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
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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.

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.

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs PG 41 Bevilaqua, Tully (C) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Australia SF 24 Catchings, Tamika (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Tennessee C 50 Davenport, Jessica 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Ohio State SG 21 Dixon, Tamecka 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 148 lb (67 kg) Kansas G/F 23 Douglas, Katie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Purdue PF 32 Hoffman, Ebony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) USC PG 20 January, Briann 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Arizona State F/C 31 Moore, Jessica 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Connecticut SG 14 Murphy, Eshaya 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 164 lb (74 kg) USC C 8 Sutton-Brown, Tammy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Rutgers SF 34 Wirth, Christina 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Vanderbilt	Head coach Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin) Assistant coaches Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego) Jim Lewis (West Virginia) Athletic trainer Craig Stull Strength and conditioning coach Brandon Johnson (Purdue) 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 x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	17–5
Atlanta Dream x	18	16	.529	4.0	12–5	6–11	10–12
Detroit Shock x	18	16	.529	4.0	11–6	7–10	11–11
Washington Mystics x	16	18	.471	6.0	11–6	5–12	10–12
Chicago Sky o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	10–12
Connecticut Sun o	16	18	.471	6.0	12–5	4–13	9–12
New York Liberty o	13	21	.382	9.0	8–9	5–12	8–13

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 23 1:00 pm @ Minnesota 68-51 Douglas (19) Sutton-Brown (5) Catchings, January (3) Claire Lynch Hall 475 1-0 2 May 28 7:00 pm Chicago 74-67 Douglas (15) Sutton-Brown (7) Catchings, January (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,457 2-0 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 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

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.