2013 Indiana Fever season

2013 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance	8,164 per game
Results
Record	16–18 (.471)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Finals (2-0, Atlanta Dream)
Media
Radio	WFNI
Television	FS-I ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2013 WNBA season was the 14th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Draft

See also: 2013 WNBA draft

The following were the Fever's selections in the 2013 WNBA draft:

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College	Outcome	Ref.
1	9	Layshia Clarendon	G	United States	California	Signed rookie contract April 18	[1]
2	21	Jasmine Hassell	F		Georgia
3	33	Jennifer George	F		Florida	Unsigned draft pick	[2]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2013 WNBA season transactions

Front office and coaching

Date	Details	Ref.
July 9	Signed head coach, Lin Dunn, to extension (through 2014 season)

Free agency

Re-signed / extensions

Date	Player	Notes	Ref.
February 4	Tamika Catchings	Multi-year contract (Full details unannounced)	[3]
	Briann January
	Shavonte Zellous
February 21	Erlana Larkins	One-year deal	[4]
May 31	Layshia Clarendon	Set as active
	Karima Christmas	Exercised team option (Fourth-year)

Additions

Date	Player	Notes	Former Team	Ref.
February 21	Laura Harper	Training camp contract	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
February 27	Shyra Ely-Gash		Free agent
	Jessica Breland
March 15	Bernice Mosby		CB Conquero (Spain)
April 18	Layshia Clarendon	Rookie contract (2013 draft pick – No. 9)	California Golden Bears	[1]
	Jasmine Hassell	Rookie contract (2013 draft pick – No. 21)	Georgia Bulldogs
May 24		Hardship contract	Free agent
June 21
August 27		Rest of season contract

Subtractions / unsigned

Date	Player	Reason	New Team	Ref.
April 16	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Retired	N/A	[5]
April 18	Jennifer George	Unsigned draft pick (2013 draft pick – No. 33)	N/A – retained rights
May 6	Laura Harper	Waived
May 9	Bernice Mosby
May 16	Shyra Ely-Gash
May 22	Jasmine Hassell		—
May 23	Layshia Clarendon	Suspended contract – temporary	N/A – retained rights
May 25	Jasmine Hassell	Released	—
August 2
August 25	Sasha Goodlett	Waived
September 13	Jessica Breland

Roster

2013 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 24 Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 1979-07-21 Tennessee 11 G/F 11 Christmas, Karima 6' 0" (1.83m) 180 lb (82kg) 1989-09-11 Duke 2 G 5 Clarendon, Layshia 5' 9" (1.75m) 1991-05-02 California R C 50 Davenport, Jessica   6' 5" (1.96m) 215 lb (98kg) 1985-06-21 Ohio State 6 G/F 23 Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1979-05-07 Purdue 12 F 12 Hassell, Jasmine 6' 2" (1.88m) 205 lb (93kg) 1991-04-09 Georgia R G 20 January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 1987-01-11 Arizona State 4 F 2 Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 202 lb (92kg) 1986-04-02 North Carolina 3 G 13 Phillips, Erin   5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1985-05-19 Australia 5 G 32 Pohlen, Jeanette   6' 0" (1.83m) 179 lb (81kg) 1989-05-02 Stanford 2 G 1 Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 1986-08-28 Pittsburgh 4 F – George, Jennifer  (DP) 6' 0" (1.83m) Florida –	Head coach Lin Dunn (UT Martin) Assistant coaches Mickie DeMoss (Louisiana Tech) Stephanie White (Purdue) Athletic trainer Todd Champlin (Daemen ) Strength and conditioning coach Emily Novitsky (Slippery Rock) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

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

Season standings

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z-Chicago Sky	24	10	.706	-	34
2	x-Atlanta Dream	17	17	.500	7	34
3	x-Washington Mystics	17	17	.500	7	34
4	x-Indiana Fever	16	18	.471	8	34
5	e-New York Liberty	11	23	.324	13	34
6	e-Connecticut Sun	10	24	.294	14	34

Schedule

Preseason

2013 pre-season game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 11 @ San Antonio W 80–75 Tamika Catchings (17) Tamika Catchings (6) Briann January (6) AT&T Center 4325 1–0 2 May 15 San Antonio L 58–64 Sasha Goodlett (9) Jessica Breland (8) Briann January (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5339 1–1
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Regular season

2013 game log Total: 16–18 (Home: 9–8; Road: 7–10)
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 24 @ San Antonio W 79–64 Catchings & Zellous (19) Erlana Larkins (12) Briann January (5) AT&T Center 8054 1–0 2 May 31 Atlanta L 77–86 Tamika Catchings (20) Erlana Larkins (10) Briann January (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10756 1–1
June : 2–6 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 3 June 5 @ NY Liberty L 68–75 (OT) Tamika Catchings (21) Tamika Catchings (8) Briann January (5) Prudential Center 7617 1–2 4 June 8 Phoenix L 67–82 Shavonte Zellous (29) Tamika Catchings (10) Briann January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8672 1–3 5 June 12 Connecticut L 61–73 Shavonte Zellous (14) Karima Christmas (8) Layshia Clarendon (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6283 1–4 6 June 16 @ Washington L 60–64 Shavonte Zellous (17) Larkins & Breland (7) Catchings & January (4) Verizon Center 6649 1–5 7 June 22 Chicago L 61–71 Shavonte Zellous (17) Jessica Breland (7) Larkins & January (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7934 1–6 8 June 25 @ Atlanta L 60–76 Shavonte Zellous (18) Karima Christmas (10) Briann January (5) Philips Arena 10155 1–7 9 June 28 Tulsa W 80–69 Tamika Catchings (28) Karima Christmas (7) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6957 2–7 10 June 30 Seattle W 71–63 Tamika Catchings (18) Jessica Breland (10) Tamika Catchings (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6355 3–7
July : 5–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 11 July 6 Connecticut W 78–66 Tamika Catchings (22) Briann January (7) Christmas, January, & Clarendon (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6383 4–7 12 July 11 Minnesota L 62–69 Shavonte Zellous (14) Tamika Catchings (10) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10230 4–8 13 July 13 @ NY Liberty W 74–53 Erlana Larkins (15) Christmas & Catchings (7) Tamika Catchings (4) Prudential Center 6772 5–8 14 July 19 Washington W 77–70 Shavonte Zellous (16) Erlana Larkins (9) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6434 6–8 15 July 21 @ Washington W 65–52 Tamika Catchings (23) Catchings & Larkins (10) Tamika Catchings (6) Verizon Center 6516 7–8 16 July 23 NY Liberty L 72–77 Briann January (21) Erlana Larkins (16) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7577 7–9 17 July 25 @ Tulsa W 71–60 Tamika Catchings (23) Tamika Catchings (9) Shavonte Zellous (5) BOK Center 5018 8–9
August : 5–6 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location 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 8–10 19 August 3 Chicago W 79–58 Tamika Catchings (17) Catchings & Larkins (10) Erin Phillips (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8610 9–10 20 August 6 @ Chicago W 64–58 Tamika Catchings (18) Tamika Catchings (8) Briann January (3) Allstate Arena 4135 10–10 21 August 8 Los Angeles L 64–74 Tamika Catchings (17) Erlana Larkins (13) Shavonte Zellous (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7076 10–11 22 August 10 Atlanta W 80–66 Tamika Catchings (21) Erlana Larkins (11) Briann January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9271 11–11 23 August 14 @ Phoenix L 58–75 Tamika Catchings (16) Tamika Catchings (8) Briann January (3) US Airways Center 6135 11–12 24 August 16 @ Los Angeles L 72–94 Catchings & Phillips (16) Tamika Catchings (6) Briann January (5) Staples Center 11801 11–13 25 August 17 @ Seattle L 70–77 Tamika Catchings (21) Erlana Larkins (9) Layshia Clarendon (4) Key Arena 6889 11–14 26 August 21 San Antonio W 80–63 Shavonte Zellous (20) Catchings & Larkins (7) Larkins, January, & Clarendon (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7416 12–14 27 August 24 @ Minnesota L 77–84 Tamika Catchings (22) Tamika Catchings (10) Briann January (7) Target Center 9504 12–15 28 August 30 @ NY Liberty W 73–67 Tamika Catchings (22) Tamika Catchings (10) Erlana Larkins (4) Prudential Center 6621 13–15
September : 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 29 September 4 @ Atlanta L 80–89 (OT) Tamika Catchings (22) Erlana Larkins (17) Layshia Clarendon (5) Philips Arena 4019 13–16 30 September 6 @ Chicago W 82–77 Briann January (23) Erlana Larkins (12) Erlana Larkins (6) Allstate Arena 5996 14–16 31 September 7 Connecticut W 69–60 Tamika Catchings (15) Jessica Breland (9) Layshia Clarendon (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9826 15–16 32 September 10 Washington L 67–69 Briann January (16) Erlana Larkins (9) January & Phillips (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8444 15–17 33 September 13 NY Liberty W 66–63 Tamika Catchings (23) Tamika Catchings (10) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10571 16–17 34 September 15 @ Connecticut L 80–82 (OT) Karima Christmas (21) Larkins & Pohlen (9) Larkins & Clarendon (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 8478 16–18
2013 season schedule

Playoffs

See also: 2013 WNBA playoffs

2013 playoff game log Total: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)
Conference Semifinals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 20 @ Chicago W 85–72 Shavonte Zellous (20) Erlana Larkins (11) Briann January (6) Allstate Arena 5,895 1–0 2 September 22 Chicago W 79–57 Tamika Catchings (18) Tamika Catchings (12) Briann January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,144 2–0
Conference Finals: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 26 @ Atlanta L 79–84 Tamika Catchings (21) Erlana Larkins (12) Christmas & Clarendon (4) Philips Arena 4,238 0–1 2 September 29 Atlanta L 53–67 Tamika Catchings (24) Erlana Larkins (7) Shavonte Zellous (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,051 0–2
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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

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.

References

1. Lee, Seung Y. (April 16, 2013). "Layshia Clarendon drafted by WNBA team Indiana Fever in first round". The Daily Californian. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
2. "UF's Jennifer George Selected by Indiana Fever in WNBA Draft". Florida Gators. April 16, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
3. "Fever re-sign Catchings, January and Zellous". Indy Sports Legends. February 5, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
4. "Indiana Fever re-sign Erlana Larkins". Love Women's Basketball. March 5, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
5. "Draft Night Comments from Lin Dunn & Kelly Krauskopf". WNBA . April 16, 2013. Retrieved September 9, 2025. (On the future of Tammy Sutton-Brown): The last I heard Tammy will not be back. We have to move forward without her.