The 2009 Indiana Fever season was their 10th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Fever attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs for the fifth consecutive season and were successful. The Fever reached their first WNBA Finals, but fell short in 5 games to the Phoenix Mercury.
Offseason
Dispersal draft Based on the Fever's 2008 record, they would pick 6th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Fever picked Erica White.
WNBA draft The following are the Fever's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 6 Briann January Arizona State 2 19 Christina Wirth Vanderbilt 3 22 Danielle Campbell Purdue
Transactions June 17: The Fever signed Jessica Davenport and waived Yolanda Griffith. June 11: The Fever signed Jessica Moore and Eshaya Murphy and waived Erica White and Kadijah Whittington. June 4: The Fever waived Danielle Campbell and Tan White. May 21: The Fever waived Doneeka Lewis and Sherill Baker. May 4: The Fever signed Tamecka Dixon. April 20: The Fever waived Allison Feaster. March 4: The Fever signed Sherill Baker and Doneeka Lewis to a training camp contracts. February 20: The Fever signed Yolanda Griffith. January 8: The Fever re-signed free agent Tully Bevilaqua to a multiyear contract and waived Kristen Mann. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions
Free agents
Additions
Player Signed Former team Tully Bevilaqua January 8, 2009 re-signed Tamecka Dixon May 4, 2009 Houston Comets Jessica Moore June 11, 2009 Los Angeles Sparks Eshaya Murphy June 11, 2009 Washington Mystics Jessica Davenport June 17, 2009 New York Liberty
Subtractions Player Left New team Kristen Mann January 8, 2009 Washington Mystics Bernadette Ngoyisa March 16, 2009 San Antonio Silver Stars Allison Feaster April 20, 2009 free agent Sherill Baker May 21, 2009 free agent Doneeka Lewis May 21, 2009 free agent Danielle Campbell June 4, 2009 free agent Tan White June 4, 2009 free agent Khadijah Whittington June 11, 2009 free agent LaToya Bond 2009 free agent
Roster
Season standings
Schedule
Preseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 23 || 1:00 pm || @ Minnesota || 68–51 || Douglas (19) || Sutton-Brown (5) || Catchings, January (3) || Claire Lynch Hall 475 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 28 || 7:00 pm || Chicago || 74–67 || Douglas (15) || Sutton-Brown (7) || Catchings, January (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,457 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 2 || 10:00 pm || @ San Antonio || 67–60 || Catchings (16) || Whittington (6) || Catchings (4) || Austin Convention Center N/A || 3–0
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 6 || 7:00 pm || @ Atlanta || || 86–87 (2OT) || Douglas (22) || Catchings (9) || January (5) || Philips Arena 8,709 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 7 || 7:00 pm || Minnesota || FSI || 74–96 || Griffith (17) || Griffith (7) || White (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,234 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 9 || 7:00 pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 73–66 || Douglas (20) || Sutton-Brown (10) || Hoffman (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,253 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 12 || 7:00 pm || Los Angeles || || 73–61 || Hoffman (14) || Bevilaqua, Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5) || Catchings, Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,320 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 19 || 7:30 pm || @ Detroit || || 66–54 || Catchings (15) || Sutton-Brown (9) || Catchings (4) || Palace of Auburn Hills 7,725 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 21 || 6:00 pm || Detroit || NBA TVFSI || 82–70 || Douglas (23) || Sutton-Brown (9) || Catchings (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,610 || 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 26 || 7:30 pm || @ New York || || 82–81 (OT) || Douglas (28) || Hoffman (14) || Douglas (4) || Madison Square Garden 9,304 || 5–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 27 || 7:00 pm || New York || MSG || 63–54 || Hoffman (14) || Catchings (11) || Catchings (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,481 || 6–2
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || July 2 || 7:00 pm || Connecticut || NBA TVFSI || 67–53 || Douglas, Sutton-Brown (14) || Sutton-Brown (14) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,468 || 7–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || July 5 || 6:00 pm || Atlanta || || 78–74 || Sutton-Brown (22) || Catchings, Sutton-Brown (9) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,024 || 8–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 10 || 8:30 pm || @ Chicago || || 83–54 || Murphy (15) || Sutton-Brown (7) || Hoffman, January (6) || UIC Pavilion 4,021 || 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 15 || 1:00 pm || Chicago || || 84–74 || Sutton-Brown (22) || Catchings (8) || Catchings, Douglas (8) || Conseco Fieldhouse 10,050 || 10–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || July 17 || 7:00 pm || Atlanta || || 84–79 || Douglas (25) || Catchings (8) || Bevilaqua (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,975 || 11–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 19 || 3:00 pm || @ Connecticut || || 61–67 || Douglas, Hoffman (15) || Hoffman (6) || Catchings, Douglas (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,517 || 11–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 21 || 7:00 pm || @ Washington || || 82–70 || Catchings (28) || Catchings (10) || Bevilaqua (8) || Verizon Center 9,798 || 12–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || July 23 || 12:30 pm|| @ San Antonio || || 65–84 || Davenport (13) || Davenport (6) || January (6) || AT&T Center 9,985 || 12–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || July 28 || 7:00 pm || Washington || || 85–81 || Douglas (34) || Hoffman (10) || Bevilaqua, Douglas (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 5,904 || 13–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || July 30 || 7:00 pm || Connecticut || FSI || 94–85 (OT) || Douglas (32) || Hoffman (8) || Bevilaqua (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,538 || 14–4
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || August 2 || 4:00 pm || @ Washington || || 87–79 || Douglas (24) || Catchings (9) || Catchings (5) || Verizon Center 11,595 || 15–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || August 5 || 7:00 pm || Chicago || NBA TVCN100 || 76–67 || Douglas (14) || Murphy (7) || Bevilaqua, January (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,581 || 16–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 8 || 10:00 pm || @ Phoenix || || 90–83 || Douglas (28) || Douglas (10) || Catchings, Douglas (5) || US Airways Center 9,867 || 17–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 10 || 10:30 pm || @ Los Angeles || || 63–75 || Douglas (16) || Catchings, Moore (6) || Hoffman (3) || STAPLES Center 8,263 || 17–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || August 13 || 8:00 pm || @ Minnesota || || 91–81 || Hoffman (24) || Hoffman (10) || Bevilaqua, Dixon (4) || Target Center 7,156 || 18–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 15 || 7:00 pm || Detroit || || 82–59 || Douglas (19) || Catchings (9) || Douglas (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,963 || 19–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 20 || 10:00 pm || @ Sacramento || || 62–67 || Douglas (21) || Catchings (9) || January (6) || ARCO Arena 6,290 || 19–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 22 || 10:00 pm || @ Seattle || || 60–74 || Douglas (12) || Catchings, Hoffman (7) || Catchings (7) || KeyArena 8,273 || 19–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || August 27 || 7:00 pm || San Antonio || NBA TVFSI || Catchings (20) || || Catchings (8) || Bevilaqua, Douglas (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,836 || 20–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 29 || 7:00 pm || Sacramento || || 78–79 || Douglas (24) || Sutton-Brown (7) || Bevilaqua (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,579 || 20–8
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 29 || September 2 || 7:00 pm || Phoenix || NBA TVFSI || 90–106 || Catchings (27) || Catchings (12) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 7,446 || 20–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || September 4 || 7:30 pm || @ Detroit || || 63–70 (OT) || Catchings (14) || Catchings (13) || 4 players (3) || Palace of Auburn Hills 7,230 || 20–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 6 || 4:00 pm || Washington || || 72–61 || Catchings (20) || Sutton-Brown (11) || Hoffman (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,702 || 21–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || September 8 || 7:30 pm || @ New York || || 69–63 || Catchings, Douglas (17) || Catchings (10) || Douglas (4) || Madison Square Garden 7,583 || 22–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || September 10 || 8:00 pm || @ Chicago || || 79–86 || Douglas (25) || Catchings (10) || Douglas, January (4) || UIC Pavilion 2,902 || 22–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 13 || 3:00 pm || @ Connecticut || WCTX || 85–95 || Catchings, Davenport, Dixon, Murphy (13) || Murphy (6) || Wirth (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena 9,047 || 22–12
| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess
Postseason
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 17 || 7:00 pm || @ Washington || ESPN2 || 88–79 || Catchings (26) || Catchings (12) || Bevilaqua, Catchings, January (3) || Comcast Center 6,332 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 19 || 7:00 pm || Washington || NBA TV || 81–74 (OT) || Catchings (24) || Catchings (16) || Catchings, Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,655 || 2–0
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 23 || 8:00 pm || @ Detroit || ESPN2 || 56–72 || Douglas (16) || Catchings (11) || Bevilaqua, Douglas (5) || Palace of Auburn Hills 7,214 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || September 25 || 7:00 pm || Detroit || NBA TV || 79–75 || Catchings (22) || Catchings (9) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 9,210 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || September 26 || 7:00 pm || Detroit || NBA TV || 72–67 || Sutton-Brown (17) || Catchings (8) || Catchings (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 || 2–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || September 29 || 9:00 pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 116–120 (OT) || Douglas (30) || Hoffman (8) || January (7) || US Airways Center 11,617 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || October 1 || 9:00 pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 93–84 || Catchings (19) || Catchings (9) || Catchings (11) || US Airways Center 16,758 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || October 4 || 4:00 pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 86–85 || Hoffman (18) || Catchings (12) || Catchings, Douglas (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || October 7 || 7:30 pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 77–90 || Catchings (24) || Catchings (12) || Catchings, Douglas (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse 18,165 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || October 9 || 9:00 pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 86–94 || Sutton-Brown (22) || Catchings (9) || Douglas (9) || US Airways Center 17,313 || 2–3
Regular season statistics
Player statistics Player GP GS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team statistics Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG Indiana Fever .000 .000 .000 00.0 00.0 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0 Opponents .000 .000 .000 00.0 00.0 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0
Awards and honors Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 22, 2009. Tammy Sutton-Brown was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 29, 2009. Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 27, 2009. Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 3, 2009. Tamika Catchings was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter.