2009 Indiana Fever season

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.

2009 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	7,939 per game
Results
Record	22–12 (.647)
Place	1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost WNBA Finals 3-2 (Phoenix)
Team Leaders
Points	Douglas (17.6)
Rebounds	Catchings (7.2)
Assists	Catchings (3.1)
Media
Television	FSN Indiana
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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.

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

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.

Free agents

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

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

Roster

Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs PG 41 Bevilaqua, Tully (C) 5' 7" (1.7m) 145 lb (66kg) Australia SF 24 Catchings, Tamika (C) 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) Tennessee C 50 Davenport, Jessica 6' 5" (1.96m) 215 lb (98kg) Ohio State SG 21 Dixon, Tamecka 5' 9" (1.75m) 148 lb (67kg) Kansas G/F 23 Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) Purdue PF 32 Hoffman, Ebony 6' 2" (1.88m) 215 lb (98kg) USC PG 20 January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) Arizona State F/C 31 Moore, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) Connecticut SG 14 Murphy, Eshaya 5' 11" (1.8m) 164 lb (74kg) USC C 8 Sutton-Brown, Tammy 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) Rutgers SF 34 Wirth, Christina 6' 1" (1.85m) 185 lb (84kg) Vanderbilt	Head coach Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin) Assistant coaches Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego) Jim Lewis (West Virginia) Athletic trainer Craig Stull Strength and conditioning coach Brandon Johnson (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	17–5
Atlanta Dream x	18	16	.529	4.0	12–5	6–11	10–12
Detroit Shock x	18	16	.529	4.0	11–6	7–10	11–11
Washington Mystics x	16	18	.471	6.0	11–6	5–12	10–12
Chicago Sky o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	10–12
Connecticut Sun o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	9–12
New York Liberty o	13	21	.382	9.0	8–9	5–12	8–13

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 23 1:00 pm @ Minnesota 68-51 Douglas (19) Sutton-Brown (5) Catchings, January (3) Claire Lynch Hall 475 1-0 2 May 28 7:00 pm Chicago 74-67 Douglas (15) Sutton-Brown (7) Catchings, January (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,457 2-0 3 June 2 10:00 pm @ San Antonio 67-60 Catchings (16) Whittington (6) Catchings (4) Austin Convention Center N/A 3-0

Regular season

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

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
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Player statistics

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

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

• 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.