2013 Indiana Fever season

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2013 Indiana Fever season
Coach Lin Dunn
Arena Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendanceper game
Results
Record1618 (.471)
Place4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishLost in Conference Finals (2-0, Atlanta Dream)
Media
Radio WFNI
Television FS-I
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2013 WNBA season is the 14th 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 2013 WNBA draft. Layshia Clarendon 9th overall

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/team/country
19
221
333

Trades

DateTrade
TBDTo Indiana Fever To TBD
TBDTBD

Personnel changes

Roster

2013 Indiana Fever roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m)167 lb (76kg)07-21-1979 Tennessee 11
G/F 11 Flag of the United States.svg Christmas, Karima 6' 0" (1.83m)180 lb (82kg)09-11-1989 Duke 2
G 5 Flag of the United States.svg Clarendon, Layshia 5' 9" (1.75m)05-02-1991 California R
C 50 Flag of the United States.svg Davenport, Jessica 6' 5" (1.96m)215 lb (98kg)06-21-1985 Ohio State 6
G/F 23 Flag of the United States.svg Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m)165 lb (75kg)05-07-1979 Purdue 12
F 12 Flag of the United States.svg Hassell, Jasmine 6' 2" (1.88m)205 lb (93kg)04-09-1991 Georgia R
G 20 Flag of the United States.svg January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m)144 lb (65kg)01-11-1987 Arizona State 4
F 2 Flag of the United States.svg Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m)202 lb (92kg)04-02-1986 North Carolina 3
G 13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phillips, Erin 5' 8" (1.73m)165 lb (75kg)05-19-1985 Australia 5
G 32 Flag of the United States.svg Pohlen, Jeanette 6' 0" (1.83m)179 lb (81kg)05-02-1989 Stanford 2
G 1 Flag of the United States.svg Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m)155 lb (70kg)08-28-1986 Pittsburgh 4
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Mickie DeMoss (Louisiana Tech)
Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie White (Purdue)
Athletic trainer
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Champlin (Daemen)
Strength and conditioning coach
Flag of the United States.svg Emily Novitsky (Slippery Rock)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
C Erlana Larkins Sasha Goodlett
Jessica Davenport Cruz Roja.svg
PF Tamika Catchings Jessica Breland
SF Shavonte Zellous Karima Christmas
SG Katie Douglas Layshia Clarendon
Jeanette Pohlen Cruz Roja.svg
PG Briann January Erin Phillips Cruz Roja.svg

Season standings

# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB GP
1z-Chicago Sky 2410.706-34
2x-Atlanta Dream 1717.500734
3x-Washington Mystics 1717.500734
4x-Indiana Fever 1618.471834
5e-New York Liberty 1123.3241334
6e-Connecticut Sun 1024.2941434

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log
Total: 11 (Home: 01; Road: 10)
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1 May 11 @ San Antonio W 80–75 Tamika Catchings (17) Tamika Catchings (6) Briann January (6) AT&T Center
4325
10
2 May 15 San Antonio L 58–64 Sasha Goodlett (9) Jessica Breland (8) Briann January (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5339
11
2013 season schedule

Regular season

2013 game log
Total: 1618 (Home: 98; Road: 710)
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1 May 24 @ San Antonio W 79–64 Catchings & Zellous (19) Erlana Larkins (12) Briann January (5) AT&T Center
8054
10
2 May 31 Atlanta L 77–86 Tamika Catchings (20) Erlana Larkins (10) Briann January (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10756
11
July : 5–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–0)
August : 5–6 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
All-Star Break
18 August 1 @ Connecticut L 64–70 Shavonte Zellous (20) Karima Christmas (9) Briann January (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
4971
810
19 August 3 Chicago W 79–58 Tamika Catchings (17) Catchings & Larkins (10) Erin Phillips (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8610
910
20 August 6 @ Chicago W 64–58 Tamika Catchings (18) Tamika Catchings (8) Briann January (3) Allstate Arena
4135
1010
21 August 8 Los Angeles L 64–74 Tamika Catchings (17) Erlana Larkins (13) Shavonte Zellous (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7076
1011
22 August 10 Atlanta W 80–66 Tamika Catchings (21) Erlana Larkins (11) Briann January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9271
1111
23 August 14 @ Phoenix L 58–75 Tamika Catchings (16) Tamika Catchings (8) Briann January (3) US Airways Center
6135
1112
24 August 16 @ Los Angeles L 72–94 Catchings & Phillips (16) Tamika Catchings (6) Briann January (5) Staples Center
11801
1113
25 August 17 @ Seattle L 70–77 Tamika Catchings (21) Erlana Larkins (9) Layshia Clarendon (4) Key Arena
6889
1114
26 August 21 San Antonio W 80–63 Shavonte Zellous (20) Catchings & Larkins (7) Larkins, January, & Clarendon (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7416
1214
27 August 24 @ Minnesota L 77–84 Tamika Catchings (22) Tamika Catchings (10) Briann January (7) Target Center
9504
1215
28 August 30 @ NY Liberty W 73–67 Tamika Catchings (22) Tamika Catchings (10) Erlana Larkins (4) Prudential Center
6621
1315
September : 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
29 September 4 @ Atlanta L 80–89 (OT) Tamika Catchings (22) Erlana Larkins (17) Layshia Clarendon (5) Philips Arena
4019
1316
30 September 6 @ Chicago W 82–77 Briann January (23) Erlana Larkins (12) Erlana Larkins (6) Allstate Arena
5996
1416
31 September 7 Connecticut W 69–60 Tamika Catchings (15) Jessica Breland (9) Layshia Clarendon (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9826
1516
32 September 10 Washington L 67–69 Briann January (16) Erlana Larkins (9) January & Phillips (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8444
1517
33 September 13 NY Liberty W 66–63 Tamika Catchings (23) Tamika Catchings (10) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10571
1617
34 September 15 @ Connecticut L 80–82 (OT) Karima Christmas (21) Larkins & Pohlen (9) Larkins & Clarendon (4) Mohegan Sun Arena
8478
1618
2013 season schedule

Playoffs

2013 playoff game log
Total: 22 (Home: 11; Road: 11)
Conference Semifinals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 September 20 @ Chicago W 85–72 Shavonte Zellous (20) Erlana Larkins (11) Briann January (6) Allstate Arena
5895
10
2 September 22 Chicago W 79–57 Tamika Catchings (18) Tamika Catchings (12) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7144
20
Conference Finals: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Series
1 September 26 @ Atlanta L 79–84 Tamika Catchings (21) Erlana Larkins (12) Christmas & Clarendon (4) Philips Arena
4238
01
2 September 29 Atlanta L 53–67 Tamika Catchings (24) Erlana Larkins (7) Shavonte Zellous (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7051
02
2013 season schedule

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

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