2008 Indiana Fever season

2008 Indiana Fever season
2008 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	7,702 per game
Results
Record	17–17 (.500)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Eliminated 2–1 by Detroit, Eastern Conference Semi-Finals
Team Leaders
Points	Katie Douglas (15.6)
Rebounds	Ebony Hoffman (7.8)
Assists	Tamika Catchings (3.3)
Media
Television	FSN Indiana
	← 2007 season 2009 season →

The 2008 Indiana Fever season was their 9th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They finished 4th in the Eastern Conference with 17 wins and 17 losses on the season. The season marked the fourth consecutive season that the Fever earned a playoff berth. They were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals 2–1 by the Detroit Shock.

Offseason

On October 26, 2007, the Fever announced that they declined the option for head coach, Brian Winters, ending his four-year tenure as head coach.^[1] On December 12, 2007, assistant coach Lin Dunn was named as the replacement for Winters.^[2]

In one of the biggest trades in WNBA history the Fever traded Tamika Whitmore and their first-round pick in the 2008 WNBA draft to the Connecticut Sun for Indianapolis native Katie Douglas on February 19, 2008.^[3]

The following player was selected in the expansion draft by the Atlanta Dream :

Ann Strother^[4]

2008 WNBA draft

Indiana's selections from the 2008 WNBA draft in Tampa Bay.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
2	26	Khadijah Whittington^[5]	Small forward	United States	N.C. State

Transactions

The Fever were involved in the following transactions during the 2008 season.^[6]

Trades

Date	Player Acquired	Acquired from	For
February 19, 2008	Katie Douglas	Connecticut Sun	Tamika Whitmore, the 12th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft, and the rights to Jessica Foley
May 14, 2008	Bernadette Ngoyisa	Chicago Sky	K.B. Sharp
July 4, 2008	Kristen Mann	Atlanta Dream	Alison Bales

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Former team
February 22, 2008	LaToya Bond	Sacramento Monarchs
March 20, 2008	Allison Feaster	Free agent
May 22, 2008	Sherill Baker	Los Angeles Sparks
August 14, 2008	Doneeka Lewis	Seattle Storm

Subtractions

Date	Player	New team
May 22, 2008	Kasha Terry	Atlanta Dream

Re-signings

Date	Player
February 19, 2008	Tammy Sutton-Brown
February 22, 2008	Ebony Hoffman
February 28, 2008	Tamika Catchings
March 25, 2008	K.B. Sharp

Roster

Indiana Fever roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
PG	35	Baker, Sherill	5' 8" (1.73m)	125 lb (57kg)	Georgia
PG	41	Bevilaqua, Tully	5' 7" (1.7m)	145 lb (66kg)	Australia
PG	10	Bond, LaToya	5' 9" (1.75m)	132 lb (60kg)	Missouri
SF	24	Catchings, Tamika (C)	6' 2" (1.88m)	167 lb (76kg)	Tennessee
G/F	23	Douglas, Katie	6' 0" (1.83m)	165 lb (75kg)	Purdue
G/F	21	Feaster, Allison	5' 11" (1.8m)	168 lb (76kg)	Harvard University
PF	32	Hoffman, Ebony	6' 2" (1.88m)	215 lb (98kg)	USC
PG	4	Lewis, Doneeka	5' 9" (1.75m)	160 lb (73kg)	LSU
SF	44	Mann, Kristen	6' 2" (1.88m)	185 lb (84kg)	UC Santa Barbara
C	50	Ngoyisa, Bernadette	6' 4" (1.93m)	195 lb (88kg)	Democratic Republic of the Congo
C	8	Sutton-Brown, Tammy	6' 4" (1.93m)	200 lb (91kg)	Rutgers
PG		White, Erica	5' 3" (1.6m)	135 lb (61kg)	LSU
SG	15	White, Tan	5' 7" (1.7m)	154 lb (70kg)	Mississippi State
PF	1	Whittington, Khadijah	6' 1" (1.85m)	185 lb (84kg)	NC State

Head coach

Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin)

Assistant coaches

Athletic trainer

Brandon Johnson (Purdue)

Strength and conditioning coach

Ruth Helland (Concordia-Wisconsin)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Bernadette Ngoyisa
PF	Ebony Hoffman	Kristen Mann	Khadijah Whittington
SF	Tamika Catchings	Allison Feaster
SG	Katie Douglas	Tan White
PG	Tully Bevilaqua	Doneeka Lewis		Sherill Baker LaToya Bond

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	22	12	.647	–	14–3	8–9	16–4
Connecticut Sun ^x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–7
New York Liberty ^x	19	15	.559	3.0	11–6	8–9	11–9
Indiana Fever ^x	17	17	.500	5.0	11–6	6–11	12–8
Chicago Sky ^o	12	22	.353	10.0	8–9	4–13	10–10
Washington Mystics ^o	10	24	.294	12.0	6–11	4–13	6–14
Atlanta Dream ^o	4	30	.118	18.0	1–16	3–14	2–18

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 3	@ Chicago	L 81-71	Terry (12)	Bales (9)	Jinks (5)	Al McGuire Center 1,134	0-1
2	May 7	Minnesota	L 78-64	White (16)	Bales (4)	White (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 5,196	0-2
3	May 10	@ Seattle	L 75-64	White (21)	Bales (7)	Selwyn, White (3)	KeyArena 5,475	0-3

Regular season

2008 Game Log: Regular Season

May

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 17	Washington	W 64-53	Douglas (24)	Douglas, White (7)	White (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,533	1-0
2	May 21	@ Detroit	L 76-71	Douglas (26)	Hoffman (10)	White (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 6,842	1-1
3	May 27	@ Connecticut	W 73-46	Douglas (23)	Hoffman (13)	Douglas, Hoffman (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,245	2-1
4	May 29	Los Angeles	W 82-78 (2OT)	Douglas (25)	Hoffman (11)	Bevilaqua, White (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,235	3-1
5	May 31	Detroit	L 74-65	White (14)	Hoffman (8)	Douglas (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,219	3-2

June

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
6	June 7	Houston	W 84-75	Douglas (20)	Hoffman (10)	Douglas, Hoffman (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 8,214	4-2
7	June 11	@ San Antonio	L 64-53	Douglas, White (13)	Hoffman (9)	Douglas (4)	AT&T Center 6,262	4-3
8	June 13	@ Atlanta	W 76-67	White (21)	Sutton-Brown (12)	Douglas (7)	Philips Arena 8,167	5-3
9	June 15	San Antonio	L 70-60	Douglas (17)	Hoffman (10)	Hoffman (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,412	5-4
10	June 18	New York	W 83-69	Douglas (16)	Douglas (8)	Douglas (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,333	6-4
11	June 20	@ Seattle	L 78-70	Sutton-Brown (14)	Hoffman (10)	Catchings, White (4)	KeyArena 7,393	6-5
12	June 22	@ Los Angeles	L 77-63	Catchings (17)	Hoffman (10)	Catchings (3)	Staples Center 9,463	6-6
13	June 24	Sacramento	W 78-73	Hoffman (23)	Hoffman (13)	Bevilaqua, Feaster, Ebony Hoffman (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,020	7-6
14	June 26	@ New York	L 102-96 (3OT)	Hoffman (26)	Sutton-Brown (15)	Bevilaqua (5)	Madison Square Garden 7,899	7-7
15	June 28	@ Houston	L 75-61	Sutton-Brown (13)	Sutton-Brown (6)	Douglas (4)	Reliant Arena 7,008	7-8

July

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
16	July 2	Chicago	W 74-67	Catchings (18)	Sutton-Brown (12)	Catchings, Douglas (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,196	8-8
17	July 5	Connecticut	W 81-74	Douglas, Sutton-Brown (18)	Sutton-Brown (9)	Douglas (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,329	9-8
18	July 8	@ Washington	L 50-48	Hoffman (16)	Hoffman (9)	Bevilaqua (4)	Verizon Center 7,587	9-9
19	July 12	Chicago	W 66-57	Douglas (25)	Catchings (8)	Catchings (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,134	10-9
20	July 16	Atlanta	L 81-77	Catchings (18)	Catchings (12)	Catchings (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,303	10-10
21	July 18	Seattle	L 65-59	Sutton-Brown (12)	Sutton-Brown (7)	Bevilaqua, Bond (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,450	10-11
22	July 19	@ New York Liberty Outdoor Classic	W 71-55	Douglas (20)	Catchings, Sutton-Brown (9)	Catchings, Douglas (4)	Arthur Ashe Stadium 19,393	11-11
23	July 22	@ Chicago	L 68-60	Douglas, Sutton-Brown (14)	Sutton-Brown (10)	Catchings (4)	UIC Pavilion 3,035	11-12
24	July 24	Minnesota	L 84-80	Catchings, Hoffman (17)	Sutton-Brown (9)	Catchings (9)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,010	11-13
25	July 26	@ Sacramento	L 70-62	Douglas (23)	Hoffman (8)	Catchings, White (4)	Arco Arena 7,082	11-14
26	July 27	@ Phoenix	W 84-80	Catchings (25)	Hoffman (7)	Catchings (6)	US Airways Center 7,924	12-14

August

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
Summer Olympic break
27	August 28	Connecticut	L 84-58	Bevilaqua, Sutton-Brown (9)	Hoffman (5)	White (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,435	12-15
28	August 30	Atlanta	W 87-72	Catchings (23)	Hoffman (14)	Douglas (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,280	13-15

September

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
29	September 2	@ Washington	W 79-68	Catchings (26)	Catchings (9)	Douglas (4)	Verizon Center 7,244	14-15
30	September 5	@ Detroit	L 68-90	Catchings (20)	Catchings (10)	Bevilaqua (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 9,287	14-16
31	September 8	@ Atlanta	W 81-77	White (24)	Catchings (10)	Catchings (6)	Philips Arena 7,706	15-16
32	September 9	@ Minnesota	L 86-76	White (21)	Sutton-Brown (11)	Catchings (7)	Target Center 6,706	15-17
33	September 11	New York	W 74-59	Sutton-Brown (16)	Catchings (8)	Douglas (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,062	16-17
34	September 14	Phoenix	W 103-89	Sutton-Brown (26)	Catchings (9)	Douglas (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 8,776	17-17

Playoffs

2008 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 19	Detroit	L 81-72	Catchings, Hoffman (19)	Sutton-Brown (6)	Catchings (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,613	Shock lead 1-0
2	September 21	@ Detroit	W 89-82 (OT)	Catchings (27)	Hoffman (12)	Bevilaqua (5)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 8,219	Tied 1-1
3	September 23	@ Detroit	L 80-61	Sutton-Brown (20)	Hoffman (10)	Catchings (8)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 8,296	Shock win 2-1

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Tully Bevilaqua was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team.^[7]
Katie Douglas was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from May 26 through June 1.^[8]
Tamika Catchings was awarded the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award for her work in the Indianapolis community with her Catch the Stars Foundation.^[9]
Tamika Catchings was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team.^[7]
Tammy Sutton-Brown was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from September 8 through September 14.^[10]
Ebony Hoffman was awarded the WNBA's Most Improved Player Award.^[11]

Records

On September 14, 2008, the Indiana Fever set a franchise record for points in a game with 103 against the Phoenix Mercury.^[12]

Milestones

Katie Douglas recorded her 3,000th career point July 27, 2008 against the Phoenix Mercury.

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Season

Player stats

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sherill Baker	13	0	8.5	.324	.000	.735	1.7	1.2	0.7	0.1	3.8
Alison Bales	14	0	9.0	.389	.400	.778	1.6	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.6
Tully Bevilaqua	30	30	29.2	.405	.337	.607	2.3	2.2	2.0	0.1	5.8
LaToya Bond	32	1	10.2	.289	.214	.813	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.1	2.3
Tamika Catchings	25	17	27.8	.391	.432	.800	6.3	3.3	2.0	0.4	13.3
Katie Douglas	33	33	34.4	.371	.324	.799	4.1	3.2	1.6	0.3	15.6
Allison Feaster	33	0	9.1	.337	.307	1.000	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.1	2.6
Doneeka Lewis	8	0	7.0	.350	.286	.000	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.2	2.0
Ebony Hoffman	33	33	30.7	.465	.456	.829	7.8	1.8	1.4	0.8	10.4
Kristen Mann*	5	0	6.2	.250	.000	.000	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4
Bernadette Ngoyisa	31	1	7.3	.476	.000	.719	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.7
Tammy Sutton-Brown	33	33	29.0	.495	.000	.673	6.3	0.5	0.6	1.7	11.8
Kasha Terry	2	0	12.0	.200	.000	.000	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Tan White	33	22	27.1	.366	.325	.850	3.1	2.4	1.3	0.4	9.9
Khadijah Whittington	22	0	8.5	.386	.000	.529	1.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.0

* Statistics include games only played with Fever

Team stats

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Indiana Fever
Opponents

Playoffs

The Fever clinched a playoff berth on September 9.

Player stats

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sherill Baker	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tully Bevilaqua	3	3	31.3	.292	.278	1.000	2.3	2.3	1.0	0.0	6.7
LaToya Bond	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tamika Catchings	3	3	37.7	.441	.273	.933	7.7	6.0	1.0	0.7	20.3
Katie Douglas	3	3	31.0	.318	.125	.700	2.3	2.3	1.3	0.7	7.3
Allison Feaster	2	0	4.0	.500	.500	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Doneeka Lewis	2	0	12.5	.375	.400	.000	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5
Ebony Hoffman	3	3	34.0	.424	.364	.667	8.3	1.7	2.0	0.7	11.3
Kristen Mann	3	0	10.0	.444	.333	.000	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	3.3
Bernadette Ngoyisa	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tammy Sutton-Brown	3	3	31.0	.387	.000	.952	5.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	14.7
Tan White	3	0	14.0	.375	.250	1.000	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	5.3
Khadijah Whittington	3	0	8.0	.250	.000	.000	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.3

Team stats

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Indiana Fever	.380	.292	.897	30.7	15.0	7.0	3.7	74.0
Opponents	.432	.372	.917	35.7	14.3	8.3	3.0	81.0

Statistics last updated September 24, 2008.^[13]

References

^ "Fever Declines Option On Winters Contract". FeverBasketball.com. October 26, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
^ "Dunn Named Fever's Fourth Head Coach". FeverBasketball.com. December 12, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
^ "Fever Acquires Hometown Star Katie Douglas In Trade With Connecticut". FeverBasketball.com. February 19, 2008. Archived from the original on March 29, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
^ "Atlanta Dream Selects Strother As Part Of WNBA Expansion Draft". FeverBasketball.com. February 6, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
^ "Fever: 2008 WNBA Draft". FeverBasketball.com. April 9, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
^ "2008 WNBA Transactions". WNBA.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "2008 WNBA All-Defensive Team Selections Announced". WNBA.com. September 19, 2008. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2008.
^ "Katie Douglas and Seimone Augustus Named WNBA Players of the Week". WNBA.com. June 3, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
^ "Indiana's Tamika Catchings Named Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award Recipient". WNBA.com. June 24, 2008. Retrieved June 25, 2008.
^ "Tammy Sutton-Brown and Ann Wauters Named WNBA Players of the Week". WNBA.com. September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2008.
^ "Hoffman easily wins WNBA's most improved award". WNBA.com. September 19, 2008. Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
^ "Fever top Mercury, set scoring record". IndyStar.com. September 14, 2008. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
^ "2008 Fever Regular Statistics". FeverBasketball.com. Retrieved May 22, 2008.

External links

Preceded by 2007	Indiana Fever seasons 2008	Succeeded by 2009

[1] "Fever Declines Option On Winters Contract". FeverBasketball.com. October 26, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2008.

[2] "Dunn Named Fever's Fourth Head Coach". FeverBasketball.com. December 12, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2008.

[Douglas-3] "Fever Acquires Hometown Star Katie Douglas In Trade With Connecticut". FeverBasketball.com. February 19, 2008. Archived from the original on March 29, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.

[4] "Atlanta Dream Selects Strother As Part Of WNBA Expansion Draft". FeverBasketball.com. February 6, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.

[5] "Fever: 2008 WNBA Draft". FeverBasketball.com. April 9, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2008.

[6] "2008 WNBA Transactions". WNBA.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2008.

[awards-7] "2008 WNBA All-Defensive Team Selections Announced". WNBA.com. September 19, 2008. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2008.

[8] "Katie Douglas and Seimone Augustus Named WNBA Players of the Week". WNBA.com. June 3, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2008.

[9] "Indiana's Tamika Catchings Named Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award Recipient". WNBA.com. June 24, 2008. Retrieved June 25, 2008.

[10] "Tammy Sutton-Brown and Ann Wauters Named WNBA Players of the Week". WNBA.com. September 15, 2008. Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2008.

[11] "Hoffman easily wins WNBA's most improved award". WNBA.com. September 19, 2008. Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2008.

[12] "Fever top Mercury, set scoring record". IndyStar.com. September 14, 2008. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved September 14, 2008.

[13] "2008 Fever Regular Statistics". FeverBasketball.com. Retrieved May 22, 2008.

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