2002 Indiana Fever season

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Indiana Fever. The team, led by Tamika Catchings, went to the playoffs for the first time in team history, losing in the first round to the New York Liberty.

2002 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Nell Fortner
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	8,434 per game
Results
Record	16–16 (.500)
Place	4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (2-1) to New York Liberty
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Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
1	13	Tawana McDonald (C)	United States	Georgia
2	17	Zuzi Klimesova (F)	Czech Republic	Vanderbilt
3	34	Kelly Komara (G)	United States	Purdue
4	49	LaKeisha Taylor (C)	United States	Arizona
4	52	Jillian Danker (G/F)	United States	Vanderbilt

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
New York Liberty ^x	18	14	.563	11–10	–
Charlotte Sting ^x	18	14	.563	12–9	–
Washington Mystics ^x	17	15	.531	12–9	1.0
Indiana Fever ^x	16	16	.500	12–9	2.0
Orlando Miracle ^o	16	16	.500	13–8	2.0
Miami Sol ^o	15	17	.469	11–10	3.0
Cleveland Rockers ^o	10	22	.312	7–14	8.0
Detroit Shock ^o	9	23	.281	6–15	9.0

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
June 1	Detroit	79-62	Win	1-0
June 2	@ Detroit	78-65	Win	2-0
June 5	Houston	45-56	Loss	2-1
June 7	@ Washington	68-89	Loss	2-2
June 8	New York	71-62	Win	3-2
June 11	@ Orlando	75-69	Win	4-2
June 13	@ Charlotte	64-75	Loss	4-3
June 15	Cleveland	68-79	Loss	4-4
June 18	@ Utah	71-79	Loss	4-5
June 20	@ Portland	81-72	Win	5-5
June 21	@ Seattle	51-63	Loss	5-6
June 25	@ New York	55-74	Loss	5-7
June 28	Sacramento	67-60	Win	6-7
June 30	@ Miami	59-65	Loss	6-8
July 3	@ Orlando	71-79 (OT)	Loss	6-9
July 6	Washington	50-45	Win	7-9
July 8	Cleveland	68-57	Win	8-9
July 10	Utah	69-82	Loss	8-10
July 12	Miami	62-68	Loss	8-11
July 17	Los Angeles	58-73	Loss	8-12
July 19	New York	62-70	Loss	8-13
July 22	Charlotte	73-72	Win	9-13
July 26	Minnesota	73-63	Win	10-13
July 28	@ Los Angeles	62-80	Loss	10-14
July 30	@ Sacramento	65-74	Loss	10-15
July 31	@ Phoenix	58-56	Win	11-15
August 3	Charlotte	69-48	Win	12-15
August 6	@ Washington	64-55	Win	13-15
August 7	Orlando	70-63	Win	14-15
August 9	@ Detroit	54-55	Loss	14-16
August 11	Miami	77-63	Win	15-16
August 13	@ Cleveland	60-56	Win	16-16
August 16 1st Round, G1	New York	73-55	Win	1-0
August 18 1st Round, G2	@ New York	65-84	Loss	1-1
August 20 1st Round, G3	@ New York	60-75	Loss	1-2

Player stats

Player	GP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Tamika Catchings	32	276	118	94	43	594
Nikki McCray	32	97	70	28	3	369
Olympia Scott	31	211	52	38	13	292
Nadine Malcolm	29	61	21	13	3	156
Rita Williams	20	37	43	21	2	120
Bridget Pettis	32	39	17	8	0	113
Kelly Schumacher	31	59	13	7	23	108
Alicia Thompson	18	42	14	7	2	97
Niele Ivey	31	28	39	16	3	86
Coquese Washington	11	33	48	23	2	80
Jackie Moore	18	29	3	5	1	42
Monica Maxwell	18	31	7	7	4	35
Zuzi Kilmesova	11	5	2	1	1	5

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References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/IND/2002.html