2000 Indiana Fever season

The 2000 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 1st season in the WNBA and their 1st season under head coach, Anne Donovan.

Transactions WNBA expansion draft

Player Nationality Former WNBA TeamGordana GrubinLos Angeles SparksStephanie McCartyCharlotte StingNyree RobertsWashington MysticsRita WilliamsWashington MysticsKara WoltersHouston CometsChantel TremitiereUtah Starzz

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 2 26 Jurgita Štreimikytė Pool Comense (Italy) 3 42 Usha Gilmore Rutgers450Latina DavisTennessee458Renee RobinsonVirginia

Transactions DateTransaction October 20, 1999 Hired Anne Donovan as Interim Head CoachDecember 15, 1999Drafted Gordana Grubin, Stephanie McCarty, Nyree Roberts, Rita Williams, Kara Wolters and Chantel Tremitiere in the WNBA expansion draft April 25, 2000 Drafted Jurgita Štreimikytė, Usha Gilmore, Latina Davis and Renee Robinson in the 2000 WNBA draftTraded Latina Davis and Renee Robinson to the Houston Comets in exchange for Latavia Coleman June 7, 2000Signed Alessandra Santos de OliveiraWaived Beverly Williams

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 1 | June 1 | @ Miami | W 57-54 | Alicia Thompson (13) | Stephanie McCarty (8) | Stephanie McCarty (4) | American Airlines Arena | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 3 | Orlando | L 82-88 | Alicia Thompson (22) | Alicia Thompson (15) | Monica Maxwell (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 5 | Miami | W 80-59 | Kara Wolters (24) | Alicia Thompson (7) | Stephanie McCarty (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 9 | @ Detroit | L 76-80 | Stephanie McCarty (20) | Alicia Thompson (9) | Rita Williams (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–2 |- | 5 | June 10 | New York | L 62-70 | Stephanie McCarty (15) | Kara Wolters (9) | Stephanie McCarty (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 12 | Cleveland | L 70-83 | Kara Wolters (17) | McCulley Wolters (5) | Monica Maxwell (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 2–4 |- | 7 | June 17 | @ Orlando | W 79-54 | Alicia Thompson (17) | Grubin Thompson Williams (5) | McCarty McCulley Williams (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 3–4 |- | 8 | June 18 | @ Detroit | L 74-111 | Gordana Grubin (19) | Grubin Thompson (7) | Grubin McCarty (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 3–5 |- | 9 | June 21 | Sacramento | L 58-70 | Jurgita Štreimikytė (15) | Maxwell Štreimikytė (6) | McCarty Williams (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–6 |- | 10 | June 23 | New York | L 60-69 | Monica Maxwell (15) | Monica Maxwell (8) | Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–7 |- | 11 | June 24 | @ Houston | L 67-93 | Kara Wolters (18) | Kara Wolters (10) | Rita Williams (7) | Compaq Center | 3–8 |- | 12 | June 28 | Los Angeles | L 73-82 | Monica Maxwell (29) | Maxwell Wolters (7) | Grubin Štreimikytė Williams Wolters (2) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–9 |- | 13 | June 30 | @ New York | L 70-72 | Kara Wolters (16) | Maxwell Williams Wolters (4) | Rita Williams (5) | Madison Square Garden | 3–10

| 14 | July 1 | Miami | L 52-54 | Danielle McCulley (17) | Danielle McCulley (6) | Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–11 |- | 15 | July 3 | Portland | L 64-68 | Monica Maxwell (20) | Rita Williams (7) | Rita Williams (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–12 |- | 16 | July 6 | @ Orlando | L 60-72 | Kara Wolters (16) | Kara Wolters (10) | Štreimikytė Williams (3) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 3–13 |- | 17 | July 8 | Phoenix | L 65-66 | Grubin Maxwell (20) | Monica Maxwell (8) | Rita Williams (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 3–14 |- | 18 | July 12 | @ Washington | W 81-58 | Rita Williams (17) | Alicia Thompson (6) | Chantel Tremitiere (5) | MCI Center | 4–14 |- | 19 | July 14 | Seattle | W 64-45 | Stephanie McCarty (16) | Monica Maxwell (9) | Chantel Tremitiere (4) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 5–14 |- | 20 | July 15 | @ Cleveland | L 55-79 | Danielle McCulley (17) | McCulley Štreimikytė Thompson (3) | Rita Williams (4) | Gund Arena | 5–15 |- | 21 | July 20 | @ Washington | L 74-85 | Alicia Thompson (18) | Alicia Thompson (9) | Rita Williams (4) | MCI Center | 5–16 |- | 22 | July 22 | Charlotte | W 80-59 | Gordana Grubin (19) | Monica Maxwell (10) | Alicia Thompson (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 6–16 |- | 23 | July 24 | @ Charlotte | L 78-82 | Rita Williams (21) | Monica Maxwell (9) | Štreimikytė Williams (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 6–17 |- | 24 | July 26 | @ Phoenix | L 65-79 | Kara Wolters (18) | Alicia Thompson (9) | Gordana Grubin (4) | America West Arena | 6–18 |- | 25 | July 28 | @ Portland | W 73-58 | Kara Wolters (14) | Monica Maxwell (6) | Monica Maxwell (7) | Rose Garden | 7–18 |- | 26 | July 29 | @ Utah | L 71-79 | Alicia Thompson (18) | Alicia Thompson (8) | Rita Williams (5) | Delta Center | 7–19

| 27 | August 1 | @ Seattle | L 60-66 | Grubin Williams Wolters (15) | Kara Wolters (9) | Rita Williams (6) | KeyArena | 7–20 |- | 28 | August 3 | Washington | L 71-75 | Rita Williams (19) | Kara Wolters (8) | Grubin Williams (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 7–21 |- | 29 | August 4 | Cleveland | W 87-75 | Alicia Thompson (18) | Kara Wolters (9) | Rita Williams (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 8–21 |- | 30 | August 6 | @ Minnesota | L 75-80 | Williams Wolters (16) | Alicia Thompson (7) | Alicia Thompson (6) | Target Center | 8–22 |- | 31 | August 7 | Detroit | L 63-74 | Williams Wolters (14) | Kara Wolters (10) | Rita Williams (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 8–23 |- | 32 | August 9 | Charlotte | W 67-51 | Alicia Thompson (15) | Monica Maxwell (8) | Gordana Grubin (6) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 9–23

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Monica Maxwell 32 32 32.2 .386 .397 .862 5.0 2.0 1.5 0.5 10.4 Rita Williams 32 29 31.7 .409 .374 .731 3.0 3.2 2.4 0.1 11.0 Kara Wolters 31 30 25.6 .561 N/A .740 5.3 1.3 0.4 1.6 11.9 Alicia Thompson 31 26 25.5 .514 .450 .714 5.1 1.3 0.8 0.1 10.0 Gordana Grubin 29 20 24.8 .377 .308 .775 2.6 2.2 1.1 0.0 8.2 32 12 19.8 .398 .386 .826 1.9 1.8 1.0 0.2 7.2 Danielle McCulley 29 2 15.7 .412 .176 .730 2.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 6.0 Jurgita Štreimikytė 27 6 15.7 .393 .333 .771 2.6 1.6 0.6 0.9 4.5 Chantel Tremitiere 25 3 12.7 .353 .444 .625 1.2 2.0 0.4 0.0 2.0 Donna Harrington 8 0 8.4 .167 N/A .600 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.0 Texlin Quinney 17 0 6.9 .429 N/A .600 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.9Usha Gilmore405.3.200.000N/A1.30.50.00.00.5Katryna Gaither604.0.375N/AN/A0.50.20.00.21.0Alessandra Santos de Oliveira303.7 1.000N/A.1671.00.00.00.01.0Beverly Williams103.0N/AN/AN/A0.00.00.00.00.0 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

References

Fever on Basketball Reference