2010 Indiana Fever season

The 2010 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

2010 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	8,265 per game
Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Catchings (18.2)
Rebounds	Catchings (7.1)
Assists	Catchings (4.0)
Media
Television	FS-I NBATV, ESPN2
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Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Fever's 2009 record, they would pick 11th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Fever waived their pick.

WNBA draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	11	Jene Morris	United States	San Diego State
2	23	Armelie Lumanu	United States	Mississippi State
3	35	Joy Cheek	United States	Duke

Transaction log

• February 16: The Fever signed Eshaya Murphy, Lyndra Littles and Josephine Owino to training camp contracts.
• February 19: The Fever re-signed Jessica Moore and Jessica Davenport.
• February 25: The Fever signed Jennifer Risper to a training camp contract.
• April 23: The Fever signed Ashley Battle, Michelle Campbell and Meredith Marsh to training camp contracts.
• April 30: The Fever waived Lyndra Littles and Armelie Lumanu.
• May 6: The Fever waived Jennifer Risper, Meredith Marsh and Michelle Campbell.
• May 13: The Fever waived Josephine Owino and Ashley Battle.
• May 14: The Fever waived Joy Cheek and Christina Wirth.
• May 27: The Fever acquired Shavonte Zellous from the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
• July 11: The Fever waived Eshaya Murphy and signed Joy Cheek.

Trades

Date	Trade
May 27, 2010	To Indiana Fever	To Tulsa Shock
	Shavonte Zellous	Second-round pick in 2011 Draft

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Eshaya Murphy	February 16, 2010	re-signed
Jessica Moore	February 19, 2010	re-signed
Jessica Davenport	February 19, 2010	re-signed
Allie Quigley	May 15, 2010	free agent
Shavonte Zellous	May 27, 2010	Tulsa Shock
Joy Cheek	July 11, 2010	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Tamecka Dixon	February 18, 2010	retired
Christina Wirth	May 14, 2010	free agent
Allie Quigley	May 27, 2010	free agent
Eshaya Murphy	July 10, 2010	free agent

Roster

Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs PG 41 Bevilaqua, Tully 5' 7" (1.7m) 145 lb (66kg) Australia SF 24 Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) Tennessee F 21 Cheek, Joy 6' 1" (1.85m) 201 lb (91kg) Duke C 50 Davenport, Jessica 6' 5" (1.96m) 215 lb (98kg) Ohio State G/F 23 Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) Purdue PF 32 Hoffman, Ebony 6' 2" (1.88m) 215 lb (98kg) USC PG 20 January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) Arizona State F/C 31 Moore, Jessica 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) Connecticut G 10 Morris, Jené 5' 9" (1.75m) 146 lb (66kg) San Diego State C 8 Sutton-Brown, Tammy 6' 4" (1.93m) 200 lb (91kg) Rutgers G 1 Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) Pittsburgh	Head coach Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin) Assistant coaches Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego) Jim Lewis (West Virginia) Athletic trainer Craig Stull (Indianapolis) Strength and conditioning coach Brandon Johnson (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Jessica Davenport
PF	Ebony Hoffman	Jessica Moore / Joy Cheek
SF	Tamika Catchings	Shavonte Zellous
SG	Katie Douglas	Jene Morris
PG	Tully Bevilaqua	Briann January

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Washington Mystics x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	13–9
New York Liberty x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	14–8
Indiana Fever x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–9
Atlanta Dream x	19	15	.559	3.0	10–7	9–8	10–12
Connecticut Sun o	17	17	.500	5.0	12–5	5–12	9–13
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	8.0	7–10	7–10	7–15

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 7 12:00pm Chicago 69-63 Murphy (20) Owino (11) Battle (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,291 1-0 2 May 10 12:30pm @ Chicago 71-84 Murphy (15) Davenport (8) Bevilaqua, January (4) Allstate Arena N/A 1-1

Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season
May Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 15 7:00pm Washington 65-72 Catchings, Sutton-Brown (12) Sutton-Brown (6) January (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,752 0-1 2 May 16 7:00pm @ Atlanta SSO 62-66 Catchings (18) Sutton-Brown (9) Douglas (6) Philips Arena 7,337 0-2 3 May 22 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 92-86 (OT) Catchings (28) Murphy (10) Douglas, Murphy (6) Allstate Arena 6,477 1-2 4 May 23 6:00pm Chicago FS-I CN100 69-61 Murphy (16) Murphy (9) Douglas (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,665 2-2 5 May 29 8:00pm @ Tulsa FS-OK 74-79 Catchings (15) Catchings (10) Catchings (7) BOK Center 4,005 2-3
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 6 June 3 7:00pm San Antonio FS-I FS-SW 79-57 Douglas (22) Catchings (7) Bevilaqua, Zellous (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,574 3-3 7 June 5 7:00pm New York 78-73 Zellous (23) Sutton-Brown (8) Catchings (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,090 4-3 8 June 6 7:00pm @ Minnesota FS-N 89-51 Catchings (27) Murphy (8) Bevilaqua, Moore, Zellous (2) Target Center 6,444 5-3 9 June 11 7:30pm @ Connecticut 77-86 Davenport (18) Catchings (8) Douglas (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,603 5-4 10 June 13 6:00pm Connecticut 77-67 Douglas (20) Catchings (13) Douglas (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,302 6-4 11 June 17 7:00pm Seattle FS-I 72-65 Douglas (15) Sutton-Brown (7) Douglas (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,520 7-4 12 June 19 7:00pm Atlanta 94-91 Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21) Lyttle (20) McCoughtry (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,187 8-4 13 June 25 10:00pm @ Seattle 81-85 Douglas (29) Catchings (5) Catchings (5) KeyArena 9,083 8-5 14 June 27 6:00pm @ Chicago CN100 70-64 Hoffman (13) Catchings (6) Catchings, Douglas (4) Allstate Arena 4,051 9-5 15 June 29 7:00pm @ Washington ESPN2 65-68 Catchings (17) Catchings, Douglas, Hoffman (4) Douglas (5) Verizon Center 8,464 9-6
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 16 July 6 8:00pm @ Chicago CN100 58-51 Catchings (16) Sutton-Brown (10) January (5) Allstate Arena 3,732 10-6 17 July 8 7:00pm Tulsa 100-72 Catchings (24) Sutton-Brown (7) January (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,077 11-6 18 July 14 1:00pm Connecticut 68-77 Catchings (22) Catchings (9) Bevilaqua, January (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,076 11-7 19 July 16 7:00pm Atlanta 89-70 Catchings (23) Catchings (11) Catchings, Douglas, January (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,532 12-7 20 July 18 4:00pm @ New York MSG 84-81 (OT) Catchings (22) Catchings (10) Catchings (7) Madison Square Garden 9,508 13-7 21 July 22 7:00pm Los Angeles ESPN2 76-57 Hoffman (16) Hoffman (8) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,898 14-7 22 July 24 7:00pm @ Washington NBATV CSN-MA 78-73 January (19) Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5) January (8) Verizon Center 9,786 15-7 23 July 27 7:00pm Chicago CN100 78-74 Catchings (16) Catchings (10) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,853 16-7 24 July 30 7:00pm Washington 73-77 Catchings, Douglas (16) 4 players (4) Catchings (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,207 16-8
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 25 August 1 3:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV SSO 74-90 Catchings (24) Davenport (12) January (4) Philips Arena 6,270 16-9 26 August 3 7:00pm New York FS-I 72-82 Catchings (19) Catchings (6) Douglas, January (2) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,540 16-10 27 August 6 7:00pm Atlanta 95-93 Catchings (30) Catchings (8) Douglas (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,214 17-10 28 August 8 6:00pm @ Phoenix 104-82 Douglas (28) Catchings (10) Douglas (6) US Airways Center 10,995 18-10 29 August 10 10:00pm @ Los Angeles ESPN2 82-76 Sutton-Brown (18) Catchings (11) Bevilaqua (6) STAPLES Center 10,586 19-10 30 August 13 7:00pm Phoenix 110-90 Catchings (29) Catchings (7) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,002 20-10 31 August 15 5:00pm @ Connecticut 79-66 Catchings (26) Catchings (7) Catchings (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,915 21-10 32 August 17 7:30pm @ New York 57-78 Catchings (25) Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5) Catchings (3) Madison Square Garden 8,953 21-11 33 August 20 8:00pm @ San Antonio 61-75 Catchings (15) Catchings (7) Catchings (4) AT&T Center 10,807 21-12 34 August 22 5:00pm Minnesota NBATV FS-I 79-83 (OT) Catchings (17) Catchings (14) January (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 10,015 21-13
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2010 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 August 26 7:00pm @ New York NBATV MSG 73-85 Catchings (18) Davenport (8) Catchings (6) Madison Square Garden 14,624 0-1 2 August 29 8:00pm New York ESPN2 75-67 Catchings (17) Catchings (13) Douglas (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,535 1-1 3 September 1 7:30pm @ New York NBATV MSG 74-77 Douglas (24) Catchings (6) Douglas (4) Madison Square Garden 16,682 1-2

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tully Bevilaqua	34	27	19.4	.383	.338	.583	2.1	1.6	1.41	0.12	3.9
Tamika Catchings	34	34	31.4	.484	.448	.849	7.1	4.0	2.26	0.88	18.2
Joy Cheek	7	0	4.9	.417	.333	1.000	0.4	0.1	0.00	0.00	2.1
Jessica Davenport	33	0	14.2	.571	.143	.725	2.8	0.5	0.42	0.82	7.4
Katie Douglas	34	34	29.8	.449	.391	.831	3.4	3.3	1.35	0.38	13.7
Ebony Hoffman	34	33	24.0	.397	.317	.850	4.2	1.3	1.18	0.38	8.0
Briann January	30	7	21.9	.371	.356	.826	2.0	3.1	1.23	0.13	7.4
Jessica Moore	33	0	13.1	.427	.000	.833	2.1	0.4	0.18	0.12	3.1
Jene Morris	25	0	7.8	.424	.368	.667	0.6	0.5	0.32	0.08	2.9
Eshaya Murphy	15	1	14.7	.350	.263	.571	4.1	1.5	0.50	0.10	5.1
Allie Quigley	3	0	6.0	.500	.000	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.30	2.0
Tammy Sutton-Brown	34	34	25.7	.450	.000	.707	5.1	0.9	0.97	1.62	8.1
Shavonte Zellous	27	0	15.5	.362	.280	.747	2.1	1.3	0.44	0.59	5.9

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tully Bevilaqua	3	3	22.0	.429	.444	.000	0.7	1.3	0.67	0.00	5.3
Tamika Catchings	3	3	35.7	.413	.357	.813	8.7	3.0	3.00	0.67	18.7
Jessica Davenport	3	0	15.3	.529	.000	1.000	5.3	0.0	0.67	1.33	7.0
Katie Douglas	3	3	31.7	.458	.333	.833	3.0	3.3	1.33	0.33	11.7
Ebony Hoffman	3	3	29.7	.333	.333	.875	4.7	1.3	1.00	1.00	11.0
Briann January	3	0	19.7	.313	.200	.900	1.3	2.0	0.33	0.00	6.7
Jessica Moore	3	0	5.3	.000	.000	.000	0.7	0.3	0.33	0.33	0.0
Jene Morris	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Tammy Sutton-Brown	3	3	30.0	.476	.000	.818	4.3	0.3	1.33	0.67	9.7
Shavonte Zellous	3	0	10.3	.600	.000	.857	0.7	0.7	0.00	0.33	4.0

Awards and honors

• Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 10, 2010.
• Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 31, 2010.
• Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for July.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA starter.
• Katie Douglas was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
• Tully Bevilaqua was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
• Katie Douglas was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
• Tamika Catchings was named Defensive Player of the Year.
• Tamika Catchings was awarded the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Katie Douglas was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.