2000 Indiana Fever season

2000 Indiana Fever season
CoachAnne Donovan
ArenaConseco Fieldhouse
Attendance11,267 per game
Results
Record9–23 (.281)
Place7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2000 WNBA season was the first for the Indiana Fever.

Transactions

WNBA expansion draft

Player Nationality Former WNBA Team
Gordana Grubin  Yugoslavia Los Angeles Sparks
Sandy Brondello  Australia Detroit Shock
Nyree Roberts  United States Washington Mystics
Rita Williams  United States Washington Mystics
Kara Wolters  United States Houston Comets
Chantel Tremitiere  United States Utah Starzz

WNBA draft

See also: 2000 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
2 26 Jurgita Štreimikytė  Soviet Union Pool Comense (Italy)
3 42 Usha Gilmore  United States Rutgers
4 50 Latina Davis  United States Tennessee
4 58 Renee Robinson  United States Virginia

Transactions

Date Transaction
October 20, 1999 Hired Anne Donovan as Interim Head Coach[1]
December 15, 1999 Drafted Gordana Grubin, Sandy Brondello, Nyree Roberts, Rita Williams, Kara Wolters and Chantel Tremitiere in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 25, 2000 Drafted Jurgita Štreimikytė, Usha Gilmore, Latina Davis and Renee Robinson in the 2000 WNBA Draft[1]
Traded Latina Davis and Renee Robinson to the Houston Comets in exchange for Latavia Coleman [1]
June 7, 2000 Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira[1]
Waived Beverly Williams[1]

Roster

2000 Indiana Fever roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 12 United States Gaither, Katryna 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1975-08-13 Notre Dame R
G 33 United States Gilmore, Usha 5' 11" (1.8m) – 1978-08-24 Rutgers R
G 10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Grubin, Gordana 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1972-08-20 1
F 50 United States Harrington, Donna 6' 3" (1.91m) – 1966-09-29 Old Dominion R
F 21 United States Maxwell, Monica 5' 9" (1.75m) 162 lb (73kg) 1976-12-21 Louisiana Tech 1
G/F 22 United States McCarty, Stephanie 5' 9" (1.75m) – 1977-06-20 Purdue 1
F/C 5 United States McCulley, Danielle 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1975-01-18 Western Kentucky R
F 11 United States Quinney, Texlin 6' 4" (1.93m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-09-07 Seton Hall R
C 13 Brazil Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra 6' 5" (1.96m) 181 lb (82kg) 1973-12-02 2
F 7 Soviet Union Štreimikytė, Jurgita 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-05-14 R
F 43 United States Thompson, Alicia 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1976-06-30 Texas Tech 1
G 3 United States Tremitiere, Chantel 5' 6" (1.68m) 142 lb (64kg) 1969-10-20 Auburn 3
G 4 United States Williams, Beverly 5' 9" (1.75m) – 1965-11-09 Texas R
G 23 United States Williams, Rita 5' 6" (1.68m) 135 lb (61kg) 1976-01-14 Connecticut 2
C 52 United States Wolters, Kara 6' 7" (2.01m) 227 lb (103kg) 1975-08-15 Connecticut 1
Head coach
United States Anne Donovan (Old Dominion)
Assistant coaches
United States Shelley Patterson
United States Julie Plank



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

Schedule

Regular season

2000 game log
Total: 9–23 (Home: 5–11; Road: 4–12)
June: 3–10 (Home: 1–6; Road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 1 @ Miami W 57-54 Alicia Thompson (13) Stephanie McCarty (8) Stephanie McCarty (4) American Airlines Arena 1–0
2 June 3 Orlando L 82-88 Alicia Thompson (22) Alicia Thompson (15) Monica Maxwell (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 1–1
3 June 5 Miami W 80-59 Kara Wolters (24) Alicia Thompson (7) Stephanie McCarty (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–1
4 June 9 @ Detroit L 76-80 Stephanie McCarty (20) Alicia Thompson (9) Rita Williams (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–2
5 June 10 New York L 62-70 Stephanie McCarty (15) Kara Wolters (9) Stephanie McCarty (8) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–3
6 June 12 Cleveland L 70-83 Kara Wolters (17) McCulley
Wolters (5) 		Monica Maxwell (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 2–4
7 June 17 @ Orlando W 79-54 Alicia Thompson (17) Grubin
Thompson
Williams (5) 		McCarty
McCulley
Williams (3) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 3–4
8 June 18 @ Detroit L 74-111 Gordana Grubin (19) Grubin
Thompson (7) 		Grubin
McCarty (2) 		The Palace of Auburn Hills 3–5
9 June 21 Sacramento L 58-70 Jurgita Štreimikytė (15) Maxwell
Štreimikytė (6) 		McCarty
Williams (4) 		Conseco Fieldhouse 3–6
10 June 23 New York L 60-69 Monica Maxwell (15) Monica Maxwell (8) Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–7
11 June 24 @ Houston L 67-93 Kara Wolters (18) Kara Wolters (10) Rita Williams (7) Compaq Center 3–8
12 June 28 Los Angeles L 73-82 Monica Maxwell (29) Maxwell
Wolters (7) 		Grubin
Štreimikytė
Williams
Wolters (2) 		Conseco Fieldhouse 3–9
13 June 30 @ New York L 70-72 Kara Wolters (16) Maxwell
Williams
Wolters (4) 		Rita Williams (5) Madison Square Garden 3–10
July: 4–9 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 July 1 Miami L 52-54 Danielle McCulley (17) Danielle McCulley (6) Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–11
15 July 3 Portland L 64-68 Monica Maxwell (20) Rita Williams (7) Rita Williams (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–12
16 July 6 @ Orlando L 60-72 Kara Wolters (16) Kara Wolters (10) Štreimikytė
Williams (3) 		TD Waterhouse Centre 3–13
17 July 8 Phoenix L 65-66 Grubin
Maxwell (20) 		Monica Maxwell (8) Rita Williams (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 3–14
18 July 12 @ Washington W 81-58 Rita Williams (17) Alicia Thompson (6) Chantel Tremitiere (5) MCI Center 4–14
19 July 14 Seattle W 64-45 Stephanie McCarty (16) Monica Maxwell (9) Chantel Tremitiere (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 5–14
20 July 15 @ Cleveland L 55-79 Danielle McCulley (17) McCulley
Štreimikytė
Thompson (3) 		Rita Williams (4) Gund Arena 5–15
21 July 20 @ Washington L 74-85 Alicia Thompson (18) Alicia Thompson (9) Rita Williams (4) MCI Center 5–16
22 July 22 Charlotte W 80-59 Gordana Grubin (19) Monica Maxwell (10) Alicia Thompson (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 6–16
23 July 24 @ Charlotte L 78-82 Rita Williams (21) Monica Maxwell (9) Štreimikytė
Williams (4) 		Charlotte Coliseum 6–17
24 July 26 @ Phoenix L 65-79 Kara Wolters (18) Alicia Thompson (9) Gordana Grubin (4) America West Arena 6–18
25 July 28 @ Portland W 73-58 Kara Wolters (14) Monica Maxwell (6) Monica Maxwell (7) Rose Garden 7–18
26 July 29 @ Utah L 71-79 Alicia Thompson (18) Alicia Thompson (8) Rita Williams (5) Delta Center 7–19
August: 2–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
27 August 1 @ Seattle L 60-66 Grubin
Williams
Wolters (15) 		Kara Wolters (9) Rita Williams (6) KeyArena 7–20
28 August 3 Washington L 71-75 Rita Williams (19) Kara Wolters (8) Grubin
Williams (5) 		Conseco Fieldhouse 7–21
29 August 4 Cleveland W 87-75 Alicia Thompson (18) Kara Wolters (9) Rita Williams (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 8–21
30 August 6 @ Minnesota L 75-80 Williams
Wolters (16) 		Alicia Thompson (7) Alicia Thompson (6) Target Center 8–22
31 August 7 Detroit L 63-74 Williams
Wolters (14) 		Kara Wolters (10) Rita Williams (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 8–23
32 August 9 Charlotte W 67-51 Alicia Thompson (15) Monica Maxwell (8) Gordana Grubin (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 9–23

Season standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
New York Liberty x 20 12 .625 14–7 –
Cleveland Rockers x 17 15 .531 13–8 3.0
Orlando Miracle x 16 16 .500 13–8 4.0
Washington Mystics x 14 18 .438 13–8 6.0
Detroit Shock o 14 18 .438 10–11 6.0
Miami Sol o 13 19 .406 9–12 7.0
Indiana Fever o 9 23 .281 7–14 11.0
Charlotte Sting o 8 24 .250 5–16 12.0

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
Monica Maxwell 32 32 32.2 .386 .397 .862 5.0 2.0 1.5 0.5 10.4
Rita Williams 32 29 31.7 .409 .374 .731 3.0 3.2 2.4 0.1 11.0
Kara Wolters 31 30 25.6 .561 N/A .740 5.3 1.3 0.4 1.6 11.9
Alicia Thompson 31 26 25.5 .514 .450 .714 5.1 1.3 0.8 0.1 10.0
Gordana Grubin 29 20 24.8 .377 .308 .775 2.6 2.2 1.1 0.0 8.2
Stephanie McCarty 32 12 19.8 .398 .386 .826 1.9 1.8 1.0 0.2 7.2
Danielle McCulley 29 2 15.7 .412 .176 .730 2.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 6.0
Jurgita Štreimikytė 27 6 15.7 .393 .333 .771 2.6 1.6 0.6 0.9 4.5
Chantel Tremitiere 25 3 12.7 .353 .444 .625 1.2 2.0 0.4 0.0 2.0
Donna Harrington 8 0 8.4 .167 N/A .600 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 1.0
Texlin Quinney 17 0 6.9 .429 N/A .600 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.9
Usha Gilmore 4 0 5.3 .200 .000 N/A 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5
Katryna Gaither 6 0 4.0 .375 N/A N/A 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.0
Alessandra Santos de Oliveira 3 0 3.7 1.000 N/A .167 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Beverly Williams 1 0 3.0 N/A N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "2000 Indiana Fever Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 18, 2024.