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

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
13 Tamika Catchings Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennessee
114 Kelly Schumacher Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UConn
219 Niele Ivey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Notre Dame
335Marlena WilliamsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Missouri
451April BrownFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States LSU

Transactions

DateTransaction
April 11, 2001Traded Kara Wolters to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for a 2001 1st Round Pick [1]
April 20, 2001Drafted Tamika Catchings, Kelly Schumacher, Niele Ivey, Marlena Williams and April Brown in the 2001 WNBA Draft [1]
April 26, 2001Waived Usha Gilmore [1]
April 30, 2001Signed Cornelia Gayden, Itoro Coleman, Lesley Brown, Nadine Malcolm and Sonia Chase [1]
May 15, 2001Waived April Brown [1]
Signed Angie Braziel [1]
May 18, 2001Waived Lesley Brown [1]
Waived Sonia Chase [1]
May 27, 2001Traded 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, 2001Waived Itoro Coleman [1]
July 13, 2001Waived Danielle McCulley [1]
Signed Vicki Hall [1]
December 5, 2001Traded 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 45 Flag of the United States.svg Braziel, Angie 6' 2" (1.88m)169 lb (77kg)1976-09-18 Texas Tech 2
G 10 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Grubin, Gordana 5' 11" (1.8m)165 lb (75kg)1972-08-202
F 44 Flag of the United States.svg Hall, Vicki 6' 1" (1.85m)180 lb (82kg)1969-10-03 Texas 1
G 33 Flag of the United States.svg Ivey, Niele 5' 7" (1.7m)149 lb (68kg)1977-09-24 Notre Dame R
F 42 Flag of Jamaica.svg Malcolm, Nadine6' 1" (1.85m)170 lb (77kg)1975-11-27 Providence R
F 21 Flag of the United States.svg Maxwell, Monica 5' 9" (1.75m)162 lb (73kg)1976-12-21 Louisiana Tech 2
G/F 22 Flag of the United States.svg McCarty, Stephanie 5' 9" (1.75m)1977-06-20 Purdue 2
F/C 5 Flag of the United States.svg McCulley, Danielle 6' 3" (1.91m)175 lb (79kg)1975-01-18 Western Kentucky 1
C 20 Flag of the United States.svg Schumacher, Kelly 6' 5" (1.96m)183 lb (83kg)1977-10-14 Connecticut R
C 0 Flag of the United States.svg Scott-Richardson, Olympia 6' 2" (1.88m)175 lb (79kg)1976-05-05 Stanford 3
F 7 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Štreimikytė, Jurgita 6' 2" (1.88m)165 lb (75kg)1974-05-141
F 43 Flag of the United States.svg Thompson, Alicia 6' 1" (1.85m)180 lb (82kg)1976-06-30 Texas Tech 2
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Rita 5' 6" (1.68m)135 lb (61kg)1976-01-14 Connecticut 3
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Nell Fortner (Texas)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Plank
Flag of the United States.svg Shelley Patterson

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 31 Houston L 78–82 Rita Williams (15) Maxwell
Malcolm
Scott-Richardson (6)
Niele Ivey (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 0–1
July : 4–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
13July 1 Phoenix W 86–78 (OT) Rita Williams (21) Rita Williams (9) Rita Williams (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–8
14July 6@ Houston L 64–79 Braziel
Thompson (10)
Angie Braziel (10) Grubin
Maxwell
Thompson
Williams (2)
Compaq Center 5–9
15July 8 New York L 56–58 Olympia Scott-Richardson (12) Olympia Scott-Richardson (9) Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–10
16July 9@ New York L 65–72 Nadine Malcolm (23) Olympia Scott-Richardson (7) Rita Williams (6) Madison Square Garden 5–11
17July 11 Cleveland L 58–76 Jurgita Štreimikytė (22) Jurgita Štreimikytė (5) Rita Williams (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–12
18July 13 Orlando W 74–60 Jurgita Štreimikytė (16)Malcolm
Scott-Richardson (8)
Rita Williams (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 6–12
19July 14@ Charlotte L 58–71 Nadine Malcolm (17) Jurgita Štreimikytė (8) Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) Charlotte Coliseum 6–13
20July 18 Utah L 57–61 Scott-Richardson
Štreimikytė (12)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (11) Ivey
Williams (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse 6–14
21July 20 Washington W 73–65 Jurgita Štreimikytė (12) Braziel
Malcolm
Štreimikytė (7)
Stephanie McCarty (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 7–14
22July 22@ Washington L 61–69 Nadine Malcolm (14) Olympia Scott-Richardson (7) McCarty
Štreimikytė (5)
MCI Center 7–15
23July 24@ Charlotte L 66–75 Jurgita Štreimikytė (19) Ivey
Malcolm
Scott-Richardson (4)
Gordana Grubin (6) Charlotte Coliseum 7–16
24July 27@ Cleveland W 67–63 Gordana Grubin (23) Angie Braziel (6) Štreimikytė
Williams (4)
Gund Arena 8–16
25July 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

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

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
Rita Williams 322932.6.392.376.8333.33.62.30.311.9
Jurgita Štreimikytė 272626.2.478.000.8425.11.91.40.79.1
Olympia Scott-Richardson 323024.2.456.000.7395.01.30.70.48.8
Nadine Malcolm312322.7.425.411.8713.00.80.40.18.3
Niele Ivey 322622.1.373.357.9331.72.21.00.23.6
Gordana Grubin 27917.8.371.293.7441.81.20.30.06.3
Alicia Thompson 22717.3.437.395.7392.91.10.40.38.5
Stephanie McCarty 30016.8.380.404.7741.81.90.90.55.6
Monica Maxwell 15315.9.302.226.6672.50.90.30.33.1
Angie Braziel 23014.8.435.000.7713.30.30.40.65.5
Kelly Schumacher 28513.6.495.600.8502.50.40.21.04.0
Danielle McCulley 8211.3.278.500.9442.10.60.00.33.5
Vicki Hall 1309.5.412.000.5711.20.30.30.02.8


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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "2001 Indiana Fever Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2024.