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2010 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	8,265 per game
Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost Conference Semifinals
Team Leaders
Points	Catchings (18.2)
Rebounds	Catchings (7.1)
Assists	Catchings (4.0)
Media
Television	FS-I NBATV, ESPN2
← 2009 season 2011 season →

The 2010 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Fever's 2009 record, they would pick 11th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Fever waived their pick.

WNBA draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	11	Jene Morris	United States	San Diego State
2	23	Armelie Lumanu	United States	Mississippi State
3	35	Joy Cheek	United States	Duke

Transaction log

February 16: The Fever signed Eshaya Murphy, Lyndra Littles and Josephine Owino to training camp contracts.
February 19: The Fever re-signed Jessica Moore and Jessica Davenport.
February 25: The Fever signed Jennifer Risper to a training camp contract.
April 23: The Fever signed Ashley Battle, Michelle Campbell and Meredith Marsh to training camp contracts.
April 30: The Fever waived Lyndra Littles and Armelie Lumanu.
May 6: The Fever waived Jennifer Risper, Meredith Marsh and Michelle Campbell.
May 13: The Fever waived Josephine Owino and Ashley Battle.
May 14: The Fever waived Joy Cheek and Christina Wirth.
May 27: The Fever acquired Shavonte Zellous from the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.^[1]
July 11: The Fever waived Eshaya Murphy and signed Joy Cheek.

Trades

Date	Trade
May 27, 2010	To Indiana Fever	To Tulsa Shock
May 27, 2010	Shavonte Zellous	Second-round pick in 2011 Draft

Free agents

Additions[edit]

Player	Signed	Former team
Eshaya Murphy	February 16, 2010	re-signed
Jessica Moore	February 19, 2010	re-signed
Jessica Davenport	February 19, 2010	re-signed
Allie Quigley	May 15, 2010	free agent
Shavonte Zellous	May 27, 2010	Tulsa Shock
Joy Cheek	July 11, 2010	free agent

Subtractions[edit]

Player	Left	New team
Tamecka Dixon	February 18, 2010	retired
Christina Wirth	May 14, 2010	free agent
Allie Quigley	May 27, 2010	free agent
Eshaya Murphy	July 10, 2010	free agent

Roster

Indiana Fever roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
PG	41	Bevilaqua, Tully	5' 7" (1.7m)	145 lb (66kg)	Australia
SF	24	Catchings, Tamika	6' 1" (1.85m)	167 lb (76kg)	Tennessee
F	21	Cheek, Joy	6' 1" (1.85m)	201 lb (91kg)	Duke
C	50	Davenport, Jessica	6' 5" (1.96m)	215 lb (98kg)	Ohio State
G/F	23	Douglas, Katie	6' 0" (1.83m)	165 lb (75kg)	Purdue
PF	32	Hoffman, Ebony	6' 2" (1.88m)	215 lb (98kg)	USC
PG	20	January, Briann	5' 8" (1.73m)	160 lb (73kg)	Arizona State
F/C	31	Moore, Jessica	6' 3" (1.91m)	175 lb (79kg)	Connecticut
G	10	Morris, Jené	5' 9" (1.75m)	146 lb (66kg)	San Diego State
C	8	Sutton-Brown, Tammy	6' 4" (1.93m)	200 lb (91kg)	Rutgers
G	1	Zellous, Shavonte	5' 10" (1.78m)	155 lb (70kg)	Pittsburgh

Head coach

Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin)

Assistant coaches

Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
Jim Lewis (West Virginia)

Athletic trainer

Craig Stull (Indianapolis)

Strength and conditioning coach

Brandon Johnson (Purdue)

Legend

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

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Jessica Davenport
PF	Ebony Hoffman	Jessica Moore / Joy Cheek
SF	Tamika Catchings	Shavonte Zellous
SG	Katie Douglas	Jene Morris
PG	Tully Bevilaqua	Briann January

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Washington Mystics ^x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	13–9
New York Liberty ^x	22	12	.647	–	13–4	9–8	14–8
Indiana Fever ^x	21	13	.618	1.0	13–4	8–9	13–9
Atlanta Dream ^x	19	15	.559	3.0	10–7	9–8	10–12
Connecticut Sun ^o	17	17	.500	5.0	12–5	5–12	9–13
Chicago Sky ^o	14	20	.412	8.0	7–10	7–10	7–15

Schedule

Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 7	12:00pm	Chicago	69-63	Murphy (20)	Owino (11)	Battle (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,291	1-0
2	May 10	12:30pm	@ Chicago	71-84	Murphy (15)	Davenport (8)	Bevilaqua, January (4)	Allstate Arena N/A	1-1

Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season

May

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 15	7:00pm	Washington		65-72	Catchings, Sutton-Brown (12)	Sutton-Brown (6)	January (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,752	0-1
2	May 16	7:00pm	@ Atlanta	SSO	62-66	Catchings (18)	Sutton-Brown (9)	Douglas (6)	Philips Arena 7,337	0-2
3	May 22	8:00pm	@ Chicago	CN100	92-86 (OT)	Catchings (28)	Murphy (10)	Douglas, Murphy (6)	Allstate Arena 6,477	1-2
4	May 23	6:00pm	Chicago	FS-I CN100	69-61	Murphy (16)	Murphy (9)	Douglas (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,665	2-2
5	May 29	8:00pm	@ Tulsa	FS-OK	74-79	Catchings (15)	Catchings (10)	Catchings (7)	BOK Center 4,005	2-3

June

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
6	June 3	7:00pm	San Antonio	FS-I FS-SW	79-57	Douglas (22)	Catchings (7)	Bevilaqua, Zellous (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,574	3-3
7	June 5	7:00pm	New York		78-73	Zellous (23)	Sutton-Brown (8)	Catchings (9)	Conseco Fieldhouse 8,090	4-3
8	June 6	7:00pm	@ Minnesota	FS-N	89-51	Catchings (27)	Murphy (8)	Bevilaqua, Moore, Zellous (2)	Target Center 6,444	5-3
9	June 11	7:30pm	@ Connecticut		77-86	Davenport (18)	Catchings (8)	Douglas (6)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,603	5-4
10	June 13	6:00pm	Connecticut		77-67	Douglas (20)	Catchings (13)	Douglas (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,302	6-4
11	June 17	7:00pm	Seattle	FS-I	72-65	Douglas (15)	Sutton-Brown (7)	Douglas (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,520	7-4
12	June 19	7:00pm	Atlanta		94-91	Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21)	Lyttle (20)	McCoughtry (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 8,187	8-4
13	June 25	10:00pm	@ Seattle		81-85	Douglas (29)	Catchings (5)	Catchings (5)	KeyArena 9,083	8-5
14	June 27	6:00pm	@ Chicago	CN100	70-64	Hoffman (13)	Catchings (6)	Catchings, Douglas (4)	Allstate Arena 4,051	9-5
15	June 29	7:00pm	@ Washington	ESPN2	65-68	Catchings (17)	Catchings, Douglas, Hoffman (4)	Douglas (5)	Verizon Center 8,464	9-6

July

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
16	July 6	8:00pm	@ Chicago	CN100	58-51	Catchings (16)	Sutton-Brown (10)	January (5)	Allstate Arena 3,732	10-6
17	July 8	7:00pm	Tulsa		100-72	Catchings (24)	Sutton-Brown (7)	January (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,077	11-6
18	July 14	1:00pm	Connecticut		68-77	Catchings (22)	Catchings (9)	Bevilaqua, January (3)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,076	11-7
19	July 16	7:00pm	Atlanta		89-70	Catchings (23)	Catchings (11)	Catchings, Douglas, January (4)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,532	12-7
20	July 18	4:00pm	@ New York	MSG	84-81 (OT)	Catchings (22)	Catchings (10)	Catchings (7)	Madison Square Garden 9,508	13-7
21	July 22	7:00pm	Los Angeles	ESPN2	76-57	Hoffman (16)	Hoffman (8)	Catchings (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,898	14-7
22	July 24	7:00pm	@ Washington	NBATV CSN-MA	78-73	January (19)	Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5)	January (8)	Verizon Center 9,786	15-7
23	July 27	7:00pm	Chicago	CN100	78-74	Catchings (16)	Catchings (10)	Catchings (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 6,853	16-7
24	July 30	7:00pm	Washington		73-77	Catchings, Douglas (16)	4 players (4)	Catchings (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 8,207	16-8

August

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
25	August 1	3:00pm	@ Atlanta	NBATV SSO	74-90	Catchings (24)	Davenport (12)	January (4)	Philips Arena 6,270	16-9
26	August 3	7:00pm	New York	FS-I	72-82	Catchings (19)	Catchings (6)	Douglas, January (2)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,540	16-10
27	August 6	7:00pm	Atlanta		95-93	Catchings (30)	Catchings (8)	Douglas (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 9,214	17-10
28	August 8	6:00pm	@ Phoenix		104-82	Douglas (28)	Catchings (10)	Douglas (6)	US Airways Center 10,995	18-10
29	August 10	10:00pm	@ Los Angeles	ESPN2	82-76	Sutton-Brown (18)	Catchings (11)	Bevilaqua (6)	STAPLES Center 10,586	19-10
30	August 13	7:00pm	Phoenix		110-90	Catchings (29)	Catchings (7)	Catchings (6)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,002	20-10
31	August 15	5:00pm	@ Connecticut		79-66	Catchings (26)	Catchings (7)	Catchings (7)	Mohegan Sun Arena 7,915	21-10
32	August 17	7:30pm	@ New York		57-78	Catchings (25)	Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5)	Catchings (3)	Madison Square Garden 8,953	21-11
33	August 20	8:00pm	@ San Antonio		61-75	Catchings (15)	Catchings (7)	Catchings (4)	AT&T Center 10,807	21-12
34	August 22	5:00pm	Minnesota	NBATV FS-I	79-83 (OT)	Catchings (17)	Catchings (14)	January (7)	Conseco Fieldhouse 10,015	21-13

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2010 Game Log: Postseason

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	August 26	7:00pm	@ New York	NBATV MSG	73-85	Catchings (18)	Davenport (8)	Catchings (6)	Madison Square Garden 14,624	0-1
2	August 29	8:00pm	New York	ESPN2	75-67	Catchings (17)	Catchings (13)	Douglas (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,535	1-1
3	September 1	7:30pm	@ New York	NBATV MSG	74-77	Douglas (24)	Catchings (6)	Douglas (4)	Madison Square Garden 16,682	1-2

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

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tully Bevilaqua	34	27	19.4	.383	.338	.583	2.1	1.6	1.41	0.12	3.9
Tamika Catchings	34	34	31.4	.484	.448	.849	7.1	4.0	2.26	0.88	18.2
Joy Cheek	7	0	4.9	.417	.333	1.000	0.4	0.1	0.00	0.00	2.1
Jessica Davenport	33	0	14.2	.571	.143	.725	2.8	0.5	0.42	0.82	7.4
Katie Douglas	34	34	29.8	.449	.391	.831	3.4	3.3	1.35	0.38	13.7
Ebony Hoffman	34	33	24.0	.397	.317	.850	4.2	1.3	1.18	0.38	8.0
Briann January	30	7	21.9	.371	.356	.826	2.0	3.1	1.23	0.13	7.4
Jessica Moore	33	0	13.1	.427	.000	.833	2.1	0.4	0.18	0.12	3.1
Jene Morris	25	0	7.8	.424	.368	.667	0.6	0.5	0.32	0.08	2.9
Eshaya Murphy	15	1	14.7	.350	.263	.571	4.1	1.5	0.50	0.10	5.1
Allie Quigley	3	0	6.0	.500	.000	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.30	2.0
Tammy Sutton-Brown	34	34	25.7	.450	.000	.707	5.1	0.9	0.97	1.62	8.1
Shavonte Zellous	27	0	15.5	.362	.280	.747	2.1	1.3	0.44	0.59	5.9

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Tully Bevilaqua	3	3	22.0	.429	.444	.000	0.7	1.3	0.67	0.00	5.3
Tamika Catchings	3	3	35.7	.413	.357	.813	8.7	3.0	3.00	0.67	18.7
Jessica Davenport	3	0	15.3	.529	.000	1.000	5.3	0.0	0.67	1.33	7.0
Katie Douglas	3	3	31.7	.458	.333	.833	3.0	3.3	1.33	0.33	11.7
Ebony Hoffman	3	3	29.7	.333	.333	.875	4.7	1.3	1.00	1.00	11.0
Briann January	3	0	19.7	.313	.200	.900	1.3	2.0	0.33	0.00	6.7
Jessica Moore	3	0	5.3	.000	.000	.000	0.7	0.3	0.33	0.33	0.0
Jene Morris	1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Tammy Sutton-Brown	3	3	30.0	.476	.000	.818	4.3	0.3	1.33	0.67	9.7
Shavonte Zellous	3	0	10.3	.600	.000	.857	0.7	0.7	0.00	0.33	4.0

Awards and honors

Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 10, 2010.
Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 31, 2010.
Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for July.
Tamika Catchings was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA starter.
Katie Douglas was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.
Tamika Catchings was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
Tully Bevilaqua was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
Katie Douglas was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
Tamika Catchings was named Defensive Player of the Year.^[2]
Tamika Catchings was awarded the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award.
Tamika Catchings was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
Katie Douglas was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.

References

External links

Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever
Founded in 2000 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana
Franchise	Franchise Most recent season
Arenas	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (2000–2019) IMG Academy (2020) Gainbridge Fieldhouse (2021-present) Indiana Farmers Coliseum (2021-2022) Hinkle Fieldhouse (2022)
Head coaches	Anne Donovan Nell Fortner Brian Winters Lin Dunn Stephanie White Pokey Chatman Marianne Stanley Carlos Knox Christie Sides
Administration	Owner: Herb and Melvin Simon Herb Simon Sponsor: Finish Line, Inc. General Manager: Nell Fortner Kelly Krauskopf Pokey Chatman Tamika Catchings Lin Dunn
All-Stars	Tamika Catchings Marissa Coleman Anna DeForge Candice Dupree Katie Douglas Briann January Tammy Sutton-Brown Erica Wheeler Tamika Whitmore Natalie Williams Shavonte Zellous
Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Playoff appearances	2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Conference Championships	2009 2012 2015
WNBA Championships	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

2010 WNBA season by team

2010 WNBA season by team
Draft Transactions Schedule Stars at the Sun Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Tulsa Shock
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