2008 Indiana Fever season

2008 Indiana Fever season

Head Coach

Arena

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
Indiana Fever seasons
< 2007	2009 >

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

Main article: 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.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	From
1.0 !PG	35	USA !	Baker, Sherill	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	125 lb (57 kg)	Georgia
1.0 !PG	41	AUS !	Bevilaqua, Tully	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	Australia
1.0 !PG	10	USA !	Bond, LaToya	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	132 lb (60 kg)	Missouri
3.0 !SF	24	USA !	Catchings, Tamika (C)	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	Tennessee
2.5 !G/F	23	USA !	Douglas, Katie	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Purdue
2.5 !G/F	21	USA !	Feaster, Allison	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	Harvard University
4.5 !PF	32	USA !	Hoffman, Ebony	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Southern California
1.0 !PG	4	USA !	Lewis, Doneeka	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	LSU
3.0 !SF	44	USA !	Mann, Kristen	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	UC Santa Barbara
6.0 !C	50	Democratic Republic of the Congo !	Ngoyisa, Bernadette	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Democratic Republic of the Congo
6.0 !C	8	CAN !	Sutton-Brown, Tammy	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Rutgers
1.0 !PG		USA !	White, Erica	7000160020000000000♠5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)	135 lb (61 kg)	LSU
2.0 !SG	15	USA !	White, Tan	7000170180000000000♠5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	Mississippi State
4.5 !PF	1	USA !	Whittington, Khadijah	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	North Carolina State

Head coach

Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin)

Assistant coaches

Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
Jim Lewis (West Virginia)

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

Season

Player stats

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Baker, Sherill !Sherill Baker	13	0	8.5	.324	.000	.735	1.7	1.2	0.7	0.1	3.8
Bales, Alison !Alison Bales	14	0	9.0	.389	.400	.778	1.6	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.6
Bevilaqua, Tully !Tully Bevilaqua	30	30	29.2	.405	.337	.607	2.3	2.2	2.0	0.1	5.8
Bond, LaToya !LaToya Bond	32	1	10.2	.289	.214	.813	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.1	2.3
Catchings, Tamika !Tamika Catchings	25	17	27.8	.391	.432	.800	6.3	3.3	2.0	0.4	13.3
Douglas, Katie !Katie Douglas	33	33	34.4	.371	.324	.799	4.1	3.2	1.6	0.3	15.6
Feaster, Allison !Allison Feaster	33	0	9.1	.337	.307	1.000	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.1	2.6
Lewis, Doneeka !Doneeka Lewis	8	0	7.0	.350	.286	.000	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.2	2.0
Hoffman, Ebony !Ebony Hoffman	33	33	30.7	.465	.456	.829	7.8	1.8	1.4	0.8	10.4
Mann, Kristen !Kristen Mann*	5	0	6.2	.250	.000	.000	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4
Ngoyisa, Bernadette !Bernadette Ngoyisa	31	1	7.3	.476	.000	.719	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.7
Sutton-Brown, Tammy !Tammy Sutton-Brown	33	33	29.0	.495	.000	.673	6.3	0.5	0.6	1.7	11.8
Terry, Kasha !Kasha Terry	2	0	12.0	.200	.000	.000	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
White, Tan !Tan White	33	22	27.1	.366	.325	.850	3.1	2.4	1.3	0.4	9.9
Whittington, Khadijah !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
Baker, Sherill !Sherill Baker	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bevilaqua, Tully !Tully Bevilaqua	3	3	31.3	.292	.278	1.000	2.3	2.3	1.0	0.0	6.7
Bond, LaToya !LaToya Bond	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Catchings, Tamika !Tamika Catchings	3	3	37.7	.441	.273	.933	7.7	6.0	1.0	0.7	20.3
Douglas, Katie !Katie Douglas	3	3	31.0	.318	.125	.700	2.3	2.3	1.3	0.7	7.3
Feaster, Allison !Allison Feaster	2	0	4.0	.500	.500	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lewis, Doneeka !Doneeka Lewis	2	0	12.5	.375	.400	.000	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5
Hoffman, Ebony !Ebony Hoffman	3	3	34.0	.424	.364	.667	8.3	1.7	2.0	0.7	11.3
Mann, Kristen !Kristen Mann	3	0	10.0	.444	.333	.000	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	3.3
Ngoyisa, Bernadette !Bernadette Ngoyisa	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sutton-Brown, Tammy !Tammy Sutton-Brown	3	3	31.0	.387	.000	.952	5.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	14.7
White, Tan !Tan White	3	0	14.0	.375	.250	1.000	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	5.3
Whittington, Khadijah !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. 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
↑ "Dunn Named Fever’s Fourth Head Coach". FeverBasketball.com. 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
↑ "Fever Acquires Hometown Star Katie Douglas In Trade With Connecticut". FeverBasketball.com. 2008-02-19. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
↑ "Atlanta Dream Selects Strother As Part Of WNBA Expansion Draft". FeverBasketball.com. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
↑ "Fever: 2008 WNBA Draft". FeverBasketball.com. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
↑ "2008 WNBA Transactions". WNBA.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
1 2 "2008 WNBA All-Defensive Team Selections Announced". WNBA.com. 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ "Katie Douglas and Seimone Augustus Named WNBA Players of the Week". WNBA.com. 2008-06-03. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
↑ "Indiana’s Tamika Catchings Named Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award Recipient". WNBA.com. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
↑ "Tammy Sutton-Brown and Ann Wauters Named WNBA Players of the Week". WNBA.com. 2008-09-15. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
↑ "Hoffman easily wins WNBA's most improved award". WNBA.com. 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
↑ "Fever top Mercury, set scoring record". IndyStar.com. 2008-09-14. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
↑ "2008 Fever Regular Statistics". FeverBasketball.com. Retrieved 2008-05-22.

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2008 WNBA season by team

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Indiana Fever

Founded in 2000 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana

The Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Bankers Life Fieldhouse

Head Coaches	Anne Donovan Nell Fortner Brian Winters Lin Dunn Stephanie White

Administration	Owner: Herb and Melvin Simon Herb Simon Sponsor: Finish Line, Inc. General Manager: Nell Fortner Kelly Krauskopf

All-Stars	Tamika Catchings Marissa Coleman Anna DeForge Katie Douglas Briann January Tammy Sutton-Brown Tamika Whitmore Natalie Williams Shavonte Zellous

Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Playoff Appearances	2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference Titles	2009 2012

WNBA Titles	2012

Rivals	Atlanta Dream Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock New York Liberty

Media	TV: FS Indiana (FS-I) Radio: WFNI (The Fan) Announcers: Debbie Antonelli, Chris Denari

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