2007 Indiana Fever season

2007 Indiana Fever season

Head Coach

Arena

Conseco Fieldhouse

Attendance

7,032 per game

Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	Eliminated 2–1 by Detroit, Eastern Conference Finals
Team Leaders
Points	Tamika Catchings (16.6)
Rebounds	Tamika Catchings (9.0)
Assists	Tamika Catchings (4.7)
Media
Television	FSN Indiana
Indiana Fever seasons
< 2006	2008 >

The 2007 Indiana Fever season was their 8th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference with 21 wins and 13 losses on the season. The season marked the third consecutive season that the Fever earned a playoff berth. They eliminated the Connecticut Sun, 2–1, in the First Round of the playoffs but then in turn were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals, 2–1, by the Detroit Shock.

Offseason

On March 23, 2007 the Fever signed Tammy Sutton-Brown from the defunct Charlotte Sting, Sutton-Brown was one of the most sought-after free agents.^[1]

The following player was selected in the Dispersal Draft from the Charlotte Sting:

Sheri Sam^[2]

2007 WNBA Draft

Indiana's selections from the 2008 WNBA Draft in Cleveland.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	9	Alison Bales^[3]	Center	United States	Duke
2	22	Lyndsey Medders^[3]	Point guard	United States	Iowa State
3	35	Ashley Key^[3]	Shooting guard	United States	N.C. State

Roster

Indiana Fever roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	From
6.0 !C	43	USA !	Bales, Alison	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Duke
1.0 !PG	41	AUS !	Bevilaqua, Tully	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	Australia
3.0 !SF	24	USA !	Catchings, Tamika (C)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	Tennessee
2.0 !SG	30	USA !	DeForge, Anna	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Nebraska
4.5 !PF	32	USA !	Hoffman, Ebony	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Southern California
3.0 !SF	55	USA !	Sam, Sheri	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Vanderbilt
1.0 !PG	3	USA !	Sharp, K.B.	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	149 lb (68 kg)	Cincinnati
2.0 !SG	7	USA !	Strother, Ann	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Connecticut
6.0 !C	8	CAN !	Sutton-Brown, Tammy	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Rutgers
6.0 !C	35	USA !	Terry, Kasha	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Georgia Tech
2.0 !SG	15	USA !	White, Tan	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	Mississippi State
4.5 !PF	91	USA !	Whitmore, Tamika	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Memphis

Head coach

Brian Winters (South Carolina)

Assistant coaches

Athletic trainer

Holly Heitzman (Syracuse)

Strength and conditioning coach

Greg Moore (University of Sioux Falls)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Alison Bales
PF	Tamika Whitmore	Ebony Hoffman		Kasha Terry
SF	Tamika Catchings	Sheri Sam
SG	Anna DeForge	Tan White	Ann Strother
PG	Tully Bevilaqua	K. B. Sharp

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Detroit Shock ^x	24	10	.706	–	12–5	12–5	14–6
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	3.0	12–5	9–8	12–8
Connecticut Sun ^x	18	16	.529	6.0	8–9	10–7	10–10
New York Liberty ^x	16	18	.471	8.0	10–7	6–11	10–10
Washington Mystics ^o	16	18	.471	8.0	8–9	8–9	8–12
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	10.0	6–11	8–9	6–14

Schedule

Preseason

Game	Date	Opponent	Score/Time	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Arena/Attendance	Record
1	May 5	Seattle	75-58	Catchings (18)	Catchings (8)	Bevilaqua (8)	Conseco Fieldhouse 3,033	1-0
2	May 10	Los Angeles	L 81-76	Catchings, DeForge (13)	Hoffman (9)	Catchings (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 4,044	1-1
3	May 15	Chicago	W 60-55	Catchings (16)	Catchings (8)	Bevilaqua (6)	UIC Pavilion 3,005	2-1

Regular season

Game	Date	Opponent	Score/Time	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Arena/Attendance	Record
1	May 19	Minnesota	W 83-64	White (17)	Catchings (7)	Catchings (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,210	1-0
2	May 24	Los Angeles	W 83-70	Catchings (24)	Catchings (8)	Catchings (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 5,058	2-0
3	May 29	@ Minnesota	W 89-75	Catchings (21)	Hoffman (7)	Catchings (6)	Target Center 6,238	3-0
4	June 3	Washington	W 70-66	White (20)	Catchings (9)	DeForge (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,972	4-0
5	June 5	@ New York	L 78-67	Catchings (21)	Whitmore (8)	Catchings (9)	Madison Square Garden 7,282	4-1
6	June 6	Houston	W 84-59	Sutton-Brown (17)	Catchings (7)	Sharp (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 5,909	5-1
7	June 8	@ Washington	W 74-69	Catchings (24)	Catchings (12)	Bevilaqua (5)	Verizon Center 7,110	6-1
8	June 10	New York	W 80-61	Sutton-Brown, Whitmore (22)	Sutton-Brown (13)	Bevilaqua, Catchings (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,938	7-1
9	June 13	Seattle	W 90-62	White (23)	Catchings (10)	Whitmore (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 5,838	8-1
10	June 15	Phoenix	L 89-78	Catchings, Sutton-Brown (17)	Catchings (15)	Bevilaqua (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,579	8-2
11	June 16	@ Detroit	W 77-67	Catchings (26)	Catchings (14)	Whitmore (4)	Palace of Auburn Hills 8,812	9-2
12	June 22	Connecticut	L 78-74	White, Whitmore (15)	Catchings (12)	Catchings (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,240	9-3
13	June 24	@ New York	W 74-63	Catchings (18)	Sutton-Brown (7)	Catchings (6)	Madison Square Garden 7,554	10-3
14	June 29	@ Connecticut	L 72-67	Whitmore (13)	Catchings (11)	Sutton-Brown (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,617	10-4
15	July 1	@ Washington	W 69-62	Catchings, White (14)	White (8)	Catchings (3)	Verizon Center 7,233	11-4
16	July 5	@ Los Angeles	W 57-56	Catchings (17)	Catchings (11)	Catchings (5)	Staples Center 8,262	12-4
17	July 8	Chicago	W 86-70	Catchings (16)	Catchings (7)	Catchings (1)	Conseco Fieldhouse 8,247	13-4
18	July 10	@ Houston	W 79-77	Catchings (23)	Catchings, Sutton-Brown (6)	Catchings (5)	Toyota Center 7,226	14-4
19	July 12	New York	W 79-63	White (16)	Catchings (10)	Catchings (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,095	15-4
20	July 18	Chicago	W 75-74	Catchings (22)	Catchings (13)	Catchings (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,542	16-4
21	July 20	Detroit	L 89-90	Sutton-Brown (16)	Catchings (8)	Catchings (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,210	16-5
22	July 21	@ Chicago	L 68-65	Whitmore (26)	Bevilaqua, DeForge (5)	Bevilaqua (5)	UIC Pavilion 3,383	16-6
23	July 24	San Antonio	L 71-63 (OT)	DeForge (15)	Sutton-Brown (6)	Sam (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,028	16-7
24	July 26	@ Sacramento	L 60-50	White (14)	Hoffman (8)	Bevilaqua, Hoffman, Sam, Sharp, Whitmore (2)	Arco Arena 13,320	16-8
25	July 27	@ Seattle	L 89-75	DeForge (12)	Sutton-Brown (5)	White (4)	KeyArena 8,052	16-9
26	July 29	@ Phoenix	L 80-75	White (25)	Sutton-Brown (9)	Bevilaqua (5)	US Airways Center 7,495	16-10
27	July 31	Washington	W 66-57	White (20)	Whitmore (15)	Bevilaqua (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,012	17-10
28	August 4	@ Connecticut	L 84-59	Sharp (14)	Sutton-Brown (8)	Sam (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 9,493	17-11
29	August 5	Sacramento	W 63-55	Whitmore (16)	Hoffman, Sutton-Brown, White (6)	Bevilaqua, DeForge (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,645	18-11
30	August 7	@ Chicago	W 75-70 (2OT)	DeForge (16)	DeForge (9)	White (5)	UIC Pavilion 5,029	19-11
31	August 11	@ Detroit	L 74-69	White (15)	DeForge (7)	White (4)	Palace of Auburn Hills 10,857	19-12
32	August 15	Connecticut	L 77-74	DeForge (29)	Sutton-Brown (10)	White (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,433	19-13
33	August 17	@ San Antonio	W 59-55	Whitmore (12)	Sam (7)	Sharp (3)	AT&T Center 8,952	20-13
34	August 19	Detroit	W 72-66	Whitmore (18)	DeForge (8)	Bevilaqua (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 8,899	21-13

Playoffs

First round

Game	Date	Opponent	Score/Time	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Arena/Attendance	Series
1	August 23	@ Connecticut	L 93-88 (3OT)	DeForge (31)	Catchings (20)	Catchings (7)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,271	Sun 1-0
2	August 25	Connecticut	W 78-59	DeForge (26)	Catchings (13)	White, Whitmore (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,298	Tied 1-1
3	August 27	Connecticut	W 93-88	Catchings (30)	Catchings (13)	Catchings (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,012	Fever win 2-1

Eastern Conference Finals

Game	Date	Opponent	Score/Time	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Arena/Attendance	Series
1	August 31	Detroit	W 75-65	Catchings (22)	Catchings (10)	Bevilaqua (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,623	Fever 1-0
2	September 2	@ Detroit	L 77-63	DeForge (13)	Catchings, DeForge, Sam (4)	Whitmore (4)	Palace of Auburn Hills 10,153	Tied 1-1
3	September 3	@ Detroit	L 81-65	Sutton-Brown (17)	Sutton-Brown, Sam (10)	Sam, Whitmore (4)	Palace of Auburn Hills 9,856	Shock win 2-1

Awards and records

Awards

Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Tully Bevilaqua^[4]

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bales, Alison !Alison Bales	17	0	9.9	.571	.000	.875	2.6	.1	.24	.76	3.2
Bevilaqua, Tully !Tully Bevilaqua	34	34	26.5	.440	.371	.682	2.2	2.7	1.65	.06	5.3
Catchings, Tamika !Tamika Catchings	21	21	32.3	.417	.311	.820	9.0	4.7	3.14	1.05	16.6
DeForge, Anna !Anna DeForge	34	34	23.4	.418	.410	.906	3.3	1.5	.76	.12	8.7
Hoffman, Ebony !Ebony Hoffman	34	10	17.1	.445	.400	.824	4.0	.8	.62	.53	4.2
Sam, Sheri !Sheri Sam	33	4	17.9	.339	.273	.690	2.9	1.3	.88	.18	5.0
Sharp, K.B. !K.B. Sharp	34	0	13.4	.412	.286	.724	.90	1.4	.38	.00	3.2
Strother, Ann !Ann Strother	12	0	5.8	.323	.400	1.000	.8	.3	.00	.00	2.3
Sutton-Brown Tammy !Tammy Sutton-Brown	34	33	25.3	.485	.000	.716	5.4	.9	1.03	1.38	12.0
Terry, Kasha !Kasha Terry	9	0	6.0	.250	.000	.750	1.6	.1	.22	.33	1.0
White, Tan !Tan White	34	9	24.7	.386	.339	.841	2.6	1.9	1.06	.29	10.8
Whitmore, Tamika !Tamika Whitmore	34	25	25.9	.415	.300	.763	5.0	1.5	.59	.32	10.9

^[5]

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bales, Alison !Alison Bales	4	0	4.3	.000	.000	.000	.5	.3	.00	.00	0.0
Bevilaqua, Tully !Tully Bevilaqua	6	6	35.8	.295	.286	.833	2.70	3.2	1.83	.00	7.3
Catchings, Tamika !Tamika Catchings	6	6	32.7	.370	.263	.878	11.0	3.2	2.17	.50	15.8
DeForge, Anna !Anna DeForge	6	6	32.8	.467	.393	1.000	3.7	1.0	1.33	.17	16.8
Hoffman, Ebony !Ebony Hoffman	4	0	10.5	.417	.000	.00	2.3	.3	.00	.25	2.5
Sam, Sheri !Sheri Sam	6	5	30.8	.373	.500	.500	5.3	2.2	1.00	.17	8.0
Sharp, K.B. !K.B. Sharp	6	0	7.7	.100	.00	.833	.80	.5	.17	.00	1.2
Strother, Ann !Ann Strother	3	0	5.0	.429	.333	.000	1.0	.7	.33	.00	2.3
Sutton-Brown Tammy !Tammy Sutton-Brown	6	6	20.5	.349	.000	.571	4.70	.7	.17	2.00	7.0
Terry, Kasha !Kasha Terry	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	.0	.0	.00	.00	0.0
White, Tan !Tan White	5	1	16.4	.267	.167	.000	1.8	2.0	1.0	.40	1.8
Whitmore, Tamika !Tamika Whitmore	6	0	30.7	.448	.565	.615	5.3	2.7	.50	.17	16.5

^[6]

Transactions

February 14, 2007 re-signed Tully Bevilaqua.
March 7, 2007 traded Olympia Scott to the Phoenix Mercury for Ann Strother.
March 14, 2007 exercised the 2008 option on Tan White's contract.
March 23, 2007 traded La'Tangela Atkinson to the Sacramento Monarchs for the 24th pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft
March 23, 2007 re-signed Anna DeForge and signed free agent Tammy Sutton-Brown.
April 13, 2007 waived Linda Frohlich.
April 13, 2007 traded the 40th pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft for Jessica Dickson.
May 7, 2007 waived Lyndsey Medders.
May 9, 2007 waived Erin Lawless and Ashley Key.
May 16, 2007 waived Jessica Dickson and Jennifer Humphrey.

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References

↑ "Sutton-Brown Free Agent Signing Highlights Fever Roster Moves". FeverBasketball.com. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
↑ "Sheri Sam is Fever’s Newest Star". FeverBasketball.com. 2007-03-23. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Bales Highlights Fever Draft Selections". FeverBasketball.com. 2007-04-04. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
↑ "Tully Bevilaqua Of The Indiana Fever Earns 2007 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award". WNBA.com. 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
↑ "2007 Fever Regular Statistics". FeverBasketball.com. 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
↑ "2007 Fever Playoffs Statistics". FeverBasketball.com. 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
↑ "2007 WNBA Transactions". WNBA.com. 2007-08-20. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-29.

External links

Preceded by 2006	Indiana Fever seasons 2007	Succeeded by 2008

Indiana Fever

Founded in 2000 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana

The Franchise	Franchise Current season

Arenas	Bankers Life Fieldhouse

Head Coaches	Anne Donovan Nell Fortner Brian Winters Lin Dunn Stephanie White

Administration	Owner: Herbert and Melvin Simon Herbert Simon Sponsor: Finish Line, Inc. General Manager: Nell Fortner Kelly Krauskopf

All-Stars	Tamika Catchings Anna DeForge Katie Douglas Briann January Tammy Sutton-Brown Tamika Whitmore Natalie Williams

Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Playoff Appearances	2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference Titles	2009 2012

WNBA Titles	2012

Rivals	Atlanta Dream Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock New York Liberty

Media	TV: FS Indiana (FS-I) Radio: WFNI (The Fan) Announcers: Debbie Antonelli, Chris Denari

2007 WNBA season by team

Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics

Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm

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