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EIGHT WNBA PLAYOFF APPEARANCES IN 12 SEASONS 

2002 – 2005 – 2006 – 2007 – 2008 – 2009 – 2010 – 2011 

Six 20-Win Seasons Since 2005

2011 FEVER PLAYOFFS PRESENTED BY 

INDIANA MEMBERS CREDIT UNION AND IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

Indiana Fever vs. New York Liberty 

• The Indiana Fever returns to the WNBA Playoffs for the seventh consecutive season 

and the eighth time in its 12-year history. 

Indiana joins the L.A. Sparks as the only WNBA clubs with six 20-win seasons in a 7-year span. 

The first-round matchup between the Fever and Liberty is a rematch of last year’s East Semifinals 

which saw No. 2-seeded New York beat No. 3 Indiana in a 2-1 nailbiter. 

Potential Eastern Conference Finals Opponents 

Connecticut Sun Atlanta Dream 

SCHEDULE 

EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS – INDIANA (NO. 1 SEED, 21-13) VS. NEW YORK (NO. 4 SEED, 19-15) 

GAME DATE TIME (ET) SITE TV 

1 Thursday, September 15 8:00 p.m. Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Ind.) ESPN2 

2 Saturday, September 17 4:00 p.m. Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) NBATV 

*3 Monday, September 19 8:00 p.m. Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Ind.) ESPN2 

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS 


1 Thursday, September 22 TBD Higher Seed TBD 

2 Sunday, September 25 TBD Lower Seed TBD 

*3 Tuesday, September 27 TBD Higher Seed TBD 

* if necessary 

HOTELS ON THE ROAD 

at New York – Doubletree by Hilton Jersey City | 455 Washington Blvd. | Jersey City, N.J. 07310 | (201) 499-2400 

at Connecticut – Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino | One Mohegan Sun Blvd. | Uncasville, Conn. 06382 | (860) 862-8000 

at Atlanta – Intercontinental Buckhead | 3315 Peachtree Road, NE | Atlanta, Ga. 30326 | (404) 946-9000 

TEAM PR CONTACT INFORMATION 

INDIANA Office Cell Email 

Kevin Messenger (317) 917-2844 (317) 370-3437 kmessenger@feverbasketball.com 

Tim Edwards (317) 917-2853 tedwards@pacers.com 

NEW YORK Office Cell Email 

Stacey Escudero (212) 465-5902 (917) 572-2534 stacey.escudero@thegarden.com 

CONNECTICUT Office Cell Email 

Bill Tavares (860) 862-4073 (860) 961-0240 btavares@connecticutsun.com 

Jen Hildebrand (860) 862-4087 (860) 961-2245 jhildebrand@connecticutsun.com 

ATLANTA Office Cell Email 

Tonya Alleyne (678) 510-7397 (404) 693-5181 tonya.alleyne@atlantadream.net 

Sprague Paynter (678) 510-7396 (404) 561-0421 sprague.paynter@atlantadream.net

I N D I A N A F E V E R 

INDIANA FEVER • BRING IT HOME! 

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PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE 

EAST SEMIFINALS – INDIANA (NO. 1 SEED, 21-13) VS. NEW YORK (NO. 4 SEED, 19-15) 


1 Thursday, September 15 8:00 p.m. Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Ind.) ESPN2 

2 Saturday, September 17 4:00 p.m. Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.) NBATV 

*3 Monday, September 19 8:00 p.m. Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Ind.) NBATV 

EAST SEMIFINALS – CONNECTICUT (NO. 2 SEED, 21-13) VS. ATLANTA (NO. 3 SEED, 20-14) 


1 Friday, September 16 7:00 p.m. Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.) NBATV 

2 Sunday, September 18 3:00 p.m. Philips Arena (Atlanta, Ga.) ESPN2 

*3 Tuesday, September 20 TBD TBD TBD 

WEST SEMIFINALS – MINNESOTA (NO. 1 SEED, 27-7) VS. SAN ANTONIO (NO. 4 SEED, 18-16) 


1 Friday, September 16 9:00 p.m. Target Center (Minneapolis, Minn.) NBATV 

2 Sunday, September 18 5:00 p.m. AT&T Center (San Antonio, Texas) ESPN2 

*3 Tuesday, September 20 TBD TBD TBD 

WEST SEMIFINALS – SEATTLE (NO. 2 SEED, 21-13) VS. PHOENIX (NO. 3 SEED, 19-15) 


1 Thursday, September 15 10:00 p.m. KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) ESPN2 

2 Saturday, September 17 10:00 p.m. USAirways Center (Phoenix, Ariz.) NBATV 

*3 Monday, September 19 10:00 p.m. KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.) ESPN2 

CONFERENCE FINALS 








WNBA FINALS 


1 Sunday, October 2 TBD Higher Seed ESPN2 

2 Wednesday, October 5 TBD Higher Seed ESPN2 

3 Friday, October 7 TBD Lower Seed ESPN2 

*4 Sunday, October 9 TBD Lower Seed ESPN2 

*5 Wednesday, October 12 TBD Higher Seed ESPN2 

* if necessary 

All dates and times subject to change.


TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Media Information/Hotel Information.........................................................................1 

2011 WNBA Playoffs Schedule ................................................................................2 

2011 Indiana Fever Playoffs Roster .........................................................................4 

Fever Quick Facts.....................................................................................................5 

Pacers Sports & Entertainment Staff Directory..................................................... 6-7 

Herbert Simon, PS&E Ownership.............................................................................8 

Kelly Krauskopf, Fever COO and General Manager ................................................9 

Fever Head Coach Lin Dunn ............................................................................ 10-11 

Fever Player Bios and Statistics ....................................................................... 12-33 

Shannon Bobbitt – 12-13 | Tamika Catchings – 14-15 | Jessica Davenport – 16-17 | Katie Douglas – 18-19 | 

Shyra Ely – 20-21 | Briann January – 22-23 | Erin Phillips – 24-25 | Jeanette Pohlen – 26-27 | 

Tangela Smith – 28-29 | Tammy Sutton-Brown – 30-31 | Shavonte Zellous – 32-33 

Fever Notebook ................................................................................................ 34-37 

2011 Fever Final Statistics ............................................................................... 38-42 

2011 WNBA Final Statistics.............................................................................. 43-47 

Fever vs. New York Liberty............................................................................... 48-51 

Fever vs. Connecticut Sun................................................................................ 52-56 

Fever vs. Atlanta Dream ................................................................................... 58-61 

All-Time Playoff Records .................................................................................. 62-71 

All-Time Playoff Recaps and Box Scores ......................................................... 72-88 

2011 Fever Press Clippings...........................................................................89-END 

2011 PLAYOFFS MEDIA GUIDE 

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INDIANA FEVER BRING IT HOME! 

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PLAYOFFS ROSTER 

WNBA 

NO PLAYER POS HT WT BIRTHDATE SCHOOL/YEAR YEARS 

0 Shannon Bobbitt G 5-2 130 12/06/1985 Tennessee ’08 2 

24 Tamika Catchings F 6-1 167 07/21/1979 Tennessee ’01 10 

50 Jessica Davenport C 6-5 215 06/24/1985 Ohio State ’07 4 

23 Katie Douglas G-F 6-0 165 05/07/1979 Purdue ’01 10 

43 Shyra Ely F 6-2 182 08/09/1983 Tennessee ’05 5 

20 Briann January G 5-8 144 01/11/1987 Arizona State ’09 2 

13 Erin Phillips G 5-8 165 05/19/1985 Australia 3 

32 Jeanette Pohlen G 6-0 179 05/02/1989 Stanford ’11 R 

5 Tangela Smith F-C 6-3 158 04/01/1977 Iowa ’98 13 

8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 6-4 199 01/27/1978 Rutgers ’01 10 

1 Shavonte Zellous G 5-10 155 08/28/1986 Pittsburgh ’09 2 

HEAD COACH: Lin Dunn, Tennessee-Martin ‘69 

ASSISTANT COACHES: Gary Kloppenburg, UC San Diego ’81 

Stephanie White, Purdue ‘99 

ATHLETIC TRAINER: Craig Stull, Indianapolis ‘05 

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH: Emily Nowitsky, Slippery Rock ‘09 

BASKETBALL & OPERATIONS COORDINATOR: Brittany Hollingsworth, Indiana ‘11 

NUMERICAL ROSTER 

0 Shannon Bobbitt 

1 Shavonte Zellous 

5 Tangela Smith 

8 Tammy Sutton-Brown 

13 Erin Phillips 

20 Briann January 

23 Katie Douglas 

24 Tamika Catchings 

32 Jeanette Pohlen 

43 Shyra Ely 

50 Jessica Davenport 

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

TAMIKA Catchings – tuh-MEE-kuh 

Shyra ELY – EE-ly 

CONSECO Fieldhouse – con-SEE-co 

BRIANN January – bree-ON 

Jeanette POHLEN – POH-lun 

SHAVONTE ZELLOUS – shuh-VON-tay ZELL-us


ADDRESS 

125 S. Pennsylvania Street 

Indianapolis, Ind. 46204 

Tel: (317) 917-2500 

Fax: (317) 917-2799 

QUICK FACTS 

FAN INFORMATION 

Ticket Information........................................................................................... (317) 917-2500 

Single-Game Ticket Information................................................................... (877) WNBA TIX 

Website ................................................................................................. FeverBasketball.com 

QUICK FACTS 

Conference................................................................................................................. Eastern 

Arena........................................................Conseco Fieldhouse (9,643 WNBA | 18,165 NBA) 

Colors...................................................... Blue (PMS 282), Red (PMS 186), Gold (PMS 123) 

Flagship Radio ................................................................................1070 The Fan, WFNI-AM 

TV:.......................................................................................................................FSN Indiana 

Broadcasters: ...................................Chris Denari, Debbie Antonelli, Kevin Lee, Tim Newton 

TEAM HISTORY 

Franchise Evolution................................................................Indiana Fever, 2000 to present 

Franchise Record............................................................................................ 210-192 (.522) 

Franchise Playoffs Record (through 2010).......................................................... 14-17 (.452) 

WNBA Titles..........................................................................................................................0 

2010 Record............................................................................................... 21-13, 3rd in East 

2010 Playoffs ........................................................................ Eastern Conference Semifinals 

.............................................................................................................. lost to New York, 2-1 

2011 RECAP 

Record........................................................................................................................... 21-13 

vs. Eastern Conference................................................................................................... 13-9 

Home............................................................................................................................... 13-4 

Road.................................................................................................................................. 8-9 

Finish......................................................................................................................1st in East 


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PACERS SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTORY 

Executive 

Owner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ................ Herbert Simon 

President of Basketball Operations..........................................Larry Bird 

President .................................................................................Jim Morris 

Chief Operating Officer ......................................................... Rick Fuson 

Administrative Assistants ................................................... Susy Fischer 

....................................................................................... Brenda Lawson 

Legal Counsel 

Vice President/General Counsel ......................................... Frank Pulice 

Assistant Paralegal ................................................................. Joy Smith 

Pacers Basketball 

General Manager ............................................................. David Morway 

Head Coach .........................................................................Frank Vogel 

Associate Head Coach..........................................................Brian Shaw 

Assistant Coaches ..............................................Jim Boylen, Dan Burke 

Advance Scout .................................................................. Jimmy Powell 

Director/Player Development ................................................. Billy Keller 

Director/Scouting.....................................................................Ryan Carr 

Director/Basketball Operations ......................................Sonya Clutinger 

Director/Basketball Administration ................................. Peter Dinwiddie 

Director/Player Personnel ...............................................Kevin Pritchard 

Scouts ............................Kevin Mackey, Carl Nicks, Aleksandar Pajovic 

Pacers/Fever Basketball Operations Coordinator...............Ashley Floyd 

Video Coordinator ...............................................................Vance Catlin 

Assistant Video Coordinator............................................. Hansen Wong 

Head Physical Therapist/Athletic Trainer ............................ Josh Corbeil 

Physical Therapist/Assistant Athletic Trainer ......................... Carl Eaton 

Head Strength Coach/Assistant Athletic Trainer.............. Shawn Windle 

Equipment Manager............................................................Josh Conder 

Team Physician/Team Orthopedist..............................Tim Hupfer, M.D. 

Team Internist ....................................................... Steve Samuels, M.D. 

Team Cardiologist ........................................................... King Yee, M.D. 

Team Dentist.......................................................... Robin Thoman, DDS 

Team Ophthalmologist ............................................. John Abrams, M.D. 

Physical Therapist Consultant................................................ Dan Dyrek 

PLAYER RELATIONS 

Vice President/Player Relations.........................................Clark Kellogg 

Director/Team Security ...........................................................John Gray 

Director/Player Relations ...............................................Heather Denton 

Administrative Assistant ....................................................... Paula Curry 

Fever Basketball Corporation 

Chief Operating Officer/General Manager ..................... Kelly Krauskopf 

Head Coach ..............................................................................Lin Dunn 

Assistant Coaches .........................Gary Kloppenburg, Stephanie White 

Vice President/Business Operations & Sales .......................Julie Graue 

Director/Media Relations............................................. Kevin Messenger 

Community Relations & Special Projects Manager....Roberta Courtright 

Pacers/Fever Basketball Operations Coordinator...............Ashley Floyd 

Video Coordinator ............................................................ Hansen Wong 

Equipment Manager............................................. Brittany Hollingsworth 

Athletic Trainer ........................................................................Craig Stull 

Strength and Conditioning Coach ....................................Emily Novitsky 

Rehabilitation and Medical Consultant............................ Holly Heitzman 

Team Physician........................................................David Harsha, M.D. 

Team Orthopedist .................................................Stephen Kollias, M.D. 

Finance 

Chief Financial Officer/Executive Vice President................ Kevin Bower 

FINANCE 

Vice President/Controller ................................................... Matt Albrecht 

Manager/Accounting/Assistant Controller ........................ Vincent Smith 

Manager/Accounts Payable ............................................ Theresa Walsh 

Financial Analyst............................................................Brenda Thomas 

Finance and Accounting Assistant...............................Barbara Maynard 

Office Manager/Travel Specialist.....................................Sandy Clouser 

Receptionist ....................................................................... Janice Hinkle 

HUMAN RESOURCES 

Vice President/Human Resources ............................... Donna Wilkinson 

Director/Human Resources/Payroll....................................... Angela Lee 

Human Resources Coordinator .......................................... Nancy Doyle 

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 

Vice President/Information Technology .............................. Kevin Naylor 

Manager/Information Technology ........................................Brian Brown 

Senior Information Technology Technician.............................. Bob Cary 

Helpdesk Administrator/Administrative Assistant........ Jennifer Kennedy 

Marketing 

Sr. Vice President/Chief Sales & Marketing Officer............. Todd Taylor 

Administrative Assistant.................................................... Chelsea Pylitt 

CORPORATE/PUBLIC RELATIONS/COMMUNITY RELATIONS 

Vice President/Corporate/Public & 

Community Relations...................................................Greg Schenkel 

Director Indiana Pacers Media Relations...........................David Benner 

Director Corporate Communications.................................... Eddie White 

Director/Community Relations ............................................. Kelli Towles 

Associate Director/Camps & Clinics/Alumni Relations ... Darnell Hillman 

Community Relations Manager.........................................Richard Smith 

Public Information Manager ................................................Krissy Myers 

Public Information Assistant............................................... Tim Edwards 

Team Photographer ............................Frank McGrath, Jessica Hoffman 

Statistics Crew Director, Pacers ................................................ Bill York 

Statistics Crew Director, Fever .....................................Dana Whitehead 

Statistics Crew, Pacers ......... Bob Bernath, Bill Bevan, Randy Fishman, 

.............. Scott Fishman, Mike Furimsky, Paul Furimsky, David George, 

....................Ed Hruskocy, Tom Rietmann, Elliott Segal, Ed Whitehead, 

................................................................................................. Rick York 

Statistics Crew, Fever ............Bob Bernath, Trudy Bernath, Clara Caito, 

........................................ Scott Fishman, David George, Marie Kabrich, 

................... Beth Masariu, Judy Schneider, Janice Verplank, Rick York 

Media Room Attendants, Pacers .................. Kevin Buerge, Kathy Eren, 

..........Deborah Hughes, Susan Kessler, Kaye Totton, Dana Whitehead 

COMMUNICATIONS 

Vice President/Communications ......................................Quinn Buckner 

BROADCASTING 

Vice President/Broadcasting............................................... Jamie Berns 

Associate Director/ In-Arena and Studio Production............ Brian Rogat 

Director/Broadcast Engineering ............................................ Greg Smith 

Senior Producer/Editor................................................... Dean McDowell 

Producers/Editors ....Christopher Patton, Gary Joe Rice, Matthew Scott 

Radio Announcers, Pacers ...........Mark Boyle, Bob Leonard, Kevin Lee 

Television Announcers, Pacers .................Quinn Scott Buckner, A. Lintner, Chris Denari M.D. 

........................................................................................... Clark Kellogg 

Radio/Television Announcers, Fever...... Debbie Antonelli, Chris Denari 

................................................................................................ Kevin Lee 

PA Announcer, Pacers & Fever ....................................... Michael Grady


PACERS SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTORY 

ENTERTAINMENT 

Director/Game Operations and Fan Development.........Dean Heaviland 

Assoc. Director/Game Operations & Fan Development.... Doug Morgan 

Assoc. Director/Promotions..............................................Karen Atkeson 

Manager/Game Operations and Fan Development ..........Jamie Russell 

Dance Teams Coordinator/Choreographer.................. Michelle Duggan 

Game Operations Assistant ........................................... Ray Henderson 

MARKETING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING 

Senior Director/Marketing .................................................. Rob Laycock 

Associate Director/Creative Services..................................Jeff Johnson 

Senior Web Manager ............................................................ Justin Hunt 

Ticket Systems Manager...................................................... Julie Kolner 

Digital Marketing Manager ............................................Matthew Cooper 

Web Manager...................................................................Tamba Samba 

SALES 

CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS 

Vice President/Corporate Partnerships..............................Terry Tiernon 

Corporate Partnerships Services Manager .........................Janae' Swan 

Corporate Partnerships Business Manager ............. Matthew Lowstetter 

Corporate Partnerships Services Coordinators.................... Sarah Baird 

............................................................... Emily Cornforth, Heather Elrod 

Fever Corporate Partnership Sales Executive ............... Scott Higginson 

Corporate Partnership Sales Executives ...... Michael Lake, Chris Melby 

............................................................ Thorpe Miller, Collette Strickland 

Administrative Assistant ............................................... Marilynn Wernke 

TICKET SALES & SERVICES 

Interim Director/Ticket Sales & Services......................... Dionna Widder 

Director/Ticket Services ........................................................ Kevin Lane 

Director/Season Ticket Sales/Inside Sales ........................ Alan Mowrey 

Inside Sales Manager ...............................................Jason McGuinness 

Fever/Inside Sales Manager ............................................... Carly Venick 

Ticket Manager ................................................................. Brenda Smith 

Sales Manager ........................................................................Troy Brokl 

Suite Sales Manager............................................................. Mike White 

Suite Services Managers ...............Stephanie Babcock, Bethanie Smith 

Senior Ticket Services Coordinator.............................. Colleen Goddard 

Ticket Services Coordinators .................................................... Eric Flatt 

...........................................................Amber Matthews, Brian Stutzman 

Ticket Sales Events Coordinator.................................... Stephen Staker 

Premium Sales Consultant............................................... Edmound Elzy 

Senior Fever Sales Consultant ..................................... Samantha Hicks 

Pacers Sales Consultants ......................Andrew Boehner, Lauren Hyde 

..............................Kyle Krol, Alex Krows, Alex Montagano, Jason Rost 

Fever Sales Consultants ................................... Shira Amos, Lynn Miller 

Pacers Group Event Specialists................ Sam Elmore, Hannah Guess 

............................................................................................Steve Reitan 

Fever Group Event Specialist ..........................................Nathan Burger 

Fever Account Executives.................................................... Portia Miller 

......................................................................................MacKenzie Roth 

Account Executives...................................................................Eric Cole 

..............................................................................................Joe English 

........................................................................................... Ryan Gibson 

........................................................................................ Michael Glaser 

Ticket Sales Administrative Assistant ................................ Robin Burger 

Facilities 

Administrative Assistant/Facilities Office Manager .............Carrie Tipton 

Services/Merchandising & Operations Assistant ...........Beth Springman 

Administrative/Scheduling Assistant ........................................Kim Case 

ADMINISTRATION 

Vice President/Facilities Administration .............................. Harry James 

Director/Box Office...........................................................Paul Congress 

Box Office Manager ............................................................ Tricia Brown 

Box Office Coordinator................................................Beth Schumacher 

Box Office Ticket Sellers........................... Julie Clark, Scott Dunblazier, 

........................................................................................ Ursurla Harvey 

OPERATIONS/EVENT PRODUCTION 

Vice President/Production & Operations...........................Tom Rutledge 

Associate Director/Event Production ............................ Courtney Howell 

Production Manager.......................................................Doug Weitkamp 

Stage Foreman .....................................................................Jerry Horne 

Houseman........................................................................Michael Wecht 

Central Plant Manager ...............................................................Bob Taft 

Central Plant Coordinator ..................................................Charles Miles 

Utility Carpenter ..................................................................Tom Surface 

Shift Engineers, Central Plant................................................ Dan Karch 

..................................................................................Scott Sermersheim 

Housekeeping/Conversion Manager.......................... Steve Zimmerman 

Conversion.....................................................................Rodney Jenkins 

Housekeeping Supervisor.......................................................Bob Olsen 

Utility Setup........................................................................Terrie Burkes 

..............................................................................................Brian Hixon 

..............................................................................................Kevin Ligon 

.......................................................................................... Thomas Ross 

..............................................................................................Roy Woods 

Event Housekeeping............................................................Aaron Hixon 

SERVICES 

Vice President/Facilities and Event Services..........................Rich Kapp 

Director/Building Safety and Security .......................................John Ball 

Director/Merchandising ....................................................... Gary Nelson 

Guest Relations Manager ...................................................... B.J. Brown 

General Merchandise Manager ...........................................Mark Lippott 

Associate Merchandise Manager.................................... Brad Amberger 

Assistant Retail Manager .............................................. Jeremy Jackson 

Facility Security Coordinator ..............................................Mick Jackson 

Guest Relations Coordinator..........................................Michele Hoosier 

Contracted Services 

Live Nation Director/Booking .......................................... Marty Bechtold 

ESG Security ............................................................ Marcus Henderson 

IST Management Services.........................................Amy Hollingsworth 

..................................................................................... Christine Staples 

The Levy Restaurants/Director of Operations..................... Jerry Adams 

The Levy Restaurants/Executive Chef................................David Harvie 

Virginia Avenue Garage/Parking Manager .............................Jeff Allsup 


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PACERS SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT OWNERSHIP 

HERBERT SIMON, OWNER 

CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 

Herbert Simon is Chairman Emeritus of Simon Property Group, Inc., which owns or has 

an interest in more than 385 retail properties worldwide. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., along with 

brothers Melvin and Fred, and raised in the Bronx, Mr. Simon earned his bachelor’s 

degree at City College of New York. 

Mr. Simon, who with his late brother Melvin, purchased the Pacers in 1983 to ensure the 

team would stay in Indianapolis, also serves as Co-Chairman of Melvin Simon & 

Associates, Inc. which, prior to the formation of Simon Property Group, was the largest 

shopping center developer and manager in the nation and is still a privately owned 

company. 

Mr. Simon, together with Melvin, has led the company to a leadership position within the 

industry since 1960 that it continues to maintain today. Some of the “breakthrough” retail 

projects that have drawn worldwide industry and media attention under Simon leadership 

include The Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas, Nev., The Fashion Centre at 

Pentagon in the Washington, D.C. metro area and Circle Centre in Indianapolis, Ind., one 

of the key components in the revitalization of the city’s downtown. 

Another key component for downtown is Conseco Fieldhouse, the Pacers’ home which 

Mr. Simon helped lead the effort to build and is widely regarded as one of the best, if not 

the best, indoor arenas in the world. 

A firm supporter of professional, environmental and community groups, Mr. Simon has served on the Boards of numerous 

organizations and served a term as Chairman of the NBA Board of Governors. 

Mr. Simon is married and has seven children.


CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND GENERAL MANAGER 

Kelly Krauskopf is in her 12th season as 

the Indiana Fever’s Chief Operating 

Officer and her eighth as the team’s 

General Manager. The highest-ranking 

female sports administrator in 

Indianapolis, she has been the Fever’s 

chief executive since the franchise was 

founded in 1999. 

Since the team was established, 

Krauskopf has been the guiding force of 

the Fever from building the team roster to 

building a fan base for Indiana’s WNBA 

franchise. In her role with the Fever, 

Krauskopf oversees all aspects of the 

team's operation. 

Since moving to Indianapolis and 

beginning the task of building a WNBA 

franchise, Krauskopf has engineered 

numerous player moves enabling the 

Fever to improve the team and complete 

its finest season in 2009. The Fever 

carried the best record in the WNBA 

throughout the regular season en route to 

the club’s first regular season conference 

title and its fifth consecutive playoff 

appearance. The 2009 campaign eclipsed 

the Fever’s previous best seasons with 

identical 21-13 records in 2005, 2006 and 

2007 (and again in 2010 and 2011). 

Krauskopf has guided the franchise to 

eight playoff berths in its first 12 seasons – 

including a run of seven consecutive from 

2005 to 2011. Indiana has become one of 

the WNBA’s most successful franchises, 

joining the Los Angeles Sparks as the only 

clubs in league history to post six 20-win 

seasons during a 7-year span. 

The Krauskopf-built Fever is the most 

stable the franchise has ever been, led by 

a solid core of returning starters that 

include All-Stars Tamika Catchings, Katie 

Douglas and Tammy Sutton-Brown. 

Annually one of the league’s most active 

GMs, Krauskopf’s key trades and free 

agent acquisitions have re-tooled the 

Fever roster. 

Besides a February 2008 deal to land 

hometown star Douglas, other moves in 

recent years resulted in the signing of 

current veterans Tangela Smith and Erin 

Phillips. Past moves included veteran 

KELLY KRAUSKOPF 

centers Natalie Williams and Yolanda 

Griffith, and former point guard Kelly 

Miller. A midseason move during the 2002 

campaign brought veteran guard Coquese 

Washington to the Fever to ignite a late 

run to the franchise’s first appearance in 

the WNBA Playoffs. 

The cornerstone of the franchise was 

solidified by the draft selection of 

Catchings in the 2001 WNBA Draft. The 

third overall selection in the 2001 Draft 

and a 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympian, 

Catchings was named Rookie of the Year 

in 2002 and Defensive Player of the Year 

in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. She is a 

seven-time WNBA All-Star and an eighttime 

All-WNBA selection who has finished 

in the top five in MVP balloting eight times. 

Krauskopf also serves on USA 

Basketball’s Women’s Senior National 

Team Committee, helping to select from 

WNBA players to develop U.S. National 

Team rosters. Krauskopf has been a 

committee member since 2000, helping 

select the gold-medal winning roster for 

the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 

and again for Beijing in 2008. 

Krauskopf has been in the forefront of 

the development of the WNBA. In 

September 1996, she was named the 

WNBA’s first Director of Basketball 

Operations. In that role, she was involved 

in all phases of the league’s start-up 

operation and initiatives. She also 

developed the league’s first set of playing 

rules, officiating policies, scheduling and 

other league standards, while working 

daily with WNBA team general managers 

and operations personnel. 

Before joining the WNBA, Krauskopf was 

the Managing Director of League 

Development for Media Sports 

Partnership, Limited in Dallas, Tex. From 

1990 to 1994, she was Assistant 

Commissioner for the Southwest 

Conference. In addition to overseeing 

league marketing, she was the chief 

administrator for all eight women’s sports 

programs in the conference. She served 

from 1986 to 1990 as Texas A&M’s 

Assistant Athletic Director for Women’s 

Sports/Marketing. 

Krauskopf has served on committees for 

the Women’s Sports Foundation, the 

Women’s Basketball Coaches 

Association, Citizenship for Sports 

Alliance, and Texas A&M’s Lettermen’s 

Association Board of Directors. She 

currently serves on the Indiana Sports 

Corporation Presidents Council. 

Recently, she was part of the Local 

Organizing Committee that hosted the 

2011 NCAA Women’s Final Four at 

Conseco Fieldhouse where she proudly 

watched her alma mater win its first 

national championship in women’s 

basketball. 

A 1983 graduate of Texas A&M 

University with a bachelor of arts degree in 

journalism, she was a three-year 

letterwinner in basketball for the Lady 

Aggies after transferring from Stephen F. 

Austin University where she played her 

freshman year under legendary coach Sue 

Gunter. 


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The fourth head coach in Indiana Fever 

history, Lin Dunn is regarded as one of the most 

successful women’s basketball coaches in 

history. Well-chronicled as one of the nation’s 

foremost pioneers of women’s basketball and 

one of its most prominent coaches and leaders, 

she has been a proven winner at both the 

college and pro levels, evidenced by three hall 

of fame inductions in 2010. 

Dunn became the winningest coach in Fever 

history earlier this season and has guided 

Indiana to 81 victories in four seasons as head 

coach (81-55, .596). She enters her fourth 

consecutive WNBA Playoffs campaign which is 

the longest current streak among WNBA 

coaches. 

Dunn’s coaching career preceded the 

passing of Title IX legislation in the 1970s. Her 

storied career includes trips to the NCAA Final 

Four and the WNBA Finals. A native of 

Dresden, Tenn., she was named to the 

Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame on Feb. 19, 

2010. She was inducted into the Indiana 

Basketball Hall of Fame on April 24, 2010. She 

was inducted into her alma mater’s athletics hall 

of fame at UT-Martin on Oct. 16, 2010. 

A longtime college coach and former general 

manager and head coach of the Seattle Storm, 

Dunn returned to her position as head coach 

when she was named to guide the Fever on 

Dec. 12, 2007. Then the owner of 525 wins as a 

college and professional coach, Dunn shed the 

assistant title she had worn the previous four 

seasons in Indiana in order to return to the head 

coaching ranks. 

After four seasons as head coach of the 

Fever, she now boasts 606 college and pro 

wins. 

She entered the 2009 playoffs as coach of 

the East’s top seeded team, eventually guiding 

the Fever to her first-ever appearance in a 

WNBA Finals championship series. Her 2011 

club led the East again. 

A top candidate for the league’s top coaching 

award in 2011, Dunn was the runner-up in 

coach of the year balloting in 2009. After a 

summer with the WNBA’s best record from 

June through August, and a franchise-record 22 

regular season wins, Dunn brought Indiana 

within minutes of the championship that has 

eluded her through 10 WNBA seasons since 

2000. 

Dunn’s coaching resume includes four 

decades of coaching at the highest levels – the 

past 10 years in the professional ranks, 

between stints in Portland, Seattle and Indiana. 

Prior to her four seasons as a Fever assistant, 

Dunn served as head coach and general 

manager of the Seattle Storm, operating the 

city’s expansion franchise from 1999 to 2002. 

Dunn served in a scouting capacity for the 

Fever and former coach Nell Fortner during the 

2003 season, and was added to the Fever staff 

in 2004 – allowing her to remain close to her 


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HEAD COACH 

LIN DUNN 

Tennessee roots. She completed four seasons 

as an assistant coach with the Fever, the final 

three which saw Indiana match its franchise 

record with identical 21-13 records. 

Before joining the Fever, Dunn built the 

Storm by drafting eventual league MVP Lauren 

Jackson and 2002 NCAA Player of the Year 

Sue Bird. In her final year with the Storm, 2002, 

she guided Seattle to a 17-15 record and the 

club’s first appearance in the WNBA Playoffs. 

Dunn was runner-up as the WNBA’s Coach of 

the Year. 

It was with the Storm, at Conseco Fieldhouse 

coincidentally, that she recorded her 500th 

coaching victory, when Seattle defeated the 

Fever, 74-71 in overtime, on June 4, 2001. 

Dunn’s first assignment in professional 

basketball came with a midseason phone call to 

take over the coaching reigns of the American 

Basketball League’s Portland Power during its 

inaugural campaign in 1996-97. She won her 

first game on the same night she was 

introduced as the head coach. A year later, 

Dunn led the Power on a worst-to-first run that 

culminated with a 27-17 record and a Western 

Conference championship. The remarkable 

turnaround earned Dunn the ABL Coach of the 

Year honor while guiding such stars as DeLisha 

Milton-Jones, Sonja Henning, Elaine Powell and 

former Fever center and two-time ABL MVP 

Natalie Williams. Portland was in first place at 

9-4 when the ABL ceased operations two days 

before Christmas in 1998. 

Her tenure in Portland not only continued the 

coaching success she has achieved at every 

level of her career, but also enhanced her 

profile off the court. In the fledgling league that 

preceded the WNBA, Dunn’s charisma helped 

the Power to achieve the largest marketing 

revenue in the ABL and its second-highest 

attendance. 

She is perhaps best known as the architect 

of the Purdue University women’s basketball 

program, guiding the Boilermakers for nine 

seasons (1988-96) and collecting three Big Ten 

conference titles. She led the Old Gold-and- 

Black to seven NCAA Tournaments, four Sweet 

Sixteen appearances and a trip to the Final 

Four in 1994. In nine years at Purdue, she 

earned a 206-68 (.752) record and catapulted 

the school among the elite women’s basketball 

programs in the country. She still is the 

program’s winningest coach. 

Dunn coached and recruited three Kodak All- 

Americans, three Big Ten Players of the Year 

and two Big Ten Athletes of the Year. Future 

WNBA stars that emerged from her tenure at 

Purdue were Summer Erb, Ukari Figgs, Stacey 

Lovelace, Michelle VanGorp and former Fever 

star Stephanie White. 

Since her collegiate coaching career began 

at Austin Peay in 1970, she put together a 

remarkable 25-year record that includes a .635 

career winning percentage at four schools (447- 

257). She left three of those schools – Purdue, 

Miami and Austin Peay – as the winningest 

coach in program history. 

On the national level, she served on USA 

Basketball staffs for the 1992 Olympics and 

1990 gold medal-winning World Championship 

and Goodwill Games teams. She was head 

coach of the 1995 bronze medal-winning USA 

Jones Cup team, and also served for eight 

years on the USA Basketball Team selection 

committee. 

Prior to arriving in West Lafayette, she 

coached at Miami, Fla., from 1979-87. She 

posted a 149-119 (.556) record through eight 

seasons and was the first coach to award a 

scholarship to a women’s basketball player. 

One of the last players she recruited, Frances 

Savage, was a Kodak All-American in 1992. 

She was named the Florida Coach of the Year 

in 1980-81. 

After building a program at Austin Peay for 

five years, Dunn spent one season at 

Mississippi before taking the Miami job. She led 

the Rebels to a 25-15 record and a 12th-place 

finish at the AIAW National Tournament. Her 

club ended three-time national champion Delta 

State’s 56-game winning streak and was named 

the Mississippi Coach of the Year. 

Dunn also has earned induction into the 

athletic halls of fame at both Miami and Austin 

Peay. She served as chair of the Kodak All- 

America Selection Committee from 1982-88 

and was president of the Women’s Basketball 

Coaches Association in 1984-85. 

Dunn earned a B.S. degree in health, 

physical education and English from 

Tennessee-Martin. A year later, she received 

an M.S. degree in physical education from 

Tennessee-Knoxville.


COLLEGIATE COACHING HISTORY 

YEAR TEAM POSITION 

1970-71 ..... Austin Peay (3-6) .........................................Head Coach 

1971-72 ..... Austin Peay (6-4) .........................................Head Coach 

1972-73 ..... Austin Peay (19-9) .......................................Head Coach 

1973-74 ..... Austin Peay (19-10) .....................................Head Coach 

1974-75 ..... Austin Peay (11-10) ....................................Head Coach 

1975-76 ..... Austin Peay (9-16) ......................................Head Coach 

1977-78 ..... Mississippi (25-15).......................................Head Coach 

1978-79 ..... Miami (10-13)...............................................Head Coach 

1979-80 ..... Miami (18-16) ..............................................Head Coach 




1983-84 ..... Miami (19-12) ..............................................Head Coach 

1984-85 ..... Miami (21-7) ................................................Head Coach 

1985-86 ..... Miami (9-18) ................................................Head Coach 


1987-88 ..... Purdue (21-10) ............................................Head Coach 

1988-89 ..... Purdue (24-6) ..............................................Head Coach 








Record at Austin Peay – 67-55, .549 (six seasons) 

Record at Mississippi – 25-15, .625 (one season) 

Record at Miami (Fla.) – 149-119, .556 (nine seasons) 

Record at Purdue – 206-68, .752 (nine seasons) 

Career Collegiate Record – 447-257, .635 (25 seasons) 

ABL & WNBA COACHING HISTORY 

YEAR TEAM POSITION 

1996-97 ..... ABL Portland Power (9-9)............................Head Coach 

1997-98 ..... ABL Portland Power (27-17)........................Head Coach 

1998-99 ..... ABL Portland Power (9-4)............................Head Coach 

2000 .......... Seattle Storm (6-26) ....................................Head Coach/GM 

2001 .......... Seattle Storm (10-22) ..................................Head Coach/GM 

2002 .......... Seattle Storm (17-15) ..................................Head Coach/GM 

2004 .......... Indiana Fever (15-19) ..................................Assistant Coach 




2008 .......... Indiana Fever (17-17) ..................................Head Coach 

2009 .......... Indiana Fever (22-12) ..................................Head Coach 



Record at ABL Portland – 45-30, .600 (three seasons) 

Record at WNBA Seattle – 33-63, .344 (three seasons) 

Record at WNBA Indiana – 81-55, .596 (four seasons) 

Career WNBA Record – 114-118, .491 (seven seasons) 

Career Pro Record – 159-148, .518 (10 seasons) 

Overall College and Pro Coaching Record – 606-405, .599 (35 

seasons) 

HEAD COACH 

LIN DUNN 

USA BASKETBALL/INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 

Bronze medal in 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona (assistant coach) 

Gold medal in 1990 World Championships (assistant coach) 

Gold medal in 1990 Goodwill Games (assistant coach) 

Bronze medal in 1995 as head coach of the Jones Cup team 

HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS 

UT-Martin Athletics Hall of Fame, 2010 

Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, 2010 

Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, 2010 

Runner-up, WNBA Coach of the Year, 2009 

Runner-up, WNBA Coach of the Year, 2002 

WNBA All-Star Game head coach, 2009 

ABL Coach of the Year, 1998 

ABL All-Star Game assistant coach, 1998 

Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year, 1989, 1991 

Lafayette (Ind.) Woman of Achievement Award, 1990 

Florida Coach of the Year, 1981 

Mississippi Coach of the Year, 1978 

President of Women’s Basketball Coaches Assoc., 1984-85 

Chair of Kodak All-America Selection Committee, 1982-88 

University of Miami Athletic Hall of Fame, 2003 

Austin Peay State University Athletic Hall of Fame, 1982 

PERSONAL 

Education: B.S. in health, physical education and English, University of 

Tennessee-Martin, 1969; M.S. in physical education, University of 

Tennessee-Knoxville, 1970 

High School: Dresden HS 

Hometown: Dresden, Tenn. 

Born: 5/10/47 in Nashville, Tenn. 


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0 SHANNON BOBBITT Guard 5-2 130 12/6/85 Tennessee 2 Yrs WNBA 

Last Game: She had a team-high six assists to go with two steals, six points and two rebounds in 

nearly 29 minutes (28:49) vs. Atlanta, 9/11. 

� She has collected 10 steals in the last three games and is sixth in the league with an average of 

2.73 steals per 40 minutes played. 

� She has 16 assists and five turnovers (3.2:1) in the last four games. 

� The seventh player in Fever franchise to hit four or more 3-pt FG without a miss, she was 4-4 from 

long range on her way to a career-high 16 points at New York, 9/9. She added a team-best, and 

season-high, seven assists, four steals and a rebound in 36 minutes against the Liberty. 

� The game at Prudential Center was her first start since 2009. 

� While scoring just two points on 2-4 FT, she led the Fever with a game-high four steals and passed out one assist in 11+ 

minutes vs. Washington, 9/7. 

� Before hitting 1-1 from beyond the 3-pt line at Chicago, she had shot 1-8 from beyond the arc in the previous six games. 

� She has had 12 offensive rebounds this season, including two on two occasions. 

� She has had 27 steals in the last 18 games, after having had just three in her first 13 appearances. 

� She has scored seven or more points nine times this season and has averaged 6.4 ppg in the last 15 games. She has shot 

33-84 FG with 13-30 from 3-pt range in those 15 games 

� On her only shot of the game at Washington, 7/29, she broke a 59-59 tie with a runner in the lane with no time left, giving 

the Fever its third straight win. 

� She has played over 13 minutes 12 times this season and scored at least seven points in nine. 

Career & Personal Highlights 

� In training camp with the L.A. Sparks, she made one preseason appearance before being waived. She had four assists, 

two steals, two rebounds and six points (2-4 FG, 2-2 FT) in preseason against San Antonio, 5/8. 

� In two seasons (2008 & 2009) with the L.A. Sparks, she averaged 3.0 ppg, 2.3 apg and 1.6 rpg. 

� She played in all but one game in 2009, starting three of the 33 and averaging 2.2 points, 1.4 assists and 10.7 minutes per 

game. She scored in double figures once with 10 points on 4-6 FG and 2-3 3-pt FG in 17 minutes against the Washington 

Mystics, 7/11. 

� As a rookie in 2008, she played in 26 games for the Sparks, including 17 as a starter. She averaged better than four points 

a game (4.1 ppg) and led the team with 3.5 apg, which ranked 16th best in the WNBA. 

BOBBITT'S GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 

Date Opponent W-L G GS MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TR A PF ST TO BS PTS 

6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 0 8:42 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 

6/10 NEW YORK L Did Not Play--Coach's Decision 

6/11 at New York W Did Not Play--Coach's Decision 

6/14 TULSA W Did Not Play--Coach's Decision 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 0 5:37 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 0 21:00 1 6 0 2 5 6 0 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 7 

6/21 at Washington W 1 0 12:27 0 2 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 1 4 0 2 0 2 

6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 4:17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 

6/26 at Minnesota W 1 0 4:53 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 

6/28 PHOENIX W 1 0 9:23 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 0 13:08 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 1 0 3:27 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 8:49 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 0 7:49 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 

7/17 at Connecticut L 1 0 11:43 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 

7/19 at Atlanta L 1 0 7:02 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 0 23:17 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 5 0 7 

7/28 at Connecticut W 1 0 27:23 4 10 2 5 3 4 0 4 4 5 3 5 2 0 13 

7/29 at Washington W 1 0 10:44 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 

7/31 LOS ANGELES W 1 0 21:35 3 6 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 9 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 0 20:30 3 6 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 7 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 0 16:59 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 8 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 0 9:30 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 0 12:04 1 3 1 2 2 2 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 5 

8/16 at San Antonio W 1 0 24:24 3 12 1 5 2 2 2 4 6 1 2 1 1 0 9 

8/18 at Los Angeles L 1 0 11:01 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 

8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 0 19:02 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 2 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 0 10:16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 0 5:55 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 

9/ 2 at Connecticut L 1 0 19:04 2 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 4 

9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 0 12:48 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 0 11:24 0 4 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 

9/ 9 at New York L 1 1 36:10 6 7 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 4 2 0 16 

9/11 ATLANTA L 1 1 28:49 2 6 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 6 2 2 3 0 6 

2011 Season Totals 31 3 439 41 115 17 44 23 30 12 29 41 54 33 30 37 0 122 

Averages 14.2 1.3 3.7 0.5 1.4 0.7 1.0 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.7 1.1 0.97 1.2 0.00 3.9 

Career Totals 90 23 1344 102 327 45 152 50 65 39 99 138 190 107 70 128 2 299 

Averages 14.9 1.1 3.6 0.5 1.7 0.6 0.7 0.4 1.1 1.5 2.1 1.2 0.78 1.4 0.02 3.3 


12 

Bobbitt’s Career Highs 

MIN:...................... 44, at MIN, 7/27/08 

FGM:...........................6, at NY, 9/9/11 

FGA: .....................12, vs. PHO, 7/6/08 

.......................... 12, vs. SAN., 7/14/08 

............................ 12, at SAN, 8/16/11 

3-pt FGM: ...................4, at NY, 9/9/11 

3-pt FGA:................8, vs. PHO, 7/6/08 

FTM: ......................5, at PHO, 6/19/11 

FTA:.......................6, vs. S.A., 8/30/08 

..............................6, at PHO, 6/19/11 

OR: ..........................3, vs. MIN, 7/3/08 

..............................3, vs. S.A., 7/14/08 

DR: ........................5, at WAS, 7/11/09 

TR:.........................6, vs. MIN, 7/27/08 

...............................6, at DET, 7/22/08 

.............................. 6, at SAN, 8/16/11 

AST: ..................... 10, at MIN, 7/27/08 

..............................10, at HOU, 9/6/08 

ST:.........................5, at CON, 7/28/11 

BKS: ...................... 1, vs. CHI, 6/18/08 

.................................1, at N.Y., 7/9/09 

PTS: .........................16, at NY, 9/9/11 

Career highs established, or tied, during 

2011 are underlined bold.

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT GOALS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS 

Year Rd Date Site Opponent W-L G GS MIN FGM FGA PCT FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF STL TO BLK PTS 

LOS ANGELES SPARKS 

2008 WSF 9/19 Seattle W 1 1 24 1 9 .111 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 3 3 4 2 0 1 0 3 

2008 WSF 9/21 @ Seattle L 1 1 21 2 4 .500 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 5 

2008 WSF 9/23 @ Seattle W 1 1 24 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 1 4 .250 2 1 3 2 5 2 0 0 8 

2008 WF 9/25 San Antonio W 1 1 20 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 

2008 WF 9/27 @ San Antonio L 1 1 26 2 12 .167 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 1 4 3 2 2 0 6 

2008 WF 9/28 @ San Antonio L 1 1 12 2 6 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 5 

2009 WSF 9/16 Seattle W 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 

2009 WSF 9/18 @ Seattle L DNP 

2009 WSF 9/20 @ Seattle W DNP 

2009 WF 9/23 Phoenix L 1 4 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 

2009 WF 9/25 @ Phoenix W DNP 

2009 WF 9/26 @ Phoenix L 1 4 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

INDIANA FEVER 

2011 ESF 9/15 New York 

2011 ESF 9/17 @ New York 


0 Shannon Bobbitt -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 

TOTALS 9 6 137 10 44 .227 6 21 .286 1 4 .250 3 7 10 18 22 5 9 0 27 

career high 26 3 12 .500 2 6 .500 1 4 .250 2 3 3 5 5 2 3 0 8 

career low 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SEASON TOTALS 

2008 LA 6 6 127 10 40 .250 6 19 .316 1 4 .250 3 6 9 18 19 5 8 0 27 

2009 LA 3 0 10 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

LOS ANGELES CAREER TOTALS 9 6 137 10 44 .227 6 21 .286 1 4 .250 3 7 10 18 22 5 9 0 27 

Los Angeles Career Averages 15.2 1.1 4.9 0.7 2.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.1 2.0 2.4 0.56 1.0 0.00 3.0 

INDIANA CAREER TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Indiana Career Averages 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 

CAREER TOTALS 9 6 137 10 44 .227 6 21 .286 1 4 .250 3 7 10 18 22 5 9 0 27 

Averages 15.2 1.1 4.9 0.7 2.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.1 2.0 2.4 0.56 1.0 0.00 3.0


24 TAMIKA CATCHINGS Forward 6-1 167 7/21/79 Tennessee ’01 10 Yrs WNBA 

Last Game: Ending a run of 114 consecutive appearances, the second longest streak in franchise 

history, she did not dress for the game vs. Atlanta, 9/11, due to a strained right knee. 

� Scoring in single digits for the first time in 11 games, she tallied nine on 2-8 FG and 5-5 FT at New 

York, 9/9. While leading the Fever six rebounds, she added an assist, two steals and a blocked 

shot in 34+ minutes against the Liberty. 

� She shot 25-27 FT in her last five games and was seventh in the league with a career-high 88.3 

percent from the line. 

� Notching her fourth double-double of the season, and the 72nd of her career, she had 17 points 

and a team-high 10 rebounds to go along with a blocked shot in 36+ minutes vs. Washington, 9/7. 

� The only member of the Fever to lead the team in points, rebounds and assists in the same game, she did so three times, 

including the game at Chicago, 9/4, where she recorded 17 points, seven rebounds and a game-high six assists in 33+ 

minutes. In her hometown, she added a steal and a blocked shot in 34 minutes. 

� Fourth in the WNBA with a team-high 162 free throw attempts, her 143 FTM were third most in the league. 

� She finished fourth in the WNBA in steals and was tied for 11th in the WNBA in blocks. 

� Her seventh point vs. the Liberty, 8/13, was the 5,000th of her career, as she became the sixth in league history to reach 

that mark. She matched a career high with 32 points in that game and was was 17-19 from the foul line, setting Fever 

records for free throws made and attempted in a single game. 

� She has blocked 278 shots in her career, 14th on the WNBA's all-time career list. 

� With 43 steals in her last 22 games, she has become the WNBA's all-time career leader with 775 thefts in 10 seasons. 


� She has shot 163-192 free throws in her playoffs career and both her FTM and FTA are third most in WNBA history, and 

most for any active player in the league. 

� She has collected exactly 300 rebounds in her postseason career, fifth most in WNBA history. 

� Ninth all-time in league history with 123 career assists in the playoffs, her 72 steals in the postseason are a WNBA career 

record. 

� She is 12th on the WNBA's all-time career playoff points list with 542. 

� The first player in WNBA history with 5,000 points, 2,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists, she is the only player to rank in the 

league's all-time career top 10 in all three categories. 

� Named an All-Star for the seventh time in her career in 2011, she received the most votes from the fans for the third time. 

� Including 2010, she has finished among the top three in balloting for the WNBA MVP Award in five of her nine active pro seasons and has finished among 

the top five in MVP balloting in 8 of 9 active seasons 

CATCHINGS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 1 32:26 4 13 0 3 7 7 3 6 9 3 2 3 2 0 15 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 1 32:23 6 12 1 2 2 2 0 6 6 3 3 2 4 0 13 

6/11 at New York W 1 1 30:41 7 10 1 2 4 4 2 0 2 4 3 3 4 1 19 

6/14 TULSA W 1 1 32:33 4 13 0 1 0 0 1 6 7 7 1 1 2 0 8 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 1 28:01 4 11 0 3 0 0 5 9 14 0 3 1 2 0 8 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 1 37:09 6 14 2 5 3 4 5 10 15 3 4 2 3 1 17 

6/21 at Washington W 1 1 34:34 5 12 1 3 4 4 1 5 6 7 3 1 1 0 15 

6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 30:24 3 9 0 3 7 8 3 9 12 5 1 2 1 0 13 


6/28 PHOENIX W 1 1 35:09 5 12 0 1 4 4 3 2 5 7 2 4 1 3 14 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 1 29:38 4 7 1 2 2 3 2 4 6 3 1 4 2 1 11 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 1 1 32:33 4 13 0 1 2 2 6 1 7 4 0 6 0 3 10 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 30:37 3 8 1 1 6 6 0 5 5 7 1 1 1 1 13 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 1 33:28 6 13 2 5 8 8 2 3 5 1 2 1 2 1 22 

7/17 at Connecticut L 1 1 34:16 6 11 1 3 5 7 3 12 15 1 2 3 4 0 18 

7/19 at Atlanta L 1 1 35:26 8 19 0 4 6 7 2 6 8 6 3 1 2 0 22 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 1 29:33 5 12 1 3 2 2 3 4 7 3 3 1 1 0 13 


7/29 at Washington W 1 1 34:03 6 12 2 3 2 2 0 9 9 5 1 0 4 2 16 

7/31 LOS ANGELES W 1 1 20:16 1 7 0 1 2 4 4 7 11 6 1 1 2 0 4 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 1 18:23 5 9 2 4 3 3 0 4 4 1 2 2 1 2 15 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 1 29:08 2 6 0 2 4 6 1 2 3 5 1 3 3 1 8 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 1 32:48 7 13 3 3 4 5 1 5 6 3 1 1 2 3 21 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 1 29:43 7 12 1 4 17 19 0 0 0 3 4 3 4 1 32 

8/16 at San Antonio W 1 1 35:28 9 15 1 3 7 8 1 4 5 2 1 3 2 3 26 


8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 1 26:46 5 9 0 0 3 4 5 3 8 5 1 4 1 1 13 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 1 31:23 7 16 1 3 7 9 0 3 3 0 3 3 2 0 22 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 1 30:46 6 13 2 5 6 6 2 5 7 3 4 3 4 1 20 


9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 1 33:49 5 10 1 1 6 7 1 6 7 6 2 1 2 1 17 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 1 35:27 5 10 1 1 6 7 1 9 10 0 2 0 4 1 17 

9/ 9 at New York L 1 1 34:30 2 8 0 3 5 5 1 5 6 1 3 2 5 1 9 

9/11 ATLANTA L Did Not Dress--Strained Right Knee 

2011 Season Totals 33 33 1039 168 384 32 92 143 162 63 170 233 115 69 67 73 30 511 

Averages 31 5.1 11.6 1.0 2.8 4.3 4.9 1.9 5.2 7.1 3.5 2.1 2.03 2.2 0.91 15.5 

Career Totals 313 304 10333 1645 3963 453 1262 1433 1718 698 1669 2367 1147 895 775 808 278 5176 

Averages 33.0 5.3 12.7 1.4 4.0 4.6 5.5 2.2 5.3 7.6 3.7 2.9 2.48 2.6 0.89 16.5 


14 

Catchings’ Career Highs 

MIN............... 45, at CON, 2ot, 6/26/03 

...........................at WAS, 2ot, 6/18/05 

FGM .....................13, vs. ORL, 8/7/02 

FGA .....................24, at HOU, 7/31/04 

3-Pt FGM.............6, at ORL, ot, 7/3/02 

3-Pt FGA................12, at WAS, 8/6/02 

FTM ....................15, vs. PHO, 5/24/05 

FTA.....................17, vs. PHO, 5/24/05 

OR ......................10, vs. CHA, 8/20/05 

DR ................13, at WAS, 2ot, 6/18/05 

............................ vs. DET, ot, 6/15/05 

TR................. 16, at CON, 2ot, 6/26/03 

................................. vs. DET, 6/29/06 

.................................vs. CHA, 8/20/05 

AST ....................... 11, vs. CHI, 7/8/07 

ST..........................9, vs. MIN, 7/26/02 

BKS ......................5, vs. CHA, 6/18/06 

PTS ........................ 32, vs. NY, 6/8/02 

...................................vs. ORL, 8/7/02 

.....................................at NY, 8/22/03 





INDIANA FEVER 

2002 ESF 8/16 New York W 1 1 33 11 19 .579 4 8 .500 3 4 .750 3 8 11 4 1 3 4 1 29 

2002 ESF 8/18 @ New York L 1 1 37 7 14 .500 1 5 .200 5 5 1.000 6 8 14 2 3 0 4 0 20 

2002 ESF 8/20 @ New York L 1 1 33 4 12 .333 3 8 .375 1 2 .500 3 4 7 1 3 1 3 0 12 

2005 ESF 8/30 @ New York W 1 1 39 6 11 .545 1 3 .333 6 8 .750 2 10 12 0 3 1 4 0 19 

2005 ESF 9/1 New York W 1 1 37 5 19 .263 2 5 .400 7 8 .875 6 6 12 2 2 1 1 0 19 

2005 EF 9/8 Connecticut L 1 1 26 2 11 .182 1 2 .500 5 8 .625 4 4 8 2 2 2 3 0 10 

2005 EF 9/10 @ Connecticut L 1 1 44 8 18 .444 1 2 .500 4 4 1.000 1 4 5 5 6 4 3 1 21 

2006 ESF 8/17 Detroit L 1 1 32 6 16 .375 2 4 .500 3 4 .750 0 6 6 5 4 1 3 0 17 

2006 ESF 8/19 @ Detroit L 1 1 30 4 15 .267 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 2 4 6 2 4 1 3 1 11 

2007 ESF 8/23 @ Connecticut L 1 1 47 5 17 .294 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 2 18 20 7 2 3 3 1 14 

2007 ESF 8/25 Connecticut W 1 1 27 6 14 .429 0 2 .000 3 3 1.000 2 11 13 2 3 2 2 0 15 

2007 ESF 8/27 Connecticut W 1 1 43 6 13 .462 2 2 1.000 16 17 .941 4 9 13 6 2 0 2 1 30 

2007 EF 8/31 Detroit W 1 1 36 5 15 .333 2 8 .250 10 13 .769 1 10 11 1 4 3 1 1 22 

2007 EF 9/2 @ Detroit L 1 1 27 2 8 .250 0 2 .000 3 4 .750 1 3 4 1 2 4 2 0 7 

2007 EF 9/3 @ Detroit L 1 1 16 3 6 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 2 3 5 2 2 1 0 0 7 

2008 ESF 9/19 Detroit L 1 1 36 4 10 .400 0 4 .000 11 12 .917 1 4 5 7 4 2 3 2 19 

2008 ESF 9/21 @ Detroit W 1 1 41 5 11 .455 3 5 .600 14 15 .933 2 8 10 3 5 0 3 0 27 

2008 ESF 9/23 @ Detroit L 1 1 35 6 13 .462 0 2 .000 3 3 1.000 0 8 8 8 3 1 5 0 15 

2009 ESF 9/17 @ Washington W 1 1 35 9 15 .600 2 3 .667 6 7 .857 5 7 12 3 2 1 3 1 26 

2009 ESF 9/19 Washington W 1 1 40 6 11 .545 1 4 .250 11 12 .917 5 11 16 5 4 4 3 4 24 

2009 EF 9/23 @ Detroit L 1 1 33 4 11 .364 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 6 5 11 3 3 3 4 1 9 

2009 EF 9/25 Detroit W 1 1 36 6 13 .462 1 6 .167 9 11 .818 1 8 9 5 4 6 4 0 22 

2009 EF 9/26 Detroit W 1 1 35 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 8 8 1.000 0 8 8 5 3 3 6 0 10 

2009 Finals 9/29 @ Phoenix L 1 1 31 2 7 .286 1 4 .250 3 3 1.000 1 5 6 5 6 2 2 2 8 

2009 Finals 10/1 @ Phoenix W 1 1 36 8 17 .471 0 3 .000 3 3 1.000 1 8 9 11 3 2 4 0 19 

2009 Finals 10/4 Phoenix W 1 1 38 3 12 .250 1 3 .333 7 10 .700 0 12 12 7 1 4 4 3 14 

2009 Finals 10/7 Phoenix L 1 1 35 11 17 .647 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 4 8 12 4 4 3 3 1 24 

2009 Finals 10/9 @ Phoenix L 1 1 37 6 13 .462 2 4 .500 2 4 .500 1 8 9 6 4 5 1 2 16 

2010 ESF 8/26 @ New York L 1 1 36 5 15 .333 1 5 .200 7 8 .875 0 7 7 6 3 4 2 2 18 

2010 ESF 8/29 New York W 1 1 35 6 13 .462 2 4 .500 3 4 .750 4 9 13 1 3 2 1 0 17 

2010 ESF 9/1 @ New York L 1 1 36 8 18 .444 2 5 .400 3 4 .750 1 5 6 2 1 3 0 0 21 




24 Tamika Catchings -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 

TOTALS 31 31 1082 170 410 .415 39 121 .322 163 192 .849 71 229 300 123 96 72 86 24 542 

career high 47 11 19 .647 4 8 1.000 16 17 1.000 6 18 20 11 6 6 6 4 30 

career low 16 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 

SEASON TOTALS 

2002 IND 3 3 103 22 45 .489 8 21 .381 9 11 .818 12 20 32 7 7 4 11 1 61 

2005 IND 4 4 146 21 59 .356 5 12 .417 22 28 .786 13 24 37 9 13 8 11 1 69 

2006 IND 2 2 62 10 31 .323 4 8 .500 4 6 .667 2 10 12 7 8 2 6 1 28 

2007 IND 6 6 196 27 73 .370 5 19 .263 36 41 .878 12 54 66 19 15 13 10 3 95 

2008 IND 3 3 112 15 34 .441 3 11 .273 28 30 .933 3 20 23 18 12 3 11 2 61 

2009 IND 10 10 356 56 122 .459 9 36 .250 51 60 .850 24 80 104 54 34 33 34 14 172 

2010 IND 3 3 107 19 46 .413 5 14 .357 13 16 .813 5 21 26 9 7 9 3 2 56 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

INDIANA CAREER TOTALS 31 31 1082 170 410 .415 39 121 .322 163 192 .849 71 229 300 123 96 72 86 24 542 

Indiana Career Averages 34.9 5.5 13.2 1.3 3.9 5.3 6.2 2.3 7.4 9.7 4.0 3.1 2.32 2.8 0.77 17.5


50 JESSICA DAVENPORT Center 6-5 215 6/21/85 Ohio State ’07 4 Yrs WNBA 

Last Game: Falling one rebound short of her second double-double this season, she added 15 

points and a steal to her team-high nine boards vs. Atlanta, 9/11. 

� 15 points was her best offensive outing in 13 games--since tallying 17 at Tulsa, 8/5. 

� The leading candidate for the WNBA's Most Improved Player Award, she scored 20+ points three 

times this season, after having never scored more than 19 in her first four WNBA seasons. 

� She shot 7-10 FG against the Dream and finished the season 145-274 from the floor (.529), fourth 

best in the league. 

� She has posted three of the four best field goal percentage seasons in Fever franchise history. 

� On 2-3 FG, she scored four points and pulled down two rebounds with two steals and a blocked shot in nearly 15 minutes 

(14:42) against her former teammates in New York, 9/9. 

� For the season, she averaged a career-high 10.7 ppg, 31st in the WNBA. 

� She has had multiple steals six times this season, including her two against the Liberty. 

� She handed out 15 assists in 2011, tying her career-high set in 2010. 

� Her 20 points vs. the Sky, 7/21, included a career-high eight free throws on a career-best 10 attempts. 

� She blocked multiple shots in 11 of the last 31 games and was fifth in the league with an average of 1.32 bpg. 

� In her first start as a member of the Fever, she had nine points, three rebounds and a blocked shot in 20+ minutes vs. 

Connecticut, 6/25. 


� She set a Fever franchise single-season record by hitting 57.1 percent from the floor (96-168 FG) in 2010. 

� Averaging 7.4 ppg, she scored 10+ points 10 times last season. 

� Signed after a season-ending injury to Yolanda Griffith, she played in 26 games in 2009 and averaged 2.8 points, 1.5 

rebounds and 0.54 blocks. She posted the team’s highest field goal percentage, shooting 52.7 percent from the field and 

ranked third in the WNBA in blocks per 40 minutes with 3.09. 

� The No. 2 pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft, Davenport was signed by the Fever as a free agent four games into the 2009 

regular season after being waived by the New York Liberty 

� The first Ohio State player to don a Fever uniform, she joins Katie Douglas as former players of the year in the Big Ten Conference to play for Indiana. 

� After seeing limited minutes during the 2009 regular season, she sparked Indiana in the WNBA Finals by scoring in double figures twice, including a 

career-high 18 points in Game 5 at Phoenix. 

DAVENPORT'S GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 0 11:26 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 0 18:54 4 7 0 0 0 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 

6/11 at New York W 1 0 19:40 3 4 0 0 3 4 1 7 8 0 1 0 1 3 9 

6/14 TULSA W 1 0 22:42 5 10 0 0 4 6 2 5 7 0 3 1 2 2 14 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 0 25:52 2 7 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 6 7 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 0 22:53 8 15 0 0 4 7 3 6 9 0 6 1 1 1 20 


6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 20:24 3 8 0 0 3 6 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 9 


6/28 PHOENIX W 1 1 27:07 10 11 0 0 5 7 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 3 25 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 1 30:42 7 11 0 0 1 3 1 6 7 3 0 2 2 4 15 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 1 1 24:55 5 8 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 2 11 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 22:17 5 10 0 0 4 4 3 1 4 1 3 3 1 1 14 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 1 26:15 4 8 0 0 5 6 2 3 5 1 0 2 2 0 13 

7/17 at Connecticut L 1 1 29:56 4 12 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 10 

7/19 at Atlanta L 1 0 23:32 5 9 0 0 2 2 2 5 7 0 5 0 1 0 12 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 0 24:40 6 13 0 0 8 10 2 3 5 3 2 1 0 0 20 



7/31 LOS ANGELES W 1 0 23:36 6 11 0 0 4 5 1 7 8 2 2 3 2 2 16 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 0 24:50 7 11 0 1 3 3 0 4 4 0 1 1 3 1 17 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 0 14:35 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 6 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 0 21:34 0 2 0 0 3 4 0 8 8 0 5 1 4 1 3 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 0 16:54 3 4 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 7 



8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 0 19:17 5 10 0 0 4 4 2 3 5 0 2 0 1 1 14 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 0 17:21 3 9 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 0 3 1 0 0 7 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 0 17:17 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 4 5 


9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 0 17:32 6 10 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 14 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 0 18:25 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 5 

9/ 9 at New York L 1 0 14:42 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 4 

9/11 ATLANTA L 1 0 26:57 7 10 0 1 1 3 2 7 9 0 3 1 3 0 15 

2011 Season Totals 34 8 719 145 274 0 3 73 104 50 113 163 17 77 27 55 45 363 

Averages 21.1 4.3 8.1 0.0 0.1 2.1 3.1 1.5 3.3 4.8 0.5 2.3 0.79 1.6 1.32 10.7 

Career Totals 140 24 1904 359 693 1 11 200 274 126 298 424 51 272 59 178 125 919 

Averages 13.6 2.6 5.0 0.0 0.1 1.4 2.0 0.9 2.1 3.0 0.4 1.9 0.42 1.3 0.89 6.6 


16 

Davenport’s Career Highs 

MIN: ....................32, at WAS, 6/21/11 

FGM:..................10, vs. PHO, 6/28/11 

FGA:.....................15, at PHO, 6/19/11 

3-pt FGM:............... 1, vs. SAN, 6/3/10 

3-pt FGA: .......................1, eight times 

..........(most recent: vs. WAS, 7/30/10) 

FTM:...................... 8, vs. CHI, 7/21/11 

FTA: .................... 10, vs. CHI, 7/21/11 

OR:............................6, at ATL, 8/1/10 

DR:.......................... 8, at CHI, 9/12/08 

TR: ..........................12, at ATL, 8/1/10 

AST:...................... 3, at WAS, 7/24/10 

............................... 3, vs. SEA, 7/5/11 

.............................. 3, vs. CHI, 7/21/11 

ST: .......................3, vs. CON, 7/13/11 

..............................3, vs. L.A., 7/31/11 

BKS:.......................6, at SEA, 6/17/11 

PTS:...................25, vs. PHO, 6/28/11 





NEW YORK LIBERTY 

2007 ESF 8/24 Detroit L 1 8 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 

2007 ESF 8/26 @ Detroit L 1 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 

2008 ESF 9/18 Connecticut W 1 5 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 

2008 ESF 9/20 @ Connecticut W 1 9 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 

2008 EF 9/26 Detroit L 1 3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2008 EF 9/29 @ Detroit L 1 9 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 5 

INDIANA FEVER 

2009 ESF 9/17 @ Washington W 1 3 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 

2009 ESF 9/19 Washington W 1 5 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

2009 EF 9/23 @ Detroit L 1 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 

2009 EF 9/25 Detroit W 1 7 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 

2009 EF 9/26 Detroit W 1 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 

2009 Finals 9/29 @ Phoenix DNP - Coach's Decision 

2009 Finals 10/1 @ Phoenix W 1 12 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 10 

2009 Finals 10/4 Phoenix W 1 3 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 

2009 Finals 10/7 Phoenix L 1 3 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 

2009 Finals 10/9 @ Phoenix L 1 18 8 11 .727 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 2 18 

2010 ESF 8/26 @ New York L 1 17 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 8 

2010 ESF 8/29 New York W 1 18 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 6 8 0 2 1 1 3 10 

2010 ESF 9/1 @ New York L 1 11 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 




50 Jessica Davenport -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 

TOTALS 18 0 137 27 54 .500 0 0 .000 17 22 .773 8 27 35 3 21 5 12 13 71 

career high 18 8 11 1.000 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 4 6 8 1 3 2 2 3 18 

career low 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SEASON TOTALS 

2007 NY 2 0 10 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 

2008 NY 4 0 26 4 10 .400 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 0 5 5 0 4 1 2 1 10 

2009 IND 9 0 55 14 25 .560 0 0 .000 9 11 .818 1 10 11 3 9 2 3 8 37 

2010 IND 3 0 46 9 17 .529 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 6 10 16 0 5 2 4 4 21 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

NEW YORK CAREER TOTALS 6 0 36 4 12 .333 0 0 .000 5 8 .625 1 7 8 0 7 1 5 1 13 

New York Career Averages 6.0 0.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.3 0.2 1.2 1.3 0.0 1.2 0.17 0.8 0.17 2.2 

INDIANA CAREER TOTALS 12 0 101 23 42 .548 0 0 .000 12 14 .857 7 20 27 3 14 4 7 12 58 


CAREER TOTALS 18 0 137 27 54 .500 0 0 .000 17 22 .773 8 27 35 3 21 5 12 13 71 

Averages 7.6 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.2 0.4 1.5 1.9 0.2 1.2 0.28 0.7 0.72 3.9


18 

N D I A N A F E V E R 

23 KATIE DOUGLAS Guard/Forward 6-0 165 5/7/79 Purdue ’01 10 Yrs WNBA 

Last Game: Topping the Fever scoring chart for the second straight game, her season-high 30 

points vs. Atlanta, 9/11, featured 16 in the second quarter, matching the Fever franchise record. 

� In the second period vs. the Dream, she drilled four 3-pt FG, one short of the WNBA record for a 

single quarter. She also had three assists, one steal, two rebounds and a blocked shot in 33+ 

minutes vs. the Dream. 

� On her way to a team-high 17 points, she shot 7-16 FG, made 2-8 3-pt FG, to accompany four 

assists, three rebounds and a blocked shot in 32+ minutes at New York, 9/9. 

� She has scored 10+ points in the last eight games and averaged 17.6 ppg in that span. 

� In the last eight games, she has had 24 assists and seven steals. 

� She led the Fever with a game-high 21 points on 7-14 FG, 2-6 3-pt FG and 5-6 FT vs. Washington, 9/7. She also led 

Indiana with a game-high five assists that accompanied four rebounds and two steals. 

� She scored a team-high tying 17 points on 6-14 FG, 2-2 3-pt FG and 3-5 FT at Chicago, 9/4. She added six rebounds, 

three assists, a steal and a blocked shot in 32 minutes against the Sky. 

� Her five 3-pt FG vs. Atlanta gave her 66 on the season, fourth best in the WNBA. She has made at least 66 3-pt FG in each 

of the last three seasons. 

� She was fourth in the league with a mark of 44.0 percent from beyond the 3-pt arc. 

� With her steal and two assists vs. Tulsa, 6/14, she became the fourth player in WNBA history with 850 assists and 500 

steals in her career. 

� She was the first player in league history to have both 500 steals and 500 3-pt FG in her career. 

� Ending the first week of the season as the WNBA's leading scorer with an average of 21.0 ppg, she was named the 

Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending June 12. 


� She comes into the 2011 playoffs with 129 career postseason assists and 60 steals, both are eighth most in league history. 

� She is the only player in league history with 500 steals and 500 3-pt FG and she is one of four players with 500+ steals and 

850+ assists in her career. 

� Ensuring that she will finish her WNBA career with her hometown team, she signed a contract extension with the Fever on 

August 12, 2010. 

� A three-time WNBA All-Star, three-time All-WNBA selection and a three-time member of the WNBA’s All-Defensive Team, 

she has just finished her third summer in her hometown of Indianapolis 

� In her first two seasons with the Fever, she became one of six 1,000-point scorers in franchise history 

Douglas’s Career Highs 

MIN:................. 47, at ATL, 2ot, 6/6/09 

FGM:.............................. 11, four times 

.............. (most recent: at NY, 6/26/09) 

FGA: ............................ 27, three times 

............. (most recent: at PHO, 8/8/09) 

3-pt FGM: ....... 6, vs. IND, 2ot, 6/26/03 

................................ vs. HOU, 5/25/04 

.................................... at PHO, 8/8/09 

...................................vs. NY, 6/10/11 

.................................vs. TUL, 6/14/11 

................................ vs. PHO, 6/28/11 

3-pt FGA:............ 11, vs. SAC, 7/28/06 

..................................at CON, 5/27/08 

.................................... at PHO, 8/8/09 

...................................vs. NY, 6/10/11 

FTM: .................. 15, vs. WAS, 7/28/09 

FTA:................... 16, vs. WAS, 7/28/09 

OR: ............................6, at IND, 8/7/02 

...................................at SAC, 6/24/05 

DR: .........................8, vs. PHO, 7/6/02 

TR:...........................12, at IND, 8/7/02 

AST: .......................8, at SAN, 5/23/07 

.................................. vs. CHI, 7/15/09 

ST:....................................5, five times 

.............(most recent: at L.A., 6/22/08) 

BKS: .............................. 3, three times 

...........(most recent: vs. MIN, 7/26/08) 

PTS: ......................30, at IND, 8/22/07 


2011 are underlined bold. 

DOUGLAS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 1 31:25 7 14 2 2 3 4 2 5 7 3 1 1 0 0 19 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 1 37:55 10 18 6 11 1 2 2 2 4 2 2 0 2 1 27 

6/11 at New York W 1 1 33:31 7 12 2 6 1 2 0 4 4 4 2 1 4 0 17 

6/14 TULSA W 1 1 30:46 8 13 6 9 0 0 1 6 7 2 2 1 2 1 22 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 1 27:25 4 7 1 2 2 4 1 5 6 1 2 2 1 0 11 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 1 8:20 1 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 

6/21 at Washington W Did not Dress--Lower Back Contusion 

6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 32:29 4 10 1 5 0 0 0 5 5 2 1 4 1 0 9 


6/28 PHOENIX W 1 1 35:59 9 15 6 9 2 3 0 3 3 6 2 2 2 0 26 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 1 22:54 2 7 2 3 3 4 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 9 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 1 1 29:49 6 10 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 4 3 0 12 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 32:13 8 18 3 6 1 2 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 20 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 1 32:41 4 13 1 5 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 3 4 0 10 

7/17 at Connecticut L 1 1 30:47 5 11 2 4 0 2 2 4 6 3 2 0 2 0 12 

7/19 at Atlanta L 1 1 30:21 1 8 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 0 4 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 1 30:48 4 8 1 2 0 0 1 6 7 7 1 1 5 0 9 

7/28 at Connecticut W Not With Team--Stomach Virus 


7/31 LOS ANGELES W 1 1 17:29 2 6 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 6 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 1 19:09 3 7 2 5 3 4 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 0 11 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 1 25:07 5 12 3 7 1 2 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 0 14 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 1 32:12 5 12 1 3 2 5 2 2 4 3 0 3 5 0 13 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 1 34:05 4 7 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 9 

8/16 at San Antonio W 1 1 25:12 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 3 0 2 


8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 1 27:57 5 16 3 5 2 2 2 3 5 2 2 1 1 0 15 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 1 30:01 5 11 1 4 3 3 1 4 5 5 0 0 1 1 14 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 1 31:06 6 12 1 4 2 2 0 3 3 4 4 1 5 0 15 

9/ 2 at Connecticut L 1 1 21:50 5 9 2 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 12 

9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 1 32:07 6 14 2 2 3 5 2 4 6 3 0 1 2 1 17 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 1 34:10 7 14 2 6 5 6 0 4 4 5 3 2 3 0 21 

9/ 9 at New York L 1 1 32:23 7 16 2 8 1 3 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 17 

9/11 ATLANTA L 1 1 33:50 11 18 5 8 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 30 

2011 Season Totals 32 32 938 166 357 66 150 47 70 31 95 126 91 48 41 65 8 445 

Averages 29 5.2 11.2 2.1 4.7 1.5 2.2 1.0 3.0 3.9 2.8 1.5 1.28 2.0 0.25 13.9 

Career totals 344 319 10452 1587 3770 576 1585 803 1011 377 954 1331 929 585 538 695 101 4553 

Averages 30.4 4.6 11.0 1.7 4.6 2.3 2.9 1.1 2.8 3.9 2.7 1.7 1.56 2.0 0.29 13.2

23 Katie Douglas -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 



CONNECTICUT SUN 

2003 ESF 8/28 Charlotte W 1 1 28 2 10 .200 1 3 .333 2 3 .667 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 7 

2003 ESF 8/30 @ Charlotte W 1 1 34 5 8 .625 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 1 13 

2003 EF 9/5 Detroit L 1 1 31 0 5 .000 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 

2003 EF 9/7 @ Detroit L 1 1 33 3 7 .429 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 0 9 

2004 ESF 9/25 @ Washington L 1 1 31 2 8 .250 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 1 1 2 4 5 1 1 0 5 

2004 ESF 9/27 Washington W 1 1 29 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 4 4 1.000 0 3 3 2 4 0 3 0 7 

2004 ESF 9/29 Washington W 1 1 35 3 5 .600 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 2 3 5 6 2 1 3 0 8 

2004 EF 10/1 @ New York W 1 1 37 2 6 .333 2 5 .400 4 4 1.000 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 0 10 

2004 EF 10/3 New York W 1 1 34 4 13 .308 0 6 .000 6 6 1.000 1 3 4 4 1 1 2 0 14 

2004 Finals 10/8 Seattle W 1 1 31 6 11 .545 3 6 .500 3 4 .750 0 2 2 2 1 2 4 0 18 

2004 Finals 10/10 @ Seattle L 1 1 37 5 10 .500 2 4 .500 2 3 .667 2 3 5 0 1 3 2 0 14 

2004 Finals 10/12 @ Seattle L 1 1 34 0 11 .000 0 6 .000 6 6 1.000 1 5 6 2 4 2 0 0 6 

2005 ESF 8/31 @ Detroit W 1 1 36 4 10 .400 4 8 .500 1 2 .500 3 5 8 1 3 2 1 0 13 

2005 ESF 9/2 Detroit W 1 1 35 3 6 .500 2 5 .400 4 5 .800 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 12 

2005 EF 9/8 @ Indiana W 1 1 31 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 2 3 .667 2 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 9 

2005 EF 9/10 Indiana W 1 1 38 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 5 8 .625 1 4 5 3 1 2 2 0 11 

2005 Finals 9/14 Sacramento L 1 1 33 6 10 .600 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 5 5 2 1 1 1 0 14 

2005 Finals 9/15 Sacramento W 1 1 41 7 15 .467 1 5 .200 1 4 .250 1 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 16 

2005 Finals 9/18 @ Sacramento L 1 1 31 2 7 .286 1 5 .200 1 1 1.000 1 2 3 0 5 0 2 0 6 

2005 Finals 9/20 @ Sacramento L 1 1 33 4 10 .400 2 5 .400 5 6 .833 3 4 7 4 1 3 0 0 15 

2006 ESF 8/18 @ Washington W 1 1 36 7 13 .538 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 2 4 6 4 0 2 7 0 17 


2006 EF 8/24 @ Detroit DNP - Coach's Decision 

2006 EF 8/26 Detroit W 1 1 29 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 0 6 

2006 EF 8/27 Detroit L 1 1 28 3 10 .300 3 9 .333 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 9 

2007 ESF 8/23 Indiana W 1 1 48 4 21 .190 2 12 .167 4 4 1.000 4 4 8 4 3 8 5 0 14 

2007 ESF 8/25 @ Indiana L 1 1 23 5 12 .417 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 11 

2007 ESF 8/27 @ Indiana L 1 1 43 9 19 .474 5 12 .417 4 5 .800 2 5 7 5 2 1 7 0 27 

INDIANA FEVER 

2008 ESF 9/19 Detroit L 1 1 29 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 2 4 .500 1 4 5 3 3 2 4 1 2 

2008 ESF 9/21 @ Detroit W 1 1 36 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 5 6 .833 0 1 1 4 3 1 4 0 10 

2008 ESF 9/23 @ Detroit L 1 1 27 5 13 .385 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 10 


2009 ESF 9/19 Washington W 1 1 38 3 15 .200 0 5 .000 7 8 .875 0 1 1 5 2 1 3 0 13 

2009 EF 9/23 @ Detroit L 1 1 35 6 19 .316 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 1 1 2 5 1 0 2 2 16 

2009 EF 9/25 Detroit W 1 1 34 5 10 .500 1 3 .333 3 8 .375 0 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 14 

2009 EF 9/26 Detroit W 1 1 32 4 9 .444 1 3 .333 5 5 1.000 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 14 

2009 Finals 9/29 @ Phoenix L 1 1 40 12 21 .571 4 7 .571 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 30 

2009 Finals 10/1 @ Phoenix W 1 1 36 3 7 .429 1 4 .250 7 8 .875 2 5 7 3 1 0 1 2 14 

2009 Finals 10/4 Phoenix W 1 1 38 6 17 .353 3 8 .375 0 0 .000 5 1 6 7 4 1 2 1 15 

2009 Finals 10/7 Phoenix L 1 1 35 2 14 .143 1 7 .143 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 4 0 1 2 0 7 

2009 Finals 10/9 @ Phoenix L 1 1 38 4 14 .286 1 9 .111 4 4 1.000 1 3 4 9 2 1 1 0 13 

2010 ESF 8/26 @ New York L 1 1 27 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 

2010 ESF 8/29 New York W 1 1 34 3 10 .300 0 3 .000 5 7 .714 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 1 11 

2010 ESF 9/1 @ New York L 1 1 34 8 13 .615 3 6 .500 5 5 1.000 2 2 4 4 5 2 1 0 24 




TOTALS 43 43 1459 169 447 .378 67 217 .309 114 142 .803 53 108 161 129 82 60 83 12 519 

career high 48 12 21 .750 5 12 1.000 7 8 1.000 5 5 8 9 5 8 7 2 30 

career low 23 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SEASON TOTALS 

2003 CON 4 4 126 10 30 .333 3 12 .250 6 7 .857 2 8 10 12 9 3 1 1 29 

2004 CON 8 8 268 23 66 .348 11 37 .297 25 27 .926 9 23 32 22 19 10 16 0 82 

2005 CON 8 8 278 31 67 .463 15 38 .395 19 29 .655 12 25 37 18 17 11 8 1 96 

2006 CON 4 4 125 18 45 .400 8 27 .296 4 5 .800 6 9 15 10 1 4 11 1 48 

2007 CON 3 3 114 18 52 .346 8 28 .286 8 9 .889 6 10 16 10 7 10 15 0 52 

2008 IND 3 3 92 7 22 .318 1 8 .125 7 10 .700 1 6 7 7 7 4 10 2 22 

2009 IND 10 10 361 51 141 .362 18 58 .310 35 43 .814 14 21 35 40 14 14 19 6 155 

2010 IND 3 3 95 11 24 .458 3 9 .333 10 12 .833 3 6 9 10 8 4 3 1 35 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

CONNECTICUT CAREER TOTALS 27 27 911 100 260 .385 45 142 .317 62 77 .805 35 75 110 72 53 38 51 3 307 

Connecticut Career Averages 33.7 3.7 9.6 1.7 5.3 2.3 2.9 1.3 2.8 4.1 2.7 2.0 1.41 1.9 0.11 11.4 

INDIANA CAREER TOTALS 16 16 548 69 187 .369 22 75 .293 52 65 .800 18 33 51 57 29 22 32 9 212 


CAREER TOTALS 43 43 1459 169 447 .378 67 217 .309 114 142 .803 53 108 161 129 82 60 83 12 519 

Averages 33.9 3.9 10.4 1.6 5.0 2.7 3.3 1.2 2.5 3.7 3.0 1.9 1.40 1.9 0.28 12.1


43 SHYRA ELY Forward/Guard 6-2 182 8/9/83 Tennessee ’06 5 Yrs WNBA 

Last Game: The first player off the Indiana bench vs. Atlanta, she had two points, a rebound and 

an assist in 14 minutes. 

� In four minutes, she had two points, a rebound and a blocked shot at New York, 9/9. 

� She had no blocked shots in her first 16 appearances, but had at least one in five of the last 17 

games, totaling six rejections in that span. 

� Coming in for an injured Erin Phillips, she played just the last 3:34 of the game and led the Indiana 

bench with seven points on 1-1 FG and 5-5 FT vs. Washington, 9/7. She also had a team-high 

tying two offensive rebounds against the Mystics. 

� She has had a season-high two offensive rebounds five times this season, including two of the last five games. 

� Since going 1-4 from the line at Washington, 7/29, she has made 12-12 FT in the last 15 games. 

� In, by far, her best offensive outing in a Fever uniform, she led the Indiana bench with a season-high 10 points on 4-6 FG 

and 2-3 3-pt FG vs. Connecticut, 7/13. Her two 3-pt FG are a season-high. 

� Since committing three turnovers in 13 minutes at Phoenix, 6/19, she has had just 17 turnovers in 270 minutes (270:02) 

over the last 26 games. 


� The seventh native Hoosier to don a Fever uniform, she is the third player in franchise history to have been born and raised 

in Indianapolis. She was named the 2001 Naismith Prep Player of the Year and the USA Today National Player of the Year 

following her senior year at Ben Davis High School. 

� While rehabilitating from an injury incurred during the offseason, she did not play in the WNBA during 2010. 

� After scoring in double figures just eight times in her first four WNBA seasons combined, and never hitting for more than 16 

points in any of her 106 games, she struck for 10+ points 10 times for the Sky in 2009. 

� Playing in all 34 games for the Seattle Storm, she averaged 3.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 11.4 minutes a game in 2008. 

� She was drafted in the second round of the 2005 WNBA Draft by San Antonio and played her first two seasons with the 

Silver Stars, averaging 4.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. 

� An All-SEC First Team selection and the SEC Tournament MVP, she averaged 14.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists 

per game as a senior at Tennessee 

� Her 1,673 career points ranked ninth on the Lady Vols all-time scoring list and her 940 career rebounds were sixth best in 

Tennessee history. 

� She has a degree in retail and consumer science and started her own fashion consulting company, Styles by Ms. Ely. 

ELY'S GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 0 4:19 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 0 3:59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

6/11 at New York W 1 0 1:59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

6/14 TULSA W Did Not Play--Coach's Decision 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 0 10:00 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 0 13:14 2 5 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 0 3 0 3 0 5 


6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 8:24 2 6 1 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 


6/28 PHOENIX W 1 0 3:31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 0 2:05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 1 0 13:52 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 14:58 4 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 0 8:39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 


7/19 at Atlanta L 1 0 5:49 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 0 17:43 2 4 0 0 2 2 2 5 7 0 2 0 1 0 6 



7/31 LOS ANGELES W 1 0 18:34 4 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 9 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 0 15:49 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 0 14:37 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 0 16:01 3 7 0 1 3 4 0 2 2 0 5 1 1 1 9 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 0 12:03 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 



8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 0 17:42 1 4 0 0 2 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 0 3:59 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 0 2:27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 


9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 0 4:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 0 3:34 1 1 0 0 5 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 

9/ 9 at New York L 1 0 3:50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 

9/11 ATLANTA L 1 0 14:12 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 

2011 Season Totals 33 0 354 39 109 5 24 20 29 19 54 73 9 46 6 25 6 103 

Averages 10.7 1.2 3.3 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.6 2.2 0.3 1.4 0.18 0.8 0.18 3.1 

Career Totals 173 22 2191 252 663 48 150 141 200 97 286 383 93 244 47 155 24 693 

Averages 12.7 1.5 3.8 0.3 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.6 1.7 2.2 0.5 1.4 0.27 0.9 0.14 4.0 


20 

Ely’s Career Highs 

MIN:.....................38, at HOU, 7/30/05 

FGM:...................11, vs. PHO, 8/18/09 

FGA: ...................18, vs. PHO, 8/18/09 

3-pt FGM: ..............3, vs. L.A., 7/29/09 

.................................vs. PHO, 8/18/09 

3-pt FGA:............. 4, vs. PHO, 8/18/09 

FTM: .......................5, vs. SAC, 8/3/05 

.................................vs. PHO, 6/11/08 

.....................................at DET, 9/6/09 

FTA:........................8, vs. SAC, 8/3/05 

OR: ......................4, vs. PHO, 6/11/08 

DR: ........................6, at HOU, 7/30/05 

..................................vs. ATL, 9/12/08 

................................... at L.A., 9/14/08 

TR:................................... 8, four times 

..............(most recent: at DET, 9/6/09) 

AST: .................................3, five times 

...........................(last: at DET, 9/6/09) 

ST:..............................2, several times 

........................ (last: vs. WAS, 9/4/09) 

BKS: .....................3, vs. PHO, 8/18/09 

PTS: ..................26, vs. PHO, 8/18/09 





SEATTLE STORM 

2008 WSF 9/19 @ Los Angeles L 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2008 WSF 9/21 Los Angeles W 1 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

2008 WSF 9/23 Los Angeles L DNP 

INDIANA FEVER 




43 Shyra Ely -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 

TOTALS 2 0 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

career high 2 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

career low 1 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SEASON TOTALS 

2008 SEA 2 0 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SEATTLE CAREER TOTALS 2 0 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

Seattle Career Averages 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 



CAREER TOTALS 2 0 3 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

Averages 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0


20 BRIANN JANUARY Guard 5-8 144 1/11/87 Arizona State ‘09 2 Yrs WNBA 

� On Monday, July 25, she underwent successful knee surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate 

ligament in her right knee. The surgery was performed by team orthopedist Dr. Stephen Kollias at 

the Indiana Orthopedic Hospital. She is expected to make a full recovery and is hopeful to return 

for Fever training camp next spring. 

� Before leaving the game with the injury to her knee, she had six assists, seven points and 

collected one steal in 25 minutes vs. the Mercury, 6/28. 

� After having nine assists and 13 turnovers in the season's first three games, she had 41 assists 

and 17 miscues (2.41-to-1) in her last seven outings. 

� Falling one assist short of her second double-double, she added a season-high 18 points to her 

nine assists, three steals and one rebound at Washington, 6/21. 

� The two best offensive outings of her career have both came on the Mystics' home floor, as she scored a career-best 19 

points at Washington last July (7/24). 

� She averaged 5.4 apg in her last seven games and was seventh in the WNBA with an average of 5.0 apg at the time of 

her injury. 

� Registering the first points-assists double-double by a member of the Fever since 2007, she had a career-high 10 assists 

and scored 12 points in the win over Tulsa, 6/14. 


� Indiana’s third-year point guard was heralded during her rookie campaign as being one of the best steals of the 2009 

WNBA Draft…chosen by Indiana with the sixth overall selection, she exhibited court savvy, maturity, strong defensive 

skills and a good shooting touch during the 2009 season 

� In 30 appearances last season, she averaged 7.4 points and 2.7 assists per game in 21.3 minutes per outing. She also 

collected 1.2 steals per game in 2010. 

� In arguably the best all-around performance of her brief career, she started for the first time since May 23 and led the 

Fever with career-highs of 19 points and eight assists at Washington, 7/24. She also had two rebounds and a steal 

against the Mystics. 

� Her 19 points against the Mystics included 14-15 FT, the most made and attempted at the line by any member of the 

Fever in 2010. 

� Some of her best games came during the Fever’s run to the WNBA Finals, evidenced by playoff averages of 9.7 points and 2.8 assists per game 

Pronunciation: bree-ON 

JANUARY’S GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 1 29:36 0 11 0 3 3 6 0 1 1 4 3 4 3 0 3 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 1 29:47 4 8 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 0 10 

6/11 at New York W 1 1 32:35 4 6 0 1 5 6 0 0 0 3 4 2 7 0 13 

6/14 TULSA W 1 1 28:01 2 5 2 4 6 6 0 0 0 10 2 1 3 0 12 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 1 20:16 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 2 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 1 27:30 2 8 0 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 5 2 5 0 6 


6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 30:29 4 7 2 4 0 0 0 4 4 3 3 1 3 0 10 


6/28 PHOENIX W 1 1 24:57 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 3 1 3 0 7 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

7/15 MINNESOTA L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

7/17 at Connecticut L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

7/19 at Atlanta L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

7/21 CHICAGO W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

7/28 at Connecticut W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

7/29 at Washington W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

7/31 LOS ANGELES W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

8/ 7 at Chicago L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

8/13 NEW YORK W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

8/16 at San Antonio W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

8/18 at Los Angeles L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

8/21 WASHINGTON W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

8/27 ATLANTA L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

8/30 at Atlanta L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

9/ 2 at Connecticut L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

9/ 4 at Chicago W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

9/ 9 at New York L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

9/11 ATLANTA L Did Not Dress--Torn Right ACL 

2011 Season Totals 10 10 284 25 70 7 22 29 35 5 9 14 50 33 15 33 0 86 

Averages 28.4 2.5 7.0 0.7 2.2 2.9 3.5 0.5 0.9 1.4 5.0 3.3 1.50 3.3 0.00 8.6 

Career Totals 73 21 1624 154 437 53 168 174 208 48 88 136 221 186 88 158 7 535 

Averages 22.2 2.1 6.0 0.7 2.3 2.4 2.8 0.7 1.2 1.9 3.0 2.5 1.21 2.2 0.10 7.3 


22 

January’s Career Highs 

MIN: .................. 42, at DET, ot, 9/4/09 

FGM:.................... 6, vs. PHO, 8/13/10 

FGA:.................. 13, at DET, ot, 9/4/09 

3-pt FGM:...............3, vs. WAS, 9/6/09 

.................................. vs. LAS, 7/22/10 

...................................vs. CHI, 7/27/10 

3-pt FGA: ............ 8, at DET, ot, 9/4/09 

FTM:.................... 14, at WAS, 7/24/10 

FTA: .................... 15, at WAS, 7/24/10 

OR:........................ 3, vs. ATL, 6/19/10 

.................................vs. WAS, 7/30/10 

DR:.......................... 4, vs. TUL, 7/8/10 

TR: .......................... 6, vs. TUL, 7/8/10 

AST:...................... 8, at WAS, 7/24/10 

.....................................at PHO, 8/8/10 

ST: .......................... 4, vs. CHI, 6/4/11 

BKS:...................... 1, vs. L.A., 6/12/09 

.................................vs. WAS, 5/15/10 

.................................... vs. TUL, 7/8/10 

PTS:.................... 19, at WAS, 7/24/10 





INDIANA FEVER 

2009 ESF 9/17 @ Washington W 1 20 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 8 8 1.000 0 3 3 3 4 2 3 0 16 

2009 ESF 9/19 Washington W 1 25 0 9 .000 0 4 .000 3 4 .750 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 3 

2009 EF 9/23 @ Detroit L 1 20 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 4 5 1 2 1 3 0 7 

2009 EF 9/25 Detroit W 1 22 4 9 .444 2 4 .500 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 12 

2009 EF 9/26 Detroit W 1 22 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 5 5 1.000 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 8 

2009 Finals 9/29 @ Phoenix L 1 27 4 10 .400 1 4 .250 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 7 4 0 2 0 11 

2009 Finals 10/1 @ Phoenix W 1 20 5 7 .714 3 4 .750 3 4 .750 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 16 

2009 Finals 10/4 Phoenix W 1 26 5 8 .625 3 4 .750 4 4 1.000 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 17 

2009 Finals 10/7 Phoenix L 1 23 1 9 .111 0 4 .000 6 8 .750 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 8 

2009 Finals 10/9 @ Phoenix L 1 23 3 7 .429 2 3 .667 0 1 .000 1 1 2 4 3 1 0 0 8 

2010 ESF 8/26 @ New York L 1 24 3 9 .333 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 9 

2010 ESF 8/29 New York W 1 17 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 2 3 3 4 0 3 0 5 

2010 ESF 9/1 @ New York L 1 18 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 4 4 1.000 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 




20 Briann January -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 

TOTALS 13 0 287 35 94 .372 13 34 .382 43 50 .860 8 20 28 36 29 5 21 0 126 

career high 27 5 10 .714 3 4 .750 8 8 1.000 2 4 5 7 4 2 3 0 17 

career low 17 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 

SEASON TOTALS 

2009 IND 10 0 228 30 78 .385 12 29 .414 34 40 .850 7 17 24 30 23 4 13 0 106 

2010 IND 3 0 59 5 16 .313 1 5 .200 9 10 .900 1 3 4 6 6 1 8 0 20 

2011 IND DNP - Torn Right ACL 

INDIANA CAREER TOTALS 13 0 287 35 94 .372 13 34 .382 43 50 .860 8 20 28 36 29 5 21 0 126 



13 ERIN PHILLIPS Guard 5-8 165 5/19/85 Australia 3 Yrs WNBA 

Last Game: Due to a sprained left ankle suffered in the game vs. Washington, 9/7, she did not dress 

for either of the last two games. 

� Before leaving the game late in the fourth quarter, she had 13 points, four rebounds, two assists 

and no turnovers in 25 minutes vs. Washington, 9/7. 

� She is expected to be in uniform for the start of the 2011 playoffs vs. New York, 9/15. 

� On 5-8 FG, 2-3 3-pt FG and 4-4 FT, she scored 16 points while handing out one assist and 

collecting one rebound in 27 minutes at Chicago, 9/4. 

� She also had two steals against the Sky--her first with more than one steal in her last five games. 

� The only Fever player to attempt more than two free throws at Connecticut, 9/2, she was 2-4 from the line on her way to 

seven points that included 2-5 FG and 1-1 3-pt FG. She also had two assists in 21 minutes against her former teammates. 

� She had no rebounds against the Sun, ending a run of seven straight games with at least three boards. She averaged 

4.44 rpg in the previous seven games. 

� While averaging 11.0 ppg and shooting 20-48 FG, she recorded 15 assists and seven turnovers in her last six games. 

� She claimed 17 steals in her last 14 games (1.21 spg) and tied for 38th in the WNBA with an average of 0.97 spg 

� She made 46 of her last 56 free throws and was the league's 14th best foul shooter with a mark of 83.3 percent (60-72) for 

the season. 

� For the season, she was eighth in the WNBA with a mark of 42.6 percent (26-61) from beyond the 3-pt line. 

� She scored a career-best 21 points to go with three assists and three rebounds in 33 minutes at Atlanta, 7/19. 

� Her 21 points against the Dream included a season-best three 3-pt FG, the only ones made by a Fever player that night. 


� Having shot 10-19 from long range (.526), she will enter the 2011 playoffs with the highest postseason career 3-pt FG 

percentage (min. 10 attempts) in league history. 

� While helping the Australian National Team prepare for the World Championships, she did not play in the WNBA in 2010. 

� In 2009, she played in 32 of 34 games for Connecticut, starting 18, and tied for the team lead with a career-high 43 steals 

� A starter in 29 games for Wisla Can-Pack in Krakow, Poland during the 2010-11 winter, she helped lead the team to the 

best regular season record (22-2) and the PLKK title by averaging 12.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.4 steals. 

� A star in Australia's WNBL, she averaged 14.6 ppg, 3.3 apg, 5.4 rpg and a league best 2.9 spg in 20 games for the 

Adelaide Link Lightning in 2007-08 

� The Link Lightning's MVP in 2005-06, she led the team in points (15.7 ppg), steals (1.3 spg), assists (4.9 apg), field goals and free throws made. 

� Her 4.9 apg topped the WNBL and she ranked in the top 10 in scoring (5th), rebounding (8th) and steals (9th). 

PHILLIPS'S GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 0 7:59 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 0 21:47 2 7 1 4 6 6 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 11 

6/11 at New York W 1 0 20:02 1 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 4 0 3 

6/14 TULSA W 1 0 20:14 4 4 0 0 2 3 0 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 10 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 0 17:40 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 1 14:59 1 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 


6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 5:14 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 


6/28 PHOENIX W Did Not Play—Coach’s Decision 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 1 26:52 3 8 0 2 1 2 0 4 4 6 4 3 2 0 7 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 1 1 36:33 5 9 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 2 0 4 0 14 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 31:11 5 5 2 2 1 1 1 4 5 4 2 2 1 0 13 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 1 32:11 5 13 1 3 0 0 2 2 4 3 5 1 2 0 11 


7/19 at Atlanta L 1 1 32:59 7 14 3 4 4 4 0 3 3 3 1 0 3 0 21 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 1 16:43 2 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 6 



7/31 LOS ANGELES W 1 1 18:25 2 3 0 1 5 6 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 9 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 1 19:30 4 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 10 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 1 23:01 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 3 1 2 2 0 6 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 1 30:30 6 7 2 3 4 4 0 3 3 2 2 2 4 0 18 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 1 27:56 1 5 0 2 2 2 1 5 6 4 2 0 3 0 4 


8/18 at Los Angeles L 1 1 29:08 6 12 2 4 2 5 0 5 5 5 3 2 1 0 16 

8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 1 20:58 1 3 0 0 7 8 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 9 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 1 29:44 2 9 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 4 0 1 0 5 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 1 34:05 9 14 1 3 2 2 0 3 3 2 3 1 2 0 21 


9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 1 27:12 5 8 2 3 4 4 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 16 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 1 25:02 4 11 1 3 4 6 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 13 

9/ 9 at New York L Did Not Travel--Sprained Left Ankle 

9/11 ATLANTA L Did Not Dress--Sprained Left Ankle 

2011 Season Totals 31 22 691 91 197 26 61 60 72 16 72 88 74 52 30 45 0 268 

Averages 22.2 2.9 6.4 0.8 2.0 1.9 2.3 0.5 2.3 2.8 2.4 1.7 0.97 1.5 0.00 8.6 

Career Totals 105 53 2143 247 595 90 259 165 197 75 206 281 223 149 106 132 6 749 

Averages 20.4 2.4 5.7 0.9 2.5 1.6 1.9 0.7 2.0 2.7 2.1 1.4 1.01 1.3 0.06 7.1 


24 

Phillips’s Career Highs 

MIN:......................34, at ATL, 8/30/11 

FGM:.......................9, at ATL, 8/30/11 

FGA: .....................14, at ATL, 7/19/11 

...................................at ATL, 8/30/11 

3-pt FGM: ............ 4, vs. WAS, 7/25/06 

..................................vs. ATL, 6/27/09 

.....................................at DET, 7/5/09 

3-pt FGA:............. 7, vs. WAS, 7/25/06 

.....................................at DET, 7/5/09 

....................................at IND, 7/30/09 

FTM: ....................7, vs. WAS, 8/21/11 

FTA:.....................8, vs. WAS, 8/21/11 

OR: ........................4, vs. ATL, 6/14/09 

DR: .........................6, at N.Y., 8/21/09 

TR:....................... 8, vs. WAS, 9/13/08 

AST: .....................7, vs. SAC, 7/22/09 

.................................. vs. IND, 9/13/09 

ST:.........................5, vs. L.A., 7/14/09 

BKS: ...........................1, several times 

........................ (last: vs. IND, 9/13/09) 

PTS: .....................21, at ATL, 7/19/11 

...................................at ATL, 8/30/11 





CONNECTICUT SUN 

2006 ESF 8/18 @ Washington W 1 13 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 

2006 ESF 8/20 Washington W 1 11 2 4 .500 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 7 

2006 EF 8/24 @ Detroit L 1 1 39 4 9 .444 3 6 .500 2 3 .667 0 2 2 3 3 2 1 0 13 

2006 EF 8/26 Detroit W 1 23 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 7 

2006 EF 8/27 Detroit L 1 17 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 

2008 ESF 9/18 @ New York L 1 15 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 

2008 ESF 9/20 New York W 1 8 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 

2008 ESF 9/22 New York L 1 13 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 

INDIANA FEVER 




13 Erin Phillips -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 

TOTALS 8 1 139 13 33 .394 10 19 .526 6 8 .750 1 8 9 12 10 4 7 2 42 

career high 39 4 9 .667 3 6 1.000 2 3 1.000 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 13 

career low 8 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SEASON TOTALS 

2006 CON 5 1 103 10 22 .455 7 13 .538 6 8 .750 1 6 7 7 10 4 6 1 33 

2008 CON 3 0 36 3 11 .273 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 0 2 2 5 0 0 1 1 9 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

CONNECTICUT CAREER TOTALS 8 1 139 13 33 .394 10 19 .526 6 8 .750 1 8 9 12 10 4 7 2 42 

Connecticut Career Averages 17.4 1.6 4.1 1.3 2.4 0.8 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.3 0.50 0.9 0.25 5.3 



CAREER TOTALS 8 1 139 13 33 .394 10 19 .526 6 8 .750 1 8 9 12 10 4 7 2 42 

Averages 17.4 1.6 4.1 1.3 2.4 0.8 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.3 0.50 0.9 0.25 5.3


32 JEANETTE POHLEN Guard 6-0 179 5/2/89 Stanford '11 Rookie 

Last Game: Logging more than 20 minutes for the first time in 12 games, she had nine points on 4-7 

FG and 1-4 3-pt FG vs. Atlanta, 9/11. Against the Dream, she added a bench-high three assists in 

nearly 29 minutes (28:51). 

� Nine points was her best production of the last 14 games. 

� The first player off the Indiana bench at New York, 9/9, she had three points on 1-2 from 3-pt 

range, one assist and one steal in 15 minutes. 

� While attempting no shots, she had one steal in four minutes vs. Washington, 9/7. That was her 

first steal in 11 games. 

� Scoring more points than she had in the previous nine games combined, she came off the bench in Chicago, 9/4, to score 

eight on 3-3 FG, including two 3-pt FG. She added one assist in 12 minutes vs. the Sky. 

� Having hit four of her last eight 3-pt attempts, she finished on top of the WNBA 3-pt FG accuracy leaders with a mark of 

46.8 percent (29-62). 

� She had 13 steals on the season and collected 11 in the last 21 games. In those 21 games she committed 12 turnovers. 

� She shot 46.3 percent from the floor (48-102) this season, fourth best among all rookies with more than 50 attempts. 

� She made at least four 3-pt FG without a miss in two different games: hitting 5-5 at Phoenix, 6/21, and 4-4 at New York, 

6/11. Her five 3-pt FG at Phoenix were one short of a franchise record and she is one of three players in Fever history 

make at least five 3-pt FG in one game without a miss. She tallied a season-best 17 points and added two rebounds with 

one assist in 39+ minutes without a turnover in the game at Phoenix. 


� Named the Pac-10 Player of the Year, she averaged career highs of 14.5 ppg and 4.75 apg while shooting 41.7 percent 

from 3-pt range 

� She broke Stanford’s single-season record for 3-pt FG made with 96 and became the 32nd player in Stanford history to 

score 1,000 career points against Fresno State, 12/21...she finished her career with 1,453 points, 16th on Stanford’s 

career list 

� One of just four players in Stanford history to record 1,000 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds in her career, she was 

named to the Associated Press All-America First Team and was also named to the John R. Wooden and USBWA All- 

America Teams 

� Her 2.33-to-1 assists-to-turnover ratio was second best on the team and third best in the tournament 

Pronunciation: POH-lun 

POHLEN'S GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 0 3:39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 0 2:05 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

6/11 at New York W 1 0 24:07 5 7 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 14 

6/14 TULSA W 1 0 17:09 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 0 21:57 3 6 0 3 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 2 9 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 0 39:22 5 7 5 5 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 17 


6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 7:32 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 


6/28 PHOENIX W 1 0 21:14 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 0 24:36 2 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 1 1 16:51 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 6:39 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 0 18:36 2 6 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 6 


7/19 at Atlanta L 1 0 19:55 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 0 18:02 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 4 



7/31 LOS ANGELES W 1 0 22:31 4 7 2 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 10 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 0 21:37 1 2 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 7 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 0 14:53 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 0 8:04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 0 5:25 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 



8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 0 11:39 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 0 2:47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 0 3:43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 


9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 0 12:08 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 0 3:54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 

9/ 9 at New York L 1 0 14:15 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 

9/11 ATLANTA L 1 0 28:51 4 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 9 

2011 Season Totals 34 2 539 48 102 29 62 13 15 10 37 47 33 32 13 21 4 131 

Averages 15.8 1.4 3.0 0.9 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.38 0.6 0.12 3.9 

Career Totals 34 2 539 48 102 29 62 13 15 10 37 47 33 32 13 21 4 131 

Averages 15.9 1.4 3.0 0.9 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.38 0.6 0.12 3.9 


26 

Pohlen’s Career Highs 

MIN:..................... 39, at PHO, 6/19/11 

FGM:.........................5, at NY, 6/11/11 

..............................5, at PHO, 6/19/11 

FGA: .........................7, at NY, 6/11/11 

..............................5, at PHO, 6/19/11 

3-pt FGM: ..............5, at PHO, 6/19/11 

3-pt FGA:...............5, at PHO, 6/19/11 

FTM: .........................4, at TUL, 8/5/11 

FTA:..........................5, at TUL, 8/5/11 

OR: .........................2, vs. SEA, 7/5/11 

................................2, at CON, 9/2/11 

DR: ........................6, at CON, 7/28/11 

................................6, at CON, 9/2/11 

TR:...........................8, at CON, 9/2/11 

AST: ......................4, at CON, 7/17/11 

ST:........................ 2, vs. MIN, 7/15/11 

......................2, vs. Chicago, 7/21/11 

.................................2, at TUL, 8/5/11 

BKS: ....................... 2,at SEA, 6/17/11 

PTS: ....................17, at PHO, 6/19/11 



32 Jeanette Pohlen -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 



INDIANA FEVER 




TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

career high 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

career low 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SEASON TOTALS 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

INDIANA CAREER TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 



5 TANGELA SMITH Forward/Center 6-3 158 5/1/77 Iowa '98 13 Yrs WNBA 

Last Game: Including 2-3 3-pt FG, she connected on 6-7 FG and tallied 14 points to go with her four 

rebounds and one blocked shot in 18 minutes vs. Atlanta, 9/11. 

� Since going 0-6 from the floor at Connecticut, 9/2, she shot 15-26 FG in the last four games, 

including 5-8 from 3-pt range. In those four games, she averaged 9.3 ppg. 

� Her first three points against the Dream, 9/11, gave her 5,000 in her career and she is the eighth 

player in WNBA history to reach that plateau. 

� At New York, 9/9, she had nine points, one steal and one blocked shot in 19+ minutes. She shot 

4-7 from the floor against the Liberty, including 1-1 3-pt FG. 

� Logging 30+ minutes for the fifth time this season, and the second game in a row, she played 32 minutes vs. Washington, 

9/7, scoring seven points with three rebounds, a steal and two blocked shots. 

� After not having more than one blocked shot in her firs 29 appearances, she had two rejections in two of the last four 

games and had at least one in a season-high four straight games to conclude the season. 

� She had six blocks in the last four games, after having nine in her previous 29 appearances. 

� She averaged 1.65 apg in her last 26 games, after totaling just six assists in her first seven games. 

� She has shot nearly 88 percent from the foul line this season, but is not ranked among the league leaders due to a lack of 

attempts (28-32). 

� She recorded 20 steals in her last 26 games, compared to just two in her first seven appearances. 

� Her first 3-pt FG against the Sky, 6/4, was the 200th of her career and she joins Seattle's Lauren Jackson as the only 

players in WNBA history with 200 3-pt FG and 500 blocked shots in their careers. 


� The WNBA's all-time leader in games played with 448 she also ranks among the all-time career leaders in points (8th, 

5,011), rebounds (7th, 2,318), field goals made (4th, 2,044) and blocked shots (4th, 554) 

� In 2009, she was the first player in history to finish among the league's top three in both blocked shots (3rd, 1.68 bpg) and 

3-pt FG percentage (1st, .452). 

� She enters the 2011 postseason ninth in league history with 1,327 minutes and she is eighth with 271 rebounds in her 

playoffs career. 

SMITH'S GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 1 31:19 6 13 4 7 0 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 16 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 1 28:00 3 7 0 2 2 2 3 3 6 2 1 0 0 1 8 

6/11 at New York W 1 1 18:42 2 5 0 2 5 5 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 9 

6/14 TULSA W 1 1 28:18 2 7 0 1 2 2 2 3 5 1 4 2 1 1 6 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 1 22:11 1 9 0 3 4 4 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 6 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 1 25:37 2 10 2 6 2 2 3 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 8 


6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 26:57 1 10 1 5 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 3 1 3 


6/28 PHOENIX W 1 1 15:29 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 3 2 0 0 2 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 1 23:41 4 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 10 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W Did Not Dress--Quad Contusion 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 1 25:02 3 7 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 10 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 1 6:10 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 


7/19 at Atlanta L 1 0 2:33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 1 23:54 4 8 2 5 0 0 2 1 3 1 4 2 2 0 10 



8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 1 27:27 2 8 0 3 0 0 0 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 1 27:13 4 12 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 10 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 1 15:47 3 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 1 23:59 3 6 3 5 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 10 

8/16 at San Antonio W 1 1 12:25 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 


8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 1 22:31 3 9 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 7 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 1 32:35 6 14 2 4 1 2 2 2 4 3 5 1 0 0 15 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 1 22:06 4 9 1 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 1 11 


9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 1 31:53 2 4 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 0 1 2 7 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 1 31:57 3 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 7 

9/ 9 at New York L 1 1 19:26 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 9 

9/11 ATLANTA L 1 1 18:20 6 7 2 3 0 0 0 4 4 0 6 0 1 1 14 

2011 Season Totals 33 32 711 88 237 32 94 30 34 27 75 102 49 80 22 42 16 238 

Averages 21.5 2.7 7.2 1.0 2.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 2.3 3.1 1.5 2.4 0.67 1.3 0.48 7.2 

Career Totals 448 400 12584 2044 4833 231 671 692 891 655 1663 2318 543 1385 454 745 554 5011 

Averages 28.1 4.6 10.8 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 3.7 5.2 1.2 3.1 1.01 1.7 1.24 11.2 


28 

Smith ’s Career Highs 

MIN:...................... 46, vs. DET, 8/6/05 

FGM:................... 14, vs. UTA, 8/14/99 

FGA: .....................23, at DET, 7/31/98 

................................. vs. UTA, 8/14/99 

....................................at HOU, 7/2/05 

3-pt FGM: ..............5, vs. MIN, 7/22/09 

................................. vs. N.Y., 7/31/10 

3-pt FGA:.................9, vs. L.A., 6/4/10 

FTM: .......................11, at DET, 8/9/05 

FTA:.................... 12, vs. UTA, 7/12/01 

.....................................at DET, 8/9/05 

OR: .......................6, vs. ORL, 7/21/02 

..................................vs. S.A., 7/10/03 

DR: ....................... 11, vs. UTA, 8/1/02 

TR:.........................13, at WAS, 6/5/01 

.................................vs. ORL, 7/21/02 

.................................... vs. CHI, 7/8/09 

AST: .........................5, at ORL, 6/5/00 

..................................at WAS, 6/18/03 

ST:..........................6, at SAC, 7/26/05 

BKS: ....................... 6, vs. SEA, 8/9/00 

...................................at SEA, 7/29/05 

PTS: ................... 28, vs. UTA, 8/14/99 



5 Tangela Smith -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 



SACRAMENTO MONARCHS 

1999 WSF 8/24 @ Los Angeles L 1 1 38 6 16 .375 0 0 .000 2 6 .333 1 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 14 

2000 WSF 8/12 Houston L 1 1 33 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 0 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 13 

2000 WSF 8/14 @ Houston L 1 1 26 4 12 .333 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 3 3 0 5 2 0 1 8 

2001 WSF 8/17 @ Utah W 1 1 32 8 15 .533 0 0 .000 1 1 1.000 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 17 

2001 WSF 8/19 Utah W 1 1 30 3 17 .176 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 1 5 6 1 1 1 1 1 10 

2001 WF 8/24 Los Angeles L 1 1 36 5 11 .455 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 4 2 6 3 2 2 1 2 14 

2001 WF 8/26 @ Los Angeles W 1 1 36 3 8 .375 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 1 5 2 2 2 6 

2001 WF 8/27 @ Los Angeles L 1 1 30 4 9 .444 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 2 4 6 1 5 0 0 0 8 

2003 WSF 8/29 Houston W 1 1 32 5 8 .625 0 2 .000 7 10 .700 1 9 10 1 3 0 1 1 17 

2003 WSF 8/31 @ Houston L 1 1 26 5 12 .417 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 12 

2003 WSF 9/2 @ Houston W 1 1 26 1 11 .091 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 3 7 10 1 4 1 2 1 4 

2003 WF 9/5 Los Angeles W 1 1 34 6 14 .429 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 0 10 10 2 1 0 2 0 14 

2003 WF 9/7 @ Los Angeles L 1 1 32 6 17 .353 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 2 8 10 2 3 2 4 0 15 

2003 WF 9/8 @ Los Angeles L 1 1 26 6 11 .545 1 2 .500 2 4 .500 1 3 4 2 5 1 1 0 15 

2004 WSF 9/24 Los Angeles W 1 1 26 9 16 .563 1 5 .200 2 2 1.000 3 2 5 3 1 1 3 1 21 

2004 WSF 9/26 @ Los Angeles L 1 1 33 6 18 .333 1 3 .333 2 3 .667 4 4 8 1 5 1 3 1 15 

2004 WSF 9/28 @ Los Angeles W 1 1 31 7 14 .500 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 1 6 7 1 3 0 1 2 17 

2004 WF 10/1 Seattle W 1 1 35 10 18 .556 0 0 .000 4 8 .500 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 4 24 

2004 WF 10/3 @ Seattle L 1 1 30 3 10 .300 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 3 3 1 3 1 8 

2004 WF 10/5 @ Seattle L 1 1 30 3 10 .300 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 1 4 5 0 2 4 1 3 10 

PHOENIX MERCURY 

2007 WSF 8/24 @ Seattle W 1 1 30 5 12 .417 3 3 1.000 0 0 .000 4 6 10 1 0 2 2 2 13 

2007 WSF 8/26 Seattle W 1 1 33 1 10 .100 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 2 6 8 3 4 0 1 1 6 

2007 WF 8/30 @ San Antonio W 1 1 33 7 12 .583 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 2 4 6 1 3 1 1 1 17 

2007 WF 9/1 San Antonio W 1 1 31 2 7 .286 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 1 11 12 3 5 0 2 2 7 

2007 Finals 9/5 @ Detroit L 1 1 30 4 8 .500 3 4 .750 0 0 .000 0 4 4 1 4 0 2 3 11 

2007 Finals 9/8 @ Detroit W 1 1 32 7 11 .636 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 0 10 10 2 3 1 1 1 18 

2007 Finals 9/11 Detroit L 1 1 37 6 17 .353 0 6 .000 5 7 .714 6 6 12 2 5 3 1 4 17 

2007 Finals 9/13 Detroit W 1 1 35 1 10 .100 0 4 .000 4 6 .667 1 6 7 1 3 1 2 2 6 

2007 Finals 9/16 @ Detroit W 1 1 24 4 4 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 10 

2009 WSF 9/17 @ San Antonio L 1 1 25 2 4 .500 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 2 4 6 0 2 0 1 0 6 

2009 WSF 9/19 San Antonio W 1 1 16 2 2 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 1 5 0 0 1 6 

2009 WSF 9/21 San Antonio W 1 1 26 6 11 .545 1 3 .333 3 4 .750 3 5 8 1 2 0 0 1 16 

2009 WF 9/23 @ Los Angeles W 1 1 25 3 8 .375 2 5 .400 3 4 .750 1 5 6 2 4 5 0 1 11 

2009 WF 9/25 Los Angeles L 1 1 30 6 7 .857 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 4 5 1 4 0 2 0 14 

2009 WF 9/26 Los Angeles W 1 1 21 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 3 

2009 Finals 9/29 Indiana W 1 1 26 5 9 .556 2 5 .400 2 2 1.000 1 4 5 0 3 2 2 2 14 

2009 Finals 10/1 Indiana L 1 1 28 5 6 .833 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 0 4 1 0 0 12 

2009 Finals 10/4 @ Indiana L 1 1 30 2 11 .182 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 8 10 1 1 2 2 1 5 

2009 Finals 10/7 @ Indiana W 1 1 33 6 10 .600 4 6 .667 0 0 .000 1 4 5 1 3 2 0 1 16 

2009 Finals 10/9 Indiana W 1 1 31 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 2 6 8 2 5 1 0 2 6 

2010 WSF 8/26 San Antonio W 1 1 32 3 8 .375 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 1 5 6 5 3 0 1 1 7 

2010 WSF 8/28 @ San Antonio W 1 1 29 7 9 .778 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 2 7 9 1 4 2 1 1 16 

2010 WF 9/2 @ Seattle L 1 1 32 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 1 2 .500 1 3 4 2 5 0 0 2 4 

2010 WF 9/5 Seattle L 1 1 37 3 10 .300 2 7 .286 2 2 1.000 2 5 7 1 4 0 3 1 10 

INDIANA FEVER 




TOTALS 44 44 1328 196 453 .433 48 110 .436 73 99 .737 65 206 271 61 145 50 54 52 513 

career high 38 10 18 1.000 4 7 1.000 7 10 1.000 6 11 12 5 5 5 4 4 24 

career low 

SEASON TOTALS 

16 1 2 .091 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 

1999 SAC 1 1 38 6 16 .375 0 0 .000 2 6 .333 1 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 14 

2000 SAC 2 2 59 9 22 .409 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 0 8 8 1 5 2 2 1 21 

2001 SAC 5 5 164 23 60 .383 0 0 .000 9 11 .818 8 16 24 8 16 5 4 5 55 

2003 SAC 6 6 176 29 73 .397 5 15 .333 14 20 .700 9 37 46 11 17 5 11 3 77 

2004 SAC 6 6 185 38 86 .442 2 9 .222 17 22 .773 11 20 31 8 17 9 11 12 95 

2007 PHO 9 9 285 37 91 .407 15 31 .484 16 20 .800 16 54 70 15 32 9 13 16 105 

2009 PHO 11 11 291 40 76 .526 20 38 .526 9 12 .750 14 50 64 9 38 15 7 9 109 

2010 PHO 4 4 130 14 29 .483 6 17 .353 3 4 .750 6 20 26 9 16 2 5 5 37 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SACRAMENTO CAREER TOTALS 20 20 622 105 257 .409 7 24 .292 45 63 .714 29 82 111 28 59 24 29 22 262 

Sacramento Career Averages 31.1 5.3 12.9 0.4 1.2 2.3 3.2 1.5 4.1 5.6 1.4 3.0 1.20 1.5 1.10 13.1 

PHOENIX CAREER TOTALS 24 24 706 91 196 .464 41 86 .477 28 36 .778 36 124 160 33 86 26 25 30 251 

Phoenix Career Averages 29.4 3.8 8.2 1.7 3.6 1.2 1.5 1.5 5.2 6.7 1.4 3.6 1.08 1.0 1.25 10.5 



CAREER TOTALS 44 44 1328 196 453 .433 48 110 .436 73 99 .737 65 206 271 61 145 50 54 52 513 

Averages 30.2 4.5 10.3 1.1 2.5 1.7 2.3 1.5 4.7 6.2 1.4 3.3 1.14 1.2 1.18 11.7


8 TAMMY SUTTON-BROWN Center 6-4 199 1/27/78 Rutgers ‘01 10 Yrs WNBA 

Last Game: In 20+ minutes vs. Atlanta, 9/11, she had five rebounds, two steals and two points on 

1-6 FG. 

� The only member of the Fever to finish the season with more steals (36) than turnovers (33), she 

was sixth in the WNBA with a steals-to-turnover ratio of 1.09-to-1. 

� Her 36 steals are a career-best, as she finished with an average of at least a steal per game (1.1 

spg) for the third time in her career, and the second season in a row 

� At New York, 9/9, she had six points on 2-4 FG and 2-4 FT, while adding four rebounds, an assist, 

a steal and a blocked shot in 28 minutes. 

� In, easily, her best game of the season, she scored a season-high 15 points, collected a season-best seven rebounds and 

tied a season-high with five blocked shots in nearly 30 minutes (29:38) vs. Washington, 9/7. She shot 7-10 from the floor 

and hit 1-2 FT against the Mystics. 

� She led the Fever in steals in three of the last five games, totaling 12 in those five outings. 

� She logged 25+ minutes in seven of the last 10 games, after doing so once in the first 24 games. 

� After eight straight games as a reserve, she started the last 19. 

� Her third blocked shot against the Sky, 6/4, was the 500th of her career and she is just the fifth player in league history to 

reach this plateau. 


� A starter in all 34 games last season, she averaged 8.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg and 1.6 bpg, which was third best in the league. 

� With her 16 points vs. Atlanta, 6/19/10, she became just the fifth player in WNBA history with 3,000 points, 1,500 

rebounds and 400 blocked shots in her career, joining Margo Dydek, Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson and Tangela Smith. 

� She was selected to her second All-Star Game in 2007 and ranks among the league’s all-time leaders in rebounds (16th, 

1,811) and blocks (5th, 487) 

� Before joining the Fever, she spent her entire WNBA career in Charlotte, where she averaged 9.5 points, 5.6 rebounds 

and 1.49 blocks and shooting 48.5 percent from the field 

� She has started all but 24 out of 355 games in her career and she scored the 3,000th point of her WNBA career in 2010. 

� In 2009, she became one of six players to eclipse 1,000 career points in a Fever uniform. 

SUTTON-BROWN'S GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 1 28:34 1 3 0 0 2 3 2 4 6 1 0 4 3 5 4 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 1 20:27 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 4 5 1 1 1 2 0 3 

6/11 at New York W 1 1 18:43 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 2 

6/14 TULSA W 1 1 14:58 3 5 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 2 8 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 1 14:41 0 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 2 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 1 13:32 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 4 3 


6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 19:22 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 12 


6/28 PHOENIX W 1 0 12:53 3 5 0 0 2 3 2 4 6 0 1 1 0 1 8 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 0 9:18 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 1 0 15:02 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 6 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 17:43 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 4 1 1 0 3 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 0 12:36 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 


7/19 at Atlanta L 1 1 19:20 2 5 0 0 3 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 1 13:43 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 


7/29 at Washington W 1 1 19:10 5 7 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 

7/31 LOS ANGELES W 1 1 16:24 2 2 0 0 3 4 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 7 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 1 11:54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 1 22:11 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 1 2 2 4 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 1 13:02 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 3 3 2 0 0 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 1 23:06 1 3 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 



8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 1 20:30 2 3 0 0 4 4 0 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 8 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 1 25:58 4 7 0 1 1 2 3 3 6 0 5 1 0 1 9 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 1 29:18 3 5 0 0 1 2 3 2 5 0 4 1 2 1 7 


9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 1 26:11 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 6 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 1 29:38 7 10 0 0 1 2 2 5 7 0 1 2 0 5 15 

9/ 9 at New York L 1 1 28:02 2 4 0 0 2 4 1 3 4 1 3 1 3 1 6 

9/11 ATLANTA L 1 1 20:31 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 4 2 1 0 2 

2011 Season Totals 34 26 647 68 139 0 3 52 70 41 65 106 19 65 36 33 41 188 

Averages 19 2.0 4.1 0.0 0.1 1.5 2.1 1.2 1.9 3.1 0.6 1.9 1.06 1.0 1.21 5.5 

Career Totals 355 331 9025 1192 2475 0 5 986 1414 680 1237 1917 208 1154 295 650 528 3370 

Averages 25.4 3.4 7.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 4.0 1.9 3.5 5.4 0.6 3.3 0.83 1.8 1.49 9.5 


30 

Sutton-Brown’s Career Highs 

MIN: .................50, at NY, 3ot, 6/26/08 

FGM:...................10, vs. ORL, 7/17/02 

...............................at NY, 3ot, 6/26/08 

FGA:......................16, vs. NY, 8/12/05 

3-pt FGM:.......................................... 0 

3-pt FGA: ................ 1, at WAS, 9/2/08 

FTM:............................... 10, five times 

........................ (last: vs. MIN, 8/22/10) 

FTA: .....................12, vs. IND, 7/23/05 

...................................at PHO, 7/29/07 

....................................at ATL, 6/13/08 

................................. vs. PHO, 9/14/08 

OR:........................ 7, at WAS, 7/15/04 

DR:.......................12, vs. IND, 6/26/04 

.............................12, vs. CON, 7/2/09 

TR: .........................15, vs. NY, 6/2 /08 

AST:.......................5, at CON, 6/29/07 

............................. 5, vs. PHO, 8/13/10 

ST: .......................4, vs. CON, 8/27/05 

................................ 4, vs. CHI, 6/4/11 

BKS:........................ 6, at IND, 7/28/04 

.................................... at WAS, 7/8/08 

PTS:.................. 26, vs. PHO,, 9/14/08 





CHARLOTTE STING 

2001 ESF 8/16 Cleveland W 1 1 19 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 1 2 3 0 4 0 1 1 6 

2001 ESF 8/18 @ Cleveland L 1 1 21 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 5 

2001 ESF 8/20 @ Cleveland W 1 1 24 6 6 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 3 5 8 1 5 0 2 0 12 

2001 EF 8/24 New York L 1 1 20 6 8 .750 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 12 

2001 EF 8/26 @ New York W 1 1 26 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 9 

2001 EF 8/27 @ New York W 1 1 20 1 6 .167 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 3 2 

2001 Finals 8/30 Los Angeles L 1 1 16 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 2 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 

2001 Finals 9/1 @ Los Angeles L 1 1 21 5 9 .556 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 12 

2002 ESF 8/15 @ Washington L 1 1 29 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 3 2 5 0 3 0 3 1 9 

2002 ESF 8/17 Washington L 1 1 27 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 1 6 7 0 3 1 4 0 6 

2003 ESF 8/28 @ Connecticut L 1 1 15 2 6 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 4 

2003 ESF 8/30 Connecticut L 1 17 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 

INDIANA FEVER 

2007 ESF 8/23 @ Connecticut L 1 1 14 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 3 3 1 1 0 3 0 3 

2007 ESF 8/25 Connecticut W 1 1 17 1 8 .125 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 

2007 ESF 8/27 Connecticut W 1 1 13 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 

2007 EF 8/31 Detroit W 1 1 29 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 5 7 .714 3 5 8 1 3 0 1 6 11 

2007 EF 9/2 @ Detroit L 1 1 19 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 0 3 3 1 5 0 3 2 5 

2007 EF 9/3 @ Detroit L 1 1 30 7 14 .500 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 3 7 10 1 5 1 0 2 17 

2008 ESF 9/19 Detroit L 1 1 25 1 8 .125 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 2 4 6 0 3 1 0 1 5 

2008 ESF 9/21 @ Detroit W 1 1 38 3 11 .273 0 0 .000 13 14 .929 2 3 5 1 5 0 3 0 19 

2008 ESF 9/23 @ Detroit L 1 1 30 8 12 .667 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 2 3 5 0 4 0 3 3 20 

2009 ESF 9/17 @ Washington W 1 1 28 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 1 5 6 1 4 1 3 2 12 

2009 ESF 9/19 Washington W 1 1 37 7 12 .583 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 3 6 9 0 4 1 5 4 16 

2009 EF 9/23 @ Detroit L 1 1 34 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 4 5 .800 1 3 4 0 4 1 1 2 14 

2009 EF 9/25 Detroit W 1 1 30 4 9 .444 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 2 4 2 3 2 8 

2009 EF 9/26 Detroit W 1 1 32 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 7 8 .875 2 5 7 0 2 1 4 0 17 


2009 Finals 10/1 @ Phoenix W 1 1 24 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 4 5 .800 1 7 8 0 1 0 1 1 14 

2009 Finals 10/4 Phoenix W 1 1 30 4 12 .333 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 3 4 0 1 1 2 2 9 

2009 Finals 10/7 Phoenix L 1 1 31 5 10 .500 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 1 2 3 0 2 1 3 1 12 


2010 ESF 8/26 @ New York L 1 1 28 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 2 2 4 1 4 2 2 1 10 

2010 ESF 8/29 New York W 1 1 30 5 9 .556 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 2 4 6 0 2 2 3 0 14 

2010 ESF 9/1 @ New York L 1 1 31 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 1 2 3 0 1 0 3 1 5 




8 Tammy Sutton-Brown -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 

TOTALS 34 33 871 127 268 .474 0 0 .000 83 118 .703 48 109 157 15 100 17 69 47 337 

career high 38 8 17 1.000 0 0 .000 13 14 1.000 3 7 10 2 5 2 5 6 22 

career low 13 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SEASON TOTALS 

2001 CHA 8 8 167 25 46 .543 0 0 .000 10 14 .714 10 16 26 4 25 1 8 11 60 

2002 CHA 2 2 56 7 14 .500 0 0 .000 1 6 .167 4 8 12 0 6 1 7 1 15 

2003 CHA 2 1 32 2 7 .286 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 5 6 0 5 0 2 3 4 

2007 IND 6 6 122 15 43 .349 0 0 .000 12 21 .571 7 21 28 4 15 1 8 12 42 

2008 IND 3 3 93 12 31 .387 0 0 .000 20 21 .952 6 10 16 1 12 1 6 4 44 

2009 IND 10 10 312 56 106 .528 0 0 .000 31 45 .689 15 41 56 5 30 9 30 14 143 

2010 IND 3 3 89 10 21 .476 0 0 .000 9 11 .818 5 8 13 1 7 4 8 2 29 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

CHARLOTTE CAREER TOTALS 12 11 255 34 67 .507 0 0 .000 11 20 .550 15 29 44 4 36 2 17 15 79 

Charlotte Career Averages 21.3 2.8 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.7 1.3 2.4 3.7 0.3 3.0 0.17 1.4 1.25 6.6 



CAREER TOTALS 34 33 871 127 268 .474 0 0 .000 83 118 .703 48 109 157 15 100 17 69 47 337 

Averages 25.6 3.7 7.9 0.0 0.0 2.4 3.5 1.4 3.2 4.6 0.4 2.9 0.50 2.0 1.38 9.9


1 SHAVONTE ZELLOUS Guard-Forward 5-10 155 8/28/86 Pittsburgh '09 2 Yrs WNBA 

Last Game: Scoring in double figures for just the second time in the last 13 games, she shot 2-6 FG 

and 6-9 FT for her 10 points vs. Atlanta, 9/11. Against the Dream, she added a career-high tying 

seven rebounds, five assists and a career-best matching three blocked shots. 

� Her five assists tied her most this season and were one short of her career-high. 

� She led the Indiana bench with nine points and four assists in 16+ minutes at New York, 9/9. 

Against the Liberty, she also had two rebounds and a steal, while not committing a turnover. 

� She has shot 3-9 3-pt FG in the last six games. For the season, she has made a career-high nine 

3-pt FG. 

� She has blocked 14 shots this season, including nine in the last 10 games. 

� She has claimed five or more rebounds six times in 2011. 

� She has had multiple assists 12 times this season, and has had more than one steal twice. 

� In the last 13 games, she has had 23 assists, 10 steals and just 10 turnovers. 


� In 27 appearances for the Fever last season, all off the bench, she averaged 5.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per 

game. 

� She had 12 steals and 16 blocked shots, while averaging 15.5 minutes per game. 

� In just her third appearance for the Fever, she came off the bench to score 23 points in a win vs. New York, 6/5. That is 

the fourth highest total by a Fever player off the bench in the team's history. 

� She was acquired from the Tulsa Shock, 5/27, and made her Fever debut against her former team, 5/29. 

� She was named to the 2009 adidas All-Rookie First Team after playing a major part in the Shock’s late run to secure a 

spot in the playoffs. 

� In 2009, she ranked second among WNBA rookies in scoring (11.9 ppg) and was second overall in the league in free 

throws made (155), behind Tamika Catchings (158). She also averaged 1.8 assists per game. 

� An All-Big East First Team honoree in each of her last three seasons at Pittsburgh (2007, 2008, 2009), she was named 

Big East Most Improved Player in 2007. She averaged 22.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game as a 

senior in 2008-09. She was sixth in the nation in scoring. 

� She graduated prior to her senior season with a bachelor of science degree in administration of justice and pursued a 

second degree as a senior. 

Pronunciation: shu-VON-tay ZELL-us 

ZELLOUS’ GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 


6/ 4 CHICAGO W 1 0 10:35 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 

6/10 NEW YORK L 1 0 4:43 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 

6/11 at New York W Did Not Play--Coach's Decision 

6/14 TULSA W 1 0 5:19 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 

6/17 at Seattle L 1 0 6:20 1 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 

6/19 at Phoenix L 1 0 1:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 


6/25 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 14:28 1 6 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 6 


6/28 PHOENIX W 1 0 14:18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 1 0 17:06 2 3 0 1 4 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 1 0 26:58 5 9 0 1 1 2 1 5 6 0 3 0 1 1 11 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 1 0 10:31 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 3 0 2 0 2 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 1 0 21:35 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 


7/19 at Atlanta L 1 1 23:04 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 2 5 1 2 0 6 

7/21 CHICAGO W 1 0 1:37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

7/28 at Connecticut W 1 0 12:03 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 


7/31 LOS ANGELES W 1 0 19:44 5 9 1 3 2 3 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 13 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 1 0 20:51 3 6 0 2 6 8 0 5 5 0 4 2 1 0 12 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 1 0 12:16 2 7 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 5 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 1 0 20:32 2 5 0 0 4 4 2 5 7 1 3 1 0 0 8 

8/13 NEW YORK W 1 0 14:45 4 8 1 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 5 1 2 2 9 



8/21 WASHINGTON W 1 0 13:38 2 3 0 0 4 5 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 

8/27 ATLANTA L 1 0 15:56 1 4 0 0 4 4 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 6 

8/30 at Atlanta L 1 0 23:17 3 6 1 4 4 5 1 4 5 1 3 0 2 1 11 


9/ 4 at Chicago W 1 0 1:56 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 1 0 6:29 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 

9/ 9 at New York L 1 0 16:42 3 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 9 

9/11 ATLANTA L 1 1 28:30 2 7 0 1 6 9 2 5 7 5 3 0 5 3 10 

2011 Season Totals 33 2 462 57 130 9 34 58 74 21 59 80 45 74 12 32 15 181 

Averages 14 1.7 3.9 0.3 1.0 1.8 2.2 0.6 1.8 2.4 1.4 2.2 0.36 1.0 0.45 5.5 

Career Totals 98 7 1751 227 588 32 118 277 340 61 184 245 152 247 53 144 48 763 

Averages 17.9 2.3 6.0 0.3 1.2 2.8 3.5 0.6 1.9 2.5 1.6 2.5 0.54 1.5 0.49 7.8 


32 

Zellous's Career Highs 

MIN: .................... 37, at CHI, 89/12/09 

FGM:........................8, vs. CHI, 8/9/09 

FGA:...................... 20, at CHI, 9/12/09 

3-pt FGM:.........................2, four times 

..............(most recent: vs. CHI, 9/6/09) 

3-pt FGA: ......................... 5, five times 

.............(most recent: at MIN, 5/23/10) 

FTM:......................17, at ATL, 6/26/09 

FTA: ......................19, at ATL, 6/26/09 

OR:........................4, vs. SAC, 6/28/09 

DR:.......................7, vs. WAS, 6/10/09 

TR: .......................7, vs. WAS, 6/10/09 

................................7, vs. NY, 9/10/09 

...............................7, vs. SAN, 8/9/11 

AST:.......................6, at CON, 8/15/10 

ST: ..........................3, at ATL, 6/26/09 

................................... 3, at NY, 7/2/09 

................................ 3, at IND, 8/25/09 

BKS:........................ 3, vs. TUL, 7/8/10 

.............................. 3, vs. MIN, 8/22/10 

..............................3, at WAS, 6/21/11 

PTS:......................25, at ATL, 6/26/09 





DETROIT SHOCK 

2009 ESF 9/16 Atlanta W 1 24 5 13 .385 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 2 4 1 0 0 12 

2009 ESF 9/18 @ Atlanta W 1 30 6 12 .500 1 4 .250 8 9 .889 1 5 6 4 4 3 2 1 21 

2009 EF 9/23 Indiana W 1 32 6 16 .375 1 1 1.000 10 11 .909 1 3 4 5 2 1 1 1 23 

2009 EF 9/25 Indiana L 1 29 6 20 .300 2 7 .286 5 7 .714 5 4 9 3 2 1 1 1 19 

2009 EF 9/26 Indiana L 1 31 1 7 .143 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 

INDIANA FEVER 

2010 ESF 8/26 @ New York L 1 10 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 3 3 1.000 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 

2010 ESF 8/29 New York W 1 11 1 3 .333 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 

2010 ESF 9/1 @ New York L 1 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 




1 Shavonte Zellous -- ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS STATISTICS 

TOTALS 8 0 176 27 73 .370 7 18 .389 29 34 .853 9 18 27 16 18 6 9 4 90 

career high 32 6 20 1.000 2 7 1.000 10 11 1.000 5 5 9 5 4 3 3 1 23 

career low 9 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

SEASON TOTALS 

2009 DET 5 0 146 24 68 .353 7 17 .412 23 27 .852 8 17 25 14 15 6 7 3 78 

2010 IND 3 0 30 3 5 .600 0 1 .000 6 7 .857 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 12 

2011 IND 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

DETROIT CAREER TOTALS 5 0 146 24 68 .353 7 17 .412 23 27 .852 8 17 25 14 15 6 7 3 78 

Detroit Career Averages 29.2 4.8 13.6 1.4 3.4 4.6 5.4 1.6 3.4 5.0 2.8 3.0 1.20 1.4 0.60 15.6 


Indiana Career Averages #DIV/0! #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### #### ##### 

CAREER TOTALS 5 0 146 24 68 .353 7 17 .412 23 27 .852 8 17 25 14 15 6 7 3 78 

Averages 29.2 4.8 13.6 1.4 3.4 4.6 5.4 1.6 3.4 5.0 2.8 3.0 1.20 1.4 0.60 15.6



34 

2011 FEVER NOTEBOOK – WNBA PLAYOFFS 

BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS 

Returning to the WNBA Playoffs for a seventh consecutive 

season in 2011, and for the eighth time in the franchise’s 12year 

history, the Indiana Fever 

hopes for a return to the WNBA 

Finals where it fell to the Phoenix 

Mercury in a dramatic five-game 

series in 2009. 

Indiana enters the Eastern 

Conference Semifinals in 2011 

where it meets the New York 

Liberty in a rematch of last year’s 

first-round series. The Libs 

dispatched the Fever 2-1 in that 

series, with N.Y. boasting a No. 2 seed and home-court 

advantage over the No. 3 seed Fever. Roles are reversed in 

2011 with the top-seeded Fever hosting No. 4 New York. 

It is the second time in three years that Indiana has entered 

the playoffs as a No. 1 seed, winning the East’s regular 

season crown in both 2009 and 2011. 

2002 16-16 No. 4 lost to NY in ESF 

2005 21-13 No. 2 lost to Conn. in EF 

2006 21-13 No. 3 lost to Detroit in ESF 

2007 21-13 No. 2 lost to Detroit in EF 

2008 17-17 No. 4 lost to Detroit in ESF 

2009 22-12 No. 1 lost to Phoenix in WNBA Finals 

2010 21-13 No. 3 lost to New York in ESF 

2011 21-13 No. 1 

TRUTH IN SEEDING 

Indiana has participated in 11 playoff series during its seven 

previous WNBA Playoffs seasons, and in all11 series, the top 

seed has advanced. 

The Fever has owned the top seed and home-court 

advantage in 4 of 11 series and advanced each time. And in 

each of the seven that Indiana has been the lower seed, 

including last year’s series with the Liberty, the Fever has 

fallen. 

EIGHT OF LAST TEN 

Since losing its only home game in both the 2005 and 2006 

postseasons, the Fever has lost just two of its last 10 playoff 

games at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

HOME SWEET HOME 

Having lost its finale to the Atlanta Dream, 9/11, the Fever 

fell one win short of tying its best record at home, which it set 

in 2005 and matched in 2009. 

With its 13 home wins in 2011, Indiana won at least 10 

home games for the 10th consecutive season. 

Since totaling 12 combined home wins in its first two 

seasons (2000 & 2001), the Fever has won 119 of 169 (.704) 

regular season games at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

20-WIN SEASONS 

The Fever has joined the Los Angeles Sparks (1999-06) as 

the only teams ever to record six 20-win seasons in a 7-year 

span. 

SEVEN IN A ROW 

Indiana's seven-year run of reaching the postseason is the 

third longest in league history, and is the longest active streak 

in the Eastern Conference. Seattle qualified for its record-tying 

eighth straight playoff berth in 2011. 

Longest streaks of playoff appearances in WNBA history 

8 * Seattle Storm, 2004-2011 

8 Los Angeles Sparks, 1999-2006 

7 * Indiana Fever, 2005-2011 

7 Detroit Shock, 2003-2009 

7 Houston Comets, 1997-2003 

6 Connecticut Sun, 2003-2008 

6 Sacramento Monarchs, 2003-2008 

*Active streak 

TIME FOR THE SEPTEMBER TURNAROUND 

The Fever won six of its past 12 games, but for the third 

straight season, Indiana enters the playoffs with a less than 

favorable streak in the final week before the playoffs. 

Indiana enters the 2011 postseason having lost 5 of 7 to 

end the regular season – after reeling off wins in 8 of 9 games 

following the All-Star Break. 

In 2010, the Fever had won five straight to move into first 

place with a week remaining, but promptly dropped three in-arow 

to finish third. 

In 2009, Indiana clinched an early postseason berth before 

dropping 5 of 7 to close the regular season – only to rebound 

and win four of its next five to advance to the Finals. 

PLAYOFF-TESTED 

Ten of the Fever’s 11 players have appeared in the playoffs 

before, and nine have tasted at least the conference finals. 

Only rookie Jeanette 

Pohlen has not 

qualified for previous 

playoff action. 

Only Tangela Smith 

has previously won a 

WNBA title, winning a 

pair with the Phoenix 

Mercury in 2007 and 

2009 – the latter at Indiana’s expense. Smith takes part in her 

ninth WNBA Playoffs. She has reached the conference finals 

six times and the Finals twice. 

Katie Douglas has reached the Finals on three occasions 

though still is in search of her first title. 

Numbers below are prior to the 2011 playoffs. 

Player (Playoff App) Titles Finals App CF App 

Bobbitt (3rd) - - 2 

Catchings (8th) - 1 3 

Davenport (5th) - 1 2 

Douglas (9th) - 3 5 

Ely (2nd) - - - 

January (3rd) - 1 1 

Phillips (3rd) - - 1 

Pohlen (1st) - - - 

Smith (9th) 2 2 6 

Sutton-Brown (8th) - 2 3 

Zellous (3rd) - - 1



INDIANA LIKES ODD NUMBERS 

The year is 2011, so isn’t it time for another Fever trip to the 

Eastern Conference Finals? The Fever has made a trip to the 

conference finals every other year since 2005 – 2005, 2007 

and 2009. 

FIFTH OVERALL AND FOUR STRAIGHT 

Lin Dunn makes her fifth playoff appearance overall as a 

WNBA head coach and joins Seattle’s Brian Agler with the 

longest active playoff coaching streak at 4. 

COACH OF THE YEAR? 

Dunn has twice been the runner-up in coach of the year 

balloting (2002 and 2009), though in 2011 has posted one of 

her best coaching resumes of her career. Besides leading the 

East’s top-seeded club, here are a few hardships she has had 

to overcome: 

Many preseason prognosticators downgraded the Fever 

because the roster was getting too old, with four players 

[Catchings, Douglas, Smith, Sutton-Brown] advancing into 

their 30s. Dunn deserves credit for balancing the Fever’s 

youth with the experience of its veterans. 

Dunn was greeted by five new faces when the club broke 

training camp in June. New on the club were offseason 

acquisitions Tangela Smith and Erin Phillips, rookie draft pick 

Jeanette Pohlen, and free agents Shannon Bobbitt and Shyra 

Ely who both missed the 2010 campaign after being waived 

by their previous clubs. 

Waived? Yes, three of them in total. Bobbitt was waived 

following the 2010 camp with Los Angeles, and never found a 

club last season. Ely was waived in Chicago due to a knee 

injury that forced her to miss the year. And don’t forget 

Jessica Davenport – a key Fever acquisition coming out of 

training camp in 2009 who had then been waived by New 

York. 

How about a point guard rotation with a new starter and 

three backups who weren’t even in the league in 2010? And 

then lose the starter to a season-ending injury? 

The Fever entered training camp already needing to 

groom Briann January as its new point guard. Bobbitt, Phillips 

and Pohlen were expected to provide backup for a position 

that had been stable in the hands of Tully Bevilaqua for the 

past six seasons. 

Besides grooming third-year star January as its next point 

guard, Dunn and the Fever were forced to deal with January’s 

season-ending injury sustained on June 28 against Phoenix. 

Next in line were Phillips and Bobbitt who have shared the 

role for the past three months. 

In all, five new faces joined the Fever in 2011 and four of 

them were not even active in the WNBA in 2010. [Phillips was 

with the Australian National Team; Pohlen was in college; 

Bobbitt and Ely were waived by their old clubs] 

CATCHINGS FOR MVP! 

Not only did four-time Defensive Player of the Year Tamika 

Catchings pace her team to finish among the league’s top 

defensive units again, but she continued her all-around 

assault on overall excellence – including offensive prowess, 

constant intensity and unsurpassed team leadership. 

Catchings scored at least 20 points in five of seven games 

down the stretch in August – including a career-matching 32 in 

a home win over New York (8/13). 

Catchings averaged 15.5 points (10th in WNBA), 7.1 

rebounds (9th), 3.5 assists (13th), 2.0 steals (4th) and 0.9 

blocks (11th) per game while leading the top team in the 

Eastern Conference to its seventh consecutive playoff bid. 

She is the WNBA’s only player among Top 15 leaders in 

each of those five major statistical categories. 

Catchings has been second in MVP balloting the past two 

seasons. She has been a top 3 finisher in MVP balloting in 5 

of 9 previous seasons. She has been a top 5 finisher in MVP 

balloting in 8 of 9 previous seasons. 

Catchings led the Fever in points per game, rebounds, 

assists and steals in each of her first six seasons. She did it 

again in 2010 and now she leads in all those categories in 

2011. No other player in WNBA history has ever done that 

once. 

Her team excels under her leadership and has led the East 

since the season began. She leads a franchise that has won 

at least 20 games for the sixth time in seven seasons. 

TOP THIEF 

Tamika Catchings won the WNBA steals crown for an 

unprecedented sixth season in 2010. In 2011, she surpassed 

Ticha Penicheiro as the league’s all-time leader in steals. 

Fever teammate Katie Douglas ranks 7th on the career 

ladder and Tangela Smith is 14th. 

WNBA Career Steals Leaders 

Tamika Catchings, 775 

Ticha Penicheiro, 756 

Sheryl Swoopes, 657 

Tully Bevilaqua, 566 

DeLisha Milton-Jones, 550 

Taj McWilliams-Franklin, 546 

Katie Douglas, 538 

Yolanda Griffith, 529 

Catchings finished with 67 steals this year to mark the ninth 

time in 10 seasons she has had at least 65! She owns four of 

the top five steals marks in WNBA history. 

WNBA Single-Season Steals Leaders 

100, Teresa Weatherspoon, 1998 

99, Tamika Catchings, 2009 





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DOUBLE-DOUBLES 

Tamika Catchings' 17 points and team-high 10 rebounds vs. 

Washington, 9/7, gave her 72 regular season double-doubles 

in her career, moving her ahead of former Detroit Shock star 

Cheryl Ford and into fifth place on the WNBA's all-time career 

double-doubles list. 

WNBA Career Double-Doubles Leaders 

Lisa Leslie, 157 


Lauren Jackson, 76 

Chamique Holdsclaw, 75 


Cheryl Ford, 71 

Natalie Williams, 68 


Tina Thompson, 58 

Margo Dydek, 50 

A FEVER FIRST 

When was the last time a player besides Tamika Catchings 

led the WNBA in any statistical category? Never. 

Not before 2011. 

Enter Jeanette Pohlen whose Stanford Cardinal reached the 

NCAA Women’s Final Four at Conseco Fieldhouse last April. 

Pohlen, draft by the Fever with the ninth pick in the WNBA 

Draft, promptly deposited 29 of 62 3-point attempts through 

the nets for a league-leading rate of 46.8 percent. 

ANOTHER FEVER 3-POINT SHOOTING FIRST 

No, it’s not the same note. But never has the Fever led 

WNBA teams in any shooting percentages until 2011. 

Led by the rookie Pohlen, Indiana’s 37.9 percent 3-point 

shooting led the WNBA. Five Fever stars collected at least 25 

3-pointers with sharpshooter Katie Douglas bagging 66. 

Tamika Catchings and Tangela Smith each made 32, Pohlen 

added 29 and Erin Phillips made 26. 

DOUGLAS FROM DOWNTOWN 

Katie Douglas finished the campaign with 66 3-pt field 

goals, second in the WNBA. 

She has made 60 or more 3-pt field goals five times in the 

last six seasons and her total this season was just 10 short of 

the Fever franchise record set by Tamika Catchings in 2002. 

Catchings and Douglas are the only players in Fever history to 

have hit at least 60 3-pt FG in a season and Douglas has now 

done it three times. 

Douglas shot a career-best 44.0 percent from behind the 

arc this season to rank fourth in the league. 

She has now made 576 3-pt field goals in her career, fifth in 

league history. 

WNBA Career 3-Point Field Goals 

Katie Smith 834 

Becky Hammon 702 

Diana Taurasi 663 

Tina Thompson 647 

Katie Douglas 576 

Sue Bird 547 

Nicole Powell 482 

Tamika Catchings 453 

STEALS AND THREES 

The Fever already boasts the first player in WNBA history to 

reach dual milestones of 500 steals and 500 3-pointers – 

Katie Douglas. She reached the milestone earlier this season. 

On deck to become the next 500-500 member is either 

Tamika Catchings (47 3-pointers shy) or Seattle’s Sue Bird 

(29 steals shy). 

AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE! 

When Tully Bevilaqua signed a free agent deal with San 

Antonio and the Fever acquired Erin Phillips in a three-team 

trade with Seattle and Washington, Indiana’s Aussie 

connection has remained. 

Phillips has performed more than admirably while taking 

over starting point guard duties for the injured Briann January. 

Phillips has averaged 8.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists 

for the Fever. January had averaged 8.6 points, 1.4 rebounds 

and 5.0 assists in 10 games before being injured. 

Phillips, just 25 and boasting four years WNBA experience, 

is a top candidate to lead the Opals in the 2012 Olympics in 

London. 

REBOUNDING A KEY TO SUCCESS 

Rebounding has not been a strength of this year’s Fever 

team and, in fact, Indiana ranks 10th in the WNBA with an 

average of 31.6 rebounds per game. 

Compared with Eastern Conference opponents in the 

WNBA Playoffs, Atlanta ranks second in the WNBA, 

Connecticut is third and New York is fourth. West-leading 

Minnesota leads the circuit. 

On the season, Indiana is 9-2 when it outrebounds its 

opponent. When the Fever is equal or trailing its opponent on 

the boards, Indiana still is 12-11. 

Against Eastern Conference playoff opponents, the Fever 

was outrebounded in seven of 13 combined meetings with the 

Liberty, Sun and Dream. 

AT THE BOX OFFICE 

The Fever drew its largest crowd of the season in its regular 

season finale on Sept. 11. Indiana finished the regular season 

with a home attendance average of 8,054, good for sixth in 

the WNBA. 

While the Fever just missed an attendance increase for the 

fifth straight season (8,265 in 2010), Indiana finished sixth in 

the WNBA for a third consecutive year while topping 8,000 

fans per game for the second straight season. 

During the Fever’s run through the WNBA Finals in 2009 

Indiana registered three consecutive sellouts of 18,165 during 

the playoffs.



TWO FOR 5,000 

Indiana is not the first team in WNBA history to play with two 5,000-point scorers on the same roster. The first was the Los 

Angeles Sparks with league legends Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson playing in tandem during Leslie’s final year in 2009. 

Indiana, besides being the only other team to boast that distinction, is also the first team in league history to have two 

5,000-point scorers reach the plateau during the same season. 

Tamika Catchings became the sixth player in league history to score 5,000 career points during a record-breaking 32-point 

effort on Aug. 13 against New York. Besides matching her career scoring high, she shot 17-of-19 free throws to set franchise 

marks. 

On Sept. 11 to close the regular season, Tangela Smith also eclipsed the 5,000-point barrier while scoring 14 points against 

Atlanta. Smith became only the eighth player ever to reach the mark. 

AMONG POSTSEASON LEADERS 

Tangela Smith has appeared in 44 playoff games, followed closely by Katie Douglas with 43. Tamika Catchings has made 31 

postseason appearances. Each of them ranks among WNBA postseason leaders. Here is a list: 

GAMES PLAYED 

Becky Hammon, 53 

Vickie Johnson, 53 


Deanna Nolan, 48 


Tamecka Dixon, 46 


Ruth Riley, 45 

Swin Cash, 44 

Tangela Smith, 44 


MINUTES 

Lisa Leslie, 1,842 

Deanna Nolan, 1,763 

Vickie Johnson, 1,714 

DeLisha Milton-Jones, 1,566 

Tina Thompson, 1,530 

Taj McWilliams-Franklin, 1,508 

Katie Douglas, 1,460 

Becky Hammon, 1,422 

Tangela Smith, 1,327 

Katie Smith, 1,315 

FIELD GOALS MADE 







Cappie Pondexter, 201 



Tamika Whitmore, 195 

FREE THROWS MADE 





Cynthia Cooper, 138 

3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 



Diana Taurasi, 76 

Mwadi Mabika, 70 

Katie Smith, 70 


Crystal Robinson, 64 

Kara Lawson, 61 


Nicole Powell, 52 

TOTAL REBOUNDS 


Cheryl Ford, 371 









ASSISTS 



Teresa Weatherspoon, 186 

Nikki Teasley, 165 

Sue Bird, 162 



Katie Douglas, 129 

Tamika Catchings, 123 

Swin Cash, 120 

STEALS 











BLOCKED SHOTS 


Ruth Riley, 73 

Margo Dydek, 59 



Tammy Sutton-Brown, 47 


POINTS 








Cappie Pondexter, 557 







Katie Smith, 506 



37


DAY-BY-DAY RESULTS (End of Regular Season) 


38 

2011 INDIANA FEVER STATISTICS 

Date Opponent Result Home Road Total High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Opponent Scoring Atten. 

Jun 4 CHICAGO W 65- 57 1-0 0-0 1-0 Douglas-19 Catchings-9 January-4 Prince-20 8,024 

Jun 10 NEW YORK L 80- 81 1-1 0-0 1-1 Douglas-27 Catchings-6 Catchings-3 Pondexter-21 7,703 

---------- Davenport-6 Phillips-3 

---------- Smith-6 

Jun 11 @New York W 86- 80 1-1 1-0 2-1 Catchings-19 Davenport-8 Catchings-4 Carson-23 7,835 

---------- Douglas-4 

---------- Phillips-4 

Jun 14 TULSA W 82- 74 2-1 1-0 3-1 Douglas-22 Catchings-7 January-10 Latta-19 6,024 

---------- Davenport-7 

---------- Douglas-7 

Jun 17 @Seattle L 54- 68 2-1 1-1 3-2 Douglas-11 Catchings-14 January-3 Cash-14 8,178 

Jun 19 @Phoenix L 89- 93(OT) 2-1 1-2 3-3 Davenport-20 Catchings-15 Bobbitt-6 Taurasi-32 7,701 

---------- January-6 

Jun 21 @Washington W 89- 80 2-1 2-2 4-3 Zellous-21 Catchings-6 January-9 Langhorne-23 7,980 

---------- Davenport-6 

Jun 25 CONNECTICUT W 75- 70 3-1 2-2 5-3 Catchings-13 Catchings-12 Catchings-5 Montgomery-19 7,100 

Jun 26 @Minnesota W 78- 75 3-1 3-2 6-3 Douglas-22 Douglas-8 January-4 Moore-21 7,117 

Jun 28 PHOENIX W 91- 86 4-1 3-2 7-3 Douglas-26 Sutton-Brown-6 Catchings-7 Bonner-15 6,625 

---------- Taurasi-15 

Jul 5 SEATTLE W 78- 61 5-1 3-2 8-3 Davenport-15 Davenport-7 Phillips-6 Bird-21 6,525 

Jul 9 WASHINGTON W 68- 57 6-1 3-2 9-3 Phillips-14 Catchings-7 Catchings-4 Anosike-12 7,056 

Jul 13 CONNECTICUT W 90- 78 7-1 3-2 10-3 Douglas-20 Catchings-5 Catchings-7 White-17 9,045 

---------- Phillips-5 

Jul 15 MINNESOTA L 70- 80 7-2 3-2 10-4 Catchings-22 Catchings-5 Zellous-4 Brunson-20 7,538 

---------- Davenport-5 

Jul 17 @Connecticut L 71- 76 7-2 3-3 10-5 Catchings-18 Catchings-15 Phillips-4 McCray-22 7,075 

---------- Pohlen-4 

---------- Smith-4 

Jul 19 @Atlanta L 74- 84 7-2 3-4 10-6 Catchings-22 Catchings-8 Catchings-6 Harding-19 7,645 

Jul 21 CHICAGO W 77- 63 8-2 3-4 11-6 Davenport-20 Douglas-7 Douglas-7 Fowles-21 8,050 

---------- Ely-7 

Jul 28 @Connecticut W 69- 58 8-2 4-4 12-6 Catchings-16 Davenport-10 Bobbitt-5 Charles-13 6,329 

Jul 29 @Washington W 61- 59 8-2 5-4 13-6 Catchings-16 Catchings-9 Catchings-5 Ajavon-19 11,587 

Jul 31 LOS ANGELES W 98- 63 9-2 5-4 14-6 Davenport-16 Catchings-11 Catchings-6 Hoffman-13 9,256 

Aug 5 @Tulsa W 85- 65 9-2 6-4 15-6 Davenport-17 Zellous-5 Phillips-4 Lacy-12 5,013 

---------- Jackson-12 

Aug 7 @Chicago L 69- 88 9-2 6-5 15-7 Douglas-14 Phillips-8 Catchings-5 Fowles-21 5,794 

---------- Murphy-21 

Aug 9 SAN ANTONIO W 81- 68 10-2 6-5 16-7 Catchings-21 Davenport-8 Catchings-3 Hammon-19 7,520 

---------- Douglas-3 

Aug 13 NEW YORK W 82- 71 11-2 6-5 17-7 Catchings-32 Phillips-6 Phillips-4 Pondexter-30 9,237 

Aug 16 @San Antonio W 65- 63 11-2 7-5 18-7 Catchings-26 Bobbitt-6 Catchings-2 Perkins-10 6,358 

---------- Pohlen-2 S. Robinson-10 

---------- Zellous-2 D. Robinson-10 

Aug 18 @Los Angeles L 70- 75 11-2 7-6 18-8 Catchings-16 Smith-9 Phillips-5 Hoffman-21 8,102 

---------- Phillips-16 Smith-5 

Aug 21 WASHINGTON W 83- 51 12-2 7-6 19-8 Douglas-15 Catchings-8 Catchings-5 Langhorne-11 7,935 

---------- Thomas-11 

Aug 27 ATLANTA L 80- 86 12-3 7-6 19-9 Catchings-22 Sutton-Brown-6 Douglas-5 McCoughtry-20 9,242 

Aug 30 @Atlanta L 90- 92 12-3 7-7 19-10 Phillips-21 Catchings-7 Douglas-4 McCoughtry-28 6,467 

Sep 2 @Connecticut L 55- 83 12-3 7-8 19-11 Douglas-12 Catchings-8 Catchings-5 McCray-14 6,991 

---------- Pohlen-8 

Sep 4 @Chicago W 88- 80 12-3 8-8 20-11 Catchings-17 Catchings-7 Catchings-6 Prince-21 6,199 

---------- Douglas-17 

Sep 7 WASHINGTON W 87- 69 13-3 8-8 21-11 Douglas-21 Catchings-10 Douglas-5 Langhorne-18 8,514 

Sep 9 @New York L 75- 83 13-3 8-9 21-12 Douglas-17 Catchings-6 Bobbitt-7 Carson-18 8,015 

Sep 11 ATLANTA L 88- 93 13-4 8-9 21-13 Douglas-30 Davenport-9 Bobbitt-6 McCoughtry-32 11,521


OVERALL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (21-13) 


---------- -FIELD GOALS- -3-POINT FG-- -FREE THROWS- --REBOUNDS-- 

PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 

Catchings 33 33 1040 168 384 .438 32 92 .348 143 162 .883 63 170 233 115 69 0 67 73 30 511 15.5 

Douglas 32 32 940 166 357 .465 66 150 .440 47 70 .671 31 95 126 91 48 0 41 65 8 445 13.9 

Davenport 34 8 717 145 274 .529 0 3 .000 73 104 .702 50 113 163 17 77 1 27 55 45 363 10.7 

Phillips 31 22 689 91 197 .462 26 61 .426 60 72 .833 16 72 88 74 52 0 30 45 0 268 8.6 

January 10 10 286 25 70 .357 7 22 .318 29 35 .829 5 9 14 50 33 0 15 33 0 86 8.6 

Smith 33 32 711 88 237 .371 32 94 .340 30 34 .882 27 75 102 49 80 2 22 42 16 238 7.2 

Sutton-Brown 34 26 645 68 139 .489 0 3 .000 52 70 .743 41 65 106 19 65 0 36 33 41 188 5.5 

Zellous 33 2 463 57 130 .438 9 34 .265 58 74 .784 21 59 80 45 74 1 12 32 15 181 5.5 

Pohlen 34 2 539 48 102 .471 29 62 .468 13 15 .867 10 37 47 33 32 0 13 21 4 138 4.1 

Bobbitt 31 3 439 41 115 .357 17 44 .386 23 30 .767 12 29 41 54 33 0 30 37 0 122 3.9 

Ely 33 0 355 39 109 .358 5 24 .208 20 29 .690 19 54 73 9 46 0 6 25 6 103 3.1 

FEVER 34 - 6825 936 2114 .443 223 589 .379 548 695 .788 295 778 1073 556 609 4 299 502 165 2643 77.7 

OPPONENTS 34 - 6825 925 2182 .424 179 534 .335 481 655 .734 359 776 1135 537 647 1 269 542 134 2510 73.8 

---------- -- SINGLE-GAME HIGHS -- ----------- AVERAGE PER GAME ------------ -CAREER HIGHS (C=SET, T=TIED THIS SEASON)- 

PLAYER MIN REB AST ST TO BL PTS MIN REB AST STL TO BLK PTS FG FGA FT FTA REB AST PTS 

Catchings 37 15 7 6 5 3 32 31.5 7.1 3.5 2.03 2.2 0.91 15.5 13 24 17C 19C 16 11 32T 

Douglas 38 8 7 4 5 1 30 29.4 3.9 2.8 1.28 2.0 0.25 13.9 11T 27 15 16 12 8 34 

Davenport 32 10 3 3 4 6 25 21.1 4.8 0.5 0.79 1.6 1.32 10.7 10C 15C 8C 10C 12 3T 25C 

Phillips 37 8 6 4 4 0 21 22.2 2.8 2.4 0.97 1.5 0.00 8.6 9C 14C 7C 8C 8T 7 21C 

January 33 4 10 4 7 0 18 28.6 1.4 5.0 1.50 3.3 0.00 8.6 6 13 14 15 6 10C 19 

Smith 33 9 5 2 4 2 16 21.5 3.1 1.5 0.67 1.3 0.48 7.2 14 23 11 12 13 5T 28 

Sutton-Brown 30 7 1 5 3 5 15 19.0 3.1 0.6 1.06 1.0 1.21 5.5 10 16 10 12 15 5 26 

Zellous 30 7 5 2 5 3 21 14.0 2.4 1.4 0.36 1.0 0.45 5.5 8 20 17 19 7T 6 25 

Pohlen 39 8 4 2 2 2 17 15.9 1.4 1.0 0.38 0.6 0.12 4.1 5C 7C 4C 5C 8C 4C 17C 

Bobbitt 36 6 7 5 5 0 16 14.2 1.3 1.7 0.97 1.2 0.00 3.9 6C 12T 5C 6T 6T 10 16C 

Ely 23 7 2 1 3 2 10 10.8 2.2 0.3 0.18 0.8 0.18 3.1 11 18 5T 8 8 3 26 

FEVER 225 48 24 13 27 12 98 200.7 31.6 16.4 8.79 14.8 4.85 77.7 43 86 34 40 50 27 110 

OPPONENTS 225 46 25 15 23 10 93 200.7 33.4 15.8 7.91 15.9 3.94 73.8 41 86T 40 54 50 29 111 

RECORD BREAKDOWN/MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS 

---- RECORD HOME ROAD OT 

Overall 21-13 13- 4 8- 9 0- 1 

EASTERN 13- 9 8- 3 5- 6 

WESTERN 8- 4 5- 1 3- 3 0- 1 

TEAM WINNING & LOSING STREAKS: 

---- OVERALL HOME ROAD 

---- Loss- 2 Loss- 1 Loss- 1 

Long:Win - 7 Win - 6 Win - 3 

---- Loss- 3 Loss- 1 Loss- 3 

Last:Win -09/07 vsWAS 87-69 Win -09/07 vsWAS 87-69 Win -09/04 @ CHI 88-80 

---- Loss-09/11 vsATL 88-93 Loss-09/11 vsATL 88-93 Loss-09/09 @ NY 75-83 

---- WON LOST OFFENSE VsOPP HOME ATTENDANCE 

May 0 0 70+ 16-10 .500+ 11- 9 17 Games 

June 7 3 70< 5- 3 .500< 9- 4 136,915 Total 

July 7 3 DEFENSE 8,054 Average 

Aug. 5 4 70+ 9-12 11,521 High 

Sep. 2 3 70< 12- 1 

MARGINS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 

Won By: 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 

Lost By: 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 

---- 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46+ 

Won By: 1 1 

Lost By: 1 

At Start Of: OVERALL HOME ROAD FG% OVERALL HOME ROAD 

2nd- Ahead: 16- 4 10- 2 6- 2 -44% 7- 9 5- 2 2- 7 

-Behind: 4- 9 2- 2 2- 7 45-49% 6- 1 4- 1 2- 0 

- Tied: 1- 0 1- 0 0- 0 50-54% 7- 3 4- 1 3- 2 

3rd- Ahead: 16- 3 10- 1 6- 2 55-59% 1- 0 0- 0 1- 0 

-Behind: 5- 9 3- 2 2- 7 +60% 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 

- Tied: 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0 

4th- Ahead: 17- 3 12- 1 5- 2 

-Behind: 4- 9 1- 2 3- 7 

- Tied: 0- 1 0- 1 0- 0 


39


SEASON HIGHS (Regular Season) 


40 


---------- FIELD FREE ----- REBOUNDS ----- BLOCKED 

PLAYER MINUTES GOALS THROWS OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE TOTAL ASSISTS STEALS TURNOVERS SHOTS POINTS 

SHANNON 36 6C 5C 2 (2) 4 (2) 6T 7 5C 5 0 16C 

BOBBITT SEP. 9 SEP. 9 JUN. 19 SEP. 2 AUG. 16 AUG. 16 SEP. 9 JUL. 28 JUL. 21 SEP. 9 

---------- at N.Y. at N.Y. at Phoe. at Conn. at S.A. at S.A. at N.Y. at Conn. vs Chi. at N.Y. 

TAMIKA 37 9 17C 6 12 15 (2) 7 (4) 6 5 3 (4) 32T 

CATCHINGS JUN. 19 AUG. 16 AUG. 13 JUL. 9 JUL. 17 JUL. 17 JUL. 13 JUL. 9 SEP. 9 AUG. 16 AUG. 13 

---------- at Phoe. at S.A. vs N.Y. vs Wash. at Conn. at Conn. vs Conn. vs Wash. at N.Y. at S.A. vs N.Y. 

JESSICA 32C 10C 8C 4 (2) 8T 10 3T(2) 3C(2) 4 6C 25C 

DAVENPORT JUN. 21 JUN. 28 JUL. 21 SEP. 2 AUG. 9 JUL. 28 JUL. 21 JUL. 31 AUG. 9 JUN. 17 JUN. 28 

---------- at Wash. vs Phoe. vs Chi. at Conn. vs S.A. at Conn. vs Chi. vs L.A. vs S.A. at Sea. vs Phoe. 

KATIE 38 11T 5 4 7 8 7 4 (2) 5 (3) 1 (8) 30 

DOUGLAS JUN. 10 SEP. 11 SEP. 7 AUG. 18 JUN. 26 JUN. 26 JUL. 21 JUL. 9 AUG. 30 SEP. 11 SEP. 11 

---------- vs N.Y. vs Atl. vs Wash. at L.A. at Minn. at Minn. vs Chi. vs Wash. at Atl. vs Atl. vs Atl. 

SHYRA 23 (2) 4 (2) 5T 2 (5) 7C 7 (2) 2 1 (6) 3 2 10 

ELY AUG. 16 JUL. 31 SEP. 7 SEP. 7 JUL. 28 JUL. 28 JUN. 25 SEP. 2 JUN. 19 JUL. 28 JUL. 13 

---------- at S.A. vs L.A. vs Wash. vs Wash. at Conn. at Conn. vs Conn. at Conn. at Phoe. at Conn. vs Conn. 

BRIANN 33 4 (4) 9 2 4T 4 (2) 10C 4C 7C 0 18 

JANUARY JUN. 11 JUN. 25 JUN. 21 JUN. 19 JUN. 25 JUN. 25 JUN. 14 JUN. 4 JUN. 11 JUN. 21 

---------- at N.Y. vs Conn. at Wash. at Phoe. vs Conn. vs Conn. vs Tulsa vs Chi. at N.Y. at Wash. 

ERIN 37C 9C 7C 2 (4) 7C 8T 6 4 4T(3) 0 21C(2) 

PHILLIPS JUL. 9 AUG. 30 AUG. 21 AUG. 27 AUG. 7 AUG. 7 JUL. 5 JUL. 29 AUG. 9 AUG. 30 

---------- vs Wash. at Atl. vs Wash. vs Atl. at Chi. at Chi. vs Sea. at Wash. vs S.A. at Atl. 

JEANETTE 39C 5C(2) 4C 2C(2) 6C(2) 8C 4C 2C(4) 2C(3) 2C 17C 

POHLEN JUN. 19 JUN. 19 AUG. 5 SEP. 2 SEP. 2 SEP. 2 JUL. 17 AUG. 5 JUL. 19 JUN. 17 JUN. 19 

---------- at Phoe. at Phoe. at Tulsa at Conn. at Conn. at Conn. at Conn. at Tulsa at Atl. at Sea. at Phoe. 

TANGELA 33 7 5 3 (2) 7 9 5T 2 (5) 4 2 (2) 16 

SMITH AUG. 27 JUL. 31 JUN. 11 JUN. 19 AUG. 18 AUG. 18 AUG. 18 AUG. 21 SEP. 2 SEP. 7 JUN. 4 

---------- vs Atl. vs L.A. at N.Y. at Phoe. at L.A. at L.A. at L.A. vs Wash. at Conn. vs Wash. vs Chi. 

TAMMY 30 7 5 4 5 7 1 (19) 5C 3 5 (2) 15 

SUTTON-BROWN SEP. 7 SEP. 7 JUN. 26 JUL. 28 SEP. 7 SEP. 7 SEP. 9 SEP. 4 JUN. 4 SEP. 7 SEP. 7 

---------- vs Wash. vs Wash. at Minn. at Conn. vs Wash. vs Wash. at N.Y. at Chi. vs Chi. vs Wash. vs Wash. 

SHAVONTE 30 7 6 (3) 2 (4) 5 (4) 7T(2) 5 (2) 2 (2) 5 3T(2) 21 

ZELLOUS JUN. 21 JUN. 21 SEP. 11 SEP. 11 SEP. 11 SEP. 11 SEP. 11 AUG. 27 SEP. 11 SEP. 11 JUN. 21 

---------- at Wash. at Wash. vs Atl. vs Atl. vs Atl. vs Atl. vs Atl. vs Atl. vs Atl. vs Atl. at Wash. 

FEVER 225 36 28 18 37 48 24 (2) 13 (3) 27 12 98 

High Games JUN. 19 JUL. 31 AUG. 21 JUN. 19 JUL. 28 JUL. 28 JUL. 31 AUG. 21 JUN. 11 JUN. 17 JUL. 31 

---------- at Phoe. vs L.A. vs Wash. at Phoe. at Conn. at Conn. vs L.A. vs Wash. at N.Y. at Sea. vs L.A. 

FEVER 200 (33) 16 5 4 (2) 13 19 8 4 (2) 8 0 (2) 54 

Low Games SEP. 11 JUN. 17 AUG. 7 AUG. 7 SEP. 9 SEP. 9 JUN. 17 JUL. 19 AUG. 27 AUG. 18 JUN. 17 

---------- vs Atl. at Sea. at Chi. at Chi. at N.Y. at N.Y. at Sea. at Atl. vs Atl. at L.A. at Sea. 

OPPONENTS 225 36 29 19 34 46 25 15 23 10 93 (2) 

High Games JUN. 19 AUG. 30 JUN. 21 SEP. 11 SEP. 2 JUN. 19 SEP. 2 AUG. 30 AUG. 13 JUL. 19 SEP. 11 

---------- at Phoe. at Atl. at Wash. vs Atl. at Conn. at Phoe. at Conn. at Atl. vs N.Y. at Atl. vs Atl. 

OPPONENTS 200 (33) 19 2 3 10 25 (2) 9 3 9 1 (3) 51 

Low Games SEP. 11 AUG. 21 JUL. 5 JUN. 25 JUN. 11 SEP. 4 AUG. 27 JUL. 13 AUG. 30 SEP. 9 AUG. 21 

---------- vs Atl. vs Wash. vs Sea. vs Conn. at N.Y. at Chi. vs Atl. vs Conn. at Atl. at N.Y. vs Wash. 

"C" indicates a new career-high, "T" a tied career-high. 

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of games in which a player or team has reached a given total (if more than one).



FEVER AND OPPONENTS TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 

DATE OPPONENT FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR TOT AST PF ST TO BS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT OT OT FINAL 

June 4 Chicago 20 57 .351 7 15 .467 10 15 .667 6 30 36 12 20 7 18 6 13 16 13 15 57 

at Indiana 21 70 .300 7 20 .350 16 24 .667 12 27 39 13 14 12 12 5 21 12 16 16 65 

June 10 New York 35 71 .493 6 16 .375 5 5 1.000 9 23 32 16 20 8 13 3 22 30 15 14 81 

at Indiana 29 64 .453 9 23 .391 13 18 .722 10 21 31 14 10 4 13 2 24 18 17 21 80 

June 11 Indiana 30 53 .566 8 17 .471 18 21 .857 8 19 27 17 17 7 27 6 29 16 17 24 86 

at New York 31 71 .437 6 14 .429 12 12 1.000 15 10 25 15 19 11 18 2 27 22 21 10 80 

June 14 Tulsa 29 73 .397 9 24 .375 7 12 .583 12 22 34 13 20 8 13 2 16 27 17 14 74 

at Indiana 29 61 .475 8 17 .471 16 19 .842 7 29 36 24 14 9 14 7 24 18 19 21 82 

June 17 Indiana 16 55 .291 1 15 .067 21 26 .808 12 24 36 8 22 5 13 12 10 9 14 21 54 

at Seattle 22 66 .333 4 20 .200 20 25 .800 16 23 39 16 22 7 10 2 15 22 21 10 68 

June 19 Indiana 29 78 .372 9 25 .360 22 30 .733 18 27 45 20 29 6 17 6 24 26 14 18 7 89 

at Phoenix 33 86 .384 5 28 .179 22 28 .786 17 29 46 17 21 8 13 5 26 15 16 25 11 93 

June 21 Indiana 29 53 .547 6 12 .500 25 31 .806 6 20 26 21 31 7 14 5 13 29 21 26 89 

at Washington 24 58 .414 3 16 .188 29 38 .763 11 17 28 10 25 8 14 1 24 15 18 23 80 

June 25 Connecticut 26 61 .426 5 17 .294 13 13 1.000 3 30 33 14 16 10 17 2 24 8 17 21 70 

at Indiana 26 65 .400 8 22 .364 15 21 .714 10 27 37 20 11 11 15 2 18 21 21 15 75 

June 26 Indiana 27 59 .458 8 18 .444 16 18 .889 4 22 26 15 21 5 11 4 24 16 16 22 78 

at Minnesota 30 74 .405 3 10 .300 12 19 .632 17 22 39 17 17 5 11 4 18 23 19 15 75 

June 28 Phoenix 32 58 .552 7 14 .500 15 24 .625 7 20 27 23 21 7 19 3 18 21 26 21 86 

at Indiana 35 66 .530 7 15 .467 14 18 .778 6 17 23 22 17 11 13 7 24 21 28 18 91 

July 5 Seattle 25 58 .431 9 25 .360 2 4 .500 7 22 29 18 18 5 20 3 18 9 20 14 61 

at Indiana 29 54 .537 6 14 .429 14 22 .636 6 21 27 20 9 11 14 6 23 19 16 20 78 

July 9 Washington 22 57 .386 8 16 .500 5 10 .500 15 19 34 14 17 8 20 6 24 9 17 7 57 

at Indiana 28 60 .467 2 7 .286 10 12 .833 9 15 24 13 11 12 10 8 14 11 24 19 68 

July 13 Connecticut 26 65 .400 11 24 .458 15 17 .882 11 21 32 12 16 3 14 4 18 12 25 23 78 

at Indiana 32 63 .508 11 17 .647 15 17 .882 6 18 24 20 21 10 9 3 32 21 23 14 90 

July 15 Minnesota 33 67 .493 5 9 .556 9 12 .750 15 23 38 18 18 7 18 4 20 21 18 21 80 

at Indiana 24 61 .393 7 25 .280 15 18 .833 9 17 26 16 15 9 9 4 22 19 13 16 70 

July 17 Indiana 29 68 .426 5 16 .313 8 14 .571 9 30 39 19 19 10 17 0 19 13 23 16 71 

at Connecticut 27 62 .435 7 16 .438 15 22 .682 6 27 33 21 13 7 13 4 18 24 16 18 76 

July 19 Indiana 26 65 .400 3 13 .231 19 21 .905 7 25 32 15 24 4 14 4 18 18 20 18 74 

at Atlanta 30 63 .476 2 6 .333 22 31 .710 7 27 34 16 19 12 11 10 21 23 22 18 84 

July 21 Chicago 22 54 .407 4 10 .400 15 20 .750 9 18 27 15 20 8 18 6 11 16 16 20 63 

at Indiana 28 63 .444 7 16 .438 14 16 .875 13 23 36 18 16 9 16 2 18 23 20 16 77 

July 28 Indiana 22 67 .328 7 18 .389 18 22 .818 11 37 48 13 19 11 19 4 14 20 19 16 69 


July 29 Indiana 24 50 .480 4 11 .364 9 12 .750 5 24 29 15 17 6 16 8 24 13 13 11 61 

at Washington 23 67 .343 3 15 .200 10 15 .667 18 17 35 13 12 8 14 3 20 11 17 11 59 

July 31 Los Angeles 23 64 .359 4 16 .250 13 16 .813 10 22 32 13 19 7 16 2 15 15 16 17 63 

at Indiana 36 69 .522 10 23 .435 16 22 .727 10 31 41 24 11 8 10 5 27 26 24 21 98 

Aug. 5 Indiana 29 56 .518 7 19 .368 20 25 .800 5 24 29 13 13 13 14 4 22 20 27 16 85 

at Tulsa 24 63 .381 5 23 .217 12 16 .750 14 21 35 15 22 9 21 2 12 17 14 22 65 

Aug. 7 Indiana 29 66 .439 6 22 .273 5 8 .625 4 22 26 17 20 11 14 4 15 19 13 22 69 

at Chicago 29 61 .475 8 16 .500 22 26 .846 9 30 39 19 13 6 18 4 18 17 25 28 88 

Aug. 9 San Antonio 23 53 .434 4 14 .286 18 30 .600 6 22 28 13 26 12 20 7 18 5 21 24 68 

at Indiana 26 58 .448 6 14 .429 23 29 .793 7 28 35 11 22 13 21 5 19 20 24 18 81 

Aug. 13 New York 28 58 .483 3 12 .250 12 18 .667 9 20 29 15 28 10 23 4 16 16 15 24 71 

at Indiana 25 54 .463 7 25 .280 25 31 .806 6 17 23 17 19 6 17 3 16 22 26 18 82 

Aug. 16 Indiana 22 56 .393 4 18 .222 17 19 .895 10 24 34 9 16 10 16 7 21 22 7 15 65 

at San Antonio 22 62 .355 4 18 .222 15 18 .833 10 24 34 16 18 8 13 1 16 17 21 9 63 

Aug. 18 Indiana 26 66 .394 9 23 .391 9 13 .692 9 21 30 18 22 8 11 0 21 9 24 16 70 

at L.A. 24 54 .444 7 19 3682 20 28 .714 5 27 32 18 15 6 13 2 16 15 24 20 75 

Aug. 21 Washington 19 54 .352 7 14 .500 6 11 .545 10 18 28 14 23 5 22 8 11 12 19 9 51 

at Indiana 25 62 .403 5 12 .417 28 31 .903 13 24 37 18 13 13 12 5 23 16 19 25 83 

Aug. 27 Atlanta 33 60 .550 2 7 .286 18 24 .750 10 24 34 9 23 6 18 5 23 19 17 27 86 

at Indiana 29 74 .392 4 14 .286 18 23 .783 13 19 32 13 24 9 8 3 18 14 29 19 80 

Aug. 30 Indiana 33 66 .500 6 16 .375 18 21 .857 7 23 30 14 21 6 19 8 19 30 24 17 90 

at Atlanta 36 80 .450 2 11 .182 18 24 .750 8 20 28 18 17 15 9 4 23 23 23 23 92 

Sept. 2 Indiana 22 73 .301 5 16 .313 6 8 .750 15 24 39 14 19 6 18 1 19 14 11 11 55 


Sept. 4 Indiana 30 55 .545 9 12 .750 19 22 .864 6 17 23 18 17 9 14 6 25 26 21 16 88 

at Chicago 32 64 .500 4 12 .333 12 18 .667 8 17 25 22 20 7 17 4 26 23 15 16 80 

Sept. 7 Washington 26 68 .382 6 20 .300 11 16 .688 11 24 35 13 26 6 18 4 11 26 21 11 69 

at Indiana 29 63 .460 5 15 .333 24 31 .774 8 27 35 10 13 10 9 8 22 14 26 23 87 

Sept. 9 Indiana 28 55 .509 9 19 .474 10 14 .714 6 13 19 18 15 12 20 6 21 14 20 20 75 

at New York 30 60 .500 7 16 .438 16 18 .889 11 19 30 16 15 7 19 1 29 18 18 18 83 

Sept. 11 Atlanta 33 76 .434 3 5 .600 24 37 .649 19 25 44 20 16 12 10 6 29 18 24 22 93 

at Indiana 34 66 .515 8 20 .400 12 18 .667 8 22 30 18 27 6 17 5 24 31 16 17 88 


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C F F G G W-L Pct. 

Sutton-Brown Catchings Smith Douglas January 3-3 .500 

Sutton-Brown Catchings Smith Bobbitt January 1-0 1.000 

Davenport Catchings Smith Douglas January 3-0 1.000 

Davenport Catchings Smith Douglas Phillips 2-2 .500 

Davenport Catchings Pohlen Douglas Phillips 1-0 1.000 

Sutton-Brown Catchings Zellous Douglas Phillips 0-1 .000 

Sutton-Brown Catchings Smith Douglas Phillips 10-5 .667 

Sutton-Brown Catchings Smith Pohlen Phillips 1-0 1.000 

Sutton-Brown Catchings Smith Douglas Bobbitt 0-1 .000 

Sutton-Brown Douglas Smith Bobbitt Zellous 0-1 .000 

2011 GAME LEADERS (regular season) 

Scoring 10+ 10+ Double- Team Leaders 

10+ 20+ 30+ Rebs Asts Doubles Pts Rebs Asts 

Bobbitt, Shannon 2 1 4 

Catchings, Tamika 27 7 1 5 3 13 21 15 

Davenport, Jessica 17 3 1 1 5 9 

Douglas, Katie 23 6 1 14 3 5 

Ely, Shyra 1 1 

January, Briann 4 1 1 7 

Phillips, Erin 12 2 3 3 7 

Pohlen, Jeanette 5 2 

Smith, Tangela 11 2 2 

Sutton-Brown, Tammy 3 2 

Zellous, Shavonte 6 2 2 

2011 FEVER VS. OPPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS STATS 

DATE OPPONENT W/L Pts in Paint 2nd Chance Pts Fast Break Pts Bench Pts Pts off Turnovers 

6/ 4 Chicago W 24-14 19- 8 6- 8 8-17 16- 6 

6/10 NEW YORK L 22-34 19-14 0- 6 19-24 3-18 

6/11 at New York W 28-34 5-20 8-12 26- 7 27-30 

6/14 TULSA W 30-24 6- 7 14- 7 26-14 19-14 

6/17 at Seattle L 24-22 11-13 7- 6 25-21 3-13 

6/19 at Phoenix L 36-40 18-15 2-16 52-21 13-19 

6/21 at Washington W 34-30 6-16 6-15 52-19 17-19 

6/25 CONNECTICUT W 30-20 8- 5 13-10 31- 6 20-20 

6/26 at Minnesota W 22-42 5-21 4-16 24-14 12-14 

6/28 PHOENIX W 36-40 12-12 8-14 17-38 22-17 

7/ 5 SEATTLE W 32-26 3- 2 8-10 26- 7 20-15 

7/ 9 WASHINGTON W 36-22 8-10 7- 4 19-11 28- 7 

7/13 CONNECTICUT W 28-22 6-15 5- 5 20-30 20- 8 

7/15 MINNESOTA L 28-36 4-15 7- 8 12-10 16-15 

7/17 at Connecticut L 42-32 9- 3 6- 6 18-12 10-13 

7/19 at Atlanta L 30-38 11-12 10-24 14-19 13-17 

7/21 Chicago W 34-24 22- 6 8- 0 37-26 14-16 

7/28 at Connecticut W 26-28 12- 8 6-10 31-18 19-13 

7/29 at Washington W 28-30 3-11 5- 7 13- 7 11-18 

7/31 LOS ANGELES W 40-24 16- 9 9- 5 57-29 18- 9 

8/ 5 at Tulsa W 30-26 8-12 13-12 45-25 28-17 

8/ 7 at Chicago L 24-30 7-11 13-16 27-37 24-17 

8/ 9 SAN ANTONIO W 24-22 11- 6 3- 0 22-13 11-19 

8/13 NEW YORK W 24-34 9- 6 6-14 23-29 25-21 

8/16 at San Antonio W 26-24 7-16 13-14 19-28 16- 9 

8/18 at Los Angeles L 26-28 8- 9 2- 8 8-35 2-19 

8/21 WASHINGTON W 26-16 8- 6 10- 1 31-19 25- 6 

8/27 ATLANTA L 40-38 15-11 9-11 15-21 20-13 

8/30 at Atlanta L 34-48 11-13 10-24 16-14 11-23 

9/ 2 at Connecticut L 24-32 10-11 4-12 21-32 11-24 

9/ 4 at Chicago W 36-44 7-15 7-11 25-38 19-16 

9/ 7 WASHINGTON W 34-38 16-11 8-13 14-28 24-12 

9/ 9 at New York L 28-30 9-20 13-10 18-25 20-19 

9/11 ATLANTA L 36-34 6-23 7-11 26-31 17-23

FINAL STANDINGS 


2011 WNBA REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS 

EASTERN CONFERENCE 

---------- W L PCT GB HOME ROAD LAST-10 STREAK 

Indiana 21 13 .618 - 13- 4 8- 9 4-6 Lost 2 

Connecticut 21 13 .618 - 15- 2 6-11 5-5 Won 1 

Atlanta 20 14 .588 1 11- 6 9- 8 8-2 Won 4 

New York 19 15 .559 2 12- 5 7-10 6-4 Lost 1 

Chicago 14 20 .412 7 10- 7 4-13 4-6 Lost 5 

Washington 6 28 .176 15 4-13 2-15 1-9 Lost 4 

WESTERN CONFERENCE 

---------- W L PCT GB HOME ROAD LAST-10 STREAK 

Minnesota 27 7 .794 - 14- 3 13- 4 9-1 Won 3 

Seattle 21 13 .618 6 15- 2 6-11 8-2 Won 4 

Phoenix 19 15 .559 8 11- 6 8- 9 5-5 Lost 2 

San Antonio 18 16 .529 9 9- 8 9- 8 5-5 Won 3 

Los Angeles 15 19 .441 12 10- 7 5-12 5-5 Won 2 

Tulsa 3 31 .088 24 2-15 1-16 2-8 Lost 6 

ATTENDANCE 

---------- HOME ATTENDANCE ROAD ATTENDANCE 

TEAM G ATT AVG G ATT AVG 

Washington Mystics 17 177,639 10,449 17 127,297 7,488 

Los Angeles Sparks 17 175,436 10,320 17 136,680 8,040 

Phoenix Mercury 17 155,845 9,167 17 142,849 8,403 

San Antonio Silver Stars 17 148,767 8,751 17 130,692 7,688 

Minnesota Lynx 17 143,607 8,447 17 143,890 8,464 

Indiana Fever 17 136,915 8,054 17 124,386 7,317 

Seattle Storm 17 133,538 7,855 17 129,219 7,601 

New York Liberty 17 130,936 7,702 17 129,553 7,621 

Connecticut Sun 17 119,951 7,056 17 128,366 7,551 

Atlanta Dream 17 110,278 6,487 17 139,671 8,216 

Chicago Sky 17 94,116 5,536 17 131,435 7,731 

Tulsa Shock 17 82,069 4,828 17 145,059 8,533 

TOTALS 204 1,609,097 7,888 204 1,609,097 7,888 


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TEAMS' STATISTICS / INCLUDES GAMES OF SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 

---- FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G.'S FREE THROWS -- REBOUNDS -- ----- MISCELLANEOUS ------ SCORING 

TEAM G MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. OFF. DEF. TOT. AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG. 

Phoe. 34 1062 2303 .461 239 641 .373 662 778 .851 310 884 1194 652 681 4 223 524 132 3025 89.0 

Atl. 34 1084 2432 .446 74 284 .261 563 811 .694 391 837 1228 627 636 1 317 511 181 2805 82.5 

Minn. 34 1074 2330 .461 169 459 .368 454 616 .737 371 871 1242 617 603 3 249 439 124 2771 81.5 

Conn. 34 1010 2384 .424 202 557 .363 502 658 .763 340 869 1209 583 533 2 248 446 116 2724 80.1 

Ind. 34 936 2114 .443 223 589 .379 548 695 .788 295 778 1073 556 609 4 299 502 165 2643 77.7 

S.A. 34 969 2251 .430 221 620 .356 481 640 .752 241 824 1065 617 593 1 286 434 124 2640 77.6 

L.A. 34 973 2188 .445 237 598 .396 440 554 .794 293 784 1077 617 575 2 249 516 115 2623 77.1 

N.Y. 34 999 2306 .433 197 551 .358 389 504 .772 358 757 1115 534 644 5 286 504 129 2584 76.0 

Chi. 34 943 2153 .438 163 448 .364 475 616 .771 310 838 1148 567 618 1 269 599 185 2524 74.2 

Sea. 34 892 2036 .438 213 599 .356 439 549 .800 269 807 1076 545 643 5 253 547 117 2436 71.6 

Wash. 34 878 2165 .406 171 520 .329 481 658 .731 391 735 1126 476 637 5 282 576 113 2408 70.8 

Tulsa 34 848 2140 .396 167 589 .284 490 611 .802 303 740 1043 491 681 2 251 582 106 2353 69.2 

OPPONENTS' STATISTICS / INCLUDES GAMES OF SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 

---- FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G.'S FREE THROWS -- REBOUNDS -- ----- MISCELLANEOUS ------ --- SCORING --- 

TEAM MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. OFF. DEF. TOT. AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG. DIFF. 

Sea. 885 2116 .418 168 468 .359 437 572 .764 291 722 1013 509 545 1 269 482 127 2375 69.9 +1.8 

Minn. 896 2169 .413 231 653 .354 480 611 .786 268 757 1025 512 616 1 204 508 121 2503 73.6 +7.9 

Ind. 925 2182 .424 179 534 .335 481 655 .734 359 776 1135 537 647 1 269 542 134 2510 73.8 +3.9 

N.Y. 923 2154 .429 190 593 .320 506 646 .783 308 792 1100 560 571 2 230 576 124 2542 74.8 +1.2 

Chi. 936 2240 .418 166 492 .337 518 679 .763 331 776 1107 566 590 4 313 501 159 2556 75.2 -0.9 

S.A. 940 2200 .427 175 500 .350 513 642 .799 312 946 1258 552 631 4 250 549 143 2568 75.5 +2.1 

Conn. 1003 2340 .429 197 568 .347 409 549 .745 345 895 1240 617 652 5 262 526 109 2612 76.8 +3.3 

Wash. 995 2142 .465 157 407 .386 531 664 .800 303 779 1082 589 601 3 318 492 167 2678 78.8 -7.9 

L.A. 1042 2332 .447 207 615 .337 440 572 .769 376 808 1184 616 607 4 262 464 77 2731 80.3 -3.2 

Atl. 1006 2333 .431 191 530 .360 544 690 .788 351 827 1178 588 694 3 269 593 183 2747 80.8 +1.7 

Tulsa 1046 2159 .484 187 472 .396 512 679 .754 282 828 1110 608 590 3 292 485 139 2791 82.1 -12.9 

Phoe. 1071 2435 .440 228 623 .366 553 731 .756 346 818 1164 628 709 4 274 462 124 2923 86.0 +3.0 

AVG.'S 972 2234 .435 190 538 .353 494 641 .770 323 810 1133 574 621 3 268 515 134 2628 77.3 --- 

---- 11668 6455 5924 9724 6882 35 6180 31536 

---- 26802 2276 7690 3872 13596 7453 3212 1607 

TEAMS' STATISTICS (PER GAME) / INCLUDES GAMES OF SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 

---- FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G.'S FREE THROWS --- REBOUNDS ---- ---------- MISCELLANEOUS ---------- 

TEAM G MADE ATT PCT MADE ATT PCT MADE ATT PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS 

Atl. 34 31.88 71.53 .446 2.18 8.35 .261 16.56 23.85 .694 11.50 24.62 36.12 18.44 18.71 0.03 9.32 15.03 5.32 82.5 

Chi. 34 27.74 63.32 .438 4.79 13.18 .364 13.97 18.12 .771 9.12 24.65 33.76 16.68 18.18 0.03 7.91 17.62 5.44 74.2 

Conn. 34 29.71 70.12 .424 5.94 16.38 .363 14.76 19.35 .763 10.00 25.56 35.56 17.15 15.68 0.06 7.29 13.12 3.41 80.1 

Ind. 34 27.53 62.18 .443 6.56 17.32 .379 16.12 20.44 .788 8.68 22.88 31.56 16.35 17.91 0.12 8.79 14.76 4.85 77.7 

L.A. 34 28.62 64.35 .445 6.97 17.59 .396 12.94 16.29 .794 8.62 23.06 31.68 18.15 16.91 0.06 7.32 15.18 3.38 77.1 

Minn. 34 31.59 68.53 .461 4.97 13.50 .368 13.35 18.12 .737 10.91 25.62 36.53 18.15 17.74 0.09 7.32 12.91 3.65 81.5 

N.Y. 34 29.38 67.82 .433 5.79 16.21 .358 11.44 14.82 .772 10.53 22.26 32.79 15.71 18.94 0.15 8.41 14.82 3.79 76.0 

Phoe. 34 31.24 67.74 .461 7.03 18.85 .373 19.47 22.88 .851 9.12 26.00 35.12 19.18 20.03 0.12 6.56 15.41 3.88 89.0 

S.A. 34 28.50 66.21 .430 6.50 18.24 .356 14.15 18.82 .752 7.09 24.24 31.32 18.15 17.44 0.03 8.41 12.76 3.65 77.6 

Sea. 34 26.24 59.88 .438 6.26 17.62 .356 12.91 16.15 .800 7.91 23.74 31.65 16.03 18.91 0.15 7.44 16.09 3.44 71.6 

Tulsa 34 24.94 62.94 .396 4.91 17.32 .284 14.41 17.97 .802 8.91 21.76 30.68 14.44 20.03 0.06 7.38 17.12 3.12 69.2 

Wash. 34 25.82 63.68 .406 5.03 15.29 .329 14.15 19.35 .731 11.50 21.62 33.12 14.00 18.74 0.15 8.29 16.94 3.32 70.8 

OPPONENTS' STATISTICS (PER GAME) / INCLUDES GAMES OF SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 

---- FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G.'S FREE THROWS --- REBOUNDS ---- ---------- MISCELLANEOUS ---------- 

TEAM G MADE ATT PCT MADE ATT PCT MADE ATT PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS 

Atl. 34 29.59 68.62 .431 5.62 15.59 .360 16.00 20.29 .788 10.32 24.32 34.65 17.29 20.41 0.09 7.91 17.44 5.38 80.8 

Chi. 34 27.53 65.88 .418 4.88 14.47 .337 15.24 19.97 .763 9.74 22.82 32.56 16.65 17.35 0.12 9.21 14.74 4.68 75.2 

Conn. 34 29.50 68.82 .429 5.79 16.71 .347 12.03 16.15 .745 10.15 26.32 36.47 18.15 19.18 0.15 7.71 15.47 3.21 76.8 

Ind. 34 27.21 64.18 .424 5.26 15.71 .335 14.15 19.26 .734 10.56 22.82 33.38 15.79 19.03 0.03 7.91 15.94 3.94 73.8 

L.A. 34 30.65 68.59 .447 6.09 18.09 .337 12.94 16.82 .769 11.06 23.76 34.82 18.12 17.85 0.12 7.71 13.65 2.26 80.3 

Minn. 34 26.35 63.79 .413 6.79 19.21 .354 14.12 17.97 .786 7.88 22.26 30.15 15.06 18.12 0.03 6.00 14.94 3.56 73.6 

N.Y. 34 27.15 63.35 .429 5.59 17.44 .320 14.88 19.00 .783 9.06 23.29 32.35 16.47 16.79 0.06 6.76 16.94 3.65 74.8 

Phoe. 34 31.50 71.62 .440 6.71 18.32 .366 16.26 21.50 .756 10.18 24.06 34.24 18.47 20.85 0.12 8.06 13.59 3.65 86.0 

S.A. 34 27.65 64.71 .427 5.15 14.71 .350 15.09 18.88 .799 9.18 27.82 37.00 16.24 18.56 0.12 7.35 16.15 4.21 75.5 

Sea. 34 26.03 62.24 .418 4.94 13.76 .359 12.85 16.82 .764 8.56 21.24 29.79 14.97 16.03 0.03 7.91 14.18 3.74 69.9 

Tulsa 34 30.76 63.50 .484 5.50 13.88 .396 15.06 19.97 .754 8.29 24.35 32.65 17.88 17.35 0.09 8.59 14.26 4.09 82.1 

Wash. 34 29.26 63.00 .465 4.62 11.97 .386 15.62 19.53 .800 8.91 22.91 31.82 17.32 17.68 0.09 9.35 14.47 4.91 78.8 

ONE TEAM 28.60 65.69 .435 5.58 15.82 .353 14.52 18.85 .770 9.49 23.83 33.32 16.87 18.27 0.09 7.87 15.15 3.94 77.3 

BOTH TEAMS 57.20 131.38 .435 11.16 31.64 .353 29.04 37.70 .770 18.98 47.67 66.65 33.74 36.53 0.17 15.75 30.29 7.88 154.6


WNBA TEAM STATISTICS 

INCLUDES GAMES OF SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 

TEAMS' STATISTICS, RANK WITHIN LEAGUE 


---- ATL CHI CT IND LA MIN NY PHO SA SEA TUL WAS 

Points/game 2 9 4 5 7 3 8 1 6 10 12 11 

FG pct. 3 7 10 5 4 2 8 1 9 6 12 11 

FT pct. 12 7 8 5 4 10 6 1 9 3 2 11 

3-pt FG pct. 12 5 6 2 1 4 7 3 8 9 11 10 

Off. Reb./gm 1t 6t 5 9 10 3 4 6t 12 11 8 1t 

Def. Reb./gm 5 4 3 9 8 2 10 1 6 7 11 12 

Rebounds/game 2 5 3 10 8 1 7 4 11 9 12 6 

Assists/game 2 7 6 8 3t 3t 10 1 3t 9 11 12 

Steals/game 1 6 11 2 9t 9t 3t 12 3t 7 8 5 

Turnovers/gm 6 12 3 4 7 2 5 8 1 9 11 10 

Blocks/gm 2 1 9 3 10 6t 5 4 6t 8 12 11 

Pers.Fouls/gm 7 6 1 5 2 4 10 11t 3 9 11t 8 

DQ/game 1t 1t 4t 8t 4t 7 10t 8t 1t 10t 4t 10t 

OPPONENTS' STATISTICS, RANK WITHIN LEAGUE 

---- ATL CHI CT IND LA MIN NY PHO SA SEA TUL WAS 

Points/game 10 5 7 3 9 2 4 12 6 1 11 8 

FG pct. 8 2 7 4 10 1 6 9 5 3 12 11 

FT pct. 10 5 2 1 7 9 8 4 11 6 3 12 

3-pt FG pct. 9 4 5 2 3 7 1 10 6 8 12 11 

Off. Reb./gm 10 7 8 11 12 1 5 9 6 3 2 4 

Def. Reb./gm 9 3t 11 3t 7 2 6 8 12 1 10 5 

Rebounds/game 9 5 11 7 10 2 4 8 12 1 6 3 

Assists/game 7 6 11 3 10 2 5 12 4 1 9 8 

Steals/game 6t 11 4t 6t 4t 1 2 9 3 6t 10 12 

Turnovers/gm 1 7 5 4 11 6 2 12 3 10 9 8 

Blocks/gm 12 10 2 7 1 3 4t 4t 9 6 8 11 

Pers.Fouls/gm 2 9t 3 4 7 6 11 1 5 12 9t 8 

DQ/game 6t 2t 1 10t 2t 10t 9 2t 2t 10t 6t 6t 

COMBINATION TEAM/OPPONENT STATISTICS, RANK WITHIN LEAGUE 

Pts/game/diff. 7 9 3 2 10 1 8 4 5 6 12 11 

Off. Reb. Pct. 3 5 7 6 11 2 4 8 12 9 10 1 

Def. Reb. Pct. 10 6 7 11 12 1 8 5 3 2 4 9 

Total Reb. Pct. 3 6 9 10 11 1 4 7 12 5 8 2 


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WNBA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS LEADERS 

SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT PTS AVG REBOUNDS PER GAME G OFF DEF TOT AVG ASSISTS PER GAME G AST AVG 

Taurasi, Pho. 32 208 195 692 21.6 Charles, Ct. 34 126 248 374 11.0 Whalen, Min. 34 199 5.9 

McCoughtry, Atl. 33 235 223 712 21.6 Fowles, Chi. 34 100 247 347 10.2 Hammon, S.A. 33 192 5.8 

Fowles, Chi. 34 263 154 680 20.0 Brunson, Min. 34 96 205 301 8.9 Montgomery, Ct. 34 167 4.9 

Langhorne, Was. 31 227 108 563 18.2 Jackson, Tul. 34 100 186 286 8.4 Bird, Sea. 34 165 4.9 

Charles, Ct. 34 254 92 600 17.6 Dupree, Pho. 34 86 193 279 8.2 Harding, Atl. 34 162 4.8 

Pondexter, N.Y. 34 212 109 591 17.4 Langhorne, Was. 31 96 139 235 7.6 Penicheiro, L.A. 34 162 4.8 

Taylor, Pho. 29 164 111 484 16.7 de Souza, Atl. 32 83 157 240 7.5 Pondexter, N.Y. 34 160 4.7 

Augustus, Min. 34 231 64 551 16.2 Anosike, Was. 34 83 162 245 7.2 Taylor, Pho. 29 135 4.7 

Hammon, S.A. 33 176 99 526 15.9 Catchings, Ind. 33 63 170 233 7.1 Johnson, Pho. 30 132 4.4 

Catchings, Ind. 33 168 143 511 15.5 Bonner, Pho. 34 62 176 238 7.0 D. Robinson, S.A. 34 132 3.9 

Ajavon, Was. 34 174 116 501 14.7 Cash, Sea. 34 52 182 234 6.9 Vandersloot, Chi. 34 127 3.7 

Bird, Sea. 34 183 63 500 14.7 Vaughn, N.Y. 34 96 131 227 6.7 Taurasi, Pho. 32 114 3.6 

Dupree, Pho. 34 198 98 495 14.6 Young, S.A. 33 48 164 212 6.4 Catchings, Ind. 33 115 3.5 

Montgomery, Ct. 34 154 126 495 14.6 Jones, Ct. 34 64 153 217 6.4 Ajavon, Was. 34 105 3.1 

Douglas, Ind. 32 166 47 445 13.9 Snow, Chi. 34 39 174 213 6.3 Prince, Chi. 34 102 3.0 

Prince, Chi. 34 162 90 464 13.6 McWilliams-Frank, Min34 74 131 205 6.0 Mitchell, N.Y. 34 100 2.9 

Whalen, Min. 34 179 89 464 13.6 McCoughtry, Atl. 33 53 120 173 5.2 Wright, Sea. 33 97 2.9 

Jones, Ct. 34 198 54 453 13.3 Pierson, N.Y. 33 62 110 172 5.2 Lawson, Ct. 33 96 2.9 

Cash, Sea. 34 151 115 452 13.3 Little, Sea. 33 46 125 171 5.2 Toliver, L.A. 32 93 2.9 

Moore, Min. 34 164 63 449 13.2 Taylor, Pho. 29 28 113 141 4.9 Douglas, Ind. 32 91 2.8 

Young, S.A. 33 171 93 435 13.2 Coleman, Was. 34 46 118 164 4.8 Price, Atl. 34 96 2.8 

Pierson, N.Y. 33 173 79 427 12.9 Davenport, Ind. 34 50 113 163 4.8 Miller, Was. 34 95 2.8 

Jackson, Tul. 34 151 121 423 12.4 Cambage, Tul. 33 54 102 156 4.7 Moore, Min. 34 90 2.6 

Perkins, S.A. 34 154 60 408 12.0 Bales, Atl. 34 35 125 160 4.7 McCoughtry, Atl. 33 84 2.5 

de Souza, Atl. 32 171 36 378 11.8 Milton-Jones, L.A. 34 55 103 158 4.6 Thorn, Chi. 34 83 2.4 

Milton-Jones, L.A. 34 154 64 397 11.7 Moore, Min. 34 57 100 157 4.6 Phillips, Ind. 31 74 2.4 

Cambage, Tul. 33 134 112 380 11.5 Thompson, L.A. 34 50 106 156 4.6 Holt, Tul. 26 62 2.4 

Carson, N.Y. 32 139 59 361 11.3 Appel, S.A. 31 40 102 142 4.6 Cash, Sea. 34 81 2.4 

Toliver, L.A. 32 126 49 357 11.2 Hollingsworth, N.Y. 31 54 83 137 4.4 McWilliams-Frank, Min.34 81 2.4 

Bonner, Pho. 34 120 90 365 10.7 Powell, N.Y. 33 32 108 140 4.2 Powell, N.Y. 33 76 2.3 

Davenport, Ind. 34 145 73 363 10.7 Willingham, Sea. 34 53 90 143 4.2 Swoopes, Tul. 33 76 2.3 

Harding, Atl. 34 141 66 358 10.5 Hoffman, L.A. 34 44 98 142 4.2 Young, S.A. 33 76 2.3 

Lawson, Ct. 33 111 65 342 10.4 Sanford, Pho. 33 50 87 137 4.2 Swanier, Pho. 29 66 2.3 

Brunson, Min. 34 137 74 348 10.2 Braxton, Pho.-N.Y. 31 46 82 128 4.1 Augustus, Min. 34 75 2.2 

Wright, Sea. 33 118 78 332 10.1 Swoopes, Tul. 33 21 115 136 4.1 Jackson, Tul. 34 68 2.0 

Vaughn, N.Y. 34 149 44 342 10.1 Pondexter, N.Y. 34 22 117 139 4.1 Smith, Sea. 34 68 2.0 

Thompson, L.A. 34 120 55 338 9.9 Douglas, Ind. 32 31 95 126 3.9 Milton-Jones, L.A. 34 67 2.0 

Powell, N.Y. 33 118 29 319 9.7 Robinson, Sea. 34 41 91 132 3.9 Quinn, L.A. 33 65 2.0 

Little, Sea. 33 129 55 318 9.6 Riley, S.A. 34 27 103 130 3.8 White, Ct. 34 66 1.9 

Phillips, Ind. 31 91 60 268 8.6 Greene, Ct. 33 26 99 125 3.8 

FIELD GOAL PCT. FG FGA PCT 3-PT FIELD GOAL PCT. 3FG 3GA PCT FREE THROW PCT. FT FTA PCT 

Fowles, Chi. 263 445 .591 Pohlen, Ind. 29 62 .468 Bonner, Pho. 90 99 .909 

Dupree, Pho. 198 361 .548 O'Hea, L.A. 28 63 .444 D. Robinson, S.A. 84 93 .903 

Langhorne, Was. 227 425 .534 Miller, Was. 49 111 .441 Taurasi, Pho. 195 216 .903 

Davenport, Ind. 145 274 .529 Douglas, Ind. 66 150 .440 Wright, Sea. 78 87 .897 

Price, Atl. 108 208 .519 Lawson, Ct. 55 128 .430 Hammon, S.A. 99 111 .892 

Braxton, Pho.-N.Y. 104 203 .512 Bird, Sea. 71 166 .428 Lawson, Ct. 65 73 .890 

Cambage, Tul. 134 262 .511 Toliver, L.A. 56 131 .427 Catchings, Ind. 143 162 .883 

Whalen, Min. 179 350 .511 Phillips, Ind. 26 61 .426 Bird, Sea. 63 72 .875 

Brunson, Min. 137 268 .511 Augustus, Min. 25 60 .417 Taylor, Pho. 111 127 .874 

Parker, L.A. 116 227 .511 Kraayeveld, Chi. 52 127 .409 Augustus, Min. 64 74 .865 

Taylor, Pho. 164 321 .511 Taylor, Pho. 45 112 .402 Dupree, Pho. 98 115 .852 

Augustus, Min. 231 458 .504 Hodges, S.A. 32 80 .400 Cash, Sea. 115 136 .846 

de Souza, Atl. 171 343 .499 Smith, Sea. 49 124 .395 Perkins, S.A. 60 71 .845 

Vaughn, N.Y. 149 300 .497 Wiggins, Min. 49 124 .395 Phillips, Ind. 60 72 .833 

Wright, Sea. 118 240 .492 Taurasi, Pho. 81 205 .395 Thompson, L.A. 55 66 .833 

Pierson, N.Y. 173 362 .478 Thorn, Chi. 32 81 .395 Milton-Jones, L.A. 64 77 .831 

Charles, Ct. 254 543 .468 McCray, Ct. 34 87 .391 Montgomery, Ct. 126 152 .829 

Douglas, Ind. 166 357 .465 Hammon, S.A. 75 193 .389 Ajavon, Was. 116 140 .829 

Little, Sea. 129 278 .464 Johnson, Pho. 25 65 .385 Pondexter, N.Y. 109 134 .813 

Milton-Jones, L.A. 154 333 .462 Montgomery, Ct. 61 159 .384 Pierson, N.Y. 79 98 .806 

Jackson, Tul. 151 331 .456 Prince, Chi. 50 134 .373 Prince, Chi. 90 112 .804 

Harding, Atl. 141 310 .455 Moore, Min. 58 157 .369 Cambage, Tul. 112 141 .794 

Lawson, Ct. 111 247 .449 Coleman, Was. 53 144 .368 Moore, Min. 63 80 .788 

Taurasi, Pho. 208 463 .449 Mitchell, N.Y. 43 118 .364 Zellous, Ind. 58 74 .784 

Bird, Sea. 183 408 .449 Powell, N.Y. 54 153 .353 McCoughtry, Atl. 223 287 .777 

McWilliams-Frank, Mi 116 261 .444 Milton-Jones, L.A. 25 71 .352 Jackson, Tul. 121 156 .776 

Jones, Ct. 198 446 .444 Latta, Tul. 34 97 .351 Fowles, Chi. 154 201 .766 

Hammon, S.A. 176 400 .440 Adams, S.A. 35 100 .350 Adams, S.A. 53 71 .746 

Moore, Min. 164 374 .439 Lacy, Tul. 28 80 .350 Sutton-Brown, Ind. 52 70 .743 

Catchings, Ind. 168 384 .438 Catchings, Ind. 32 92 .348 Carson, N.Y. 59 80 .738 

Carson, N.Y. 139 318 .437 Pondexter, N.Y. 58 168 .345 Parker, L.A. 64 87 .736 

Bonner, Pho. 120 279 .430 Bonner, Pho. 35 102 .343 Anosike, Was. 89 121 .736 

Young, S.A. 171 399 .429 Smith, Ind. 32 94 .340 Harding, Atl. 66 90 .733 

Young, Chi. 102 240 .425 Thompson, L.A. 43 127 .339 Whalen, Min. 89 122 .730 

McCoughtry, Atl. 235 554 .424 Swoopes, Tul. 29 91 .319 Young, Chi. 55 76 .724 

Toliver, L.A. 126 298 .423 Perkins, S.A. 40 128 .313 Jones, Ct. 54 76 .711 

Perkins, S.A. 154 368 .418 Cash, Sea. 35 123 .285 Langhorne, Was. 108 152 .711 

Latta, Tul. 110 266 .414 Ajavon, Was. 37 134 .276 Davenport, Ind. 73 104 .702 

Powell, N.Y. 118 288 .410 Charles, Ct. 92 134 .687 

Pondexter, N.Y. 212 528 .402 Brunson, Min. 74 111 .667



WNBA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS LEADERS 

STEALS PER GAME G STL AVG BLOCKS PER GAME G BLK AVG MINUTES PER GAME G MIN AVG 

Lyttle, Atl. 22 52 2.36 Fowles, Chi. 34 68 2.00 Fowles, Chi. 34 1175 34.6 

Prince, Chi. 34 79 2.32 Charles, Ct. 34 60 1.76 Langhorne, Was. 31 1063 34.3 

McCoughtry, Atl. 33 72 2.18 Bales, Atl. 34 53 1.56 Jackson, Tul. 34 1152 33.9 

Catchings, Ind. 33 67 2.03 de Souza, Atl. 32 43 1.34 Pondexter, N.Y. 34 1151 33.9 

Young, S.A. 33 67 2.03 Davenport, Ind. 34 45 1.32 Charles, Ct. 34 1136 33.4 

Taylor, Pho. 29 49 1.69 Snow, Chi. 34 44 1.29 Cash, Sea. 34 1128 33.2 

Ajavon, Was. 34 57 1.68 Sutton-Brown, Ind. 34 41 1.21 Bird, Sea. 34 1123 33.0 

Price, Atl. 34 52 1.53 Bonner, Pho. 34 36 1.06 Hammon, S.A. 33 1050 31.8 

Hammon, S.A. 33 49 1.48 Robinson, Sea. 34 33 0.97 Dupree, Pho. 34 1075 31.6 

Anosike, Was. 34 49 1.44 McCoughtry, Atl. 33 32 0.97 Young, S.A. 33 1043 31.6 

Montgomery, Ct. 34 49 1.44 Catchings, Ind. 33 30 0.91 Catchings, Ind. 33 1040 31.5 

Bird, Sea. 34 48 1.41 Pierson, N.Y. 33 30 0.91 Ajavon, Was. 34 1065 31.3 

Moore, Min. 34 48 1.41 Riley, S.A. 34 30 0.88 Harding, Atl. 34 1037 30.5 

Little, Sea. 33 45 1.36 Cambage, Tul. 33 29 0.88 Taurasi, Pho. 32 965 30.2 

Powell, N.Y. 33 45 1.36 Anosike, Was. 34 28 0.82 Taylor, Pho. 29 864 29.8 

Mitchell, N.Y. 34 44 1.29 Dupree, Pho. 34 25 0.74 Prince, Chi. 34 1001 29.4 

Perkins, S.A. 34 44 1.29 Vaughn, N.Y. 34 25 0.74 Douglas, Ind. 32 940 29.4 

Douglas, Ind. 32 41 1.28 McWilliams-Frank, Min. 34 24 0.71 Augustus, Min. 34 997 29.3 

Pondexter, N.Y. 34 43 1.26 Thompson, L.A. 34 23 0.68 Montgomery, Ct. 34 991 29.1 

Langhorne, Was. 31 39 1.26 Little, Sea. 33 22 0.67 Wright, Sea. 33 953 28.9 

Wright, Sea. 33 40 1.21 Appel, S.A. 31 20 0.65 Pierson, N.Y. 33 945 28.6 

Fowles, Chi. 34 41 1.21 Braxton, Pho.-N.Y. 31 20 0.65 Jones, Ct. 34 971 28.6 

Carson, N.Y. 32 38 1.19 Carson, N.Y. 32 20 0.63 McWilliams-Frank, Min. 34 966 28.4 

de Souza, Atl. 32 38 1.19 Taurasi, Pho. 32 20 0.63 Powell, N.Y. 33 935 28.3 

Jackson, Tul. 34 40 1.18 Cash, Sea. 34 21 0.62 Whalen, Min. 34 956 28.1 

Vaughn, N.Y. 34 40 1.18 Jackson, Tul. 34 21 0.62 Vaughn, N.Y. 34 955 28.1 

White, Ct. 34 40 1.18 Adair, Min. 31 18 0.58 Moore, Min. 34 951 28.0 

Pierson, N.Y. 33 38 1.15 Brunson, Min. 34 18 0.53 McCoughtry, Atl. 33 921 27.9 

Thompson, L.A. 34 39 1.15 Irvin, Atl. 30 15 0.50 Miller, Was. 34 943 27.7 

Young, Chi. 33 37 1.12 Lacy, Tul. 34 17 0.50 Brunson, Min. 34 938 27.6 

WNBA SINGLE-GAME HIGHS AND LOWS 

PLAYERS 

Minutes -- 46, Fowles, CHI vs. CT, 6/23 (2 OT) 

Minutes -- 46, Charles, CT at CHI, 6/23 (2 OT) 

Minutes -- 40, (9 times, most recently) Jackson, TUL vs. CT, 

8/28 

Field Goals -- 14, D. Robinson, SA at TUL, 9/11 (OT) 

Field Goals -- 14, McCoughtry, ATL at CT, 7/31 

Field Goals -- 14, Hammon, SA at LA, 9/6 

FG Attempts -- 27, McCoughtry, ATL at CT, 7/31 

3-Pt. Field Goals -- 7, Hammon, SA vs. PHO, 7/28 

3-Pt. FG Attempts -- 13, Taurasi, PHO vs. CT, 8/7 (OT) 

3-Pt. FG Attempts -- 11, (4 times, most recently) Taurasi, PHO 

at SEA, 9/9 

Free Throws -- 17, Catchings, IND vs. NY, 8/13 

FT Attempts -- 19, McCoughtry, ATL at TUL, 7/26 

FT Attempts -- 19, Catchings, IND vs. NY, 8/13 

Off. Rebounds -- 8, Dupree, PHO vs. IND, 6/19 (OT) 

Off. Rebounds -- 8, Jackson, TUL vs. CHI, 7/28 

Def. Rebounds -- 16, Snow, CHI vs. CT, 6/23 (2 OT) 

Def. Rebounds -- 16, Charles, CT vs. LA, 6/28 

Rebounds -- 23, Charles, CT vs. LA, 6/28 

Assists -- 12, Johnson, PHO at LA, 8/12 (OT) 

Assists -- 11, Penicheiro, LA at ATL, 7/28 

Assists -- 11, Hammon, SA vs. WAS, 9/10 

Steals -- 7, Anosike, WAS vs. CHI, 8/20 

Steals -- 7, Young, CHI at WAS, 8/20 

Turnovers -- 11, Langhorne, WAS vs. TUL, 6/26 

Blocks -- 8, Bales, ATL vs. CHI, 7/16 

Blocks -- 8, Fowles, CHI at ATL, 7/16 

Points -- 37, McCoughtry, ATL at TUL, 7/26 

Points -- 37, Hammon, SA at LA, 9/6 

TEAMS 

Field Goals -- 43, Chicago, vs. CT, 6/23 (2 OT) 

Field Goals -- 42, Minnesota, vs. PHO, 7/13 

Fewest Field Goals -- 16, Indiana, at SEA, 6/17 

FG Attempts -- 89, Phoenix, vs. CT, 8/7 (OT) 

FG Attempts -- 86, Minnesota, vs. PHO, 7/13 

Fewest FG Attempts -- 50, (4 times, most recently) Tulsa, at 

MIN, 8/14 

Field Goal Pct. -- .600, Chicago, at WAS, 6/11 

Lowest Field Goal Pct. -- .269, Washington, vs. CT, 9/4 

3-Pt. Field Goals -- 15, Phoenix, vs. MIN, 9/11 

3-Pt. FG Attempts -- 33, Phoenix, vs. CT, 8/7 (OT) 

3-Pt. FG Attempts -- 30, San Antonio, at NY, 7/1 

3-Pt. FG Pct. -- .750, Indiana, at CHI, 9/4 

Free Throws -- 42, Phoenix, vs. CHI, 7/1 

Fewest Free Throws -- 2, Seattle, at IND, 7/5 

FT Attempts -- 45, Phoenix, vs. CHI, 7/1 

Fewest FT Attempts -- 4, Seattle, at IND, 7/5 

Free Throw Pct. -- 1.000, Los Angeles, vs. WAS, 7/17 (OT) 

Free Throw Pct. -- 1.000, (13 times, most recently) 

Connecticut, at WAS, 9/4 

Lowest Free Throw Pct. -- .438, Seattle, at SA, 7/14 

Off. Rebounds -- 21, Connecticut, at NY, 8/18 (OT) 

Off. Rebounds -- 20, Minnesota, vs. LA, 8/20 

Fewest Off. Rebounds -- 2, (3 times, most recently) Los 

Angeles, at TUL, 8/21 

Def. Rebounds -- 38, Minnesota, at SA, 8/28 

Fewest Def. Rebounds -- 10, New York, vs. IND, 6/11 

Rebounds -- 52, Connecticut, at ATL, 8/19 (OT) 

Rebounds -- 51, Minnesota, at ATL, 6/19 

Fewest Rebounds -- 19, Indiana, at NY, 9/9 

Assists -- 30, Phoenix, at MIN, 7/13 

Fewest Assists -- 6, San Antonio, at SEA, 7/21 

Fewest Assists -- 6, Chicago, at NY, 8/4 

Personal Fouls -- 31, Indiana, at WAS, 6/21 

Fewest Personal Fouls -- 9, (3 times, most recently) Los 

Angeles, vs. SA, 9/6 

Steals -- 17, Atlanta, vs. WAS, 6/9 (OT) 

Steals -- 16, Chicago, at WAS, 8/20 

Turnovers -- 29, Washington, at ATL, 6/9 (OT) 

Turnovers -- 29, Seattle, at ATL, 8/7 

Fewest Turnovers -- 6, Connecticut, at TUL, 8/28 

Blocks -- 14, San Antonio, vs. ATL, 6/11 

Points -- 112, Phoenix, at MIN, 7/13 

Fewest Points -- 48, Washington, vs. CT, 9/4 


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FEVER VS. NEW YORK LIBERTY 

EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS OPPONENT 

TEAM DIRECTORY 

Owner .................................................................................... James Dolan 

Head Coach and General Manager ..................................John Whisenant 

Assistant Coaches .............................Monique Ambers and Lady Grooms 

Athletic Trainer .......................................................................... Lisa White 

Vice President, Business PR, MSG Sports ..................... Stacey Escudero 

.............................................................................Tel: (212) 465-5902 

.......................................................stacey.escudero@thegarden.com 

QUICK FACTS 

Conference...................................................................................... Eastern 

Arena........................................... Prudential Center/Newark, N.J. (18,500) 

Colors.........................................Blue, Seafoam Green, Orange and Black 

TV ...................................................................................... MSG Network 

TEAM HISTORY 

Franchise Evolution............................... New York Liberty, 1997 to present 

Franchise Record.................................................................264-228 (.537) 

Franchise Playoff Record.........................................................23-27 (.460) 

WNBA Titles.............................................................................................. 0 

2010 Record................................................................. 22-12, T-1st in East 

2010 Playoffs ....................................................Eastern Conference Finals 

……………………………………. defeated Indiana, 2-1; lost to Atlanta, 2-0 

2011 RECAP 

Record................................................................................................ 19-15 

vs. Eastern Conference...................................................................... 11-11 

Home.................................................................................................... 12-5 

Road..................................................................................................... 7-10 

Finish.......................................................................................... 4th in East 

SERIES RECORD 

Overall......................................................................... Fever 26, Liberty 17 

At Indiana .............................................................. Fever 15, Liberty 6 

At New York ........................................................ Fever 11, Liberty 11 

Playoffs ........................................................................... Fever 4, Liberty 4 

At Indiana ................................................................ Fever 3, Liberty 0 

At New York ............................................................ Fever 1, Liberty 4 

REGULAR SEASON SERIES HIGHS 

FEVER TEAM 

Most Points ............................................ 96 at New York, 3ot, 6/26/08 

Fewest Points ............................................... 55 at New York, 6/25/02 

Largest Victory................................... 33 at New York (77-44), 8/8/06 

LIBERTY TEAM 

Most Points .......................................... 102 at New York, 3ot, 6/26/08 

Fewest Points ................................................. 44 at New York, 8/8/06 

Largest Victory................................. 19 at New York (74-55), 6/25/02 

FEVER INDIVIDUAL 

Points................................. 32, Tamika Catchings at Indiana, 8/13/11 

....................................... 32, Tamika Catchings at New York, 8/22/03 

............................................. 32, Tamika Catchings at Indiana, 6/8/02 

Rebounds................. 15, Tammy Sutton-Brown at New York, 6/26/08 

Assists.................................... 9, Tamika Catchings at Indiana, 6/5/10 

LIBERTY INDIVIDUAL 

Points............................. 40, Cappie Pondexter at New York, 7/18/10 

Rebounds................................... 14, Tari Phillips at New York, 7/9/01 

Assists..................... 12, Teresa Weatherspoon at New York, 6/30/00 

ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS (26-17, 4-4) 

Date Site W/L Score Date Site W/L Score 

6/10/00 IND L 62-70 6/18/08 IND W 83-69 

6/23/00 IND L 60-69 6/26/08 NY L 96-102 3OT 

6/30/00 NY L 70-72 7/19/08 ** NY W 71-55 

9/11/08 IND W 74-59 

6/2/01 NY L 58-75 

7/8/01 IND L 56-58 6/26/09 NY W 82-81 OT 

7/9/01 NY L 65-72 6/27/09 IND W 63-54 

9/8/09 NY W 69-63 

6/8/02 IND W 71-62 

6/25/02 NY L 55-74 6/5/10 IND W 78-73 

7/19/02 IND L 62-70 7/18/10 NY W 84-81 OT 

8/3/10 IND L 72-82 

6/7/03 IND W 86-66 8/17/10 NY L 57-78 

7/10/03 IND W 76-69 

7/20/03 NY L 65-73 6/10/11 IND L 80-81 

8/22/03 NY W 64-51 6/11/11 *** NY W 86-80 

8/13/11 IND W 82-71 

5/21/04 IND W 69-67 9/9/11 *** NY L 75-83 

6/11/04 NY W 72-68 

6/19/04 IND W 70-65 PLAYOFFS 

9/16/04 * NY L 71-77 OT 8/16/02 IND W 73-55 

8/18/02 NY L 65-84 

5/26/05 NY W 67-59 8/20/02 NY L 60-75 

6/10/05 IND W 62-59 

7/31/05 NY L 53-67 8/30/05 NY W 63-51 

8/27/05 IND W 75-50 9/1/05 IND W 58-50 

5/30/06 IND W 91-70 8/26/10 NY L 73-85 

6/13/06 NY W 80-78 OT 8/29/10 IND W 75-67 

8/8/06 NY W 77-44 9/1/10 NY L 74-77 

6/5/07 NY L 67-78 * played at Radio City Music Hall 

6/10/07 IND W 80-61 ** Liberty Outdoor Classic played at 

6/24/07 NY W 74-63 Arthur Ashe Stadium, located in the 

7/12/07 IND W 79-63 USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis 

Center 

*** Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.)




2011 SEASON SERIES 

Date Site Result Leaders – Points | Rebounds | Assists 

June 10 Indiana New York 81, Indiana 80 Fever – Douglas 27| Catchings, Smith, Davenport 6 | Catchings, Phillips 3 

Liberty – Pondexter 21 | Vaughn 9 | Powell 4 

June 11 New York Indiana 86, New York 80 Fever – Catchings 19 | Davenport 8 | Catchings, Phillips, Douglas 4 

Liberty – Carson 23 | Pierson 6 | Powell 5 

August 13 Indiana Indiana 82, New York 71 Fever – Catchings 32 | Phillips 6 | Phillips 4 

Liberty – Pondexter 30 | Pondexter 8 | Pondexter 5 

September 9 New York New York 83, Indiana 75 Fever – Douglas 17 | Catchings 6 | Bobbitt 7 

Liberty – Carson 18 | Vaughn 9 | Vaughn 5 

FEVER VS. NEW YORK 

Record (W-L): 2-2 Home (1-1) Away (1-1) 

PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF REB AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI 

Catchings 4 4 127 22 42 .524 3 11 .273 26 28 .929 3 11 14 11 13 0 10 17 3 73 18.3 32 

Douglas 4 4 138 28 53 .528 11 29 .379 3 7 .429 4 8 12 13 5 0 2 10 2 70 17.5 27 

January 2 2 62 8 14 .571 1 3 .333 6 8 .750 1 1 2 5 5 0 2 10 0 23 11.5 13 

Bobbitt 2 1 48 7 10 .700 5 6 .833 2 2 1.000 0 4 4 9 1 0 4 3 0 21 10.5 16 

Smith 4 4 90 12 25 .480 4 10 .400 8 9 .889 6 8 14 4 4 0 2 4 2 36 9.0 10 

Davenport 4 0 70 12 18 .667 0 1 .000 4 8 .500 7 12 19 0 5 0 2 4 4 28 7.0 9 

Phillips 3 1 70 4 17 .235 2 8 .250 8 8 1.000 2 8 10 11 5 0 1 7 0 18 6.0 11 

Zellous 3 0 36 7 15 .467 2 6 .333 2 3 .667 1 4 5 6 7 0 2 3 2 18 6.0 9 

Pohlen 4 0 46 6 15 .400 5 9 .556 0 0 .000 0 3 3 3 5 0 2 2 0 17 4.3 14 

Sutton-Brown 4 4 90 4 13 .308 0 1 .000 7 11 .636 5 8 13 3 9 0 2 6 3 15 3.8 6 

Ely 4 0 22 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 1.0 2 

FEVER 4 800 112 226 .496 33 84 .393 66 84 .786 30 70 100 66 61 0 29 77 17 323 80.8 86 

LIBERTY 4 800 124 260 .477 22 58 .379 45 53 .849 44 72 116 62 82 0 36 73 10 315 78.8 83 

NEW YORK VS. FEVER 



Pondexter 4 4 130 30 63 .476 8 20 .400 8 10 .800 6 11 17 16 11 0 3 17 3 76 19.0 30 

Carson 4 2 96 24 45 .533 6 11 .545 11 12 .917 5 7 12 5 9 0 5 5 1 65 16.3 23 

Pierson 4 4 117 20 39 .513 0 0 .000 9 9 1.000 10 8 18 7 15 0 8 14 1 49 12.3 16 

Vaughn 4 4 112 14 21 .667 0 0 .000 7 8 .875 11 19 30 8 9 0 5 7 2 35 8.8 15 

Powell 4 4 100 15 34 .441 3 13 .231 0 0 .000 1 9 10 12 8 0 6 9 0 33 8.3 13 

Braxton 2 0 20 5 7 .714 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 10 5.0 6 

Hollingsworth 4 0 50 4 10 .400 0 0 .000 6 8 .750 4 9 13 0 7 0 2 3 0 14 3.5 6 

Spencer 2 0 22 3 5 .600 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 3.5 7 

Breland 2 0 20 2 8 .250 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 6 3.0 6 

Mitchell 4 2 95 4 12 .333 4 10 .400 0 0 .000 1 2 3 9 10 0 4 6 0 12 3.0 6 

Montgomery 4 0 33 3 15 .200 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 3 2 5 2 7 0 1 3 2 8 2.0 3 

Colson 2 0 4 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 

LIBERTY 4 800 124 260 .477 22 58 .379 45 53 .849 44 72 116 62 82 0 36 73 10 315 78.8 83 

FEVER 4 800 112 226 .496 33 84 .393 66 84 .786 30 70 100 66 61 0 29 77 17 323 80.8 86 


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Gm 2 – New York 81, Indiana 80 

June 10, 2011 – Conseco Fieldhouse 


INDIANAPOLIS -- Cappie Pondexter scored 21 points, including the winning jumper 

with 8.1 seconds left to give the New York Liberty an 81-80 victory over the Indiana 

Fever. 

Plenette Pierson added 13 points for the Liberty (2-0), who won after squandering an 

18-point lead in the second half. 

Katie Douglas had 27 points and Tamika Catchings added 13 points and six 

rebounds for the Fever (1-1). Douglas was 10 for 18 from the field, including a career 

high-tying six 3-pointers. 

Briann January's 3-pointer gave Indiana an 80-79 lead with 23 seconds to go - the 

Fever's first advantage since the second quarter. 

After Pondexter put the Liberty back ahead, Catchings missed a jumper at the buzzer. 

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION 

06/10/2011 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 

OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT 

FINAL BOX 

Officials: # 4 Sue Blauch, #24 Tony Dawkins, # 46 Tim Greene 

VISITOR: New York Liberty (2-0) 

Time of Game: 1:50 

Attendance: 7,703 

NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS 

14 Nicole Powell F 28:26 3 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 2 2 0 7 

33 Plenette Pierson F 26:50 6 12 0 0 1 1 3 1 4 2 3 1 2 0 13 

15 Kia Vaughn C 27:35 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 8 9 0 3 0 0 1 8 

17 Essence Carson G 22:10 4 9 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 3 1 2 1 8 

23 Cappie Pondexter G 33:19 9 17 3 7 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 4 1 21 

9 Quanitra Hollingswort 12:09 2 4 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 6 

51 Jessica Breland 13:10 2 4 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 6 

5 Leilani Mitchell 17:01 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 

22 Alex Montgomery 8:12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 

6 Sidney Spencer 11:07 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 

50 Sydney Colson DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 35 71 6 16 5 5 9 23 32 16 20 8 12 3 81 

PERCENTAGES 49.3% 37.5% 100.0% TM REB: 4 TOT TO: 13 (3 PTS) 

HOME: INDIANA FEVER (1-1) 


24 Tamika Catchings F 32:23 6 12 1 2 0 0 0 6 6 3 3 2 4 0 13 

5 Tangela Smith F 28:00 3 7 0 2 2 2 3 3 6 2 1 0 0 1 8 

8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 20:27 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 4 5 1 1 1 2 0 3 

23 Katie Douglas G 37:55 10 18 6 11 1 2 2 2 4 2 2 0 2 1 27 

20 Briann January G 29:47 4 8 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 0 10 

50 Jessica Davenport 18:54 4 7 0 0 0 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 

13 Erin Phillips 21:47 2 7 1 4 6 6 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 11 

1 Shavonte Zellous 4:43 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 

43 Shyra Ely 3:59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

32 Jeanette Pohlen 2:05 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

0 Shanon Bobbitt DNP - Coach’s Decision 



SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 FINAL 

Liberty 22 30 15 14 81 

FEVER 24 18 17 21 80 

Points in the Paint: Liberty 34, FEVER 22 Biggest Lead: Liberty 18, FEVER 6 

Second Chance Points: Liberty 14, FEVER 19 Lead Changes: 5 

Fast Break Points: Liberty 6, FEVER 0 Times Tied: 4 


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Gm 3 – Indiana 86, New York 80 

June 11, 2011 – Prudential Center 

NEWARK, N.J. -- Tamika Catchings scored 18 points, Katie Douglas had 17 and the 

Indiana Fever scored the last nine points to beat the New York Liberty 86-80. 

Rookie Jeanette Pohlen had 14 points, including a key 3-pointer in the final minute 

and Briann January added 13 as the Fever (2-1) spoiled New York's opener at 

Prudential Center - the Liberty's home for the next three seasons. 

Essence Carson scored 23 points to lead New York (2-1). Plenette Pierson had 16 

points and Cappie Pondexter and Nicole Powell added 13 each. 

The Liberty squandered a double-digit lead in the third quarter for the second straight 

night against Indiana but couldn't come back this time. 


06/11/2011 Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. 


FINAL BOX 

Officials: # 31 Amy Bonner, # 53 Jeff Smith, # 55 Eric Brewton 

VISITOR: Indiana Fever (2-1) 




24 Tamika Catchings F 30:41 7 10 1 2 4 4 2 0 2 4 3 3 4 1 19 



23 Katie Douglas G 33:31 7 12 2 6 1 2 0 4 4 4 2 1 4 0 17 





43 Shyra Ely 1:59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 Shannon Bobbitt DNP – Coach’s Decision 

1 Shavonte Zellous DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 30 53 8 17 18 21 8 19 27 17 17 7 23 6 86 


HOME: NEW YORK LIBERTY (2-1) 



33 Plenette Pierson F 33:52 7 13 0 0 2 2 5 1 6 2 3 1 7 0 16 

15 Kia Vaughn C 29:29 3 8 0 0 2 2 3 2 5 2 4 2 1 0 8 

17 Essence Carson G 30:07 7 15 3 5 6 6 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 23 

23 Cappie Pondexter G 32:21 5 13 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 4 2 2 3 0 13 

22 Alex Montgomery 3:26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 

51 Jessica Breland 6:56 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 

5 Leilani Mitchell 10:51 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 

9 Quanitra Hollingsworth 9:27 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 

6 Sidney Spencer 10:56 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 

50 Sydney Colson DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 31 71 6 14 12 12 15 10 25 15 19 11 17 2 80 



Fever 29 16 17 24 86 

LIBERTY 27 22 21 10 80 

Points in the Paint: Fever 28, LIBERTY 34 Biggest Lead: Fever 6, LIBERTY 14 

Second Chance Points: Fever 5, LIBERTY 20 Lead Changes: 11 

Fast Break Points: Fever 8, LIBERTY 12 Times Tied: 11

Gm 24 – Indiana 82, New York 71 

August 13, 2011 – Conseco Fieldhouse 


INDIANAPOLIS -- Tamika Catchings became just the sixth WNBA player to score 

5,000 points when she made a jumper from near the free-throw line late in the first 

quarter. She was just getting started. 

The Indiana forward tied a career high with 32 points, and the Fever beat the Liberty 

82-71. 

Catchings became the first WNBA player with 5,000 points, 2,000 rebounds and 

1,000 assists in a career. She already became the league's career leader in steals 

earlier this season. 

The list of accomplishments has Dunn speaking boldly about Catchings, a four-time 

defensive player of the year who has never been named the league's top player. 

New York coach John Whisenant was impressed with Catchings, but not so much 

with the officiating. Indiana outscored New York 25-12 from the free throw line, and 

Catchings set a franchise record by making 17 free throws. 

Tangela Smith added 10 points for the Fever (17-7), who has won seven of their past 

eight games. All but one of the wins have been by double digits. 

Indiana led 38-32 at halftime, then started the second half strong. A steal and layup 

by Catchings gave Indiana a 45-34 lead and forced New York to call timeout just 80 

seconds into the third quarter. 

The timeout didn't slow Indiana's momentum. The Fever scored the next seven 

points, including a 3-pointer by Katie Douglas. The Fever led 64-47 at the end of the 

third quarter. 

New York tried to rally late. A layup by Carson cut Indiana's lead to 71-59 with just 

under 5 minutes to play, but New York couldn't trim its deficit to single digits. 




FINAL BOX 

Officials: # 8 Daryl Humphrey, # 44 Felicia Grinter, # 46 Tim Greene 







15 Kia Vaughn C 27:17 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 1 1 2 2 1 4 

23 Cappie Pondexter G 35:55 12 21 2 6 4 6 2 6 8 5 4 1 8 1 30 

5 Leilani Mitchell G 34:28 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 0 

17 Essence Carson 23:47 6 9 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 3 5 1 1 0 16 



45 Kara Braxton 10:02 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 4 

50 Sydney Colson 1:47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

53 Ta’Shia Phillips DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 28 58 3 12 12 18 9 20 29 15 28 10 21 4 71 




24 Tamika Catchings F 29:43 7 12 1 4 17 19 0 0 0 3 4 3 4 1 32 




13 Erin Phillips G 27:56 1 5 0 2 2 2 1 5 6 4 2 0 3 0 4 



43 Shyra Ely 12:03 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 

0 Shannon Bobbitt 12:04 1 3 1 2 2 2 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 5 


20 Briann January DND – Torn Right ACL 

TOTALS 25 54 7 25 25 31 6 17 23 17 19 6 17 3 82 



Liberty 16 16 15 24 71 

FEVER 16 22 26 18 82 




MEMO: IND – Catchings becomes 6th player in WNBA History with 5,000 + pts (5025) 

MEMO: IND – Catchings ties career high pts (32, 4th time) 

MEMO: IND – Catchings sets career high and franchise record FTM (17) and FTA (19) 



Gm 33 –New York 83, Indiana 75 

September 9, 2011 – Prudential Center 

NEWARK, N.J. --. Essense Carson scored 18 points, Kia Vaughn had 15 points and 

nine rebounds, and the New York Liberty beat the first-place Indiana Fever 83-75 Friday 

night. 

Nicole Powell added 13 points, and Plenette Pierson and Cappie Pondexter had 12 

apiece to help the Liberty (19-14) pull into a tie with Atlanta for third place in the Eastern 

Conference with one game remaining. New York visits second-place Connecticut on 

Sunday, while the Dream visit Indiana. 

Katie Douglas scored 17 points and Shannon Bobbitt had a career-high 16 points for 

the Fever (21-12), who had already secured the No. 1 seed in the East. 

Trailing by 13 with 5 1/2 minutes to go, Indiana scored seven consecutive points to 

pull to 75-69 with 3:13 remaining. Bobbitt made her fourth 3-pointer of the second half to 

start the run, and Jessica Davenport and Douglas had layups. 

After Bobbitt's 3 in the opening minute of the third quarter pulled Indiana within nine, 

the Liberty scored the next eight points to take a 55-38 lead on Vaughn's free throws 

with 6:44 to go in the period. 

Jeanette Pohlen, Douglas and Bobbitt made consecutive 3s to get Indiana within 

eight less than 2 minutes later. 

Pierson followed with a layup for New York, and Bobbitt hit her third 3 of the period 

and Douglas made 1 of 2 from the line to pull the Fever to 57-51 with 3:54 left. 

Catchings then made three free throws, including a technical on Liberty coach John 

Whisenant, to get Indiana within five 36 seconds later. However, the Liberty closed the 

third quarter with a 6-1 run, including Carson's buzzer-beater from inside the 3-point line, 

to extend the lead back to double digits at 65-55. 

Neither team made a field goal for the first 2 1/2 minutes of the second quarter. Alex 

Montgomery made 1 of 2 free throws with under 8 minutes to go, and Mitchell hit a 3 to 

give the Liberty a 33-21 lead with 7 1/2 minutes to go. 


09/09/2011 Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. 


FINAL BOX 

Officials: # 21 Byron Jarrett, #4 Sue Blauch, #45 Tom Mauer 

VISITOR: Indiana Fever (21-12) 







0 Shannon Bobbitt G 36:10 6 7 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 4 2 0 16 




43 Shyra Ely 3:50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 



13 Erin Phillips NWT – Sprained Left Ankle 

TOTALS 28 55 9 19 10 14 6 13 19 18 15 12 16 6 75 




33 Plenette Pierson F 29:05 3 8 0 0 6 6 2 4 6 1 4 4 2 0 12 

14 Nicole Powell F 33:58 6 12 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 13 

15 Kia Vaughn C 27:47 5 6 0 0 5 6 5 4 9 5 1 1 4 0 15 


23 Cappie Pondexter G 27:56 4 12 2 5 2 2 3 2 5 4 4 0 2 1 12 

17 Essence Carson 20:18 7 12 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 18 


50 Sydney Colson 1:47 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 


45 Kara Braxton 9:57 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 6 

53 Ta’Shia Phillips DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 30 60 7 16 16 18 11 19 30 16 15 7 19 1 83 



Fever 21 14 20 20 75 

LIBERTY 29 18 18 18 83 

Technical Fouls- Individual 

Fever: NONE 

LIBERTY (1): Whisenant 3:18 3rd 



Fast Break Points: Fever 13, LIBERTY 10 Times Tied: 2 


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Head Coach ........................................................................... Mike Thibault 

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QUICK FACTS 


Arena.............................................................. Mohegan Sun Arena (9,518) 

Colors..........................................................Navy Blue, Red, Gold, Orange 

TV ............................................................ Comcast Sports New England 

TEAM HISTORY 

Franchise Evolution.........................................Orlando Miracle 1999-2002; 

............................................................Connecticut Sun 2003-present 

Franchise Record.................................................................241-193 (.555) 

Franchise Playoff Record.........................................................18-16 (.529) 


2010 Record.................................................................... 17-17, 5th in East 

2010 Playoffs ........................................................................Did not qualify 

2011 RECAP 

Record................................................................................................ 21-13 

vs. Eastern Conference........................................................................ 14-8 

Home.................................................................................................... 15-2 

Road..................................................................................................... 6-11 

Finish....................................................................................... T-1st in East 

SERIES RECORD 

Overall..............................................................................Fever 18, Sun 26 

At Indiana .................................................................Fever 10, Sun 12 

At Orlando ....................................................................Fever 2, Sun 3 

At Connecticut............................................................Fever 6, Sun 11 

Playoffs ................................................................................Fever 2, Sun 3 

At Indiana .....................................................................Fever 2, Sun 1 

At Connecticut..............................................................Fever 0, Sun 2 


FEVER TEAM 

Most Points ................................................94 at Connecticut, 6/26/03 

..........................................................................94 at Indiana, 7/30/09 

Fewest Points ..............................................55 at Connecticut, 9/2/11 

...................................................................55 at Connecticut, 7/26/05 

.....................................................................55 at Connecticut, 8/3/03 

Largest Victory.............................. 29 at Connecticut (75-46), 5/27/08 

SUN TEAM 

Most Points ................................................95 at Connecticut, 9/13/09 

Fewest Points ............................................46 at Connecticut, 5/27/08 

Largest Victory................................ 28 at Connecticut (83-55), 9/2/11 


Points................................... 32, Tamika Catchings at Indiana, 8/7/02 

................................................. 32, Katie Douglas at Indiana, 7/30/09 

Rebounds....................16, Tamika Catchings at Connecticut, 6/26/03 

Assists............................ 11, Coquese Washington at Indiana, 8/7/02 

SUN INDIVIDUAL 

Points......................................32, Nykesha Sales at Indiana, 8/15/07 

Rebounds.............................. 16, Tina Charles at Connecticut, 9/2/11 

Assists.............................. 10, Lindsay Whalen at Connecticut, 7/6/04 

...........................................10, Shannon Johnson at Indiana, 6/20/03 

.............................................10, Shannon Johnson at Indiana, 6/3/00 

ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS (18-26, 2-3) 

Date Site W/L Score Date Site W/L Score 

6/3/00 IND L 82-88 6/22/07 IND L 74-78 

6/17/00 ORL W 79-54 6/29/07 CON L 67-72 

7/6/00 ORL L 60-72 8/4/07 CON L 59-84 

8/15/07 IND L 74-77 

6/18/01 IND L 65-72 

7/13/01 IND W 74-60 5/27/08 CON W 75-46 

8/14/01 ORL L 72-78 7/5/08 IND W 81-74 

8/28/08 IND L 58-84 

6/11/02 ORL W 75-69 

7/3/02 ORL L 71-79 OT 7/2/09 IND W 67-53 

8/7/02 IND W 70-63 7/19/09 CON L 61-67 

7/30/09 IND W 94-85 

6/20/03 IND W 84-74 9/13/09 CON L 85-95 

6/26/03 CON W 94-90 2OT 

8/3/03 CON L 55-66 6/11/10 CON L 77-86 

8/25/03 IND L 62-72 6/13/10 IND W 77-67 

7/14/10 IND L 68-77 

6/22/04 IND L 58-63 8/15/10 CON W 79-66 

7/6/04 CON L 77-79 OT 

7/11/04 IND L 61-65 6/25/11 IND W 75-70 

9/19/04 CON L 60-80 7/13/11 IND W 90-78 

7/17/11 CON L 71-76 

7/13/05 IND W 64-53 7/28/11 CON W 69-58 

7/26/05 CON L 55-68 9/2/11 CON L 55-83 

8/6/05 IND L 65-74 

8/23/05 CON W 69-63 PLAYOFFS 

8/8/05 IND L 68-73 

7/1/06 IND L 66-76 8/10/05 CON L 67-77 OT 

8/9/06 IND L 63-71 

8/11/06 CON W 87-68 8/23/07 CON L 88-93 3OT 

8/25/07 IND W 78-59 

8/27/07 IND W 93-88 OT






June 25 Indiana Indiana 75, Connecticut 70 Fever – Catchings 13 | Catchings 12 | Catchings 5 

Sun– Montgomery 19 | Charles 11 | Montgomery 6 

July 13 Indiana Indiana 90, Connecticut 78 Fever – Douglas 20 | Catchings, Phillips 5 | Catchings 7 

Sun – White 17| Charles 11 | Montgomery 4 

July 17 Connecticut Connecticut 76, Indiana 71 Fever – Catchings 18 | Catchings 15 | Smith, Phillips, Pohlen 4 

Sun– McCray 22 | Charles 14 | Montgomery 7 

July 28 Connecticut Indiana 69, Connecticut 58 Fever – Catchings 16 | Davenport 10 | Bobbitt 5 

Sun – Charles 13 | Charles 10 | Montgomery 3 

September 2 Connecticut Connecticut 83, Indiana 55 Fever—Douglas 12 | Catchings 8 | Catchings 5 

Sun – McCray 14 | Charles 16 | Charles 7 

FEVER VS. CONNECTICUT 



Catchings 5 5 155 20 53 .377 6 15 .400 25 28 .893 9 37 46 19 8 0 10 11 3 71 14.2 18 

Douglas 4 4 117 22 48 .458 8 17 .471 1 4 .250 3 12 15 9 5 0 5 6 0 53 13.3 20 

January 1 1 30 4 7 .571 2 4 .500 0 0 .000 0 4 4 3 3 0 1 3 0 10 10.0 10 

Davenport 5 3 115 19 54 .352 0 0 .000 11 15 .733 13 13 26 3 8 0 7 10 2 49 9.8 14 

Phillips 5 4 100 13 26 .500 4 9 .444 5 7 .714 2 11 13 13 8 0 6 3 0 35 7.0 13 

Sutton-Brown 5 2 79 12 24 .500 0 0 .000 5 7 .714 8 8 16 3 10 0 5 4 0 29 5.8 12 

Ely 5 0 76 11 31 .355 3 9 .333 2 2 1.000 5 14 19 4 10 0 2 5 2 27 5.4 10 

Zellous 5 0 69 7 18 .389 2 5 .400 8 11 .727 4 7 11 3 16 1 0 6 1 24 4.8 9 

Smith 5 5 11 1 8 37 .216 4 15 .267 2 4 .500 2 11 13 13 11 0 3 11 2 22 4.4 10 

Pohlen 5 1 76 8 17 .471 5 8 .625 0 0 .000 2 13 15 6 4 0 2 3 0 21 4.2 10 

Bobbitt 5 0 71 7 21 .333 2 7 .286 3 4 .750 3 6 9 10 6 0 7 11 0 19 3.8 13 

FEVER 5 1000 131 336 .390 36 89 .404 62 82 .756 51 136 187 86 89 1 48 78 10 360 72.0 90 

SUN 5 1000 132 325 .406 32 93 .344 69 85 .812 38 141 179 84 76 0 36 74 20 365 73.0 83 

CONNECTICUT VS. FEVER 



Charles 5 5 161 26 62 .419 0 0 .000 16 21 .762 19 43 62 16 14 0 6 14 10 68 13.6 18 

McCray 5 3 102 17 35 .486 11 21 .524 9 10 .900 3 12 15 10 5 0 3 8 1 54 10.8 22 

Montgomery 5 5 143 18 57 .316 5 29 .172 12 15 .800 1 11 12 24 8 0 9 12 1 53 10.6 19 

Jones 5 5 130 24 52 .462 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 6 27 33 7 12 0 3 10 3 48 9.6 18 

Lawson 5 2 118 14 36 .389 8 21 .381 9 10 .900 0 6 6 10 5 0 2 10 0 45 9.0 12 

White 5 0 84 10 26 .385 6 13 .462 10 10 1.000 1 11 12 3 10 0 5 5 1 36 7.2 17 

Greene 5 5 12 5 13 25 .520 2 6 .333 5 8 .625 4 16 20 9 7 0 1 6 1 33 6.6 9 

Moore 4 0 34 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 9 2.3 5 

Walker 2 0 11 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 2 

Griffin 5 0 67 3 13 .231 0 0 .000 3 5 .600 2 10 12 3 12 0 4 4 3 9 1.8 6 

Hightower 4 0 25 2 7 .286 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 1.5 4 

SUN 5 1000 132 325 .406 32 93 .344 69 85 .812 38 141 179 84 76 0 36 74 20 365 73.0 83 

FEVER 5 1000 131 336 .390 36 89 .404 62 82 .756 51 136 187 86 89 1 48 78 10 360 72.0 90 


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Gm 8 – Indiana 75, Connecticut 70 

June 25, 2011 – Conseco Fieldhouse 



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INDIANAPOLIS -- Tamika Catchings had 13 points and 12 rebounds to help the 

Indiana Fever defeat Connecticut 75-70 and move into first-place in the Eastern 

Conference. 

Catchings, who got her 70th career double-double, also had five assists. 

Tammy Sutton-Brown had 12 points and Briann January added 10 for the Fever (5-3). 

Sutton-Brown, who came off the bench for the first time this season, helped Indiana's 

reserves outscore Connecticut's 31-6. 

Renee Montgomery had 19 points and Asjha Jones added 18 for Connecticut (4-3), 

which has lost its past two games. Tina Charles, who had averaged 26 points in her 

previous three games, was held to 12. 




FINAL BOX 

Officials: # 45 Tom Mauer, # 8 Daryl Humphrey, # 25 Marcus Clayton 

VISITOR: Connecticut Sun (4-3) 




32 Kalana Greene F 27:26 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 6 3 3 1 2 0 5 

15 Asjha Jones F 31:28 9 18 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 18 

31 Tina Charles C 31:53 5 10 0 0 2 2 2 9 11 1 3 1 3 2 12 

20 Kara Lawson G 33:10 3 8 2 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 10 

21 Renee Montgomery G 34:47 7 16 2 9 3 3 0 5 5 6 1 5 5 0 19 

5 Kelsey Griffin 7:14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 

14 Tan White 13:46 0 2 0 1 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 4 

4 Danielle McCray 8:40 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 

22 DeMya Walker 6:55 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 

23 Allison Hightower 2:11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

30 Jessica Moore 2:30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

TOTALS 26 61 5 17 13 13 3 30 33 14 16 10 15 2 70 




24 Tamika Catchings F 30:24 3 9 0 3 7 8 3 9 12 5 1 2 1 0 13 


50 Jessica Davenport C 20:24 3 8 0 0 3 6 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 9 




8 Tammy Sutton-Brown 19:22 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 12 

0 Shannon Bobbitt 4:17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 


43 Shyra Ely 8:24 2 6 1 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 


TOTALS 26 65 8 22 15 21 10 27 37 20 11 11 15 2 75 



Sun 24 8 17 21 70 

FEVER 18 21 21 15 75 

Points in the Paint: Sun 20, FEVER 30 Biggest Lead: Sun 9, FEVER 14 

Second Chance Points: Sun 5, FEVER 8 Lead Changes: 6 

Fast Break Points: Sun 10, FEVER 13 

MEMO: IND – 6th straight game Fever bench scored 25+ points 

Times Tied: 3 

MEMO: IND – Catchings’ 70th double-double of career (6th, WNBA history). 

MEMO: IND – Sutton-Brown is 9th Fever player w/10+ points this year 


July 13, 2011 – Conseco Fieldhouse 

INDIANAPOLIS -- Katie Douglas scored 20 points, and the Indiana Fever defeated 

the Connecticut Sun 90-78 to stretch their win streak to seven games. 

Jessica Davenport scored 14 points and Erin Phillips and Tamika Catchings both 

added 13 for the Fever (10-3), who improved on the WNBA's best record. 

Six Indiana players scored in double figures for just the third time in franchise history. 

Indiana made 11 3-pointers. Six Fever players hit at least one 3. 

Tan White scored 17 points and Tina Charles had 15 points and 11 rebounds for 

Connecticut (6-5). Renee Montgomery, the league's No. 5 scorer, was held to six points 

on 2-for-12 shooting. 

Indiana led 32-18 at the end of the first quarter. The Fever made 12 of 19 field goals 

and 4 of 5 3-pointers in the first 10 minutes. 

Indiana stretched its lead to 53-30 at halftime. The Fever held Charles and 

Montgomery to combined 0-for-9 shooting before the break. 

Connecticut made a push late in the third quarter and cut the deficit to 16 before 

Indiana closed the quarter on a 5-0 run. 

The Sun cut Indiana's lead to 10 on a 3-pointer by White with 2:47 to play, but 

Douglas hit a baseline jumper as the shot clock expired with 1:14 left. 




FINAL BOX 

Officials: # 18 Kurt Walker, # 31 Amy Bonner, # 46 Tim Greene 






15 Asjha Jones F 19:55 5 10 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 2 4 0 1 1 10 

31 Tina Charles C 36:05 4 11 0 0 7 7 5 6 11 1 2 2 3 2 15 

20 Kara Lawson G 24:21 4 7 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 11 

21 Renee Montgomery G 28:58 2 12 1 8 1 2 0 2 2 4 2 1 2 0 6 

14 Tan White 23:34 5 6 5 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 

4 Danielle McCray 22:36 3 6 2 4 1 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 9 


22 DeMya Walker 3:55 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 


30 Jessica Moore DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 26 65 11 24 15 17 11 21 32 12 16 3 14 4 78 






50 Jessica Davenport C 22:17 5 10 0 0 4 4 3 1 4 1 3 3 1 1 14 



8 Tammy Sutton-Brown 17:43 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 4 1 1 0 3 


43 Shyra Ely 14:58 4 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 




TOTALS 32 63 11 17 15 17 6 18 24 20 21 10 9 3 90 



Sun 18 12 25 23 78 

FEVER 32 21 23 14 90 



Fast Break Points: Sun 5, FEVER 5 Times Tied: 1 

MEMO: 7th straight win (2nd best in franchise history). Best record in WNBA (10-3) 

MEMO: IND – Franchise Record 3pt FG% (11-17, .647) 

MEMO: IND – 3rd Time in franchise history w/ 6 players with 10+ pts

Gm 15 – Connecticut 76, Indiana 71 

July 17, 2011 – Mohegan Sun Arena 




UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Danielle McCray is beginning to show why she was such a 

high draft choice. 

McCray scored a career-high 22 points in her second career start, leading the 

Connecticut Sun to a 76-71 win over the Indiana Fever. 

The Sun took McCray as the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2010 draft. 

She missed last season with a knee injury she sustained during her senior year at 

Kansas. 

``My teammates found be on the weak side and when I had the ball, I knocked it 

down. They were cheating inside because when we have a good post player like Tina 

Charles, the other team is going to double-team her,'' McCray said. ``So when they were 

doubling on Tina, Coach Thibault put me on the back side and I knocked the shots 

down.'' 

Tina Charles added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Sun (8-5) who are the lone 

team in the Eastern Conference undefeated at home (6-0). 

Tamika Catchings led Indiana with 18 points and 14 rebounds. 

Indiana (10-5) trailed 72-65 with 39 seconds remaining before Jessica Davenport 

made two free throws. Catchings stole the ensuing inbounds pass and assisted on Katie 

Douglas' basket to cut it to 72-69 with 34 seconds left. 

Connecticut guard Renee Montgomery made one of two free throws to push the Sun 

lead to four at 73-69. Catchings made a layup with 18 seconds left to make it 73-71 

before Kalana Greene made one of two free throws to make it 74-71 with 18 seconds 

left. 

The Fever had a chance to tie the game with a 3-pointer, but Catchings threw an 

errant pass to Douglas that went out of bounds with 7.7 seconds left. 

Kara Lawson's two free throws sealed it with 6.9 seconds remaining. 

Douglas had 12 points and Davenport 10 for Indiana, which has lost two straight. 


07/17/2011 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT 


FINAL BOX 

Officials: # 17 Scott Twardoski, # 44 Felicia Grinter, # 45 Tom Mauer 





24 Tamika Catchings F 34:16 6 11 1 3 5 7 3 12 15 1 2 3 4 0 18 


50 Jessica Davenport C 29:56 4 12 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 10 

23 Katie Douglas G 30:47 5 11 2 4 0 2 2 4 6 3 2 0 2 0 12 



43 Shyra Ely 15:08 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 


8 Tammy Sutton-Brown 10:02 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 4 



TOTALS 29 68 5 16 8 14 9 30 39 19 19 10 15 0 71 


HOME: CONNECTICUT SUN (8-5) 



15 Asjha Jones F 31:33 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 3 1 1 3 0 8 


4 Danielle McCray G 25:42 7 10 6 8 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 22 


30 Jessica Moore 6:29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

14 Tan White 12:40 1 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 

20 Kara Lawson 18:53 1 5 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 0 5 


23 Allison Hightower DNP – Coach’s Decision 

22 DeMya Walker DNP – Coach’s Decision 




Fever 19 13 23 16 71 

SUN 18 24 16 18 76 

Points in the Paint: Fever 42, SUN 32 Biggest Lead: Fever 3, SUN 11 

Second Chance Points: Fever 9, SUN 3 Lead Changes: 8 

Fast Break Points: Fever 6, SUN 6 

Technical Fouls – Individual 

Fever: NONE 

SUN(1): Charles 7:48 1st 

Times Tied: 4 


July 28, 2011 – Mohegan Sun Arena 

UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- No Katie Douglas was no problem at all for the Indiana Fever. 

Douglas, the Fever's All-Star guard, remained at home with a fever. But her 

teammates moved back into first place in the Eastern Conference with a 69-58 victory 

over the Connecticut Sun. 

Tamika Catchings scored 16 points and the Fever (12-6) moved a game in front of 

Connecticut (10-6). 

Shannon Bobbitt scored 13 points for the Fever, who held Connecticut to 31 percent 

shooting from the floor (22-72). Indiana survived 33 percent shooting (22-67) by 

outrebounding Connecticut 48-39. 

Bobbitt and Catchings each made free throws in the final minute to seal the win for 

the Fever. Jeanette Pohlen, who started in place of Douglas, added 10 points. Jessica 

Davenport had 10 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. 

"We have a lot of confidence in Jeanette Pohlen. We think we got a great draft pick. 

We think she is a great shooter and she's a lot like Katie," Indiana coach Lin Dunn said. 

"She's a shooting guard, defends, runs the floor and knocks down the 3. She has a lot of 

playing time in big games. We lost (Briann) January and today Katie, but you've got to 

play with what you've got. We have a lot of confidence in our bench." 

Tina Charles led Connecticut with 13 points and Renee Montgomery added 10. 

Catchings made a 3-point field goal with three minutes remaining in the second 

period to give the Fever their biggest lead of the first half at 34-17. 

Connecticut, which shot 27 percent (9-for-34) in the first half, scored the last eight 

points of the first half to pull within 34-25 at halftime. The Sun missed all nine three-point 

attempts in the half and committed 10 turnovers. 




FINAL BOX 

Officials: # 24 Tony Dawkins, # 27 Penny Davis, # 9 Denise Brooks 

VISITOR: Indiana Fever (12-6) 







32 Jeanette Pohlen G 33:51 4 5 2 3 0 0 0 6 6 1 2 0 1 0 10 



43 Shyra Ely 23:29 2 7 0 2 2 2 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 2 6 


1 Shavonte Zellous 12:03 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 

23 Katie Douglas NWY - Illness 


TOTALS 22 67 7 18 18 22 11 37 48 13 19 11 16 4 69 





15 Asjha Jones F 26:19 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 1 2 1 4 2 2 




20 Kara Lawson 23:46 2 10 0 4 3 4 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 7 


30 Jessica Moore 10:00 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 

14 Tan White 13:48 2 6 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 1 0 6 


51 Jessica Breland DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 22 72 1 16 13 16 10 29 39 11 17 7 15 4 58 



Fever 14 20 19 16 69 

SUN 9 16 22 11 58 


Second Chance Points: Fever 12, SUN 8 Lead Changes: 4 

Fast Break Points: Fever 6, SUN 10 Times Tied: 2 


Fever: NONE 

SUN(1): Thibault 7:27 2nd 


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Gm 30 – Connecticut 83, Indiana 55 

September 2, 2011 – Mohegan Sun Arena 


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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) Tina Charles playfully tried to talk her way back into the 

lineup after the third period Friday night. 

She made the most of her opportunity when Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault 

relented and put her back in. 

Charles recorded 10 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists, leading the Sun to an 

83-55 victory over the Indiana Fever. 

Connecticut (19-12) moved within a half-game of first-place Indiana (19-11) and a 

step closer to earning homecourt in at least the first round of the playoffs. 

Katie Douglas had 12 points and Tamika Catchings had 11 for the Fever (19-11). 

Connecticut's lead never went below double digits in the second half. The Sun led by 

as many as 31. 

Charles set a franchise record for made field goals in a season, sinking her 224th 

midway through the first half to eclipse Jones' mark of 223 set in 2008. 

The Sun made six of 12 three-point field goals in the first half and shot 53 percent (19 

of 36) overall. The Sun assisted on 18 of their 19 field goals and led 48-33 at halftime. 

`Ì give Connecticut a lot of credit,'' Indiana coach Lin Dunn said. ``They played with 

an enormous amount of urgency. It looked like they were fighting for first place.'' 




FINAL BOX 

Officials: # 34 Maj Forsberg, # 39 Michael Price, #42 Roy Gulbeyan 







8 Tammy Sutton-BrownC16:00 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 0 4 

23 Katie Douglas G 21:50 5 9 2 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 12 




43 Shyra Ely 14:11 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 1 3 1 2 0 0 




TOTALS 22 73 5 16 6 8 15 24 39 14 19 6 18 1 55 


HOME: CONNECTICUT SUN (19-12) 



15 Asjha Jones F 20:28 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 1 1 1 2 0 10 




14 Tan White 20:17 2 8 1 4 0 0 1 5 6 2 2 1 2 1 5 

20 Kara Lawson 17:33 4 6 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 12 


30 Jessica Moore 14:38 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 5 


51 Jessica Breland DND – Illness 

TOTALS 31 65 8 20 13 17 8 34 42 23 14 9 14 6 83 



Fever 19 14 11 11 55 

SUN 22 26 20 15 83 



Fast Break Points: Fever 4, SUN 12 Times Tied: 2 

MEMO: Charles (CT)- Franchise record FGM (season) with layup at 6:12 in 1st qtr.


INDIANA FEVER – BRING IT HOME! 

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FEVER VS. ATLANTA DREAM 


ADDRESS 

225 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 2400 

Atlanta, GA 30303 

Tel: (877) 977-7729 

Fax: (678) 510-7489 

Season Ticket Information: (877) 977-7729 

www.AtlantaDream.net 


Owners .......................... Dream Too LLC (Mary Brock and Kelly Loeffler) 

President & COO .................................................................. Toby Wyman 

General Manager & Head Coach ...................................Marynell Meadors 

Executive Director of Player Development and Advanced Scouting ... Fred 

Williams 

Assistant Coach ........................................................................Carol Ross 

Director of Basketball Operations .............................................Sue Panek 

Athletic Trainer .......................................................................Kim Moseley 

Director of Broadcasting and New Media .............................Tonya Alleyne 

............................................................................Tel.: (678) 510-7397 

.........................................................tonya.alleyne@atlantadream.net 

Additional PR Contact ..................................................... Sprague Paynter 

............................................................................Tel.: (678) 510-7396 

....................................................sprague.paynter@atlantadream.net 

QUICK FACTS 


Arena........................................................................Philips Arena (10,039) 

Colors........................................................ Blue, Red, Light Blue and Navy 

Flagship Radio ..................................................................................... TBD 

TV ......................................................... FOX Sports South/Sports South 

TEAM HISTORY 

Franchise Evolution................................... Atlanta Dream, 2008 to present 

Franchise Record.....................................................................61-75 (.449) 

Franchise Playoff Record....................................................................... 4-5 


2010 Record.................................................................... 19-15, 4th in East 

2010 Playoffs .........................................................................WNBA Finals 

………………............defeated Washington, 2-0; Defeated New York , 2-0; 

................................................................................ lost to Seattle 3-0 

2011 RECAP 

Record................................................................................................ 20-14 

vs. Eastern Conference........................................................................ 14-8 

Home.................................................................................................... 11-6 

Road....................................................................................................... 9-8 

Finish.......................................................................................... 3rd in East 

SERIES RECORD 

Overall............................................................................. Fever 8, Dream 8 

At Indiana ................................................................ Fever 6, Dream 3 

At Atlanta................................................................. Fever 2, Dream 5 


FEVER TEAM 

Most Points .........................................................95 at Indiana, 8/6/10 

Fewest Points ................................................... 62 at Atlanta, 5/16/10 

Largest Victory..................................... 19 at Indiana (89-70), 7/16/10 

DREAM TEAM 

Most Points .......................................................93 at Indiana, 9/11/11 

............................................................................93 at Indiana, 8/6/10 

Fewest Points ................................................... 66 at Atlanta, 5/16/10 

Largest Victory........................................16 at Atlanta (90-74), 8/1/10 


Points........................................ 30, Katie Douglas at Indiana 9/11/11 

............................................. 30, Tamika Catchings at Indiana, 8/6/10 

Rebounds............................... 14, Ebony Hoffman at Indiana, 8/30/08 

Assists......................................... 7, Katie Douglas at Atlanta, 6/13/08 

DREAM INDIVIDUAL 

Points................................ 32, Angel McCoughtry at Indiana, 9/11/11 

Rebounds.................................. 20, Sancho Lyttle at Indiana, 6/19/10 

Assists.........................................7, Kristin Haynie at Indiana, 7/16/08 

...............................................7, Angel McCoughtry at Atlanta, 8/1/10 

................................................... 7, Shalee Lehning at Atlanta, 8/1/10 

ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS (8-8) 

Date Site W/L Score 

6/13/08 ATL W 76-67 

7/16/08 IND L 77-81 

8/30/08 IND W 87-72 

9/8/08 ATL W 81-77 

6/6/09 ATL L 86-87 2OT 

7/5/09 IND W 78-74 

7/17/09 IND W 84-79 

5/16/10 ATL L 62-66 

6/19/10 IND W 94-91 

7/16/10 IND W 89-70 

8/1/10 ATL L 74-90 

8/6/10 IND W 95-93 

7/19/11 ATL L 74-84 

8/27/11 IND L 80-86 

8/30/11 ATL L 90-92 

9/11/11 IND L 88-93






July 19 Atlanta Atlanta 84, Indiana 74 Fever – Catchings 22 | Catchings 8 | Catchings 6 

Dream – Harding 19 | DeSouza 11 | Harding 5 

August 27 Indiana Atlanta 86, Indiana 80 Fever – Catchings 22 | Sutton-Brown 6 | Douglas 5 

Dream – McCoughtry 20 | Lyttle 9 | Castro Marques 3 

August 30 Atlanta Atlanta 92, Indiana 90 Fever – Phillips 21 | Catchings 7 | Douglas 4 

Dream – McCoughtry 28 | Lyttle 11 | Harding 6 

September 11 Indiana Atlanta 93, Indiana 88 Fever – Douglas 30 | Davenport 9 | Bobbitt 6 

Dream – McCoughtry 32 | Bales 11 | Lyttle, Price, Harding, Miller 4 

FEVER VS. ATLANTA 



Catchings 3 3 98 21 48 .438 3 12 .250 19 22 .864 4 14 18 9 10 0 7 8 1 64 21.3 22 

Douglas 4 4 125 23 49 .469 7 18 .389 10 11 .909 3 10 13 14 11 0 3 10 2 63 15.8 30 

Phillips 3 3 97 18 37 .486 4 8 .500 7 7 1.000 2 7 9 8 8 0 1 6 0 47 15.7 21 

Smith 4 3 76 16 31 .516 5 10 .500 3 4 .750 3 8 11 4 14 1 1 5 2 40 10.0 15 

Davenport 4 0 85 17 33 .515 0 1 .000 5 9 .556 7 17 24 1 11 0 2 4 6 39 9.8 15 

Zellous 4 2 91 8 20 .400 1 2 .500 16 20 .800 4 15 19 10 14 0 3 11 5 33 8.3 11 

Sutton-Brown 4 4 95 10 23 .435 0 1 .000 5 8 .625 8 11 19 0 13 0 4 3 4 25 6.3 9 

Pohlen 4 0 55 4 9 .444 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 0 2 2 5 6 0 1 4 0 9 2.3 9 

Bobbitt 4 1 52 2 9 .222 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 2 2 4 8 5 0 2 4 0 6 1.5 6 

Ely 4 0 26 3 12 .250 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 1 4 0 1 2 0 6 1.5 2 

FEVER 4 800 122 271 .450 21 63 .333 67 83 .807 35 89 124 60 96 1 25 58 20 332 83.0 90 

DREAM 4 800 132 279 .473 9 29 .310 82 116 .707 44 96 140 63 75 0 45 48 25 355 88.8 93 

ATLANTA VS. FEVER 



McCoughtry 4 4 105 31 63 .492 4 9 .444 29 34 .853 4 14 18 6 12 0 11 8 6 95 23.8 32 

Harding 4 4 140 25 44 .568 1 3 .333 9 14 .643 1 16 17 16 5 0 4 8 2 60 15.0 19 

de Souza 4 4 102 15 29 .517 0 0 .000 12 16 .750 8 19 27 4 10 0 9 5 9 42 10.5 15 

Price 4 4 105 14 21 .667 0 1 .000 10 16 .625 3 5 8 13 11 0 5 4 0 38 9.5 16 

Lyttle 3 3 86 11 25 .440 0 0 .000 6 10 .600 7 21 28 9 7 0 7 5 1 28 9.3 14 

CastroMarques 4 0 79 12 42 .286 2 9 .222 9 14 .643 3 0 3 6 8 0 2 6 0 35 8.8 11 

Bales 4 1 73 10 17 .588 1 2 .500 3 6 .500 6 12 18 2 6 0 3 2 4 24 6.0 15 

C. Miller 3 0 41 7 19 .368 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 1 3 4 4 5 0 2 1 1 15 5.0 8 

Lehning 1 0 12 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 3 3.0 3 

Paris 4 0 40 5 11 .455 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 7 4 11 1 8 0 1 2 2 11 2.8 6 

Irvin 3 0 17 1 7 .143 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 1.3 4 

DREAM 4 800 132 279 .473 9 29 .310 82 116 .707 44 96 140 63 75 0 45 48 25 355 88.8 93 

FEVER 4 800 122 271 .450 21 63 .333 67 83 .807 35 89 124 60 96 1 25 58 20 332 83.0 90 


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Gm 16 – Atlanta 84, Indiana 74 

July 19, 2011 – Philips Arena 

INDIANA FEVER – BRING IT HOME! 

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ATLANTA -- Lindsey Harding scored 19 points to lead the Atlanta Dream past Indiana 

84-74. 

Atlanta, the defending Eastern Conference champion, has won two straight but is fifth 

in the conference, four games behind the Fever. 

Tamika Catchings had 22 points and Erin Phillips had 21 for Indiana, which has lost 

three straight for the first time this season. 

Erika de Souza had 15 points and 11 rebounds for Atlanta. All-Star Angel McCoughtry, 

slowed by foul trouble, managed to score 15 points in only 19 minutes. 

Atlanta also was without forward Sancho Lyttle (sore back) and guard Coco Miller 

(sprained right ankle) and had only nine players in uniform for the second straight game. 

Despite the thin bench, Atlanta led 44-36 at halftime. 

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT 

FINAL BOX 

07/19/2011 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 

Officials: # 17 Scott Twardoski, # 31 Amy Bonner, # 38 Lamont Simpson Time of Game: 2:01 




23 Katie Douglas F 30:21 1 8 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 0 4 



1 Shavonte Zellous G 23:04 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 2 5 1 2 0 6 


5 Tangela Smith 2:33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 

50 Jessica Davenport 23:32 5 9 0 0 2 2 2 5 7 0 5 0 1 2 12 


43 Shyra Ely 5:49 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 



TOTALS 26 65 3 13 19 21 7 25 32 15 24 4 14 4 74 


HOME: ATLANTA DREAM (5-9) 


35 Angel McCoughtry F 19:25 5 14 0 1 5 8 0 3 3 2 5 5 2 0 15 

33 Alison Bales F 31:07 3 7 0 0 1 2 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 3 7 

14 Erika de Souza C 34:37 6 8 0 0 3 4 1 10 11 1 2 2 0 5 15 

22 Armintie Price G 26:04 3 5 0 0 3 3 1 4 5 4 4 3 2 0 9 

10 Lindsey Harding G 38:42 7 13 1 1 4 6 0 5 5 5 2 0 1 1 19 

8 Iziane Castro Marques 25:53 3 10 0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 10 

5 Shalee Lehning 11:43 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 4 0 3 

3 Courtney Paris 7:36 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 

24 Sandora Irvin 4:53 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 

20 Sancho Lyttle DND – Back 

9 Coco Miller DND – Sprained Right Ankle 




Fever 18 18 20 18 74 

DREAM 21 23 22 18 84 

Points in the Paint: Fever 30, DREAM 38 Biggest Lead: Fever 3, DREAM 16 

Second Chance Points: Fever 11, DREAM 12 Lead Changes: 5 

Fast Break Points: Fever 10, DREAM 24 Times Tied: 3 


August 27, 2011 – Conseco Fieldhouse 

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Fever missed an opportunity Saturday night to clinch its 

seventh consecutive berth in the WNBA Playoffs. The Fever couldn't close the deal. 

“In my mind, we just let a game slip away from us,” Fever Coach Lin Dunn said after 

the Atlanta Dream captured an 86-80 victory at Conseco Fieldhouse. “We had that ball 

game. We should have won at home. ...We made some errors and it cost us a ball game 

against a good team.” 

The Fever held a 76-73 lead with 3 minutes left, but the Dream outscored the home 

team 13-4 down the stretch. With 56 seconds remaining, the game was tied at 80, but 

Indiana missed its last four shots. 

The Fever shot 25 percent in the second quarter (4-of-16) and 29.7 percent (11-of-37) 

in the half. Atlanta, with Angel McCoughtry scoring 16 in the first 20 minutes, shot 53.1 

percent (17-of-32) in the half and opened a 42-32 halftime lead. 

Indiana prefers to finish with a strong push. The team plays its final six regular-season 

games over a 13-day stretch, starting with Tuesday's trip to Atlanta. Indiana also closes 

the season with a home game against Atlanta (15-13), which holds a 2-0 lead in the 2011 

series. And it's possible Indiana, as the potential top seed, and Atlanta, as the fourth seed, 

will meet in a first-round playoff series. 

“I think (playing Atlanta is) a great challenge for us,” said Fever guard Katie Douglas, 

who collected 14 points, five rebounds and five assists. “I think as competitors, anybody in 

here would like to play them again. We're going to look at the mistakes we made and 

obviously try to clean them up and be ready.” 




FINAL BOX 

Officials: #35 Billy Smith, #38 Lamont Simpson, #53 Jeff Smith 

VISITOR: Atlanta Dream (15-13) 





20 Sancho Lyttle F 33:20 3 7 0 0 4 6 1 8 9 0 3 2 4 1 10 





33 Allison Bales 8:03 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 

9 Coco Miller 5:23 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 

3 Courtney Paris 9:12 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 3 0 1 0 6 

24 Sandora Irvin DNP—Coach’s Decision 

5 Shalee Lehning NWT--- Torn ACL 

TOTALS 33 60 2 7 18 24 10 24 34 9 23 6 17 5 86 












43 Shyra Ely 3:49 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 



TOTALS 29 74 4 14 18 23 13 19 32 13 24 9 8 3 80 



Dream 23 19 17 27 86 

FEVER 18 14 29 19 80 

Points in the Paint: Dream 38, FEVER 40 Biggest Lead: Dream 12, FEVER 3 

Second Chance Points: Dream 11, FEVER 15 Lead Changes: 8 

Fast Break Points: Dream 11, FEVER 9 Times Tied: 10 

MEMO: IND –Catchings 20+ pts in 4 of last 6 games


August 30, 2011– Philips Arena 




ATLANTA (AP) -- The Atlanta Dream's 3-9 start is now a distant memory. The 

defending Eastern Conference champs are one of the best teams in the WNBA again. 

Angel McCoughtry had 28 points and Sancho Lyttle hit a short jumper with 0.9 seconds 

left to give the Dream a 92-90 victory over the first-place Indiana Fever. 

The Dream trailed 88-83 with just over 2 minutes left, but took advantage of a steal by 

Armintie Price with about 6 seconds left to race downcourt for the winning shot by Lyttle, 

who had 14 points and 11 rebounds. 

`Ì was just trying to go as fast as I could and I thought that Sancho would be there on 

my right,'' Price said. ``We can talk without talking, we know each other so well.'' 

Lyttle had missed two free throws with 29.9 seconds remaining. `Ì couldn't miss that 

shot,'' she said of the winner. ``Nobody wanted to go to overtime.'' 

Erin Phillips had 21 points and Tamika Catchings scored 20 for Indiana. But the Fevor 

turned over the ball 19 times. 

``We had way too many turnovers and the game ended on a turnover,'' said Indiana 

coach Lin Dunn, whose team shot 50 percent. 

Dunn felt that a pivotal moment came early in the fourth quarter, when the Fever drew a 

flagrant foul that the Dream turned into four points. `Ì really thought that was a bad call,'' 

the coach said. 

`Ì think we played hard, just not smart in certain situations,'' Catchings said. 

Indiana was 4 for 7 on 3-pointers while taking a 49-46 halftime lead. Catchings had 11 

first-half points and Shavonte Zelious came off the bench to score nine, all in the second 

quarter. 

``This team has a lot of heart,'' McCoughtry said. ``We showed that again tonight and 

we've shown it all season. When you have struggles in the beginning, it makes winning so 

much better.'' 


08/30/2011 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 


FINAL BOX 

Officials: #45 Tom Mauer, #7 Clarke Stevens , # 8 Daryl Humphrey 











43 Shyra Ely 2:27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 

0 Shannon Bobbit 5:55 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 



20 Briann January NWT– Torn Right ACL 

TOTALS 33 66 6 16 18 21 7 23 30 14 21 6 19 8 90 

PERCENTAGES 50.0% 37.5% 85.7% TM REB: 13 TOT TO: 19(23 PTS) 

HOME: ATLANTA DREAM (16-13) 







33 Allison Bales 9:10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 



9 Coco Miller 12:59 2 7 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 5 


5 Shalee Lehning DND--- Torn ACL 

TOTALS 36 80 2 11 18 24 8 20 28 18 17 15 9 4 92 



Fever 19 30 24 17 90 

DREAM 23 23 23 23 92 

Points in the Paint: Fever 34, DREAM 48 Biggest Lead: Fever 6, DREAM 5 

Second Chance Points: Fever 11, DREAM 13 Lead Changes: 18 

Fast Break Points: Fever 10, DREAM 24 Times Tied: 18 


September 11, 2011 – Conseco Fieldhouse 

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Fever missed an opportunity to clinch its seventh 

consecutive berth in the WNBA Playoffs. The Fever couldn't close the deal. 

Angel McCoughtry scored a game-high 32 points on 9-of-14 shooting, with 12 free 

throws, to lead the Atlanta Dream past the Indiana Fever, 93-88, in the regular season 

finale for both teams. 

After clinching the top seed in the East on Wednesday and coupled by the absence of 

point guard Erin Phillips due to an ankle injury, Indiana coach Lin Dunn chose to rest 

Tamika Catchings who was nursing a sore knee. The Fever will host New York in a firstround 

playoff series which begins Thursday. 

After losing to Atlanta in each of the teams first three meetings this season, the Fever 

squandered an 11-point third quarter lead despite its shortened roster. Atlanta pummeled 

Indiana on the glass, 44-30, and outscored the Fever 46-35 in the second half, ruining the 

home team’s hope of gaining momentum heading into the postseason. 

The Dream used a 21-11 run over the last six minutes of a high-scoring first period to 

gain a 29-24 edge. The Fever’s Katie Douglas fueled a 23-2 run in the second quarter, 

contributing 14 points including three consecutive 3-pointers, pushing Indiana in front 55- 

47 at intermission. 

Douglas set a new season-high for points, scoring 16 of her team-high 30 points in the 

second quarter, which ties a franchise record. Her four second quarter trifectas was one 

shy of the WNBA record set by Diana Taurasi (5) for 3-pointers in a quarter. 

Smith, who entered the game a mere three points shy of becoming the eighth player in 

WNBA history to record 5,000 career points, wasted no time getting the proverbial monkey 

off her back, with a pair of baskets in the first three minutes of the game. 


FINAL BOX 


Officials: #4 Sue Blauch, #321 Byron Jarrett, #31 Amy Bonner Time of Game: 1:53 


VISITOR: Atlanta Dream (20-14) 


35 Angel McCoughtry F 25:07 9 14 2 3 12 14 2 3 5 0 0 1 1 3 32 



22 Armintie Price G22:32 4 5 0 0 1 6 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 9 

10 Lindsey Harding G27:32 5 9 0 0 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 2 3 1 13 

33 Allison Bales 24:40 6 8 1 1 2 4 5 6 11 1 1 1 1 0 15 


9 Coco Miller 22:28 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 8 

8 Izaiane Castro Marques 14:53 2 11 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 5 


5 Shalee Lehning NWT--- Torn ACL 





23 Katie Douglas F 33:50 11 18 5 8 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 30 



1 Shavonte Zellous G 28:30 2 7 0 1 6 9 2 5 7 5 3 0 5 3 10 

0 Shannon Bobbitt G 28:49 2 6 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 6 2 2 3 0 6 

43 Shyra Ely 14:12 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 



24 Tamika Catchings DND – Right Knee Strain 


13 Erin Phillips DND – Sprained Left Ankle 

TOTALS 34 66 8 20 12 18 8 22 30 18 27 6 16 5 88 



Dream 29 18 24 22 93 

FEVER 24 31 16 17 88 

Points in the Paint: Dream 34, FEVER 36 Biggest Lead: Dream 12, FEVER 3 

Second Chance Points: Dream 23, FEVER 6 Lead Changes: 8 

Fast Break Points: Dream 11, FEVER 7 Times Tied: 10 

MEMO: Tangela Smith is 8th player in WNBA history with 5,000 points 

MEMO: Douglas- 16 points in 2nd quarter ties franchise record for quarter 

MEMO: Douglas- 4 3-pt FG in 2nd quarter is 1 shy of WNBA record. (Taurasi- 5). 


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ALL-TIME PLAYOFF SUMMARY 

All-Time Record:..........................................................14-17 

Home Record: .............................................................10-4 

Road Record: ..............................................................4-13 

Most Playoff Wins, One Year: .....................................6 (2009), 3 (2007) 

Most Playoff Losses, One Year: ..................................4 (2009), 3 (2007) 

Most Consecutive Series Won: ...................................2 (2009) 


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PLAYOFFS RECORD BOOK 

COACHING RECORDS 

HEAD COACH YEARS APPEARANCES GMS W-L PCT. 

Nell Fortner 2001-03 1 3 1-2 .333 

Brian Winters 2004-07 3 12 5-7 .417 

Lin Dunn 2008 to present 3 16 8-8 .500 

TOTALS 7 31 14-17 .452 

ATTENDANCE RECORDS 

LARGEST SEASON TOTAL 

132,594 in 2009 (10 games) 




LARGEST SEASON AVERAGE 


12,947 in 2010 (3 games) 



LARGEST HOME ATTENDANCE 

18,165 vs. Phoenix, 10/7/09 

18,165 vs. Phoenix, 10/4/09 

18,165 vs. Detroit, 9/26/09 

10,198 vs. New York, 8/16/02 

9,655 vs. Washington, 9/19/09 

9,623 vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 

9,210 vs. Detroit, 9/25/09 

8,777 vs. Connecticut, 9/10/05 

7,613 vs. Detroit, 9/19/08 

Most Consecutive Games Won, Overall:.....................3 (8/25/07 to 8/31/07) 

Most Consecutive Games Won, One Series:..............2 (2005 ESF, 2007 ESF, 2009 ESF, 

2009 EF, 2009 Finals) 

Most Consecutive Series Lost: ....................................2 (2005-06, 2007-08) 

Most Consecutive Games Lost, Overall: .....................4 (9/8/05 to 8/23/07) 

Most Consecutive Games Lost, One Series:...............2 (2002 ESF, 2005 EF, 2006 ESF, 2007 

EF, 2009 Finals) 

7,535 vs. New York, 8/29/10 

7,298 vs. Connecticut, 8/25/07 

7,261 vs. Detroit, 8/17/06 

LARGEST AWAY ATTENDANCE 

17,313 at Phoenix, 10/9/09 

16,758 at Phoenix, 10/1/09 

16,682 at New York, 9/1/10 

14,624 at New York, 8/26/10 

12,471 at New York, 8/20/02 

11,617 at Phoenix, 9/29/09 

10,988 at New York, 8/18/02 

10,153 at Detroit, 9/2/03 

9,856 at Detroit, 8/3/03 

8,830 at Detroit, 8/19/06 

8,296 at Detroit, 9/23/08 

8,219 at Detroit, 9/21/08 

7,729 at New York, 8/30/05 

GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS 

2002 WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS vs. NEW YORK LIBERTY 

Gm Date Site Result Series IND Points IND Rebounds IND Assists OPP Points Attendance 

1 8/16/02 at IND W, 73-55 1-0 Catchings 29 Richardson 14 McCray 5 Whitmore 18 10,198 

2 8/18/02 at NY L, 65-84 1-1 Catchings 20 Catchings 14 Washington 5 Whitmore 24 10,988 

3 8/20/02 at NY L, 60-75 1-2 McCray 14 Richardson 9 Washington 7 Johnson 19 12,471 



1 8/30/05 at NY W, 63-51 1-0 Catchings 19 Catchings 12 Miller 3 Johnson 17 7,729 

2 9/1/05 at IND W, 58-50 2-0 Catchings 19 Catchings 12 Streimikyte 4 Hammon 14 5,085 

2005 WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS vs. CONNECTICUT SUN 


1 9/8/05 at IND L, 68-73 0-1 Miller 14 Catchings 8 Bevilaqua 4 McW-Franklin 24 8,777 

2 9/10/05 at CON L, 67-77 (OT) 0-2 Catchings 21 Williams 11 Catchings 5 McW-Franklin 15 7,588 

2006 WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS vs. DETROIT SHOCK 


1 8/17/06 at IND L, 56-68 0-1 Catchings 17 Atkinson 11 Catchings 5 Nolan 18 7,261 

2 8/19/06 at DET L, 83-98 0-2 Whitmore 41 Whitmore 10 DeForge 3 Ford 23 8,830 

2007 WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS vs. CONNECTICUT SUN 


1 8/23/07 at CON L, 88-93 (3OT) 0-1 DeForge 31 Catchings 20 Catchings 7 Sales 25 7,271 

2 8/25/07 at IND W, 78-59 1-1 DeForge 26 Catchings 13 White-Whitmore 4 Douglas 11 7,298 

3 8/27/07 at IND W, 93-88 (OT) 2-1 Catchings 30 Catchings 13 Catchings 6 Douglas 27 6,012 

2007 WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS vs. DETROIT SHOCK 


1 8/31/07 at IND W, 75-65 1-0 Catchings 22 Catchings 11 Bevilaqua 4 Pierson 19 9,623 

2 9/2/07 at DET L, 63-77 1-1 DeForge 13 three with 4 Whitmore 4 Nolan 24 10,153 

3 9/3/07 at DET L, 65-81 1-2 Sutton-Brown 17 Sam, Sutton-Brown 10 Sam, Whitmore 4 Nolan 30 9,856 

2008 WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS vs. DETROIT SHOCK 


1 9/17/09 at IND L, 72-81 0-1 Catchings, Hoffman 19 Sutton-Brown 6 Catchings 7 Nolan 22 7,613 

2 9/21/08 at DET W, 89-82 (OT) 1-1 Catchings 27 Hoffman 12 Bevilaqua 5 Nolan-Pierson 16 8,219 

3 9/23/08 at DET L, 61-80 1-2 Sutton-Brown 20 Hoffman 10 Catchings 8 Nolan 21 8,296 

2009 WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS vs. WASHINGTON MYSTICS 


1 9/17/09 + at WAS W, 88-79 1-0 Catchings 26 Catchings 12 three with 3 Langhorne 18 6,332 

2 9/19/09 at IND W, 81-74 (OT) 2-0 Catchings 24 Catchings 16 Catchings, Douglas 5 Langhorne 15 9,655 

2009 WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS vs. DETROIT SHOCK 


1 9/23/09 at DET L, 56-72 0-1 Douglas 16 Catchings 11 Bevilaqua, Douglas 5 Zellous 23 7,214 

2 9/25/09 at IND W, 79-75 1-1 Catchings 22 Catchings 9 Catchings 5 Nolan 23 9,210 

3 9/26/09 at IND W, 72-67 2-1 Sutton-Brown 17 Catchings 8 Catchings 5 Nolan 16 18,165 

2009 WNBA FINALS vs. PHOENIX MERCURY 


1 9/29/09 at PHO L, 116-120 (OT) 0-1 Douglas 30 Hoffman 8 January 7 Pondexter, Taylor 23 11,617 

2 10/1/09 at PHO W, 93-84 1-1 Catchings 19 Catchings 9 Catchings 11 Taurasi 20 16,758 

3 10/4/09 at IND W, 86-85 2-1 Hoffman 18 Catchings 12 Catchings, Douglas 7 Pondexter 23 18,165 

4 10/7/09 at IND L, 77-90 2-2 Catchings 24 Catchings 12 Catchings, Douglas 4 Pondexter 22 18,165 

5 10/9/09 at PHO L, 86-94 2-3 Sutton-Brown 22 Catchings 9 Douglas 9 Taurasi 26 17,313 



1 8/26/10 at NY L, 73-85 0-1 Catchings 18 Davenport 8 Catchings 6 Pondexter 28 14,624 

2 8/29/10 at IND W, 75-67 1-1 Catchings 17 Catchings 13 Douglas 5 Pondexter 24 7,535 

3 9/1/10 at NY L, 74-77 1-2 Douglas 24 Catchings 6 Douglas 4 Pondexter 30 16,682 

+ game played at Comcast Center (College Park, Md.)

FRANCHISE TEAM RECORDS 

HIGHEST AVERAGE PPG 

SEASON 

83.4 in 2009 




SERIES 

91.6 vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 

86.3 vs. Connecticut, 2007 ESF 

84.5 vs. Washington, 2009 ESF 

LOWEST AVERAGE PPG 

SEASON 



SERIES 

60.5 vs. New York, 2005 ESF 

66.0 vs. New York, 2002 ESF 

MOST POINTS SCORED 

SEASON 

834 in 2009 



SERIES 

458 vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 

259 vs. Connecticut, 2007 ESF 

222 vs. Detroit, 2008 ESF 

207 vs. Detroit, 2009 EF 

GAME 

116 at Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

93 at Phoenix, 10/1/09 

93 vs. Connecticut, OT, 8/27/07 

89 at Detroit, OT, 9/21/08 

HALF 

53 at Phoenix (1st), 9/29/09 

52 at Phoenix (2nd), 9/29/09 

49 at Washington (2nd), 9/17/09 

49 at Detroit (2nd), 8/19/06 

48 at Phoenix (1st), 10/1/09 

QUARTER 

33 at Phoenix (3rd), 9/29/09 

32 at Washington (4th), 9/17/09 

31 at Phoenix (1st), 10/1/09 

31 at Phoenix (1st), 9/29/09 

30 at Detroit (3rd), 8/19/06 

OVERTIME 

16 vs. Connecticut, 8/27/07 

14 at Detroit, 9/21/08 

12 vs. Washington, 9/19/09 

11 at Phoenix, 9/29/09 

FEWEST POINTS SCORED 

SEASON 



SERIES 

121 vs. New York, 2005 ESF 

135 vs. Connecticut, 2005 EF 

GAME 

56 at Detroit, 9/23/09 

56 vs. Detroit, 8/17/06 


58 vs. New York, 9/1/05 

HALF 

19 at Detroit (2nd), 9/23/09 

19 at Detroit (1st), 9/23/08 

25 at Connecticut (1st), 8/23/07 

QUARTER 

6 at Detroit (3rd), 9/23/09 

7 at Detroit (1st), 9/23/08 

7 at Connecticut (1st), 8/23/07 

8 at New York (4th), 9/1/10 

OVERTIME 

6 at Connecticut (2nd), 8/23/07 



LARGEST WINNING MARGIN 

GAME 

+19 vs. Connecticut (78-59), 8/25/07 

+18 vs. New York (73-55), 8/16/02 

+12 at New York (63-51), 8/30/05 

HALF 

+19 vs. Connecticut (40-21, 1st), 8/25/07 

+13 at Washington (49-36, 2nd), 9/17/09 

+12 vs. New York (39-27, 1st), 8/29/10 

+12 vs. Connecticut (45-33, 2nd), 8/27/07 

QUARTER 

+13 vs. New York (21-8, 1st), 8/29/10 

+13 at Detroit (24-11, 3rd), 9/23/08 

+12 at Connecticut (24-12, 4th), 8/23/07 

+12 vs. Connecticut (29-17, 4th), 8/27/07 

OVERTIME 

+7 vs. Washington (12-5), 9/19/09 

+7 at Detroit (14-7), 9/21/08 

+5 vs. Connecticut (16-11), 8/27/07 

ANY TIME OF GAME 

+25 vs. Connecticut (1:32, 3rd quarter, led 59-34), 

8/25/07 

+23 vs. New York (2:26, 2nd half, led 71-48), 8/16/02 

+21 vs. New York (6:53, 3rd quarter, led 48-27), 

8/29/10 

+17 at Phoenix (0:05.6, 3rd quarter, led 77-60), 

10/1/09 

+15 at New York (14:40, 1st half, led 17-2), 8/20/02 

LARGEST LOSING MARGIN 

GAME 

-19 at Detroit (80-61), 9/23/08 

-19 at New York (84-65), 8/18/02 

-16 at Detroit (72-56), 9/23/09 

-16 at Detroit (81-65), 9/3/07 

HALF 

-30 at Detroit (49-19), 9/23/08 

-19 at New York (46-27, 2nd), 8/20/02 

-18 at Detroit (37-19, 2nd), 9/23/09 

QUARTER 

-23 at Detroit (30-7, 1st), 9/23/08 

-16 at Phoenix (35-19, 2nd), 10/9/09 

-13 at Detroit (25-12, 2nd), 9/2/07 

OVERTIME 

-10 at Connecticut (17-7), 9/10/05 

ANY TIME OF GAME 

-31 at Detroit (5:34, 2nd quarter, trailed 41-10), 

9/23/08 

-29 at Detroit (2:42, 4th quarter, trailed 68-39), 9/2/07 

-24 at New York (6:33, 2nd half, trailed 71-47), 

8/18/02 

BEST COMEBACKS 

BY FEVER 

22 (6:36, 2nd quarter, trailed 39-17) vs. Connecticut, 

8/27/07 (Won 93-88, OT) 

11 (1:10, 2nd quarter, trailed 51-40) at Phoenix, 

10/9/09 (Lost 86-94) 

BY OPPONENTS 

15 (14:40, first half, led 17-2) at New York, 8/20/02 

(Lost 75-60) 

13 (6:00, first quarter, led 16-3) at Detroit, 9/3/07 

(Lost 81-65) 

LARGEST SWING IN POINTS [FROM DOUBLE- 

DIGIT DEFICIT] 

BY FEVER 

27 (6:36, 2nd quarter, trailed 39-17; 0:04.00, 

overtime, led 93-88) vs. Connecticut, 8/27/07 

(Won, 93-88) 

BY OPPONENTS 

34 (14:40, first half, led 17-2; 1:28, second half, 

trailed 73-54) at New York, 8/20/02 (Lost 75-60) 

33 (6:00, first quarter, led 16-3; 3:58, 4th quarter, 

trailed 78-58) at Detroit, 9/3/07 (Lost 81-65) 

MOST FG MADE 

SEASON 




SERIES 



75 vs. New York, 2010 ESF 


GAME 

45 at Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

34 at Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 

33 at Phoenix, 10/1/09 

33 at Phoenix, 10/9/09 

FEWEST FG MADE 

SEASON 



SERIES 



GAME 

16 vs. New York, 9/1/05 

18 at New York, 8/30/05 

MOST FG ATTEMPTED 

SEASON 




SERIES 





GAME 



75 at Phoenix, 10/9/09 

FEWEST FG ATTEMPTED 

SEASON 



SERIES 


GAME 

46 at Indiana, 8/30/05 

52 at New York, 8/20/02 

HIGHEST FG PERCENTAGE 

SEASON 

.441 (75-170) in 2002 



SERIES 

.468 (170-363) vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 

.441 (75-170) vs. New York, 2002 ESF 

.420 (95-226) vs. Connecticut, 2007 ESF 

.417 (75-180) vs. New York, 2010 ESF 

GAME 

.556 (45-81) at Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

.509 (28-55) vs. New York, 8/16/02 

.493 (33-67) at Phoenix, 10/1/09 

.476 (30-63) at Washington, 9/17/09 


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LOWEST FG PERCENTAGE 

SEASON 



SERIES 

.330 (34-103) vs. New York, 2005 ESF 

.338 (66-195) vs. Detroit, 2007 EF 

.368 (49-133) vs. Connecticut, 2006 EF 

GAME 

.281 (16-57) vs. New York, 9/1/05 

.323 (21-65) vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 

.324 (23-71) vs. Washington, OT, 9/19/09 

MOST 3-POINT FG MADE 

SEASON 




SERIES 






GAME 


10 vs. Phoenix, 10/4/09 


10 vs. Connecticut, OT, 8/27/07 

FEWEST 3-POINT FG MADE 

SEASON 


SERIES 

8 vs. Washington, 2009 ESF 



GAME 

2 vs. Phoenix, 10/7/09 

2 at Detroit, 9/23/08 

3 vs. Washington, OT, 9/19/09 

MOST 3-POINT FG ATTEMPTED 

SEASON 


120 in 2007 


SERIES 





GAME 


23 vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 

22 vs. Detroit, 9/19/08 

FEWEST 3-POINT FG ATTEMPTED 

SEASON 




SERIES 



GAME 


10 at Connecticut, OT, 9/10/05 


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HIGHEST 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE 

SEASON 


.358 (43-120) in 2007 


SERIES 

.458 (11-24) vs. New York, 2005 ESF 

.455 (10-22) vs. Connecticut, 2005 EF 


GAME 

.600 (6-10) vs. Connecticut, 9/8/05 

.500 (10-20) vs. Connecticut, OT, 8/27/07 

.500 (5-10) vs. New York, 8/30/05 

LOWEST 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE 

SEASON 




SERIES 

.229 (8-35) vs. Washington, 2009 ESF 

.292 (19-65) vs. Detroit, 2008 ESF 

.297 (19-64) vs. Detroit, 2007 EF 

GAME 

.111 (2-18) vs. Phoenix, 10/7/09 

.118 (2-17) at Detroit, 9/23/08 

.150 (3-20) vs. Washington, OT, 9/19/09 

MOST FT MADE 

SEASON 




SERIES 





GAME 



28 vs. Detroit, 9/26/09 

FEWEST FT MADE 

SEASON 



SERIES 



GAME 


6 at New York, 8/20/02 


MOST FT ATTEMPTED 

SEASON 




SERIES 




GAME 



33 vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 

31 vs. Detroit, 9/26/09 

FEWEST FT ATTEMPTED 

SEASON 



SERIES 



GAME 



10 at New York, 8/20/02 

HIGHEST FT PERCENTAGE 

SEASON 




SERIES 


.897 (61-68) vs. Detroit, 2008 ESF 

.859 (55-64) vs. Washington, 2009 ESF 

GAME 

1.000 (9-9) at Detroit, 9/23/08 

.929 (13-14) at Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 

.919 (34-37) at Detroit, OT, 9/21/08 

.913 (21-23) vs. Connecticut, OT, 8/27/07 

.903 (28-31) vs. Detroit, 9/26/09 

LOWEST FT PERCENTAGE 

SEASON 


SERIES 

.657 (23-35) vs. Detroit, 2006 ESF 

.693 (52-75) vs. Detroit, 2007 EF 

.725 (29-40) vs. New York, 2002 ESF 

GAME 

.545 (12-22) at Detroit, 9/3/07 

.600 (6-10) at New York, 8/20/02 

.619 (13-21) at Detroit, 8/19/06 

MOST REBOUNDS 

SEASON 




SERIES 


123 vs. Connecticut, 2007 ESF 


GAME 



41 vs. New York, 8/29/10 

40 at Phoenix, 10/1/09 

FEWEST REBOUNDS 

SEASON 


SERIES 



GAME 

22 at New York, 9/1/10 


25 at New York, 8/26/10

MOST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 

SEASON 




SERIES 





GAME 


17 at Detroit, 8/19/06 

15 vs. New York, 9/1/05 


FEWEST OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 

SEASON 



SERIES 




GAME 


5 vs. Detroit, 9/25/09 


MOST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 

SEASON 




SERIES 

125 vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 



GAME 


33 at Phoenix, 10/1/09 

29 vs. New York, 8/29/10 


FEWEST DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 

SEASON 



SERIES 




GAME 

12 vs. Connecticut, 9/8/05 

13 at New York, 8/18/02 

LARGEST REBOUND MARGIN 

SERIES 

+20 vs. New York (65-45), 2005 ESF 

+15 vs. New York (92-77), 2002 ESF 

GAME 

+13 vs. New York (38-25), 9/1/05 

+11 vs. New York (35-24), 8/16/02 

LARGEST REBOUND DEFICIT 

SERIES 

-33 vs. Detroit (100-133), 2007 EF 

-20 vs. Detroit (88-108), 2009 EF 

-15 vs. Detroit (107-92), 2008 ESF 

GAME 

-20 at Detroit (23-43), 9/2/07 

-14 at New York (25-39), 8/26/10 

-14 vs. Detroit, 27-41), 9/25/09 

-11 vs. Detroit (31-42), 8/17/06 



MOST ASSISTS 

SEASON 





SERIES 




GAME 

24 at Phoenix, 10/9/09 


18, four times (most recent: at Washington, 9/17/09) 

FEWEST ASSISTS 

SEASON 


SERIES 


GAME 

8 at New York, 8/30/05 

9 vs. Detroit, 8/17/06 

MOST STEALS 

SEASON 




SERIES 




GAME 

18 vs. Washington, 9/25/09 




FEWEST STEALS 

SEASON 



SERIES 



GAME 

1 at New York, 8/18/02 

3 at New York, 8/20/02 

MOST BLOCKED SHOTS 

SEASON 



SERIES 




GAME 

9 vs. Phoenix, 10/4/09 


7 at Phoenix, 10/1/09 

7 vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 

FEWEST BLOCKED SHOTS 

SEASON 



SERIES 



GAME 


1, four times 

MOST PERSONAL FOULS 

SEASON 


112 in 2007 

SERIES 




GAME 

35 at Detroit, 8/19/06 



FEWEST PERSONAL FOULS 

SEASON 




SERIES 




GAME 

15 vs. Phoenix, 10/4/09 

15 vs. Detroit, 9/26/09 

15 at New York, 8/20/02 

MOST DISQUALIFICATIONS 

SEASON 

2 in 2009, 2006, 2005 

SERIES 




GAME 

2 vs. Connecticut (Tamika Catchings, Deanna 

Jackson), OT, 9/10/05 

2 vs. Detroit (Ebony Hoffman, Tamika Whitmore), 

8/19/06 

MOST TURNOVERS 

SEASON 




SERIES 




GAME 


21, three times (last vs. Detroit, 9/26/09) 

FEWEST TURNOVERS 

SEASON 



SERIES 




GAME 

6 at New York, 8/30/05 

7 vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 

9 vs. New York, 9/1/05 


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FRANCHISE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 

SEASONS PLAYED 

CAREER 

7 Tamika Catchings, 2002, 2005-10 

6 Tully Bevilaqua, 2005-10 

6 Ebony Hoffman, 2005-10 

4 Tammy Sutton-Brown, 2007-10 

4 Tan White, 2005-08 

GAMES PLAYED 

CAREER 

31 Tamika Catchings, 2002 to present 



22 Tammy Sutton-Brown, 2007 to present 

16 Katie Douglas, 2008 to present 

14 Tan White, 2005-08 

13 Briann January, 9/17/09 to present 

13 Jessica Moore, 9/17/09 to present 

12 Jessica Davenport, 9/17/09 to present 

10 Tamecka Dixon, 9/17/09 to present 

CONSECUTIVE 

31 Tamika Catchings, 8/16/02 to present 

28 Tully Bevilaqua, 8/30/05 to 9/1/10 

22 Tammy Sutton-Brown, 8/23/07 to present 

18 Ebony Hoffman, 9/2/07 to 9/1/10 

16 Katie Douglas, 9/18/08 to present 

13 Briann January, 9/17/09 to present 

13 Jessica Moore, 9/17/09 to present 

10 Tamecka Dixon, 9/17/09 to 10/9/9 

10 Tan White, 8/30/05 to 9/2/07 

SEASON 

10 Tully Bevilaqua, 2009 

10 Tamika Catchings, 2009 

10 Tamecka Dixon, 2009 

10 Katie Douglas, 2009 

10 Ebony Hoffman, 2009 

10 Briann January, 2009 

10 Jessica Moore, 2009 

10 Tammy Sutton-Brown, 2009 

GAMES STARTED 

CAREER 






8 Anna DeForge, 2006-07 

CONSECUTIVE 

31 Tamika Catchings, 8/16/02 to present 

26 Tully Bevilaqua, 8/30/05 to 9/1/10 

22 Tammy Sutton-Brown, 8/23/07 to present 

16 Katie Douglas, 9/18/08 to present 

16 Ebony Hoffman, 9/19/09 to 9/1/10 

8 Anna DeForge, 8/17/06 to 9/3/07 

SEASON 








6 Anna DeForge, 2007 


5 Sheri Sam, 2007 


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MINUTES PLAYED 

CAREER 






287 Briann January, 2009 to present 


243 Tamika Whitmore, 2006-07 


175 Tan White, 2005-08 

SEASON 








SERIES 

187 Katie Douglas vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 

177 Tamika Catchings vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 

155 Ebony Hoffman vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 

150 Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Phoenix, 2009 

Finals 

120 Briann January vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 

117 Anna DeForge vs. Connecticut, 2007 ESF 

GAME 

46:40 Tamika Catchings at Connecticut, 3OT, 

8/23/07 

46:36 Tully Bevilaqua at Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 

46:26 Anna DeForge at Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 

44 Tamika Catchings at Connecticut, OT, 

9/10/05 

44 Kelly Miller at Connecticut, OT, 9/10/05 

POINTS 

CAREER 



212 Katie Douglas, 2008 to present 




126 Briann January, 2009 to present 


58 Jessica Davenport, 2009-10 

52 Kelly Schumacher, 2002-05 

SEASON 







99 Tamika Whitmore, 2007 

SERIES 







GAME 

41 Tamika Whitmore at Detroit, 8/19/06 

31 Anna DeForge at Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 

30 Katie Douglas at Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

30 Tamika Catchings vs. Connecticut, OT, 

8/27/07 

29 Tamika Catchings vs. New York, 8/16/02 

27 Ebony Hoffman at Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

27 Tamika Catchings at Detroit, OT, 9/21/08 

26 Tamika Catchings at Washington, 9/17/09 

26 Anna DeForge vs. Connecticut, 8/25/07 

24 five times (last by Katie Douglas, at New 

York, 9/1/10) 

Tamika Whitmore’s 41 points in a 98-83 playoff loss at Detroit, 

8/19/06, is a WNBA Playoff record. Whitmore made 15-of-22 

shots and added 10 rebounds in what might have been the 

greatest playoff performance in league history. Pacing the 

Fever while Tamika Catchings was lost for the second half due 

to a concussion, Whitmore scored 25 points in the second half 

including 15 in the third quarter. 

HALF 

25 Tamika Whitmore at Detroit (2nd), 8/19/06 

18 Tamika Catchings vs. New York (2nd), 

8/16/02 

18 Tamika Catchings vs. Connecticut (2nd), 

8/27/07 

QUARTER 

15 Tamika Whitmore at Detroit (3rd), 8/19/06 

14 Tammy Sutton-Brown at Phoenix (1st), 

10/9/09 

12 Tamika Catchings vs. Detroit (4th), 9/19/08 

OVERTIME 

8 Katie Douglas at Phoenix, 9/29/09 

7 Tamika Whitmore at Connecticut (3rd), 3OT, 

8/23/07 

MOST FG MADE 

CAREER 







SEASON 







30 Briann January, 2009


SERIES 







GAME 


12 Katie Douglas at Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

12 Ebony Hoffman at Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

12 Anna DeForge at Connecticut, 8/23/07 


CAREER 






127 Tamika Whitmore, 2006-07 


SEASON 


122 Tamika Catchings, 2009 







SERIES 





55 Tamika Whitmore vs. Connecticut, 2007 ESF 



GAME 




3-POINT FG MADE 

CAREER 






SEASON 



12 Briann January, 2009 



SERIES 


9 Briann January vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 


8 Tamika Catchings vs. New York, 2002 ESF 

GAME 



4 Kelly Miller vs. Connecticut, 9/8/05 


4 Tamika Whitmore vs. Connecticut, OT, 

8/27/07 


3-POINT FG ATTEMPTED 

CAREER 

121 Tamika Catchings, 2002 to present 







SEASON 




SERIES 




18 Tully Bevilaqua vs. Detroit, 2008 ESF 

GAME 



8 Katie Douglas vs. Phoenix, 10/4/09 


8 Tamika Catchings at New York, 8/20/02 

8 Tamika Catchings vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 

8 Tully Bevilaqua at Detroit, 9/2/07 

MOST FT MADE 

CAREER 









SEASON 







SERIES 

28 Tamika Catchings vs. Detroit, 2008 ESF 

23 Tamika Catchings vs. Connecticut, 2007 ESF 

20 Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Detroit, 2008 ESF 


17 Tamika Catchings vs. Detroit, 2009 EF 

17 Tamika Catchings vs. Washington, 2009 ESF 

GAME 


8/27/07 


13 Tammy Sutton-Brown at Detroit, OT, 9/21/08 

11 Tamika Catchings vs. Washington, OT, 

9/19/09 


CONSECUTIVE 

23 Tamika Catchings, 9/19/08 to 9/21/08 (last 11 

vs. Detroit, 9/19/08; first 12 at Detroit, OT, 

9/21/08) 

20 Anna DeForge, 8/23/07 to 9/3/07 (3-3 at 

Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07; 8-8 vs. 

Connecticut, 8/25/07; 1-1 vs. Connecticut, 

OT, 8/27/07; 6-6 vs. Detroit, 8/31/07; 0-0 at 

Detroit, 9/2/07; 2-2 at Detroit, 9/3/07) 

18 Tamika Whitmore, 8/17/06 to 8/27/07 (3-3 vs. 

Detroit, 8/17/06; 10-10 at Detroit, 8/19/06; 

3-3 at Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07; 0-0 vs. 

Connecticut, 8/25/07; first 2 vs. 

Connecticut, OT, 8/27/07) 

17 Tamika Catchings, 9/25/09 to 10/1/09 (last 6 

vs. Detroit, 9/25/09; 8-8 vs. Detroit, 8/26/09; 

3-3 at Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09; 3-3 at 

Phoenix, 10/1/09) 

15 Tammy Sutton-Brown, 9/19/08 to 9/21/08 (3- 

3 vs. Detroit, 9/19/08; first 12 at Detroit, OT, 

9/21/08) 


CAREER 








SEASON 






SERIES 






21 Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Detroit, 2008 ESF 

GAME 


8/27/07 


14 Tammy Sutton-Brown at Detroit, OT, 9/21/08 


12 Tamika Catchings vs. Washington, OT, 

9/19/09 

12 Tamika Catchings vs. Detroit, 9/19/08 

REBOUNDS 

CAREER 







SEASON 






SERIES 





28 Tamika Catchings vs. Washington, 2009 ESF 






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GAME 

20 Tamika Catchings at Connecticut, 3OT, 

8/23/07 


9/19/09 

14 Tamika Whitmore at Connecticut, 3OT, 

8/23/07 

14 Tamika Catchings at New York, 8/18/02 

14 Olympia Scott vs. New York, 8/16/02 

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 

CAREER 







SEASON 





SERIES 

12 Tamika Catchings vs. New York, 2002 ESF 


9/19/09 

10 La’Tangela Atkinson vs. Detroit, 2006 ESF 

10 Natalie Williams vs. Connecticut, 2005 EF 

GAME 

7 Natalie Williams at Connecticut, OT, 9/10/05 

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 

CAREER 







SEASON 





SERIES 




GAME 

18 Tamika Catchings at Connecticut, 3OT, 

8/23/07 

12 Tamika Catchings vs. Phoenix, 10/4/09 

11 four times (last by Tamika Catchings vs. 

Washington, OT, 9/19/09) 

ASSISTS 

CAREER 

123 Tamika Catchings, 2002 to present 




SEASON 







SERIES 





GAME 

11 Tamika Catchings at Phoenix, 10/1/09 


8 Tamika Catchings at Detroit, 9/23/08 


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STEALS 

CAREER 





SEASON 




12 Tully Bevilaqua, 2009 



SERIES 


12 Tamika Catchings vs. Detroit, 2009 EF 



GAME 


5 Tamika Catchings at Phoenix, 10/9/09 

5 Katie Douglas vs. Detroit, 9/25/09 

4 eight times (last by Tamika Catchings at New 

York, 8/26/10) 

BLOCKED SHOTS 

CAREER 




12 Jessica Davenport, 2009 to present 


6 Kelly Schumacher, 2002-05 

SEASON 



12 Tammy Sutton-Brown, 2007 

8 Jessica Davenport, 2009 

SERIES 

10 Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Detroit, 2007 EF 


7 Jessica Davenport vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 

6 Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Washington, 2009 

ESF 

GAME 

6 Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 


9/19/09 

4 Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Washington, OT, 

9/19/09 

PERSONAL FOULS 

CAREER 








SEASON 





24 Jessica Moore, 2009 




SERIES 



15 Jessica Moore vs. Phoenix, 2009 Finals 


13 Tammy Sutton-Brown vs. Detroit, 2007 EF 

TURNOVERS 

CAREER 







SEASON 






SERIES 





14 Olympia Scott vs. New York, 2002 ESF 


GAME 

8 Olympia Scott at New York, 8/20/02


OPPONENT SINGLE-GAME TEAM RECORDS 


GAME 

120, Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

98, Detroit, 8/19/06 

94, Phoenix, 10/9/09 

93, Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 

90, Phoenix, 10/7/09 

HALF 

60, Detroit (2nd), 8/19/06 

56, Phoenix (1st), 9/29/09 

51, Phoenix (1st), 10/9/09 

49, Phoenix (1st), 10/7/09 

49, Phoenix (2nd), 9/29/09 

QUARTER 

35, Detroit (4th), 8/19/06 

33, Phoenix (1st), 10/7/09 

31, Phoenix (1st), 9/29/09 

30, Phoenix (2nd), 10/4/09 

30, Detroit (1st), 9/23/08 

OVERTIME 

17, Connecticut, OT, 9/10/05 

15, Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

FEWEST POINTS SCORED 

GAME 

50, New York, 9/1/05 

51, New York, 8/30/05 

HALF 

16, New York (1st), 9/1/05 

23, Connecticut (2nd), OT, 9/10/05 

QUARTER 

8, Detroit (3rd), 9/21/08 

8, Connecticut (2nd), 8/25/07 

9, Detroit (4th), 9/2/07 

MOST FG MADE 

35, Detroit, 8/19/06 


FEWEST FG MADE 

17, New York, 9/1/05 



79, Phoenix, 10/4/09 

76, Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

74, Washington, OT, 9/19/09 

73, four times (last by Phoenix, 10/1/09) 

FEWEST FG ATTEMPTED 

46, New York, 8/30/05 

46, Connecticut, 9/8/05 

HIGHEST FG PERCENTAGE 

.593, New York (32-54), 8/18/02 

.528, Detroit (28-53), 9/19/08 

LOWEST FG PERCENTAGE 

.354, New York (17-48), 9/1/08 

.368, Connecticut (35-95), 3OT, 8/23/07 


12, Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

10, Phoenix, 10/9/09 

10, Phoenix, 10/7/09 

9, New York, 8/26/10 


FEWEST 3-POINT FG MADE 

2, New York, 8/16/02 

2, Detroit, 8/19/06 




24, Phoenix, 10/7/09 

23, Phoenix, 10/1/09 

22, Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

21, New York, 8/26/10 


FEWEST 3-POINT FG ATTEMPTED 

6, Detroit, 8/19/06 

HIGHEST 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE 

.600, Detroit (6-10), 9/2/07 

.588, Phoenix (10-17), 10/9/09 

.545, Phoenix (12-22), OT, 9/29/09 

.545, Detroit (6-11), 9/19/08 

LOWEST 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE 

.150, Connecticut (3-20), 8/25/07 

.176, Phoenix (3-17), 10/4/09 

.176, Washington (3-17), OT, 9/19/09 

.182, New York (2-11), 8/16/02 

MOST FT MADE 

32, Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

26, Detroit, 8/19/06 


24, Phoenix, 10/9/09 


FEWEST FT MADE 

6, New York, 8/20/02 


8, Detroit, 8/31/07 


40, Detroit, 8/19/06 

38, Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 



FEWEST FT ATTEMPTED 

9, New York, 8/20/02 


HIGHEST FT PERCENTAGE 

.960, Phoenix (24-25), 10/9/09 

.952, Detroit (20-21), OT, 9/21/08 

.941, Detroit (16-17), 9/23/08 

LOWEST FT PERCENTAGE 

.471, Detroit (8-17), 8/31/07 

.650, Detroit (26-40), 8/19/06 

.650, Detroit (13-20), 9/2/07 

MOST REBOUNDS 


47, Detroit, 9/3/07 


43, Detroit, 8/31/07 

43, Detroit, 9/2/07 

FEWEST REBOUNDS 

20, New York, 8/30/05 

24, New York, 8/16/02 

MOST ASSISTS 


24, Detroit, 8/19/06 

FEWEST ASSISTS 

7, New York, 8/29/10 

9, New York, 9/1/05 

MOST STEALS 


10, Detroit, 9/23/08 

10, New York, 8/20/02 


FEWEST STEALS 

1, Detroit, 8/31/07 

2, New York, 9/1/05 


9, Phoenix, 10/1/09 

8, Detroit, 9/23/09 

7, three times (last by Phoenix, 10/9/09) 

FEWEST BLOCKED SHOTS 

0, Detroit, 9/23/08 

0, New York, 8/20/02 


24, Detroit, 9/26/05 

24, Detroit, 9/25/05 


20, Detroit, 9/19/08 

FEWEST TURNOVERS 

6, New York, 8/18/02 

10, Detroit, 8/31/07 

10, Detroit, 8/19/06 

10, New York, 8/30/05 


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OPPONENT SINGLE-GAME INDIVIDUAL 

RECORDS 


GAME 

30 Cappie Pondexter, New York, 9/1/10 

30 Deanna Nolan, Detroit, 9/3/07 


27 Katie Douglas, Connecticut, OT, 8/27/07 

26 Diana Taurasi, Phoenix, 10/9/09 

25 Katie Douglas, Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 

24 five times (last by Cappie Pondexter, New 

York, 8/29/10) 

HALF 

23 Cappie Pondexter, New York (1st), 8/26/10 

20 Deanna Nolan, Detroit (1st), 9/3/07 

19 Cappie Pondexter, New York (1st), 9/1/10 

18 Penny Taylor, Phoenix (1st), 9/29/09 

16 Shavonte Zellous, Detroit (1st), 9/23/09 

16 Deanna Nolan, Detroit (1st), 9/23/08 

QUARTER 

15 Cappie Pondexter, New York (2nd), 8/26/10 

15 Deanna Nolan, Detroit (2nd), 9/2/07 

13 Diana Taurasi, Phoenix (2nd), 10/9/09 

12 Shavonte Zellous, Detroit (2nd), 9/23/09 

12 Lindsay Whalen, Connecticut (1st), 8/27/07 

OVERTIME 

7 Cappie Pondexter, Phoenix, 9/29/09 

5 Katie Douglas, Connecticut, 9/10/05 

5 Lindsay Whalen, Connecticut (2nd), 8/23/07 

MOST FG MADE 

12 Cappie Pondexter, New York, 9/1/10 




10 three times (last by Asjha Jones, 

Connecticut, OT, 8/27/07) 




22 Capie Pondexter, New York, 8/29/10 



22 Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 







4 five times (last by Diana Taurasi, Phoenix, 

10/9/09) 


12 Katie Douglas, Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 

12 Katie Douglas, Connecticut, OT, 8/27/07 



10 Katie Smith, Detroit, OT, 9/21/08 

MOST FT MADE 

10 Shavonte Zellous, Detroit, 9/23/09 

9 Diana Taurasi, Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

9 Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Connecticut, 9/8/05 


13 Plenette Pierson, Detroit, 8/19/06 

12 Swin Cash, Detroit, 8/19/06 

11 Diana Taurasi, Phoenix, OT, 9/29/09 

11 Shavonte Zellous, Detroit, 9/23/09 


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MOST REBOUNDS 

15 Cheryl Ford, Detroit, 9/3/07 

14 Monique Currie, Washington, OT, 9/19/09 


11 Taj McWilliams-Franklin, New York, 9/1/10 

11 Janel McCarville, New York, 8/29/10 

11 Margo Dydek, Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 



MOST ASSISTS 

10 Lindsay Whalen, Connecticut, 3OT, 8/23/07 

9 Teresa Weatherspoon, New York, 8/18/02 

MOST STEALS 


4 Monique Currie, Washington, OT, 9/19/09 



4 Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Detroit, OT, 9/21/08 

4 Plenette Pierson, Detroit, 8/31/07 



6 Taj McWilliams-Franklin, New York, 9/1/10 

6 Kara Braxton, Detroit, 9/25/09 

6 Alexis Hornbuckle, Detroit, 9/25/09 

6 Lindsey Harding, Washington, OT, 9/19/09


FEVER PLAYOFF SCORING AND 

DOUBLE-DOUBLE PERFORMANCES 

FEVER TOP SCORING PERFORMANCES 

PLAYER FG-A FT-A TP 

Tamika Whitmore, at Detroit, 8/19/06 15-25 4-4 41 

Katie Douglas, at Phoenix, 9/29/09 12-21 2-2 30 

Tamika Catchings, at Detroit, 9/2/07 6-13 16-17 30 

Tamika Catchings, vs. Connecticut, 8/27/07 6-13 16-17 30 

Tamika Catchings, vs. New York, 8/16/02 11-19 3-4 29 

Ebony Hoffman, at Phoenix, 9/29/09 12-14 1-1 27 

Tamika Catchings, at Detroit, 9/21/08 5-11 14-15 27 

Anna DeForge, vs. Connecticut, 8/25/07 8-11 8-8 26 

Katie Douglas at New York, 9/1/10 8-13 5-5 24 

Tamika Catchings, vs. Phoenix, 10/7/09 11-17 2-2 24 

Tamika Whitmore, at Detroit, 9/2/07 9-22 2-3 24 

Tamika Whitmore, vs. Connecticut, 8/27/07 9-22 2-3 24 

Tammy Sutton-Brown, at Phoenix, 10/9/09 8-13 6-9 22 

Tamika Catchings, vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 5-15 10-13 22 

Tamika Catchings at New York, 9/1/10 8-18 3-4 21 

Tamika Catchings, at Connecticut, 9/10/05 8-18 4-4 21 

Tammy Sutton-Brown, at Detroit, 9/23/08 8-12 4-4 20 

Tamika Catchings, at New York, 8/18/02 7-14 5-5 20 

FEVER DOUBLE-DOUBLE PERFORMANCES 

2010 

Tamika Catchings, vs. New York, 8/29/10 (17 points, 13 rebounds) 

2009 

Tamika Catchings, vs. Phoenix, 10/7/09 (24 points, 12 rebounds) 

Tamika Catchings, vs. Phoenix, 10/4/09 (14 points, 12 rebounds) 

* Tamika Catchings, at Phoenix, 10/1/09 (19 points, 11 assists) 

2008 

Tamika Catchings, at Detroit, 9/21/08 (27 points, 10 rebounds) 

Ebony Hoffman, at Detroit, 9/21/08 (15 points, 12 rebounds) 

2007 

Tammy Sutton-Brown, at Detroit, 9/4/07 (17 points, 10 rebounds) 

Tamika Catchings, at Detroit, 9/2/07 (30 points, 13 rebounds) 

Tamika Catchings, vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 (22 points, 11 rebounds) 

Tamika Catchings, vs. Connecticut, 8/27/07 (30 points, 13 rebounds) 

Tamika Catchings, vs. Connecticut, 8/25/07 (15 points, 13 rebounds) 

Tamika Whitmore, at Connecticut, 8/23/07 (24 points, 14 rebounds) 

Tamika Catchings, at Connecticut, 8/23/07 (14 points, 20 rebounds) 

2006 

Tamika Whitmore, at Detroit, 8/19/06 (41 points, 10 rebounds) 

2005 

Natalie Williams, at Connecticut, 9/10/05 (17 points, 11 rebounds) 

Natalie Williams, vs. New York, 9/1/05 (13 points, 10 rebounds) 

Tamika Catchings, vs. New York, 9/1/05 (19 points, 12 rebounds) 

Tamika Catchings, at New York, 8/30/05 (19 points, 12 rebounds) 

2002 

Tamika Catchings, at New York, 8/18/02 (20 points, 14 rebounds) 

Tamika Catchings, vs. New York, 8/16/02 (29 points, 11 rebounds) 

* indicates double-double in points and assists 


OPPONENT PLAYOFF SCORING AND 

DOUBLE-DOUBLE PERFORMANCES 

OPPONENT TOP SCORING PERFORMANCES 

PLAYER FG-A FT-A TP 

Cappie Pondexter, at New York, 9/1/10 12-24 4-4 30 

Deanna Nolan, at Detroit, 9/4/07 11-21 1-1 30 

Cappie Pondexter, at New York, 8/26/10 9-23 5-6 28 

Katie Douglas, vs. Connecticut, 8/27/07 9-19 4-5 27 

Diana Taurasi, at Phoenix, 10/9/09 7-15 8-8 26 

Nykesha Sales, at Connecticut, 8/23/07 8-17 6-8 25 

Cappie Pondexter, vs. New York, 8/29/10 8-22 7-7 24 

Cappie Pondexter, at Phoenix, 10/9/09 11-20 0-0 24 


Taj McWilliams-Franklin, vs. Connecticut, 9/8/05 7-14 9-9 24 

Tamika Whitmore, at New York, 8/18/02 10-12 3-4 24 

Cappie Pondexter, vs. Phoenix, 10/4/09 11-22 0-0 23 

Cappie Pondexter, at Phoenix, 9/29/09 8-14 6-7 23 

Penny Taylor, at Phoenix, 9/29/09 7-10 7-8 23 

Cheryl Ford, at Detroit, 8/19/06 10-15 3-5 23 

Cappie Pondexter, vs. Phoenix, 10/7/09 7-15 7-8 22 


Deanna Nolan, vs. Detroit, 9/19/08 8-11 2-2 22 

Asjha Jones, vs. Connecticut, 8/27/07 10-18 1-2 21 

Lindsay Whalen, vs. Connecticut, 8/27/07 9-20 1-2 21 


Essence Carson, vs. New York, 8/29/10 9-19 0-0 20 


Asjha Jones, at Connecticut, 8/23/07 9-22 1-1 20 

Plenette Pierson, at Detroit, 8/19/06 6-11 8-13 20 

Tori Phillips, at New York, 8/18/02 8-11 4-7 20 

OPPONENT DOUBLE-DOUBLE PERFORMANCES 

2010 

Taj McWilliams-Franklin, at New York, 8/26/10 (15 points, 10 rebounds) 

2009 

none 

2008 

none 

2007 

Plenette Pierson, vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 (19 points, 10 rebounds) 

Cheryl Ford, vs. Detroit, 8/31/07 (15 points, 11 rebounds) 

Lindsay Whalen, vs. Connecticut, 8/27/07 (21 points, 10 rebounds) 

* Lindsay Whalen, at Connecticut, 8/23/07 (13 points, 10 assists) 

Margo Dydek, at Connecticut, 8/23/07 (11 points, 11 rebounds) 

Asjha Jones, at Connecticut, 8/23/07 (20 points, 10 rebounds) 

2006 

Cheryl Ford, at Detroit, 8/19/06 (23 points, 10 rebounds) 

Cheryl Ford, vs. Detroit, 8/17/06 (11 points, 10 rebounds) 

2005 

none 

2002 

none 

* indicates double-double in points and assists 


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2002 WNBA Playoffs First Round 

Game 1 – Indiana 73, New York 55 

INDIANAPOLIS – The New York Liberty became the latest team that was unable to 

"Catch" the Indiana Fever. 

Rookie Tamika Catchings had 29 points and 11 rebounds as the Fever drew first blood 

in their Eastern Conference first-round series with a 73-55 victory over the Liberty in the 

opener. 

Indiana, one of the league's hottest teams, captured its first playoff game in franchise 

history and won for the seventh time in eight games. Top-seeded New York had made it 

past the first round in each of its four playoff appearances but faced elimination with the 

loss. 

Catchings, who was named Rookie of the Year earlier in the day, came out on fire by 

making 6-of-8 shots, including three 3-pointers, and scoring 18 points in the first half. 

She drilled back-to-back 3-pointers and Olympia Scott-Richardson added a basket for an 

early 12-4 edge. 

Indiana built a 35-24 halftime edge and continued to expand it in the second half. 

Coquese Washington drilled a 3-pointer for a 44-28 bulge and added another with 14:47 

remaining to give the Fever a commanding 49-30 advantage. 

Washington, a former member of the Liberty, was acquired from Houston after a loss 

to New York on July 19 and the Fever have won nine of 12 games since the trade. She 

scored 11 of her 13 points in the second half. 

Tamika Whitmore led New York with 18 points. The Liberty lost for the fifth time in six 

games. 


Playoffs Game #1 FINAL BOX 


Officials: #14 Patty Broderick, #20 Teresa Dahlem, #28 Ken Drayton 





3 Crystal Robinson F 32 3 9 1 6 3 3 0 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 10 

44 Tamika Whitmore F 33 9 14 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 4 1 1 0 18 

24 Tari Phillips C 29 3 10 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 4 2 3 0 6 

11 Teresa Weatherspoon G 27 2 4 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 4 3 1 4 0 6 

55 Vickie Johnson G 31 1 7 0 1 2 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 2 0 4 

25 Becky Hammon 24 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 5 

23 Sue Wicks 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 

42 Camille Cooper 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 

7 Korie Hlede 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

31 Linda Fröhlich 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

50 Bernadette Ngoyisa 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 

TOTALS 200 22 53 2 11 9 12 5 19 24 16 19 7 14 1 55 

PERCENTAGES 


41.5% 18.2% 75.0% TM REB: 3 TOT TO: 15 (14 PTS) 


24 Tamika Catchings F 33 11 19 4 8 3 4 3 8 11 4 1 3 4 1 29 

42 Nadine Malcolm F 19 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 4 

0 O. Scott-Richardson C 34 2 6 0 0 2 2 4 10 14 1 4 1 3 0 6 

4 Coquese Washington G 36 5 9 2 5 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 0 13 

15 Nikki McCray G 37 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 6 

32 Bridget Pettis 17 1 3 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 

11 Kelly Schumacher 12 3 4 0 0 1 3 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 7 

33 Niele Ivey 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 

21 Monica Maxwell 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

6 Jackie Moore 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 

43 Alicia Thompson 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

TOTALS 200 28 55 6 14 11 15 10 25 35 17 19 7 13 1 73 


SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 FINAL 

Liberty 24 31 55 

FEVER 35 38 73 

Points in the Paint: Liberty 34, FEVER 34 Biggest Lead: Liberty 0, Fever 23 


Fast Break Points: Liberty 7, FEVER 17 

MEMO: IND – First playoff win in franchise history 

Times Tied: 1 


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GAME RECAPS 


Game 2 – New York 84, Indiana 65 

NEW YORK – The New York Liberty rebounded from the worst playoff loss in 

franchise history in impressive fashion. 

Tamika Whitmore paced a balanced attack with 24 points as the Liberty routed the 

Indiana Fever 84-65 to even their best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinal series at a 

win apiece. 

New York, 5-0 all time at home against Indiana, earned the right to host the decisive 

third game of the series. 

Whitmore scored 14 points in the second half, including 10 in an 18-5 spurt that gave 

the Liberty a 69-46 lead with 7:19 left. New York led by as many as 24. 

It took a while, but the Liberty finally contained Tamika Catchings, the WNBA Rookie of 

the Year who collected 29 points and 11 rebounds in Indiana's 73-55 Game 1 victory. 

Catchings recorded another double-double with 20 points and 14 rebounds, but she 

was held to just five points in the second half when the Liberty stepped up their defense. 

After Catchings made two free throws to open the scoring, New York reeled off 10 

straight points and never trailed thereafter. 

Tari Phillips added 20 points for the Liberty, who pulled away in the second half after 

taking a 38-31 lead at the intermission. 



08/18/2002 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 

Officials: #5 Bill Stokes, #4 Sue Blauch, #36 John Fullilove 








15 Nikki McCray G 31 2 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 



11 Kelly Schumacher 21 6 9 2 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 17 

21 Monica Maxwell 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

6 Jackie Moore 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 

43 Alicia Thompson DNP – Coaches Decision 

TOTALS 200 23 63 7 20 12 15 14 13 27 14 18 1 11 1 65 

PERCENTAGES 





44 Tamika Whitmore F 31 10 12 1 1 3 4 1 5 6 2 2 0 0 1 24 

24 Tari Phillips C 29 8 11 0 0 4 7 2 3 5 2 5 1 0 1 20 



23 Sue Wicks 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 

25 Becky Hammon 25 5 8 1 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 13 

31 Linda Fröhlich 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 

42 Camille Cooper 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 

50 Bernadette Ngoyisa 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 

7 Korie Hlede DND – Left Ankle Sprain 

TOTALS 200 32 54 5 10 15 21 9 18 27 23 15 4 6 2 84 



Fever 31 34 65 

LIBERTY 38 46 84 



Fast Break Points: Fever 4, LIBERTY 8 Times Tied: 1




NEW YORK – The New York Liberty taught the Indiana Fever it's not how you start but how you 

finish. Crystal Robinson and Vickie Johnson drilled 3-pointers during a decisive second-half run as the 

Liberty returned to the Eastern Conference finals with a 75-60 come-from-behind victory over the Fever. 

New York took the last two games of the best-of-three series at home and earned the right to face the 

Washington Mystics in their fifth consecutive appearance in the conference finals. 

Appearing in the playoffs for the first time in team history, Indiana raced to a 17-2 lead less than 5 1/2 

minutes into the decisive third game. But the Fever struggled after halftime as Rookie of the Year 

Tamika Catchings had just four points over the final 20 minutes. 

Johnson scored 19 points to lead five players in double figures for the Liberty, who shot nearly 62 

percent (21-of-34) after the break while holding the Fever to 44 percent (11-of-25). 

Tamika Whitmore added 17 points and Tari Phillips, Teresa Weatherspoon and reserve Becky 

Hammon contributed 10 apiece for New York. 

Nikki McCray led Indiana with 14 points and Olympia Scott-Richardson had 10 on 5-of-6 shooting. 

But the Fever were unable to overcome 21 turnovers. 




Officials: #10 Bob Trammell, #22 June Courteau, #41 Bonita Spence 



Attendance: 12,471 


24 Tamika Catchings F 33 4 12 3 8 1 2 3 4 7 1 3 1 3 0 12 



15 Nikki McCray G 31 5 9 1 4 3 5 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 0 14 




33 Niele Ivey 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 

21 Monica Maxwell DNP – Coach’s Decision 

6 Jackie Moore DNP – Coach’s Decision 

43 Alicia Thompson DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 200 24 52 6 20 6 10 10 20 30 15 15 3 20 2 60 

PERCENTAGES 





44 Tamika Whitmore F 34 8 15 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 17 

24 Tari Phillips C 30 4 12 0 0 2 2 3 1 4 1 4 3 4 0 10 



23 Sue Wicks 16 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 

25 Becky Hammon 23 4 7 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 0 10 

42 Camille Cooper DNP – Coach’s Decision 

31 Linda Fröhlich DNP – Coach’s Decision 

7 Korie Hlede DND – Left Ankle Sprain 

50 Bernadette Ngoyisa DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 200 32 63 5 13 6 9 8 18 26 20 15 10 11 0 75 

PERCENTAGES 50.8% 38.5% 66.7% TM REB: 7 TOT TO: 12 (17 PTS) 


Fever 33 27 60 






GAME RECAPS 


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NEW YORK – Tully Belivaqua's big basket gave the Indiana Fever a big edge in its 

first-round playoff series. Belivaqua's 3-pointer with 1:33 remaining keyed a closing 14-2 

run as the Fever took control of its best-of-three Eastern Conference series with a 63-51 

victory over the New York Liberty. 

Tamika Catchings had 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Fever, who is one win away 

from its first postseason series win, with the luxury of the next two games at home. 

Indiana erased a nine-point first-half decicit, then blew a 10-point second half lead. A 

3-pointer by Elena Baranova capped a 16-6 surge by New York and forged a 49-49 tie 

with 3:22 to go. 

Deanna Jackson and Catchings each made two free throws to give the Fever the lead 

for good. With the shot clock running down, Bevilaqua buried a 3-pointer for a 56-49 

lead. 

"We try to establish an inside game, but we're in confident taking those shots," said 

Bevilaqua, who made three 3-pointers. "We're going to keep taking them." 

Cathrine Kraayeveld sank two foul shots with 1:07 left, but the Liberty did not score 

again. Bevilaqua, Jackson and Catchings each made a pair from the line in the final 62 

seconds for the Fever, who made 13 of their last 14 free throws. 

"When it counts, we're really starting to knock them down now," Bevilaqua said. "That's 

really what we have to focus on." 

Belivaqua scored 14 points and Jackson added nine for the second-seeded Fever, 

who held a 27-20 advantage on the glass. 

Vickie Johnson scored 17 points but was the only player in double figures for the thirdseeded 

Liberty. 


Playoff Game #1 FINAL BOX 


Officials: #39 Michael Price, #46 Eli Roe, #55 Eric Brewton 





24 Tamika Catchings F 39 6 11 1 3 6 8 2 10 12 0 3 1 4 0 19 

7 Jurgita Streimikyte F 27 2 6 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 6 

12 Natalie Williams C 30 2 9 0 0 4 4 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 8 

41 Tully Belivaqua G 37 4 6 3 4 3 5 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 1 14 

8 Kelly Miller G 35 2 9 2 5 1 2 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 7 

11 Kelly Shumacher 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 

15 Tan White 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5 Deanna Jackson 22 2 4 0 0 5 6 0 3 3 0 3 1 1 2 9 

42 Jenni Benningfield DNP – Coach’s Decision 

14 Coretta Brown DNP – Coach’s Decision 

32 Ebony Hoffman DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 200 18 46 6 12 21 27 6 21 27 8 17 6 5 5 63 

PERCENTAGES 




20 Shameka Christon F 23 1 6 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 3 


28 Elena Baranova C 32 2 5 1 2 2 2 1 6 7 2 1 2 1 2 7 

25 Becky Hammon G 38 4 9 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 6 0 5 0 9 


7 La’Keshia Frett 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 

5 Erin Thorn 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 

33 Cathrine Kraayeveld 19 1 2 1 1 4 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 

21 Loree Moore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

54 Jennifer Smith DNP – Coach’s Decision 

30 DeTrina White DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 200 18 46 3 13 12 14 2 18 20 10 24 3 10 2 51 



Fever 27 36 63 


Points in the Paint: Fever 22, LIBERTY 20 Biggest Lead: Fever 12, LIBERTY 9 




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GAME RECAPS 



INDIANAPOLIS – Tamika Catchings and Kelly Miller led the Indiana Fever to its first 

postseason series win. Catchings and Miller combined for all the points in a decisive 

second-half surge as the Fever regrouped for a 58-50 victory over the New York Liberty 

and a sweep of its best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinal series. 

The Fever avenged a conference semifinal loss to the Liberty in 2002, then its only 

other appearance in the postseason. 

The Liberty were eliminated in the opening round for the first time in their history. An 

original WNBA franchise, they have made the playoffs every year except 1998 and 2003. 

Named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year earlier in the day, Catchings collected 19 

points and 12 rebounds. Miller, whose late 3-pointer was a dagger in Indiana's Game 1 

win, added 11 points. 

Indiana squandered a 14-point first-half lead and trailed, 37-35, after a basket by New 

York's La'Keshia Frett with 7:47 to go. The hoop capped a 21-8 run to open the second 

half after an awful first half by the Liberty. 

Catchings sank a 3-pointer and Miller made a jumper and 3-pointer to give the Fever a 

43-37 advantage with 5:57 left. It was at least a two-possession game thereafter. 

Natalie Williams added 13 points and 10 boards for the Fever, who won despite 

shooting just 28 percent (16-of-57) from the field. They made 21-of-25 free throws and 

held a 38-25 advantage on the glass. 

Becky Hammon scored 14 points and Frett added 13 for the Liberty, who trailed, 27- 

16, after a first half in which they had five baskets and 11 turnovers. 


Playoff Game #2 FINAL BOX 


Officials: #30 Lisa Mattingly, #25 Barb Smith, #38 Lamont Simpson 






28 Elena Baranova F 27 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 

7 La’Keshia Frett C 35 4 11 0 0 5 6 2 2 4 0 4 0 2 0 13 

25 Becky Hammon G 38 5 11 1 3 3 3 0 5 5 3 2 0 5 0 14 


20 Shameka Christon 24 3 6 2 3 0 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 1 8 

33 Catherine Kraayeveld 18 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 0 5 0 2 0 1 

5 Erin Thorn 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

21 Loree Moore DNP – Coach’s Decision 

54 Jennifer Smith DNP – Coach’s Decision 

30 DeTrina White DNP – Coach’ Decision 

TOTALS 200 17 48 4 12 12 15 4 21 25 9 21 2 12 2 50 

PERCENTAGES 





24 Tamika Catchings F 37 5 19 2 5 7 8 6 6 12 2 2 1 1 0 19 


8 Kelly Miller G 38 3 11 2 5 3 4 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 11 


15 Tan White 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 


5 Deanna Jackson 10 0 4 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 




TOTALS 200 16 57 5 12 21 25 15 23 38 15 17 8 9 4 58 



Liberty 16 34 50 

FEVER 27 31 58 



Fast Break Points: Liberty 6, FEVER 8 Times Tied: 1


2005 Eastern Conference Finals 

Game 1 – Connecticut 63, Indiana 58 

INDIANAPOLIS – The WNBA title hopes of the Indiana Fever took a shot to the head 

from the Connecticut Sun. 

The effectiveness of All-Star Tamika Catchings was limited by a mild concussion and 

the Fever never led in the second half of a 73-68 loss to the Connecticut Sun, who 

moved one win away from returning to the WNBA Finals. 

Taj McWilliams-Franklin scored 24 points for the top-seeded Sun, who grabbed Game 

1 of the Eastern Conference finals and host the next two games of the best-of-three 

series. 

Catchings, Indiana's top scorer and rebounder and a WNBA MVP candidate, left the 

game with 13:48 remaining in the first half. She went to the floor and her head was fallen 

on by Connecticut's Brooke Wyckoff. 

The WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, Catchings did not return until the second 

half. She was diagnosed with a mild concussion and clearly was not herself, finishing 

with 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting. 

Without Catchings as a threat, the Fever struggled to stay with the Sun, who built a 45- 

40 lead behind 15 points from McWilliams-Franklin. Connecticut pushed the margin to 12 

points early in the second half. 

Indiana closed to 63-62 with 3:22 left on a 3-pointer by Kelly Miller, who scored 14 

points. But the Fever went more than three minutes without a point as Tully Bevilaqua 

missed a 3-pointer and ran the baseline for a traveling violation. 

With the shot clock running down, Katie Douglas banked in a 3-pointer from the left 

wing to give the Sun a 68-62 lead with 30 seconds left. 

Nykesha Sales scored 14 points, Lindsay Whalen added 13 and Douglas nine for the 

Sun, who shot 48 percent (22-of-46) and limited the Fever to 38 percent (23-of-61). 

Miller scored 14 points and Kelly Schumacher and Deanna Jackson added 12 each for 

Indiana. 


Eastern Conference Finals Game #1 


FINAL BOX 

Officials: #8 Daryl Humphrey, #22 June Courteau, #47 Tina Napier 





11 Taj McWilliams-Fran F 32 7 14 1 1 9 9 0 2 2 1 4 1 1 0 24 

42 Nykesha Sales F 28 4 8 1 3 4 4 0 4 4 2 4 2 2 2 13 

12 Margo Dydek C 21 2 4 0 0 2 2 2 3 5 1 2 0 4 1 6 

13 Lindsay Whalen G 37 2 10 1 4 7 10 2 5 7 2 0 1 3 0 12 

32 Katie Douglas G 31 3 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 9 

21 Brooke Wyckoff 18 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 

15 Asjha Jones 16 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 2 5 2 3 0 0 1 6 

10 Jamie Carey 14 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

34 Jennifer Derevjanik 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 

14 Laura Summerton DNP – Coach’s Decision 

43 Le’Coe Willingham DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 200 22 46 4 11 25 32 9 21 30 13 18 5 11 4 73 

PERCENTAGES 


47.8% 36.4% 78.1% TM REB: 7 TOT TO: 12 (18 PTS) 





8 Kelly Miller G 38 5 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 14 


11 Kelly Schumacher 20 6 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 12 

5 Deanna Jackson 28 3 5 0 0 6 6 0 4 4 2 5 0 0 0 12 

15 Tan White 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 




TOTALS 200 23 61 6 10 16 20 14 12 26 11 24 9 10 1 68 



Sun 45 28 73 

FEVER 40 28 68 

Points in the Paint: Sun 26, FEVER 28 Biggest Lead: Sun 12, FEVER 1 



Reb. Pct. Sun .514, FEVER .485 Off. Possessions Sun 63, FEVER 62 

Off. Reb. Pct. Sun .429, FEVER .400 Def. Reb. Pct. Sun .600, FEVER .571 


GAME RECAPS 


Game 2 – Connecticut 77, Indiana 67 (ot) 

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Even their first overtime game of the season could not stop the 

Connecticut Sun from making a return trip to the WNBA Finals. 

Margo Dydek scored four of her 12 points in the overtime as the Sun overcame a late 

collapse to post a 77-67 victory over the Indiana Fever en route to sweep of the Eastern 

Conference Finals. 

Looking for their first WNBA title, the top-seeded Sun will have home-court advantage 

against either Sacramento or Houston. 

In a tight contest throughout, the Sun grabbed a 60-56 lead with 1:31 left in regulation 

on two free throws by Lindsay Whalen. After Kelly Miller made 1-of-2 free throws, 

Tamika Catchings followed a miss by Connecticut with a 3-pointer that tied it, 60-60, with 

18 seconds left. 

The Sun had a chance to end the game in regulation, but Game 1 star Taj McWilliams- 

Franklin missed a layup as time expired. 

In the overtime, Connecticut did not appear hesitant as Dydek buried a jumper from 

just inside the arc. Sales hit a 3-pointer and Dydek made a follow shot to highlight a 7-0 

run that opened a 69-62 lead with 1:54 remaining. 

Catchings followed with a layup, but the Sun made 8-of-12 free throws down the 

stretch to seal the win. 

McWilliams-Franklin scored 15 points, Whalen had 14 and Asjha Jones chipped in 13 

for Connecticut. An MVP candidate, Catchings bounced back from a miserable first 

game that included a mild concussion, scoring 21 points and grabbing four steals. 


Eastern Conference Finals Game #2 


FINAL BOX 

Officials: #10 Bob Trammell, #18 Kurt Walker, #25 Barb Smith 








8 Kelly Miller G 44 2 12 1 3 3 4 0 4 4 4 5 2 2 0 8 


15 Tan White 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 

5 Deanna Jackson 24 5 10 1 1 1 1 3 2 5 0 6 0 0 0 12 





TOTALS 225 26 72 4 12 11 14 15 19 34 12 29 11 10 1 67 

PERCENTAGES 




11 Taj McWilliams-Fran F 37 5 11 0 0 5 6 3 4 7 2 5 1 3 0 15 

42 Nykesha Sales F 33 3 10 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 9 

12 Margo Dydek C 22 5 7 0 0 2 2 1 6 7 0 0 1 0 2 12 

13 Lindsay Whalen G 36 3 7 0 2 8 10 1 3 4 4 4 0 4 0 14 

32 Katie Douglas G 38 2 5 2 4 5 8 1 4 5 3 1 2 2 0 11 

21 Brooke Wyckoff 16 0 1 0 1 3 4 2 3 5 1 3 0 1 0 3 

15 Asjha Jones 25 6 12 0 0 1 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 13 

34 Jennifer Derevjanik 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 

10 Jamie Carey 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 

14 Laura Summerton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

43 Le’Coe Willingham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 

TOTALS 225 24 54 5 10 24 32 10 25 35 16 16 7 13 4 77 


SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 OT FINAL 

Fever 29 31 7 67 

SUN 37 23 17 77 



Fast Break Points: Fever 6, SUN 10 Times Tied: 11 


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Game 1 – Detroit 68, Indiana 56 

INDIANAPOLIS – The Detroit Shock used a 13-0 run in the second half to break open 

what had been a close game before coming away with a 68-56 win over the Indiana 

Fever in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals in Conseco Fieldhouse. 

Tamika Catchings, who was honored as the league’s Defensive Player of the Year 

prior to the game, led Indiana with 17 points, six rebounds and five assists. Tamika 

Whitmore had 12 points, while Ebony Hoffman contributed 10 points, three rebounds 

and a career-high three blocked shots for the Fever (0-1). 

Deanna Nolan scored a game-high 18 points on 9-of-11 shooting for Detroit (1-0). 

Katie Smith finished with 17 points, including four 3’s, to go along with seven rebounds 

and four assists. 

The Fever scored seven unanswered points to cut what had been a double-digit Shock 

lead down to four points with 2:24 left in the fourth quarter. Catchings’ step-back jumper 

made the score 58-54, Detroit. Moments later, Smith netted a 3-pointer from the top of 

the key to extend Detroit’s lead to seven. The Shock led by as many as 12 down the 

stretch, which proved to be the final margin. 

The officiating was tight early with ten fouls called in the game’s opening four minutes. 

After falling behind midway through the first quarter, Detroit pulled in front on the 

strength of a 7-0 run. Nolan’s jumper gave Detroit the lead, and pair of free throws from 

Smith then made the score 13-9 

Detroit led by as many as seven in the second quarter. Indiana, though, kept pace with 

Detroit, tying the score at 28 following a 7-0 run. Whitmore’s 3-pointer from the left wing 

tied the score for the first time since it was 13-all. A Nolan steal and fast-break lay-up 

with 13.2 left in the second gave the Shock a 30-28 edge at the half. 

The Fever enjoyed its first lead since early in the first quarter on a 3-point play from 

Whitmore. Indiana moved in front 36-34. The lead changed hands eleven times in the 

third quarter. However, Detroit led 47-44 after three. 

Detroit scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter to race to its largest lead of the 

game. A Nolan jumper gave the Shock a 56-44 lead with 6:10 left in regulation. 




Officials: #38 Lamont Simpson, #39 Michael Price, #55 Eric Brewton 

VISITOR: Detroit Shock (1-0) 




32 Swin Cash F 11:11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 0 2 

35 Cheryl Ford F 26:48 4 10 0 0 3 4 4 6 10 0 5 1 2 0 11 

00 Ruth Riley C 31:39 4 9 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 1 2 0 1 2 8 

14 Deanna Nolan G 39:53 9 11 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 4 2 1 2 0 18 

30 Katie Smith G 39:53 4 11 4 8 5 6 3 4 7 4 4 0 3 0 17 

5 Elaine Powell 11:39 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 

11 Kedra Holland-Corn 5:49 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 

23 Plenette Pierson 15:29 2 5 0 0 3 4 3 5 8 1 3 0 2 1 7 

45 Kara Braxton 10:59 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 3 

33 Angelina Williams 6:41 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 

21 Jacqueline Batteast DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 200 26 64 4 12 12 16 12 30 42 13 26 3 14 3 68 

PERCENTAGES 


40.6% 33.3% 75.0% TM REB: 9 TOT TO: 15 (12 PTS) 



91 Tamika Whitmore F 35:13 4 15 1 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 3 0 3 0 12 

32 Ebony Hoffman C 30:09 5 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 4 2 1 3 10 

30 Anna DeForge G 32:43 3 10 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 7 

41 Tully Bevilaqua G 33:33 1 6 0 1 2 2 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 4 

0 Olympia Scott 8:27 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 

22 La’Tangela Atkinson 15:12 1 3 0 0 2 4 6 5 11 1 0 0 1 1 4 

15 Tan White 11:16 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 

23 Charlotte Smith 1:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


3 K.B. Sharp DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 200 21 64 4 15 10 14 8 23 31 9 19 4 9 4 56 



Shock 18 12 17 21 68 

FEVER 14 14 16 12 56 

Points in the Paint: Shock 28, FEVER 22 Biggest Lead: Shock 12, FEVER 3 

Second Chance Points: Shock 19, FEVER 3 Lead Changes: 14 

Fast Break Points: Shock 8, FEVER 2 Times Tied: 5 


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GAME RECAPS 



DETROIT - Tamika Whitmore scored a WNBA playoff-record 41 points as the Indiana 

Fever attempted to even its first-round playoff series with the Detroit Shock. Whitmore’s 

career night, though, would come in a losing effort as the host Shock bested the Fever 

98-83 in the Palace of Auburn Hills. 

With the win, Detroit swept Indiana in the best-of-three series and advanced to the 

Eastern Conference Finals. Detroit’s 98 points was its highest postseason output in 

franchise history. 

Whitmore’s 41 points came on 15-of-25 shooting and 10-of-10 from the free throw line. 

She tied a playoff record with the most free throws without a miss, and her 25 secondhalf 

points were also a playoffs record. 

Tamika Catchings finished with 11 points and six rebounds for Indiana. Catchings 

suffered what was called a mild concussion after hitting her head on the floor while 

fighting for a lose ball midway through the third quarter. She did return, however was not 

able to help her team erase a double-digit fourth quarter deficit. 

Cheryl Ford paced Detroit with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Swin Cash added 17 

points, nine rebounds and eight assists, while Plenette Pierson netted 20 off Detroit’s 

bench. 

Detroit outscored Indiana 18-6 in first four minutes of the fourth quarter before racing 

out to an 81-70 lead. The Shock led by as many as 17 late in regulation before coming 

away with its third consecutive win over Indiana. 

After trailing for much of the first half, Detroit took its first lead of the game midway 

through the second quarter. A Kara Braxton lay-up made the score 25-24, Detroit. The 

Shock would go on a 7-2 run in the closing minutes of the second before leading 38-34 

at the half. 

Whitmore kept Indiana close, scoring 16 points in a first half that saw neither team lead 

by more than six points. 

Following a Catchings bank-shot that regained the lead for the Fever, Detroit went on a 

10-3 run to pull in front 57-52. The Fever responded with a run of its own, outscoring the 

Shock 9-1 to lead by three late in the third quarter. Indiana led 64-63 heading in the 

fourth quarter. 


08/19/2006 Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI 


Officials: #4 Sue Blauch, #30 Lisa Mattingly, #53 Jeff Smith 






91 Tamika Whitmore F 33:50 15 25 1 4 10 10 3 7 10 0 6 1 7 0 41 

32 Ebony Hoffman C 22:01 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 3 1 6 1 2 1 2 


30 Anna DeForge G 31:00 2 5 1 4 0 0 4 1 5 3 4 0 0 0 5 

0 Olympia Scott 17:59 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 4 1 3 0 8 

22 La’Tangela Atkinson 13:33 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 2 

15 Tan White 23:26 4 7 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 5 0 3 0 9 


3 K.B. Sharp DNP – Coach’s Decision 

23 Charlotte Smith DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 200 32 69 6 16 13 21 17 21 38 11 35 6 19 3 83 

PERCENTAGES 

HOME: DETROIT SHOCK (2-0) 



32 Swin Cash F 37:05 5 11 0 0 7 12 1 8 9 8 1 1 0 2 17 

35 Cheryl Ford F 26:52 10 15 0 0 3 5 5 5 10 1 5 0 2 0 23 

00 Ruth Riley C 24:44 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 2 4 0 10 

30 Katie Smith G 40:00 3 7 1 3 3 4 2 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 10 

14 Deanna Nolan G 39:30 4 12 1 3 5 6 1 3 4 6 1 3 2 0 14 


45 Kara Braxton 8:56 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 

21 Jacqueline Batteast 0:48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

11 Kedra Holland-Corn 0:48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5 Elaine Powell DNP – Coach’s Decision 

33 Angelina Williams DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 200 35 68 2 6 26 40 14 20 34 24 19 7 10 4 98 



Fever 20 14 30 19 83 

SHOCK 


18 20 25 35 98 

Fever (4): Brian Winters 1:25 1st; Ebony Hoffman 6:23 3rd; Julie Plank 3:23 3rd; La’Tangela Atkinson 0:38.8 3rd 

SHOCK (2): Plenette Pierson 6:23 3rd; Ruth Riley 0:38.8 3rd 

Points in the Paint: Fever 28, SHOCK 56 Biggest Lead: Fever 6, SHOCK 17 

Second Chance Points: Fever 10, SHOCK 16 Lead Changes: 13 

Fast Break Points: Fever 0, SHOCK 11 Times Tied: 4 

MEMO: Tamika Whitmore sets WNBA single-game playoff points record 

MEMO: Shock records franchise high and WNBA’s 3rd highest single-game playoff scoring total



Game 1 – Connecticut 93, Indiana 88 (3OT) 

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) -- Nykesha Sales scored 25 points to lead the Connecticut 

Sun to a 93-88 triple-overtime victory against the Indiana Fever in the first triple-overtime 

playoff game in WNBA history. The Sun took a 1-0 series lead in the best-of-three firstround 

playoff series. 

Anna DeForge had a season-high 31 points for the Fever, while Tamika Whitmore 

added 24. Tamika Catchings, playing in her first game since tearing a muscle in her foot 

on July 20, had 14 points and 20 rebounds. 

Asjha Jones, who missed the final three games of the season with an ankle sprain, 

returned to give the Sun 20 points and 10 rebounds. 

The Sun held Indiana scoreless in the final 2 1/2 minutes of the third overtime. Jones 

scored the first basket of the period for Connecticut, but Whitmore answered with seven 

straight points to give Indiana an 88-83 lead. Those would be the Fever's final points of 

the game. 

Sales hit a pair of free throws, followed by layups by Lindsay Whalen and Kristen 

Rasmussen to put the Sun up 89-88. 

The Fever appeared to have a chance to retake the lead, but Whitmore turned the ball 

over with 43.6 seconds left. 

Whalen hit a three-point basket and two free throws for the Sun to start the second 

overtime. Connecticut was held to just a single point the rest of the period, Catchings 

had four of the Fever's six points in the second overtime, including a pair of free throws 

with 3.8 seconds left. 

With 10 seconds left in the first overtime, Anna DeForge hit her second 3-pointer of the 

period to send it into double overtime. DeForge's three with 1:19 left in regulation tied the 

game at 63 and kept Indiana's hopes alive. It capped a rally that erased a 17-point 

Connecticut lead late in the third quarter. 

Jones hit a lay-up and Sales went 1-of-2 at the line to give the Sun a 66-63 lead, but a 

three by Whitmore with 20.6 seconds left sent the game into overtime. 


08/23/2007 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn. 


Officials: #6 Bonita Spence, #8 Daryl Humphrey, #39 Michael Price 





30 Anna DeForge F 46:26 12 22 4 11 3 3 1 2 3 2 5 1 4 0 31 




15 Tan White G 19:28 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 0 

55 Sheri Sam 26:59 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 0 4 

91 Tamika Whitmore 45:24 9 24 3 4 3 3 3 11 14 2 5 1 6 0 24 

9 K.B. Sharp 8:24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

43 Alison Bales 4:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

32 Ebony Hoffman 16:04 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 

7 Ann Strother DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 275 34 88 7 20 13 14 11 41 52 18 25 8 23 2 88 

PERCENTAGES 




15 Asjha Jones F 47:21 9 22 1 1 1 1 3 7 10 5 3 0 0 1 20 

42 Nykesha Sales F 47:08 8 17 3 6 6 8 0 5 5 4 2 1 4 0 25 

12 Margo Dydek C 35:52 5 12 1 2 0 0 3 8 11 1 2 0 2 3 11 

13 Lindsay Whalen G 47:31 4 14 1 4 4 4 1 6 7 10 3 0 3 0 13 

32 Katie Douglas G 47:44 4 21 2 12 4 4 4 4 8 4 3 8 5 0 14 

52 Kristen Rasmussen 22:54 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 1 8 

9 Evanthia Maltsi 12:35 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 

10 Jamie Carey 10:02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 

43 Le’Coe Willingham 3:53 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 

41 Ericka deSouza DNP – Coach’s Decision 

34 Megan Mahoney DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 275 35 95 8 28 15 17 11 37 48 27 16 10 14 6 93 

PERCENTAGES 36.8% 28.6% 88.2% TM REB: 8 TOT TO: 15 (12 PTS) 

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 1OT 2OT 3OT FINAL 

Fever 7 18 17 24 9 6 7 88 

SUN 12 20 22 12 9 6 12 93 

Inactive: Fever-Terry; Sun-Chambers, Hairston 



Fast Break Points: Fever 17, SUN 11 

MEMO: DeForge-Career playoff scoring high (31) 

Times Tied: 6 

MEMO: Catchings-Career playoff rebounding high (20) is second in WNBA playoff history 

MEMO: Whalen-Connecticut playoff record assists (10) 

MEMO: Douglas-WNBA Playoff record steals (8) 

MEMO: First triple-overtime game in WNBA playoff history 


GAME RECAPS 


Game 2 – Indiana 78, Connecticut, 59 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Anna DeForge scored 26 points to help the Indiana Fever 

defeat the Connecticut Sun 78-59 Saturday and tie their first-round playoff series at one 

game apiece. 

It was Indiana's first win against the Sun in six tries this season. The Fever will host the 

decisive Game 3 on Monday night. 

Tamika Catchings added 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Fever in her second game 

back from a left foot injury that sidelined her for 13 games. Her double-double followed a 

14-point, 20-rebound effort in Thursday's 93-88 triple-overtime loss. 

Tamika Whitmore added 12 points for the Fever. 

Katie Douglas, Connecticut's leading scorer during the regular season, led the Sun 

with 11 points. She is shooting 9-for-33 from the field in the series. Nykesha Sales was 

held to five points after scoring 25 on Thursday. 

Indiana held Connecticut to 37 percent shooting. The Fever shot 46 percent and 

scored 21 points off turnovers. 

Indiana's starters outscored Connecticut's 58-34. It was just the fourth playoff win in 

Fever history, and it ended a five-game postseason losing streak. 

DeForge has been at her best against the Sun. She scored a career-high 31 points in 

Thursday's loss. She scored 29 points in a regular-season loss to the Sun on Aug. 15. 

Indiana fell behind 11-9 early, but went on a 14-2 run to take a 23-13 lead at the end of 

the first quarter. The Fever never led by fewer than eight points the rest of the way. 

Indiana led 40-21 at halftime. The Fever held the Sun to 31 percent shooting and 

forced 14 turnovers before the break. 

DeForge scored 11 points in the third quarter to help the Fever take a 61-38 lead into 

the fourth quarter. 


08/25/2007 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind. 


Officials: #10 Bob Trammell, #42 Roy Gulbeyan, #13 Cameron Inouye 





15 Asjha Jones F 25:25 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 3 0 3 0 6 

42 Nykesha Sales F 21:42 2 8 0 1 1 2 1 5 6 1 3 0 2 0 5 

12 Margo Dydek C 24:17 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 3 6 

13 Lindsay Whalen G 22:31 1 9 0 4 4 4 0 4 4 2 1 0 4 0 6 


52 Kristen Rasmussen 15:19 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 

41 Ericka deSouza 6:39 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

9 Evanthia Maltsi 17:26 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 

10 Jamie Carey 22:01 1 5 1 4 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 

43 Le’Coe Willingham 11:01 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 9 

34 Megan Mahoney 10:37 3 4 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 7 

TOTALS 200 23 62 3 20 10 15 8 24 32 10 16 4 18 5 59 

PERCENTAGES 





55 Sheri Sam F 29:18 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 6 


30 Anna DeForge G 28:19 8 11 2 3 8 8 1 6 7 1 1 3 0 0 26 


91 Tamika Whitmore 24:48 5 9 2 3 0 0 0 5 5 4 1 0 6 0 12 

15 Tan White 19:42 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 5 1 2 0 2 

3 K.B. Sharp 14:16 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 

32 Ebony Hoffman 8:45 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 6 

43 Alison Bales 2:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

7 Ann Strother 2:41 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 

TOTALS 200 30 65 7 16 11 13 6 29 35 18 17 10 13 2 78 



Sun 13 8 17 21 59 

FEVER 23 17 21 17 78 

Inactive: Sun-Chambers, Hairston; Fever-Terry 





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Game 3 – Indiana 93, Connecticut 88 (OT) 

INDIANAPOLIS - Tamika Catchings had 30 points and 13 rebounds, and the Indiana 

Fever made the biggest comeback in WNBA playoff history to defeat the Connecticut 

Sun 93-88 in overtime and advance to the Eastern Conference finals. 

The Fever overcame a 39-17, second-quarter deficit to win the series 2-1. The 

previous biggest deficit overcome was 21 points, by Minnesota in a 74-72 win on Aug. 

28, 2003, against Los Angeles. 

Katie Douglas led Connecticut with 27 points and Lindsay Whalen and Asjha Jones 

both added 21. The Sun won their first five games against the Fever this season, but lost 

the two that mattered most. 

In overtime, Catchings hit a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left to give the Fever an 89-86 

lead. Douglas missed a 3-pointer, and Indiana rebounded with 15.1 seconds left. 

Tamika Whitmore made the first of two free throws with 14.4 seconds left to bump 

Indiana's lead to 90-86. Nykesha Sales scored on a layup with 5 seconds left to cut the 

Fever's lead to 90-88. 

Catchings was fouled on a dead ball and made the one shot. Catchings was fouled 

again on the subsequent inbounds pass. She made both free throws with four seconds 

left to seal the win for Indiana. 

Connecticut led 64-48 in the fourth quarter when an 11-0 run by the Fever cut the 

deficit to 64-59 with 6:40 to go. Sheri Sam had five points in the run. 

Indiana chopped the lead to 66-64 on a 3-pointer by Whitmore with 3:05 left, then took 

the lead on a 3-point play by Whitmore with 2:30 to go. 

Indiana took a 73-72 lead on two free throws by Catchings with 45.5 seconds left. 

Connecticut took possession, but Indiana tipped the ball out of bounds with 8 seconds 

left on the shot clock. Whalen shot an airball on a fadeaway mid-range jumper with the 

shot clock winding down, and Indiana rebounded with 21.5 seconds to go. 

Catchings made two free throws with 20.3 seconds left to give Indiana a 75-72 lead. 

Douglas missed a 3-pointer, but Connecticut got the loose ball, and Sales made a 3pointer 

to tie the game at 75. 

Douglas fouled Catchings as she brought the ball upcourt, and Catchings made two 

free throws with 5.8 seconds left to give the Fever a 77-75 lead. Connecticut quickly 

moved the ball downcourt, and Douglas redeemed herself with a layup with 1.5 seconds 

left that forced overtime. 


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GAME RECAPS 


Game 1 – Indiana 75, Detroit 65 

INDIANAPOLIS - Tamika Catchings had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help the Indiana 

Fever beat the Detroit Shock 75-65 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. 

The win puts the Fever one win away from its first trip to the Finals. 

Catchings set a franchise record with her fourth consecutive double-double. She is 

averaging 20.3 points and 14.3 rebounds in the playoffs. 

Tamika Whitmore scored 18 points for the Fever and Tammy Sutton-Brown, the All- 

Star who all but disappeared in the first round of the playoffs, added 11 points, eight 

rebounds and six blocks for Indiana. 

Plenette Pierson led Detroit with 19 points and 10 rebounds and Cheryl Ford added 15 

points and 11 rebounds for the Shock. 

Indiana outscored Detroit 26-8 from the free-throw line. 

Detroit beat Indiana 2-0 in the first round of the 2006 playoffs on the way to its second 

championship in four years. 

The Fever got into the bonus with more than six minutes left in the fourth quarter on a 

shot by Anna DeForge. She completed the three-point play to give Indiana a 64-57 lead. 

Detroit cut the lead to 66-63 on a basket by Pierson before Whitmore went to work 

again. 

First, she scored after a spin to the baseline to make it 68-63. Then, Pierson blocked 

Whitmore's mid-range jumper, but the ball bounced right back to her, and she drained 

the shot to make the lead 70-63 with 1:41 to go. 

Detroit's bench was called for a technical foul, and Catchings made the free throw to 

make it a 71-63 game. Tully Bevilaqua followed that with a 3-pointer with 1:02 left. 

Indiana shot 20 percent in the first quarter, but still led 15-13 after 10 minutes. 

The Fever led 33-31 at halftime. Whitmore shot 5-for-8 from the field in the first half, 

but her teammates shot 5-for-30. 




Officials: #7 Clarke Stevens, #22 June Courteau, #38 Lamont Simpson 

VISITOR: Detroit Shock (0-1) 




WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT 32 Swin Cash F 14:33 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 

Playoffs Game #3 FINAL BOX 35 Cheryl Ford F 31:39 6 9 0 0 3 6 6 5 11 0 4 0 2 0 15 


44 Katie Feenstra C 9:09 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 

Officials: #4 Sue Blauch, #11 Tina Napier, #18 Kurt Walker Time of Game: 2:08 14 Deanna Nolan G 39:19 6 18 1 2 0 0 0 4 4 6 4 1 2 0 13 

Attendance: 6,012 30 Katie Smith G 39:19 2 8 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 3 0 7 



45 Kara Braxton 

23 Plenette Pierson 

11:20 

32:54 

1 

8 

3 

21 

0 

1 

0 

1 

0 

2 

2 

5 

1 

5 

5 

5 

6 

10 

0 

3 

3 

5 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

4 

2 

19 

15 Asjha Jones F 43:37 10 18 0 0 1 2 1 8 9 5 5 3 2 1 21 7 Shannon Johnson 11:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 

42 Nykesha Sales F 35:05 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 4 4 1 5 0 1 0 7 5 Elaine Powell 9:01 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 

12 Margo Dydek C 19:59 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 2 4 12 Ivory Latta 0:41 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

13 Lindsay Whalen G 39:37 9 20 2 5 1 2 1 9 10 3 4 1 4 0 21 1 Ayana Walker 0:41 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 

32 Katie Douglas G 43:19 9 19 5 12 4 5 2 5 7 5 2 1 7 0 27 TOTALS 27 68 3 6 8 17 16 27 43 15 27 1 10 4 65 

10 Jamie Carey 15:06 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 PERCENTAGES 3 


43 Le’Coe Willingham 

9 Evanthia Maltsi 

34 Megan Mahoney 

41 Ericka deSouza 

52 Kristen Rasmussen 

TOTALS 

PERCENTAGES 

25:46 2 3 0 0 

2:29 0 0 0 0 

0:03 0 0 0 0 

DNP – Coach’s Decision 


225 36 74 9 21 

48.6% 42.9% 

1 1 

0 0 

0 0 

7 10 

70.0% 

3 

0 

0 

7 

1 4 2 

0 0 0 

0 0 0 

31 38 21 

TM REB: 9 

5 0 1 1 5 

0 0 0 0 0 

1 0 0 0 0 

25 5 16 4 88 

TOT TO: 17 (30 PTS) 


NO PLAYER MIN 

24 Tamika Catchings F 36:00 

55 Sheri Sam F 30:48 

8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 28:50 

30 Anna DeForge G 26:15 

41 Tully Bevilaqua G 37:36 

FG FGA 

5 15 

1 9 

3 7 

2 9 

1 7 

3P 3PA 

2 8 

0 1 

0 0 

1 3 

1 4 

FT FTA 

10 13 

3 5 

5 7 

6 6 

2 2 

OR 

1 

4 

3 

1 

2 

DR TOT 

10 11 

2 6 

5 8 

2 3 

2 4 

A 

1 

2 

1 

0 

4 

PF ST TO 

4 3 1 

1 1 0 

3 0 1 

1 0 0 

3 0 0 

BS PTS 

1 22 

0 5 

6 11 

0 11 

0 5 



91 Tamika Whitmore 

15 Tan White 

25:05 

13:02 

8 

1 

14 

4 

2 

1 

3 

4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

2 

0 

3 

1 

5 

1 

1 

2 

4 

1 

2 

0 

3 

0 

0 

0 

18 

3 

24 Tamika Catchings F 42:49 6 13 2 2 16 17 4 9 13 6 2 0 2 1 30 3 K.B. Sharp 2:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

55 Sheri Sam F 33:11 6 7 2 2 0 0 4 3 7 3 5 1 3 0 14 43 Alison Bales DNP – Coach’s Decision 

8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 12:55 1 5 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 32 Ebony Hoffman DNP – Coach’s Decision 

30 Anna DeForge G 41:48 8 16 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 2 1 0 18 35 Kasha Terry DNP – Coach’s Decision 

41 Tully Bevilaqua G 42:41 1 7 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 3 1 0 3 TOTALS 21 65 7 23 26 33 14 25 39 11 17 6 5 7 75 

91 Tamika Whitmore 34:16 9 22 4 7 2 3 0 5 5 1 5 0 2 0 24 PERCENTAGES 32.3% 30.4% 78.8% TM REB: 11 TOT TO: 7 (5 PTS) 

15 Tan White 

3 K.B. Sharp 

43 Alison Bales 

7 Ann Strother 

15:01 0 3 0 

2:19 0 0 0 



1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

0 

1 

0 

2 

0 

1 

0 

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3 

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2 

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0 

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0 

SCORE BY PERIODS 

Shock 

FEVER 

1 

13 

15 

2 

18 

18 

3 

23 

26 

4 

11 

16 

FINAL 

65 

75 

35 Kasha Terry DNP – Coach’s Decision 

Inactive: Shock – Mills, T. Smith Fever – Strother 

TOTALS 

PERCENTAGES 

225 31 73 

42.5% 

10 20 

50.0% 

21 23 

91.3% 

11 25 36 18 

TM REB: 2 

16 9 12 3 93 

TOT TO: 12 (13 PTS) 


Shock (1): Cherl Reeve 1:41 4th 

Fever: NONE 

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 

Sun 29 15 16 17 

FEVER 17 15 16 29 

Inactive: Sun-Chambers, Hairston; Fever-Hoffman 

OT 

11 

16 

FINAL 

88 

93 

Points in the Paint: Shock 28, FEVER 14 

Second Chance Points: Shock 19, FEVER 16 

Fast Break Points: Shock 5, FEVER 8 

Biggest Lead: Shock 1, FEVER 12 

Lead Changes: 2 

Times Tied: 2 



Fast Break Points: Sun 10, FEVER 12 Times Tied: 7 

MEMO: Fever overcome largest deficit (22 points) in WNBA Playoffs history.




AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – The Detroit Shock got 24 points from Deanna Nolan and 

evened the Eastern Conference Finals at 1-1 with a 77-63 win over the Indiana Fever. 

The Shock, 6-0 when facing elimination in the past two postseasons, hope to make it 

7-0 in the series finale. 

Detroit had five players in double figures, including Swin Cash, who had 12 points and 

nine rebounds after being benched for a poor effort in Game 1. 

"Swin knows that when she's not at the right mental level, I'm not going to play her, 

and that's what happened in Game 1,'' Laimbeer said. "Tonight, she set the tone with her 

energy and focus.'' 

Most importantly for Detroit, facing two must-win games in 29 hours, All-Star Cheryl 

Ford was only forced to play 22 minutes on a bad knee. 

"That was big,'' Laimbeer said. "I wanted to buy her as much time for tomorrow as 

possible.'' 

Anna DeForge led Indiana, scoring 13 points against her former team. Tamika 

Whitmore had 12, but only two in the second half, and Tamika Catchings finished with 

just seven. 

Indiana led 20-16 after one quarter, but had no answers for Nolan or Detroit's zone 

defense in the second. 

Nolan hit all five of her shots in the quarter, and the Fever managed just four field 

goals while looking confused by the Shock's defense. 

That let Detroit take a 41-32 lead into intermission despite 13 turnovers. 

Cash didn't score in the first half, but had three baskets early in the third quarter as 

Detroit opened an 18-point lead midway through the period. 

Detroit led 68-47 going into the fourth quarter, but Indiana got within 71-59 before their 

rally stalled. 


09/02/2007 The Palace at Auburn Hills, Auburn Hill 


Officials: #4 Sue Blauch, #10 Bob Trammell, #18 Kurt Walker 






55 Sheri Sam F 33:11 6 7 2 2 0 0 4 3 7 3 5 1 3 0 14 

8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 12:55 1 5 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 

30 Anna DeForge G 41:48 8 16 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 2 1 0 18 



15 Tan White 15:01 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 

3 K.B. Sharp 2:19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

43 Alison Bales DNP – Coach’s Decision 

7 Ann Strother DNP – Coach’s Decision 

35 Kasha Terry DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 225 31 73 10 20 21 23 11 25 36 18 16 9 12 3 93 

PERCENTAGES 




32 Swin Cash F 31:14 5 9 0 0 2 4 3 6 9 3 3 0 2 0 12 

35 Cheryl Ford F 18:50 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 2 3 1 0 0 2 

44 Katie Feenstra C 12:38 1 3 0 0 2 4 2 4 6 0 3 0 3 0 4 

14 Deanna Nolan G 38:15 8 18 4 5 4 4 0 6 6 6 3 0 2 0 24 

30 Katie Smith G 36:29 6 14 2 5 0 0 0 3 3 6 2 0 4 0 14 

45 Kara Braxton 18:37 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 1 0 2 10 


7 Shannon Johnson 7:05 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 


12 Ivory Latta 1:54 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 Ayana Walker 1:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

TOTALS 29 63 6 10 13 20 10 33 43 19 20 4 17 3 77 



Fever 20 12 15 16 63 

SHOCK 16 25 27 9 77 

Inactive: Fever - Terry SHOCK – Mills, T. Smith 


Fever (1): Whitmore 4:46 3rd 

SHOCK: NONE 

Flagrant Fouls 

Fever (1): 2:46 3rd Catchings-FLG1 

SHOCK: NONE 





GAME RECAPS 



AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Indiana Fever had two chances in 29 hours to advance to 

their first WNBA finals. Deanna Nolan wouldn't let it happen. 

A day after scoring 15 points in the second quarter of Detroit's victory in Game 2 of the 

Eastern Conference finals, Nolan had a franchise playoff-record 30 points as the Shock 

advanced to the championship round with a 81-65 victory in Game 3. 

The Fever led by as many as 13 points in the first quarter, but Nolan scored 20 points 

in a 14-minute span to pull Detroit back into the game. She was 7-for-9 on 3-pointers. 

Nolan's 54 points in two days helped the defending champs improve to 7-0 when 

facing elimination in the past two seasons. The Shock advanced to seek their third title in 

five years. 

Indiana lost both the lead and All-Star forward Tamika Catchings in the second 

quarter. Catchings, who missed the final 13 regular-season games with a left-foot injury, 

strained her right Achilles' tendon in the last minute of the first half and did not return. 

Catchings left the arena immediately after the game to fly back to Indiana for an 

examination and did not speak to the media. 

Cheryl Ford, playing her third game in four days on a bad knee, had 15 rebounds in 

just 18 minutes. 

Tammy Sutton-Brown (17) and Tully Bevilaqua (14) were the only Fever players to 

reach double figures. Tamika Whitmore, who had a league-record 41 points against 

Detroit in a first-round game a year earlier, finished with nine on 3-for-10 shooting. 

The Shock, known for their slow starts, trailed 16-3 just four minutes into the game with 

Ford on the bench in foul trouble, but Nolan's surge helped the Shock tie the score at 28. 

Plenette Pierson's jumper then gave the Shock their first lead, drawing a standing 

ovation from the previously silent crowd. 

Detroit used a 28-10 run over a 13-minute stretch to take a 35-30 lead at the half, and 

scored the first six points of the third quarter to go up by 11. 

Indiana came back, pulling within 44-43, but two straight put-backs by Ford helped the 

Shock build a safer margin. 

Ford had nine rebounds and a blocked shot in the period, and Detroit took a 57-47 

lead into the fourth. The Shock led by as many as 20 in the fourth. 




Officials: #39 Michael Price, #11 Tina Napier, #30 Lisa Mattingly 






55 Sheri Sam F 39:28 4 18 0 2 1 3 4 6 10 4 3 1 0 0 9 

8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 30:12 7 14 0 0 3 6 3 7 10 1 5 1 0 2 17 

30 Anna DeForge G 25:41 1 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 



3 K.B. Sharp 4:24 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 

43 Alison Bales 2:02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 

7 Ann Strother 7:47 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 

15 Tan White DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 24 73 5 20 12 22 12 27 39 15 16 5 9 2 65 

PERCENTAGES 


32.9% 25.0% 54.5% TM REB: 12 TOT TO: 10 (17 PTS) 


32 Swin Cash F 30:07 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 12 

35 Cheryl Ford F 18:46 2 8 0 0 1 1 6 9 15 0 5 0 2 1 5 

44 Katie Feenstra C 15:32 5 6 0 0 1 1 3 4 7 0 3 1 0 1 11 

14 Deanna Nolan G 37:58 11 21 7 9 1 1 2 5 7 5 0 0 2 0 30 

30 Katie Smith G 37:58 3 13 1 6 1 1 0 5 5 7 2 1 4 0 8 

45 Kara Braxton 18:33 1 4 0 1 4 6 1 5 6 0 5 2 2 2 6 


7 Shannon Johnson 6:44 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 


12 Ivory Latta 2:17 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

1 Ayana Walker 1:21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 


PERCENTAGES 42.5% 47.1% 78.6% TM REB: 6 TOT TO: 12 (12 PTS) 


Fever 20 10 17 18 65 

SHOCK 14 21 22 24 81 

Inactive: Fever - Terry SHOCK – Mills, T. Smith 




MEMO: Deanna Nolan records franchise playoff record for points in a post-season game. 


79


2008 Eastern Conference Semifinals 


INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – With aspirations of winning their third WNBA title since 2003, 

the Detroit Shock beat the Indiana Fever 81-72 in the opener of the Eastern Conference 

first-round playoff series. 

Detroit, which swept Indiana in three regular-season games and had won five straight 

over the Fever - including the last two games of the 2007 conference finals – put itself in 

position to wrap up the best-of-three series at home in Game 2. 

Deanna Nolan had 22 points, and Plenette Pierson scored 11 for the Shock. 

Tamika Catchings posted 19 points and seven assists, Ebony Hoffman scored 19, and 

Tan White chipped in 11 for the Fever. Before the game, Hoffman was chosen as this 

season's Most Improved Player in the WNBA. 

The Shock, who shot 59 percent in the first half and opened a 39-29 lead, took their 

biggest advantage, 68-52, on Katie Smith's two free throws with 7:42 left in the fourth 

quarter. 

Indiana cut the deficit to 77-68 on White's layup with 1 minute left, but McWilliams- 

Franklin pushed the lead back to 12 points with a three-point play on Detroit's ensuing 

possession. 


09/19/2008 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, INl 


Officials: #13 Cameron Inouye, #38 Lamont Simpson, #58 Josh Tiven 

VISTOR: Detroit Shock (1-0) 




30 Katie Smith F 24:48 0 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 3 5 1 2 0 3 

44 Taj McWilliams-Fran F 31:16 6 11 1 1 4 5 1 6 7 0 2 2 1 1 17 

45 Kara Braxton C 14:27 3 6 0 0 3 4 4 3 7 1 3 0 3 0 9 

5 Elaine Powell G 24:58 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 3 3 2 1 0 4 0 4 

14 Deanna Nolan G 36:32 8 11 4 6 2 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 1 0 22 


24 Olayinka Sanni 11:57 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 

22 Alexis Hornbuckle 23:29 3 7 1 3 2 2 0 5 5 0 1 1 5 1 9 

11 Kelly Schumacher 5:13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 

55 Sheri Sam 2:43 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 

3 Ashley Shields 0:19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 





24 Tamika Catchings F 36:11 4 10 0 4 11 12 1 4 5 7 4 2 3 2 19 

32 Ebony Hoffman F 28:21 9 13 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5 2 2 0 19 




15 Tan White 19:36 4 12 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 

44 Kristen Mann 12:47 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 

1 Khadijah Whittington 11:43 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 1 0 1 2 

21 Allison Feaster 3:43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 Doneeka Lewis DNP – Coach’s Decision 

50 Bernadetter Ngoyisa DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 24 65 6 22 18 22 11 18 29 13 21 9 13 5 72 



Shock 22 17 23 19 81 

FEVER 17 12 21 22 72 

Inactive: Shock – Ford FEVER – Baker, Bond 

Points in the Paint: Shock 34, FEVER 20 Biggest Lead: Shock 16, FEVER 1 



Rebound Pct. Shock .501, FEVER .499 Off. Possessions Shock 76, FEVER 77 

Off. Rebound Pct. Shock .308, FEVER .306 Def. Rebound Pct. Shock .694, FEVER .692 


80 


GAME RECAPS 


Game 2 – Indiana 89, Detroit 82 (OT) 

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - The Indiana Fever have been knocked out of the WNBA 

playoffs by the Detroit Shock the last two seasons. The Fever delayed Detroit's hat trick, 

at least for a day. 

Tamika Catchings had 27 points and 10 rebounds and the Fever won 89-82 in 

overtime to force a decisive third game in the Eastern Conference playoff series. 

Indiana came into the game with a 0-4 record against the Shock, including Detroit's win 

in Game 1. 

The Shock were more upset about a fourth-quarter incident that left Plenette Pierson 

with a shoulder injury that is expected to rule her out of Game 3. 

Pierson and Ebony Hoffman got their arms tangled while battling for position on a 

rebound, and Pierson ended up crumpled on the floor in obvious pain. 

Laimbeer immediately asked the officials to eject Hoffman, but they decided to give 

both players technical fouls. Hoffman then hit two key 3-pointers to help Indiana win the 

game. 

Pierson was suspended for four games earlier in the season after a fight with Los 

Angeles' Candace Parker, and Laimbeer practically demanded that Hoffman also get 

suspended. The controversy threatened to overshadow a memorable finish. 

The teams made the first 43 free throws of the game before Tammy Sutton-Brown's 

miss with 24.8 seconds left. That left Detroit down three, and Katie Smith could only split 

a pair from the line at the other end. 

Katie Douglas then hit one of two, leaving the Fever up 73-70 with 13.8 seconds to go. 

Yinka Sanni's layup made it 73-72, but Catchings made two more free throws to restore 

the three-point edge. 

Deanna Nolan, though, came back down the floor and hit a 3-pointer with 6 seconds to 

play to force overtime. 

The Shock, though, struggled to hit inside, and Indiana clinched the game with 

consecutive 3-pointers by Hoffman and Tully Bevilaqua. 




Officials: #22 June Courteau, #42 Roy Gulbeyan, #18 Kurt Walker 






32 Ebony Hoffman F 41:19 5 14 3 7 2 2 1 11 12 2 3 0 1 0 15 




44 Kristen Mann 11:47 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 5 

4 Doneeka Lewis 12:55 2 5 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 

15 Tan White 8:49 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 


21 Allison Feaster DNP – Coach’s Decision 

50 Bernadetter Ngoyisa DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 22 60 11 26 34 37 6 26 32 17 25 5 15 0 89 




30 Katie Smith F 43:08 5 14 3 10 2 3 1 4 5 3 4 1 2 0 15 


45 Kara Braxton C 25:48 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 5 0 5 1 6 

14 Deanna Nolan G 45:00 5 19 2 9 4 4 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 0 16 






55 Sheri Sam DNP – Coach’s Decision 

3 Ashley Shields DNP - Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 28 73 6 20 20 21 14 23 37 17 32 9 16 7 82 


SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 1OT FINAL 

Fever 24 18 13 20 14 89 

SHOCK 19 19 8 29 7 82 

Inactive: Fever – Baker, Bond SHOCK – Ford 


Fever (1): Hoffman 4:26 4th 

SHOCK (1): Pierson 4:26 4th 



Fast Break Points: Fever 0, SHOCK 12 Times Tied: 6 

Rebound Pct. Fever .428, SHOCK .571 Off. Possessions Fever 87, SHOCK 85 

Off. Rebound Pct. Fever .207, SHOCK .350 Def. Rebound Pct. Fever .650, SHOCK .793




AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit Shock played angry in Game 3 of the 

Eastern Conference Semifinals. It turned out pretty well for them. 

Detroit led Indiana 41-10 midway through the second quarter and cruised to an 80-61 

victory to advance to its third straight Eastern Conference final. 

Detroit, which got 21 points from Deanna Nolan and 15 from Katie Smith, will face New 

York in the conference finals. Last season, the Shock beat New York and Indiana in the 

first two rounds before losing the WNBA finals to Phoenix. 

The Shock were furious about an incident in Game 2 that saw star forward Plenette 

Pierson suffer a dislocated shoulder after being flipped to the court by Indiana's Ebony 

Hoffman. The Shock's outrage only grew when Hoffman was fined, but not suspended, 

by the league. 

That meant she was on the floor for Tuesday's opening tip while Pierson was on the 

Detroit bench with her right arm in a sling. 

The fired-up Shock scored the game's first 12 points, led 30-7 at the end of the first 

quarter and continued to pour it on in the second. 

"I think we were stunned,'' Indiana's Tamika Catching said. "There was a point where 

you looked up at the scoreboard and we were down by 30 in the first half, and they were 

still coming at us on both ends of the floor. I just wanted us to wake up.'' 

The half might have been summed best by the final 20 seconds. Indiana held the ball 

for a last shot, despite trailing by 30 points, and Tammy Sutton-Brown hit a layup with 

7.1 seconds to play. 




Officials: #39 Michael Price, #9 Denise Brooks, #7 Clarke Stevens 







8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 30:09 8 12 0 0 4 4 2 3 5 0 4 0 3 3 20 



44 Kristen Mann 5:14 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 

15 Tan White 13:26 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 3 

4 Doneeka Lewis 11:45 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 

21 Allison Feaster 4:31 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 


50 Bernadetter Ngoyisa 2:03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 

TOTALS 25 62 2 17 9 9 5 26 31 15 20 7 21 6 61 




30 Katie Smith F 27:27 6 17 1 4 2 2 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 15 


45 Kara Braxton C 21:45 4 9 0 0 4 4 3 4 7 0 0 1 0 0 12 

14 Deanna Nolan G 35:43 9 19 2 5 1 1 1 5 6 2 2 2 4 0 21 




55 Sheri Sam 10:53 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 


3 Ashley Shields 2:31 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 

23 Plenette Pierson DND – RIGHT SHOULDER DISLOCATION 

TOTALS 30 73 4 12 16 17 11 26 37 14 16 10 12 0 80 



Fever 7 12 24 18 61 

SHOCK 30 19 11 20 80 

Inactive: Fever – Baker, Bond SHOCK – Ford 


Fever: NONE 

SHOCK (1): Powell 3:43 2nd 



Fast Break Points: Fever 12, SHOCK 13 Times Tied: 0 

Rebound Pct. Fever .432, SHOCK .568 Off. Possessions Fever 77, SHOCK 78 

Off. Rebounds Pct. Fever .161, SHOCK .297 Def. Rebounds Pct. Fever .703, SHOCK .839 


GAME RECAPS 


81



Game 1 – Indiana 88, Washington 79 

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Tamika Catchings said the Indiana Fever had a simple 

mantra as they walked off the court trailing after three quarters in their playoff opener: 

"Pick It Up.'' 

From their offensive pace to their defensive intensity, the top-seeded Fever did exactly 

that as they opened the fourth quarter with a 17-3 run on the way to an 88-79 victory 

over the Washington Mystics in their Eastern Conference first-round series. 

Katie Douglas added 19 points and Briann January was a spark off the bench with 16 - 

all in the second half - for the Fever, who entered the fourth quarter down 58-56. 

Indiana came into the playoffs having lost seven of its last 10 games, but the Fever 

turned up their noted defensive pressure late and improved to 5-0 against the Mystics 

this season and 17-4 in their last 21 meetings. 

Trailing by 12 points midway through the fourth quarter, the Mystics rallied behind two 

3-pointers from Marissa Coleman and a three-point play by Chasity Melvin to pull within 

79-76. 

On the Fever's next possession, Catchings converted a three-point play after being 

fouled while hitting a running floater. January, the sixth pick in the 2009 WNBA draft, was 

perfect on eight free throws, including four in the final 42 seconds to seal the win. 

For the Mystics, which sports the youngest roster among the playoff teams, the 

second-half collapse has been an unwanted but common theme this season overall and 

specifically against the Fever, who outscored them 134-91 in the final quarter of their five 

meetings this season. 

Crystal Langhorne led Washington with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Coleman finished 

with 16 points and Matee Ajavon had 10 for the Mystics, who were making their first 

playoff appearance since 2006. 

The game was played in front of a sparse but energetic crowd at the University of 

Maryland's Comcast Center, hours after President Obama spoke about the ongoing 

health care debate at a campaign-style rally in front of about 15,000 students. The game 

was moved from the Verizon Center, where the Mystics play their home games, due to a 

scheduling conflict. 


09/17/2009 Comcast Center, College Park, MD 


Officials: #4 Sue Blauch, #42 Roy Gulbeyan, #53 Jeff Smith 







8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 27:48 5 8 0 0 2 3 1 5 6 1 4 1 3 2 12 



21 Tamecka Dixon 6:20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 

20 Briann January 19:31 4 8 0 0 8 8 0 3 3 3 4 2 3 0 16 

31 Jessica Moore 18:05 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 


14 Shay Murphy 2:34 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

34 Christina Wirth 14:23 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 

TOTALS 30 63 5 15 23 26 8 24 32 18 21 11 17 3 88 


HOME: Washington Mystics (0-1) 


25 Monique Currie F 11:23 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 

1 Crystal Langhorne F 37:55 7 9 0 0 4 6 3 7 10 1 3 1 3 0 18 

44 Chasity Melvin C 26:47 4 6 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 2 4 0 9 

20 Alana Beard G 27:33 4 12 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 9 


22 Matee Ajavon 13:40 3 5 1 3 3 4 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 10 

4 Marissa Coleman 29:20 5 15 3 6 3 3 2 6 8 1 2 2 3 4 16 

43 Nakia Sanford 13:40 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 2 0 4 

33 Bernice Mosby DNP – Coach’s Decision 

32 Nikki Blue DNP – Coach’s Decision 

24 Kristen Mann DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 31 69 5 15 12 15 10 18 28 17 24 9 16 5 79 



Fever 23 16 17 32 88 

MYSTICS 27 16 15 21 79 

Points in the Paint: Fever 36, MYSTICS 36 Biggest Lead: Fever 12, MYSTICS 9 

Second Chance Points: Fever 11, MYSTICS 14 Lead Changes: 8 

Fast Break Points: Fever 11, MYSTICS 5 Times Tied: 6 


82 


GAME RECAPS 


Game 2 – Indiana 81, Washington 74 (OT) 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Fever has found a winning combination - Tamika 

Catchings' dominating offense and Tully Bevilaqua's scrappy play. 

The two led the Fever to a 81-74 overtime victory over the Washington Mystics to 

sweep their best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinal series. 

Catchings had 24 points, 16 rebounds, five assists, four steals and four blocked shots 

before a noisy Conseco Fieldhouse crowd of 9,655. Point guard Bevilaqua scored six of 

her 13 points and had three rebounds in overtime to spark the Fever, who draw Detroit 

to start the conference finals. 

"I call her Mighty Mouse,'' Catchings said of 5-foot-7 Bevilaqua. "Lindsey Harding had 

five fouls. We wanted to get her out. We didn't get her out, but Tully attacked her, took 

away some of her offense.'' 

Tammy Sutton-Brown scored 16 points and Katie Douglas 13 for Indiana, which made 

five of its first seven shots and then just 18-of-65 the rest of the way to finish at 32.4 

percent. 

"We did not shoot as well as we have in the past, but we found a way to win,'' Fever 

coach Lin Dunn. "Tully Bevilaqua sparked us with her defense, had rebounds and 

showed toughness. Tammy Sutton-Brown was a warrior out there. Tamika Catchings 

had a magnificent, MVP performance.'' 

Crystal Langhorne scored 11 of her 15 points in the second half to keep the Mystics in 

the game. Harding and Alana Beard scored 10 each for Washington, which lost Chastity 

Melvin and Nakia Sanford to fouls in the game's waning minutes. 

Catchings, driving the lane, drew a foul and made two free throws to tie it at 69 all, with 

2.6 seconds remaining in regulation. 

Beard shot a 10-foot airball from the left side as the fourth quarter expired. 

In the overtime, Sutton-Brown scored on a layup with 1:18 to play to break a tie, and 

the Fever scored the final five points. 




Officials: #55 Eric Brewton, #17 Scott Twardoski, #44 Felicia Grinter 

VISITOR: Washington Mystics (0-2) 




25 Monique Currie F 25:08 1 10 0 2 6 7 7 7 14 0 4 4 3 0 8 

1 Crystal Langhorne F 41:13 7 11 0 0 1 2 2 8 10 0 3 0 3 1 15 

44 Chasity Melvin C 18:32 3 6 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 0 6 0 3 1 8 

20 Alana Beard G 26:00 4 14 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 10 

10 Lindsey Harding G 41:49 5 12 0 2 0 0 0 4 4 5 5 1 6 0 10 

43 Nakia Sanford 20:06 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 6 0 0 1 6 

22 Matee Ajavon 19:52 3 11 1 5 2 2 1 3 4 1 3 2 2 0 9 

4 Marissa Coleman 24:02 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 0 5 

24 Kristin Mann 8:18 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 

32 Nikki Blue DNP – Coach’s Decision 

33 Bernice Mosby DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 28 74 3 17 15 20 15 28 43 11 32 11 22 3 74 




24 Tamika Catchings F 40:25 6 11 1 4 11 12 5 11 16 5 4 4 3 4 24 





21 Tamecka Dixon 5:20 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 


31 Jessica Moore 7:57 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 


14 Shay Murphy 3:12 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 


TOTALS 23 71 3 20 32 38 18 27 45 16 22 11 17 8 81 


SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 1OT FINAL 

Mystics 16 21 18 14 5 74 

FEVER 18 12 19 20 12 81 

Points in the Paint: Mystics 40, FEVER 28 Biggest Lead: Mystics 9, FEVER 8 

Second Chance Points: Mystics 17, FEVER 10 Lead Changes: 2 

Fast Break Points: Mystics 13, FEVER 10 Times Tied: 8




AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - For 17 minutes, the Indiana Fever looked like the best 

team in the Eastern Conference. 

After that, they regressed back to the group that has been eliminated by the Detroit 

Shock in each of the last three postseasons. 

After leading for the entire first half, the Fever only scored 19 second-half points as 

Detroit rolled to an easy 72-56 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. 

"I thought Detroit played like a team that wanted to win the game more than we did,'' 

Indiana coach Lin Dunn said. "We didn't match their energy or their intensity in the 

second half, and that's very disappointing.'' 

Detroit, which has won 12 of its last 14 games after a 9-14 start, is looking for a fourth 

straight trip to the WNBA finals despite losing Plenette Pierson (shoulder) and Katie 

Smith (back). 

The Fever led 35-24 with three minutes left in the second quarter, but Detroit went on a 

11-2 run to make it a two-point game at halftime. 

"I thought we really missed a big opportunity there,'' said Katie Douglas, who led 

Indiana with 16 points. "We started off really well, and we had them on their heels, but 

we let them get some confidence.'' 

Rookie Shavonte Zellous scored 16 of her game-high 23 points in the first half, 

including 12 in the second quarter. 

The Shock kept the momentum after the break, scoring the first six points of the third 

quarter. They held Indiana to six third-quarter points to take a 52-43 lead into the fourth. 

The Fever missed 13 of 16 shots in the period and turned the ball over six times. 

The Fever cut the margin to four, but Deanna Nolan scored the next six points and 

Zellous added a three-point play to put Detroit ahead 63-50 with 5:09 to play. Nolan, who 

received a trophy before the game for her All-WNBA second-team berth, finished with 22 

points. 


09/23/2009 The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hill 


Officials: #4 Sue Blauch, #39 Michael Price, #7 Clarke Stevens 










31 Jessica Moore 11:45 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 


21 Tamecka Dixon 6:06 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 


14 Shay Murphy 2:35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 


TOTALS 22 62 6 18 6 9 10 19 29 17 20 6 18 5 56 




6 Nikki Teasley F 14:37 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 

44 Taj McWilliams F 30:05 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 3 0 1 1 4 

35 Cheryl Ford C 22:39 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 1 5 1 4 1 2 

14 Deanna Nolan G 35:42 9 18 1 5 3 3 2 0 2 1 3 3 2 1 22 

22 Alexis Hornbuckle G 36:28 2 9 0 1 4 4 1 5 6 4 1 2 3 2 8 

45 Kara Braxton 19:41 4 10 0 0 2 4 5 4 9 0 2 0 0 1 10 


42 Crystal Kelly 7:23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 


23 Plenette Pierson DND – Right Shoulder Surgery 

30 Katie Smith DND – Low Back Pain 




Fever 18 19 6 13 56 

SHOCK 13 22 17 20 72 





GAME RECAPS 



INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Tamika Catchings went down after being fouled hard in the third 

quarter, and her teammates and more than 9,000 Indiana Fever fans waited in stunned 

silence to see if she'd recover. 

Two years ago, the Fever were in the decisive Game 3 of the Eastern Conference 

Finals - also against the Detroit Shock - when Catchings went down with a torn right 

Achilles' tendon. A competitive game turned into a blowout, and Detroit cruised into the 

WNBA finals. 

In Game 2 of the East Finals, Catchings was sprawled on the ground for several 

minutes with trainers around her. This time, she got up and made Detroit pay. 

Catchings scored 22 points, and the Fever avoided elimination with a 79-75 win, 

forcing a decisive Game 3 at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

Catchings said her neck already was hurting before she was hit with 3:06 left in the 

third quarter. The foul on the play was charged to Alexis Hornbuckle. 

Catchings felt the contact was excessive. 

Catchings not only got up, she never left the game. She dusted herself off and made 

one of two free throws to cut Detroit's lead to 50-49. On Detroit's next possession, 

Catchings stole a pass, then found an open Briann January for a 3-pointer that gave the 

Fever a 52-50 lead. 

Indiana never trailed again. Indiana outscored Detroit 31-25 after Catchings went 

down. 

Catchings, who earlier in the day was named the league's defensive player of the year, 

also had nine rebounds, six steals and five assists. 

Now, the Fever will have a chance to play for a spot in the WNBA finals, and an 

Indiana legend is trying to help them pack the home arena. 

Katie Douglas added 14 points and five steals for the Fever, who will host the decisive 

Game 3. Deanna Nolan led Detroit with 23 points and Shavonte Zellous added 19 points 

and nine rebounds. 

Indiana set a postseason record with 18 steals and scored 28 points off Detroit's 24 

turnovers. 




Officials: #13 Cameron Inouye, #17 Scott Twardoski, #18 Kurt Walker 







35 Cheryl Ford C 37:17 3 6 0 0 2 2 5 8 13 0 4 1 4 0 8 

14 Deanna Nolan G 39:54 7 19 3 8 6 6 1 0 1 3 4 2 4 1 23 


45 Kara Braxton 16:33 4 5 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 1 3 0 1 1 9 



42 Crystal Kelly DNP – Coach’s Decision 












31 Jessica Moore 11:04 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 

20 Briann January 21:58 4 9 2 4 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 12 

21 Tamecka Dixon 6:49 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 


14 Shay Murphy DNP – Coach’s Decision 

34 Christina Wirth DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 27 60 5 17 20 30 5 22 27 16 19 18 11 4 79 



Shock 15 23 20 17 75 

FEVER 17 22 21 19 79 





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INDIANAPOLIS -- Tamika Catchings ripped the ball out of the air after Detroit's final 

miss, and Indiana's players jumped into each other's arms. 

Finally, the Fever will play for a championship. 

The Fever advanced to the WNBA finals for the first time, beating the defending 

champion Shock 72-67 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. 

"Finally!" Catchings said. "I've been waiting for this for eight years. I don't want to get 

too excited; I want to finish it off." 

The Fever, who were eliminated by the Shock the last three seasons, advanced to the 

finals to meet either Phoenix or Los Angeles. 

The Fever and their Conseco Fieldhouse crowd, listed at 18,165 after Pacers president 

Larry Bird bought the entire balcony and gave the tickets away, roared at the finish. 

Tammy Sutton-Brown led the Fever with 17 points. Katie Douglas scored 14, and 

Ebony Hoffman and Catchings added 10 apiece. Catchings also had eight rebounds, five 

assists and three steals. 

The Fever made their last 16 free throws, all in the fourth quarter. 

Deanna Nolan had 16 points for Detroit. Alexis Hornbuckle scored 15 before fouling 

out with 18 seconds to play. Cheryl Ford finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds. 

Hornbuckle drove the lane for a layup, trimming the deficit to 68-67 with 19 seconds 

left. Hornbuckle fouled Hoffman on the ensuing inbounds pass, and she swished both 

free throws for another three-point margin. 

Nolan missed a 3-pointer, and the ball went to the Fever after it was tipped out of 

bounds. Nolan fouled Douglas on the inbounds pass, and she swished both free throws 

for the final margin with 8.5 seconds left. Nolan missed a 3-pointer and Catchings 

grabbed an emphatic rebound as time expired. 

With Catchings guarding Nolan, the Shock missed four of their last five shots. 

The Fever scored the last seven points of the first quarter and the first two of the 

second to build a 28-21 lead. But Nolan hit back-to-back 3-pointers to fuel a 12-0 run by 

the Shock that put the visitors ahead 33-28 with six minutes to play in the period. 




Officials: #9 Denise Brooks, #45 Tom Mauer, #55 Eric Brewton 



Attendance: 18,165 (sellout) 




35 Cheryl Ford C 33:16 4 9 0 0 4 6 3 8 11 0 4 2 4 0 12 

14 Deanna Nolan G 40:00 6 18 2 6 2 2 1 1 2 4 3 1 5 0 16 


45 Kara Braxton 20:19 2 4 0 0 5 6 1 4 5 0 0 1 6 1 9 


24 Olayinka Sanni DNP – Coach’s Decision 

42 Crystal Kelly DNP – Coach’s Decision 



TOTALS 25 57 5 13 12 16 10 21 31 12 25 9 24 1 67 









31 Jessica Moore 11:30 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 


21 Tamecka Dixon 10:04 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 







Shock 21 17 12 17 67 

FEVER 26 14 9 23 72 


Second Chance Points: Shock 15, FEVER 12 Lead Changes: 18 



84 


GAME RECAPS 

2009 WNBA Finals 

Game 1 – Phoenix 120, Indiana 116 (OT) 

PHOENIX (AP) - The WNBA finals was supposed to feature Phoenix's offense against 

Indiana's defense. After one game, it was all offense. 

Cappie Pondexter missed a game-winning tip-in at the fourth-quarter buzzer then 

scored seven of her 23 points in overtime to help the Mercury beat the visiting Fever 

120-116 in the highest-scoring game in WNBA history. 

"If you didn't like women's basketball,'' Phoenix coach Corey Gaines said, "I think you 

do now.'' 

Pondexter, frustrated and in foul trouble in the first half, scored the final five points to 

close out Game 1 of the best-of-five series. Penny Taylor scored 23 points and newly 

crowned league MVP Diana Taurasi had 22 for Phoenix. 

Katie Douglas tied it with a 3-pointer for Indiana with 7.1 seconds left in regulation, 

then scored eight in overtime for the Fever to reach a career playoff high 30 points. 

Ebony Hoffman had a career-high 27 on 12 of 14 shooting as the Fever set a franchise 

scoring record in just the second 100-point game in the club's history. 

The Fever, though, are supposed to be built on defense. Did Indiana coach Lin Dunn 

think her team had that much offense in it? 

"Sure I did,'' she said. "When the ball goes in we're really good.'' 

Indiana's Tamika Catchings had just eight points before fouling out with 2:42 left in 

overtime but harassed Taurasi into a 5 of 17 shooting night. 

Rookie DeWanna Bonner's two free throws put Phoenix ahead 105-102 with 14.2 

seconds left in regulation, then after a timeout, the Fever got the ball to the open 

Douglas, who sank the 3 that tied it. 

The Mercury pushed downcourt, where Bonner missed a driving layup, but Pondexter 

went up for the uncontested tip-in. Her shot bounced off the rim to send the game into 

overtime. 

The lead changed hands six times in overtime. Douglas' 15-footer gave Indiana its final 

lead at 116-115 with 1:40 left. Pondexter scored on a drive to put the Mercury ahead 

117-116 with 1:27 to go, then sank a 16-footer with 20.2 seconds to go to make it 119- 

116. She finally finished off the Fever by making one of two free throws with 3 seconds 

to play. 


9/29/2009 US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 


Officials: #22 June Courteau, #8 Daryl Humphrey, #45 Tom Mauer 






32 Ebony Hoffman F 37:48 12 14 2 2 1 1 1 7 8 2 4 0 3 0 27 


32 Katie Douglas G 40:22 12 21 4 7 2 2 0 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 30 


31 Jessica Moore 14:41 2 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 4 2 0 0 5 

21 Tamecka Dixon 3:41 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 


50 Jessica Davenport DNP – Coach’s Decision 



TOTALS 45 81 10 21 16 19 6 21 27 21 30 8 14 2 116 

PERCENTAGES 

HOME: PHOENIX MERCURY (1-0) 

55.6% 47.6% 84.2% TM REB: 12 TOT TO: 15 (22 PTS) 


23 Cappie Pondexter F 33:11 8 14 1 2 6 7 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 23 

43 Le’coe Willingham F 22:20 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 

50 Tangela Smith C 25:32 5 9 2 5 2 2 1 4 5 0 3 2 2 2 14 

3 Diana Taurasi G 33:39 5 17 3 8 9 11 2 7 9 6 5 0 5 0 22 

2 Tameka Johnson G 28:46 4 8 3 3 2 2 1 3 4 3 4 2 3 0 13 

11 Ketia Swanier 9:54 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 

24 DeWanna Bonner 24:46 5 9 0 0 5 6 4 1 5 0 2 1 1 2 15 

30 Nicole Ohlde 19:28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 

13 Penny Taylor 27:14 7 10 2 3 7 8 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 23 

33 Kelly Mazzante DNP – Coach’s Decision 

21 Brooke Smith DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 38 76 12 22 32 38 12 22 34 18 20 8 14 4 120 


SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL 

Fever 31 22 33 19 11 116 

MERCURY 31 25 24 25 15 120 

Points in the Paint: Fever 52, MERCURY 36 Biggest Lead: Fever 10, MERCURY 5 

Second Chance Points: Fever 15, MERCURY 24 Lead Changes: 19 

Fast Break Points: Fever 8, MERCURY 13 Times Tied: 13



Game 2 – Indiana 93, Phoenix 84 

PHOENIX (AP) - The Tamika Catchings-Diana Taurasi matchup is at the heart of these 

WNBA Finals. Give Game 2 to Catchings, on offense AND defense. 

The Indiana star fell one rebound shy of the first triple-double in WNBA finals history 

and the Fever beat the Phoenix Mercury 93-84 to square the best-of-five series 1-1. 

After scoring just eight points and fouling out in Game 1, Catchings had 19 points, 11 

assists (tying a finals record) and nine rebounds to help the Fever steal home-court 

advantage in the series with the next two games in Indianapolis. 

The WNBA defensive player of the year for the third time, Catchings also harassed the 

league MVP Taurasi into a 7-for-22 shooting night. Taurasi finished with 20 points, going 

2 of 10 on 3-pointers. 

There hasn't been a triple-double in any WNBA game since 2005 and it's happened 

only once in the playoffs. When Catchings, runner-up to Taurasi in the MVP voting, 

needed only two rebounds in the final six-plus minutes, it looked as if she would get 

there. But her ninth didn't come until there was just 28 seconds to play. 

The cold-shooting Mercury were without supersub Penny Taylor most of the second 

half. The Aussie, who scored all 14 of her points in the first half, took an elbow from 

Indiana rookie Briann January and left with a cut lip with 3:33 to play in the third quarter. 

January, a standout at nearby Arizona State, finished with 16 points on 5-of-7 

shooting, 3 of 4 on 3-pointers. 

The Mercury struggled on offense two nights after a 120-116 overtime victory in Game 

1, the highest-scoring contest in WNBA history. Phoenix shot 39.7 percent for the game 

and was just 5 of 20 in the third quarter, when the Fever built a 17-point lead. 

Catchings led six Indiana players in double figures. Ebony Hoffman scored 16. Katie 

Douglas and Tammy Sutton-Brown each scored 14, and Jessica Davenport had 10. 

Temeka Johnson had 14 for Phoenix. Pondexter shot 5 of 16 - 0 of 4 on 3s - en route 

to 12 points. Tangela Smith also scored 12 for the Mercury. 

The Fever, in their first WNBA finals, took control with a 12-2 run, going up 71-55 after 

Catchings made two free throws with 2 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter. Davenport 

scored the first five points of the run. 

A late 14-5 run cut the Fever's lead to 85-80 on Taurasi's layup with 1:23 to play. But 

Sutton-Brown responded with a basket inside, then January and Douglas put the game 

away with free throws. 




Officials: #39 Michael Price, #4 Daryl Sue Blauch, #42 Roy Gulbeyan 










31 Jessica Moore 10:28 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 



21 Tamecka Dixon 4:42 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 



TOTALS 33 67 4 14 23 29 7 33 40 17 21 5 10 7 93 

PERCENTAGES 


49.3% 28.6% 79.3% TM REB: 5 TOT TO: 12 (12 PTS) 


23 Cappie Pondexter F 31:20 5 16 0 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 1 2 0 12 


50 Tangela Smith C 28:03 5 6 2 2 0 0 1 5 6 0 4 1 0 0 12 



11 Ketia Swanier 13:35 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 


30 Nicole Ohlde 11:57 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 

13 Penny Taylor 11:30 4 4 2 2 4 5 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 14 

33 Kelly Mazzante 3:36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


TOTALS 29 73 8 23 18 24 11 24 35 15 24 5 11 9 84 



Fever 31 17 29 16 93 

MERCURY 24 21 18 21 84 



Fast Break Points: Fever 13, MERCURY 16 Times Tied: 4 


GAME RECAPS 


Game 3 – Indiana 86, Phoenix 85 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ebony Hoffman's two big plays put the Indiana Fever one win 

away from their first WNBA title. She hit the jumper that gave her team a one-point lead 

with 57 seconds left, then blocked Tangela Smith's shot with a second remaining to help 

Indiana defeat Phoenix 86-85 in Game 3 of the finals. The Fever took a 2-1 lead in the 

series and can clinch the championship with a win at home in Game 4. 

Indiana forward Tamika Catchings said Hoffman has been a force since going through 

a slump at the end of the regular season. 

"In the playoffs, she's stepped up her game and done such big things, especially in the 

Phoenix series, playing unbelievable, out of her mind,'' Catchings said. "That's awesome 

to see that, especially with the hard work she's put in over the years.'' 

Hoffman, who led Indiana with 18 points, did it all with a sprained right shoulder. She 

left the game with 7:21 left and returned with 3:40 to play. 

Catchings had 14 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, Briann January scored 17 

points, and Katie Douglas had 15. 

Cappie Pondexter led Phoenix with 23 points and Le'coe Willingham added 17. Diana 

Taurasi, the league's MVP, scored 18 points but shot 6-for-16 from the field. 

The lead seesawed throughout the fourth quarter. 

Hoffman's long shot from the left corner put Indiana ahead in the final minute. The 

officials reviewed it to determine if she was behind the arc and concluded it was a 2pointer, 

giving Indiana an 86-85 lead. 

Pondexter rushed downcourt and missed a layup, and Catchings rebounded. Then 

Indiana missed twice in close, but got the offensive rebound. January dribbled the ball 

out of bounds with 22 seconds left, though, to give Phoenix a final chance. 

Phoenix wasn't looking for Smith on the play. "It was designed for Penny (Taylor),'' 

Pondexter said. "I think I overthrew the pass and it ended up in Tangela's hands. 

Tangela got a decent look, and Ebony blocked the shot. We had numerous chances to 

get a good-looking shot. We didn't execute. Sometimes, that happens.'' 

There were seven lead changes and three ties in the second half. 

The series has been tight throughout, with Phoenix winning Game 1 in overtime and 

Indiana taking Game 2, 93-84. 


09/29/2009 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis,IN 


Officials: #22 June Courteau, #7 Clarke Stevens, #55 Eric Brewton 

VISITOR: Phoenix Mercury (1-2) 


Attendance: 18,165 (Sellout) 







30 Nicole Ohlde 9:54 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 

13 Penny Taylor 27:32 4 7 0 1 2 2 2 3 5 2 4 0 0 0 10 


11 Ketia Swanier 3:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

33 Kelly Mazante 0:03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 


TOTALS 36 79 3 17 10 12 11 25 36 14 18 5 12 3 85 

PERCENTAGES 


45.6% 17.6% 83.3% TM REB: 12 TOT TO: 12 (17 PTS) 


24 Tamika Catchings F 37:52 3 12 1 3 7 10 0 12 12 7 1 4 4 3 14 





31 Jessica Moore 17:56 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 


21 Tamecka Dixon 4:10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 




TOTALS 30 69 10 21 16 20 9 22 31 17 15 6 13 9 86 



Mercury 17 30 20 18 85 

FEVER 24 20 26 16 86 

Points in the Paint: Mercury 52, FEVER 28 Biggest Lead: Mercury 7, FEVER 10 

Second Chance Points: Mercury 21, FEVER 13 Lead Changes: 8 

Fast Break Points: Mercury 6, FEVER 7 Times Tied: 6 


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Game 4 – Phoenix 90, Indiana 77 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The high-scoring Phoenix Mercury saved their season with 

defense. The Indiana Fever led the WNBA finals series 2-1 and had a chance to clinch 

their first title in front of an active sellout crowd that included local celebrities such as 

Indianapolis Colts players Peyton Manning and Reggie Wayne. None of that mattered as 

the Mercury beat the Fever 90-77 to tie the series and force Game 5 in Phoenix. 

Indiana shot 2-for 13 in the fourth quarter, stifling any chance it had of overcoming the 

72-65 deficit it faced going into the period. The Fever scored 12 points in the quarter, the 

third-lowest total in a fourth quarter in finals history. 

While Phoenix defended well, Indiana's stagnant offense helped. Tamika Catchings led 

Indiana with 24 points and 12 rebounds. She shot 11-for-17 and Ebony Hoffman scored 

17 points on 7-for-10 shooting. The rest of the team shot 11-for-44. 

All-Star Katie Douglas, who was hoping to celebrate a clinching win in her hometown, 

scored seven points on 2-for-14 shooting. 

Indiana's bench, which both coaches had said was the reason the Fever were leading 

the series, struggled on Wednesday. The Fever bench shot a combined 2-for-16 from 

the field. 

Indiana rookie reserve Briann January, whose quickness had been a matchup 

nightmare for the Mercury, shot 1-for-9 and finished with eight points. 

Phoenix's offense was in tune as usual. Cappie Pondexter scored 22 points, Penny 

Taylor added 17 points and Taurasi and Smith each scored 16. 

Phoenix shot 72 percent from the field in the first quarter to jump out to a 33-22 lead. 

The Fever held the Mercury to 16 points in the second quarter and cut their deficit to 49- 

47 at the half. 

Indiana tied the score at 59 on a layup by Catchings with 4:30 left in the third quarter, 

but Phoenix went on a quick 6-0 run to force a timeout and put the fans, who had been 

standing in anticipation of a Fever lead, back in their seats. The Mercury extended their 

lead to 72-65 at the end of the third quarter. 

Indiana trimmed its deficit to 72-68 on a steal and layup by Catchings, but the Fever 

went cold and the Mercury pulled away with a 12-2 spurt. A 3-pointer by Taylor made it 

84-70 with 2:33 to go. 


10/7/2009 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis,IN 


Officials: #9 Denise Brooks, #39 Michael Price, #18 Kurt Walker 

VISITOR: Phoenix Mercury (2-2) 









13 Penny Taylor 29:44 6 12 1 2 4 5 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 0 17 


30 Nicole Ohlde 6:50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 

33 Kelly Mazzante DNP - Coach’s Decision 

21 Brooke Smith DNP - Coach’s Decision 

11 Ketia Swanier DNP - Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 32 67 10 24 16 19 4 28 32 17 19 6 11 2 90 

PERCENTAGES 






8 Tammy Sutton-Brown F 31:15 5 10 0 0 2 4 1 2 3 0 2 1 3 1 12 




31 Jessica Moore 9:21 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 2 

21 Tamecka Dixon 10:27 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 


14 Shay Murphy 1:02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

34 Christina Wirth DND - Sick 

TOTALS 29 71 2 18 17 22 10 26 36 10 22 8 11 6 77 



Mercury 33 16 23 18 90 

FEVER 22 25 18 12 77 

Points in the Paint: Mercury 36, FEVER 48 Biggest Lead: Mercury 14, FEVER 3 

Second Chance Points: Mercury 10, FEVER 14 Lead Changes: 3 

Fast Break Points: Mercury 9, FEVER 12 Times Tied: 5 


86 


GAME RECAPS 


Game 5 – Phoenix 94, Indiana 86 

PHOENIX (AP) – The Phoenix Mercury held off a late rally by the tenacious Indiana 

Fever for a 94-86 victory in a deciding Game 5. 

League and finals MVP Diana Taurasi scored 26 points, Pondexter had 24, and Taylor 

made two crucial free throws with 37.7 seconds left for the Mercury, who won the last 

two games to take the intense series 3-2. 

Tammy Sutton-Brown scored 22 points, and Jessica Davenport had a career-high 18 

for Indiana in its first finals appearance. Tamika Catchings added 16 points and nine 

rebounds for the Fever. 

Sutton-Brown pointed to the crucial home loss in Game 4. 

"We had an opportunity to close it out at home, and we let that one slip away,'' she 

said, "but I think we came out and fought hard tonight. Phoenix is a great team. I think it 

was a great series. It was great for the WNBA.'' 

Indiana rallied from 10 down in the second half to tie it at 80 on Sutton-Brown's layup 

with 4:29 to play, then Tangela Smith made two 3-pointers, her only field goals of the 

night, to put the Mercury ahead for good. 

Her second, after Davenport scored for Indiana, put Phoenix ahead 86-82 with 3:34 to 

go. 

Pondexter's 9-footer made it 88-82 with 2:22 left, but the Fever - who had led the 

series 2-1 - weren't finished. Davenport's inside basket cut it to 88-84, then Catchings' 

rebound basket made it 88-86 with 2:07 to play. 

On the Mercury's next possession, Taylor took the ball and drove the lane into a crowd 

of defenders. Davenport was called for the foul, and Taylor's two free throws made it 90- 

86. Two free throws apiece by DeWanna Bonner and Taurasi provided the final margin. 

Taylor added 14 points and Bonner 13 for Phoenix. Katie Douglas had her second 

straight rough shooting night. The Indiana star was 4 of 14 for 13 points after going 2 of 

14 in Game 4. The Mercury made 10 of 17 3s. 

After a cold-shooting first quarter, the Mercury turned it on with one of their best 10 

minutes of the season, shooting a finals record 76.5 percent (13 of 17) - and they even 

missed their last two shots - in a second-quarter blitz. 

Phoenix also set a finals second-quarter record for points, outscoring Indiana 35-19 to 

take a 51-42 lead at the break. 

Taurasi, after struggling with her shot against Catchings' defense in the first four 

games, was 5 for 5 in a 13-point second quarter, three of them 3-pointers. 




Officials: #39 Michael Price, #4 Sue Blauch, #55 Eric Brewton 











31 Jessica Moore 7:25 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 

21 Tamecka Dixon 4:36 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 




TOTALS 33 75 6 19 14 20 8 23 31 24 23 8 9 4 86 

PERCENTAGES 









13 Penny Taylor 30:11 3 6 1 1 7 7 1 3 4 5 2 0 2 0 14 


30 Nicole Ohlde 9:03 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 

33 Kelly Mazzante DNP – Coach’s Decision 


11 Keita Swanier DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 30 63 10 17 24 25 7 25 32 15 17 3 11 7 94 



Fever 23 19 23 21 86 

MERCURY 16 35 19 24 94 



Fast Break Points: Fever 8, MERCURY 2 Times Tied: 3




NEW YORK (AP) – Cappie Pondexter scored 23 of her 28 points in the first half, 

Essence Carson scored nine of her 17 in a big fourth-quarter run and the New York 

Liberty beat the Indiana Fever 85-73 in the opening game of their Eastern Conference 

semifinals series. 

Taj McWilliams-Franklin had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Nicole Powell added 13 

points for the Liberty, who closed the regular season with 15 wins in 18 games after the 

All-Star break. 

Tamika Catchings scored 18 points, Ebony Hoffman had 13 and Tammy Sutton-Brown 

added 10 for the Fever, who were in first place heading into the final week but lost their 

last three and finished one game behind Washington and New York. 

Pondexter topped the Liberty's previous postseason record of 24 points, set by Tari 

Phillips against Houston in Game 1 of the WNBA finals on Aug. 24, 2000. Pondexter tied 

the team's playoff record for 3-pointers, set by Vickie Johnson on Aug. 24, 2002, in 

Game 2 of the conference finals against Washington. 

Powell's jumper with 2:15 left in the third quarter gave the Liberty the lead for good as 

they closed the period with a 9-2 run to take a 66-59 advantage heading to the fourth. 

The Liberty outscored Indiana 17-12 in the quarter and outshot the Fever 40 percent (8 

for 20) to 31 percent (4 for 13). 

Carson had nine points in a 17-2 spurt that extended New York's lead to 83-63 - its 

biggest of the game - with 2:40 left. 

Hoffman's 3-pointer 14 seconds later - the Fever's third field goal of the fourth quarter - 

ended their scoring drought of 4:39. 

Indiana shot 53 percent (17 for 32) in the first half, but just 30 percent (9 for 30) over 

the final 20 minutes. 

The Fever opened the second quarter with an 11-2 run to take a 33-23 lead on 

Catchings' layup with 7:40 to go in the first half. 

The Liberty scored the next seven points, pulling within four on Pondexter's 3 about a 

minute later. She hit another 3 and Carson had a layup cut the deficit 38-36 with about 4 

1/2 minutes to go in the second quarter. 

Pondexter's fifth 3 of the game tied the score at 43-all with 2:05 to go in the half. 

Mitchell made two free throws with less than a second left to give New York a 48-47 

lead at the break. 


GAME RECAPS 



INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – After picking up some individual awards earlier in the day, 

Tamika Catchings led the Indiana Fever to a big win. 

Catchings started the day by being selected the WNBA's defensive player of the year 

and earning the league's sportsmanship award, and then was picked for the alldefensive 

team. 

She ended it with a 17-point, 13-rebound effort to help the Fever beat the New York 

Liberty 75-67 to tie their best-of-three Eastern Conference semifinal series. 

Catchings had her 14th double-double in 30 career playoff games to help the Fever 

fight off elimination and earn one more chance to defend their Eastern Conference 

crown. 

Indiana trailed Detroit 1-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals last year, but recovered to 

win 2-1 and advance to the Finals for the first time. 

New York outrebounded Indiana 39-25 in Game 1 on Thursday, but Indiana won that 

battle 41-36 on Sunday. 

New York had won 12 of its previous 13 games, but the Fever held the Liberty to 37 

percent shooting. Essence Carson scored 24 points and Cappie Pondexter had 20 for 

the Liberty, but they were the only New York players to score in double figures. The 

Liberty starters shot a combined 12 for 42 from the field. 

Indiana's Katie Douglas sprained her ankle in the regular-season finale and was 

scoreless in 27 minutes in Game 1 against New York. She was much more active in 

Game 2 and had 11 points and five assists. 

Tammy Sutton-Brown scored 14 points and former Liberty player Jessica Davenport 

had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Fever. 

Carson scored 10 of her 12 first-half points in the second quarter to give New York's 

offense a boost, but Indiana still led 39-27 at the break. 

The Fever opened the second half with a 9-0 run to break the game open. A long 2point 

jumper by Douglas gave Indiana a 48-27 lead and led to a New York timeout. New 

York didn't score for nearly 3 1/2 minutes to start the quarter, and Indiana led 64-46 at 

the end of the period. 

New York outscored Indiana 21-11 in the fourth quarter, but that meant little to the 

Liberty. 




Playoffs Game #1 FINAL BOX 8/29/2010 Conseco Fieldhouse 


Officials: #18 Kurt Walker, #42 Roy Gulbeyan, #44 Felicia Grinter Time of Game: 2:00 

Officials: #4 Sue Blauch, #53 Jeff Smith, #8 Daryl Humphrey Time of Game: 1:55 


Attendance: 14,624 VISITOR: Indiana Fever (1-1) 



NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS 24 Tamika Catchings F 34:52 6 13 2 4 3 4 4 9 13 1 3 2 1 0 17 

24 Tamika Catchings F 35:55 5 15 1 5 7 8 0 7 7 6 3 4 2 2 18 32 Ebony Hoffman F 31:03 2 9 0 2 3 4 2 5 7 2 3 1 2 0 7 

32 Ebony Hoffman F 28:07 5 14 1 3 2 2 1 2 3 0 3 1 1 1 13 8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 30:18 5 9 0 0 4 4 2 4 6 0 2 2 3 0 14 

8 Tammy Sutton-Brown C 28:09 4 8 0 0 2 3 2 2 4 1 4 2 2 1 10 23 Katie Douglas G 33:58 3 10 0 3 5 7 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 1 11 

41 Tully Bevilaqua G 21:20 3 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8 41 13 Tully Bevilaqua G 23:01 2 5 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 6 

23 Katie Douglas G 26:54 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 20 Briann January 16:59 1 2 0 1 3 4 1 2 3 3 4 0 3 0 5 

20 Briann January 23:32 3 9 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 9 50 Jessica Davenport 17:58 4 8 0 0 2 2 2 6 8 0 2 1 1 3 10 

50 Jessica Davenport 16:43 4 7 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 8 1 Shavonte Zellous 11:10 1 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 

1 Shavonte Zellous 10:07 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 31 Jessica Moore 0:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

31 Jessica Moore 7:01 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 10 Jene Morris DNP—Coach’s Decision 

10 Jene Morris 2:12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Joy Cheek DNP – Coach’s Decision 

21 Joy Cheek DNP – Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 24 59 4 15 23 29 12 29 41 13 19 8 13 4 75 

TOTALS 26 62 5 13 16 18 7 18 25 12 19 9 13 5 73 PERCENTAGES 40.7% 26.7% 79.3% TM REB: 5 TOT TO: 13 (11 PTS) 


HOME: PNEW YORK LIBERTY (1-1) 



NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS 14 Nicole Powell F 22:29 0 4 0 4 2 2 0 3 3 1 3 0 1 0 2 

4 Janel McCarville F 29:38 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 7 1 1 3 2 2 7 Janel McCarville F 33:31 2 4 0 0 4 4 3 8 11 1 5 2 3 0 8 

14 Nicole Powell F 27:37 5 9 3 6 0 0 2 5 7 2 4 1 2 0 13 7 Taj McWilliams-FranklinC27:12 1 9 0 1 0 0 3 2 5 0 2 1 2 1 2 

7 Taj McWilliams-FranklinC31:22 7 9 0 0 1 3 4 6 10 2 4 2 2 0 15 23 Cappie Pondexter G 35:01 8 22 1 2 7 7 3 4 7 2 4 1 1 0 24 

5 Leilani Mitchell G 23:11 0 4 0 4 0 0 2 4 6 3 1 1 3 0 0 5 Leilani Mitchell G 30:26 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 3 

23 Cappie Pondexter G 37:25 9 23 5 10 5 6 0 3 3 4 1 1 1 0 28 33 Plenette Pierson 7:02 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 4 

17 Essence Carson 26:20 7 10 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 1 3 1 3 0 17 17 Essence Carson 28:09 9 19 2 3 0 0 3 2 5 0 3 0 1 1 20 

33 Plenette Pierson 16:32 4 7 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 9 15 Kia Vaughn 12:15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 

32 Kalana Greene 4:27 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 32 Kalana Greene 3:55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 

15 Kia Vaughn 1:28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Nikki Blue DNP—Coach’s Decision 

6 Sidney Spencer 1:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Sidney Spencer DNP—Coach’s Decision 

1 Nikki Blue 1:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 25 68 4 12 13 14 13 23 36 7 23 5 14 3 67 

TOTALS 33 70 9 21 10 15 15 24 39 21 17 7 14 2 85 PERCENTAGES 36.8% 33.3% 92.9% TM REB: 3 TOT TO: 14(13 PTS) 




Fever 22 25 12 14 73 

Fever 22 25 12 14 73 

LIBERTY 21 27 18 19 85 

LIBERTY 21 27 18 19 85 






Fast Break Points: Fever 6, LIBERTY 12 Times Tied: 10 


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NEW YORK (AP) – Cappie Pondexter scored 30 points, including a tiebreaking jumper 

with 28 seconds remaining, to lead the New York Liberty to a 77-74 victory over the 

Indiana Fever to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. 

Kia Vaughn took advantage of some extended playing time and scored a season-high 

13 points, and Essence Carson added 11 as the Liberty reached the conference finals 

for the second time in three years. 

Katie Douglas scored 24 points, Tamika Catchings had 21 and Ebony Hoffman added 

13 for the Fever, who fell to 0-7 in postseason series in which they didn't have homecourt 

advantage. 

After Pondexter made her go-ahead jumper from the right side of the basket while 

going out of bounds, Catchings missed a driving layup 4 seconds later and Taj 

McWilliams-Franklin grabbed the rebound off the side of the rim. 

The Liberty called timeout, but were called for a 5-second violation on the ensuing 

inbounds play, turning the ball over to the Fever. Catchings missed another layup with 

12.9 seconds to go, McWilliams-Franklin again corralled the rebound and passed to 

Vaughn, who was fouled by Douglas. Vaughn then made 1 of 2 free throws to extend the 

Liberty's lead to three points. 

January missed a potential tying 3 with 3.9 seconds left. 

New York was without starting center Janel McCarville, sidelined by a sprained left 

ankle. Plenette Pierson started in her place, and Vaughn played a season-high 26 

minutes. 

Douglas scored nine points in the third quarter - on two 3s and three free throws - as 

the Fever, who led by one at halftime, increased their advantage to seven points on 

three occasions. The last time came when Catchings made 1 of 2 free throws to make it 

66-59 with 1 1/2 minutes left in the period. 

Pondexter had a layup about 15 seconds later and McWilliams-Franklin had a basket 

with under 32 seconds left to pull the Liberty to 66-63 heading to the fourth quarter. 


88 


GAME RECAPS 




Officials: #9 Denise Brooks-Clauser, #38 Lamont Simpson, #55 Eric Brewton 








41 Tully Bevilaqua G 21:47 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 13 





31 Jessica Moore 7:49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 

21 Joy Cheek DNP—Coach’s Decision 

10 Jene Morris DNP – Coach’s Decision 


PERCENTAGES 






7 Taj McWilliams-FranklinC30:54 1 5 0 0 4 4 5 6 11 4 3 0 6 2 6 


23 Cappie Pondexter G 38:37 12 24 2 4 4 4 0 3 3 4 1 2 1 0 30 

15 Kia Vaughn 26:09 5 8 0 0 3 4 2 5 7 0 3 0 1 0 13 

17 Essence Carson 28:56 5 10 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 11 

32 Kalana Greene 0:41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 Nikki Blue DNP—Coach’s Decision 

4 Janel McCarville DND—Sprained Left Ankle 

6 Sidney Spencer DNP --- Coach’s Decision 

TOTALS 30 63 4 14 13 14 8 19 27 16 18 4 14 3 77 



Fever 26 21 19 8 74 

LIBERTY 21 25 17 14 77 



Fast Break Points: Fever 8, LIBERTY 6 Times Tied: 7


2011 FEVER PRESS CLIPPINGS 

Through End of Regular Season 


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Tuesday, September 13, 2011 

Tamika Catchings still chasing crown 

By Mechelle Voepel 

ESPN.com 

Yes, Tamika 

Catchings is in 

her 30s now 

and still 

looking for 

her first 

WNBA 

championship. 

Her beloved 

college coach, 

Pat Summitt, 

went public 

this summer 

with the 

diagnosis of a 

serious illness, 

and Catchings 

has dedicated 

this season to 

her. 

ESPN.com: WNBA [Print without images] 

But Catchings really doesn't need any add-on motivators. She never has. You could say that is the case 

with most great athletes. It's just especially so with Catchings, who has done about all there is to do in her 

basketball career except these two things: 

1. Win a WNBA title; 

2. Find her "off " switch. 

That Tamika Catchings is a perpetual MVP candidate says a lot about the kind of player she is. 

"There are days when maybe I'm more tired," Catchings acknowledged. "But one of the things I do live 

by is the phrase that to whom much is given, much is asked of. I know my teammates are always 

watching me. If I come in and go through practice like I'm lazy, it opens the door for everybody else to do 

the same. 

"There are not many days that I'm like that. When I am, it's just a matter of pushing through it. Especially 

for the younger players, I want them -- when they get to where I'm at -- to remember that and know they 

need to make that same impact." 

With all due respect to youngsters on the Fever and other teams, not too 

many players will really get to where Catchings has. She has produced 

another MVP-worthy season, finishing with averages of 15.5 points, 7.1 

rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals, and will lead Indiana into the 

playoffs against New York. 

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Catchings has never won the season MVP award, and there are many 

contenders this year. But the fact that you could call Catchings a 

perpetual MVP candidate says a great deal. 

So does the fact that Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird would take time 

for a conference call with media to stump for Catchings as MVP. The 

career and life of the NBA legend actually have more in common with 

Catchings' than one might initially think. Both are ferocious competitors 

fueled in part by childhood angst. Bird grew up in poverty and lost his 

father to suicide when he was a teenager. Catchings was born with a 

hearing disability and felt isolated much of the time from her peers. 

Both poured their hearts into basketball, where they were able to play 

either forward position with equal ability. Bird won three NBA titles 

with Boston, spending his entire playing career in that city. Catchings, 

drafted in 2001 but unable to play that season due to injury, has been in 

Indianapolis for her entire WNBA career. 

"I've watched Tamika for a lot of years play basketball," Bird said. "One 

thing I notice about her that you don't find in many players -- men or 

women -- is she never gives up on a play. She's always going after it, always trying to give her hands on 

the ball. 

"She's so consistent. People do take that for granted, but coaches love that. She's what we call a gamer, 

and she wants to pull everybody else along with her. She's a franchise-maker, the reason that the Indiana 

Fever has done really well over the course of time." 

Catchings, in her 10th season in Indiana, is now 32. But age has not really added any sense of urgency 

toward her pursuit of a championship. 

"I don't think she's motivated any more now than ever, because that's always been her goal," Bird said. 

"But it's tough -- they don't give them things away. You've got to earn them. We've had lot of great 

players who've gone through the NBA and never won a championship. But I think this is the year. I think 

Tamika is going to lead them all the way." 

If Catchings is able to help the Fever win it all, she'll do so with two other former Tennessee players. 

Nikki McCray was in Indiana for a couple of seasons when Catchings was beginning her WNBA career. 

Otherwise, Catchings hasn't had any Tennessee connection with the Fever until this season. 

Indiana picked up former Lady Vols Shannon Bobbitt 

and Shyra Ely, neither of whom played in the WNBA in 

2010. Both have filled important roles, though, for 

Indiana this year. 

Bobbitt finished her Tennessee career in 2008, and Ely 

completed hers in 2005. None of the three ever played 

together in Knoxville. But they have that link of 

preparation through Summitt's system. And all Lady Vols 

who have finished their careers after Catchings are, of 

course, well aware of her legacy. 

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Tamika Catchings led all players 

with 32,706 votes for the 2011 

WNBA All-Star Game.

"Tamika Catchings plays harder than anybody in this 

league," Ely said. "When I was at Tennessee, she would 

sometimes come to practice, and Pat would love that. 

Because it always changed the dynamic of practice. She brings the best out of people." 

The news last month that Summitt had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia was a shock to the 

whole sports world, but yet another unifying factor for Tennessee alums. 

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Tamika Catchings finally has a couple of former Lady 

Vols beside her this season: Shannon Bobbitt and 

Shyra Ely. 

"It doesn't weigh heavily on my mind, because I know what great people she has around her," Catchings 

said. "But in my heart, I've totally dedicated this season to her. We get so caught up in our own lives. And 

the last couple of years I keep saying, 'I'm going to get down there, and spend more time with you guys.' I 

haven't done it recently. And I've thought, 'I should have made the time to go to Knoxville more and be 

there with her.' 

"But now I know that I want to spend some time with her once this [WNBA] season is over. Pat always 

says, 'When you come in, we have some of our best practices.' It's so cool for me to be there and talk to 

those kids and say, 'This, right here, is an opportunity you should take advantage of, being at Tennessee. 

So many players would love to play for Pat and don't have that opportunity. You don't want to not 

appreciate every moment. You don't want to look back and say, I wish I would have done that.'" 

There are few regrets in Catchings' career, which is so tied to those two places: Knoxville and 

Indianapolis. The latter is Ely's hometown -- "It's a dream come true to play here," she said -- and she can 

speak to how the Fever during Catchings' tenure there have grown to mean more and more to the 

community. 

"They built a great team around Catch, and she's the cornerstone," Ely said. "I think with her visibility 

here has made a big difference. 

"I missed her by a year in college, but I had teammates who played with her who always said how great 

she was and how she raised the level of intensity. I'm fortunate to have the chance to play with her now." 

Mechelle Voepel, a regular contributor to ESPN.com, can be reached at mvoepel123@yahoo.com. Read 

her blog at mechellevoepelblog.com.

Indianapolis Star 

September 12, 2011 

Playing the Dream becomes a nightmare 

By David Woods 

The Indiana Fever’s bad news: Tamika Catchings did not play, and 

they lost to the visiting Atlanta Dream 93-88 Sunday. 

The good news: The Fever don't have to open the WNBA playoffs 

against the Dream. 

The Fever's loss was their sixth in nine games, and they tied 

Connecticut for first in the Eastern Conference at 21-13. The 

Fever, who already had secured the No. 1 seed, open the playoffs 

Thursday against No. 4 seed New York (19-15) at Conseco 

Fieldhouse. 

A victory would have pitted the Fever against Atlanta (20-14). The 

Dream were 4-0 against the Fever this season. 

Catchings' Most Valuable Player candidacy was accentuated by 

"MVP 24" signs held by fans for No. 24. Her decade in 

Indianapolis was recognized in a ceremony, and a $10,000 

contribution by Pacers Sports & Entertainment was made to her 

foundation. 

But she and coach Lin Dunn had contrasting versions of the 

benching. 

Catchings said she "was fine" and the Fever wanted her to rest. 

Dunn said Catchings' right knee has been ailing. 

"We held a player out because she's hurt. Period," Dunn said. 

Dunn said if the Fever intended to rest starters, she would not have 

deployed Katie Douglas for 34 minutes. 

Douglas' 30 points were the most she has scored in 84 league 

games (since 32 on July 30, 2009, against Connecticut). She sank 

four 3-pointers in the second quarter -- one off the league record 

for a quarter -- and tied a franchise record for points in a quarter 

with 16. She made three 3s in one 89-second span. 

"You can see we tried to win the game tonight," Douglas said. 

Jessica Davenport had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Fever. 

Alison Bales, the Fever's first-round draft choice in 2007, came off 

the Atlanta bench to collect 15 points and 11 rebounds. 

The Fever fell behind by 11 in the second quarter before a 23-2 

spurt -- featuring Douglas' 14 points -- propelled them ahead 51- 

41. Angel McCoughtry scored 20 of her 32 points in the second 

half for the Dream, who inevitably wore down the short-handed 

Fever. 

With Briann January sidelined by a season-ending injury and 

Catchings and Erin Phillips withheld, the Fever were down to eight 

active players. That dwindled to seven when Shavonte Zellous 

sprained her ankle during the fourth quarter. 

The Dream led 44-30 in rebounds and seized 19 offensive boards, 

the most by a Fever opponent all year. The Dream outscored the 

Fever 23-6 on second-chance points. 

"That is ridiculous to give away that many offensive rebounds," 

Dunn said. 

The Fever have declined at the end of three successive seasons. 

They reached the WNBA Finals in 2009 but lost 2-1 in the first 

round to New York last year. So it is hard to project how they 

might fare in the playoffs. 

Catchings said practice this week could resolve any lingering 

issues. 

"For us, it's just a matter of re-focusing and getting our offense and 

defense back together," she said. 

Etc. 

Fever F Tangela Smith scored 14 points to increase her career total 

to 5,011. She became the eighth player in WNBA history to reach 

5,000. . . . Fever rookie Jeanette Pohlen was 1-of-4 on 3-pointers 

and finished the season 29-of-62, leading the WNBA at .468. . . . 

Among those in attendance was Tennessee's Pat Summitt, who 

coached three Fever players (Catchings, Shyra Ely, Shannon 

Bobbitt) in college. Summitt was recently diagnosed with early 

onset dementia. . . . Catchings' streak of 114 consecutive games 

played ended two short of the franchise record set by Tully 

Bevilaqua from 2006-08. . . . The Fever will hold a playoff rally 

from 5-7 p.m. today at the Kroger store in Nora, 1365 E. 86th St.

FeverBasketball.com 

September 8, 2011 

Fever plan: stay sharp for playoffs 

By Tom Rietmann 

When the Indiana Fever lost starting point guard Briann January to 

a knee injury after 10 games, the team's other players united like a 

close-knit family. They persevered. They overcame lulls in the 

season. And they clinched the No. 1 seed in the WNBA Eastern 

Conference. 

In that achievement, Indiana's players allowed themselves a little 

pride this week. 

“Everybody has given a lot this season,” star forward Tamika 

Catchings said after the Fever defeated Washington 87-69 and 

wrapped up the top seed with a 21-11 record. “Every single game, 

somebody has stepped up. It is kind of satisfying when you look at 

where we are. But now, we can't relax.” 

As the Indiana players peer down the road, they know their journey 

has miles remaining. With regular-season games left at New York 

on Friday and at home against Atlanta on Sunday, the Fever want 

to go into the playoffs in winning fashion. 

Players like to call them “statement games.” If the playoffs started 

today, New York would be Indiana's first opponent. A Fever win 

on Friday could produce thoughts of vulnerability for a Liberty 

team that eliminated Indiana from the 2010 postseason. It's also 

possible Atlanta could be the Fever's opening opponent. Indiana, 0- 

3 against Atlanta in their season series, wouldn't mind a confidence 

boost heading into the playoffs. 

“Just because we've clinched, that doesn't mean we're through,” 

Fever Coach Lin Dunn said. “We'll play to win (in the last two 

games).” 

Plus, as Fever guard Katie Douglas said: “It's all about staying 

ready and staying sharp. That's a hard thing to juggle, but we 

definitely need to stay sharp and stay in a rhythm.” 

The Fever won the Eastern Conference's top seed for only the 

second time in franchise history. It previously happened in 2009, 

when Indiana made it to the WNBA Finals. A return trip to the 

Finals, including a league championship this time, has been the 

team's stated goal since the first day of training camp. 

But amid the happiness of clinching the top spot on Wednesday 

night, the Fever also faced an element of uncertainty. Erin 

Phillips, who replaced the injured January as the starting point 

guard and has averaged 14.2 points over her last four games, 

suffered a sprained ankle late in the game. She didn't travel with 

the Fever to New York, staying in Indianapolis for treatment. 

The team hopes to have Phillips back for the playoffs. However, if 

Phillips isn't ready, Shannon Bobbitt, who had four steals in her 

first eight minutes against Washington, could move in. Douglas, 

normally a shooting guard, can play some point guard. Catchings, 

a leading candidate for league MVP honors, could run the offense 

as a “point forward.” 

“It'll be point guard by committee,” Dunn said. “Let's just hope for 

the best because Erin has been playing so well.” 

Indiana knows, too, that rebounding and inside scoring will be 

important when the intensity levels rise in the playoffs. The Fever 

had a strong inside presence against Washington, known for its 

tough and physical style. Center Tammy Sutton-Brown scored a 

season-high 15 points with seven rebounds and five blocked shots. 

Backup Jessica Davenport had five points and four rebounds. 

“It doesn't matter whether it's me or Dav playing, I'm at the point 

where it's my 11th season and I just want that (WNBA 

championship) ring,” Sutton-Brown said. “I'm willing to do 

whatever it takes.” 

The Fever will have home-court advantage through the two rounds 

of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Each series is best of three, 

with the higher seed getting the first game and the third game, if 

necessary, at home. In the league finals, it's best of five games with 

the higher seed starting with two at home and then returning for the 

fifth game, if necessary. If Minnesota, the Western Conference's 

top seed, gets upset before the WNBA Finals and Indiana advances 

that far, the Fever could have home-court advantage against its 

Western foe. 

Indiana is 13-3 at Conseco Fieldhouse this season. The Fever team 

is 10-4 in playoff games at the fieldhouse, compared to 4-13 on the 

road. Indiana has never won a playoff series without home-court 

advantage. 

“(Having the home-court edge) is a big deal,” Sutton-Brown said, 

“especially here in Indy because we feed off the fans' energy so 

much. They really are our 6th man, so much energy.”

ESPNW.com 


Tamika Catchings is this writer's MVP 

By Michelle Smith 

Ron Hoskins/Getty ImagesTamika Catchings is the only player to 

rank in the top 15 in all five major statistical categories. Her Fever 

fans have her back for MVP. 

The teams are set for the WNBA playoffs, and while the seedings 

still have to be determined, we have a pretty clear view of the 

postseason field and the players that helped their teams get there. 

Having been provided the opportunity to vote on WNBA 

postseason awards, here's a sneak preview of this voter's ballot 

with only a few days to go in the league's 15th regular-season. 

Most Valuable Player: Tamika Catchings, Indiana. It is really 

tough not to go with Connecticut's Tina Charles here, but Indiana 

is the team that weathered the loss of its point guard when Briann 

January went down with an ACL injury and still scrambled to 

finish with the best record in the Eastern Conference. And that 

simply doesn't happen without the extraordinary Catchings, who 

has been the MVP runner-up three times in her career. Catchings is 

the only player in the WNBA to rank in the top 15 in all five major 

statistical categories -- points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. 

Rookie of the Year: Hey, it's Maya Moore! The Minnesota Lynx 

have had the best season in the league this year, and even on a 

team with such great balance, Moore sticks out. She ranks third on 

the team in scoring and rebounding, second in assists and first in 

steals. She hasn't needed to be the player who carries the load. She 

has been able to smoothly transition into her pro career while still 

showing that she has star quality. 

Coach of the Year: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota. A no-brainer here 

as well. In her second season, Reeve put the pieces together -- 

healthy veterans, a stellar rookie, a supportive bench -- and made 

the team the league's best through the regular season. 

Defensive Player of the Year: Sylvia Fowles leads the league in 

blocked shots and had an all-around great season, but with Chicago 

out of the playoffs, she's likely out of the race for MVP. Nobody 

would argue with this award as a bit of a consolation prize. 

Most Improved Player: Tiffany Jackson, Tulsa. The Shock have 

not been an easy team to play for, but Jackson has found her place, 

averaging a career-best 12.1 points and 8.4 rebounds a game. It is 

the first double-digit season of her career. 

Sixth Woman of the Year: DeWanna Bonner, Phoenix. 

Ironically, it was Bonner's key performances in the starting lineup, 

replacing the injured Penny Taylor, that set such a big tone for 

Phoenix in the stretch run, but Bonner has been valuable off the 

bench for the Mercury her entire career. 

All WNBA First Team: 

G Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 

G Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota 

C Tina Charles, Connecticut 

F Tamika Catchings, Indiana 

F Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta 

All WNBA Second Team: 

G Cappie Pondexter, New York 

G Becky Hammon, San Antonio 

C Sylvia Fowles, Chicag 

F Seimone Augustus, Minnesota 

F Crystal Langhorne, Washington 

Games of the weekend: Phoenix at Seattle, Friday. One-half game 

separates the two teams for the No. 2 spot in the West, which 

would give the winner the home-court advantage in the first round. 

Phoenix is 1-2 vs. Seattle this season, three games decided by a 

total of 15 points. 

New York at Connecticut, Sunday. More playoff seedings come 

down to the wire in the East, where only 1.5 games separate 

Connecticut, Atlanta and New York. The Sun lead the series 2-1. 

Worthy of note: The last time the Indiana Fever finished with the 

top record in the East, in 2009, they went on to the WNBA Finals 

and played in perhaps the best Finals in league history against 

Phoenix. The Mercury won 3 games to 2. 

The owner's box: The Atlanta Dream will have new owners 

pending approval of the WNBA Board of Governors. Kathy Betty, 

who rescued the team two years ago when initial owner Ron 

Terwillinger sold after one season, is turning the team over to 

Mary Brock and Kelly Loeffler, who were added to the ownership 

group in January.

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A 'Legend'ary Endorsement 

Q: What makes Tamika a special player in your opinion? 

Larry Bird: Well, I’ve watched Tamika for a lot of years play 

basketball and one thing that I noticed from her – and not only 

does she lead her team in every category – but the winning attitude 

and leadership. But the one thing I noticed about her that you don’t 

find in very many basketball players, men or women, is she never 

gives up on a play. She’s always digging, always going after it and 

always trying to get her hands on the ball. That’s the one thing that 

I notice that the great players have and she’s got it. 

Q: Tamika has been very good for a long time. Why hasn’t she 

won the MVP Award at this point of her career? 

Larry Bird: Obviously, there’s a lot of great talent in her league. 

You can look at all of the players. But when you look at a 

franchise player and Tamika has done the same things over and 

over for a number of years, she should be considered every year, 

which she really has been. 

I don’t look at players that score 25 points a game and do nothing 

else. I look at these players that do everything on a nightly basis 

and Tamika definitely does that. 

Q: Do you think a player like Tamika gets taken for granted given 

that she puts up these numbers year after year and has been so 

consistent? 

Larry Bird: Yeah, that happens all the time. She’s so consistent and 

you know what you’ll get out of her every day. You take some 

players in any league and they’ll have one really good game out of 

three but Tamika has always been steady and has always been 

there every time and people take that for granted. But coaches love 

that. Coaches love to know who they can depend on night after 

night and she’s definitely one of those players. 

I agree with you. Sometimes you take these kids for granted but as 

an ex-coach, boy, you love that. 

Q: It’s very difficult to compare men’s basketball to women’s 

basketball. Can you talk about three or four players that maybe the 

casual fan might be able to relate to to Tamika. For example, she 

plays like so and so of the NBA? 

Larry Bird: Well, since I can’t talk about players because of the 

lockout, she reminds me, the way she comes to play every night 

like I used to, I used to try to give everything I had every night and 

try to score and always score a lot of points but I always knew we 

had to have the rebounds, the assists, you had to play defense. Her 

efficiency rating is up real high, she’s in the 20s. So, if you look at 

all of the things she’s does for her team – Earvin Johnson – he led 

his team in assists, he had his rebounds, he had his points, 

whatever it took to win. It doesn’t necessarily have to be 25 points 

every night, it can be 10 or 12 but if you do all of the other things, 

the steals, you guard people and she’s known as one of the best 

defenders in the league. She’s good in every area. So, there’s a lot 

of players whose been like her. The one thing that stands out for 

me, like I said earlier, is that she doesn’t give up on a play and you 

don’t see that too often in any league. 

Q: As you have gotten to know her, in what other ways 

does she remind you of yourself? 

Larry Bird: She’s had some tough injuries over the years and it 

seems like she does whatever she can do to get back onto the court. 

She’s a winner. She’s what we call a gamer. She’s there to play, 

she wants to play to win and she wants to pull everybody else 

along with her. She’s got some very good players on her team this 

year and that’s why they’re first in their conference. I just think 

that whatever Tamika is doing, she wants to win. She has that 

winning attitude, she carries herself like a champion. She’s a 

franchise maker. She is the reason Indiana Fever has done really 

well over the course. Once they got Tamika, things changed 

around here. 

Q: She’s been playing for a decade and I don’t see any signs of 

slowing down. Can you talk about her physical fitness and what 

she does to maintain herself? That seems a very important part of 

her game. 

Larry Bird: She stays fit year round. She’s always working on her 

game. Always listening. She’ll ask you questions from time to 

time. She puts her time in. She knows how important this is, not 

only for her but for her city. She’s been very involved in 

everything the Fever has done around here. She’s very active in the 

community. She keeps herself in great shape. If she has an injury, 

she takes care of it. She does everything she possibly can to stay on 

the court. 

Q: What do you think it means to cities to have players who so 

much identify with the work ethic of the city such as Tamika in 

Indianapolis and you when you were in Boston. 

Larry Bird: We got Peyton Manning with the Colts, he’s been with 

them since Day 1. I think it’s very valuable. I was very fortunate in 

Boston to stay with the same franchise. When you talk about 

Tamika Catchings, you talk about the Indiana Fever. When you 

talk about the Indianapolis Colts, you talk about Peyton Manning. 

So, it’s very important because you become a part of the city. 

Reggie Miller, here for 19 years, he’s always been the face of the 

franchise. It’s no different. It’s very important for Tamika to finish 

her career out here with the Fever because when you talk about the 

Fever, it’s Tamika Catchings. 

Q: With the WNBA season winding down, do you get the sense 

that things are progressing where we will have an NBA season? 

Larry Bird: Cliff, you know I can’t talk about that. 

Q: You know I got to ask. 

Larry Bird: I love you, Cliff, but c’mon. Let’s get fired up for the 

Fever and the playoffs. 

Q: If it comes down to a Game 3 in Eastern Conference Finals, of 

the Playoffs, are you going to give away tickets to pack the house? 

Larry Bird: Well, we got to see what happens but I’ll tell you this, 

the enthusiasm they [fans] brought here during the playoffs the last 

few years has been great. We’ve been down a little bit. To be able 

to come to these games and watch these girls compete at a high 

level, there is nothing better than that.

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Q: You’ve won championships in your career and Tamika won at 

Tennessee and in the Olympics yet hasn’t won at the WNBA level. 

As an athlete how tough is that as you get older, do you sense an 

urgency with Tamika to win now more than ever since she hasn’t 

won a WNBA championship? 

Larry Bird: I don’t think any more now than ever because that was 

always her goal and that’s her desire and that’s why she plays, to 

be known as a champion. It’s tough. They don’t give them things 

away and you have to earn them. We’ve had a lot of great players 

go through the NBA that are very deserving but never won an 

championship but I think this is the year. I think Tamika is going to 

lead them all the way and hopefully they can pull it out. It’s very 

valuable to be on a winning team because it’s a team thing. It not 

only brings glory to yourself but it brings a lot of recognition to the 

state and the people who follow the Fever. 

Q: What been your growth in terms of appreciating the women’s 

now that you’ve gotten older and have watched the women’s game 

more? 

Larry Bird: Thanks for asking that question. I was just thinking 

about an hour ago that in my small town we didn’t even have a 

girl’s team. When I go to watch them, they just wasn’t there yet. 

When I got to college, they had a pretty good little team. I was 

fortunate enough one time, in ’77, I think it was, I went and played 

in the World Games. I just decided with my friend to run down 

there and watch the girls play and I got to see Annie Meyers play 

and it just opened my eyes. It was just amazing how good these 

girls were so I followed their careers the rest of the way through 

college. I watched their games. In just a short period of time how 

far they’ve come with their game has been just unbelievable. 

Q: Do you think the Fever having the best record in the East would 

maybe be a clincher for Tamika to win MVP? 

Larry Bird: Yeah, definitely. It’s big. I think it’s solidified what 

she’s worked for and done. She’s been on winning teams but has 

she ever been on one that she is the face of the franchise and one 

that has really dominated her game within the franchise. They won 

a lot of games and had a lot of success but this would top 

everything off. If you talk to any player, in the women’s or men’s 

league and ask one thing that they always strive for, they always 

talk about the championship. 

Q: You talk about that instinct to play hard every single time you 

go out there. That has to be something that is ingrained in a person. 

Is it just inside you? 

Larry Bird: I think a lot of it is. I really believe that in my case 

because I had really good coaches at a young age that when you 

stepped out on that court, if they kept score, you’re playing for 

real. A lot of it has to do with, you don’t want to embarrass 

yourself, it’s a challenge, you’re competing every time, if you’re a 

competitor you want to win. Now we have a lot of players in our 

league that aren’t like that. If they play one out of five games and 

they do well, that’s all you hear about. But people who come out 

there and give it there all every game, there is very few of them at 

any league that does it on a consistent basis and on a high level like 

she’s done over the years. 

Q: Talk about her versatility, which speaks to a lot of work 

ethic, which is another way which links to the way you played 

basketball. 

Larry Bird: Yeah. If you want to win and play against the best in 

the world, you can’t be just a scorer or a rebounder, you’ve got to 

be able to compete in every area of the game. You have to see 

what your team needs. If it’s defending a big-time scorer, it’s 

going to take something out of you and maybe you’re not going to 

score as many points that night but you have to defend somebody. 

If you have to get a rebound, can you get that rebound? She shoots 

87 percent from the free throw line. So, she’s very versatile in 

everything she does. I think Tamika plays the game and she goes 

out there and you can watch her and she sees what they need and 

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Though she has been close in almost every season of her career, 

Tamika Catchings has never been voted the WNBA's MVP. / Kelly 

Wilkinson / The Star 

She is stuffing box scores as usual. Her team is in first place. Two 

recent MVPs have been injured. There is no obvious alternative. 

Tamika Catchings' decade-long quest to be a Most Valuable Player 

of the WNBA finally could end. 

"If there's a year for her to receive the MVP," ESPN analyst 

Caroline Peck said, "this is the year." 

Catchings will resume her campaign tonight when her Indiana 

Fever (20-11) meet the Washington Mystics (6-26) at Conseco 

Fieldhouse. 

There are two games after tonight, and media balloting closes 

Monday. The Fever felt strongly enough about Catchings' 

candidacy to make Pacers president Larry Bird available in a 

conference call Tuesday. 

"She's a franchise-maker," said Bird, a three-time MVP for the 

NBA's Boston Celtics. "Once they got Tamika, things changed 

around here." 

Bird said he couldn't compare Catchings to any NBA players 

because the lockout prevented discussion of them. 

Catchings is the only player in WNBA history with 5,000 points, 

2,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists. She has led her team in scoring, 

rebounds, assists and steals eight times in 10 years, and no one else 

has done so even once. Catchings has been Defensive Player of the 

Year a record four times. 

MVP is not for career achievement, or the 32-year-old would have 

won multiple such awards by now. She finished second in 

balloting in 2003, '09 and '10, and third in two other years. 

Fever coach Lin Dunn can be animated on many subjects. If you 

really want to get her going, ask about voters favoring top scorers 

as MVP. 

"I would think the media would have more respect for the people 

that do more than one thing. Or more than two," Dunn said. "How 

about somebody that does five or six? 

"So shout-out to the media . . . that'll stir it up." 

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Catchings doesn't get stirred up about it. She is aiming for her first 

WNBA championship, not a first MVP. (Bird said he thinks the 

Fever will do that, too.) Catchings has acknowledged thinking 

about the award before, but not this year. 

"Just where we're at with this team, and knowing what's ahead of 

us and knowing what we could accomplish as a team," she said. " 

'What can I do to help this team stay focused, stay mentally 

prepared, physically?' " 

Paradoxically, Catchings' scoring surge -- 19.8 points over the past 

nine games -- has enhanced her MVP credentials. For the season, 

she is averaging 15.6 and ranks ninth in the league. 

No MVP has averaged fewer than the 17.6 ppg by Houston's 

Sheryl Swoopes in 2004. The only MVPs as low as fourth in 

scoring were Los Angeles' Candace Parker in '08 and Seattle's 

Lauren Jackson in '10. 

"This year my vote won't be based on points," Peck said. 

ESPN.com columnist Mechelle Voepel suggested Catchings is 

unusual in that she is both a star and a complementary player. 

"She has helped make the Fever better as a team, so her individual 

numbers aren't always the most spectacular in any given season," 

Voepel said in an email. "But they are spectacularly consistent 

throughout her time in the WNBA. 

"You wonder if that will be enough to earn her an MVP honor for 

any one season, such as this one. Or if she's instead going to have 

an MVP career but never actually win the award." 

If women's basketball had more sophisticated metrics, as in 

baseball, Catchings' versatility might be quantified. She has been 

near the top of this year's efficiency ratings, but even that can be 

skewed, according to Peck. Centers will shoot a higher percentage, 

Peck said, and Catchings plays all over the court. 

San Antonio coach Dan Hughes called Catchings "the total 

package" and said she can disrupt an opponent's offense or make a 

hustle play that contributes to a Fever basket. 

"If there were a stat for that," Hughes said, "she'd lead the league." 

Bird doesn't necessarily watch the stats. He watches the games. He 

said he notices Catchings "never gives up on a play," and that she 

delivers consistently. "Coaches love that," Bird said. 

Statistically, the best season of Catchings' career was last year, 

when she averaged 18.2 ppg, shot a career-high 48 percent and was 

second to Jackson in the voting. Jackson and Parker have missed 

most of this season because of injuries, so they aren't MVP 

candidates. 

Perhaps the greatest challengers to Catchings are third-year 

forward Angel McCoughtry of resurgent Atlanta and second-year 

center Tina Charles of Connecticut. 

The WNBA website ranks Charles first in the race to the MVP. 

U.S. national team center Sylvia Fowles has been dominant for 

Chicago, which won't make the playoffs. Minnesota has two 

candidates in Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen, so their 

support could be split. 

Dunn doesn't have a vote, but she has an opinion on Catchings. 

"She does stuff that all the other MVPs that I've seen in this league 

don't even do," the Fever coach said. "So there you go. You can 

quote me on that one."

WNBA MVP candidates 

(Ranked by efficiency. Stats are through Monday.) 

Name Eff Pts Reb Ast Stl 

Sylvia Fowles, Chicago 24.5 19.8 10.2 0.6 1.2 

Tina Charles, Connecticut 21.2 17.7 11.0 2.0 0.8 

Tamika Catchings, Fever 20.1 15.6 7.0 3.7 2.1 

Diana Taurasi, Phoenix 18.1 21.2 3.2 3.8 0.8 

Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta 16.7 20.8 5.3 2.6 2.3 

Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota 15.9 13.9 3.3 5.8 1.1 

Cappie Pondexter, New York 15.3 17.7 3.9 4.7 1.3 

Seimone Augustus, Minnesota 

Tamika Catchings in MVP voting 

14.8 16.1 3.5 2.3 0.9 

Fever star Tamika Catchings has never won the WNBA's Most 

Valuable Player award. But she has finished in the top five eight 

times. 

Year Rank 

2002 Third 

2003 Second 

2004 Fifth 

2005 Third 

2006 Fifth 

2007 Fourth 

2008 15th 

2009 Second 

2010 

Fever near clincher 

Second 

The Fever own a tiebreaker over Connecticut (20-13), so they need 

only share first place to secure the No. 1 seed and home-court 

advantage for the Eastern Conference playoffs. 

The Sun lost 85-74 to Atlanta (19-14) on Tuesday night. A Fever 

victory tonight would allow them to wrap up first place. The Fever 

play Friday at New York and Sunday at home against Atlanta. 

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Fever claim 1st in East with a couple of games 

to spare 


The Indiana Fever lost another point guard to injury and have a 

couple of inconsequential games left on the schedule. 

Yet all things considered, Wednesday was a satisfying night at 

Conseco Fieldhouse. 

The Fever secured the No. 1 seed for the Eastern Conference 

playoffs, pulling away in the fourth quarter to beat the Washington 

Mystics 87-69. 

The Fever (21-11) will have home-court advantage in a bid to 

reach the WNBA Finals for a second time in three years. They 

have never won a playoff series without that edge. The Fever own 

a tiebreaker over Connecticut (20-13) if the teams share first in the 

34-game season. 

"I think it's a great situation to be in, to be quite honest," said Katie 

Douglas, who led the Fever with 21 points. "I think last year was a 

terrible situation to be in. Every game, every second mattered. 

Everybody else mattered." 

The Fever lost the final three games last season and plunged from 

first to third. Then they lost to New York 2-1 in an opening bestof-three 

playoff series. 

Point guard Erin Phillips was helped off the court late in 

Wednesday's game after spraining her left ankle. She will stay in 

Indianapolis for treatment rather than travel to New York for 

Friday's game. However, a Fever spokesman said Phillips is 

expected to be ready for the playoffs, which open Sept. 15. 

The Fever lost point guard Briann January to a torn anterior 

cruciate ligament June 28. In Phillips' absence, coach Lin Dunn 

said, the point would be shared by Shannon Bobbitt, Douglas and 

forward Tamika Catchings. 

"Catch has always wanted to be a point forward," Dunn said. 

Catchings enhanced her Most Valuable Player credentials with 17 

points and 10 rebounds. Douglas' 21 points were her most in 18 

games (since June 28), and she added four rebounds and five 

assists. 

Perhaps more encouraging were the season-high 15 points by 

center Tammy Sutton-Brown, who also had seven rebounds and 

five blocked shots. 

WNBA analysts, as well as the players themselves, say the Fever 

must have inside scoring to be a factor in the playoffs. Sutton- 

Brown and backup center Jessica Davenport shot a collective 9-of- 

14. 

"I'm at the point where, in my 11th season, I just want that ring," 

Sutton-Brown said. 

The Fever blew leads of 13 points in the second quarter and 15 in 

the third before completing a 5-0 season sweep of the Mystics (6- 

27). The Fever opened the third quarter on a 20-4 run. 

The Fever close the season at home Sunday against Atlanta (19- 

14). Dunn said the Fever must continue winning because that could 

influence home-court advantage if West leader Minnesota (25-7) 

doesn't reach the WNBA Finals. 

"It's a hard thing to juggle," Douglas said, "but we definitely need 

to stay sharp and stay in rhythm." 

Etc. 

Fever F Shyra Ely (Ben Davis) came off the bench and scored 

seven points in the closing 31/2 minutes . . . Fever F Tangela Smith 

scored seven points and needs 12 to become the eighth player in 

WNBA history to reach 5,000.

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Fever’s Sutton-Brown knows her way 

Fever center writes children's geography book, shares position 


Tammy Sutton-Brown (8) has shared playing time with Jessica 

Davenport, the latter currently coming off the bench. / Matt Kryger 

/ The Star 

Tammy Sutton-Brown is not sure where she is going after her 

basketball career ends. But the Canadian-born center enjoys listing 

where she has been: the Sydney Olympics, professional teams in 

Turkey, Russia, Czech Republic and South Korea, and WNBA 

games across America. 

Her interest in geography inspired her to write a children's book. 

Her interest in place -- as in first -- allows her to fit in as needed on 

the Indiana Fever. 

"My whole mind-set right now: We have the pieces on this team to 

win a championship," Sutton-Brown said. 

The Fever (19-8) will try to maintain their winning pace in 

tonight's game against the Atlanta Dream (14-13) at Conseco 

Fieldhouse. The Fever has won 10 of their past 12 games, and they 

are 12-2 at home this year. 

Sutton-Brown, 33, and Jessica Davenport, 26, have shared the 

center position. Sutton-Brown began the season as the starter, 

deferred to Davenport, and now has resumed her customary spot in 

the lineup. 

Sutton-Brown is averaging career lows in minutes (17.4) and 

points (5.1), which is more a consequence of Davenport's 

ascension than of any decline. Davenport (11.4 ppg) has been a 

productive scorer, starting or coming off the bench. Fever coach 

Lin Dunn said the two have been complementary and that she 

would like to play them simultaneously. 

"You have to trust in this whole organization, the whole team," 

Sutton-Brown said. "If that's what they feel is best, I'm going to 

roll with it." 

Davenport is accustomed to coming off the bench -- this is her 

third Indiana season doing so -- and said she tries to maximize 

minutes. Sutton-Brown, she said, helps her with "nuances" of 

the game. 

Sutton-Brown has been especially effective in defending All-Stars 

such as Chicago's Sylvia Fowles and Connecticut's Tina Charles. 

The Fever center credited the defensive emphasis of Dunn and her 

college coach, Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer, for that. 

"Tammy is smart. She knows all the tricks in the book," Dunn said. 

Sutton-Brown plans a series of her own books, targeted to teach 

geography to children ages 4-7. Fever teammates will attend her 

private event at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Children's Museum for her 

self-published "Cree & Scooter Hit The Slopes in British 

Columbia." 

She found her own illustrator, went through considerable rewriting 

and editing, and said the book world was challenging but 

rewarding. 

"I'm a true believer in early education, early literacy," Sutton- 

Brown said. "It's hard to function in the world if you can't read." 

She is not part of Canada's national team, so she will not play in 

the 2012 London Olympics. Sutton-Brown said she wouldn't 

decide on her playing future until after this WNBA season. 

Etc. 

The Fever and Dream occupy the Nos. 1 and 4 spots in the Eastern 

Conference and could end up playing each other six times in the 

next 10 games. There are two more regular-season meetings, and 

they could play in the first round of the best-of-three playoffs. . . . 

Atlanta has gone 11-4 after a 3-9 start. . . . A Chicago loss to 

Washington on Friday night would clinch the Fever's seventh 

successive playoff berth. 

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August 26, 2011 

After three-fourths of the WNBA season why 

Indiana’s Lin Dunn is coach of the year 

By David Siegel 

David Siegel talks to Dunn and Debbie Antonelli about the Fever’s 

season 

It would be fair to say that “great” coaches are something that over 

the years has been lacking in large numbers in the WNBA. This 

year, however, there have been some outstanding coaching jobs. 

Cheryl Reeve in Minnesota has turned around the franchise by 

harnessing the accumulated talent and making them a team. In 

Connecticut, Mike Thibault has taken a young franchise that failed 

to make the playoffs last year, and with little change, has them in 

the race for the Eastern Conference title. Nevertheless, Indiana 

Fever head coach Lin Dunn is performing the coaching job of the 

year. 

Many people felt the window of opportunity had closed on the 

Indiana Fever. They had gone from the brink of a championship in 

2009 versus Phoenix to not getting out of the Eastern Conference 

last season. The team had veterans starting to hit the downside of 

their career, and good, but not great players that no longer seemed 

to improve the vital chemistry of a championship team. Tamika 

Catchings and Katie Douglas were still there, and still capable of 

playing at an All-Star level, but there were question marks 

elsewhere, including at point guard, where Briann January was 

being asked to fill the starting role. 

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Unlike other teams that have chosen to simply add a role player to 

try and tweak their chemistry, the Fever did not hesitate to shake 

things up. Gone via free agency was Tully Bevilaqua, handing 

January the point guard job as well as back up guard Jené Morris. 

Add to that Ebony Hoffman, a strong contributor to the post 

rotation. Veteran champion Tangela Smith was brought in from 

Phoenix, and she and Jessica Davenport were put into the post 

rotation immediately. 

The Fever signed another veteran presence Shyra Ely, who was 

coming off of knee surgery. The team also added two point guards 

that did not play in the league last year, Erin Phillips and Shannon 

Bobbitt, to add speed, quickness and defensive pressure. Finally, 

the team drafted sharpshooting combo guard Jeanette Pohlen out of 

Stanford, an elite college program known for its success. 

It was up to Coach Dunn to quickly pull together a cohesive unit, 

with five out of 11 players new to the team. 

“This year has been a transition year, where we brought in free 

agents that are young, plus our rookie draft pick,” she explains. 

“We are focused on winning now but also preparing for the future 

when some of our older players retire.” 

Dunn also mentioned how important training camp was this year. 

“Chemistry is built in training camp and this year we had everyone 

there. It’s also easier to build team chemistry when you have 

quality veteran leadership like we have…and great people!” 

The loss of January to a season-ending knee injury shook the 

chemistry and roles of players. The Fever, after a slight hiccup, 

hums along again, a tribute to both the players and the coach. 

“We were fortunate to have two WNBA experienced point guards 

on our roster, Phillips and Bobbitt. That really helped us when Bri 

got hurt. The challenge has been for them to learn our system, both 

offensively and defensively, and that takes time. They may not 

have been in the league last year, but they both have quality 

WNBA experience and that is key. Both are highly motivated, very 

coachable, and hard workers.” 

As always, Catchings is the constant for the Fever. A player with 

an infectious attitude and aggressiveness, who will do whatever it 

takes and whenever it is needed for her team. In some ways, one of 

the more difficult jobs Dunn has is to protect Tamika from Tamika. 

If the former Tennessee star had her way, she would play 40 

minutes a night, every night. 

“We work very hard to keep Tamika’s minutes around 30 or less,” 

explains Dunn. “She needs rest just like all players, especially as 

hard as she plays. We are fortunate to have quality backups in 

Shavonte Zellous and Jeanette Pohlen.” 

When you have a player who has been an all-star like Tammy 

Sutton-Brown who is not ready for reduced minutes, but you have 

a rising star in backup Jessica Davenport, another potentially 

difficult task for a coach is to keep everyone happy, satisfied and 

contributing in positive ways. Coach Dunn respects the players and 

their feelings, but makes her priorities clear. 

“My job is to figure out a way to win. We are fortunate we have 

two quality centers. We like Tammy’s defensive intensity to start 

the game, and we like Davenport’s offense off the bench. They 

complement each other.” 

In prior years, the Fever was not known for using their bench. The 

result of integrating players such as Davenport, Zellous, Ely, 

Bobbitt, and Pohlen so effectively is one of the best utilized and 

most productive benches in the WNBA, something that is crucial 

to this team’s success.

“There hasn’t been a change in philosophy,” Dunn says, “as much 

as an adjustment to having four starters over 30 years old who need 

to have rest. And we have the most talented bench we have ever 

had – they deserve to play.” 

In the end though, defense has long been the strong suit of the 

Fever, and this year’s team has really been taking it to another 

level. The Fever leads the league in fewest points allowed per 

game, and is also near the top in field goal percentage and assists 

allowed per game. 

“Lin Dunn has always been innovative inside the details of the 

game,” says Debbie Antonelli, television commentator and voice 

of the Fever. “She was the first to invert her defense on baseline 

out of bounds plays, meaning she pre-switches before the ball 

comes into play by putting a smaller defender on a larger offensive 

player before the ball is entered so when screens are set and 

switches take place, you are matched up properly, bigs on bigs and 

littles on littles. Those details are how the game of women’s 

basketball continues to evolve.” 

You combine the offensive and defensive production of this team, 

and the results are clear for all to see. Sitting on top of the Eastern 

Conference, the Fever has the second best record in the league. 

Catchings and Douglas are looking fresh and healthy, partly due to 

the reduced load, and on a given night you can never tell who else 

will step up and lead the Fever. In a year when many picked the 

Atlanta Dream to run away with the East, it is again the Fever 

dominating the conference with their eyes on their first WNBA 

title. 

Dunn has integrated five new players, dealt with the loss of their 

starting point guard, limited the minutes of their starters, and 

maximized the effectiveness of the bench. What else do you look 

for in a coach of the year candidate? Perhaps Debbie Antonelli said 

it best. 

“Lin Dunn has always found ways to re-invent her teams and she is 

doing the best job managing this season,” says Antonelli. 

“Questions about the age of this team and bench production have 

been put aside with positive decisions regarding personnel during 

the x and o part of the season, which is where it matters most. 

Tamika Catchings gives maximum effort and it’s infectious, and 

Coach Dunn manages the team emotion and dynamic as well as 

anyone in the business. She has done a coach of the year job to this 

point with the Indiana Fever.” 

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August 24, 2011 

Fever Gears up for Stretch Run 


Playoffs? Indiana Fever players and coaches have no desire this 

week to discuss the WNBA playoffs. Ask them about the 2011 

postseason and you get responses about focusing on the here and 

now. 

“We're not even looking at the playoffs,” Coach Lin Dunn said 

after Indiana's spirited practice on Tuesday. “The playoffs are so 

irrelevant right now. What's relevant is the next opponent, and 

what's relevant is us getting better. It's way too early to think about 

the playoffs.” 

As former Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Mora once famously 

scolded: “Playoffs? Don't talk about playoffs!” Mora was fuming 

after a Colts loss that left the team 4-6. The Fever's reasoning for 

dismissing playoffs chatter is a little different. 

Indiana, 19-8 and in first place in the Eastern Conference, is on the 

verge of clinching a seventh consecutive postseason berth. Getting 

to the playoffs -- indeed, winning a WNBA championship -- has 

been the Fever's stated goal since the club opened training camp in 

May. 

However, at this point, peering ahead can be treacherous. The 

Indiana team is taking nothing for granted. Besides making a 

playoff spot official, still at stake in the regular season are 

important factors such as home-court advantage and momentum 

for the postseason. 

“One of the things we've kind of overlooked in the past is the steps 

you have to take to get there,” Fever forward Tamika Catchings. 

“This year, I don't want to do that. Let's focus on now. We have 

seven more games. We have Atlanta twice (Saturday night at 

Conseco Fieldhouse and Tuesday on the road). So let's focus on 

Atlanta. After that, we'll focus on the next step. Let's take it step by 

step instead of looking ahead of ourselves.” 

Last year, it seemed the Fever forgot about those steps. The team 

lost its final three regular-season games and dropped from first to 

third in the conference. Indiana, without the home-court edge, then 

lost its first-round playoff series to New York. 

If the problem in 2010 was complacency, Catchings and her 

teammates don't want a repeat in 2011. 

“The cool thing about this team is that we have so much room to 

get better,” said Catchings, who is a candidate for the league's 

Most Valuable Player award. “The opportunity we have to get 

better every single day in practice, that should be every individual's 

goal. Every day I'm out there, I should get better somehow, some 

way. If I get better, I help my team get better. If the team gets 

better, it helps us achieve our overall goal.” 

The importance of home-court advantage in the playoffs is not lost 

on the Fever. The Indiana team has never won a postseason series 

without it. 

In the conference playoffs, which are best of three, the higherseeded 

team gets the opener and the third game, if necessary, at 

home. In the best-of-five league finals, the better seed starts with 

two at home in the 2-2-1 format. 

Indiana is 12-2 at Conseco Fieldhouse in the 2011 regular season. 

With three games left at The Fieldhouse, the team could break its 

franchise record for home victories (14-3). Indiana's average 

margin of victory in 2011 home games is 14.3 points. 

In past playoff games, Indiana has been 10-4 at home and 4-13 on 

the road. 

“The fans here are like our sixth man,” Fever center Tammy 

Sutton-Brown said. “They are incredible. A lot of us feed off the 

energy that the fans give us. It's such a great atmosphere.” 

Sutton-Brown detects a certain resolve among her teammates. The 

33-year-old athlete said “the focus is definitely turned up a notch” 

for the final seven regular-season games. As she spoke with a 

reporter this week, Sutton-Brown's only discussion of the 

postseason came in the form of the team's ultimate goal. 

“If you ask any player, that's the reason why you play. It's for that 

ring, that championship,” she said. “If you ask any other player on 

this team, whether it's Katie (Douglas) or Catch or anybody, that's 

what we are searching for, that's what we want. It's 11 years for me 

(in the WNBA). To retire after having one, it just sounds so much 

better than to go through and never have one.” 

Forward Tangela Smith is the only Fever player with a 

championship ring. In fact, she won a pair -- in 2007 and 2009 

with Phoenix. Smith's mother keeps the rings at her Chicago home. 

Smith, like Sutton-Brown, has noticed the ratcheted-up focus on 

the Indiana team. Finishing the regular season with a strong push, 

Smith noted, is extremely important. 

“Teams are really fighting to get in and get a spot,” the veteran 

said. “We want to continue to keep that No. 1 spot and hopefully 

try to get home-court advantage throughout (the postseason). You 

always want your fans behind you, pumping you up.” 

The Fever's final seven regular-season games are against Eastern 

Conference teams. Indiana is 11-4 against the East. 

For Indiana, however, the final six games will be played over a 13day 

stretch, including four on the road. That's why Dunn and the 

Fever are using this week's five-day layoff to put in some intense 

work. Dunn said Tuesday's practice was devoted to “Fever 

basketball,” with an emphasis on defense, and the rest of the week 

will involve specifics about the Atlanta team. 

Starting with next week's difficult run, Dunn said, the team won't 

have time for “those good practices where you can really drill.” 

But nothing will change with the team's goal. 

“Every game is important, every quarter,” Dunn said. “You just 

want to keep getting better.”


August 21, 2011 

Defense Sets Tone as Dunn gets Record Win 


The Indiana Fever offense lacked cohesion at times, but the 

defense didn't. 

So the Fever relied on one of its bedrock principles, unrelenting 

pressure, to put away the visiting Washington Mystics on Sunday 

night. Using full-court heat and some intense double teams, 

Indiana forced the Mystics into 22 turnovers -- which led to 25 

points for the Fever -- in a dominating 83-51 victory at Conseco 

Fieldhouse. 

“I thought our defense set the tone,” said Lin Dunn, who became 

the winningest coach in Indiana franchise history with her 79th 

career victory. “We were attacking in transition. We were 

disruptive. We expended an enormous amount of energy on the 

defensive end. I thought our press really bothered them.” 

Washington's 51 points represented a season low for a Fever 

opponent and the third-lowest total in the WNBA in 2011. It 

marked the fifth time this year that Indiana has held a foe in the 

50s. 

“We were moving as well as I've seen us move on double teams,” 

said Katie Douglas, who led Indiana with 15 points. “We were 

getting after loose balls. We were getting deflections. Anytime you 

turn a team over 22 times and you get 25 points, good things are 

going to happen to the rest of your game.” 

The Fever outrebounded Washington 37-28. Indiana hit 28-of-31 

free throws (90.3 percent) while the Mystics attempted only 11, 

connecting on six. 

Forward Tamika Catchings said the Fever talked about “coming 

out with firepower and jumping right on” the Mystics, who were 

coming off an emotional home loss to Chicago one day earlier. 

Indiana did just that, taking a 14-2 lead in the first 4 ½ minutes 

while creating five turnovers and holding the visitors to 25 percent 

shooting. 

“No matter what, our defense should be on,” said Catchings, who 

had 13 points and a game-high eight rebounds. “That has a lot to 

do with your heart.” 

The Fever strengthened its hold on first place in the Eastern 

Conference, lifting its record to 19-8 ahead of a five-day break 

before another home game Saturday against Atlanta. Indiana has 

won nine of its last 11 games. 

“I feel like we have the pieces and we're playing really well 

together.” said Catchings, whose defensive work led to four steals, 

which tied Shannon Bobbitt for the team lead against the Mystics 

(5-20). 

Though the Indiana offense wasn't operating at its highest level, 

Douglas and backup center Jessica Davenport experienced a return 

to some normalcy. Douglas, the Fever's second-best scorer at 12.8 

per game, had averaged only six points over the previous three 

games. Davenport, the team's third-best scorer at 11.4, had gone 

five games without hitting double digits. She totaled 14 points 

against Washington, leading an output of 31 by Indiana's bench 

players. 

“It was nice to see Davenport come in and assert herself,” Dunn 

said. “I thought the bench once again looked like the bench of old. 

Everybody played double minutes. I thought everybody 

contributed in a lot of ways.”


August 14, 2011 

Fever’s Catchings ties career high in win over 

Liberty 


Tamika Catchings not only plays basketball with intensity. She 

watches that way, too. 

In recent days, the Indiana Fever forward paid attention to 

workouts by her nephew, college player DeMarcus Catchings of 

Montevallo (Ala.). She saw Pacers guard George Hill score 50 

points in an Indy Pro-Am Summer League game, too. 

"He makes it look so simple," Catchings said of Hill. "Since 

watching that, for me it's been, 'OK, slow down, let the floor open 

a little bit more, and see what you can do. And it's worked." 

She regularly works over the New York Liberty. 

Catchings tied a career high of 32 points -- and reached the 5,000 

plateau in her 10-year career -- in leading the Fever past the 

Liberty 82-71 Saturday night at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

Announced attendance on breast health awareness night was 9,237, 

second-highest of the season. 

Tamika Catchings gets past Nicole Powell to score in the first quarter. 

Catchings scored 32 on Saturday for the fourth time. Three of those games 

have been against New York. / Rob Goebel / The Star 

The Fever (17-7) raised their home record to 11-2 and stayed 11/2 

games ahead of second-place Connecticut (15-8) in the Eastern 

Conference. 

It was the fourth 32-point game by Catchings, and first since 2003. 

Five of her nine games scoring 30 or more have come against New 

York, and three of her 32-point games. 

The numbers will renew interest in her annual Most Valuable 

Player candidacy. She has never been MVP, nor won a WNBA 

championship. 

"There's no doubt in my mind she's got all the credentials to be a 

WNBA MVP," Fever coach Lin Dunn said. "And she certainly 

deserves a ring." 

Catchings was 7-of-12 from the field and set franchise records for 

free throws made (17) and attempted (19). The franchise record for 

points is 34 by Katie Douglas against Washington on July 28, 

2009. 

Catchings' jump shot with 3:17 left in the first quarter made her the 

sixth player in league history with 5,000 points. She became the 

first with 5,000 points, 2,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists. 

And the only one of the six 5,000-point scorers without a WNBA 

title, Catchings quickly noted. 

"This is a great year for us, and we're having a great season," she 

said. "We just need to keep building off the things that we're doing 

really well." 

Oddly, Catchings had zero rebounds. The only other time that 

happened was in a loss to Minnesota on June 7, 2009. 

Catchings scored 22 points in the final 21 minutes, and for five of 

those minutes she was on the bench. 

"She was definitely in the zone," Douglas said. "Any time you see 

a player like that, you want to just feed her the ball and let her 

make plays." 

The Liberty (13-11), playing their third game in five nights, fell 

four games behind the Fever. Cappie Pondexter scored 30 points 

for New York but committed eight turnovers. 

Fever flaws were 17 turnovers that led to 21 Liberty points, and an 

inability to pass the ball inside. Jessica Davenport (11.9 ppg) has 

scored six, three and seven points over the past three games. 

That's nitpicking a team that has won seven of eight. The Fever's 

past seven home wins have come by 17, 11, 12, 14, 35, 13 and 11 

points. (They also lost to Minnesota at home 80-70 during that 

stretch.) 

The Fever outscored the Liberty 22-2 in a five-minute stretch 

bridging the second and third quarters to increase their lead to 54- 

34. 

"We're picking up momentum," Catchings said. "Every single 

game, every single practice."


August 13, 2011 

Fever in position to achieve many goals 


The Indiana Fever don't have to be reminded what's out there for 

them: 

No. 1 overall seed for the playoffs. 

A franchise-best record. 

A franchise-best home record. 

Yet, more important than all of the above is to finish first in the 

Eastern Conference. That would give the Fever home-court 

advantage in the first two rounds of the playoffs and be their 

gateway back to the WNBA Finals. 

Trouble is, controlling the East has proved difficult. The Fever 

play tonight against the New York Liberty -- who eliminated them 

from the playoffs last year -- at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

The East was so compressed last year that one game separated the 

top three teams at the end of the regular season. Then the No. 4 

team, Atlanta, won the East playoffs. 

After losing July 19 at Atlanta, the Fever were 10-6 and tied for 

first with Connecticut. 

The Fever (16-7) have subsequently won six of seven but lead the 

East by only 11/2 games. 

New York (13-10) comes to town after losing 64-63 on Friday 

night at Washington. 

"There are many things going on as far as this game dictates," 

Fever guard Katie Douglas said. "We know what kind of a race 

we're in. We know what we're fighting. 

"Honestly, the only thing we're worried about is the Indiana Fever, 

and just taking care of the game-by-game basis. Obviously, it 

would be really great for us if we could get the home court, with 

the fans and the support that we get from the city." 

The Fever's 10-2 home record is second only to the 9-1 mark by 

defending league champion Seattle. 

The Fever have twice finished 14-3 at home, in 2005 and 2009. 

Their best overall record was 22-12 in 2009, when they reached the 

Finals. 

Fever forward Tamika Catchings conceded that home teams "tend 

to relax just a little bit" and added that can be costly. She said she 

sensed increased intensity, especially by visiting teams, in the 

season's second half. 

"I've seen some road wins that are real interesting," Fever coach 

Lin Dunn said. "You can't take anything for granted. The talent is 

at such a high level. I don't think the home court is quite as big a 

thing as it used to be." 

Games inside the conference are always difficult, Dunn said, 

because of familiarity. The Fever meet East opponents four or five 

times each summer, plus more in the playoffs. Also, intraconference 

wins and losses can significantly shift the standings. 

"Every game is almost like a two-game leap or a two-game dropoff," 

Douglas said. 

Etc. 

Catchings needs seven points to become the sixth player in league 

history to score 5,000. She also would be the first with 5,000 

points, 2,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists. . . . Fever C Jessica 

Davenport, a candidate for the WNBA's Most Improved and Sixth 

Woman of the Year awards, was waived by New York after two 

seasons. She signed with the Fever in June 2009.


August 10, 2011 

Fever's Phillips gets best of fellow Aussie 

Bevilaqua, Indy fan favorite 


Everyone inside Conseco Fieldhouse had seen this before: The 

dynamic Australian point guard directing the offense, diving on the 

floor, flustering opponents, making key baskets. 

Except the figure was not Tully Bevilaqua. It was Erin Phillips. 

Phillips sank her first six shots, scored 18 points and contributed to 

a harassing defense that helped the Indiana Fever beat the San 

Antonio Silver Stars 81-68 Tuesday night. 

Tamika Catchings had 21 points -- one off her season high -- to go 

along with six rebounds, three assists and three blocks for the 

Fever (16-7). They were coming off their worst defeat of the 

season -- an 88-69 loss at Chicago -- and needed victory to stay in 

first place in the WNBA's Eastern Conference. 

The Silver Stars dropped to 12-9 after starting the season 7-1. It 

was the first game at Indiana for Bevilaqua, the popular Fever 

point guard from 2004-10, since signing with San Antonio in the 

offseason. 

"It was great to see familiar faces," said Bevilaqua, who played 10 

minutes and scored three points. "The applause I received was very 

touching. An odd feeling, I guess, coming back and playing here." 

The Silver Stars felt worse than odd in the second quarter. They 

shot 1-of-14 and fell behind 39-23 at the half. 

By herself, Phillips outscored San Antonio 10-5 in the quarter. In 

13 games since succeeding injured Briann January at point guard, 

she has averaged 10.3 points and 3.0 assists. 

"Erin is a sparkplug for us," Catchings said. "I think she's gotten a 

lot better. She's an energy player." 

Phillips said she was motivated to bounce back from Sunday's loss 

more than she was to go against Bevilaqua, a teammate on 

Australia's national team. They are "mates off the court," Phillips 

said, but all business on the court. 

"Playing on this team is a lot of fun," Phillips said. "I think that's 

half the battle. You come into practice every day, and you want to 

work hard and get better every day." 

Phillips often has room to maneuver because defenders are 

crowding backcourt mate Katie Douglas and Catchings. Douglas 

scored 13 points. 

The Fever have become so varied on offense that they built a 20point 

lead despite no field goals by center Jessica Davenport for 

the first time all season. 

Becky Hammon scored 15 of her 21 points in the fourth quarter for 

San Antonio, which never pulled closer than nine points in the 

period. 

Play became chippy and the crowd aroused in the fourth quarter 

after some officiating calls went against the Fever. The Fever were 

called for two technicals, one on Catchings and one on Shyra Ely. 

Soon after her "T," Catchings released frustration -- shouting and 

shaking her fist -- after scoring on a left-handed layup as she was 

fouled. 

After the technical, she said, "It seemed like we all picked up 

defensively and offensively." 

Beyond her three-point play, the highlight of Catchings' night was 

a tap-in, timing her jump from the circle to knock the ball of the 

glass, off the rim, and through. 

Etc. 

Catchings was 3-of-3 on 3s and is 10-of-16 over six games. She 

had one 3-pointer disallowed because the shot clock expired. . . . 

Douglas had five turnovers and was 2-of-5 on free throws, 

dropping her percentage to a career-worst .585. . . . The Fever had 

a season-high 13 steals. Their 21 turnovers were the most in a win. 

The 5,000 list 

The three women closest to the 5,000-point plateau -- Tamika 

Catchings, Tangela Smith and Becky Hammon -- all played in 

Tuesday night's game. Catchings moved within seven points of 

that career total. Before this year, only four WNBA players had 

scored as many as 5,000: 

Name Pts 

1. Tina Thompson-x 6,613 

2. Lisa Leslie-r 6,263 

3. Katie Smith-x 5,896 

4. Lauren Jackson-inj 5,803 

5. Diana Taurasi-x 5,143 

6. Tamika Catchings 4,993 

7. Becky Hammon 4,921 

8. Tangela Smith 4,914 

x-Not including Tuesday's game. 

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WNBA ALL-STAR TAMMY SUTTON-BROWN SET TO LAUNCH 

FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK IN SERIES: 

THE ADVENTURES OF CREE & SCOOTER 

Golden Ticket Invitations to be Issued to 125 Children for Private Book Launch 

Event on Aug. 28 at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis 

Author Tammy Sutton-Brown, an 11-year WNBA and International veteran, two-time WNBA & International All- 

Star, has combined her love for reading and cultural experiences to promote youth literacy and global education to 

our youth. The starting center of the Indiana Fever whose paresnts were born in Jamaica, the native Canadian has 

lived and played professional basketball in five different countries while being exposed to over 10 different 

languages and a wealth of cultural traditions. 

Her vision is to implement global education to our youth at an early age through the release of her children's series: 

The Adventures of Cree & Scooter. The first book in the series begins on the continent of North America, in the 

country of Canada: Cree & Scooter Hit The Slopes in British Colombia. The book is set to launch at a private 

children’s event from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., August 28, at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (3000 N. Meridian 

Street). 

The invitation-only event provides a chance for kids to attend the exclusive book launch party. Children may signup 

for their lucky raffle selection by visiting Cree and Scooter at upcoming Indiana Fever games on Tuesday, Aug. 9 

and Saturday, Aug. 13. Golden Ticket invitations will be mailed to the 125 lucky winners on Monday, Aug. 15. 

Sutton-Brown’s life and cultural experiences have broadened her perspective on life and social responsibility to her 

communities. Sutton-Brown’s global exposure and knowledge of the world has sharpened her learning skills. She 

has gained higher proficiency in foreign language and she has adapted a greater respect, understanding and 

appreciation of others. Sutton-Brown believes that her opportunities have been unique and for that she is grateful. It 

is her belief that global exposure will enhance the lives of others beginning with our youth. Therefore, her goal is to 

implement global education to our youth at an early age through the release of her children's series: The Adventures 

of Cree & Scooter. 

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Cree & Scooter Book Launch … 2-2-2 

In the series, Cree is a 6-year old girl. She and her pet chameleon, Scooter, have a very special bond. Scooter is a 

stuffed animal to others. However, when Cree goes to bed at night, Scooter comes to life and takes her on 

adventures all over the world – in her dreams! The magical travels of Cree & Scooter will introduce young readers 

and their parents to some of the many cultures, languages and traditions that Tammy has experienced around the 

world. 

The Cree & Scooter launch event is a collaborative effort with The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, recognized 

as the largest and best children's museum in the world. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is recognized as the 

global leader among all museums and cultural institutions serving children and families, hence making a natural fit 

among entities that share a common vision to create extraordinary educational experiences that foster family 

learning. 

Launch organizers invite media to meet Tammy, Cree & Scooter and enjoy a fun-filled event for families and 

friends. Please visit www.creeandscooter.com or call (678) 270-6316 for more information. 

This launch event is free. All participating children will receive a Cree & Scooter gift bag. Copies of Cree & 

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August 6, 2011 

Indiana Fever much more than just Catchings, 

Douglas 


Friday, all the WNBA's excitement (Sue Bird hit, ho-hum, yet 

another game-winning shot in her career) and pleasant weather 

(aka no blast-furnace conditions) were in Seattle. 

But here in the nation's heated-up heartland, the team that might be 

starting to get a little separation in the Eastern Conference crisply 

took care of business. The Indiana Fever lost their starting point 

guard on June 28. Do they miss Briann January? Absolutely. But 

does it actually show that much in games? Not really. How come? 

"Great team chemistry, great people on and off the court," Indiana 

coach Lin Dunn said. 

Indiana (15-6) has won five in a row, answering the three-game 

losing streak the Fever had just before the All-Star break. Prior to 

that, Indy had won seven straight. 

Shane Bevel/Getty ImagesJessica Davenport and the Fever have won five 

straight and lead the East by two games. 

And while you rightfully expect that anything good with the Fever 

has to involve Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas, there is a lot 

more to Indy's story this season. 

There was the decision the Fever made to keep three potential 

point guards on the opening-day roster, which was fortuitous 

considering that they've since lost January. The current starter in 

that role, Erin Phillips, came to Indy from Seattle via a three-way 

trade in April. 

"I love this team; we have a great mix of players," Phillips said. 

"Every game, I've tried to get more comfortable in this role. For 

me personally, it's been a great learning experience because I 

hadn't played point guard for a while. I'm really enjoying it." 

There was the choice by one of the league's most durable veteran 

post players -- Tangela Smith has appeared in at least 31 games for 

11 of her previous 13 seasons -- to sign with Indy in part to be 

closer to her hometown of Chicago. But also … 

"One of the main reasons I came to Indiana is I knew they were a 

championship-caliber team," said Smith, who won the league title 

in 2009 with Phoenix (against, incidentally, the Fever). 

There is the blossoming of center Jessica Davenport, a candidate 

for most improved player. Davenport, Shannon Bobbitt and Shyra 

1of2 

Ely all were waived by their former teams and essentially picked 

off the scrap heap by Fever GM Kelly Krauskopf. Neither Bobbitt 

nor Ely, both Tennessee alums, played in the WNBA in 2010. Now 

they are pro teammates alongside the most successful former Lady 

Vol in WNBA history, Catchings. 

The Fever's 2011 first-round draft pick, Jeanette Pohlen, has done 

exactly what Dunn hoped she would: shoot effectively coming off 

the bench (24-of-46 from behind the arc). And Shavonte Zellous, 

whom the Fever got in a trade with Tulsa last summer, has been 

the slashing guard presence among the Indiana reserves. 

Speaking of that trade, it's part of the sad story of the Shock, who 

are still looking for the team's second victory this season. Friday, 

Tulsa tied a franchise record with its 13th consecutive loss in the 

85-65 defeat to Indiana. 

During the Nolan Richardson era as Shock coach/GM, which 

ended in July, it was as if Tulsa wasn't playing "Deal or No Deal" 

but rather "Bad Deal or Worse Deal." Zellous, for example, was 

dealt for a 2011 second-round pick; that turned out to be Italee 

Lucas, who didn't make the Shock roster. 

Shane Bevel/Getty ImagesAfter Briann January was sidelined in June, Erin 

Phillips took over most of the point guard duties for the Fever. 

To be fair, you'd have to say that one trade that did go OK for 

Tulsa was sending Kara Braxton to Phoenix last year for Nicole 

Ohlde and the Mercury's 2011 first-round draft pick. Ohlde retired 

from the WNBA before this season, so that part was a wash. But 

the draft selection was Stanford's Kayla Pedersen, who has been 

one of the Shock's bright spots in a bleak 2011 season. 

The Mercury -- who traded Braxton to New York this past week 

after a dust-up with the coaching staff -- surely would not mind 

having Pedersen now. And Pedersen, who grew up in the greater 

Phoenix area, would no doubt be thrilled to be in Arizona -- or just 

about any place on earth where her team's record wasn't 1-18. 

Although she isn't complaining about it. After swallowing another 

bitter losing pill on Friday, Pedersen and the rest of the Shock 

simply vowed to keep soldiering on under interim head coach 

Teresa Edwards. 

While the Tulsa franchise is now a case study in how many things 

can go wrong, Indiana appears to be the opposite. All the moves 

the Fever made for 2011 seem to be paying off. 

"With Erin and Shannon, we have two people in the backcourt who 

defend at that high, high level like Bri does," Dunn said. "A lot of

times when you lose your starting point guard, you lose your 

defensive focus. But they're both physical and aggressive. And 

they complement each other. We definitely do miss Bri, but we've 

done a good job of not letting that hold us back." 

Admittedly, any time you've got the likes of Catchings and 

Douglas, building a team is easier. But still not easy. We've seen 

other circumstances where teams have a couple of key pieces to 

the puzzle, yet can't solve it. 

While what Indiana has done will not be enough for Catchings 

unless the Fever win a WNBA title, she's pleased with how 2011 

has gone to this point. 

"Knowing what Bri has meant to this team the last two years, we 

had some concerns for sure when she was hurt," Catchings said. 

"But we had two backups that have played the point guard position 

before. They've done very well so far." 

There are five current Fever players who were also on the squad in 

2009, when Indiana went the distance before falling to Phoenix in 

Game 5 of the WNBA Finals. January is one of them; the others 

are Catchings, Douglas, Davenport and Tammy Sutton-Brown. 

"Everybody is always looking at me like, 'Golly, you're never 

satisfied,'" Catchings said. "I want to win the championship. And 

when you look at how this season compares [to 2009], it's that 

everybody is on the same page and playing for a common goal." 

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July 30, 2011 

Fever win on Bobbitt’s buzzer-beating layup 

Fever win 3 rd straight on guard’s last-second layup, her only 

basket 

Shannon Bobbitt made a floating layup at the buzzer to give the 

Indiana Fever a 61-59 victory over the Washington Mystics on 

Friday night. 

Tamika Catchings led Indiana (13-6) with 16 points. The Fever 

won their third in a row and swept a two-game, two-day trip. 

"One of the things we said we wanted to focus on was winning 

the first two games" after the All-Star break, said Catchings, 

who added nine rebounds and five assists. "I think our intensity 

the last two games has just been really high." 

Matee Ajavon led Washington (3-14) with 19 points but missed 

a 17-foot fadeaway jumper with 18 seconds left that would have 

given the Mystics the lead. 

Katie Douglas won an ensuing jump ball after a tie-up. After a 

timeout, Bobbitt took the inbounds pass, faked a pass as she 

drove the lane and hit a relatively uncontested shot as time 

expired for her only points of the contest. 

"We tried to keep it out of the hands of the major players, and 

we did that," said Ajavon, who gave Washington its first lead, 

56-55, on a layup with 6:31 left. "We got the ball in Shannon's 

hands. We tried to make her take a tough shot, and she just made 

it." 

"I just wanted to come out and be aggressive," Bobbitt said in a 

release from the Fever. "When they switched it, I figured I could 

take the last shot." 

Crystal Langhorne added 17 points for the Mystics, who lost 

their ninth in 10 games. 

Katie Douglas (left), Shannon Bobbitt (center) and Jessica 

Davenport (50) are among Fever players celebrating. / Nick Wass / 

Associated Press

Guru’s WNBA Report 

July 29, 2011 

Indy Tops Connecticut to Move into First 

By Mel Greenberg 

There are times when team nicknames can get in the way of a story 

and make things a bit confusing. 

Though All-Star starting guard Katie Douglas remained home 

knocked out of the start of a road trip by a fever, her Indiana Fever 

knocked out the previous unbeaten home record of the Connecticut 

Sun with a 69-58 victory Thursday night to break a statistical firstplace 

tie between the two and move to a one-game lead in the 

WNBA Eastern Conference. 

The New York Liberty (10-7) held third place 1.5 games behind 

Indiana (12-6) and 0.5 behind the Sun (10-6) by closing out the 

struggling Washington Mystics (3-13) at the end of their first 

meeting of the season to emerge with a 75-71 victory at the 

Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. 

Meanwhile Chicago (9-10) and Atlanta (8-9) stayed in a statistical 

tie for fourth 3.5 games behind the Fever and 2 behind New York 

but 4.5 ahead of the last-place Mystics with wins over the bottom 

of the Western Conference. 

The Atlanta Dream took advantage of Los Angeles’ inept 

performance on the road to gain an 89-80 win over the Sparks (6- 

10), who fell further behind in fifth place in the West 5.5 games 

behind the idle Minnesota Lynx (11-4) and 3 games behind the idle 

Seattle Storm (9-7), the defending WNBA champions. 

The Sparks, who remain without superstar Candace Parker for 

several more weeks as she recovers from a knee injury, are 2-8 

away from Staples Arena. 

Chicago fended off the Tulsa Shock (1-16) in Oklahoma with a 64- 

55 win to stop the home team’s threat to snap a 10-game losing 

streak that increased by one more and has them in sixth place 11 

games behind Minnesota and 5.5 behind Los Angeles. 

Earlier in the day in the other game on the WNBA schedule in a 

shootout in Texas between teams near the top of the West, San 

Antonio delighted a matinee home crowd at the site of last 

weekend’s All-Star game with a 102-91 win over Phoenix. 

The Silver Stars (11-5) moved to within a half-game of Minnesota 

and 1.5 games of the third-place Mercury (10-7), who dropped 

their third straight to be just 0.5 games in front of Seattle, which 

will visit Minnesota in one of two WNBA games Friday night. 

The host Lynx can win the four-game series between the two at 3-1 

by emerging victorious in the Target Center. 

The other Friday night game has Indiana at Washington, with both 

teams involved in the second of back-to-back encounters. 

Indiana is coming off a win in which the Fever jumped to a 17point 

lead that shrank to four in the fourth quarter before handing 

Connecticut its first loss in eight games this season at the Mohegan 

Sun Arena. 

The visitors clinched the five-game series between the two at 3-1 

with another one to be played at Connecticut in September, where 

Indiana suffered a setback to the Sun earlier this month. 

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Indiana has a chance to continue building another run playing 

underdog teams in the next week similar to the seven-game streak 

earlier this season. 

After Friday’s game, the Fever host Los Angeles Sunday before 

continuing back on the road at Tulsa and then at Chicago, which is 

already 0-2 to Indiana in their four-game series. 

Indiana, which has been without starting point guard Briann 

January for the rest of the season because of a knee injury, got help 

against the Sun from an unlikely heroine for the second time this 

season. 

In an earlier game former Rutgers star Tammy Sutton-Brown in a 

rare move from the bench was the scoring star. This time it was 

former Tennessee star Shannon Bobbitt, who scored a career-high 

13 points. 

“It’s definitely going to be harder without Katie because we rely 

on her a lot offensively and defensively,” said Indiana’s other All- 

Star starter Tamika Catchings, the Olympic gold medalist and 

former Tennessee All-American who had 16 points. “I think 

anytime we have someone go down, someone else has to step up. I 

think Shannon did a great job tonight.” 

Rookie Jeanette Pohlen, a first-round pick out of Stanford who was 

a primary destroyer stopping the UConn NCAA-record win streak 

at 90 in December, had 10 points starting in place of Douglas. 

“We think we got a great draft pick,” Indiana coach Lin Dunn said. 

“We think she is a great shooter and she’s a lot like Katie. She has 

a lot of playing time in big games. 

”We lost January and today Katie, but you’ve got to play with 

what you’ve got,” Dunn continued. “We have a lot of confidence 

in our bench.” 

The Fever reserves outscored the Sun substitutes 31-18 helped by 

former Ohio State star Jessica Davenport, who had 10 points and 

10 rebounds. 

Connecticut was coming home from an impressive win at Chicago 

but fell into what has become another unforeseen shooting funk at 

31 percent, not that Indiana was much better at 33 percent. 

Tina Charles and Renee Montgomery, both recent UConn All- 

Americans prior to their WNBA entries in 2009 and 2010, scored 

13 points and 10, respectively, for the Sun, who will host Atlanta 

Sunday in their first meeting this season. 

“It seems about twice every year we I don’t think we can shoot any 

worse than what we do,” Sun coach Mike Thibault said. “We 

wasted a really good defensive effort. We had an opportunity. 

Indiana was missing their leading scorer. 

“I thought we played terrific defense but we couldn’t make a shot 

to save our life. When our four leading scorers go a combined 12 

for 47, you just don’t win. It’s that simple.” 

As for Bobbitt’s heroics, Thibault noted, “We did everything 

defensively for the most part but the only disappointing part from a 

defensive standpoint was I thought we let (Shannon) Bobbitt have 

a huge effect on the game. 

“I don’t mean that negatively towards her but she’s not normally a 

13 point scorer and when you allow somebody to do those things it 

hurts everything else you’re doing,” Thibault said. “I thought we 

fell asleep a couple times. She obviously made some big plays with 

some of her steals. Those were big plays; they were momentum 

plays for them.

“She needs to be commended but it’s disappointing because I 

thought the game turned on those kinds of plays. 

Montgomery spoke of the implications of the loss. 

“This game was a big game. I’m not going to downplay it,” she 

said. “This was a big loss for us. 

“It is just unfortunate that you have one of those poor shooting 

nights in such an important game. There is nothing that you can 

really do about it. It’s just unfortunate that a shooting night like 

that for everyone came in a game that meant a lot in the standings.” 

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New London Day 

July 29, 2011 

This one, for first place, was depressing 

By Mike DiMauro 

A more cynical fellow might have wondered exactly when the 

varsity game would start Thursday night at Mohegan Sun Arena. 

And to think this was No. 1 and No. 2 in the Eastern Conference, 

amid all the clang, clang, clanging of missed shots. 

The Sun started 1-for-10. Indiana was 2-for-10. Neither finished at 

35 percent for the game. 

The Indiana Fever, at least, had an excuse: a fever. That's what 

kept leading scorer Katie Douglas home back in Indianapolis. The 

Sun? All they had was a perfect record at home and the peace of 

mind of not having to guard Douglas for a night. 

So, naturally, Indiana left Neon Uncasville with a 69-58 victory. 

But the Fever left with something far more important: The victory 

in the season series. Indiana has won three of the first four between 

the teams, who play one more time here in September. 

Now, none of us have any idea whether the Sun will hang around 

first place long enough to make this relevant. But if the two teams 

tie for the regular-season title, Indiana wins. If they meet in the 

playoffs, the Fever will have the extra home game. 

"All I'm thinking about right now is Washington ? how we get to 

the airport tonight," Indiana coach Lin Dunn said of tonight's road 

game for the Fever. 

Dunn was having none of the playoff talk, not with half of the 

regular season remaining. 

She sounded more like a football coach, the old one-game-at-atime 

sales pitch, preferring the big-picture stuff be reserved for us 

folks with less on our minds. 

Whatever. 

Funny thing though about sports: tomorrow has this habit of 

showing up. And there's chance the Sun and the Fever meet some 

time in late September, maybe even for the right to go to the finals. 

Not to be melodramatic or anything, but this was about the best 

example of how every single game counts. Certainly, there's 

regular season drudgery in the WNBA, as is the case in any sport. 

But think of the opportunity the Sun had here Thursday: 

They could have remained in first place and gone two games ahead 

of the Fever in the loss column. They could have tied the season 

series and had the opportunity to win it at home late in the regular 

season. They could have done so while Indiana was without one of 

the best players in the league. And frankly, they could have done 

so on a night when the Fever didn't play a particularly great game, 

save their 48-39 edge in rebounding. 

They got a combined 23 points from rookie Jeanette Pohlen and 

guard Shannon Bobbitt, too. 

These are the nights we forget come playoff time. Nobody, with 

the notable exception of coach Mike Thibault, is going to 

remember the opportunity that was missed here Thursday. Maybe 

it was a bad night and a team that had just won four straight 

deserves a mulligan. But this was against the wrong team at the 

wrong time. 

The Sun should be commended for playing Indiana just about even 

to date. The Eastern Conference's most talented team is Atlanta. 

But its toughest out, toughest team, is Indiana. That's because of 

Douglas and Tamika Catchings. Even though Atlanta is the 

defending conference champion, the road to the finals goes through 

Indianapolis. 

The Sun made sure they'll have to go through Indianapolis with a 

depressing night on Thursday. 

The Fever probably won't have Douglas again tonight at 

Washington. Anyone want to bet against them? 

Meanwhile, the Sun get Atlanta here Sunday. Connecticut will 

have gone from the toughest team in the conference to the most 

talented all in a few days. A sure sign this isn't college anymore 

when you can always schedule a feel-good win again St. Ignatius 

State. Note to the Sun: Every game counts. 

This is the opinion of Day sports columnist Mike DiMauro.

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Catchings, Fever do all the right things 

By Brian Harmon 

Sports Editor 

First Posted: July 26, 2011 - 9:40 pm 

Last Updated: July 26, 2011 - 10:01 pm 

Photos: 

Katie Douglas joined the Indiana Fever 

in 2008 and helped the team reach the 

WNBA Finals in 2009. (Indiana Fever 

photo) 

Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever 

was recently named one of the WNBA's 

15 all-time greatest players. (Indiana 

Fever photo) 

School. 

The Women’s National Basketball 

Association has been around for 15 

years. I’m ashamed to say I’ve never 

been to a single game. Heck, I haven’t 

even watched an entire Indiana Fever 

game on television since the team was 

founded in 1999. 

I’ll watch the Colts, Pacers or Reds, but 

then again, I’ve got an attachment to 

those teams dating back to my 

childhood (which, sadly, goes back 

much, much longer than 15 years). 

Perhaps it’s time I and loads of other 

guys like me — the type of fan the 

WNBA has struggled to attract — start 

giving the female hoopsters some 

support. 

If we can stay faithful to our other local 

professional sports teams through several horrible, depressing years, then 

doesn’t a franchise that’s consistently aimed to present a winning product 

deserve some attention? 

The Colts went 1-15 in 1991 and had back-to-back 3-13 seasons in 1997-98. 

That’s right, kiddies, a little over 10 years ago, your Indianapolis Colts were the 

laughingstock of the league. The Pacers have been awful for some time now, 

sometimes criminally so. 

While it’s true that Colts attendance waned in its worst seasons and the Pacers 

still rank near the bottom of NBA attendance figures, we fans never stopped 

caring. Sure, the Colts stunk and Ron Artest was/is a lunatic, but we desperately 

wanted things to turn around. 

With the Fever, there’s sometimes a feeling of apathy among the general public, 

even though they’re on track for their seventh straight playoff appearance and 

feature Tamika Catchings — recently named one of the WNBA’s all-time 15 

greatest players — and hometown great Katie Douglas of Perry Meridian High 

I can’t put my finger on an exact, logical reason, but it just seems that after 15 years, we ought to stop 

shunning these gals, who could certainly demolish you, I and any number of our most athletic friends in a 

pickup game.

Greenfield Daily Reporter - Catchings, Fever do all the right things 

When a media advisory from the Fever arrived last week offering a 

chance to speak with some of the Fever after practice Tuesday, I 

figured, “Why not?” 

I spent about an hour at the Fever and Pacers practice court, first 

watching the Fever scrimmage under the direction of coach Lin Dunn 

against a group of male players, then speaking with Douglas, 

Catchings and Dunn after practice. By the time I was halfway through 

interviewing Catchings, I was sold. 

Catchings is as charming as they come, and as we talked I found 

myself smiling (not something I’m known for). If this is the face of 

the Fever and one of the pioneers of women’s pro basketball, then 

the franchise and the league are very fortunate, and the continued 

growth of the WNBA is that much more ensured. 

“No matter if it’s now, five, 10 or 15 years ago, you’re always going 

to have naysayers that say, ‘Hey, this league’s not going to make it,’” 

said Catchings, who was drafted by Indiana in 2001 out of the 

University of Tennessee. “But, being part of the Players Association 

(she’s the president) pretty much from the beginning and knowing 

some of the stuff behind the scenes, I feel like we’re on solid ground. 

“Especially, now, getting through the rough times, the recession and 

all of that … you see things getting better, you see things 

progressing. For example, we just had one of the best turnouts for 

the All-Star weekend we’ve ever had. It’s just a matter of capitalizing 

and building on it every year.” 

The feeling among Catchings and other players seems to be that if 

the WNBA can get a fan to come to a single game, they’ll be hooked. 

Douglas said there’s a typical reaction from first-time fans: 

“Wow, you guys are much faster, much more athletic in person than on TV,” Douglas recalled being told 

countless times. “And a lot of people also say that the quality of basketball is great. It’s really hard judging 

from a TV or a newspaper, but I think when you see 10 extremely athletic, extremely talented —the best 

female basketball players in the world — on the court all at once, you definitely see the level of skill and the 

high level of play.” 

Dunn has seen that level of play rise dramatically since the WNBA’s inception. Dunn was a coach in the 

American Basketball League, and when that women’s league folded in 1998, Dunn moved to the WNBA as the 

original coach for the Seattle Storm, helping to build that franchise from the ground up. 

“(The WNBA) is definitely more talented now,” said Dunn, who was also head coach at Purdue from 1987- 

1996. “I think about the team I coached the first year in Seattle and the teams that we have now in the league 

and there’s a big difference. 

“The level of interest overall in girls’ basketball has improved and now, 10 years later, the players that were 

getting such great coaching and great opportunities in junior high and high school are now our professional 

players. They’re bigger, they’re stronger, they’re faster. It’s very difficult to make a team in this league. It’s 

extremely competitive to get one of those 11 roster spots.” 

Making a team has never been a concern for Catchings, an All-American for the Volunteers and a member of 

their undefeated national championship squad in 1997-98. It was near the beginning of her college career that 

the NBA announced plans to form a new women’s pro league. 

The emergence of the WNBA forced Catchings to slightly alter her goals. 

“I was in seventh grade when I said I wanted to be a professional basketball player,” noted Catchings, 

daughter of former NBA player Harvey Catchings. “I wanted to play in the NBA and follow in my dad’s 

footsteps and be like him and I wasn’t going to take ‘No’ for an answer. 

“But, when they announced the creation of the WNBA I was excited.” 

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Greenfield Daily Reporter - Catchings, Fever do all the right things 

Not unlike the male basketball, football and baseball players at the turn of the 20th century, today’s WNBA 

players are setting a course for the future. 

Catchings’ goal, and the goal of her teammates and WNBA players league-wide, is to blaze a permanent path 

for the current generation of young female athletes. 

“Now, the girls that are growing up have a goal to reach for,” Catchings said. “They never knew a WNBA not 

existing, so it’s our responsibility to keep that going.” 

If it stays on its current path, the WNBA will succeed long-term. Dunn probably had the best reason for 

predicting success. The veteran coach listed all of the league’s strong points: a fast-paced and surprisingly 

physical style of play, good interaction between players and the fans and community and players that rarely 

run afoul of the law. 

Finally, she summed up: “I can’t think of a single negative about the league.” 

Me either, coach. 

(On a side note, WNBA players are much easier to interview than their NBA counterparts. I once stood in the 

Pacers’ locker room talking with Jonathan Bender. My arm, with tape recorder in hand, was extended straight 

up in an effort to reach close proximity of the 7-foot- Bender’s mouth. Douglas, officially listed at 6-foot, 

offered a much more comfortable interviewing position). 

The NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball have given fans plenty to complain about, including, but certainly not 

limited to, greed, steroids, prima donnas and, of course, the recent NFL lockout. 

But there’s no good excuse not to support the WNBA. After 15 years, they’ve earned this fan’s trust. 

The Fever, currently in possession of a conference-best 11-6 record, will host the Los Angeles Sparks (coached 

by Kobe Bryant’s dad, Joe) Sunday in one of seven home games left before the playoffs begin. I plan to take in 

my first WNBA game at Conseco Fieldhouse by the end of the playoffs. I welcome you to join me. And let’s not 

make it another 15 years before the next visit. 

Brian Harmon is the sports editor for the Daily Reporter. Contact him at (317) 477-3227 or at 

bharmon@greenfieldreporter.com. 

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July 23, 2011 

Fever duo of Catchings, Douglas will start for 

the East 

By Ben Jones 

Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings is an old pro at the 

WNBA All-Star Game. She has played in the game every year it 

has been held since she entered the league in 2002. But this year 

promises to be a little different. 

Catchings, who played high school basketball in the Dallas suburb 

of Duncanville, is expecting a huge crowd of friends and family for 

today's All-Star Game in San Antonio. She plans to have about 50 

people at the game, including some former high school teammates. 

But even with the game being played so close to home, Catchings 

said her favorite part of All-Star weekend is the chance to grow 

closer to players throughout the league. 

"The biggest thing I look forward to is having the opportunity to 

play with players that you never get a chance to play with," she 

said. "It's always fun to sit in the locker room, talk about different 

organizations, what goes on everywhere you go." 

Catchings is averaging 14.6 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists 

this season. She will be joined today by guard Katie Douglas, who 

is averaging 14.5 points. 

It's Douglas' fifth selection to the All-Star Game but her first as a 

fan selection. Catchings and Douglas were both named starters for 

the Eastern Conference. Seattle is the only other team with 

multiple players named to the starting lineup. 

"I think the best part is just getting to know other players," 

Douglas said. "You definitely get the opportunity to get to meet 

and know players a little bit better around the league." 

Douglas has decided not to defend her title in the league's 3-point 

shootout. After coming up just short for several years in the 

contest, she won for the first time in 2010. She's shooting 46.2 

percent from 3-point range this season, sixth-best in the league. 

"You have to go out on top," she said.


July 16, 2011 

Lynx ends Fever's 7-game winning streak 

WNBA's top 3-point team hits only 28 percent in loss to 

Minnesota and rookie Moore 

By Ben Jones 

Somewhere between one of her three missed layups in the first 

quarter, Tamika Catchings knew the Indiana Fever could be in 

trouble. 

The All-Star forward's rough start was just the beginning of a long 

shooting night for the Fever. One game after setting a franchise 

record for 3-point shooting, Indiana (10-4) went just 7-of-25 from 

long range in an 80-70 loss to the Minnesota Lynx (8-4) at 

Conseco Fieldhouse on Friday night. 

"When we start with missed layups, it kind of goes all the way 

down through the team," said Catchings, who finished with a 

game-high 22 points. 

The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak for the Fever and a 

six-game home winning streak. Indiana shot 39.3 percent from the 

field and was outrebounded 38-26. 

Despite their slow start, the Fever fought their way to a 41-41 tie at 

halftime after trailing early. But Minnesota pulled away thanks to 

an 11-3 run to end the third quarter, and Indiana could not close the 

gap again. 

"I thought we missed some wide-open shots, and against a team 

like them that's so good defensively, you have to knock those 

down," Fever coach Lin Dunn said. 

Guard Katie Douglas struggled for the Fever a day after being 

named to the East team for the All-Star Game. She entered the 

game shooting 49.2 percent from 3-point range and led the WNBA 

in made 3-pointers, but she finished with 10 points while shooting 

1-of-5 from long range. She also turned the ball over a team-high 

four times. 

Rookie Maya Moore finished with 18 points on 8-of-15 shooting 

for the Lynx. She had a hand in everything for Minnesota, 

finishing with seven rebounds and three assists while knocking 

down big shots whenever Indiana threatened. 

"She's just one of those players," Catchings said. "She's only going 

to get better. She'll definitely be one of the stars of the league." 

Rebekkah Brunson led Minnesota's scoring with 20 points and 

grabbed eight rebounds. Lindsay Whalen added 16 points and 

seven assists. 

Minnesota's smothering defense, which Dunn said was the best the 

team has seen all year, forced Indiana into 18 turnovers. Even 

when it didn't force turnovers, though, it still pressed the Fever into 

tough shots and situations with the shot clock winding down. 

"Mentally, physically, whatever, I just wasn't able to knock things 

down," Douglas said. "Catch and I, we're going to have those 

nights, but we have to have other players step up. I feel like we did 

at times, but we were always on our heels." 

Jessica Davenport provided 13 points and five rebounds, and Erin 

Phillips scored 11 points for the Fever. 

Even with the loss, Indiana left the game with the best record in the 

WNBA. With the midway point of the season drawing near, Dunn 

said the Fever will have to let go of the winning streak and start 

over again Sunday against Connecticut. 

"Sometimes you have to lose in order to get better, and that's where 

I feel we're at," Catchings said. 

Etc. 

Former North Central High School standout Amber Harris saw 

limited action for Minnesota. The rookie forward failed to score 

and finished with one assist in six minutes. . . . Notre Dame star 

Skylar Diggins was in attendance. Diggins, a junior guard, 

averaged 15 points per game last season and led the Irish with 186 

assists.


July 14, 2011 

Fever smash franchise record on 3s to win 7th 

straight game 


They won their seventh in a row, shot a record 64.7 percent on 3pointers, 

placed six players in double figures and built a 27-point 

lead. 

Now, if the Indiana Fever could just get their act together . . . 

"We see glimpses of how good this team can be," Fever forward 

Tamika Catchings said. "If we can put it together for 40 minutes, 

we can be an extraordinary team and definitely a championship 

team. We're not to that point yet." 

If you say so, Catch. There was little to fault Wednesday in the 

Fever's 90-78 victory over the Connecticut Sun at Conseco 

Fieldhouse. 

Katie Douglas scored 20 points to lead the Fever, whose 11-of-17 

shooting from the arc broke a franchise record. The Fever (10-3) 

have the league's best record. Their only longer winning streak was 

11 games in 2009, when they went to the WNBA Finals. 

The Fever were thoroughly dominant before the Sun chopped a 53- 

26 deficit to 15 points in the third quarter and 10 in the fourth. 

"It's a lesson learned. How do we protect that lead?" coach Lin 

Dunn said. "We're up 22. How do we win by 30? And we haven't 

had that experience." 

The Fever have never experienced the depth featured this season. 

They have won three in a row since losing injured point guard 

Briann January, and have placed 10 players in double figures. 

Wednesday marked only the third time the Fever have ever had six 

players with 10 or more points. 

Jessica Davenport scored 14, and Catchings and Erin Phillips 13 

each. Tangela Smith scored 10, as did Shyra Ely, the former Ben 

Davis High School star. 

It was a good day to be a Giant. Ely said someone behind the 

bench shouted that Ben Davis' Lauren Cheney scored the first goal 

in the United States' 3-1 victory over France in the Women's World 

Cup. 

"It's great. Go, Giants," Ely said. 

Ely (2-of-3) was one of four Fever players with two or more 3pointers. 

Douglas (3-of-6) leads the WNBA with 32 and is shooting 49 

percent from the arc. Just don't ask her about the standings. She 

said she didn't know the Fever hold a two-game lead over secondplace 

New York. 

"That's been our approach: just focus on us and let everybody else 

worry about themselves," Douglas said. 

"Last year, we got into the game, 'Oh, we need so-and-so to lose 

and so-and-so to win.' That's not a fun game to play." 

The Fever are having fun at home, where they are 7-1. Their sixgame 

home winning streak is one from a franchise record set last 

year. Minnesota (7-4) visits next on Friday night. 

Etc. 

Former Fever G Tan White was 5-of-5 on 3s and scored 17 points 

to lead the Sun (6-5). . . . The Fever have won three in a row over 

the Sun for the first time. . . . Phillips shot 5-of-5 and has made 

four consecutive 3s over two games. . . . Catchings' seven assists 

were a season high. . . . The Fever's nine turnovers were a season 

low. 

On fire vs. the Sun 

The Indiana Fever set a regular-season franchise record by 

shooting .647 on 3-pointers in Wednesday's 90-78 victory over 

Connecticut. The Fever were shooting .786 (11-of-14) before 

missing their final three attempts from the arc. A look at how the 

Fever did it Wednesday afternoon: 

Player Wed. vs. Conn. 

Tamika Catchings 1-1 

Tangela Smith 2-3 

Katie Douglas 3-6 

Erin Phillips 2-2 

Shyra Ely 2-3 

Shavonte Zellous 0-1 

Jeanette Pohlen 1-1 

Totals 11-17 

Fever's greatest 3-point performances 

Date Performance Percentage 

1. July 13, 2011 11-of-17 vs. Connecticut .647 

T2. Aug. 11, 2006 9-of-14 at Connecticut .643 

T2. May 30, 2006 9-of-14 vs. New York .643 

4. Aug. 12, 2001 7-of-11 vs. Detroit .636 

5. June 5, 2000 5-of-8 vs. Miami .625


July 13, 2011 

Douglas, Ely and first-place Fever sink Sun, 

90-78 


Shyra Ely, a hometown favorite, enjoyed a break-out game 

Wednesday for the Indiana Fever. 

Ely, a former standout at Indianapolis Ben Davis High School, 

turned in her best performance of the season as she scored 10 

points and played strong defense in Indiana's 90-78 victory over 

the Connecticut Sun. Eleven of Ely's family members and friends 

were among an enthusiastic crowd of 9,045 at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

A few days ago, Fever star Tamika Catchings kidded Ely about her 

quiet and shy demeanor in the locker room. Ely went out and did 

her talking on the floor. 

“It's still pretty new for me, and I'm still adjusting,” said Ely, who 

is a five-year veteran of the WNBA but a first-year player with the 

Fever. 

Ely smiled when reminded of the conversation with Catchings. “I 

told her to enjoy it while she could,” Ely said, “because once I get 

comfortable, you're going to want to shut me up.” 

Indiana (10-3) won its seventh consecutive game, which is the 

second-best streak in franchise history, and owns the top record in 

the WNBA. The Fever connected on 11-of-17 3-pointers for a 64.7 

percentage that was a franchise record. 

The Fever also put six players in double figures for the third time 

in franchise history. Ely, who hit 4-of-6 shots, became the 10th 

different Fever player this season to score in double figures. Her 

previous best scoring game for Indiana was five points. 

Nobody on the Indiana team puts in more time on the practice floor 

than Ely. She arrives early and stays late for extra shooting. On 

nights when she doesn't play a lot of minutes, she works on her 

conditioning after the game. 

“I just tried to be patient,” said Ely, a 6-2 forward who starred at 

the University of Tennessee. “I knew I'd get the opportunity. I'm 

thankful to coach (Lin Dunn) for having the confidence in me.” 

Ely's teammates share that confidence. 

“We know exactly what Shyra can do,” guard Erin Phillips said. 

“Her defense was fantastic and she hit some big shots for us. She 

expects that from herself -- to come in and be that impact player 

and energy off the bench. I think she did a great job.” 

Catchings calls Ely “the hometown kid.” 

“The one thing about her,” Catchings said, “is that every single 

time she has been called on, she has produced. She comes out and 

gives us great minutes, whether it's defensively or offensively. She 

did a little bit of both (Wednesday).” 

The Fever opened a 27-point lead in the second quarter with some 

crisp passing and fluid ball movement. Indiana shot 52.9 percent in 

the first half and committed only four turnovers while holding 

Connecticut (6-5) to 26.5 percent shooting. 

Dunn called the first 20 minutes “as good a first half offensively 

and defensively as I've seen us play.” 

In the third quarter, however, Indiana lifted off the gas pedal. And 

the Sun wasted no time slicing the margin to 15. In the fourth 

quarter, when Tan White hit a 3-pointer with 2:40 left, Connecticut 

cut the lead to 10 (88-78). 

But the Fever turned up the defensive heat and held the Sun 

scoreless the rest of the way. 

Afterward, despite Indiana's current status atop the WNBA, there 

was a reluctance to discuss it only 13 games into a 34-game 

season. 

“I know we're on a roll, but I have no idea where we stand 

compared to other teams,” said guard Katie Douglas, who led the 

Fever with 20 points. “I think that's kind of been our approach … 

just focus on us and let everybody else worry about themselves. 

We're really focusing on ourselves and getting better.” 

On Friday night, the Fever will play Minnesota, an up-and-coming 

team in the Western Conference, in the last of five straight games 

at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

“We're really not worried about the standings right now. It's too 

early in the season,” said Dunn, whose team has a two-game lead 

on New York in the Eastern Conference. “What we're worried 

about is playing well for 40 minutes. We played really, really well 

(against Connecticut) for 20 minutes.”


July 12, 2011 

Catchings provides Fever with defensive 

inspiration 


Few, if any, players in the WNBA can change a game defensively 

like Indiana forward Tamika Catchings. 

Never was that more evident than in the Fever's 68-57 victory 

Saturday night over the visiting Washington Mystics. Catchings' 

defensive performance broke open a fiercely contested and 

physical game in the fourth quarter. She did it with five steals, a 

blocked shot and a level of anticipation that forced the Mystics to 

worry about her on every possession in the final 10 minutes. 

And Catchings did it with the same dogged intensity she has 

displayed for Fever fans since her career started here more than 10 

years ago. 

“We've gotten so used to seeing her style of play in Indianapolis, 

and how she impacts a game, it's one of those things you kind of 

come to expect when you watch her play,” said Kelly Krauskopf, 

the Fever's chief operating officer and general manager. “I really 

can't think of anybody else in the league who, when you need a 

change of possession or a stop or some type of play on the 

defensive end, she always delivers.” 

Indiana assistant coach Gary Kloppenburg, a defensive specialist, 

is one of Catchings' biggest fans. 

“She always impacts the game down the stretch with big-time 

defensive plays -- a rebound, a blocked shot, a steal,” he said. 

“There's nobody you'd want besides her at the end of the game to 

be out there defensively.” 

Indiana fans can expect to see more of the same Wednesday when 

Connecticut visits Conseco Fieldhouse for a matinee game. The 

Fever (9-3) enters the matchup with a six-game winning streak and 

the best record in the WNBA. 

Catchings has won the league's Defensive Player of the Year 

award a record four times. She has led the league in steals six 

times, also a record. 

With her total of six steals against Washington, Catchings, who is 

31 years old, is the WNBA career leader with 738. That's two more 

than the Los Angeles Sparks' Ticha Penicheiro, who is 36. 

Catchings is showing no signs of slowing down. Indeed, 

Krauskopf says Catchings' defensive ability is on an uptick 

because of the “veteran savvy” she has accrued. It helps, too, that 

she plays for a defensive-minded team led by a head coach, Lin 

Dunn, who preaches defense ahead of all else. 

Said Krauskopf: “We've heard from players who have joined our 

team -- (off-season acquisition) Tangela Smith being one of them - 

- who got in here and said, 'We hated playing Indiana because of 

your defense.' Obviously, Catch is the catalyst, the leader, in terms 

of that identity.” 

Catchings says her defensive skills began to flourish when she got 

to the University of Tennessee. The standout forward learned her 

lessons well with Coach Pat Summitt and the Lady Vols. 

“One thing I know is, my shots might not fall … but the biggest 

difference I can make every single day is my defensive intensity,” 

Catchings said. 

Catchings shows a knack for blocking a team's passing lanes. In 

her effort to make plays, she sometimes takes risks, but they 

generally pan out. Catchings' teammates rely on her, and her play 

elevates theirs at the defensive end. 

“From the first time Catch picked up a basketball, defense and 

tremendous effort have been the foundation for her and how she 

plays the game,” Dunn said. “They really go together. It doesn't 

surprise us at all when she has a break-out five or six minutes, 

because she values it so much.” 

Disruption is the key to Indiana's defense. It starts with the 6-foot- 

1 Catchings with her keen anticipation and quick hands. 

“She can guard pretty much anybody on the court,” Kloppenburg 

said. “She can guard anybody from 5-2 to 6-5 with her ability to 

defend. She's just so versatile and such a fierce rebounder. She is 

the backbone of a pressure defensive system, I think, and why 

we've been successful with it.” 

Catchings, with 30 steals, is second in that category to Chicago's 

Epiphanny Prince (39) for the 2011 season. Catchings is also 

among the WNBA leaders in rebounding (7.9 per game) and 

blocks (nine). 

Her excellence extends to the offensive side, too, as she ranks 

among the leaders in scoring (13.3 per game), assists (4.0 per 

game) and free throw percentage (92.1). 

Asked how she would like to be remembered whenever her 

basketball career ends, Catchings didn't hesitate. 

“I think I'll be most proud of how hard I play,” she said. “When I 

get done, and people look back at my career, they're going to say it 

was always like she had fun and played with a lot of passion. 

“I play with a smile,” she said. “I love what I do. What I play with, 

it's not something I learned. It's something I have inside.”

ESPN.com 

July 11, 2011 

Fever Rise behind Dynamic Duo 


This is the fifth year that Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas 

have been playing together as Indiana Fever teammates, but they 

probably wouldn't call this season "pivotal." That sounds too 

heavy, and they don't want to carry that weight through the 

summer. 

Sure, Douglas turned 32 in May, and Catchings will celebrate her 

32nd birthday Thursday when Indiana is host to the Chicago Sky. 

Wear and tear from typically playing nearly year-round is an 

unavoidable concern in women's hoops. Plus, in her career, 

Catchings has dealt with two of the major injuries -- ACL and 

Achilles tendon tears -- that often plague basketball players. 

But if the Fever's dual pillars can stay healthy, or relatively so, 

through the rest of this season, maybe it will bring them their first 

WNBA title, which is the biggest goal both have left in their 

basketball careers. 

Admittedly, we're a long way from real title talk for anybody this 

season. However, when Catchings and Douglas take the court in 

San Antonio next weekend as starters in the All-Star Game, they 

hope it will be as Eastern Conference leaders. Which in itself 

would be notable, all things considered. 

Until falling 80-70 to Minnesota on Friday, Indiana had won seven 

games in a row. The Fever put their streak together despite losing 

starting guard Briann January to an ACL injury in the midst of it. 

She was hurt June 28 against Phoenix, which some thought would 

leave the Fever too much in one of those "point-guard-bycommittee" 

situations. But Erin Phillips, acquired in a three-team 

deal in April, may be coming into her own at a fortuitous time for 

Indiana. 

Phillips, 26, had previously played just two full seasons in the 

WNBA, and didn't compete in the league at all last year as she 

trained with the Australian national team. 

In her first nine games of this season, before January was hurt, 

Phillips never played more than 22 minutes in a game and scored 

in double figures just twice. In her four games since January's 

injury, Phillips has averaged almost 32 minutes and 11.3 points per 

game. 

Jessica Davenport, who's been in the starting lineup for seven 

games, is having her best season yet statistically, averaging 12.4 

points and 4.9 rebounds. Veteran Tangela Smith, who came to 

Indiana this season as a free agent, has as expected been a good 

veteran cog so far, averaging 6.3 points and and 3.2 rebounds. 

But the bottom line, as usual with the Fever, has been the 

combination of Catchings (13.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg) and Douglas (16.4, 

4.3). While there are always quarrels about some of the All-Star 

starters who are voted in, no one is complaining about these two. 

The East's issue is that there are two centers -- Connecticut's Tina 

Charles, who won the vote, and Chicago's Sylvia Fowles, the 

league's leading scorer -- who merit being All-Stars starters, while 

guard Angel McCoughtry this year may not. That's because 

McCoughtry had injury issues at the beginning of the season that 

have slowed her down. 

Meanwhile in the West, there was more debate. San Antonio's 

Danielle Adams isn't the rookie who is starting, although she 

probably earned it. Instead, it's Minnesota's Maya Moore. Los 

Angeles' Candace Parker also was voted in as a starter, despite the 

fact that she's out with a knee injury and has played just seven 

games. Phoenix, which now has the longest active winning streak 

at six in a row, has Diana Taurasi as an All-Star starter, but not 

Penny Taylor. 

Of course, the coaches' naming of the reserves Tuesday will 

remedy most of the so-called slights. It's going to be San Antonio's 

party, and whichever Silver Stars are picked as reserves will be the 

centers of attention. 

And overall, when we look at the first half of the season, which is 

winding down this coming week, among the bigger stories are the 

Fever and their ability to potentially get another shot at a 

championship. 

Indiana had that chance in Douglas' second season there, 2009, 

when the Fever lost in five games to Phoenix in the WNBA Finals. 

Falling short in a series they really thought they could have won 

ate away at Catchings and Douglas, but it also made them even 

more committed. 

This has been a season impacted by big-name injuries, and the 

Fever felt that in losing January. But even without her, they have 

Catchings and Douglas, who are like experienced co-pilots 

working round-the-clock to reach a destination. The All-Star Game 

will be a brief, rewarding detour for them to enjoy. 

Bill Baptist/NBAE/Getty ImagesKatie Douglas and Tamika 

Catchings have the Fever in first place in the Eastern Conference.


July 10, 2011 

Catchings helps Fever steal momentum, win 

Star's 6 steals give her WNBA career record 


The Washington Mystics were outrebounding the Indiana Fever 

and muddying their offense. Such strategy is valid, except how do 

you account for Tamika Catchings? 

Catchings made six steals to break the WNBA career record, and 

two of them led to key baskets in the Indiana Fever's 68-57 victory 

Saturday night at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

The victory was the sixth in a row for the Fever, matching the 

second-longest streak in franchise history. They will try to improve 

their league-leading record (9-3) against second-place Connecticut 

(6-4) in a home afternoon game Wednesday. 

Catchings increased her career total to 738 steals, two more than 

Ticha Penicheiro, who played for the Los Angeles Sparks late 

Saturday night. Catchings made five steals in the fourth quarter, 

tying the league record for one quarter that she already shared. 

"Sometimes she's just too quick to see what she just did," Fever 

guard Erin Phillips said. 

In the fourth quarter, Catchings deflected the ball on successive 

possessions and passed ahead to Shavonte Zellous, whose layups 

increased the Fever's four-point lead to 65-57. 

Phillips led the Fever with a season-high 14 points. Katie Douglas 

was held without a 3-pointer -- a category in which she leads the 

WNBA -- but she sank five long two-pointers for 12 points. Jessica 

Davenport and Zellous added 11 points each. 

Catchings scored 10 despite 4-of-13 shooting. She has led the 

league in steals a record six times and been Defensive Player of the 

Year four times, also a record. 

"Defense has become my M.O., I guess," she said. "It's something 

I really do focus on. Sometimes even like tonight -- missing 

layups, missing shots -- but the one thing, no matter what, that you 

always have control over is the way you play defense." 

The Mystics (2-8) led 34-24 in rebounds and never trailed until the 

fourth quarter. They began by shooting 10-of-15, but their 

accuracy steadily declined to 39 percent. They were scoreless for 

the closing 4:53. 

Coach Lin Dunn said it took much of the game to adjust to the 

Mystics' physical style that disrupted the Fever's offense. The 

Fever countered by mixing a switching man-to-man defense with a 

match-up zone. 

"They got us out of whack in the first quarter. We got them out of 

whack in the fourth quarter," Dunn said. "Every time we did that, it 

turned into a steal and a layup." 

Nicky Anosike scored 12 and Marissa Coleman 11 for the lastplace 

Mystics (2-8). Even with 15 offensive rebounds, the Mystics 

outscored the Fever only 10-8 on second-chance points. The 

Mystics' 57 points were a season low and tied the fewest allowed 

by the Fever. 

Over the course of 40 minutes, Catchings said, the Fever wear 

down opponents. 

"In the past, I feel like teams have been physical against us, but we 

always laid down and cried and died," she said. "This year, we 

match their physicality, we match their intensity. Hit for hit, blow 

for blow." 

Steal for steal, Catchings is unmatched. 

Etc. 

Both teams were missing injured starters. Washington's Crystal 

Langhorne, the league's No. 5 scorer (18.1), was out with back 

pain. Fever F Tangela Smith (6.4 ppg) had a streak of 79 

consecutive games played ended by a bruised quadriceps. . . . The 

Mystics' seven points in the fourth quarter were the second-fewest 

the Fever have allowed in the fourth. . . . Mystics rookie Ta'Shia 

Phillips, a Brebeuf Jesuit graduate, scored four points in nine 

minutes. . . . The Fever committed a season-low 10 turnovers. The 

Mystics' 20 turnovers tied the most by a Fever opponent.


July 9, 2011 

Fever are at their best this week: They’re 

playing at home 


It's not as if the Indiana Fever are playing before Conseco 

Fieldhouse sellouts like the ones that made the 2009 WNBA 

Finals so memorable. But over the past seven seasons, the Fever 

have created a demonstrable home-court advantage. 

The Fever (8-3) carry a 5-1 home record tonight against the 

Washington Mystics (2-7) in what will be the third of five 

successive home games. 

Since 2005, the Fever have won 74 percent of their home games, 

compared with a league-wide average of 61 percent. The Fever 

have never won a playoff series without home-court advantage. 

Opponents such as Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury have 

commented on how the Fever perform at home. 

"That's what we want them to feel," Fever forward Tamika 

Catchings said. "When you look at the playoffs and look down 

the road to where we want to be as a team, having home-court 

advantage is a really big deal." 

Fever coach Lin Dunn pointed to her former team, the Seattle 

Storm, as a franchise that has created a desirable home 

atmosphere, going 17-0 at home last year and sweeping through 

the playoffs without a loss. It was similar at Purdue when she 

coached there from 1987-96, Dunn said. 

"During the years we built that into a national-caliber program, 

as the fan base grew and the crowds grew, Mackey Arena 

became a place where nobody wanted to play," Dunn said. "It 

was tough enough to play us. And then on top of that, you had to 

deal with the crowd that was so into the game." 

Fever guards Katie Douglas and Erin Phillips formerly played in 

Connecticut, which features a strong fan base. 

Douglas said the Fever "don't ever guarantee" home victories 

but acknowledged that winning at Conseco has fueled the 

Fever's start this year. Phillips said she gets "goose bumps" 

when she runs onto the floor. 

"Even when we don't have a super-big crowd, I feel like they're 

extremely loud," Douglas said. "They recognize they're not so 

many, so they're even more loud. And we definitely appreciate 

them." 

Moreover, Phillips said, confidence built at home can carry over 

on the road. Extended stays at home also allow the Fever to 

practice regularly, which isn't possible on long trips. 

Dunn said she doesn't worry about fans becoming "meanspirited" 

and that they create energy for the Fever. Perhaps that 

is because players do so much community outreach, she said. 

Catchings is especially connected to Indianapolis through her 

foundation. She reflects on the 2009 playoffs and crowds that 

turned out for games against Detroit and Phoenix. 

"I think about that a lot, actually, getting back to that point and 

bringing a championship here to Indiana," Catchings said. "Just 

the support that we'll get and all the fans, bringing that 

championship back home." 

Home is sweet 

Since beginning a streak of six successive playoff appearances 

in 2005, the Indiana Fever have won at a higher percentage at 

home than the rest of the WNBA: 

Year WNBA Fever Pct 

2005 .647 14-3 .824 

2006 .605 12-5 .706 

2007 .543 12-5 .706 

2008 .639 11-6 .647 

2009 .643 14-3 .824 

2010 .588 12-5 .706 

2011 .621 5-1 .833 

Totals .612 80-28 .741


July 7, 2011 

Balance, key to Indiana streak 


When coach Lin Dunn is asked to cite the most influential factor in 

the Indiana Fever's current five-game winning streak, she doesn't 

hesitate. 

Balance. 

“There are two things when I say balance,” Dunn noted. “For one, 

it's the balance of our inside-outside game. We've really worked to 

establish our low-block game with (Jessica) Davenport as the focal 

point. And when Tammy (Sutton-Brown) comes in, we're still 

looking to attack in the paint. 

“And the second thing,” the coach continued, “is the balance 

between our bench and the starters. We're getting contributions 

from 10 people, not just three.” 

Indiana (8-3) sits atop the WNBA Eastern Conference as the team 

prepares for Saturday night's arrival of the Washington Mystics (2- 

7) at Conseco Fieldhouse. No team in the league is hotter than the 

Fever. Perhaps no team is playing with more confidence. 

As Dunn pointed out, the play of Davenport and Sutton-Brown in 

the paint is a major reason. During the five-game streak, the two 

have combined for 20, 21, 15, 33 and 20 points. Davenport alone 

has scored 18, nine, eight, 25 and 15. 

With that kind of production from the center position, it opens up 

space for the Fever's outside shooters. Indiana is second in the 

WNBA in 3-point percentage, hitting 38.9. Katie Douglas is at 

50.9 percent and leads the league with 29 made 3-pointers. Rookie 

Jeanette Pohlen is at 57.7 percent. 

As for Dunn's second point about the balance between the Fever 

starters and reserves, the numbers clearly support her statements. 

Indiana has had nine different players score in double figures this 

season, including five reserves. 

The winning streak started at Washington on June 21, when the 

bench players accounted for 52 of Indiana's 89 points. The reserves 

followed that with outputs of 31, 24, 17 and 26. In Tuesday's 17- 

point victory over defending WNBA champion Seattle, the subs 

combined to hit an efficient 9-of-14 shots. 

“I've never been here when we've had a bench this strong, and that 

just continues to grow,” said Dunn, in her eighth season as an 

Indiana assistant or head coach. 

Fever reserves such as Shavonte Zellous, Pohlen and Sutton- 

Brown could probably be starters on another WNBA team. 

“That sends a message (about) the strength of your bench,” Dunn 

said. “If you have players on your bench who couldn't even begin 

to challenge anywhere else as a starter, then it's not strong 

enough.” 

Smith enjoys strong game vs. Seattle 

Dunn was happy to see Fever forward Tangela Smith hit 4-of-7 

shots and score 10 points in the victory over Seattle. Smith, who is 

in her 14th WNBA season and ranks among the league's all-time 

top scorers and rebounders, had hit just 5-of-40 from the field in 

the previous six games. 

“It seemed like she kind of lost a little bit of confidence in her shot 

and was hesitating,” Dunn said. “She's a shooter. I think sometimes 

when you miss a shot or two, or maybe three in a row, you get a 

little gun-shy. What we want her to do is: If you're open, shoot it, 

and don't worry about it. I thought that's what she did better against 

Seattle.” 

Phillips gets athletic ability from her dad 

Indiana point guard Erin Phillips has fond memories of growing up 

in Australia and watching her father, Greg, play professionally in 

Australian rules football. Greg, who is now coaching the sport, is a 

member of the game's hall of fame in Australia. 

“My dad was fierce on the field, but at home he was a gentle 

giant,” Erin said after Thursday's Fever practice. 

Erin is the youngest of Greg's three daughters. Erin, Rachel and 

Amy would attend practices with their dad, play on the sidelines 

and sometimes even jump into the team's hot tub. 

Erin plans to see her family in mid-September, when they visit 

Indianapolis. And she wants to be sure the family has a chance to 

see her play for Indiana, which finishes the regular season on Sept. 

11. 

“We gotta keep winning so we're in the (WNBA) Finals,” she said.


July 6, 2011 

Guards come through for Fever against Storm 

Subs Phillips, Bobbitt help Fever win 5th straight game 


For one game anyway, the Indiana Fever's point guard position 

was in good hands. 

In their first game since losing Briann January to a season-ending 

injury, the Fever received a spark from Erin Phillips and Shannon 

Bobbitt in a 78-61 victory over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday night 

at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

Jessica Davenport scored 15 points as the Fever (8-3) shot almost 

54 percent in extending their winning streak to five -- equaling 

their longest since 2009. She added seven rebounds, three assists 

and four blocks. Tamika Catchings also filled the box score: 11 

points, six rebounds, three assists, four steals. 

Sue Bird, a teammate of Catchings on Olympic gold medal teams 

in 2004 and 2008, had five 3-pointers and 21 points for Seattle (5- 

4). The defending WNBA champions were without three-time 

MVP Lauren Jackson, who had hip surgery last week. 

Phillips, in her first WNBA start since 2009, said she had 

butterflies. Bobbitt said she wasn't nervous at all. Together, they 

made what coach Lin Dunn said was a "tough night" easier to 

endure. The coach missed seeing January even in warm-ups. 

"I'm used to seeing her energy out on the court," Dunn said. 

The two point guards supplied energy and more. Phillips had six 

assists, one off her career high, along with seven points and three 

steals in 27 minutes. Bobbitt played 13 minutes and scored all of 

her eight points in the second quarter, featuring two 3s. 

"I've got superstars around me," Phillips said. "Having them help 

me, encouraging me, makes life so much easier. When they've got 

full confidence in you, you can't help but have confidence in 

yourself." 

Nine Fever players scored five or more points, and the bench 

delivered 26 on 9-of-14 shooting. Bobbitt suggested anyone on the 

team could be a starter elsewhere. 

"We're probably the only team in the league that plays players one 

through 11," she said. 

Catchings added: 

"We've got to continue to have that balance. When you stop one 

person, you've still got to worry about the other four." 

Katie Douglas, the Fever's top scorer (16.5 ppg), was held without 

a field goal over the closing 34 minutes and finished with nine 

points. It made little difference. 

Douglas hit successive 3-pointers to start a 12-0 run that pushed 

the Fever in front 18-9. Bird's 3-pointer cut the margin to 23-21 

early in the second quarter, but the Fever closed the half on an 11-2 

run to seize a 42-27 lead. 

The Fever led by as many as 19 in the third quarter. The Storm cut 

the gap to 58-52 early in the fourth before the Fever pulled away. 

Etc. 

January said surgery on the torn anterior cruciate ligament in her 

right knee is tentatively set for July 25. Recovery will take six 

months, she said. . . . A fourth consecutive home win allowed the 

Fever to become the WNBA's first team to eight victories. . . . 

Fever F Tangela Smith, after shooting 5-of-40 over the previous 

six games, was 4-of-7. . . . Seattle tied Fever opponent records with 

fewest free throws made (two) and attempted (four). . . . The 

victory was the Fever's third in the past nine games against Seattle. 

The Fever lost at Seattle 68-54 on June 19.

Hendricks County Flyer 

July 6, 2011 

Fever win big over Storm 

By Justin Whitaker 

In the Indiana Fever's first game after losing starting point guard 

Briann January for the season, Indiana beat the defending WNBA 

champion Seattle Storm with a balanced attack. 

Nine of Indiana's ten players scored at least five points to handily 

defeat Seattle 78-61. The bench gave the Fever a great lift 

combining to shoot 9-for-14 from the field and outscoring Seattle's 

reserves 26-7. 

"We have the best depth in the league," said forward Tangela 

Smith, who scored 10 points. "We can go one through eleven and 

play all of our players. And some players coming off the bench 

could easily start on other teams. We just have a good balance 

overall and it's hard to defend that." 

Jessica Davenport continued her solid play by leading the Fever (8- 

3) to their fifth straight win with team-highs of 15 points, seven 

rebounds and four blocked shots. 

"I just kind of let the game come to me, they double teamed a lot 

so I was able to hit the open players," said Davenport, who also 

had three assists. "Toward the end I was able to get one-on-one 

coverage so then I played my game." 

Indiana came out of the gate on fire, making their first six shots 

and jumping out to an early 14-9 lead. Each of the five starters 

scored during the opening run. 

The Fever were also playing well on the other side of the ball. 

Indiana was getting in the passing lanes and tipping a lot of balls. 

Their defense forced a season-high 20 turnovers. Tamika 

Catchings was big reason for the suffocating defense as she had 

four steals in the game. 

Shannon Bobbitt came off the bench to score all eight of her points 

in the first half to help give Indiana a 42-27 advantage at the break. 

The Fever were able to push their lead to 19 in the third but Seattle 

made a run back. The Storm hit four three-pointers in the quarter to 

help cut the lead to 11 entering the final period. Sue Bird scored 13 

of her game-high 21 points during the Seattle run in the second 

half. 

The Storm cut the lead to six with 7:41 remaining but Indiana went 

on a 16-5 run to end the game. 

"They just went on their run," Davenport said. "We were expecting 

that and we were able to weather that and then we went on our run 

and then game over." 

Starting for January, Erin Phillips provided a spark on both sides of 

the ball. She tallied seven points, a season-high six assists, four 

rebounds and three steals. But her nerves had her at the beginning 

of the game. 

"I had a little bit of butterflies, Bri is such a great player and 

having her missing is a big gap to fill," Phillips said. "But I had a 

lot of confidence in myself, I've been training really hard, doing 

extra stuff." 

Bobbitt also helped fill the gap at point guard as she shot 3-for-4 

from the field, including 2-for-2 from beyond the arc in 13 

minutes. The duo of Bobbitt and Phillips helped lessen the blow 

from losing their point guard to a torn right ACL. 

"I was pleased with both of them. Erin with her six assists, that's 

going to be huge for us and then Bobbitt came in there and gave us 

a spark," head coach Lin Dunn said. "We stuck with the game 

plan, I thought both of them really understood what we wanted to 

do." 

Seattle recently suffered an injury too as they lost their star player 

and last season's WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson to a left hip injury 

that will keep her out 8-12 weeks. The Storm fell to 1-2 without 

their 6-foot-5 Australian all-star. 

The Fever have the third game of their five game homestand 

against the Washington Mystics this Saturday at 7 p.m.


July 5, 2011 

Fever’s Bobbitt, Phillips to handle point 

guard duties 


Shannon Bobbitt won city and state high school basketball 

championships in New York. Won regional and conference 

championships in junior college. Won two NCAA 

championships at Tennessee. 

She always comes up big, except on a measuring device. She is 

5-2, 130 pounds, the smallest player in the WNBA. 

How does she do it? 

"Never back down, and I'm a winner," the Indiana Fever guard 

said. "That's all I'm trying to do. I just need one win at this level 

to complete it." 

Bobbitt looms larger for the Fever (7-3) heading into tonight's 

game against the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm (5- 

3) at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

Fever guard Shannon Bobbitt has won championships in high 

school, junior college and college. / Matt Detrich / The Star 

1 of 2 

Erin Phillips has won a world championship (2010) with the 

Australian national team. / Robert Scheer / The Star 

With Briann January sidelined for the rest of the season, the 

Fever are counting on Bobbitt and Erin Phillips to come through 

at point guard. 

Although both are new to the Fever, neither is new to winning 

basketball. 

Phillips played for the Polish league champions in the offseason 

and won a silver medal (2008 Olympics) and a gold (2010 

World Championship) with Australia's national team. 

As bad as it was to lose January, coach Lin Dunn said, the Fever 

are positioned for such a calamity by having two other capable 

point guards. 

"Both of these players have played at a very high level," Dunn 

said. "And I think they both understand the mentality of what it 

takes to win. So I feel very comfortable with either one of 

them." 

Bobbitt, 25, a native New Yorker, was a starter for the Los 

Angeles Sparks in 2008 and played for them in 2009. She was 

out of the WNBA last year before signing with the Fever as a 

free agent. She has played overseas in Israel, Poland and 

Turkey. 

She is a 26 percent shooter from the 3-point arc for her career. 

The Fever don't necessarily need her to score with a big three of 

Katie Douglas (17.1 ppg), Tamika Catchings (13.9) and Jessica 

Davenport (12.1). 

Bobbitt said she is "mentally tough, and my skill set is from 

God." She hasn't patterned her game after anyone else.

"I learn from everybody," she said. 

"A lot of people bring different things to the table. I try to mimic 

different things from each player and put it into my game and 

become a complete player." 

The 5-8 Phillips, 26, said the burden of running the offense 

won't fall all on her and Bobbitt. 

"We've got that support around us," Phillips said. "That's half 

the battle won." 

There will be times the Fever employ the 6-0 Douglas at point 

guard, mostly in the fourth quarter. She said a full-time role at 

the point wouldn't be a good fit, but she would be comfortable 

there. "Just going to try to step up my game even more and try to 

fill this void," Douglas said. 

The Storm, who beat the Fever 68-54 at Seattle on June 19, are 

without three-time MVP Lauren Jackson. She had hip surgery 

last week and won't return until late in the season. 

The Fever have won four in a row. They are trying to pad their 

Eastern Conference lead during a five-game homestand that 

includes four games after tonight. 

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July 2, 2011 

Indiana Regroups 


The Indiana Fever missed Briann January's enthusiasm and bounce 

at Friday's practice. 

As the Fever conducted drills in the Conseco Fieldhouse practice 

facility, January, her right knee wrapped and iced, sat in the corner 

and stretched lightly. The 2011 WNBA season is over for Indiana's 

third-year point guard. She suffered a torn ligament in last 

Tuesday's victory over Phoenix and will undergo surgery in a few 

weeks. 

“We love her energy, her effort, her defense,” coach Lin Dunn said 

about January. “She was just making such great strides in year 

three. But she'll be back. A year from now, she'll be back.” 

The Fever, atop the Eastern Conference at 7-3, will look to 

Shannon Bobbitt and Erin Phillips to run the offense in January's 

absence. Already, January is doling out tips to her successors. And 

Dunn will utilize the injured guard as an extra coach in team 

meetings and on the bench during games. 

“Bri was the first one out there for warmups and the last one to 

come in,” Dunn said. “She just loves to play. I think she's going to 

go through an adjustment period there. But we're going to keep her 

engaged.” 

January, averaging 8.6 points and 5.0 assists, knows that not 

playing will be a difficult test. Talking to reporters after Friday's 

practice, she said hearing of the severity of her injury was “kind of 

devastating.” 

“Getting that starting role, (seeing) our team on a roll, being a part 

of something special, and then being taken away from the game I 

love … it kind of hit real hard,” January said. 

“It's the biggest injury I've had to face,” she added. “It's a little 

scary in that aspect.” 

January is receiving help dealing with her first serious injury from 

Fever standout Tamika Catchings, who has experienced similar 

rough patches. A knee injury sidelined Catchings for all of her 

rookie season in 2001. She played in only 21 games in 2007 

because of a foot injury. 

“It's a journey,” Catchings said, relating what she told January 

about the comeback process. “Bri is a strong-minded, strong-willed 

person. It's something a lot of people in the league have gone 

through. She'll be fine.” 

The Fever have won four consecutive games and will play their 

next four at home, starting with Tuesday' matchup with 2010 

WNBA champion Seattle. Which point guard will start, Bobbitt or 

Phillips, is uncertain. Bobbitt has averaged 2.0 points and 1.4 

assists in 9 ½ minutes a game. Phillips is at 4.3 points and 1.4 

assists in 13 minutes a game. 

Both have played previously in the WNBA. Bobbitt also was part 

of two national championship-winning teams at the University of 

Tennessee. Phillips played for the Australian Olympic team. 

“They know our system, they know our plays,” Dunn said. 

“They're both going to play. They both can defend at a high level. 

It's just a matter of them feeling comfortable and confident.” 

Bobbitt, at 5-2, gets the job done with quickness. 

“I feel I'm still going to do the same things that I have, bringing 

energy, making sure everybody is positive and focused on one 

thing. That's winning the (WNBA) championship,” Bobbitt said. 

Phillips said daily practices against January elevated her game as a 

reserve. As a possible starter, she hopes to provide the same kind 

of positive force that January did. 

“If I can pick up where she left off, that will be great,” Phillips 

said. 

Also, Catchings and Katie Douglas will play bigger roles from 

their wing positions in getting the team into its offense. Douglas, 

an 11th-year WNBA veteran who is enjoying the best season of 

her career, can operate as a point guard. Against Phoenix, she 

played the final five minutes at the position, and she could finish 

future games there. 

“We've already talked about it,” said Douglas, who is averaging 

17.3 points and hitting 50 percent from the 3-point arc (27-of-54). 

“But I don't think it's a good fit for me to do that all game. It 

wouldn't play to my strengths. 

“I feel comfortable with (playing some point guard). I feel 

comfortable with whatever is asked of me. I'm just going to try to 

step up my game even more and try to fill this void.”


June 29, 2011 

Fever guard Briann January out for year 

with torn ACL 


Just as they were gaining momentum, the Indiana Fever are 

losing point guard Briann January. 

The Fever announced Wednesday that January will be lost for 

the rest of the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament 

in her right knee. She was injured in the fourth quarter of 

Tuesday's 91-86 victory over Phoenix. 

The third-year pro from Arizona State was averaging career 

highs in minutes (29), points (8.6) and assists (5.0). The Fever 

turned over the playmaking role to January after six-year starter 

Tully Bevilaqua left to sign a free-agent contract with San 

Antonio. 

Now the Fever will play an extended period with a new point 

guard for the first time since Bevilaqua moved into that role in 

2005. 

Coach Lin Dunn said the Fever would play "point guard by 

committee," leaning on Erin Phillips and Shannon Bobbitt, who 

are in their first year with the team. 

"It is such a tough blow for Bri because she's worked so hard to 

get where she is today," Dunn said. "It's unfortunate and we'll 

miss her leadership, but we know she'll come back even better 

and stronger. Now is the opportunity for someone else to step 

up, though." 

Surgery on January will be performed in four to six weeks by 

team orthopedist Stephen Kollias of St. Vincent Sports 

Performance. 

The Fever (7-3) lead the Eastern Conference and have won four 

in a row. They will play the second of five successive home 

games Tuesday against defending WNBA champion Seattle.

WNBA.com 

June 27, 2011 

Top 15 Voting: Tamika Catchings 

In Brief 

Four-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 

Eight-time All-WNBA selection 

Two-time Olympic Gold Medal Winner (2004, 2008) 

Not only did Catchings enter the 2011 season ranked second on 

the WNBA’s all-time steals list with 708, including a whopping 

99 in 2009 when she led Indiana to the WNBA Finals, she also 

ranks eighth in both points scored (4,665) and rebounds (2,134), 

and tenth in assists (1,032). 

How appreciated is Catchings’ game? Five times she has 

finished among the top three in balloting for the league’s MVP 

honor and twice she was the leading vote-getter for the WNBA 

All-Star Game. How unique is her ability? Catchings led the 

Fever in points per game, rebounds, assists and steals in each of 

her first six active pro seasons – no other WNBA player has led 

her team in as many categories in even one season. 

What they’re Saying 

"Still seeking her first WNBA title, there’s no denying that this 

former Tennessee star is another of the elite of elite with gold 

medals and an NCAA championship. Has stayed the course 

through hard times in Indiana to help make the Fever a 

perennial league contender." 

-- Mel Greenberg, Woman Hoops Guru 

"The defensive player of the year award should one day be 

named in her honor." 

-- Mechelle Voepel, ESPN 

"Catchings is probably the most versatile player in WNBA 

history. Seemingly, Catchings never runs out of energy. This is 

impressive due to how dynamic she is on both ends of the 

floor. Hopefully, she’ll capture a WNBA Championship before 

her career ends; she deserves it." 

-- Ben York, SLAM Magazine


June 25, 2011 

In WNBA, Being a First-Round Draft Pick 

Guarantees a Player Little 


Thirty first-round selections in the NBA draft receive guaranteed 

contracts. Twelve first-round selections in the WNBA draft 

wonder if they can survive past one season. 

Considering that the Indiana Fever have won so much they don't 

get high picks, they are fortunate to retain two from the past three 

drafts: Briann January and Jeanette Pohlen. Both are key figures 

for the Fever (4-3), who will try to take over first place in the 

Eastern Conference by beating Connecticut (4-2) tonight at 


Coach Lin Dunn was "guardedly optimistic" that guard Katie 

Douglas, who has missed virtually all of two games because of a 

sore back, could return against her former team. 

Now that the WNBA has contracted to 12 teams of 11 players 

each, it is more difficult to make a roster. Of 12 first-round picks 

from 2010, only six remain with teams that drafted them. 

Since drafting Tamika Catchings third in 2001, the Fever have 

chosen higher than sixth only once, taking Tan White at No. 2 in 

2005. White was cut by the Fever after four years and now plays 

for the Sun. 

General manager Kelly Krauskopf has kept the Fever near the top 

mostly via trades and free agents. 

"We do it opposite of the NBA," she said. "They draft first, then 

they do their free agents. We have free agents in the first part of 

our year, and then we fill in with the draft (in April). It's a very 

different model." 

The Fever overhauled the roster in the offseason, signing Tangela 

Smith and Shyra Ely as free agents and acquiring Erin Phillips in a 

trade. Former Fever starters Ebony Hoffman (Los Angeles) and 

Tully Bevilaqua (San Antonio) signed elsewhere. Last year's firstround 

pick, Jene Morris, was cut before the season. 

"My colleagues and I talk about it: 'I hope my No. 9 pick makes 

my team,' " Krauskopf said. 

Teams often secure free agents -- some of whom have sharpened 

their skills in overseas leagues -- who can replace rookies or 

second-year pros. As in the NBA, teams also sign international 

players. 

There is so much available talent, Krauskopf said, that players of 

WNBA quality aren't on a roster. Those selected in the second half 

of the first round are particularly vulnerable, and second-rounders 

almost never make it. College All-Americans such as Pohlen don't 

necessarily make it. 

"Training camp was no joke for anybody on any team," Pohlen 

said. "Even though you're drafted to a team, nothing's guaranteed. 

"When people get cut, they're kind of shocked. That's just the way 

the league works." 

January said going from college to the pros is an even greater jump 

than going from high school to college. It takes a strong 

personality, as well as strong skills, to make it. 

"You quickly realize that if you walk out there without confidence, 

you're going to get smashed," January said. "It's a quick adjustment 

where you realize you're there for a reason. They drafted you 

because they believe you could help the team." 

Or at least hope you can make the team.


June 25, 2011 

Sutton-Brown Enjoys Big Night off Bench 


Tammy Sutton-Brown accepted Indiana's victory with a smile 

Saturday night and quickly moved on to other matters. 

“In this league, you can't get too high and you can't get too low,” 

Sutton-Brown said after the Fever's 75-70 triumph over the 

Connecticut Sun at Conseco Fieldhouse. “We have a game again 

(Sunday night) against Minnesota, and they're playing extremely 

well.” 

It's too bad, really, that Sutton-Brown didn't have more time to 

savor the win, which lifted Indiana (5-3) into first place in the 

WNBA's Eastern Conference. She deserved it. 

The Fever center came off the bench for the first time since 2009 

and collected 12 points and three rebounds in 19 ½ minutes against 

the Sun. Her eight points on 4-of-4 shooting in the third quarter 

provided a significant turning point. 

“I give Tammy a lot of credit,” Indiana coach Lin Dunn said. 

“That's tough for her (coming from the bench). For her to come in 

and play so well, hitting 6 of 7 from the field, it's really a positive 

sign for our team.” 

Jessica Davenport, who has enjoyed a strong start this season, 

opened the game in place of Sutton-Brown and collected nine 

points and three rebounds. 

“Dav has been playing extremely well,” said Sutton-Brown, who 

became the ninth different Indiana player to score in double figures 

in 2011. “That was a change coach wanted to make and her 

decision. I just wanted to do whatever it takes for this team to get a 

win right now.” 

For the sixth straight game, the Fever bench contributed at least 25 

points. Indiana's reserves outscored Connecticut's by a 31-6 

margin. 

The reserves' production will continue to be important as the club 

deals with flights to and from Minnesota on Sunday and Monday 

and then another game at The Fieldhouse Tuesday against Phoenix. 

“We feel really good about our bench,” Dunn said. “They're 

getting quality minutes. A lot of bench players are in there during 

crunch time.” 

Saturday night, Tamika Catchings led the Fever with 13 points and 

12 rebounds, recording the 70th double-double of her career. She 

scored six points in the final 4 ½ minutes to boost Indiana to a 73- 

70 lead with 12.9 seconds remaining. And she finished off the 

victory by stealing the ball from Renee Montgomery on the Sun's 

final possession, which led to a fast-break layup by Shyra Ely. 

“I thought we had some great defensive stops,” Dunn said. 

And the Fever built some marvelous runs. Indiana closed the first 

half with a 16-2 spurt. The Fever then mounted a 17-2 run in the 

third quarter. 

“We kind of realized what we needed to do,” said Indiana guard 

Briann January, who scored 10 points with four rebounds and three 

assists. “We saw that we were in a lull and we needed to pick it up 

and have a run. We knew it had to start on the defensive end, and I 

think that's where it did happen. 

“It's a goal of ours to be a third-quarter team this year, and we tried 

to come out and be strong in the third and set the tone for the 

second half.” 

Katie Douglas, who missed one game and practiced little this week 

with a bruised lower back, started and scored nine points. But she 

went scoreless in 16 second-half minutes. 

“I was surprised she did as well as she did under the 

circumstances,” Dunn said. “I'll be really curious to see how she is 

(Sunday) with the flight and then the back-to-back. 

“I'm not worried about whether she scored early, late or anything, 

as long as we get a win and somebody else comes in and steps up.” 

Connecticut (4-3) had four of its starters in double-digit scoring, 

led by Montgomery's 19. But center Tina Charles, the secondleading 

scorer in the WNBA, was held to 12 -- more than eight 

under her average. 

The defensive plan, Dunn said, was to try to keep Charles from 

getting the ball and then double-team her when she did. At first, 

Indiana failed in its efforts to deny Charles the ball. With some 

urging from Dunn, the Fever players worked harder at it. 

“I thought the times when we did what we were supposed to do, it 

really bothered her,” Dunn said. “Anytime you keep Tina Charles 

to 12 points, you're happy. I'm real happy.”


June 24, 2011 

Fever subs on a surge 


The broadest measure of success for the Indiana Fever's bench 

players, according to coach Lin Dunn, is whether they are 

providing “positive energy” when inserted in the lineup. 

How's this for positive energy? The Fever's reserves contributed 52 

points in each of the past two games, breaking and then tying a 

club record for bench production. Also, Indiana bench players have 

scored 25 or more points in five consecutive games for the first 

time in franchise history. 

In fact, the recent surge of the subs poses something of a dilemma 

for Dunn and her staff. 

“As we move forward,” the coach said, “we're evaluating: Do we 

change the (starting) lineup or do we just keep letting the bench 

come in and produce like they are? We're getting so much 

productivity out of them. It's a good problem.” 

The major role for Indiana's reserves isn't likely to end soon. The 

Fever (4-3) will play three games in four days, starting with 

Saturday night's matchup with Connecticut at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

The Fever players will fly to Minnesota early on Sunday for a 

game against the Lynx that night. They'll return to Indianapolis on 

Monday and meet Phoenix in The Fieldhouse on Tuesday night. 

The uncertainty concerning the availability of leading scorer Katie 

Douglas could make that difficult stretch even tougher. Douglas, 

who suffered a bruised lower back in a June 19 game at Phoenix, 

remains questionable to play this weekend. Dunn said she is 

“guardedly optimistic” about Douglas returning to the lineup. 

“She gets a little better every day, but we certainly don't want to do 

anything that could further injure it this early in the season,” said 

Dunn, who held Douglas out of contact work at Thursday's 

practice. “She has to be at least 90 (percent healthy). We're not 

going to put her out there at 70.” 

When Douglas and her 16.5 scoring average departed the Phoenix 

game, which Indiana lost in overtime, reserves Jessica Davenport 

and rookie Jeanette Pohlen responded nicely. Davenport, who's 

been on a roll for much of the young season, collected a careerhigh 

20 points and nine rebounds. Pohlen enjoyed a breakout game 

with 17 points, including 5-of-5 shooting on 3-pointers. 

“Coming off the bench, you need to be instant energy,” said 

Davenport, who provides just that in the low post. “That's been my 

role for the last couple of years, and I feel comfortable doing that.” 

For Pohlen, the only rookie on the Fever roster, finding a similar 

comfort level is the goal. Her decorated career at Stanford prepared 

her for many, but not all, aspects of the WNBA. 

At the professional level, the game is faster and the players are 

more aggressive. WNBA offenses rely heavily on pick-and-roll 

maneuvers instead of the motion and five-player screening that 

Stanford used in its triangle attack. 

But the injury to Douglas compelled Pohlen to do some fast, onthe-job 

learning. 

“It kind of goes to show that you have to be ready for anything at 

any time,” said Pohlen, who has hit 8-of-11 field goal attempts and 

7-of-8 3-point tries in the past two games. 

Shavonte Zellous came off the bench to score 21 in Indiana's 89-80 

victory at Washington on June 21. Zellous hit 7-of-9 from the field 

and 6-of-7 from the line and also had four rebounds and three 

blocked shots. 

“I just think we have a lot of depth,” Zellous said about the team's 

cast of reserves. “We try to push the first team (in practices) so we 

can be ready when we get into the game.” 

The Fever coaching staff, Dunn said, is doing a good job of mixing 

and matching subs with veteran starters. Seldom is there an allreserve 

lineup on the floor. 

“I think that's a calming factor for any of the subs that come in,” 

Dunn said. 

“The bench is young,” the coach added. “That's where our fresh 

legs are. That's where our young energy comes from.” 

Erin Phillips, who plays with a slashing and all-out style, is often 

called off the bench when the Fever needs an igniter. Reserve 

forward Shyra Ely gave Indiana five points and five rebounds at 

Phoenix and followed with five points at Washington. Shannon 

Bobbitt had seven points and six assists at Phoenix and then got a 

rare start at Washington when Dunn opted to replace the injured 

Douglas with an extra dose of back-court speed. 

“Like Lin always says, positive energy spreads and our bench has 

that every day,” said Briann January, the Fever's starting point 

guard. “That keeps us going. You're going to have lulls in games, 

but if you have that positive energy and grit to get it done, you're 

going to pull out some wins.” 

Davenport, who is the Fever's third-leading scorer at 11.3 points a 

game, would seem the most likely reserve to someday move into 

the starting lineup. However, Dunn has expressed no 

dissatisfaction with starter Tammy Sutton-Brown at center. 

Davenport is averaging 22 minutes a game, Sutton-Brown is at 17. 

“Sometimes you have to be careful when you tinker with 

something that's working,” Dunn said. “If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 

But it's something to think about. (Davenport) really has been a 

presence down inside.”

SwishAppeal.com 

June 21, 2011 

2011 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year: Top 10 

Early Season Candidates 

By Nate Parham 

After dominating the WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year race for 

the past two seasons, Phoenix Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner 

is going to have a tough time hanging on to it in 2011. 

Perhaps that's more of a testament to the growing talent in the 

WNBA than anything about Bonner or the Mercury's early-season 

performance this season - a number of younger players have 

stepped up to contribute to their teams this season as well as a 

number of old faces in new places. 

So although there are 2-3 very clear front-runners for the award, 

given that it's early in the season and some players' production will 

taper off as others improve this early season list will look at 10 

players who have distinguished themselves as particularly valuable 

off the bench. 

And in terms of how the list was determined, "Most Valuable 

Bench Player" is probably a good way to conceptualize it - it's 

essentially the same statistical framework for determining MVPs 

minus the focus on whether the candidates are leading their team. 

Framework: 

1. Contribution to team success: Marginal 

victories produced (read more) 

2. Credit for team success: The percentage of a 

player's valuable contributions to the team 

(read more) 

3. Impact on the floor: For MVPs, this would 

be plus/minus, but that's a little bit harder to 

use for players coming off the bench - as an 

extreme example, if a player were to come off 

the bench to replace a star player, their 

plus/minus should be low only because a dropoff 

should be expected (that, by the way, is 

part of what "adjusted plus minus" is for). 

Instead, I'm going to use the player's overall 

contribution to the team's Four Factors 

(effective field goal percentage, turnover 

percentage, offensive rebounding percentage, 

and free throw rate). That does two things: not 

only is a reasonable proxy for a player's 

impact, but it also takes versatility into 

account, which I would argue is valuable for a 

bench player. 

4. Points per empty possession: This doesn't 

just reward players who score well - it rewards 

players who make good decisions with the ball 

and creates more scoring possessions than 

empty possessions. In other words, player who 

do more good than harm. (read more) 

Two things you'll notice: 

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�This is not an objective evaluation of talent, but how 

a player comes off the bench and contributes to 

their team. 

�There are intangibles - the great thing about having a 

player as versatile as Bonner is the ability to use 

her with different lineup combinations given 

matchups. There's also the matter of defense, both 

on-ball defense and fitting within a team concept. 

Yes they exist; no there's not a perfect way to 

figure that out. 

So, from that came this list of ten players: 

Name MVP PVC Team Factors Pts/empty 

1. Danielle Adams 8.0 12.5 1.44 3.30 

2. Jessica Davenport 7.5 14.2 1.41 2.36 

3. Kristi Toliver 7.2 13.12 0.65 2.43 

4. Ebony Hoffman 6.1 11.02 0.94 2.23 

5. DeWanna Bonner 5.2 11.3 1.32 2.11 

6. Jia Perkins 6.1 9.6 0.74 2.56 

7. Kelsey Griffin 5.1 9.4 1.16 2.08 

8. Jeanette Pohlen 4.9 9.3 1.20 3.58 

9. Alison Bales 4.5 10.4 0.88 2.32 

10. Le'coe Willingham 4.3 9.4 1.19 1.75 

Update: Kalana Greene, who has started every game, has been 

replaced by Le'coe Willingham. 

1. Danielle Adams, F, San Antonio Silver Stars: It's hard to 

choose between Adams and Davenport and you could certainly go 

either way - both have arguably won a game for their team and 

give their teams a huge boost. But what separates Adams is her 

scoring efficiency, which is actually something of a remarkable 

statement when considering that she has shot 21 threes this year. 

The other thing that helps is that she turns the ball over less often. 

But perhaps the most underrated thing: Adams brings a rebounding 

presence off the bench that means more to the Silver Stars - among 

the worst rebounding teams - than anything Davenport adds to the 

Fever. If Adams doesn't win Rookie of the Year - and there's a 

strong argument for her being near the top of that race - she could 

very well win this one. 

2. Jessica Davenport, C, Indiana Fever: Davenport continues to 

make strides in her career and although she's not the most efficient 

player on this list, she's come off the bench a few times now to 

give the Fever a boost. She's much more comfortable operating in 

the post than she has been in the past and defensively she's 

averaging 2 blocks a game. Part of her value to the team as well is

that right now she's outplaying the Fever's starter at center, at least 

statistically. 

3. Kristi Toliver, G, Los Angeles Sparks: Although Adams and 

Davenport are probably the clear top contenders for this award, 

Toliver is not that far behind for all the reasons she showed on 

Sunday in the Sparks' impressive win against the Seattle Storm. 

Like Davenport, she will probably also be in consideration for the 

Most Improved Player award this season as well. The reason she's 

not higher is probably obvious relative to the two ahead of her - 

she doesn't add quite as much in terms of the Four Factors. 

4. Ebony Hoffman, F, Los Angeles Sparks: Best bench in the 

league? The Sparks are certainly making their case early in the 

season. Hoffman isn't contributing quite as much to the team's 

statistical bottom line as Toliver, but which player is more 

important is certainly debatable - as one might expect based on 

positions, Toliver is the more efficient ball handler and shooter 

while Hoffman is the better rebounder and defender, with 

rebounding being a huge need for the Sparks. Take your pick 

between these two. 

5. DeWanna Bonner, F, Phoenix Mercury: Why did Bonner 

leapfrog people on this list with better numbers? Mainly because of 

her versatility and what she's able to do defensively on a team that 

could always use more of that. What's hurting her right now is a 

very low 2-point percentage of 34.78%, but the fact that she 

doesn't turn the ball over much when on the floor is to her benefit. 

6. Jia Perkins, G, San Antonio Silver Stars: Don't fixate on the 

strength of the Sparks' bench without considering that of the Silver 

Stars. With Adams, Perkins, plus two other rookies coming off the 

bench they have a potent rotation. What Perkins offers the team is 

a scoring threat as a guard with an impressive 57.14% 2-point 

percentage, an alternate ball handler and defense. 

7. Kelsey Griffin, F, Connecticut Sun: What Griffin is doing 

extremely well - as expected give her college numbers - is 

rebounding, on both ends of the floor. But more subtly, her steal 

percentage of 3.8% (1.2 spg) shows the type of excellent instincts 

she has as both ends as well. Griffin isn't higher because a) she 

doesn't contribute as much to her team as others and b) her 

shooting percentages are below average for her position. But she's 

a valuable asset particularly because of her intangibles and the fact 

that rebounding, though not bad for the Sun, is one of their weaker 

areas. 

8. Jeanette Pohlen, G. Indiana Fever: Pohlen is turning out to be 

a valuable scoring threat off the Fever's bench and has she earns 

more minutes, her standing on this list - and the Rookie of the Year 

race - will improve. Her 78% true shooting percentage is 

outstanding and her 50% 2-point percentage is solid. But the 

reason she isn't higher on this list is she's a scorer with a low usage 

rate, thus far - her usage rate of 12.5% is what Ken Pomeroy might 

call nearly invisible offensively. 

9. Alison Bales, C, Atlanta Dream: Bales was among the people 

on the radar last season and she gets the nod here for contributing 

more to the Dream than Le'coe Willingham does to the Seattle 

Storm. Other possible options for these last two spots would be 

Porsha Phillips, Danielle Robinson, and Tan White, but think of it 

this way: if a team has three candidates for any award isn't the third 

player generally so much less likely to win that she's no longer a 

candidate? 

10. Le'coe Willingham, F, Seattle Storm: This one requires some 

explanation - Willingham is somewhat representative of the 

Storm's struggles as a team. Her points per empty possession is 

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low, which doesn't help a team that is already struggling with 

shooting efficiency out of the gate. Nevertheless - and I missed this 

at first - Willingham has the third-highest true shooting percentage 

on the team. Why? She has a free throw rate of 75% and is 

shooting 83% from the line. That's particularly important for the 

Storm, who currently stand at 11th in the league in terms of free 

throw rate, according to Kevin Pelton of StormBasketball.com. 

Willingham will almost certainly rise on this list as the season goes 

on.

Guru’s WNBA Report 

June 21, 2011 

Guru’s WNBA Report: Indiana’s Subs 

Torpedo Washington 

By Mel Greenburg 

The nuances of a short 34-game season in the WNBA usually 

means that once the hoopla over the start of another summer of 

competition begins to subside, depending how teams negotiate 

the first week or so, talk soon centers on who is ready to hit the 

panic button. 

Each of the five games played Tuesday had a suggestion of such 

a situation, especially here. 

The Indiana Fever arrived here off a rugged coast-to-coast threegame 

road trip carrying a two-game losing streak, angst over 

giving one up Sunday to the Phoenix Mercury in overtime, and 

the knowledge that All-Star Katie Douglas would have to be 

rested on the side of caution after injuring her lower back 

Sunday in a fall late in the first quarter. 

Besides, Douglas’ mouth always begins to water when it comes 

to facing her former Connecticut Sun squad that will visit 

Indianapolis Saturday night. 

So Indiana seemed ripe as the perfect foe to help the 

Washington Mystics get some traction that has been hard to 

come by with Alana Beard still sidelined since the start of the 

season with a sprained left foot. 

All seemed well and good at the outset as the Mystics roared to 

a 24-13 lead at the end of the first quarter. But then the Fever 

bench represented by former Pitttsburgh star Shavonte Zellous 

and former Ohio State star Jessica Davenport came to life and 

gathered more strength with rookie Jeanette Pohlen out of 

Stanford. 

The Fever (4-3) rallied with a 29-15 second quarter and never 

stopped until the final score in the Verizon Center showed them 

winning 89-80 as the defending Eastern co-champions of the 

regular season fell to 1-5. 

Zellous scored 21 points, Davenport scored 18 as did Briann 

January, who had struggled against Phoenix. 

One might say nothing like a hot night from January on the first 

day of summer in June. 

All-Star Tamika Catchings had 15 points while Pohlen finished 

with eight points. 

All told the Fever subs outscored the Mystics bench, 52-19. 

Washington got 23 points from the Mystics’ usual strength in 

former Maryland star Crystal Langhorne while rookie Karima 

Christmas out of Duke scored 13 off the bench. Former Rutgers 

star Matee Ajavon, picking up minutes with Beard on the 

sidelines, scored 17 points and Kelly Miller scored 10 points. 

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“I thought we really started out sluggish,” Fever coach Lin Dunn 

said. “This was our third game in five days all the way across 

America. 

“I thought we made some adjustments, put some high energy 

players in there defensively, some players that really hadn’t got 

a lot of minutes across the trip. 

“And then I thought we really started defending much better. I 

thought we did a good job on their 3’s – they only hit three (3for-16), 

I thought we really worked hard to make it hard for 

Langhorne and (Nicky) Anosike to catch in the paint and then I 

thought we really executed our offense.” 

Zellous said of her big night, “`Coach always says you never 

know when your opportunity is going to present itself and 

tonight was my opportunity. 

“Our team goal is to focus on our defense first so we can create 

our offense off our defense. I think I was able to do that as soon 

as I got into the game and I was able to knock down shots.” 

Meanwhile Langhorne admits the losses are frustrating but she 

is not ready to grab the panic button even as Washington keeps 

slipping further behind the Eastern pack. 

“You can’t help but feel frustrated after games,” she said. “But 

like I said, we’re learning, we have new people, I believe we’re 

going to keep getting better as the season goes on. 

“We’re going to stay positive. We’re not going to give up. 

We’re going to keep playing,” Langhorne added. “I’m the only 

starter from last year. So when you look at that, what do you 

expect? We’re going to keep playing, but it’s been tough.” 

It’s been the same way for the Eastern playoff champion Atlanta 

Dream, which until Tuesday afternoon had only one win. 

But the Dream cashed in against the Chicago Sky with a lastminute 

replacement in Courtney Paris, who is filling a spot 

while Sancho Lyttle is off to Spain to play in an Olympic 

qualifying tournament and be away for six games. 

Paris, the former Oklahoma star who was cut twice the last two 

seasons by the Los Angeles Sparks had nine points and eight 

rebounds behind Angel McCoughtry’s 14 points and the Dream 

(2-5) got out of the basement with a 71-68 win over the visiting 

Sky. 

Sylvia Fowles had 21 points for the Sky (3-3) who have lost two 

straight after winning three in a row. Former James Madison star 

Tamera Young scored 14 points off the bench for Chicago, 

which hosts first-place Connecticut Thursday night for the third 

game in 12 days against the Sun. 

Fifteen years ago Tuesday the New York Liberty beat the Los 

Angeles Sparks on the west coast in the inaugural game of the 

WNBA. 

The outcome was reversed Tuesday and the Liberty may not be 

far from reaching panic mode, though as the West showed last 

year medicore teams can make the playoffs if they are all in bad 

shape. 

DeLisha Milton-Jones scored 27 for Los Angeles in the 96-91

victory that improved the Sparks to 4-1 while the Liberty fell to 

2-4 with a four-game losing streak. 

The two teams will meet again Sunday in Newark, N.J. 

Candace Parker, the former Tennessee superstar, added 21 

points and 13 rebounds to the Sparks attack while former 

Maryland star Kristi Toliver scored 16 points and veteran Tina 

Thompson scored 14. 

Former Rutgers all-American Cappie Pondexter had 22 points 

for the Liberty. 

The Phoenix Mercury, which dropped their first three games, 

won their second straight and removed San Antonio’s claim as 

the last unbeaten WNBA team with a 105-98 win in Texas as 

Penny Taylor scored 20 points and former Temple star Candice 

Dupree had 20 points and 13 rebounds in the Alamo city in 

Texas. 

The Mercury overcame a bad shooting night by its superstar 

Diana Taurasi, who was 2-for-13 from the field and scored just 

seven points. 

Kara Braxton had 15 points and Temeka Johnson scored 14. 

San Antonio’s Becky Hammon scored 28 points for the Silver 

Stars (4-1), whose loss enabled the idle Minnesota Lynx to take 

sole possession of first place in the Western Conference. 

Danielle Adams, the most outstanding player of the NCAA 

Women’s Final Four after leading Texas A&M to the Aggies’ 

first national title, scored 22 points. There’s obvious no reason 

for panic by San Antonio, which was without Sophia Young, 

who was ill. 

Seattle owned the league a year ago but the Storm has been 

struggling early in the season and had to rally to beat the Tulsa 

Shock 82-77 in Oklahoma as former UConn teammates Sue 

Bird scored 21 points and Swin Cash scored 17. 

Seattle is 3-2 but Tulsa, which had just won a game, fell to 1-6. 

The Storm may panic if Lauren Jackson’s injury is serious. She 

left at the half after earlier hurting her hip. 

Tiffany Jackson had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Tulsa. 

The league is idle Wednesday night. 

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Associated Press 

June 21, 2011 

Zellous scores 21 as Fever hold off Mystics, 

89-80 

Reserve guard Shavonte Zellous scored a season-high 21 points 

and the Indiana Fever held off the Washington Mystics 89-80 on 

Tuesday night. 

Jessica Davenport and Briann January added 18 apiece to help the 

Fever (4-3) salvage the final contest of a three-game road trip that 

saw them criss-cross the country from Seattle to Phoenix to 

Washington in five days. 

Zellous, who entered the game having scored just seven points the 

first six games, shot 7 for 9 from the field and helped make up for 

the absence of Fever leading scorer Katie Douglas. 

"Coach (Lin Dunn) always says you never know when your 

opportunity is going to present itself and tonight was my 

opportunity," Zellous said. "Our team goal is to focus on our 

defense first so we can create our offense off our defense. I think I 

was able to do that as soon as I got into the game and I was able to 

knock down shots." 

The Fever reserves combined for 52 points as Indiana shot 55 

percent from the field. 

"Our bench was amazing tonight with Katie not playing," the 

Fever's Tamika Catchings said. "We had people that stepped up 

and they needed to step up." 

Crystal Langhorne scored 23 points and Matee Ajavon added 17 

for Washington (1-5), which led by 11 in the first quarter before 

losing its fourth straight. 

"When we came out in the first quarter, we executed well and got 

the shots that we wanted," Mystics coach Trudi Lacey said. "They 

turned up the heat — they're a veteran team, a team that's been 

deep in the playoffs. We mishandled some possessions, gave up 

some easy baskets." 

Leading by three at halftime, Indiana scored the first nine points of 

the second half and was up 14 after the break. The Mystics rallied 

but got no closer than three points. 

"Every time they'd have a run we'd match it and then we'd pull 

back up again," Dunn said. "If you can do that on the road, that's a 

good sign for you, especially when you're tired. 

The Fever made just three field goals in the first quarter and fell 

behind by 11. Sparked by Catchings and January, Indiana went on 

an 18-2 run to start the second quarter. 

"I thought in the first quarter we started out like we'd just gotten 

off the plane," Dunn said. "We were sluggish. Then I thought we 

brought some energy people off the bench. I thought the players 

that got more minutes tonight because Katie was out really took 

advantage of it." 

Douglas, injured in Sunday's loss at Phoenix, could return to the 

lineup Saturday when the Fever host Connecticut. 

Washington's Alana Beard has yet to play in the regular season due 

to a sprained left foot. 

Indiana Fever's Erin Phillips, left, moves the ball as Washington 

Mystics' Kelly Miller, right defends during the first quarter of a 

WNBA basketball game on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in 

Washington. Photo: Luis M. Alvarez / AP


June 18, 2011 

Q&A with Jeanette Pohlen 

After playing four games in the WNBA, Fever rookie Jeanette 

Pohlen took time after a practice last week to discuss her 

transition from college basketball in California to professional 

basketball in Indianapolis, and the role she plays for the Fever. 

FeverBasketball.com: You recently moved from California. How 

do you like the city of Indianapolis? 

Jeanette Pohlen: “Everyone has been really welcoming, including 

my teammates, which is very comforting because those are the 

people that you see every day. They have really helped make the 

adjustment and transition from California to here.” 

FB: Have you been homesick at all? 

JP: “I do miss California, but Indianapolis is a great city. My 

parents have already been out here and I know my friends will visit 

as well so I haven’t really been homesick yet. The atmosphere of 

the city of Indy seems very family-oriented and makes me feel 

right at home.” 

FB: As a player, you are well-respected for your ability to shoot 

the basketball. Who taught you your jump shot? 

JP: “It was a combination of a lot of people. In high school, I really 

wasn’t much of a shooter. I was known more of a slasher type, 

who was very aggressive taking the ball to the basket. Going into 

college, shooting was one area I really needed to improve upon. 

My coach told me she needed more shooters on the team. So the 

summer before my freshman year, I really focused on improving 

my 3-point shot and it’s something I have continued doing ever 

since.” 

FB: Describe the transition you have made from the college game 

to the professional game. 

JP: “Right off the bat, it’s quicker, a lot more aggressive, and a 

faster-paced game all around. With the 24-second shot clock, it has 

to be played faster. The players are much stronger and much more 

physical. You definitely don’t have as much time to take a shot. If 

you have an open shot you have to shoot it right away. Otherwise, 

you might not get another one.” 

FB: Over the past three years you were a starter for Stanford, now 

you have been thrust into more of a reserve role for the Fever. How 

has this change affected your mentality? 

JP: “I have the same mentality as I did my freshman year at 

Stanford. I want to be able provide a spark off the bench. I want to 

bring defensive energy and be ready for anything because you 

never know how the game will play out. Someone may be in foul 

trouble or get hurt, so you always have to be mentally prepared for 

your time to play. I stay very optimistic and high-energy on the 

bench.” 

FB: Is it intimidating at all to play with some of the WNBA’s 

greatest players, such as Tamika Catchings or Katie Douglas? 

JP: “At first it was, but I’m getting used to it now. People that you 

have watched on television growing up, it’s a dream come true. 

Even some of the players on the other teams, it’s like ‘oh my 

gosh!’ You kind of have to put it in the back of your mind though 

and take it to them. It’s just so surreal to be in this situation. There 

are only so many players in the WNBA and to be one of them is 

just amazing. 

FB: What are some of your personal goals for the season? 

JP: “Hopefully, to come off the bench and give the team whatever 

it may need, whether it is to hit a shot, to make a stop, just 

anything. I try and hit my shot when I’m open, but I also realize 

there are other people that need to get the ball as well. Ultimately, 

my personal goals are geared towards the betterment of the team. 

I’m all for the team.” 

FB: When you are not playing basketball, what do you enjoy 

doing? 

JP: “In California, I really enjoy being outside, hanging out with 

friends at the beach, and shopping. I’m hoping to find some new 

hobbies out here, because I’m not a big person on staying inside. I 

like to be active.” 

FB: If you weren’t playing in the WNBA, what profession would 

you seek? 

JP: “I would probably go either one extreme or the other. Since I 

am a communications major, I would probably try and be in sports 

marketing or sports media. However, I really like fashion. I love to 

read fashion magazines and see what people are wearing and just 

all the different styles that are out there. It’s all really fascinating to 

me.” 

FB: Do you have any superstitions or rituals you must do before a 

game? 

JP: “I’m kind of boring, but I usually do my hair after I get taped. I 

have to eat something before the game, whether it is some fruit or a 

granola bar. I just need something to hold me over for the game.” 

FB: What object or possession can you absolutely not do without 

in your life? 

JP: “Probably my cell phone. These days, it has everything on it. 

You don’t even need a computer anymore. It’s just nice to be able 

to stay connected with people while away from home.” 

- Cole McKeel


June 15, 2011 

Davenport leads Fever to 82-74 win over Shock 


Manning-to-Harrison is Indianapolis' iconic pass-and-catch combo. 

For a few minutes, though, January-to-Davenport was similarly 

effective. 

On a night in which Katie Douglas achieved a WNBA milestone, 

Briann January and Jessica Davenport allowed the Indiana Fever to 

take over first place in the Eastern Conference 

Davenport scored nine of the Fever's final 16 points -- six on three 

assists from January -- in an 82-74 victory over the Tulsa Shock 

before an announced crowd of 6,024 Tuesday at Conseco 

Fieldhouse. 

A pick-and-roll play down the stretch expanded January's assist 

total to 10 -- one off the franchise record and most in the WNBA 

this year in a non-overtime game. 

"We were going to run it until they stopped it," January said. "It's 

easy to play with 'Dav' because they have to respect both of us." 

Davenport scored 14 points in 23 minutes off the bench. January 

scored 12 and backup point guard Erin Phillips 10. 

Douglas tied a franchise record with six 3-pointers and scored 22 

points, all in the first three quarters. The league scoring leader 

(21.2 ppg) also made one steal, giving her 500 and making her the 

first to reach that career landmark in both steals and 3s. 

"She's as well-rounded a player as I think is in the league right 

now," Fever coach Lin Dunn said. 

Douglas said she was considered merely a shooter as a rookie in 

2001, but she has become a four-time member of the All-WNBA 

defensive team. 

"I'm not the quickest, but I feel like I definitely read the situation, 

read the angles and am able to play the passing lanes," she said. 

"I've been working at it, and I guess after 11 years, getting kind of 

good at it." 

The Fever (3-1) labored for most of the game before turning back 

Tulsa (0-5). Tiny guard Ivory Latta scored 19 points for the Shock, 

who are 6-33 in two seasons since relocating from Detroit. 

Before this season, Dunn indicated Fever fortunes were dependent 

on how the point guards performed. Tulsa coach Nolan Richardson 

went with such a small lineup that Dunn often countered with four 

guards, employing January and Phillips together. 

January conceded she thought "it was going to be a rough night" 

when she picked up two fouls in the first two minutes and was 

benched. 

"I think it gave me some time to calm down, sit down, slow down, 

relax, and then just let the game come to me," she said. 

Phillips supplied an immediate spark, scoring the last seven points 

-- all in 64 seconds -- of a 9-0 run that pushed the Fever's lead to 

20-12. 

"Bri is doing a great job of running the point," said Phillips, an 

Australian who is in her first season in Indianapolis. "If I can come 

in and take some pressure off of her, and play next to her, it's tough 

to guard two point guards on the court as well." 

Etc. 

The Shock were down to nine active players because 6-8 

Australian rookie Liz Cambage, the No. 2 draft pick, was sidelined 

by a concussion and Amber Holt was out with a broken thumb. . . . 

The Fever totaled 24 assists on 29 field goals. . . . The Fever's 

Tamika Catchings had eight points, seven rebounds and seven 

assists. . . . The Fever next play three road games against 2010 

playoff teams -- champion Seattle, Phoenix and Washington -- 

before a home game June 25 against Connecticut.


June 15, 2011 

Davenport raises fierceness on the court 

By Tom Reitmann 

Jessica Davenport's manner away from basketball is low key and 

easygoing. But Davenport's style on the court might best be 

described as tigerish. 

“She has a quiet demeanor,” Indiana Fever assistant coach Gary 

Kloppenburg said, “but she has a fierce competitive nature when 

she gets on the floor.” 

Never was that more evident than in the Fever's past two games. 

Tuesday night, in Indiana's 82-74 victory over visiting Tulsa, 

Davenport took over the game when her team needed her most. 

She roared back from a slow start and scored nine points, blocked 

two shots and came up with a steal in the final 4 minutes, 20 

seconds. The Fever broke open a close game, moving to 3-1 ahead 

of a three-game, cross-country trip. 

“I was pretty upset with myself,” Davenport said afterward. “I 

think I air-balled a layup, which is terrible. My teammates still 

wanted to get me the ball, and they still have confidence in what I 

can do down low (around the basket).” 

That confidence in Davenport prevailed one game earlier, too. In 

Indiana's 86-80 comeback victory over the New York Liberty on 

Saturday night, Davenport answered the call off the bench with 

nine points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots. 

Indiana, which outscored the home team 24-10 in the fourth 

quarter Saturday, captured a victory it desperately wanted after 

losing to the Liberty at Conseco Fieldhouse on Friday night. 

“(Davenport) is really playing aggressively now, rebounding and 

blocking shots,” said Kloppenburg, who works with the Fever's big 

players. “She really did a lot of good things in the New York game 

for us to win. She's getting better and better every day.” 

Daily improvement is Davenport's main goal. She took that 

approach in college at Ohio State, where she became the Big Ten's 

first three-time Player of the Year and the only one to record 2,000 

points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocked shots. And she has tried to 

be that way in four-plus seasons as a professional. 

“I think each year (with Indiana), I've gotten more confident and 

more attuned to what needs to be done,” Davenport said after a 

Fever practice earlier this week. 

The 6-5 Davenport is Indiana's first post player off the bench. She 

enjoyed a breakout year in 2010, averaging a career-high 7.4 points 

while hitting a franchise-record 57.1 percent from the field. In a 

June 2010 loss at Connecticut, she connected on all eight of her 

shots and scored a career-high 18. 

Any development chart on Davenport's WNBA career would show 

a significant upswing when she arrived in Indiana during the 2009 

season after two years with New York. 

When the Liberty released her, Davenport's confidence absorbed a 

blow. But she viewed the Fever as her “new beginning” and 

quickly bonded with veterans such as Tamika Catchings and 

Tammy Sutton-Brown, who lifted her up. 

About her seasons in New York, Davenport said: “I felt like I was 

doing as much as I could, but this is the pro game, and you move 

on to the next player. 

“Coming to Indiana, that allowed me to be me -- to be more of a 

presence down low. And when I first got into the league, I didn't 

have a high-post game, so I continued to work on that. Now I'm 

able to be versatile -- score down low but also hit (an outside) 

jumper.” 

During her WNBA off-seasons, Davenport has played in France, 

Turkey, China and Russia. Her most recent experience in Russia 

proved helpful because it compelled her to learn how to drive to 

the basket from the high-post area. 

“I was pretty much the go-to player, and I think that helped me 

offensively,” she said. 

In college, Davenport played a starring role, but it didn't inflate her 

ego. Her Ohio State coach, Jim Foster, gave her books to read 

about the great post players of the past. He extolled the hardworking 

approach that Davenport delivered on a regular basis. 

And the hard work continues. She is typically one of the last out 

the door at Indiana practices. 

“She's one of those players who are just so coach-able,” 

Kloppenburg said. “She wants to learn and get better. And she's 

always working to add something to her game.” 

Toughness, too, is part of Davenport's basketball DNA. Last year, 

after getting body-slammed by Phoenix's Diana Taurasi and 

suffering a broken nose, Davenport wore a protective mask so she 

could play the final month of the season and the playoffs. 

Davenport shrugged off the blow from Taurasi. “That was one 

lucky shot,” the Fever center said, smiling. 

When Davenport is remembered for her years with the Fever, she 

hopes it will be for providing instant energy off the bench and 

consistency in every game. 

“I'm not flashy,” she said, “but I just try to get the job done.”


June 14, 2011 

Indiana Fever Shyra Ely- Former Ben Davis 

star eager to help her hometown pro team 


Shyra Ely had to nearly lose her pro basketball career to find it. 

The 27-year-old has resumed WNBA life in a city where she 

was a high school national Player of the Year. She is no 

superstar for the Indiana Fever, but neither is she detached from 

a sport she once took for granted. 

The Fever, heading into tonight's game against the Tulsa Shock 

at Conseco Fieldhouse, have employed her for just 10 minutes 

over three games. Those minutes are almost certain to increase 

as the season grinds on and games come closer together. 

Considering Ely had surgery 14 months ago to repair a ruptured 

patella tendon, she is delighted to be playing. She said she hasn't 

been so energized since her days at Ben Davis High School, 

where she was an Indianapolis Star Indiana Miss Basketball. 

"You just kind of have to get knocked off your feet to appreciate 

what you have around you," Ely said. "I think I was burned out 

from playing year-round. 

"But, at the same time, while it might have been at that time the 

worst thing that's happened to me, I felt like it was the best 

thing. It's really a full-circle kind of deal for me." 

Ely is with her fourth team in six seasons. She was drafted in the 

second round (14th overall) by San Antonio in 2005 and played 

there two years. She played two more in Seattle and one in 

Chicago before the injury wiped out the 2010 season. 

Her connection to Stephanie White -- a former Sky assistant 

now coaching for the Fever -- influenced the Fever to sign Ely 

as a free agent Feb. 4. 

Ely endured rehabilitation last summer, began playing pickup 

ball in October and played 15 games in Turkey's pro league in 

the winter. 

Coach Lin Dunn said the Fever like the 6-2 Ely's ability to play 

either forward position. 

In that, Ely is "a lot like" fellow Tennessee graduate Tamika 

Catchings, Dunn said. Ely acknowledged she attempts to model 

herself after the Fever forward. 

The knee injury caused Ely to wonder if she would ever play 

basketball again. Paradoxically, the injury has allowed her to 

remain in the sport. 

"I'm thankful for my injury," she said. "Because I don't think I'd 

be in Indianapolis. I think I'd have a contract in Chicago. I don't 

know if my motivation and dedication to the sport would be 

where it is today. I think I re-charged my battery. 

"I appreciate everything: practice, the women, the organization. 

It really makes you appreciate the little things." 

Etc. 

Tonight will be the first of eight Tuesday games televised by 

ESPN2. . . . The Fever's Katie Douglas was selected the East's 

Player of the Week. She needs one steal to become the first 

player in WNBA history with 500 steals and 500 3-pointers. She 

leads the league in scoring (21.0 ppg) and 3-pointers (10). . . . 

The Fever (2-1) could take sole possession of first in the Eastern 

Conference. Tulsa (0-4) was 6-28 last year. . . . Tulsa features 

two newcomers spanning the age range: Liz Cambage, 19, a 6-8 

Australian who was the No. 2 pick in the draft, and Sheryl 

Swoopes, 40, who came back to the league after retiring in 2008.


June 13, 2011 

Q and A with Shavonte Zellous 

It has been one year since Shavonte Zellous, the former Detroit 

Shock first-round draft pick, was traded to the Indiana Fever. She 

scored a career playoff high 23 points during the 2009 Eastern 

Conference Finals at Conseco Fieldhouse against Indiana and 

nine months later she arrived in Tulsa where the Shock had relocated. 

On May 27, 2010, she was traded by the Shock to Indiana. Less 

than 36 hours later, on May 29 while still in Tulsa, she drove to the 

BOK Center and promptly dressed in a Fever uniform while 

literally being introduced to her new coaches and teammates. 

Ironically, she ate a pregame meal – more of a ceremonial goodbye 

meal – with former Detroit and then Tulsa teammates Kara 

Braxton, Plenette Pierson and Alexis Hornbuckle. 

The Fever lost that game in what was the Shock’s first win in their 

new home arena. Zellous, only in Tulsa for a month, left the arena 

with her new club and shipped boxes of personal belongings with 

broadcaster Chris Denari, assistant coach Gary Kloppenburg and 

PR director Kevin Messenger who drove back from Tulsa in order 

to deliver Denari safely to a racing broadcast the next morning. 

The remainder of her personal affects traveled by plane with the 

Indiana team. 

On the eve of Tuesday’s home game against Tulsa and now in 

Indianapolis for over a year, Zellous took time after a Fever 

practice to discuss her career and the transition from Detroit to 

Tulsa to Indy – and aspirations of being a tattoo model!. 

FeverBasketball.com: What was that like, to be traded one day and 

switch uniforms against your own team, in your home arena, less 

than 36 hours later? 

Shavonte Zellous: “It was awkward, that’s for sure. I mean, I was 

playing against my friends and teammates. It was hard, I'm not 

gonna lie. Going from unpacking all of my things to packing 

everything back up in 24 hours and having to move it was very 

hard. I know that I shipped three of my bags and I still took three 

on the flight with me. it wasn’t an easy thing and I needed a lot of 

help from everyone.” 

FB: A year later now in Indiana, talk about growing more 

comfortable in your new surroundings. 

SZ: “I think I am a little more comfortable since I was here for 

most of last season. Then after being here for training camp, you 

get more used to everything. It has been good so far.” 

FB: You were born and raised in Orlando. What made you decide 

to leave Orlando and go to Pittsburgh for college? 

SZ: “Growing up in Orlando, born and raised, you just want 

something new. You want to get away for a couple of years. That’s 

what I did, I got away by going up north to a winter that I wasn’t 

used to – but it was a great experience for me. I was able to do 

great things there; set many, many records and just be myself. And 

I was thankful that the coaches came and recruited me and wanted 

me to go there.” 

FB: Was it the recruitment that made you decide to go to 

Pittsburgh or was it just that you wanted something totally 

different? 

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Zellous: “I think it was the recruitment. Sometimes you don’t have 

to go to a school with the UConns or Tennessees that already have 

their players. Pitt didn’t really have that. It was an up-and-coming 

program that me and my teammates helped get to the NCAA 

Tournament a couple of times. It was really the recruitment that 

also helped me look at other factors like, ‘Will you be a dominant 

player there? Or will you be coming off the bench?’ Stuff like that. 

It was really good for me.” 

FB: You were ranked second overall in the WNBA in free throws 

as a rookie, was it a goal of yours to have a high ranking as a 

rookie and how did you accomplish it? 

SZ: “When I was in Pittsburgh, it was something that I always did 

anyway. Going to a powerhouse team such as Detroit, the 

championship experience always exists on the team. I just took 

what I did in college, which was just penetrating, pulling up and 

getting to the free throw line. That’s what I did in Detroit and I was 

successful at it.” 

FB: How have been the coaching differences between your current 

coach, Lin Dunn, and your former coach, Bill Laimbeer? 

Zellous: “Well, Bill and Rick [Mahorn] were known as the ‘Bad 

Boys.’ You had to get after it in their system or you were going to 

be on the bench. The first thing that he always said to anybody was 

‘If you don’t know something come talk to me. Don’t pretend that 

you know, then go out there and mess up because then you make 

yourself look bad.’ So, being under their system was all about 

physicality, getting into peoples’ head and just straight bullying 

people. Whereas, here, I don’t want to say it’s about bullying 

people, but we try to play physical too. We just try to see what 

teams do with their offense, then make adjustments. 

FB: How has the style of play been different between Detroit and 

Indiana? 

SZ: “It was a hard transition going from my rookie year, where I 

went to the free throw line a lot and was basically freelancing. I 

had more opportunities to do stuff. Whereas, here, everything is so 

structured – you have to be in certain spots and do certain things. 

Being here last year for a majority of the season and coming back 

this year, I know the system so it’s not anything new.’ 

FB: Do you have any goals or expectations for this year’s season, 

whether personal or for the team? 

SZ: “You know, personally and for the team, I just want to come 

off the bench and do what I was able to do in Detroit. I was 

bringing energy scoring, playing defense, rebounding, anything 

that they needed me to bring at the time. Just coming off the bench 

and doing my thing, trying to win a championship and helping this 

team win a championship.” 

FB: What did you enjoy most about playing in Latvia and Israel 

last winter? 

SZ: “Haha, Latvia?! Too COLD! You know, I always said I was 

used to being cold, but not THAT cold! (laughing) And Israel, well 

it’s a great experience that I would suggest to anyone that has 

never been over there, especially to go visit Jerusalem. It’s a great 

experience and really I learned a lot. I really had fun over there.” 

FB: When you’re not playing basketball, what kinds of things do 

you enjoy doing?

SZ: “Relaxing, I’m a house girl. I would rather sit in the house and 

watch sports all day. I really love sports. If I’m not doing that, you 

will usually catch me at the mall shopping.” 

FB: If you weren’t a WNBA player what do you think you would 

be doing? 

Zellous: “Well I have two things. One, I want to be a tattoo model. 

Everybody laughs at me, but I do! Two, I want fulfill my degree 

which is criminal justice. I want to be a detective someday. I don’t 

know if I would go back to Orlando, but its something I am 

looking forward to doing.” 

FB: What makes you want to be a tattoo model? 

Zellous: “I don’t know! I have a lot of them. It seems cool so it’s 

just something that I want to do.” 

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FB: Do they have special meanings to you, the ones that you have? 

Or were they just neat designs that you found? 

Zellous: “A majority of them have meaning. I go there with ideas 

and they just give me some ideas and feedback on them.” 

FB: How did you choose Criminal Justice? 

Zellous: “Well, I’m not good at communication (laughing), and 

English is not my subject! Math, I was kind of good at, but I just 

really was not into it. I felt like criminal justice, right now with 

everything that’s going on in the world, gives me some knowledge 

of the law. And by taking those classes I learned a lot about what 

police can do; and what people cant do to you.” 

- Lauren Nelson

The Indianapolis Star 

June 10, 2011 

With 3-pointer, Fever's Smith can do it all 

Veteran's game includes the 3-pointer now, making 

her a threat from all over the court 

By Ben Jones 

Tangela Smith has seen just about everything the WNBA has to 

offer since she entered the league in 1998. The 6-3 forward won 

championship rings with the Phoenix Mercury in 2007 and '09. She 

was also a member of the Charlotte Sting when that team folded 

after the '06 season. 

Her game is nearly as diverse. Smith, 34, began her career in 

Sacramento as a traditional post player, positioning herself mostly 

deep on the block. Since then, she has evolved into one of the 

league's most advanced 3-point specialists. In 2009, she led the 

WNBA by shooting 45.2 percent from 3-point range. 

"In the beginning I never shot 3s," she said. "Now I'm a 3-point 

shooter. I play inside and outside, where before I was just playing 

inside." 

Smith said she developed her 3-point shot while playing overseas 

in the offseason earlier in her career. Her 3-point shot is one of the 

reasons she has been able to stick around so long. Now in her 14th 

season, she has played more games than anyone else in league 

history. No. 417 comes tonight when the Indiana Fever host New 

York. 

Fever coach Lin Dunn first noticed Smith well over a decade ago. 

Dunn was coaching the women's basketball team at Purdue and 

recruited Smith, who was a star high school player in Chicago. 

Even though Smith eventually signed with Iowa, Dunn kept an eye 

on her throughout her career. 

Smith hoped to return to Phoenix after the 2010 season but was 

caught in a salary-cap crunch. Several teams tried to acquire her, 

but the Fever were the best fit. She hoped to stay in the Midwest, 

close to Chicago, and also wanted to join a contender. 

Her style of play was also a good fit for Indiana, which relies on 

pushing the ball up the court and spreading out defenses. 

"We have shooters at almost every position, so it makes it hard for 

defenses to double-team anyone," Fever forward Tamika 

Catchings said. "She's able to pull that defense out." 

Smith, along with veteran center Tammy Sutton-Brown, has 

another skill not normally associated with a player at her position. 

Both are known for keeping up on the fast break. 

"She can run the floor like a guard," Dunn said. "She may be as 

multidimensional as any player in the league. When I think of 

players who can do everything, inside, outside, rebound, post up, 

shoot 3s, I think of Tina Thompson, Lauren Jackson and Tangela 

Smith." 

Smith's versatility has become her trademark over the years. In her 

regular-season debut for the Fever on Saturday, she finished with 

16 points and five rebounds while shooting 4-for-7 from 3-point 

range. She's now scored more than 4,700 points, fifth in league 

history. 

She's a player who's been all over the league throughout her career. 

Thanks to her 3-pointer, she can play all over the court as well. 

"Can you do one thing, can you do two things, can you do five 

things?" Dunn said. "I think when you can do more than one thing, 

you're harder to guard. You don't know if Tangela is going to be on 

the right wing, the left wing, down on the post, up at the top." 

Moore Foundation event June 14 

The Fever have reserved a block of tickets for the game Tuesday 

against Tulsa as a fundraiser for the David S. Moore Foundation. 

All proceeds from the block will be donated to the foundation, 

which was established earlier this year. 

Moore, an officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police 

Department, died Jan. 26 after being shot three days earlier during 

a traffic stop. 

Tickets can be purchased through the Fever office by calling (317) 

917-3092, or online at fevergroups.com/tickets/184. The event pass 

code is WARRIOR. More information about the David S. Moore 

Foundation is available at facebook.com/davids moorefoundation. 

Improving with age 

Fever forward Tangela Smith has not only made more 3-point 

shots in the past three-plus years (113) than she did in her first 10 

WNBA seasons (90), but her shooting percentage has also 

increased dramatically, from 30.9 to 38.5 percent. 

Season 3ptM-A 

1998 5-14 

1999 1-2 

2000 0-0 

2001 0-2 

2002 15-42 

2003 13-49 

2004 5-29 

2005 0-7 

2006 31-85 

2007 20-61 

2008 16-46 

2009 42-93 

2010 51-147 

2011 4-7 

Career 203-584


June 10, 2011 

Fever overcomes 18-point deficit, but falls 81- 

80 on Pondexter's game-winner 


INDIANAPOLIS — When Indiana and New York meet again 

Saturday night, the Fever players want to make sure their defense 

shows its snarl from the opening tip. 

That didn't happen Friday night at Conseco Fieldhouse and it cost 

Indiana dearly. The Liberty hit the home team with a 30-point 

second quarter, built an 18-point lead early in the second half and 

then withstood a furious Fever rally to capture an 81-80 victory. 

“I really didn't think we did a good job of containing them (in the 

first half),” said Indiana coach Lin Dunn, whose 1-1 team planned 

to take an early flight Saturday to play in Newark, N.J. “I thought 

they broke us down and hurt us in transition. 

“I thought we extended our defense and took chances, reached and 

got out of position. About half the time, we were broken down. 

And (in the second half) we didn't do that any more.” 

And that's when Friday night's game turned into a stirring matchup 

for 7,703 fans at the Fieldhouse. 

Jessica Davenport's putback bucket tied the game at 72-all with 

4:20 remaining. Katie Douglas, who scored a game-high 27 points, 

collected eight in a 3 1/2-minute stretch, pulling the Fever within 

two points at 79-77 with 2:32 left. 

Briann January connected on a 3-pointer from the corner to send 

the Fever up 80-79 with 23.2 seconds remaining. But New York's 

Cappie Pondexter, who totaled 21 points, provided her team's 

winning margin with a turnaround jumper near the lane with eight 

seconds left. 

The Fever had an out-of-bounds play to win it in the final 4.7 

seconds. But Tamika Catchings' step-back jumper from the key 

missed at the buzzer. 

“It was a good shot. It was a little flat, but right on target,” said 

Catchings, who had 13 points and six rebounds. 

The perseverance and rally by her team heartened Dunn. 

“Pondexter is really tough for us to deal with; she's hard for 

anybody to deal with,” the coach said. “I thought we did a 

tremendous job of coming back and taking the lead.” 

The second quarter took its toll on Indiana. Pondexter, with seven 

points, led her club to 72.2 percent marksmanship in the quarter 

(13-of-18) and the Liberty outscored the Fever 30-18. 

“In this league, the talent is so high that people are going to exploit 

you,” said Douglas, who hit six 3-pointers to tie a franchise record. 

“I think we were hesitant or a count off. We play a defense similar 

to what they play and everybody is kind of on a string together. I 

think our string was tangled and twisted very many times in the 

first half. 

“We definitely tried to make some corrections in the second half 

and just tried to come out with more energy and concentration. I 

think that was the difference in the second half.” 

Added Catchings: “The third quarter, you look up and it's like, 'Oh, 

man, we're down.' From that point on, on defense, everybody 

picked it up and we were everywhere, covering for each other and 

rebounding the ball. Everybody was rotating a lot better.” 

Even with Indiana's defensive lapses in the first half, it was a 

fiercely contested game. New York, which defeated Indiana in last 

season's playoffs, moved its record to 2-0. 

“I really thought when you look at the stat sheet, everything was 

pretty even,” Dunn said. “But we didn't hit all of our free throws. 

Here in a one-point game, we miss five free throws (13-of-18). 

That's the thing that breaks your heart. That's a free gift.” 

It won't get any easier for the Fever. After the road game against 

the Liberty, Indiana is back at the fieldhouse to play Tulsa on 

Tuesday. Then comes a trip to play at Seattle, Phoenix and 

Washington. 

But coming back from the 18-point deficit provided the Fever with 

some good feelings on a difficult night. 

“We can build on that,” Catchings said. “When you look at what 

we were able to do in the fourth quarter, I know and I believe that 

by the end of the season, we're going to be a real good team.”


June 7, 2011 

Q&A with Shannon Bobbitt 

Shannon Bobbitt is one of five new players for the Fever this year. 

She spent time after a team practice recently to share a chat with 

FeverBasketball.com about her life in from New York City to 

Texas, Tennessee, L.A. and now Indiana; her time playing 

basketball; and some personal aspects of her life. This will be her 

third year in the WNBA and her second team. She has become 

known for her smallish stature but that has not been a problem as 

she continues playing in the world’s greatest women’s basketball 

league. 

FeverBasketball.com: I am sure that you get asked this quite often, 

but how has being the smallest player on the court affected your 

game? 

Shannon Bobbitt: “It has not. I think I actually have the advantage 

because I am smaller. I am quicker than these other girls that are 

5’8” and up. I am lower to the ground which means that I can’t do 

these overhead passes and I have to bounce the ball off of the 

ground. I really think that I have the advantage and I really like my 

height.” 

FB: What was it like living in the Bronx and Harlem? 

SB: “Well, I was born in the Bronx, I didn’t live there long, but 

Harlem is just a great community of people. Once I graduated from 

high school I knew it was time to leave and I had to go to college 

which is how I ended up in Texas.” [Shannon played at Trinity 

Valley JC in Texas, before landing at the University of Tennessee.] 

FB: What do you miss most about N.Y.? 

SB: “Well I really miss my family and friends. I miss playing out 

there, it was always fun and relaxing. I also miss the gatherings 

that my friends and family would have.” 

FB: How did you adjust from the fast pace life in N.Y. to the 

slower, more relaxed paced life here in the Midwest? 

SB: “It was very hard, I won state and city championships when I 

went to Texas but everything was just so slow down there. Then I 

came up here and it has been about the same pace that it was in 

Texas. I have gotten used to it more. I am still just taking it one 

day at a time.” 

FB: What did you enjoy most about playing overseas in Turkey? 

SB: “I really loved the competition out there. When I was playing 

there, I was able to discover what my weaknesses are and work on 

them. I really like that it is a more physical game out there, not that 

I foul out often, but it’s just a more physical game overall and a 

place where I can work on anything.” 

FB: What is your favorite pastime? 

SB: “Well, I like just chilling with my family and friends. They are 

really important to me and are big part of my life. I love gatherings 

with them, talking about anything but basketball can be really 

relaxing as well and just being the Shannon Bobbitt that I am off 

the court.” 

FB: What personal goals do you have for yourself? 

SB: “Just to win a championship. There is a ton of energy out there 

and I really think that we can do it. I really think that it would just 

be amazing to win one.” 

FB: I know that you have only been with the Fever for a few weeks 

but what have you enjoyed about being with the Fever so far? 

SB: “The girls, they have welcomed me with open arms and really 

embraced the idea of being a family. They gel really well together 

and I also love the fans. The fans here are amazing and very 

dedicated.” 

FB: Through your years playing basketball, have you ever 

developed any pre/post game routines or superstitions? 

SB: “No, I mean the only thing that I really do is pray. I pray that I 

play well and that both my team and I have really good games out 

there. I sometimes listen to some gospel and relax.” 

- Lauren Nelson


June 7, 2011 

Kloppenburg's forte: defense and details 


Kelly Krauskopf, the Indiana Fever's chief operating officer and 

general manager, calls him the team's “secretary of defense.” 

Fever coach Lin Dunn describes him as a “student of the game and 

just a wonderful asset” to the club. 

Point guard Briann January says she would not be surprised to see 

him become a head coach in the WNBA. 

Gary Kloppenburg is the man they're talking about. He is in his 

fourth season as Dunn's assistant with the Fever. The 58-year-old 

Kloppenburg was already well known at the highest levels of 

basketball around the country, but his stature grew even more 

recently when he was named as the WNBA's top assistant coach in 

a survey of the league's general managers. 

Kloppenburg accepted the acclaim with his usual amount of 

humility. 

“I was surprised,” he said after a recent Fever practice. “It's a real 

honor that you're recognized by general managers around the 

league. I think part of it is that they know me, I've been here, and 

we've had some success with a good system and a good head coach 

and good players.” 

Kloppenburg's connection to basketball started in the cradle. His 

father, Bob, was a longtime college coach in California and later 

served as an assistant to Bernie Bickerstaff when the latter was 

head coach for the NBA's Seattle and Denver clubs. 

Gary, who played at California-San Diego and a few years 

professionally overseas, learned a lot about defense from his dad. 

Bob Kloppenburg taught a disruptive and pressuring style, and 

even authored a book about it. 

Gary has taught a similar style of defense at every stop during a 

career that has spanned men's and women's basketball at the 

college as well as pro level. Before joining the Fever, Kloppenburg 

assisted his dad's old boss, Bickerstaff, with the NBA's Charlotte 

Bobcats. 

Dunn, head coach of Seattle Storm from 2000 to 2002, hired Gary 

Kloppenburg as an assistant there. When she had the chance to 

bring him to Indiana, she jumped at it. 

“He has a tremendous work ethic,” Dunn said. “He knows defense 

-- pressure and disruptive defense -- and we both value that. But he 

also has many insights into the offensive side. I just have so much 

confidence in his ability.” 

Krauskopf concurs about Kloppenburg. 

“I'm glad to see other general managers in the league recognize 

what he's done with our team as well as in the league,” she said. 

“He's a great complement to Lin in terms of the defensive-minded 

style we play and what we're known for. 

“He's a consummate gym rat. He's working with the players before 

practice and he stays after (practice) for hours. He'll be here in the 

offseason if a player calls in from overseas and says, 'I want to 

come in and work out for a week.' He's just totally dedicated to 

player development.” 

January is one of Kloppenburg's main students. He spends time 

with the third-year guard after virtually every Indiana practice, 

working on her shooting and decision-making. He views her as a 

future star in the WNBA and wants to assure she gets there as 

quickly as possible. 

“He's taught me so much,” January said. “He just has a passion for 

basketball. He's always in the mix of things. He's in your ear. He 

gets you fired up to play.” 

Fever guard Katie Douglas pointed to Kloppenburg's personality 

and demeanor. 

“He stays even-keeled,” Douglas said. “He doesn't get too high or 

too low. He's always consistent and positive with you.” 

Kloppenburg's laid-back style, perhaps, stems from his California 

upbringing. And it's reflected in his footwear of choice whenever 

he's not on the court: flip-flops. 

The calm personality seems to benefit Kloppenburg as an assistant 

coach at the top rung of women's basketball. And it fits in nicely 

with the fiery Dunn and new assistant Stephanie White, whose 

manner has evolved from the perspective of a former WNBA 

player. 

“The role of an assistant is to try to keep it positive,” he said. “It 

can get intense. A lot of times your job is to (help players) keep 

their heads up.” 

Kloppenburg is a well-rounded man, having seen the world as a 

basketball coach. He's fluent in Spanish and majored in Spanish 

Literature in college. He taught Spanish for a while and also used it 

to communicate with Argentinian forward Walter Herrmann when 

both were with the Bobcats in Charlotte. 

With his vast experience in both men's and women's basketball, 

Kloppenburg was asked about the differences in coaching the 

genders. 

“Men or women, the players at this (pro) level are here because 

they have an edge,” he said. “All players want to get better; that's 

what they have in common. Sometimes, the women pay more 

attention to detail, sometimes they're more conscientious in trying 

to follow what you're doing. Women may be a little more hungry 

to learn.” 

Someday, Kloppenburg said, he'd embrace the opportunity to be a 

head coach in the WNBA. Until then, he's perfectly happy working 

next to Dunn, emphasizing fundamentals and fretting about details. 

“The players are all so good here, you're just trying to give each 

player a couple little wrinkles, just something to add to their game 

that will help them get better,” he said. “You're just trying, for each 

game, to give them something that might allow them that edge 

over the competition. 

“The reward you get for coaching is what you see on the floor,” he 

added. “You're kind of like an artist, or a symphony director, when 

you see your team out there. When you get them playing the best 

they can defensively or offensively, it's a good reflection on what 

you are doing coaching-wise.”


June 6, 2011 

Q&A with Tangela Smith 

As the WNBA begins its 15th season, Tangela Smith embarks on 

her 14th year in the league. She enters the 2011 season with 415 

regular season games under her belt, the most of any player in 

league history. She also owns a pair of championship rings and 44 

playoff games of experience. 

As she prepares for Saturday’s season opener, she sat down with 

FeverBasketball.com to discuss her WNBA career and what her 

goals are when she stops playing. 

FeverBasketball.com: Compare your Fever experiences with those 

from other teams you have been a part of, both in the U.S. and 

internationally. 

Tangela Smith: “This is my fourth team in the 14 years that I have 

been playing in the WNBA. Seven years with Sacramento, two for 

Charlotte, four for Phoenix and now here. Everyone has welcomed 

me and this is a winning organization. They are all really grounded 

and right away when I came in here everyone welcomed me. 

Everyone treated me like I was one of the family and I felt really 

comfortable. I am probably going to get attached to everybody and 

love the Fever.” 

FB: What do you like most about being a part of the Fever? 

TS: ‘Everybody is close, like I just said. I am more of a family 

person. It just seems like a big happy family. I am very close to my 

family, so I like that. I don’t feel stiff or anything around anyone 

on this team.’ 

FB: Is there anyone on this team that stick out to you in any way? 

TS: “You mean Catch? Well, Catch is a star in this league and 

there is KT, too. I have known Catch for a long time and I just love 

her work ethic. Every time she gets on the court she works hard 

and is a great leader. Just the organization itself, it’s a winning 

organization always making it to the playoffs. That’s what stuck 

out to me. One of the main reasons I came here, is because I 

wanted to win and I wanted to help them try to get over the hump 

and win a championship.” 

FB: Are you where you would have expected to be at this point 

during training camp? 

TS: “Yeah, sometimes I miss a little bit of the training camp 

because I play overseas but this year I have been there since the 

beginning. I feel like we are getting there, but we still have a lot to 

learn. We have new people, I am new. I have to learn their offense 

and their ways, but I think I am where I am supposed to be in the 

training camp.” 

FB: How does this training camp compare to training camps from 

other teams that you have been involved with? 

TS: “The practices are a little bit more demanding here, we focus a 

lot more on defense here than in other camps that I have been in. 

That’s what is going to win games for us, you have to play a great 

defense. I love that coach is focusing on that and they still like to 

get up and down the floor.” 

FB: What has your most memorable moment been throughout your 

basketball career? 

TS: “Winning two championships. One in ‘07 and the other in ’09. 

Those are my greatest moments. Another one is getting an award 

for being a player that has played the most games in the WNBA. I 

just feel blessed to have been able to play so many games and so 

many years and I am still playing. I really thank God for that.” 

FB: What do you imagine yourself doing after basketball? 

TS: “Well I am working on owning my own business. I want to be 

an entrepreneur or go into coaching. I have always wanted to be a 

coach. I have a lot of things that I am interested in, but the main 

thing is owning my own business, perhaps trying to open some 

franchises.” 

FB: Are there any rookies that stick out to you from this year? 

TS: “Well, we only have one rookie, Jeanette Pohlen! She is a 

great, great shooter and sometimes at practice, we are like, ‘don’t 

let her get any more 3s!’ She is a pure shooter and has a great 

attitude. She is really a great person.” 

FB: Do you have an advice for the young players? 

TS: “Just continue to work hard at whatever they do. It’s going to 

be hard but it’s not worth it if it’s not hard. Just set goals and try 

your best to accomplish them. Don’t let anyone tell you that can’t 

do things. Just keep trying.” 

- Lauren Nelson


June 5, 2011 

Fever use defense to get win in opener 


When Tangela Smith was in Phoenix, the Mercury won two 

WNBA titles because of 90-points-per-game offense. The style is 

different in Indianapolis, although Smith fits in just fine. 

"We played defense in Phoenix, but not like here in Indiana," the 

6-3 forward said after her Fever debut. "Everybody plays hard, and 

I love it because the defense brings the offense. Once you get 

stops, you can easily get the offense." 

The Fever hope it evolves that way after beating the Chicago Sky 

65-57 in a season opener Saturday night at Conseco Fieldhouse. 

The Fever couldn't locate the rim with GPS. They shot 25 percent 

over the final three quarters and 30 percent for the game. 

Zoom 

They would have been advised to let Smith and Katie Douglas cast 

away from the 3-point line. Those two were a collective 6-of-9 

from there. Douglas finished with 19 points and Smith with 16. 

It's difficult to find fault with the Fever on defense, however: 

They limited 6-5 Sylvia Fowles, the U.S. national team's center, to 

five shots and 10 points. 

They converted 12 steals and 18 Sky turnovers into 16 points. 

They did not allow a two-point basket in the first quarter. 

They allowed just six offensive rebounds by the Sky and held a 39- 

36 rebounding edge. Tamika Catchings had nine rebounds and 

Douglas seven. 

Fever center Tammy Sutton-Brown made four steals, a career high, 

and blocked five shots. 

The Fever broke ahead 10-1 and never trailed. Douglas contributed 

to all of the Fever's first 14 points, scoring seven and delivering 

three assists for seven more. 

The Sky closed within 33-29 at halftime and 57-54 in the fourth 

quarter but could not sustain any comeback. Epiphanny Prince led 

Chicago with a career-high 20 points, featuring four 3s. 

Douglas scored eight consecutive Fever points near the end. Two 

came when Catchings won a jump ball and, with her back to the 

basket, tossed the ball toward the rim for a Douglas layup. 

"Last year, we would just get so down on ourselves if our defense 

wasn't working," Douglas said. "I think tonight, we had the 

mentality on the next possession on defense to really get after it 

and disrupt what they were doing. We did a good job of taking 

them out of their sets." 

Running the Fever offense was now full-time point guard Briann 

January. She had four assists, a career-high four steals and only 

one second-half turnover. Yet she shot 0-of-11. 

Fever coach Lin Dunn said she has challenged January to be a 

shooting point guard and said the third-year pro missed shots she 

usually makes. 

"The more aggressive I am, it makes it easier to get my team a 

wide-open shot," January said. "I have all-world Katie Douglas 

and all-world Tamika Catchings on both wings, so they have to 

worry about them. They also have to worry about me." 

The Fever weren't worrying about offense. After flops in the past 

two home openers -- losses to Washington 72-65 in 2010 and 

Minnesota 96-74 in 2009 -- this represented improvement. 

"Down the stretch, when we needed to execute, we did," Dunn 

said. 

Etc. 

The Fever's six-game winning streak over Chicago is their longest 

ever against a WNBA opponent. The Fever lead the all-time series 

17-4. . . . The Fever have won nine in a row at home over Chicago. 

. . . Smith's four 3s were one off her career high. . . . Sky G 

Courtney Vandersloot, a rookie from Gonzaga, had seven assists in 

her pro debut.


June 4, 2011 

Fever enter season healthy, obsessed with 

winning elusive WNBA title 


The Indiana Fever's thirtysomethings might bristle when 

questioned about their basketball abilities but they smile and 

respond politely when questioned about their age. 

The Fever open their 12th season tonight against the Chicago Sky 

with a lineup featuring four women in their 30s: Tamika Catchings 

(31), Katie Douglas (32), Tammy Sutton-Brown (33) and Tangela 

Smith (34). 

Smith is the only member of that group with a WNBA 

championship. She won two with the Phoenix Mercury, including 

a 3-2 series triumph over the Fever in 2009. 

That is as close as this franchise has come. The Fever have been 

consistently good but never champions. They concede the window 

of opportunity may be closing. 

"I do think there's a sense of urgency to try to win a championship 

now," coach Lin Dunn said. "Not next year. Not two years from 

now. But right now." 

It comes down to a familiar sports question: Which matters most -- 

experience or youth? Dunn said she could debate the issue and take 

either side. 

This WNBA has shown experience counts but youth thrives. 

Houston had veteran teams in winning the first four championships 

(1997-2000). Detroit had a new group in 2003 but was veteranladen 

in '08. A young Atlanta team reached the '10 Finals but was 

beaten by the older Seattle Storm. 

Smith, who signed with Indiana as a free agent Feb. 2, said the 

Fever have something more essential than experience or youth: 

hunger. 

"That's when you win, when you're hungry," she said. 

And when you're healthy, which the Fever seemingly are. 

A later start to the season allowed more rest for those playing 

overseas and more time together in training camp. The calendar 

was similar when the Fever made their run to the WNBA Finals 

two years ago. 

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Last year, Douglas said, the Fever tried to create chemistry in 

games rather than in practice. They were "out of sync and out of 

rhythm" often, she said. 

The Fever were in first place late but finished as the No. 3 seed in 

the Eastern Conference. They lost to New York 2-1 in the first 

round of the playoffs. 

"It's a fine line," Douglas said. "Coulda, woulda, shoulda. There's a 

lot of that in professional sports. There's a lot of that in the 

WNBA." 

She said skeptics are "trying to push us out the door." The Fever 

stubbornly refuse to leave. 

Douglas is coming off a season in Spain in which she averaged 

17.9 ppg and shot 37 percent on 3-pointers. 

Catchings said she feels as good before her 10th season as she did 

before her first. 

Both are still in the prime of their careers, Dunn asserted. 

Younger players such as 24-year-old point guard Briann January 

have pledged to win a championship for Catchings and Douglas. 

Catchings, a perennial MVP candidate, said the Fever eventually 

will win one. When they do, she said, it will be easier to win 

another. 

"One day I want to get married and want to have kids. Not when 

I'm like late 40s," Catchings said. "I'd like to do it sometime in the 

next five years or so." 

There is room on her fingers for both a wedding ring and a 

championship ring. 

Season Opener: Sky at Fever 

7 p.m. today, Fox Sports Indiana 

Four keys to Fever season 

» Catch and Katie: Veterans Tamika Catchings and Katie 

Douglas remain two of the WNBA's stars and are coming off good 

seasons. A measure of how good they can be together -- the Fever 

were 12-2 last year when they combined for 34 or more points, 9- 

11 when they didn't. 

» Stay healthy: Coach Lin Dunn must manage the minutes and not 

allow the four starters in their 30s to wear down. 

» Stay on point: Third-year pro Briann January knows the system 

but no longer has Tully Bevilaqua to mentor her or bail her out. 

"This is Briann January's team to run," Dunn said. An indication 

the Fever are uneasy at point guard is they kept 5-2 Shannon 

Bobbitt. Erin Phillips and Jeanette Pohlen are not pure points.

Mix and match: Although the Fever retain their nucleus, five of 

the 11 players were not on last year's roster. "One of the keys to 

this season is how well the new players mesh with the (returning) 

players," Dunn said. 

Local WNBA connections 

» Former Indiana college/area high school players: Lindsay 

Wisdom- Hylton (Purdue), Chicago; Amber Harris (North 

Central), Minnesota; Ruth Riley (North Miami/Notre Dame), San 

Antonio; Ta'Shia Phillips (Brebeuf Jesuit), Washington. 

» Former Fever players: Alison Bales, Atlanta; Tan White, 

Connecticut; Ebony Hoffman, Los Angeles; Tully Bevilaqua, San 

Antonio; Kelly Miller, Washington. 

Blocking Fever's title path 

The same teams don't dominate a parity-driven WNBA. Four 

franchises have won titles over the past six years. There is always 

room for a new champion. Here are three teams the Fever must get 

past to win their first championship: 

» Seattle Storm: Defending champs return all key figures, 

featuring MVP Lauren Jackson and point guard Sue Bird. All-Star 

guard Katie Smith, 37, is new acquisition. 

» Los Angeles Sparks: Former MVP Candace Parker says she's 

healthy, teaming with all-time league scoring leader Tina 

Thompson. Ex-Fever forward Ebony Hoffman makes bench 

potent. 

» Atlanta Dream: New point guard Lindsey Harding strengthens 

young, athletic team that won Eastern Conference playoffs as No. 

4 seed. 

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June 2, 2011 

Versatility is key word for 2011 Fever 


Tamika Catchings finds it painful to think about the Indiana 

Fever's 2010 season. 

“Last year was definitely very disappointing, probably the most 

disappointing of all the seasons I've been here,” the Fever's 11thyear 

forward said. 

In 2010, Indiana concluded with a 21-13 regular-season record 

and a first-round elimination from the WNBA Playoffs. The finish 

left an especially bitter taste because it came on the heels of the 

team's push to the WNBA Finals in 2009. 

Catchings wanted more. Indeed, she expected more. 

But now comes 2011, a fresh start. Catchings and her teammates 

are determined to keep last year in their rear-view mirror and leap 

on their new opportunity, beginning with the season opener against 

visiting Chicago on Saturday night. But they know, too, that 

returning to the league finals in a young and vibrant WNBA will 

be no easy task. 

Still, returning to those finals -- as well as winning there -- remains 

the Fever's No. 1 goal. 

“As long as we get on the same page, we're going to continue to 

jell and generate chemistry,” said Indiana guard Katie Douglas. “I 

think great things can be made with this team this year.” 

Four Fever starters, including Catchings and Douglas, are older 

than 30. The age issue comes up in every question-and-answer 

session with the media. It happened again this week after the 

Indiana team made its final cutdown to 11 players and began work 

on the Chicago game. 

Dunn was asked if the “window” to a title is closing. 

“I think it's open because of the type of players we have,” the 

coach said. “I don't think there's any doubt that there's a sense of 

urgency because we have the four players over 30. 

“But we're not talking about championships right now. What we're 

talking about is getting better every day, getting more comfortable, 

defending a little better, getting another free throw, getting another 

offensive rebound. (It's) just doing the little things better. Then the 

big things can happen.” 

Chicago will arrive at Conseco Fieldhouse with a team that 

finished 14-20 in 2010. Indiana went 5-0 against Chicago last 

season and would like to jump-start 2011 with another victory. 

“It's not a marathon,” Dunn said about the 34-game WNBA 

schedule. “It's not like the NBA where you've got so many games 

that you can get behind and catch up. It's a sprint. You really have 

to come out of the gates … at full sprint.” 

Five new faces on the 11-woman roster provide the Fever with 

some versatility. Here's how Dunn breaks down the sectors: 

BACKCOURT: Briann January will be the starter at point guard 

with Douglas at shooting guard. Dunn said Erin Phillips, the team's 

new acquisition from Australia, is “going to give us strength, 

defense, the ability to score and toughness off the bench at the 2 

(shooting guard.). And she'll play some minutes at the 1 (point 

guard).” Shavonte Zellous will come off the bench to play both 

shooting guard and small forward. Dunn said Zellous is “high 

energy, physical and gets to the free throw line, per minutes 

played, probably better than anybody.” Rookie Jeanette Pohlen is 

in the mix, too. “If we need a shooter,” Dunn said, “we might put 

Pohlen in instead of Zellous because of her ability to shoot the 3. If 

we need rebounds, with somebody attacking and defending tough, 

we might put in Zellous. We have that versatility there.” 

FRONTCOURT: Catchings is the starter at small forward, with 

Tangela Smith at power forward. Shyra Ely could see playing time 

at both forward positions. Jessica Davenport will back up starting 

center Tammy Sutton-Brown and likely see time as a forward. 

Also, in the final preseason game, the Fever gave fans a sneak 

preview of how the team might occasionally play Catchings -- at 

power forward. “There are times when the things we run are really 

a four-guard offense,” Dunn said. “And I think Catch creates some 

serious mismatches for people when she goes to the 4 (power 

forward).” 

BENCH: Zellous, Ely, Davenport, Phillips and Pohlen will likely 

get plenty of minutes. But the X-factor off the bench could turn out 

to be 5-2 guard Shannon Bobbitt. “She's kind of the Energizer 

Bunny,” Dunn said. “If we need a lift, if we need somebody to pick 

up the tempo a bit, I won't hesitate to use her. Right now, we've 

kept her because we feel like she's a great 11th man. She plays 

hard, makes people better, and she's high energy.” 

OPEN PRACTICE AT PERRY MERIDIAN 

The Fever will hold an open practice at 6 p.m. Thursday (June 2) at 

Perry Meridian High School. Tickets are $15, with proceeds 

benefiting various charities. Admission also includes a 

complimentary ticket to a Fever home game in June. Fever guard 

Katie Douglas is a graduate of Perry Meridian.

DoingIndy.com 

June 2, 2011 

I’ve Got a Fever…and the Only Cure is 

Indianapolis 

By Kirk Stelsel 

The Indy 500 may be over, but that doesn’t mean the sporting 

events come to a halt in Indianapolis. 

We’re a city built on sports of all kinds, from big, one-day events 

like the Greatest Spectacle in Racing and the pending 2012 

Superbowl to things like world championship swimming and 

diving meets and the men’s and women’s Big Ten Basketball 

Tournaments. 

It seems like Indy is always hosting something, but there are also 

local sports teams that bring in fans year round. The Colts, Pacers, 

Indians, Ice and so on entertain local and visiting fans, but now it’s 

time for the Indiana Fever to shine. 

For the past 11 seasons, the Fever have brought entertainment to 

the city including a 2009 run to the WNBA finals and playoff 

berths in seven of those years. For their 12 th season, All-Stars 

Tamika Catchings and Katie Douglas look to finally capture that 

elusive WNBA title – and it all begins on Saturday night at 


The Fever will open their season against the Chicago Sky, which 

means Chicagoans will once again be headed to Indianapolis. 

While Indy fans will be hoping for a different result than the 

Eastern Conference NBA first-round matchup between the Pacers 

and the Bulls, all fans will need some things to do while they’re 

downtown, in addition to tickets. 

Indianapolis hotels are abundant and navigating the city is easy 

thanks to a number of sky walks, so making it from your hotel 

room to your destination will be easy. For some entertainment, 

try the Slippery Noodle- they have live blues music every 

weekend. Food options abound, but a relative newcomer to the 

scene is the Tavern on South. For some good exercise and 

shopping, take in Circle Centre Mall, a downtown mainstay for 

many years. 

No matter what you do, you’re bound to have a good time. And, of 

course, if you end up doing something fun please do share it in the 

comments section. Or, if you’re a local resident and have some 

good ideas, share those as well. Shared knowledge is, after all, the 

best way to explore the most f


May 26, 2011 

January embraces leadership role 


Briann January barks orders as she dribbles across midcourt. She 

gestures and points from the top of the key, directing teammates to 

their proper positions. She keeps the basketball moving. 

Meet the new Briann January, who's clearly in charge. 

“Being part of the core group, the core returners, and being 

potentially the starting point guard of this team, I feel I need to be 

a vocal leader,” January said after a recent Indiana Fever practice. 

“I need to lead by example. And I've been trying to step up and 

take that challenge head on.” 

Indeed, she has. As the Fever attempts to build another push into 

the WNBA Finals, like in 2009, January is expected to play a key 

role. And with the opener of the 2011 regular season only days 

away, Indiana coach Lin Dunn views the third-year guard as the 

team's starter at the point ahead of new acquisition Erin Phillips. 

“I don't think there's any doubt about that,” Dunn said. 

Indiana has one more preseason game remaining -- on Tuesday 

against the visiting Minnesota Lynx -- before Chicago comes to 

Conseco Fieldhouse for the June 4 opener. 

Fans can expect to see a new-look January, who spent half of the 

offseason working on her own in the United States and the other 

half playing for a team in Israel. Her goals in both places were 

clear-cut: improve her ball-handling, make better choices in the 

pick and roll and grow as a leader. 

“This is her third year (in the WNBA),” Dunn said, “and I really 

think she has adjusted to the pace of the game. Instead of going 

faster, she is learning to slow down and make better decisions. 

Everything is not 90 miles per hour. 

“And she is verbalizing more and telling people where to go and 

what to do.” 

Dunn and her players often refer to the team's “core group.” It is 

the Fever's leadership council, which is comprised of the four 30something 

veterans -- Tamika Catchings, Katie Douglas, Tammy 

Sutton-Brown and Tangela Smith -- along with Jessica Davenport 

and January. Gone from the core group is veteran guard Tully 

Bevilaqua, who signed with San Antonio. 

“The key,” Dunn said, “is Bri stepping into the void that Tully left 

not only as a player and defender, but as a leader.” 

January has worked diligently to improve as a WNBA point guard. 

Selected with the sixth overall pick in 2009, the Arizona State 

athlete enjoyed a solid rookie season with a strong performance in 

the Fever's postseason advance to the Finals. Last year, starting in 

seven of her 30 regular-season games, she produced averages of 

7.4 points and 3.1 assists but also 2.3 turnovers. 

In Indiana's preseason loss at Minnesota (71-66) on May 24, 

January played a team-high 21 minutes and had seven assists and 

only one turnover while scoring seven points. 

“I was really pleased with Bri's play there,” Dunn said. 

But if that performance meant January had staked her claim to a 

full-time starting job in 2011, the point guard wouldn't say it. 

“That's not up to me, but I'm going to try to put the work in and 

make her job easier,” January said, glancing across the court at 

Dunn. 

As the season progresses, it's expected Phillips will mount a 

challenge to January while also seeing some action at shooting 

guard. That's why the Fever signed the fiery Australian. 

Phillips, who missed the first three days of training camp as she 

traveled to Indianapolis, scored two points with one assist at 

Minnesota. 

“Erin's still in the learning process,” Dunn said. “She wasn't sure 

on some of our sets. It's just going to take her some time to catch 

up.” 

FEVER NOTES 

-- With the starters playing most of the early minutes, Indiana 

jumped to a 22-12 lead at Minnesota and hit 53 percent from the 

field in the first quarter. “I thought (Catchings) and (Douglas) ran 

the floor really well,” Dunn said. “I thought we were pushing the 

ball up and down the floor at will. And the bigs were running well. 

(Sutton-Brown) and (Smith) run so well together.” Douglas led the 

Fever with 11 points in 18 total minutes. Catchings had nine points 

and eight rebounds in 19 minutes. Sutton-Brown blocked four 

shots in 16 minutes. Smith scored seven points with three rebounds 

in 18 minutes. 

-- Dunn said fans shouldn't be surprised this year to see Catchings, 

Indiana's standout forward, occasionally handle the ball at point 

guard. “We're going to run some sets where Catch gets to bring the 

ball down the floor, kind of a point forward,” the coach said. 

“Sometimes it's really good to have her in the middle of the floor, 

working off some different things.” 

-- Shannon Bobbitt, a 5-2 guard, produced a nice line in the box 

score at Minnesota in her attempt to impress Indiana's coaches and 

make the final roster. She totaled five points and four assists, with 

zero turnovers, in just 10 fourth-quarter minutes. “She helped 

herself,” Dunn said. The Fever, currently at 14 players, must trim 

to 11 for the regular season.


May 24, 2011 

Aussie connection: Fever guard Phillips as 

feisty as former fan favorite Bevilaqua 


Erin Phillips is feisty and an Aussie, a worthy successor to Tully 

Bevilaqua, the Indiana Fever point guard for six years and a fan 

favorite. 

The Fever didn't re-sign Bevilaqua, 38, who is now with San 

Antonio. 

Phillips represents the Fever for the first time in today's exhibition 

opener at Minnesota. The 26-year-old guard actually might be 

turning up the volume on Tully toughness. 

Don't think so? 

While preparing with her national team, the Opals, for the 2008 

Beijing Olympics, Phillips asserted they would not be pushed 

around by the Americans. 

She played her first WNBA season in 2006 for the Connecticut 

Sun, where she was a teammate of Fever guard Katie Douglas. 

With the Opals, Bevilaqua became a mentor and role model for 

Phillips. 

Thus Phillips didn't get into basketball until she was 13. The 

ascension in her fallback sport has been rapid. 

By age 20, she was chosen to the national team. 

"She's the complete package, basically, of a professional athlete," 

Phillips said of Bevilaqua. 

Phillips didn't play in the WNBA in 2010 and signed as a free 

agent. It didn't hurt that she was once a fan of Indiana Pacers guard 

Reggie Miller. 

She is coming off a winter in Poland in which her team won the 

league title. In 13 EuroLeague games, she averaged 14.9 points 

and 3.4 assists, shooting 41 percent on 3-pointers. 

simply no league for women. She might settle someday for being a 

TV sideline reporter. 

"I just wanted to play football forever," she said. 

"I used to play with all the boys. Tackling and throwing to the 

ground, that's how I grew up playing." 

She is the daughter of Greg Phillips, a legendary figure in that 

sport. Erin was genuinely deflated by the realization there was 

She is in the middle of what coach Lin Dunn calls the Fever's 

major challenge: Who is the starting point guard and how will 

minutes be shared? 

What else would you expect from someone who wanted to be a pro 

in Australian rules football? 

"If I was the USA or Russia, I'd be worried," Phillips told an 

Aussie magazine. 

Although third-year pro Briann January might be considered the 

heir apparent at the position, Phillips supplies insurance and 

versatility. Dunn said both players can be employed at the point or 

shooting guard."Bri has that fifth gear that sometimes we don't get 

to see when she's at the '1' bringing the ball down the floor," Dunn 

said. 

"So I'm looking forward to seeing how they play together." 

January expressed no anxiety about competing for point 

guard."We've just added more versatility," she said. 

Phillips has played both positions and said she considers herself a 

combo guard. She chose the Fever over the defending champion 

Seattle Storm, led by league MVP Lauren Jackson, another Aussie. 

Jackson has already announced she will miss part of the 2012 

WNBA season to prepare for the London Olympics. 

Phillips, who has Olympic rings tattooed on one wrist, said she 

hasn't decided what to do. 

Meanwhile, she is heeding Bevilaqua's counsel: You'll have a great 

time in Indiana. 

"This is the best situation for me, absolutely," Phillips said.

SLAMOnline 

May 17, 2011 

The Significance of Tamika Catchings 

By Ben York 

The best part about this article is that Tamika Catchings has no 

idea I’m writing it. 

If I’m honest, that’s how she would prefer it – Catchings is one of 

the most humble and gracious people I’ve ever had the fortune of 

knowing. There simply isn’t one ounce of arrogance in Catchings – 

only an infectious confidence and an indelible belief in doing the 

right thing. 

When she talks about her hardships growing up (hearing loss, 

speech therapy, and ruthless classmates) she does so with a matter 

of fact approach. She is and always has been proud of the person 

she is both on and off the court. After all, the teasing and adversity 

she faced growing up has helped shape her into the person she is 

today – a six-time WNBA All-Star, four-time Defensive Player of 

the Year, and two-time Olympic gold medalist. 

As the WNBA enters its 15th year of existence in 2011, the work 

Tamika Catchings has done in the community needs to be 

celebrated all the more. You’ll find little disagreement that 

Catchings is already one of the greatest women’s basketball 

players the world has ever seen. More poignantly though, that’s 

what makes the following statement so remarkable – her legacy 

could be ultimately remembered more for her work in the 

community than for her accomplishments on the court. 

That’s how momentous her contributions have been to the 

world…and she is just getting started. 

In late 2010, Catchings was nominated for the inaugural 2010 

United Nations NGO Positive Peace Awards in the Professional 

Athlete category. This award is viewed as a 21st century peace 

prize – an extraordinary honor. She was also nominated for the 

2011 Jefferson Awards for Public Service that recognizes 

outstanding professional athletes who make a remarkable 

commitment to their surrounding communities. More recently, 

however, she had the great fortune of giving the commencement 

address at her alma mater’s (University of Tennessee) School of 

Education, Health and Human Sciences in Thompson-Boling 

Arena. On June 9th, she and the Catch The Stars Foundation will 

recognize the academic & athletic achievements of 30 high school 

students and award two $2,500 scholarships during her annual 

Catch The Stars Scholar Athletes Ceremony. 

She has previously won the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the 

Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award, and was personally 

invited by President George W. Bush to attend the 2004 State of 

the Union Address where she spent the evening with Laura Bush 

and other honored guests. 

Remember, this is a player who has already cemented herself in the 

WNBA record books just nine years into her professional career. 

She is currently 2nd all-time in total steals (708), 4th in free-throws 

made (1,290), 8th all-time in total points (4,665), 8th all-time in 

total rebounds (2,134), and 10th all-time in total assists (1,032). 

The example Catchings continually sets for young women 

everywhere is invaluable and nearly impossible to overstate. Her 

passion for helping kids achieve their dreams is unwavering and 

something that should be appreciated by all. When she speaks to 

children about working hard and having confidence in yourself, 

they aren’t just words – she has, literally, lived them. 

In a world where female athlete’s are unfairly objectified and 

dismissed, Tamika Catchings has managed to generate respect and 

admiration across the board. Again, this is merely a bi-product of 

who she is as a person. Her goal isn’t to attain mass respect or 

popularity; it’s to help children in need to the best of her ability by 

sharing her own experiences growing up. 

The importance of the example she has set is exemplified in the 

thousands of kids she has affected positively over the years. She 

and the Catch The Stars Foundation place a heavy emphasis on 

health, confidence, mentorship, and education – something the 

Indianapolis community, and the world, sorely needs. 

In the mainstream media as well as the professional sports world, 

we hear far more negative stories than uplifting ones; that’s just 

how the world is today. Still, Catchings has managed to break the 

mold. Her qualities and beliefs transcend race, gender, ethnicity, 

and borders. 

If you’re looking for the quintessential role model, you need look 

no further than Tamika Catchings.


May 4, 2011 

First-rounder Pohlen readies for next stage of 

her career 


Jeanette Pohlen was dealing with a swirl of emotions this past week 

as she made final preparations to relocate for her new job. 

“A little nervous, anxious and excited,” Pohlen said early one 

morning from California. “I think that would be the three feelings, 

just because you don't know exactly what to expect.” 

Pohlen, a recent graduate of Stanford University, will soon be 

starting her new position in the WNBA. She got the job after 

building an impressive resume on the public stage at Stanford. The 

Indiana Fever drafted Pohlen in the first round, at No. 9 overall, after 

the standout guard helped the Cardinal to four consecutive 

appearances in the NCAA Women's Final Four. 

Pohlen plans to move to Indianapolis sometime in the next week. 

She faces all of the typical worries of a new college grad: learning 

about a different city, finding an apartment, transporting a car from 

California. 

At the same time, the 6-foot combination guard also has to prepare 

for the start of Fever training camp on May 15. It will be there, the 

team hopes, that the celebrated rookie begins fitting in as an 

immediate contributor. 

“The sky's the limit for her,” Fever coach Lin Dunn said about 

Pohlen on draft day. 

The Jeanette Pohlen story is one linked to a strong family 

background. She grew up with two older brothers, who steeled her 

for future basketball games by double-teaming her on their home 

court. 

“They wouldn't let me play outside on our basket unless it was them 

against me,” Pohlen said. 

Pohlen's father, John, works in sales for a salon and spa equipment 

company. John helped coach Jeanette along the way, and when she 

moved on to high school and college basketball, he quietly analyzed 

her teams' games from the stands. When John and Cindy, Jeanette's 

mother, arrived for games, they headed for different sections of the 

arena. 

“They never sat by each other at any games, ever,” Jeanette said. 

“My mom is more emotional and likes to cheer.” 

Coming out of Brea (Calif.) Olinda High School, Pohlen was 

recruited by a number of Pac-10 colleges and other schools on the 

West Coast. When Stanford entered the mix, her interest was piqued. 

“It has such a great history in the Pac-10, and obviously, it's one of 

the greatest academic programs in the country,” she said. “It was 

kind of like the best of both worlds. I'm not going to play basketball 

forever, and I want something to fall back on. To get a degree from 

Stanford was very enticing.” 

When basketball is over, Pohlen hopes to go into sports marketing or 

perhaps broadcasting. 

But pro basketball is just starting for Pohlen in the wake of a college 

career that included senior honors as an All-American and the Pac- 

10 Player of the Year. She averaged career highs of 14.5 points and 

4.75 assists in her final Cardinal season. 

She also hit 41.7 percent of her 3-pointers, sinking a Stanford singleseason 

record of 96. Her long-range accuracy, perhaps more than any 

other asset, is what grabbed the Fever's attention. 

Pohlen provided numerous moments for the Stanford highlight film. 

As a junior, she dribbled the length of the court, dodging three 

defenders, for a game-winning layup against Xavier in an NCAA 

regional final that landed the Cardinal in its third straight Final Four. 

As a senior, she totaled 31 points -- including five 3-pointers and 10of-10 

free throw shooting -- to go with six assists and nine rebounds 

in Stanford's Dec. 30 win over Connecticut. It ended the Huskies' 90game 

winning streak. 

However, Pohlen knows that her ball-handling will have to improve 

to deal with WNBA defenses. Playing at the 2-guard seems to come 

more naturally for her than point guard. The Fever likely will want to 

use her at both positions in combinations with starting point guard 

Briann January and starting 2-guard Katie Douglas. 

“You have to be able to handle the pressure and really push the ball,” 

Pohlen said. “I know a big part of the WNBA is pick-and-rolls. So I 

need to learn how to read off of the pick-and-rolls, and get the ball to 

people where they can do something with it, where they can be 

successful.” 

Pohlen is already acquainted with a couple of Fever teammates. She 

played against January, who's from Arizona State, in the Pac-10. She 

knows Jené Morris, who played at San Diego State, from the NCAA 

Tournament. 

Pohlen also once met Fever star Tamika Catchings when the latter 

was a guest speaker at a high school banquet. Pohlen made a beeline 

to get Catchings' autograph. 

“She was so inspirational and has such a positive attitude,” Pohlen 

said. 

Pohlen has talked with former Stanford teammates Jayne Appel and 

Candice Wiggins about the WNBA. Pohlen and Appel, a rookie with 

San Antonio last year, worked out together recently at Stanford. 

Appel's main message: keep your work ethic and persevere. 

It's been reported that Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer once said 

about Pohlen: “Our coaches will be looking at a high school kid and 

say, 'She's like Jeanette.' And I say, 'Then sign her up.' '' 

The Fever has signed up the real Jeanette. 

“She can play the 1 (point guard), the 2 (shooting guard) and even 

the 3 (small forward),” Dunn said about Pohlen's versatility. “She's 

what we call a 'push' guard. When she catches the ball, she's 

immediately looking up the floor to kick it ahead. She's going to 

create opportunities for us in transition.” 

The transition to pro basketball begins for Pohlen on May 15.

Standing (L to R): Tamika Catchings, Jeanette Pohlen, Tammy Sutton-Brown, Jessica Davenport, Tangela Smith, Shyra Ely, 

Katie Douglas, Strength and Conditioning Coach Emily Nowitsky. 

Seated (L to R): Erin Phillips, Shavonte Zellous, Operations Manager Brittany Hollingsworth, Assistant Coach Stephanie White, 

Head Coach Lin Dunn, Assistant Coach Gary Kloppenburg, Athletic Trainer Craig Stull, Briann January, Shannon Bobbitt. 

2011 INDIANA FEVER

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