2001 Indiana Fever season

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2001 Indiana Fever season
Coach Nell Fortner
Arena Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance8,683 per game
Results
Record1022 (.313)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
Television WNDY (UPN 23)
Fox Sports Net Midwest

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.

Contents

Offseason

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
13 Tamika Catchings (F)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tennessee
114 Kelly Schumacher (C)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Connecticut
219 Niele Ivey (G)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Notre Dame
335Marlena Williams (F)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Missouri
451April Brown (F)Flag of the United States.svg  United States LSU

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference WLPCTConf.GB
Cleveland Rockers x2210.68815–6
New York Liberty x2111.65613–81.0
Miami Sol x2012.62514–72.0
Charlotte Sting x1814.56315–64.0
Orlando Miracle o1319.4069–129.0
Indiana Fever o1022.3137–1412.0
Detroit Shock o1022.3137–1412.0
Washington Mystics o1022.3134–1712.0

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 31 Houston 78-82Loss0-1
June 2@ New York 58-75Loss0-2
June 4 Seattle 71-74Loss0-3
June 5@ Miami 61-63Loss0-4
June 9@ Cleveland 76-86Loss0-5
June 12@ Minnesota 65-60Win1-5
June 16 Minnesota 67-65Win2-5
June 18 Orlando 65-72Loss2-6
June 22 Detroit 77-56Win3-6
June 23@ Detroit 74-70Win4-6
June 27 Portland 65-68Loss4-7
June 29 Charlotte 67-75Loss4-8
July 1 Phoenix 86-78Win5-8
July 6@ Houston 64-79Loss5-9
July 8 New York 56-58Loss5-10
July 9@ New York 65-72Loss5-11
July 11 Cleveland 58-76Loss5-12
July 13 Orlando 74-60Win6-12
July 14@ Charlotte 58-71Loss6-13
July 18 Utah 57-61Loss6-14
July 20 Washington 73-65Win7-14
July 22@ Washington 61-69Loss7-15
July 24@ Charlotte 66-75Loss7-16
July 27@ Cleveland 67-63Win8-16
July 28 Miami 63-69Loss8-17
August 1 Washington 70-64Win9-17
August 3@ Sacramento 69-81Loss9-18
August 4@ Utah 54-65Loss9-19
August 6@ Los Angeles 66-81Loss9-20
August 10@ Miami 67-72Loss9-21
August 12 Detroit 83-66Win10-21
August 14@ Orlando 72-78Loss10-22

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Rita Williams321041147211380
Olympia Scott-Richardson32161402212280
Nadine Malcolm319126133257
Jurgita Streimikyte27139523719246
Alicia Thompson22632597186
Gordana Grubin27493370170
Stephanie McCarty3055582614169
Angie Braziel23777913127
Niele Ivey325570335115
Kelly Schumacher287010529112
Vickie Hall27491355101
Monica Maxwell 1538145347

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References

  1. "2001 Indiana Fever Stats".