2000 Indiana Fever season

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2000 Indiana Fever season
Coach Anne Donovan
Arena Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance11,267 per game
Results
Record923 (.281)
Place7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2000 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 1st season in the WNBA and their 1st season under head coach, Anne Donovan.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

PlayerNationalityFormer WNBA Team
Gordana Grubin Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia Los Angeles Sparks
Stephanie McCarty Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Charlotte Sting
Nyree Roberts Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics
Rita Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Washington Mystics
Kara Wolters Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Comets
Chantel Tremitiere Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Utah Starzz

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
226 Jurgita Štreimikytė Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Pool Comense (Italy)
342Usha GilmoreFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Rutgers
450Latina DavisFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee
458Renee RobinsonFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Virginia

Transactions

DateTransaction
October 20, 1999Hired Anne Donovan as Interim Head Coach [1]
December 15, 1999Drafted Gordana Grubin, Stephanie McCarty, Nyree Roberts, Rita Williams, Kara Wolters and Chantel Tremitiere in the WNBA expansion draft [1]
April 25, 2000Drafted Jurgita Štreimikytė, Usha Gilmore, Latina Davis and Renee Robinson in the 2000 WNBA Draft [1]
Traded Latina Davis and Renee Robinson to the Houston Comets in exchange for Latavia Coleman [1]
June 7, 2000Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira [1]
Waived Beverly Williams [1]

Roster

2000 Indiana Fever roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C 12 Flag of the United States.svg Gaither, Katryna 6' 3" (1.91m)170 lb (77kg)1975-08-13 Notre Dame R
G 33 Flag of the United States.svg Gilmore, Usha5' 11" (1.8m)1978-08-24 Rutgers R
G 10 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Grubin, Gordana 5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)1972-08-201
F 50 Flag of the United States.svg Harrington, Donna 6' 3" (1.91m)1966-09-29 Old Dominion R
F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Maxwell, Monica 5' 9" (1.75m)162 lb (73kg)1976-12-21 Louisiana Tech 1
G/F 22 Flag of the United States.svg McCarty, Stephanie 5' 9" (1.75m)1977-06-20 Purdue 1
F/C 5 Flag of the United States.svg McCulley, Danielle 6' 3" (1.91m)175 lb (79kg)1975-01-18 Western Kentucky R
F 11 Flag of the United States.svg Quinney, Texlin6' 4" (1.93m)165 lb (75kg)1974-09-07 Seton Hall R
C 13 Flag of Brazil.svg Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra 6' 5" (1.96m)181 lb (82kg)1973-12-022
F 7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Štreimikytė, Jurgita 6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg)1974-05-14R
F 43 Flag of the United States.svg Thompson, Alicia 6' 1" (1.85m)180 lb (82kg)1976-06-30 Texas Tech 1
G 3 Flag of the United States.svg Tremitiere, Chantel 5' 6" (1.68m)142 lb (64kg)1969-10-20 Auburn 3
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Beverly5' 9" (1.75m)1965-11-09 Texas R
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Rita 5' 6" (1.68m)135 lb (61kg)1976-01-14 Connecticut 2
C 52 Flag of the United States.svg Wolters, Kara 6' 7" (2.01m)227 lb (103kg)1975-08-15 Connecticut 1
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Anne Donovan (Old Dominion)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Shelley Patterson
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Plank

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 9–23 (Home: 5–11; Road: 4–12)
June: 3–10 (Home: 1–6; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1June 1@ Miami W 57-54 Alicia Thompson (13) Stephanie McCarty (8) Stephanie McCarty (4) American Airlines Arena 1–0
2June 3 Orlando L 82-88 Alicia Thompson (22) Alicia Thompson (15) Monica Maxwell (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 1–1
3June 5 Miami W 80-59 Kara Wolters (24) Alicia Thompson (7) Stephanie McCarty (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–1
4June 9@ Detroit L 76-80 Stephanie McCarty (20) Alicia Thompson (9) Rita Williams (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–2
5June 10 New York L 62-70 Stephanie McCarty (15) Kara Wolters (9) Stephanie McCarty (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–3
6June 12 Cleveland L 70-83 Kara Wolters (17) McCulley
Wolters (5)
Monica Maxwell (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–4
7June 17@ Orlando W 79-54 Alicia Thompson (17) Grubin
Thompson
Williams (5)
McCarty
McCulley
Williams (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre 3–4
8June 18@ Detroit L 74-111 Gordana Grubin (19) Grubin
Thompson (7)
Grubin
McCarty (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 3–5
9June 21 Sacramento L 58-70 Jurgita Štreimikytė (15) Maxwell
Štreimikytė (6)
McCarty
Williams (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 3–6
10June 23 New York L 60-69 Monica Maxwell (15) Monica Maxwell (8) Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–7
11June 24@ Houston L 67-93 Kara Wolters (18) Kara Wolters (10) Rita Williams (7) Compaq Center 3–8
12June 28 Los Angeles L 73-82 Monica Maxwell (29) Maxwell
Wolters (7)
Grubin
Štreimikytė
Williams
Wolters (2)
Conseco Fieldhouse 3–9
13June 30@ New York L 70-72 Kara Wolters (16) Maxwell
Williams
Wolters (4)
Rita Williams (5) Madison Square Garden 3–10
July: 4–9 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
14July 1 Miami L 52-54 Danielle McCulley (17) Danielle McCulley (6) Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–11
15July 3 Portland L 64-68 Monica Maxwell (20) Rita Williams (7) Rita Williams (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–12
16July 6@ Orlando L 60-72 Kara Wolters (16) Kara Wolters (10) Štreimikytė
Williams (3)
TD Waterhouse Centre 3–13
17July 8 Phoenix L 65-66 Grubin
Maxwell (20)
Monica Maxwell (8) Rita Williams (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–14
18July 12@ Washington W 81-58 Rita Williams (17) Alicia Thompson (6) Chantel Tremitiere (5) MCI Center 4–14
19July 14 Seattle W 64-45 Stephanie McCarty (16) Monica Maxwell (9) Chantel Tremitiere (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–14
20July 15@ Cleveland L 55-79 Danielle McCulley (17) McCulley
Štreimikytė
Thompson (3)
Rita Williams (4) Gund Arena 5–15
21July 20@ Washington L 74-85 Alicia Thompson (18) Alicia Thompson (9) Rita Williams (4) MCI Center 5–16
22July 22 Charlotte W 80-59 Gordana Grubin (19) Monica Maxwell (10) Alicia Thompson (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 6–16
23July 24@ Charlotte L 78-82 Rita Williams (21) Monica Maxwell (9) Štreimikytė
Williams (4)
Charlotte Coliseum 6–17
24July 26@ Phoenix L 65-79 Kara Wolters (18) Alicia Thompson (9) Gordana Grubin (4) America West Arena 6–18
25July 28@ Portland W 73-58 Kara Wolters (14) Monica Maxwell (6) Monica Maxwell (7) Rose Garden 7–18
26July 29@ Utah L 71-79 Alicia Thompson (18) Alicia Thompson (8) Rita Williams (5) Delta Center 7–19
August: 2–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
27August 1@ Seattle L 60-66 Grubin
Williams
Wolters (15)
Kara Wolters (9) Rita Williams (6) KeyArena 7–20
28August 3 Washington L 71-75 Rita Williams (19) Kara Wolters (8) Grubin
Williams (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse 7–21
29August 4 Cleveland W 87-75 Alicia Thompson (18) Kara Wolters (9) Rita Williams (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 8–21
30August 6@ Minnesota L 75-80 Williams
Wolters (16)
Alicia Thompson (7) Alicia Thompson (6) Target Center 8–22
31August 7 Detroit L 63-74 Williams
Wolters (14)
Kara Wolters (10) Rita Williams (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 8–23
32August 9 Charlotte W 67-51 Alicia Thompson (15) Monica Maxwell (8) Gordana Grubin (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 9–23

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
New York Liberty x2012.62514–7
Cleveland Rockers x1715.53113–83.0
Orlando Miracle x1616.50013–84.0
Washington Mystics x1418.43813–86.0
Detroit Shock o1418.43810–116.0
Miami Sol o1319.4069–127.0
Indiana Fever o923.2817–1411.0
Charlotte Sting o824.2505–1612.0

Statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 gameTeam leaderLeague leader

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Monica Maxwell 323232.2.386.397.8625.02.01.50.510.4
Rita Williams 322931.7.409.374.7313.03.22.40.111.0
Kara Wolters 313025.6.561N/A.7405.31.30.41.611.9
Alicia Thompson 312625.5.514.450.7145.11.30.80.110.0
Gordana Grubin 292024.8.377.308.7752.62.21.10.08.2
Stephanie McCarty 321219.8.398.386.8261.91.81.00.27.2
Danielle McCulley 29215.7.412.176.7302.80.70.60.86.0
Jurgita Štreimikytė 27615.7.393.333.7712.61.60.60.94.5
Chantel Tremitiere 25312.7.353.444.6251.22.00.40.02.0
Donna Harrington808.4.167N/A.6001.10.60.30.11.0
Texlin Quinney1706.9.429N/A.6000.90.90.20.00.9
Usha Gilmore405.3.200.000N/A1.30.50.00.00.5
Katryna Gaither 604.0.375N/AN/A0.50.20.00.21.0
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira 303.71.000N/A.1671.00.00.00.01.0
Beverly Williams103.0N/AN/AN/A0.00.00.00.00.0


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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2000 Indiana Fever Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 18, 2024.