBA TV FSI
82-70
Douglas (23)
Sutton-Brown (9)
Catchings (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse 7,610
4-2
7
June 26
7:30 pm
@ New York
82-81 (OT)
Douglas (28)
Hoffman (14)
Douglas (4)
Madison Square Garden 9,304
5-2
8
June 27
7:00 pm
New York
MSG
63-54
Hoffman (14)
Catchings (11)
Catchings (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 8,481
6-2
Game
Date
Time (ET)
Opponent
TV
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
9
July 2
7:00 pm
Connecticut
NBA TV FSI
67-53
Douglas , Sutton-Brown (14)
Sutton-Brown (14)
Catchings (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 6,468
7-2
10
July 5
6:00 pm
Atlanta
78-74
Sutton-Brown (22)
Catchings , Sutton-Brown (9)
Catchings (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 7,024
8-2
11
July 10
8:30 pm
@ Chicago
83-54
Murphy (15)
Sutton-Brown (7)
Hoffman , January (6)
UIC Pavilion 4,021
9-2
12
July 15
1:00 pm
Chicago
84-74
Sutton-Brown (22)
Catchings (8)
Catchings , Douglas (8)
Conseco Fieldhouse 10,050
10-2
13
July 17
7:00 pm
Atlanta
84-79
Douglas (25)
Catchings (8)
Bevilaqua (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 7,975
11-2
14
July 19
3:00 pm
@ Connecticut
61-67
Douglas , Hoffman (15)
Hoffman (6)
Catchings , Douglas (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 6,517
11-3
15
July 21
7:00 pm
@ Washington
82-70
Catchings (28)
Catchings (10)
Bevilaqua (8)
Verizon Center 9,798
12-3
16
July 23
12:30 pm
@ San Antonio
65-84
Davenport (13)
Davenport (6)
January (6)
AT&T Center 9,985
12-4
17
July 28
7:00 pm
Washington
85-81
Douglas (34)
Hoffman (10)
Bevilaqua , Douglas (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse 5,904
13-4
18
July 30
7:00 pm
Connecticut
FSI
94-85 (OT)
Douglas (32)
Hoffman (8)
Bevilaqua (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 6,538
14-4
Game
Date
Time (ET)
Opponent
TV
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
19
August 2
4:00 pm
@ Washington
87-79
Douglas (24)
Catchings (9)
Catchings (5)
Verizon Center 11,595
15-4
20
August 5
7:00 pm
Chicago
NBA TV CN100
76-67
Douglas (14)
Murphy (7)
Bevilaqua , January (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse 6,581
16-4
21
August 8
10:00 pm
@ Phoenix
90-83
Douglas (28)
Douglas (10)
Catchings , Douglas (5)
US Airways Center 9,867
17-4
22
August 10
10:30 pm
@ Los Angeles
63-75
Douglas (16)
Catchings , Moore (6)
Hoffman (3)
STAPLES Center 8,263
17-5
23
August 13
8:00 pm
@ Minnesota
91-81
Hoffman (24)
Hoffman (10)
Bevilaqua , Dixon (4)
Target Center 7,156
18-5
24
August 15
7:00 pm
Detroit
82-59
Douglas (19)
Catchings (9)
Douglas (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 9,963
19-5
25
August 20
10:00 pm
@ Sacramento
62-67
Douglas (21)
Catchings (9)
January (6)
ARCO Arena 6,290
19-6
26
August 22
10:00 pm
@ Seattle
60-74
Douglas (12)
Catchings , Hoffman (7)
Catchings (7)
KeyArena 8,273
19-7
27
August 27
7:00 pm
San Antonio
NBA TV FSI
Catchings (20)
Catchings (8)
Bevilaqua , Douglas (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse 6,836
20-7
28
August 29
7:00 pm
Sacramento
78-79
Douglas (24)
Sutton-Brown (7)
Bevilaqua (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse 8,579
20-8
Game
Date
Time (ET)
Opponent
TV
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location/Attendance
Record
29
September 2
7:00 pm
Phoenix
NBA TV FSI
90-106
Catchings (27)
Catchings (12)
Catchings (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 7,446
20-9
30
September 4
7:30 pm
@ Detroit
63-70 (OT)
Catchings (14)
Catchings (13)
4 players (3)
Palace of Auburn Hills 7,230
20-10
31
September 6
4:00 pm
Washington
72-61
Catchings (20)
Sutton-Brown (11)
Hoffman (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 9,702
21-10
32
September 8
7:30 pm
@ New York
69-63
Catchings , Douglas (17)
Catchings (10)
Douglas (4)
Madison Square Garden 7,583
22-10
33
September 10
8:00 pm
@ Chicago
79-86
Douglas (25)
Catchings (10)
Douglas , January (4)
UIC Pavilion 2,902
22-11
34
September 13
3:00 pm
@ Connecticut
WCTX
85-95
Catchings , Davenport , Dixon , Murphy (13)
Murphy (6)
Wirth (7)
Mohegan Sun Arena 9,047
22-12
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Postseason [ ]
2009 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Eastern Conference Finals
Regular Season statistics [ ]
Player statistics [ ]
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
Awards and honors [ ]
References [ ]
Franchise Arenas Head coaches Administration All-Stars Seasons Playoff appearances Conference Championships WNBA Championships Rivals Media
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