2001 Indiana Fever season

2001 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Nell Fortner
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	8,683 per game
Results
Record	10–22 (.313)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Media
Television	WNDY (UPN 23) Fox Sports Net Midwest
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The 2001 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 2nd season in the WNBA and their 1st season under head coach, Nell Fortner. 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.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2001 WNBA draft

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

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

2001 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. 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 (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 2 June 2 @ New York L 58–75 Rita Williams (16) Nadine Malcolm (7) Rita Williams (4) Madison Square Garden 0–2 3 June 4 Seattle L 71–74 (OT) Olympia Scott-Richardson (18) Monica Maxwell (12) Niele Ivey (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 0–3 4 June 5 @ Miami L 61–63 Rita Williams (15) Kelly Schumacher (8) Rita Williams (2) American Airlines Arena 0–4 5 June 9 @ Cleveland L 76–86 Nadine Malcolm (15) Schumacher Thompson (5) Rita Williams (6) Gund Arena 0–5 6 June 12 @ Minnesota W 65–60 Rita Williams (15) Olympia Scott-Richardson (10) Ivey McCarty Williams (3) Target Center 1–5 7 June 16 Minnesota W 67–65 Nadine Malcolm (25) Olympia Scott-Richardson (10) Niele Ivey (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–5 8 June 18 Orlando L 65–72 Stephanie McCarty (20) Alicia Thompson (6) Monica Maxwell (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–6 9 June 22 Detroit W 77–56 Rita Williams (16) Olympia Scott-Richardson (10) Rita Williams (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–6 10 June 23 @ Detroit W 74–70 Scott-Richardson Williams (15) Kelly Schumacher (7) Rita Williams (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 4–6 11 June 27 Portland L 65–68 Rita Williams (20) Schumacher Scott-Richardson (8) Ivey Scott-Richardson (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 4–7 12 June 29 Charlotte L 67–75 Olympia Scott-Richardson (19) Olympia Scott-Richardson (8) Grubin Ivey McCarty Scott-Richardson Štreimikytė Williams (2) Conseco Fieldhouse 4–8
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) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 26 August 1 Washington W 70–64 Jurgita Štreimikytė (21) Jurgita Štreimikytė (8) McCarty Williams (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 9–17 27 August 3 @ Sacramento L 69–81 Jurgita Štreimikytė (14) Angie Braziel (7) Rita Williams (5) ARCO Arena 9–18 28 August 4 @ Utah L 54–65 Thompson Williams (13) Angie Braziel (6) Jurgita Štreimikytė (3) Delta Center 9–19 29 August 6 @ Los Angeles L 66–81 Alicia Thompson (17) Niele Ivey (6) Niele Ivey (5) Staples Center 9–20 30 August 10 @ Miami L 67–72 (OT) Rita Williams (20) Jurgita Štreimikytė (8) Ivey Štreimikytė (2) American Airlines Arena 9–21 31 August 12 Detroit W 83–66 Rita Williams (20) Olympia Scott-Richardson (9) Rita Williams (10) Conseco Fieldhouse 10–21 32 August 14 @ Orlando L 72–78 Rita Williams (18) Jurgita Štreimikytė (8) Alicia Thompson (4) TD Waterhouse Centre 10–22
2001 season schedule

Season standings

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

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
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

1. "2001 Indiana Fever Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.