2009 Indiana Fever season

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

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

Roster

Indiana Fever roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
PG 41 Australia Bevilaqua, Tully (C) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Australia
SF 24 United States Catchings, Tamika (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Tennessee
C 50 United States Davenport, Jessica 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Ohio State
SG 21 United States Dixon, Tamecka 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 148 lb (67 kg) Kansas
G/F 23 United States Douglas, Katie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Purdue
PF 32 United States Hoffman, Ebony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Southern California
PG 20 United States January, Briann 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Arizona State
F/C 31 United States Moore, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Connecticut
SG 14 United States Murphy, Eshaya 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 164 lb (74 kg) Southern California
C 8 Canada Sutton-Brown, Tammy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Rutgers
SF 34 United States Wirth, Christina 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Vanderbilt
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Athletic trainer
  • United States Craig Stull
Strength and conditioning coach
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 x2212.647–14–38–917–5
Atlanta Dream x1816.5294.012–56–1110–12
Detroit Shock x1816.5294.011–67–1011–11
Washington Mystics x1618.4716.011–65–1210–12
Chicago Sky o1618.4716.012–54–1310–12
Connecticut Sun o1618.4716.012–54–139–12
New York Liberty o1321.3829.08–95–128–13

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season
Watch all games live on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2009 Game Log: Postseason

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

Team statistics

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  2. ↑ WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions
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