2001 Indiana Fever season

The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Indiana Fever. In the 2001 WNBA draft, the Fever drafted Tamika Catchings as the 3rd pick, but due to a college injury, she missed the entire 2001 season. With that, the Fever tied with two teams with the worst record in the Eastern Conference, only ahead of the Detroit Shock and the Washington Mystics.

2001 Indiana Fever season
CoachNell Fortner
ArenaConseco Fieldhouse
Attendance8,683 per game
Results
Record10–22 (.313)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
TelevisionWNDY (UPN 23)
Fox Sports Net Midwest

Transactions

edit

WNBA draft

edit
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 3 Tamika Catchings   United States Tennessee
1 14 Kelly Schumacher   United States UConn
2 19 Niele Ivey   United States Notre Dame
3 35 Marlena Williams   United States Missouri
4 51 April Brown   United States LSU

Transactions

edit
Date Transaction
April 11, 2001 Traded Kara Wolters to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for a 2001 1st Round Pick[1]
April 20, 2001 Drafted Tamika Catchings, Kelly Schumacher, Niele Ivey, Marlena Williams and April Brown in the 2001 WNBA Draft[1]
April 26, 2001 Waived Usha Gilmore[1]
April 30, 2001 Signed Cornelia Gayden, Itoro Coleman, Lesley Brown, Nadine Malcolm and Sonia Chase[1]
May 15, 2001 Waived April Brown[1]
Signed Angie Braziel[1]
May 18, 2001 Waived Lesley Brown[1]
Waived Sonia Chase[1]
May 27, 2001 Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for a Olympia Scott-Richardson and a 2002 3rd Round Pick[1]
Waived Cornelia Gayden, Katryna Gaither and Texlin Quinney[1]
June 1, 2001 Waived Itoro Coleman[1]
July 13, 2001 Waived Danielle McCulley[1]
Signed Vicki Hall[1]
December 5, 2001 Traded Angie Braziel, a 2002 1st Round Pick and a 2002 3rd Round Pick to the Washington Mystics in exchange for a Nikki McCray, 2002 2nd Round Pick and a 2002 4th Round Pick[1]

Roster

edit
2001 Indiana Fever roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 45   Braziel, Angie 6' 2" (1.88m) 169 lb (77kg) 1976-09-18 Texas Tech 2
G 10   Grubin, Gordana 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1972-08-20 2
F 44   Hall, Vicki 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1969-10-03 Texas 1
G 33   Ivey, Niele 5' 7" (1.7m) 149 lb (68kg) 1977-09-24 Notre Dame R
F 42   Malcolm, Nadine 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 1975-11-27 Providence R
F 21   Maxwell, Monica 5' 9" (1.75m) 162 lb (73kg) 1976-12-21 Louisiana Tech 2
G/F 22   McCarty, Stephanie 5' 9" (1.75m) 1977-06-20 Purdue 2
F/C 5   McCulley, Danielle 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1975-01-18 Western Kentucky 1
C 20   Schumacher, Kelly 6' 5" (1.96m) 183 lb (83kg) 1977-10-14 Connecticut R
C 0   Scott-Richardson, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 1976-05-05 Stanford 3
F 7   Štreimikytė, Jurgita 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-05-14 1
F 43   Thompson, Alicia 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1976-06-30 Texas Tech 2
G 23   Williams, Rita 5' 6" (1.68m) 135 lb (61kg) 1976-01-14 Connecticut 3
Head coach
  Nell Fortner (Texas)
Assistant coaches
  Julie Plank
  Shelley Patterson




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

Schedule

edit

Regular season

edit
2001 game log
Total: 10–22 (Home: 7–9; Road: 3–13)
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 May 31 Houston L 78–82 Rita Williams (15) Maxwell
Malcolm
Scott-Richardson (6)
Niele Ivey (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 0–1
June : 4–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–3)
July : 4–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
13 July 1 Phoenix W 86–78 (OT) Rita Williams (21) Rita Williams (9) Rita Williams (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–8
14 July 6 @ Houston L 64–79 Braziel
Thompson (10)
Angie Braziel (10) Grubin
Maxwell
Thompson
Williams (2)
Compaq Center 5–9
15 July 8 New York L 56–58 Olympia Scott-Richardson (12) Olympia Scott-Richardson (9) Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–10
16 July 9 @ New York L 65–72 Nadine Malcolm (23) Olympia Scott-Richardson (7) Rita Williams (6) Madison Square Garden 5–11
17 July 11 Cleveland L 58–76 Jurgita Štreimikytė (22) Jurgita Štreimikytė (5) Rita Williams (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–12
18 July 13 Orlando W 74–60 Jurgita Štreimikytė (16) Malcolm
Scott-Richardson (8)
Rita Williams (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 6–12
19 July 14 @ Charlotte L 58–71 Nadine Malcolm (17) Jurgita Štreimikytė (8) Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) Charlotte Coliseum 6–13
20 July 18 Utah L 57–61 Scott-Richardson
Štreimikytė (12)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (11) Ivey
Williams (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 6–14
21 July 20 Washington W 73–65 Jurgita Štreimikytė (12) Braziel
Malcolm
Štreimikytė (7)
Stephanie McCarty (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 7–14
22 July 22 @ Washington L 61–69 Nadine Malcolm (14) Olympia Scott-Richardson (7) McCarty
Štreimikytė (5)
MCI Center 7–15
23 July 24 @ Charlotte L 66–75 Jurgita Štreimikytė (19) Ivey
Malcolm
Scott-Richardson (4)
Gordana Grubin (6) Charlotte Coliseum 7–16
24 July 27 @ Cleveland W 67–63 Gordana Grubin (23) Angie Braziel (6) Štreimikytė
Williams (4)
Gund Arena 8–16
25 July 28 Miami L 63–69 Alicia Thompson (16) Gordana Grubin (6) Ivey
Williams (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 8–17
August : 2–5 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–5)
2001 season schedule

Season standings

edit
Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Cleveland Rockers x 22 10 .688 15–6
New York Liberty x 21 11 .656 13–8 1.0
Miami Sol x 20 12 .625 14–7 2.0
Charlotte Sting x 18 14 .563 15–6 4.0
Orlando Miracle o 13 19 .406 9–12 9.0
Indiana Fever o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Detroit Shock o 10 22 .313 7–14 12.0
Washington Mystics o 10 22 .313 4–17 12.0

Statistics

edit
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

Regular Season

edit
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Rita Williams 32 29 32.6 .392 .376 .833 3.3 3.6 2.3 0.3 11.9
Jurgita Štreimikytė 27 26 26.2 .478 .000 .842 5.1 1.9 1.4 0.7 9.1
Olympia Scott-Richardson 32 30 24.2 .456 .000 .739 5.0 1.3 0.7 0.4 8.8
Nadine Malcolm 31 23 22.7 .425 .411 .871 3.0 0.8 0.4 0.1 8.3
Niele Ivey 32 26 22.1 .373 .357 .933 1.7 2.2 1.0 0.2 3.6
Gordana Grubin 27 9 17.8 .371 .293 .744 1.8 1.2 0.3 0.0 6.3
Alicia Thompson 22 7 17.3 .437 .395 .739 2.9 1.1 0.4 0.3 8.5
Stephanie McCarty 30 0 16.8 .380 .404 .774 1.8 1.9 0.9 0.5 5.6
Monica Maxwell 15 3 15.9 .302 .226 .667 2.5 0.9 0.3 0.3 3.1
Angie Braziel 23 0 14.8 .435 .000 .771 3.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 5.5
Kelly Schumacher 28 5 13.6 .495 .600 .850 2.5 0.4 0.2 1.0 4.0
Danielle McCulley 8 2 11.3 .278 .500 .944 2.1 0.6 0.0 0.3 3.5
Vicki Hall 13 0 9.5 .412 .000 .571 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 2.8


Waived/Released during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "2001 Indiana Fever Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.