2009 Indiana Fever season explained

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.

Round	Pick	Player	School/Team/Country
1	6	Briann January	Arizona State
2	19	Christina Wirth	Vanderbilt
3	22	Danielle Campbell	Purdue

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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

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

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || May 23 || 1:00 pm || @ Minnesota || 68-51 || Douglas (19) || Sutton-Brown (5) || Catchings, January (3) || Claire Lynch Hall
475 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || May 28 || 7:00 pm || Chicago || 74-67 || Douglas (15) || Sutton-Brown (7) || Catchings, January (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,457 || 2-0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || June 6 || 7:00 pm || @ Atlanta || || 86-87 (2OT) || Douglas (22) || Catchings (9) || January (5) || Philips Arena
8,709 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || June 7 || 7:00 pm || Minnesota || FSI || 74-96 || Griffith (17) || Griffith (7) || White (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,234 || 0-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || June 9 || 7:00 pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 73-66 || Douglas (20) || Sutton-Brown (10) || Hoffman (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,253 || 1-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 5 || June 19 || 7:30 pm || @ Detroit || || 66-54 || Catchings (15) || Sutton-Brown (9) || Catchings (4) || Palace of Auburn Hills
7,725 || 3-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7 || June 26 || 7:30 pm || @ New York || || 82-81 (OT) || Douglas (28) || Hoffman (14) || Douglas (4) || Madison Square Garden
9,304 || 5-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || June 27 || 7:00 pm || New York || MSG || 63-54 || Hoffman (14) || Catchings (11) || Catchings (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
8,481 || 6-2|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || July 5 || 6:00 pm || Atlanta || || 78-74 || Sutton-Brown (22) || Catchings, Sutton-Brown (9) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,024 || 8-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || July 10 || 8:30 pm || @ Chicago || || 83-54 || Murphy (15) || Sutton-Brown (7) || Hoffman, January (6) || UIC Pavilion
4,021 || 9-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || July 15 || 1:00 pm || Chicago || || 84-74 || Sutton-Brown (22) || Catchings (8) || Catchings, Douglas (8) || Conseco Fieldhouse
10,050 || 10-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 13 || July 17 || 7:00 pm || Atlanta || || 84-79 || Douglas (25) || Catchings (8) || Bevilaqua (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,975 || 11-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 14 || July 19 || 3:00 pm || @ Connecticut || || 61-67 || Douglas, Hoffman (15) || Hoffman (6) || Catchings, Douglas (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena
6,517 || 11-3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15 || July 21 || 7:00 pm || @ Washington || || 82-70 || Catchings (28) || Catchings (10) || Bevilaqua (8) || Verizon Center
9,798 || 12-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 16 || July 23 || 12:30 pm|| @ San Antonio || || 65-84 || Davenport (13) || Davenport (6) || January (6) || AT&T Center
9,985 || 12-4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || July 28 || 7:00 pm || Washington || || 85-81 || Douglas (34) || Hoffman (10) || Bevilaqua, Douglas (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
5,904 || 13-4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 18 || July 30 || 7:00 pm || Connecticut || FSI || 94-85 (OT) || Douglas (32) || Hoffman (8) || Bevilaqua (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,538 || 14-4|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || August 2 || 4:00 pm || @ Washington || || 87-79 || Douglas (24) || Catchings (9) || Catchings (5) || Verizon Center
11,595 || 15-4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21 || August 8 || 10:00 pm || @ Phoenix || || 90-83 || Douglas (28) || Douglas (10) || Catchings, Douglas (5) || US Airways Center
9,867 || 17-4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 22 || August 10 || 10:30 pm || @ Los Angeles || || 63-75 || Douglas (16) || Catchings, Moore (6) || Hoffman (3) || STAPLES Center
8,263 || 17-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 23 || August 13 || 8:00 pm || @ Minnesota || || 91-81 || Hoffman (24) || Hoffman (10) || Bevilaqua, Dixon (4) || Target Center
7,156 || 18-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 24 || August 15 || 7:00 pm || Detroit || || 82-59 || Douglas (19) || Catchings (9) || Douglas (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,963 || 19-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || August 20 || 10:00 pm || @ Sacramento || || 62-67 || Douglas (21) || Catchings (9) || January (6) || ARCO Arena
6,290 || 19-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || August 22 || 10:00 pm || @ Seattle || || 60-74 || Douglas (12) || Catchings, Hoffman (7) || Catchings (7) || KeyArena
8,273 || 19-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || August 27 || 7:00 pm || San Antonio || NBA TV
FSI || Catchings (20) || || Catchings (8) || Bevilaqua, Douglas (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,836 || 20-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || August 29 || 7:00 pm || Sacramento || || 78-79 || Douglas (24) || Sutton-Brown (7) || Bevilaqua (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
8,579 || 20-8|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || September 2 || 7:00 pm || Phoenix || NBA TV
FSI || 90-106 || Catchings (27) || Catchings (12) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,446 || 20-9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 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|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31 || September 6 || 4:00 pm || Washington || || 72-61 || Catchings (20) || Sutton-Brown (11) || Hoffman (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,702 || 21-10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 32 || September 8 || 7:30 pm || @ New York || || 69-63 || Catchings, Douglas (17) || Catchings (10) || Douglas (4) || Madison Square Garden
7,583 || 22-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || September 10 || 8:00 pm || @ Chicago || || 79-86 || Douglas (25) || Catchings (10) || Douglas, January (4) || UIC Pavilion
2,902 || 22-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 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

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || September 17 || 7:00 pm || @ Washington || ESPN2 || 88-79 || Catchings (26) || Catchings (12) || Bevilaqua, Catchings, January (3) || Comcast Center
6,332 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 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|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 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|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || September 25 || 7:00 pm || Detroit || NBA TV || 79-75 || Catchings (22) || Catchings (9) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,210 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || September 26 || 7:00 pm || Detroit || NBA TV || 72-67 || Sutton-Brown (17) || Catchings (8) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165 || 2-1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || September 29 || 9:00 pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 116-120 (OT) || Douglas (30) || Hoffman (8) || January (7) || US Airways Center
11,617 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || October 1 || 9:00 pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 93-84 || Catchings (19) || Catchings (9) || Catchings (11) || US Airways Center
16,758 || 1-1|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || October 4 || 4:00 pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 86-85 || Hoffman (18) || Catchings (12) || Catchings, Douglas (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165 || 2-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4 || October 7 || 7:30 pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 77-90 || Catchings (24) || Catchings (12) || Catchings, Douglas (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
18,165 || 2-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 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

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	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.

Notes and References

Web site: WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board . https://web.archive.org/web/20090725061746/http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html . 2009-07-25 . dead . 2009-07-24 .
http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2009.html WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions