2003 Indiana Fever season

2003 Indiana Fever season
Head Coach Nell Fortner
Arena Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance 8,340 per game
Results
Record 16–18
(.471)
Place 5th (Eastern)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Indiana Fever seasons
< 2002 2004 >

The 2003 WNBA season was the 4th for the Indiana Fever. The Fever attempted to reach the playoffs, but they fell short by one game.

Contents

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Pick Player Nationality Former Team
7 Sylvia Crawley (C)  United States Portland Fire

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 6 Gwen Jackson (F)  United States Tennessee
2 20 DeTrina White (F)  United States LSU
3 35 Ashley McElhiney (G)  United States Vanderbilt

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Detroit Shock x 25 9 .735 13–4 12–5 18–6
Charlotte Sting x 18 16 .529 7.0 13–4 5–12 12–12
Connecticut Sun x 18 16 .529 7.0 10–7 8–9 11–13
Cleveland Rockers x 17 17 .500 8.0 11–6 6–11 13–11
Indiana Fever o 16 18 .471 9.0 11–6 5–12 12–12
New York Liberty o 16 18 .471 9.0 11–6 5–12 11–13
Washington Mystics o 9 25 .265 16.0 3–14 6–11 7–17

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 29 @ Charlotte 57-66 Loss 0-1
May 31 Washington 71-60 Win 1-1
June 7 New York 86-66 Win 2-1
June 10 @ Seattle 51-78 Loss 2-2
June 12 @ Los Angeles 66-74 Loss 2-3
June 14 @ Sacramento 79-67 Win 3-3
June 17 Charlotte 71-60 Win 4-3
June 20 Connecticut 84-74 Win 5-3
June 21 @ Minnesota 58-66 Loss 5-4
June 24 @ Detroit 60-68 Loss 5-5
June 26 @ Connecticut 94-90 (OT) Win 6-5
June 28 Seattle 79-70 Win 7-5
June 29 @ Cleveland 53-66 Loss 7-6
July 2 Phoenix 79-68 Win 8-6
July 6 Detroit 85-54 Win 9-6
July 8 @ Houston 56-60 Loss 9-7
July 10 New York 76-69 Win 10-7
July 16 Detroit 68-70 Loss 10-8
July 20 @ New York 65-73 Loss 10-9
July 23 San Antonio 81-47 Win 11-9
July 24 @ Washington 80-75 Win 12-9
July 26 Minnesota 65-70 Loss 12-10
July 29 @ Washington 92-91 (OT) Win 13-10
August 2 @ Detroit 58-72 Loss 13-11
August 3 @ Connecticut 55-66 Loss 13-12
August 7 Houston 55-68 Loss 13-13
August 9 Cleveland 62-66 Loss 13-14
August 10 @ Cleveland 67-71 Loss 13-15
August 12 Washington 80-84 Loss 13-16
August 16 Charlotte 69-63 Win 14-16
August 20 @ Charlotte 50-80 Loss 14-17
August 22 @ New York 64-51 Win 15-17
August 23 Cleveland 59-46 Win 16-17
August 25 Connecticut 62-72 Loss 16-18

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Tamika Catchings 34 272 114 72 35 671
Natalie Williams 34 255 46 43 21 457
Kristen Rasmussen 33 115 64 24 15 226
Stephanie McCarty 28 41 58 34 6 194
Kelly Schumacher 34 99 20 7 24 189
Coretta Brown 30 41 31 21 4 186
Niele Ivey 27 32 71 29 7 135
Nikki McCray 34 51 49 37 2 131
Coquese Washington 20 29 48 14 2 63
Bridget Pettis 31 19 8 4 1 49
Sonja Henning 23 25 29 14 0 24
Leigh Aziz 7 9 1 0 4 10
Zuzi Klimesova 1 0 0 0 0 2

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