2018 Indiana Fever season
CoachPokey Chatman
ArenaBankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance6,311 per game
Results
Record6–28 (.176)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsCandice Dupree - 14.2 ppg
ReboundsNatalie Achonwa - 6.9 rpg
AssistsErica Wheeler - 4.1 apg
Media
TelevisionFox Sports Indiana, WNDY-TV, ESPN2, NBATV

The 2018 WNBA season was the 19th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Fever began play on May 19, 2018.[1]

The Fever started the season poorly by going 0–5 in May. Fortunes did not improve in June and the team was 1–10. The only win was 96–64 against the Atlanta Dream. However, June did include some close losses. The Fever lost to the New York Liberty 78–75 after the Liberty made a 3-pointer with 16.1 seconds left. On the 12th, the Fever lost in overtime against the Las Vegas Aces. In July, the Fever were 2–8, with the two wins coming against the perennial play-off contenders Minnesota Lynx and Los Angeles Sparks. Both wins were away from home, which meant the Fever were 0–4 at home. In the final month of the season, the Fever were 3–5. They finished with a WNBA worst 6–28 final record, which was also their worst record in franchise history. Their misfortunes continued in the offseason as they lost in the draft lottery in spite of having the best odds, ending with the third selection for the 2019 WNBA draft.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2018 WNBA draft

The Fever made three selections in the 2018 WNBA entry draft, held on April 12:

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 2 Kelsey Mitchell  United States Ohio State
1 8 Victoria Vivians  United States Mississippi State
2 14 Stephanie Mavunga  United States Ohio State

Trades

Date Trade
February 1, 2018 Acquired C Kayla Alexander and 2019 WNBA Draft third round pick via trade from Las Vegas Aces for 2019 WNBA Draft second round pick.[2]
March 6, 2018 Acquired 8th overall pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft via trade from Phoenix Mercury for Briann January.[3]

Personnel changes

Roster

2018 Indiana Fever roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 11 Canada Achonwa, Natalie 6' 3" (1.91m) 190 lb (86kg) 11-22-1992 Notre Dame 3
C 40 Canada Alexander, Kayla 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 01-05-1991 Syracuse 5
F 4 United States Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 02-25-1984 Temple 12
F 31 United States Taylor, Asia 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 08-22-1991 Louisville 3
G 42 United States Johnson, Shenise 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 12-09-1990 Miami (FL) 6
F 23 United States Mavunga, Stephanie 6' 3" (1.91m) 205 lb (93kg) 02-24-1995 Ohio State R
F 22 United States McCall, Erica 6' 2" (1.88m) 184 lb (83kg) 08-21-1995 Stanford 1
G 3 United States Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 152 lb (69kg) 09-23-1984 South Carolina 3
G 0 United States Mitchell, Kelsey 5' 11" (1.8m) 160 lb (73kg) 11-12-1995 Ohio State R
G 25 United States Pondexter, Cappie 5' 9" (1.75m) 160 lb (73kg) 1-07-1983 Rutgers 12
G 35 United States Vivians, Victoria 6' 1" (1.85m) 183 lb (83kg) 11-17-1994 Mississippi State R
G 17 United States Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 05-02-1991 Rutgers 3
Head coach
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
United States Jessica Miller (UIC)
Athletic trainer
United States Todd Champlin (Daemen)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Chase Campbell (Ball State)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Preseason

2018 pre-season game log
May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 7 Chicago W 79–65 Mavunga (18) Tied (8) Peterson (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
4,377 		1–0
2 May 12 Washington L 56–91 K. Mitchell (9) Mavunga (4) K. Mitchell (3) Acierno Arena (University of Delaware)
3,323 		1–1
2018 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2018 game log
Total: 6–28 (Home: 2–15 Road: 4–13)
May: 0–5 (Home: 0–3; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 May 19 Chicago L 64–82 Dupree (14) Dupree (8) Wheeler (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,565 		0–1
2 May 20 @ Washington L 75–82 Achonwa (21) Achonwa (12) Wheeler (5) Capital One Arena
7,400 		0–2
3 May 22 Los Angeles L 70–87 K. Mitchell (20) Achonwa (8) K. Mitchell (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
4,742 		0–3
4 May 24 Washington L 84–93 K. Mitchell (25) Dupree (7) T. Mitchell (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
4,415 		0–4
5 May 26 @ Connecticut L 77–86 K. Mitchell (18) McCall (9) Wheeler (9) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,843 		0–5
June: 1–10 (Home: 1–5; Road: 0–5)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 June 2 New York L 81–87 K. Mitchell (26) Dupree (8) Wheeler (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,575 		0–6
7 June 8 Dallas L 83–89 K. Mitchell (26) McCall (11) Tied (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,675 		0–7
8 June 10 @ New York L 75–78 K. Mitchell (19) Achonwa (10) T. Mitchell (7) Westchester County Center
1,537 		0–8
9 June 12 Las Vegas L 92–101 (OT) Achonwa (26) Achonwa (15) Wheeler (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,437 		0–9
10 June 14 @ Atlanta L 67–72 Dupree (17) Tied (7) Wheeler (10) McCamish Pavilion
6,561 		0–10
11 June 16 Atlanta W 96–64 Vivians (21) Tied (6) K. Mitchell (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,234 		1–10
12 June 19 @ Los Angeles L 55–74 Achonwa (13) Achonwa (14) K. Mitchell (3) Staples Center
8,857 		1–11
13 June 22 @ Seattle L 63–72 Dupree (15) Tied (7) Wheeler (4) KeyArena
8,142 		1–12
14 June 24 Connecticut L 78–87 Achonwa (16) Dupree (8) K. Mitchell (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,458 		1–13
15 June 27 @ Connecticut L 89–101 Vivians (25) Achonwa (6) 3 Tied (3) Mohegan Sun Arena
5,112 		1–14
16 June 29 Phoenix L 77–95 K. Mitchell (19) Dupree (6) Vivians (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,241 		1–15
July: 2–8 (Home: 0–4; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
17 July 1 Atlanta L 83–87 Vivians (27) Tied (7) K. Mitchell (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,277 		1–16
18 July 3 @ Minnesota W 71–59 Achonwa (17) Tied (9) K. Mitchell (5) Target Center
8,632 		2–16
19 July 5 @ Dallas L 63–90 Dupree (21) Tied (5) Wheeler (3) College Park Center
4,043 		2–17
20 July 11 Minnesota L 65–87 Wheeler (12) Tied (6) Wheeler (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10,006 		2–18
21 July 13 @ Atlanta L 74–98 T. Mitchell (17) T. Mitchell (6) Wheeler (4) McCamish Pavilion
3,807 		2–19
22 July 15 Phoenix L 82–101 Dupree (23) Dupree (9) Tied (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,302 		2–20
23 July 18 @ Minnesota L 65–89 Dupree (20) Tied (4) Tied (4) Target Center
17,933 		2–21
24 July 20 @ Los Angeles W 78–76 Tied (16) Achonwa (9) Tied (5) Staples Center
10,532 		3–21
25 July 22 @ Las Vegas L 74–88 Achonwa (21) Tied (7) Pondexter (7) Mandalay Bay Events Center
5,368 		3–22
26 July 24 Seattle L 72–92 K. Mitchell (26) Dupree (12) Tied (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,908 		3–23
August : 3–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
27 August 2 Dallas W 84–78 Pondexter (18) Achonwa (5) Wheeler (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,981 		4–23
28 August 4 @ New York W 68–55 Dupree (25) Achonwa (13) Wheeler (7) Westchester County Center
2,225 		5–23
29 August 7 Seattle L 79–94 Dupree (22) Dupree (8) Pondexter (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,401 		5–24
30 August 10 @ Phoenix L 74–97 K. Mitchell (20) T. Mitchell (9) K. Mitchell (4) Talking Stick Resort Arena
8,860 		5–25
31 August 11 @ Las Vegas L 74–92 Wheeler (13) T. Mitchell (8) Tied (5) Mandalay Bay Events Center
5,213 		5–26
32 August 15 Washington L 62–76 Achonwa (15) Vivians (9) Wheeler (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,636 		5–27
33 August 18 Chicago L 106–115 Dupree (30) Achonwa (11) Tied (7) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,442 		5–28
34 August 19 @ Chicago W 97–92 Tied (22) Achonwa (9) Tied (6) Wintrust Arena
7,118 		6–28
2018 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 Atlanta Dream (2) 23 11 .676 – 13–4 10–7 12–4
2 Washington Mystics (3) 22 12 .647 1 12–5 10–7 12–4
3 Connecticut Sun (4) 21 13 .618 2 13–4 8–9 9–7
4 e – Chicago Sky 13 21 .382 10 7–10 6–11 6–10
5 e – New York Liberty 7 27 .206 16 4–13 3–14 6–10
6 e – Indiana Fever 6 28 .176 17 2–15 4–13 3–13

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Candice Dupree WNBA Cares Community Assist Award September 4, 2018 [6]

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
Candice Dupree 32 32 31.4 48.8 0.0 81.9 6.4 1.7 0.9 0.3 14.2
Kelsey Mitchell 34 17 24.4 34.6 33.5 80.4 1.8 2.7 0.7 0.1 12.7
Natalie Achonwa 34 34 26.0 52.7 0.0 80.0 6.9 1.4 0.9 0.7 10.3
Cappie Pondexter 17 14 24.2 38.9 39.3 84.6 2.4 2.6 0.7 0.0 10.2
Tiffany Mitchell 34 20 25.6 37.1 26.7 83.5 3.1 2.3 0.9 0.2 9.1
Victoria Vivians 34 26 27.1 40.4 39.9 93.1 3.1 1.2 0.9 0.1 8.9
Erica Wheeler 34 22 21.7 35.1 27.6 79.7 2.9 4.1 0.8 0.2 7.8
Erica McCall 34 2 12.3 38.5 12.5 68.4 2.7 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.9
Kayla Alexander 30 0 8.6 54.1 0.0 82.4 2.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 2.7
Stephanie Mavunga 25 0 7.8 47.7 0.0 80.0 2.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 2.2
Asia Taylor 14 0 8.3 31.0 20.0 77.8 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.9

References

  1. ^ "Indiana Fever Schedule". WNBA. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "Indiana Fever Acquire 6-4 Center Kayla Alexander in Trade with Las Vegas" (Press release). WNBA. February 1, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  3. ^ "Fever Acquire No. 8 Pick in WNBA draft in Exchange for Briann January" (Press release). WNBA. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  4. ^ "Fever Sign Hind Ben Abdelkader to Free Agent Deal" (Press release). WNBA. February 14, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Indiana Fever Sign Two-Time WNBA Champ, Seven-Time All-Star Cappie Pondexter" (Press release). WNBA. July 1, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  6. ^ "Fever's Candice Dupree Receives August WNBA Cares Community Assist Award Presented By State Farm" (Press release). WNBA. September 4, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2023.

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