2000 Indiana Fever season

2000 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Anne Donovan
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	11,267 per game
Results
Record	9–23 (.281)
Place	7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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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
December 15, 1999	Drafted Gordana Grubin, Sandy Brondello, Nyree Roberts, Rita Williams, Kara Wolters and Chantel Tremitiere in the WNBA expansion draft
April 25, 2000	Drafted Jurgita Štreimikytė, Usha Gilmore, Latina Davis and Renee Robinson in the 2000 WNBA Draft
	Traded Latina Davis and Renee Robinson to the Houston Comets in exchange for Latavia Coleman
June 7, 2000	Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira
	Waived Beverly Williams

Roster

2000 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 12 Gaither, Katryna 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1975-08-13 Notre Dame R G 33 Gilmore, Usha 5' 11" (1.8m) 1978-08-24 Rutgers R G 10 Grubin, Gordana 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1972-08-20 1 F 50 Harrington, Donna 6' 3" (1.91m) 1966-09-29 Old Dominion R F 21 Maxwell, Monica 5' 9" (1.75m) 162 lb (73kg) 1976-12-21 Louisiana Tech 1 G/F 22 McCarty, Stephanie 5' 9" (1.75m) 1977-06-20 Purdue 1 F/C 5 McCulley, Danielle 6' 3" (1.91m) 175 lb (79kg) 1975-01-18 Western Kentucky R F 11 Quinney, Texlin 6' 4" (1.93m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-09-07 Seton Hall R C 13 Santos de Oliveira, Alessandra 6' 5" (1.96m) 181 lb (82kg) 1973-12-02 2 F 7 Štreimikytė, Jurgita 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1974-05-14 R F 43 Thompson, Alicia 6' 1" (1.85m) 180 lb (82kg) 1976-06-30 Texas Tech 1 G 3 Tremitiere, Chantel 5' 6" (1.68m) 142 lb (64kg) 1969-10-20 Auburn 3 G 4 Williams, Beverly 5' 9" (1.75m) 1965-11-09 Texas R G 23 Williams, Rita 5' 6" (1.68m) 135 lb (61kg) 1976-01-14 Connecticut 2 C 52 Wolters, Kara 6' 7" (2.01m) 227 lb (103kg) 1975-08-15 Connecticut 1	Head coach Anne Donovan (Old Dominion) Assistant coaches Shelley Patterson Julie Plank Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended 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

• Fever on Basketball Reference