2011 Indiana Fever season

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2011 Indiana Fever season
Coach Lin Dunn
Arena Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance8,054 per game
Results
Record21–13 (.618)
Place1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Finals
Team Leaders
Points Catchings (15.5)
Rebounds Catchings (7.1)
Assists Catchings (3.5)
Media
Radio WFNI
Television FS-I
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2011 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Contents

Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
19 Jeanette Pohlen Flag of the United States.svg  United States Stanford
333 Jori Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States Oklahoma State

Transaction log

Trades

DateTrade
April 29, 2011To Indiana Fever To Seattle and Washington
Erin Phillips and Seattle's third-round pick in 2012 Draftsecond- and third-round picks in 2012 Draft

Personnel changes

Roster

2011 Indiana Fever roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 0 Flag of the United States.svg Bobbitt, Shannon 5' 2" (1.57m)130 lb (59kg)12-06-1985 Tennessee 2
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m)167 lb (76kg)07-21-1979 Tennessee 9
C 50 Flag of the United States.svg Davenport, Jessica 6' 5" (1.96m)215 lb (98kg)06-21-1985 Ohio State 4
G/F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m)165 lb (75kg)05-07-1979 Purdue 10
F 43 Flag of the United States.svg Ely, Shyra 6' 2" (1.88m)182 lb (83kg)08-09-1983 Tennessee 5
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg January, Briann   Cruz Roja.svg 5' 8" (1.73m)144 lb (65kg)01-11-1987 Arizona State 2
G 13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phillips, Erin 5' 8" (1.73m)165 lb (75kg)05-19-1985 Australia 3
G 32 Flag of the United States.svg Pohlen, Jeanette 6' 0" (1.83m)179 lb (81kg)05-02-1989 Stanford R
F/C 5 Flag of the United States.svg Smith, Tangela 6' 3" (1.91m)158 lb (72kg)04-01-1977 Iowa 13
C 8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sutton-Brown, Tammy 6' 4" (1.93m)199 lb (90kg)01-27-1978 Rutgers 10
G 1 Flag of the United States.svg Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)08-28-1986 Pittsburgh 2
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie White (Purdue)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Johnson (Purdue)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stull (Indianapolis)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Tammy Sutton-Brown Jessica Davenport
PF Tangela Smith Shyra Ely
SF Tamika Catchings Shavonte Zellous
SG Katie Douglas Jeanette Pohlen
PG Erin Phillips Shannon Bobbitt
Briann January Cruz Roja.svg

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Indiana Fever x2113.618–13–48–913–9
Connecticut Sun x2113.618–15–26–1114–8
Atlanta Dream x2014.5881.011–69–814–8
New York Liberty x1915.5592.012-57–1011–11
Chicago Sky o1420.4127.010–74–1310–12
Washington Mystics o628.17615.04–132–154–18

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 241:00pm@ Minnesota 66–71 Douglas (11) Catchings (8) January (7) Concordia University
2,055		0–1
2May 317:00pm Minnesota 70–76 Douglas (15) Catchings, Douglas (5)3 players (2) Conseco Fieldhouse
3,817		0–2

Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 47:00pm Chicago FS-I
CN100 		65–57 Douglas (19) Catchings (9) January (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
8,024		1–0
2June 107:00pm New York 80–81 Douglas (27) Catchings
Davenport
Smith (6)		 Catchings
Phillips (3)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
7,703		1–1
3June 117:00pm@ New York MSG 86–80 Catchings (19) Davenport (8) Catchings
Douglas
Phillips (4)		 Prudential Center
7,835		2–1
4June 147:00pm Tulsa ESPN2 82–74 Douglas (22) Catchings
Davenport
Douglas (7)		 January (10) Conseco Fieldhouse
6,024		3–1
5June 1710:00pm@ Seattle 54–68 Douglas (11) Catchings (14) January (3) KeyArena
8,178		3–2
6June 196:00pm@ Phoenix 89–93 (OT) Davenport (20) Catchings (15) Bobbitt
January (6)		 US Airways Center
7,701		3–3
7June 217:00pm@ Washington CSN-MA 89–80 Zellous (21) Catchings
Davenport (6)		 January (9) Verizon Center
7,980		4–3
8June 257:00pm Connecticut NBATV
CSN-NE 		75–70 Catchings (13) Catchings (12) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,100		5–3
9June 267:00pm@ Minnesota NBATV
FS-N 		78–75 Douglas (22) Douglas (8) January (4) Target Center
7,117		6–3
10June 287:00pm Phoenix 91–86 Douglas (26) Sutton-Brown (6) Catchings (7) Conseco Fieldhouse
6,625		7–3
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11July 57:00pm Seattle FS-I 78–61 Davenport (15) Davenport (7) Phillips (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
6,525		8–3
12July 97:00pm Washington 68–57 Phillips (14) Catchings (7) Catchings (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,056		9–3
13July 131:00pm Connecticut 90–78 Douglas (20) Catchings
Phillips (5)		 Catchings (7) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,045		10–3
14July 157:00pm Minnesota 70–80 Catchings (22) Catchings
Davenport (5)		 Zellous (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,538		10–4
15July 175:00pm@ Connecticut 71–76 Catchings (18) Catchings (15) Phillips
Pohlen
Smith (4)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
7,075		10–5
16July 1912:00pm@ Atlanta NBATV
SSO 		74–84 Catchings (22) Catchings (8) Catchings (6) Philips Arena
7,645		10–6
17July 217:00pm Chicago NBATV
FS-I
CN100 		77–63 Davenport (20) Catchings
Davenport
Douglas (7)		 Douglas (7) Conseco Fieldhouse
8,050		11–6
All-Star break
18July 287:30pm@ Connecticut 69–58 Catchings (16) Davenport (10) Bobbitt (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,329		12–6
19July 297:00pm@ Washington NBATV
CSN-MA 		61–59 Catchings (16) Catchings (9) Catchings (5) Verizon Center
11,587		13–6
20July 316:00pm Los Angeles 98–63 Davenport (16) Catchings (11) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,256		14–6
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
21August 58:00pm@ Tulsa 85–65 Davenport (17) Zellous (5) Phillips (4) BOK Center
5,013		15–6
22August 76:00pm@ Chicago CN100 69–88 Douglas (14) Phillips (8) Catchings (5) Allstate Arena
5,794		15–7
23August 97:00pm San Antonio 81–68 Catchings (21) Davenport (8) Catchings
Douglas (3)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
7,520		16–7
24August 137:00pm New York NBATV 82–71 Catchings (32) Phillips (6) Phillips (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,237		17–7
25August 168:00pm@ San Antonio 65–63 Catchings (26) Bobbitt (6) Catchings
Pohlen
Zellous (2)		 AT&T Center
6,358		18–7
26August 1810:30pm@ Los Angeles 70–75 Catchings
Phillips (16)		 Smith (9) Phillips
Smith (5)		 Staples Center
8,102		18–8
27August 216:00pm Washington NBATV
FS-I 		83–51 Douglas (15) Catchings (8) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,935		19–8
28August 277:00pm Atlanta NBATV
FS-I
SSO 		80–86 Catchings (22) Sutton-Brown (6) Douglas (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
9,242		19–9
29August 307:30pm@ Atlanta SSO 90–92 Phillips (21) Catchings (7) Douglas (4) Philips Arena
6,467		19–10
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 27:30pm@ Connecticut 55–83 Douglas (12) Catchings (8) Catchings (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,991		19–11
31September 46:00pm@ Chicago NBATV
CN100 		88–80 Catchings
Douglas (17)		 Catchings (7) Catchings (6) Allstate Arena
6,199		20–11
32September 77:00pm Washington NBATV 87–69 Douglas (21) Catchings (10) Douglas (5) Conseco Fieldhouse
8,514		21–11
33September 97:00pm@ New York NBATV
MSG+ 		75–83 Douglas (17) Catchings (6) Bobbitt (7) Prudential Center
8,015		21–12
34September 115:00pm Atlanta NBATV
FS-I
SSO 		88–93 Douglas (30) Davenport (9) Bobbitt (6) Conseco Fieldhouse
11,521		21–13
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 158:00pm New York ESPN2 74–72 Douglas (25) Sutton-Brown (7) Bobbitt
Phillips (3)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
7,608		1–0
2September 174:00pm@ New York NBATV
MSG 		72–87 Douglas (20) Catchings (9) Bobbitt
Phillips (4)		 Prudential Center
8,508		1–1
3September 198:00pm New York ESPN2 72–62 Douglas (21) Catchings (8) Catchings (4) Conseco Fieldhouse
7,368		2–1
Eastern Conference Finals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 227:00pm Atlanta ESPN2 82–74 Smith (25) Catchings (13) Catchings
Douglas
Zellous (3)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
8,253		1–0
2September 253:00pm@ Atlanta ESPN2 77–94 Douglas (25) Catchings (9) Douglas (6) Philips Arena
8,052		1–1
3September 278:00pm Atlanta ESPN2 67–83 Douglas (16) Douglas
Sutton-Brown (9)		 Catchings
Phillips (3)		 Conseco Fieldhouse
9,036		1–2

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
Shannon Bobbitt 31314.2.357.386.7671.31.70.970.003.9
Tamika Catchings 333331.5.438.348.8837.13.52.030.9115.5
Jessica Davenport 34821.1.529.000.7024.80.50.791.3210.7
Katie Douglas 323229.4.465.440.6713.92.81.280.2513.9
Shyra Ely 33010.8.358.208.6902.20.30.180.183.1
Briann January Cruz Roja.svg 101028.6.357.318.8291.45.01.500.008.6
Erin Phillips 312222.2.462.426.8332.82.40.970.008.6
Jeanette Pohlen 34215.9.471.468.8671.41.00.380.124.1
Tangela Smith 333221.5.371.340.8823.11.50.670.487.2
Tammy Sutton-Brown 342619.0.489.000.7433.10.61.061.215.5
Shavonte Zellous 33214.0.438.265.7842.41.40.360.455.5

Postseason

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Shannon Bobbitt
Tamika Catchings
Jessica Davenport
Katie Douglas
Shyra Ely
Briann January Cruz Roja.svg 000.0.000.000.0000.00.00.000.000.0
Erin Phillips
Jeanette Pohlen
Tangela Smith
Tammy Sutton-Brown
Shavonte Zellous

Awards and honors

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