2017 Indiana Fever season

2017 Indiana Fever season
Coach Pokey Chatman
Arena Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance 7,538 per game
Results
Record 9–25 (.265)
Place 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points Candice Dupree 15 ppg
Rebounds Candice Dupree 5.8 rpg
Assists Erica Wheeler 4.1 apg
Media
Television FSMW, ESPN2, NBATV

The 2017 WNBA season is the 18th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Fever began play on May 14, 2017.[1] The Fever started the season strong posting a 7–7 record in May and June. However the second half of the season was not as positive. The team finished 2–18 in the months of July August and September. This brought their final record to 9–25, which was 6th place in the Eastern Conference, and next to last in the league.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The Fever made two selections in the 2017 WNBA Entry Draft. The draft was held on April 13:

Trades

Personnel changes

Roster

Indiana Fever roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C 11 Canada Achonwa, Natalie 6' 4" (1.93m) 183 lb (83kg) 11-22-1992 Notre Dame 3
G/F 25 United States Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 01-04-1987 Maryland 9
G 20 United States January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 01-11-1987 Arizona State 9
G 42 United States Johnson, Shenise 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 12-09-1990 Miami (FL) 6
F 2 United States Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 205 lb (93kg) 04-02-1986 North Carolina 9
F 4 United States Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 02-25-1984 Temple 12
C 5 United States Hamson, Jennifer 6' 7" (2.01m) 210 lb (95kg) 01-23-1992 Brigham Young 1
G 3 United States Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 152 lb (69kg) 09-23-1984 South Carolina 2
F 14 United States Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 10-08-1989 Notre Dame 6
G 17 United States Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 05-02-1991 Rutgers 3
G 1 Puerto Rico Gwathmey, Jazmon 6' 2" (1.88m) 143 lb (65kg) 01-24-1993 James Madison 2
G 32 United States Pohlen, Jeanette 6' 0" (1.83m) 171 lb (78kg) 05-02-1989 Stanford 6



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LV • LA • MIN • PHO • SEA
Head coach
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Steven Key (Boston University)
United States Jessica Miller (Illinois-Chicago)
Athletic trainer
United States Todd Champlin (Daemen)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States David Williams (Central Florida)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

WNBA roster page

Schedule

Game log

2017 game log
Total: 9–25 (Home: 6–11 Road: 3–14)
May: 2–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–4)
June: 5–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–1)
July: 1–9 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–5)
August : 1–8 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–4)
September: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
2017 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 New York Liberty - (3)2212.647-13–49–810–6
2 Connecticut Sun - (4)2113.636112–59–610–6
3 Washington Mystics - (6)1816.529411–67–1012-4
4 Chicago Sky - e1222.353104–138–96–10
5 Atlanta Dream - e1222.353109–83–145–11
6 Indiana Fever - e925.265136–113–144–12

References

  1. ↑ "Indiana Fever WNBA Basketball - Fever News, Scores, Videos". Fever.wnba.com. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Indiana Fever Acquire All-Star Candice Dupree". WNBA. February 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Transactions".
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