2020 Indiana Fever season

2020 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Marianne Stanley
Arena	Originally: Hinkle Fieldhouse Rescheduled to: IMG Academy gymnasiums, Bradenton, Florida
Attendance	0 per game
Results
Record	6–16 (.273)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Kelsey Mitchell – 17.9 ppg
Rebounds	Teaira McCowan – 7.3 rpg
Assists	Julie Allemand – 5.8 apg
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The 2020 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on July 25, 2020, versus the Washington Mystics. ^[1]

During the off-season the Fever announced that head coach Pokey Chatman would not return for the 2020 season. Chatman was replaced by Marianne Stanley. This will be Stanley's first head coaching job in the WNBA. She was previously an assistant with the Washington Mystics, Los Angeles Sparks, and New York Liberty. ^{[2] [3]}

Also, it was announced that the Bankers Life Fieldhouse would undergo renovations, which would force the Fever to host home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2020 season. ^[4]

This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games. ^[5] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[6] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24. ^{[7] [8]}

The Fever started the season in a back-and-forth manner. The Fever went 2–2 in their first four games, alternating wins and losses. The season took a downward turn as the Fever lost five of their next seven games to be 4–7 at the halfway mark of the season. The second half started with a win but was marred by an eight-game losing streak. The Fever won the next to last game and lost on the final day of the season to finish 6–16. Their .273 winning percentages was the third worst in franchise history.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2020 WNBA draft

The Fever will make the following selections in the 2020 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Lauren Cox	United States	Baylor
2	14	Kathleen Doyle	United States	Iowa
3	28	Kamiah Smalls	United States	James Madison

Trades and roster changes

Date	Details
February 13, 2020	Re-signed G Tiffany Mitchell [9]
February 13, 2020	Re-signed F Betnijah Laney [10]
February 19, 2020	Signed C Bernadett Határ [11]
March 2, 2020	Signed G Julie Allemand [12]
March 6, 2020	Traded G Shenise Johnson and the 16th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the 14th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and Minnesota's second round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft. [13]
April 22, 2020	Released G Paris Key [14]
	Released F Erica McCall [14]
August 28, 2020	Acquired C Jantel Lavender and the Chicago Sky's second and third round picks in the 2021 Draft in exchange for F Stephanie Mavunga. [15]

Roster

2020 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 11 Achonwa, Natalie 6' 3" (1.91m) 190 lb (86kg) 1992-11-22 Notre Dame 5 G 20 Allemand, Julie 5' 8" (1.73m) 147 lb (67kg) 1996-07-07 Belgium R G 8 Burke, Kennedy 6' 1" (1.85m) 182 lb (83kg) 1997-02-14 UCLA 1 F 13 Cox, Lauren 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1998-04-20 Baylor R G 2 Doyle, Kathleen 5' 9" (1.75m) – 1998-06-11 Iowa R F 4 Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 1984-09-16 Temple 14 F 7 Lavender, Jantel 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 1988-11-12 Ohio State 9 C 15 McCowan, Teaira 6' 7" (2.01m) 239 lb (108kg) 1996-09-28 Mississippi State 1 G 25 Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 152 lb (69kg) 1994-09-23 South Carolina 4 G 0 Mitchell, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 1995-11-12 Ohio State 2 G 3 Smalls, Kamiah 5' 10" (1.78m) – 1998-04-17 James Madison R G 35 Vivians, Victoria 6' 1" (1.85m) 183 lb (83kg) 1994-11-17 Mississippi State 1 G 17 Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 1991-05-02 Rutgers 5	Head coach Marianne Stanley (Immaculata) Assistant coaches Steve Smith : April (McDivitt) Schilling Athletic trainer Garrett Hueber Strength and conditioning coach Shannon Patterson Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log Total: 6–16
July Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 July 25 Washington Mystics L 76–101 K. Mitchell (25) Achonwa (7) Tied (3) IMG Academy 0 0–1 2 July 29 Phoenix Mercury W 106–100 T. Mitchell (24) McCowan (13) K. Mitchell (5) IMG Academy 0 1–1 3 July 31 Dallas Wings L 73–76 Tied (11) Tied (8) Allemand (11) IMG Academy 0 1–2
August Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 August 2 Atlanta Dream W 93–77 K. Mitchell (23) Allemand (7) Allemand (9) IMG Academy 0 2–2 5 August 5 Los Angeles Sparks L 75–86 K. Mitchell (24) Dupree (7) T. Mitchell (5) IMG Academy 0 2–3 6 August 7 Minnesota Lynx L 80–87 Tied (15) McCowan (12) Allemand (6) IMG Academy 0 2–4 7 August 9 Washington Mystics W 91–84 K. Mitchell (29) McCowan (11) Allemand (5) IMG Academy 0 3–4 8 August 11 Las Vegas Aces L 79–98 Dupree (20) McCowan (8) Allemand (6) IMG Academy 0 3–5 9 August 13 New York Liberty W 86–79 T. Mitchell (19) McCowan (13) Allemand (5) IMG Academy 0 4–5 10 August 15 Los Angeles Sparks L 76–90 K. Mitchell (25) T. Mitchell (8) Tied (4) IMG Academy 0 4–6 11 August 18 Connecticut Sun L 62–84 K. Mitchell (15) Allemand (8) Tied (5) IMG Academy 0 4–7 12 August 20 Seattle Storm W 90–84 Burke (23) McCowan (10) Allemand (6) IMG Academy 0 5–7 13 August 22 Chicago Sky L 76–87 Dupree (18) Cox (6) Allemand (7) IMG Academy 0 5–8 14 August 25 Seattle Storm L 74–87 Burke (17) McCowan (11) Tied (5) IMG Academy 0 5–9 15 August 29 Dallas Wings L 78–82 K. Mitchell (19) Dupree (9) K. Mitchell (4) IMG Academy 0 5–10 16 August 31 Chicago Sky L 77–100 McCowan (15) McCowan (11) Allemand (10) IMG Academy 0 5–11
September Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 September 1 Atlanta Dream L 90–102 Tied (20) Tied (7) Tied (5) IMG Academy 0 5–12 18 September 3 Phoenix Mercury L 81–105 K. Mitchell (16) Achonwa (10) Dupree (5) IMG Academy 0 5–13 19 September 5 Connecticut Sun L 77–96 K. Mitchell (16) McCowan (7) Allemand (8) IMG Academy 0 5–14 20 September 8 Las Vegas Aces L 86–92 K. Mitchell (24) McCowan (9) Allemand (8) IMG Academy 0 5–15 21 September 10 New York Liberty W 85–75 Dupree (22) Dupree (6) Dupree (7) IMG Academy 0 6–15 22 September 12 Minnesota Lynx L 86–98 K. Mitchell (20) McCowan (9) Allemand (9) IMG Academy 0 6–16
2020 season schedule

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Julie Allemand	All-Rookie Team	September 27, 2030	[16]

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.
1	x – Las Vegas Aces	18	4	.818	–	8–2
2	x – Seattle Storm	18	4	.818	–	8–2
3	x – Los Angeles Sparks	15	7	.682	3	5–5
4	x – Minnesota Lynx	14	8	.636	4	4–6
5	x – Phoenix Mercury	13	9	.591	5	4–6
6	x – Chicago Sky	12	10	.545	6	6–4
7	x – Connecticut Sun	10	12	.455	8	7–3
8	x – Washington Mystics	9	13	.409	9	6–4
9	e – Dallas Wings	8	14	.364	10	1–9
10	e – Atlanta Dream	7	15	.318	11	5–5
11	e – Indiana Fever	6	16	.273	12	4–6
12	e – New York Liberty	2	20	.091	16	2–8

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Notes

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.

Updated to include results from September 13, 2020

Source

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

Source: ^[17]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Kelsey Mitchell	22	22	32.1	44.8	38.9	84.9	2.2	2.8	0.6	0.1	17.9
Tiffany Mitchell	19	11	26.4	34.6	23.3	95.1	3.4	2.6	0.6	0.1	12.7
Candice Dupree	22	22	30.2	46.2	16.7	85.4	5.7	2.5	0.7	0.4	12.5
Teaira McCowan	22	10	21.0	53.6	0	75.0	7.3	0.6	0.3	1.0	10.9
Julie Allemand	22	22	32.5	45.9	47.8	73.3	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.4	8.5
Natalie Achonwa	18	11	20.2	49.6	0	81.3	5.5	1.7	0.5	0.6	7.8
Kennedy Burke	22	11	18.3	44.9	31.3	71.4	1.8	1.1	0.6	0.4	7.2
Victoria Vivians	6	0	14.2	34.5	18.2	87.5	2.3	0.5	0.2	0	4.8
Kamiah Smalls	7	0	14.3	45.0	58.3	100	1.1	2.0	0.1	0.1	3.9
Lauren Cox	14	1	13.1	41.9	50.0	73.3	0.8	1.1	0.4	0	3.6
Kathleen Doyle	18	0	8.6	24.4	23.8	50.0	0.8	1.1	0.4	0	1.5

References

1. "2020 Indiana Fever Scheudle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
2. "Pokey Chatman Will Not Return As Head Coach & General Manager". WNBA.com. WNBA. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
3. "Indiana Fever Announce Marianne Stanley As New Head Coach". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. November 26, 2019. Archived from the original on November 28, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
4. General, Robby (June 24, 2019). "Bankers Life Fieldhouse will gain outdoor plaza with skating, lose Fever for two seasons". Indy Star. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
5. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
6. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
7. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
8. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
9. "Tiffany Mitchell Returns to the Fever". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
10. "Fever Re-Sign Betnijah Laney". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
11. "Fever Sign 6-10 Hungarian Center Bernadett Határ". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
12. "Indiana Fever sign Belgian guard Julie Allemand". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
13. "Fever Acquire Draft Picks in Trade with Minnesota". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
14. "Fever release Paris Kea and Erica McCall". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. April 22, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
15. "Fever Acquire Jantel Lavender From Chicago Sky, Trade Stephanie Mavunga". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
16. "Rookie Of The Year Crystal Dangerfield Headlines 2020 WNBA All-Rookie Team". wnba.com. WNBA. September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
17. "Team Stats". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

External links

• Official website of the Indiana Fever