2002 Indiana Fever season explained

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Indiana Fever. The team, led by Tamika Catchings, went to the playoffs for the first time in team history, losing in the first round to the New York Liberty.

Offseason

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
113Tawana McDonald (C)Georgia
217Zuzi Klimesova (F)Vanderbilt
334Kelly Komara (G)Purdue
449LaKeisha Taylor (C)Arizona
452Jillian Danker (G/F)Vanderbilt

Regular season

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
June 1 79-62 Win 1-0
June 2 78-65 Win 2-0
June 5 45-56 Loss 2-1
June 7 68-89 Loss 2-2
June 8 71-62 Win 3-2
June 11 75-69 Win 4-2
June 13 64-75 Loss 4-3
June 15 68-79 Loss 4-4
June 18 71-79 Loss 4-5
June 20 81-72 Win 5-5
June 21 51-63 Loss 5-6
June 25 55-74 Loss 5-7
June 28 67-60 Win 6-7
June 30 59-65 Loss 6-8
July 3 71-79 (OT) Loss 6-9
July 6 50-45 Win 7-9
July 8 68-57 Win 8-9
July 10 69-82 Loss 8-10
July 12 62-68 Loss 8-11
July 17 58-73 Loss 8-12
July 19 62-70 Loss 8-13
July 22 73-72 Win 9-13
July 26 73-63 Win 10-13
July 28 62-80 Loss 10-14
July 30 65-74 Loss 10-15
July 31 58-56 Win 11-15
August 3 69-48 Win 12-15
August 6 64-55 Win 13-15
August 7 70-63 Win 14-15
August 9 54-55 Loss 14-16
August 11 77-63 Win 15-16
August 13 60-56 Win 16-16
August 16
1st Round, G1
73-55 Win 1-0
August 18
1st Round, G2
65-84 Loss 1-1
August 20
1st Round, G3
60-75 Loss 1-2

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Tamika Catchings 32 276 118 94 43 594
Nikki McCray 32 97 70 28 3 369
Olympia Scott 31 211 52 38 13 292
Nadine Malcolm 29 61 21 13 3 156
Rita Williams 20 37 43 21 2 120
Bridget Pettis 32 39 17 8 0 113
Kelly Schumacher 31 59 13 7 23 108
Alicia Thompson 18 42 14 7 2 97
31 28 39 16 3 86
Coquese Washington 11 33 48 23 2 80
Jackie Moore 18 29 3 5 1 42
18 31 7 7 4 35
Zuzi Kilmesova 11 5 2 1 1 5
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2002 Indiana Fever Stats.