2000 Indiana Fever season explained

The 2000 WNBA season was the first for the Indiana Fever.

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

PlayerNationalityFormer WNBA Team
Gordana GrubinLos Angeles Sparks
Sandy BrondelloDetroit Shock
Nyree RobertsWashington Mystics
Rita WilliamsWashington Mystics
Kara WoltersHouston Comets
Chantel TremitiereUtah Starzz

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
226Jurgita ŠtreimikytėPool Comense (Italy)
342Usha GilmoreRutgers
450Latina DavisTennessee
458Renee RobinsonVirginia

Transactions

DateTransaction
October 20, 1999Hired Anne Donovan as Interim Head Coach[1]
December 15, 1999Drafted Gordana Grubin, Sandy Brondello, Nyree Roberts, Rita Williams, Kara Wolters and Chantel Tremitiere in the WNBA expansion draft
April 25, 2000Drafted Jurgita Štreimikytė, Usha Gilmore, Latina Davis and Renee Robinson in the 2000 WNBA Draft
Traded Latina Davis and Renee Robinson to the Houston Comets in exchange for Latavia Coleman
June 7, 2000Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira
Waived Beverly Williams

Schedule

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1| June 1| @ Miami| W 57-54| Alicia Thompson (13)| Stephanie White (8)| Stephanie White (4)| American Airlines Arena| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2| June 3| Orlando| L 82-88| Alicia Thompson (22)| Alicia Thompson (15)| Monica Maxwell (6)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3| June 5| Miami| W 80-59| Kara Wolters (24)| Alicia Thompson (7)| Stephanie White (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4| June 9| @ Detroit| L 76-80| Stephanie White (20)| Alicia Thompson (9)| Rita Williams (4)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5| June 10| New York| L 62-70| Stephanie White (15)| Kara Wolters (9)| Stephanie White (8)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 2–3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6| June 12| Cleveland| L 70-83| Kara Wolters (17)| McCulley
Wolters (5)| Monica Maxwell (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 2–4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7| June 17| @ Orlando| W 79-54| Alicia Thompson (17)| Grubin
Thompson
Williams (5)| McCulley
White
Williams (3)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 3–4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 8| June 18| @ Detroit| L 74-111| Gordana Grubin (19)| Grubin
Thompson (7)| Grubin
White (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 3–5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9| June 21| Sacramento| L 58-70| Jurgita Štreimikytė (15)| Maxwell
Štreimikytė (6)| White
Williams (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 3–6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10| June 23| New York| L 60-69| Monica Maxwell (15)| Monica Maxwell (8)| Jurgita Štreimikytė (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 3–7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11| June 24| @ Houston| L 67-93| Kara Wolters (18)| Kara Wolters (10)| Rita Williams (7)| Compaq Center| 3–8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 12| June 28| Los Angeles| L 73-82| Monica Maxwell (29)| Maxwell
Wolters (7)| Grubin
Štreimikytė
Williams
Wolters (2)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 3–9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13| June 30| @ New York| L 70-72| Kara Wolters (16)| Maxwell
Williams
Wolters (4)| Rita Williams (5)| Madison Square Garden| 3–10|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14| July 1| Miami| L 52-54| Danielle McCulley (17)| Danielle McCulley (6)| Jurgita Štreimikytė (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 3–11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15| July 3| Portland| L 64-68| Monica Maxwell (20)| Rita Williams (7)| Rita Williams (6)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 3–12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16| July 6| @ Orlando| L 60-72| Kara Wolters (16)| Kara Wolters (10)| Štreimikytė
Williams (3)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 3–13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 17| July 8| Phoenix| L 65-66| Grubin
Maxwell (20)| Monica Maxwell (8)| Rita Williams (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 3–14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18| July 12| @ Washington| W 81-58| Rita Williams (17)| Alicia Thompson (6)| Chantel Tremitiere (5)| MCI Center| 4–14|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19| July 14| Seattle| W 64-45| Stephanie White (16)| Monica Maxwell (9)| Chantel Tremitiere (4)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 5–14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20| July 15| @ Cleveland| L 55-79| Danielle McCulley (17)| McCulley
Štreimikytė
Thompson (3)| Rita Williams (4)| Gund Arena| 5–15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21| July 20| @ Washington| L 74-85| Alicia Thompson (18)| Alicia Thompson (9)| Rita Williams (4)| MCI Center| 5–16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22| July 22| Charlotte| W 80-59| Gordana Grubin (19)| Monica Maxwell (10)| Alicia Thompson (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 6–16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23| July 24| @ Charlotte| L 78-82| Rita Williams (21)| Monica Maxwell (9)| Štreimikytė
Williams (4)| Charlotte Coliseum| 6–17|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24| July 26| @ Phoenix| L 65-79| Kara Wolters (18)| Alicia Thompson (9)| Gordana Grubin (4)| America West Arena| 6–18|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 25| July 28| @ Portland| W 73-58| Kara Wolters (14)| Monica Maxwell (6)| Monica Maxwell (7)| Rose Garden| 7–18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26| July 29| @ Utah| L 71-79| Alicia Thompson (18)| Alicia Thompson (8)| Rita Williams (5)| Delta Center| 7–19|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 27| August 1| @ Seattle| L 60-66| Grubin
Williams
Wolters (15)| Kara Wolters (9)| Rita Williams (6)| KeyArena| 7–20|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28| August 3| Washington| L 71-75| Rita Williams (19)| Kara Wolters (8)| Grubin
Williams (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 7–21|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 29| August 4| Cleveland| W 87-75| Alicia Thompson (18)| Kara Wolters (9)| Rita Williams (7)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 8–21|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30| August 6| @ Minnesota| L 75-80| Williams
Wolters (16)| Alicia Thompson (7)| Alicia Thompson (6)| Target Center| 8–22|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 31| August 7| Detroit| L 63-74| Williams
Wolters (14)| Kara Wolters (10)| Rita Williams (5)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 8–23|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32| August 9| Charlotte| W 67-51| Alicia Thompson (15)| Monica Maxwell (8)| Gordana Grubin (6)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 9–23|-

Season standings

Statistics

Regular Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Monica Maxwell323232.2.386.397.8625.02.01.50.510.4
Rita Williams322931.7.409.374.7313.03.22.40.111.0
Kara Wolters313025.6.561N/A.7405.31.30.41.611.9
Alicia Thompson312625.5.514.450.7145.11.30.80.110.0
Gordana Grubin292024.8.377.308.7752.62.21.10.08.2
Stephanie White321219.8.398.386.8261.91.81.00.27.2
Danielle McCulley29215.7.412.176.7302.80.70.60.86.0
Jurgita Štreimikytė27615.7.393.333.7712.61.60.60.94.5
Chantel Tremitiere25312.7.353.444.6251.22.00.40.02.0
Donna Harrington808.4.167N/A.6001.10.60.30.11.0
Texlin Quinney1706.9.429N/A.6000.90.90.20.00.9
Usha Gilmore405.3.200.000N/A1.30.50.00.00.5
Katryna Gaither604.0.375N/AN/A0.50.20.00.21.0
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira303.71.000N/A.1671.00.00.00.01.0
Beverly Williams103.0N/AN/AN/A0.00.00.00.00.0

‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2000 Indiana Fever Transactions . 2024-07-18 . Basketball-Reference.com . en.

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