2012 Indiana Fever season

2012 Indiana Fever season
CoachLin Dunn
ArenaBankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance7,582 per game
Results
Record22–12 (.647)
Place2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishWon WNBA Finals 3-1 (Minnesota)
Team Leaders
PointsCatchings (17.4)
ReboundsCatchings (7.6)
AssistsJanuary (3.9)
Media
RadioWFNI
TelevisionFS-I
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2012 WNBA season is the 13th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

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WNBA draft

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The following are the Fever's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
1 11 Sasha Goodlett  United States Georgia Tech
3 34 (from Sea.) Courtney Hurt  United States VCU

Transaction log

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  • April 11, 2011: The Fever acquired a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Seattle Storm as part of the Katie Smith transaction. The Fever sent a second-round pick to Seattle as part of the trade.
  • February 3: The Fever re-signed Erin Phillips.
  • February 8: The Fever re-signed Tamika Catchings.
  • February 14: The Fever re-signed Shyra Ely.
  • March 1: The Fever traded Tangela Smith to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Roneeka Hodges.
  • March 14: The Fever signed Jenna Smith and Erlana Larkins.
  • March 16: The Fever re-signed Shannon Bobbitt.
  • April 24: The Fever signed La'Tangela Atkinson, and draft picks Sasha Goodlett and Courtney Hurt.
  • May 3: The Fever waived Courtney Hurt and Jenna Smith.
  • May 11: The Fever waived Shyra Ely and La'Tangela Atkinson.
  • May 14: The Fever waived Shannon Bobbitt.
  • July 2: The Fever traded Roneeka Hodges to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Karima Christmas.

Trades

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Date Trade
March 1, 2012 To Indiana Fever To San Antonio Silver Stars
Roneeka Hodges Tangela Smith
July 2, 2012 To Indiana Fever To Tulsa Shock
Karima Christmas Roneeka Hodges

Personnel changes

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Roster

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Source[1][2][3]

2012 Indiana Fever roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
F 24 United States Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-21-1979 Tennessee 11
G/F 11 United States Christmas, Karima 6' 0" (1.83m) 180 lb (82kg) 09-11-1989 Duke 2
G 32 United States Pohlen, Jeanette 6' 0" (1.83m) 171 lb (78kg) 05-02-1989 Stanford 2
C 50 United States Davenport, Jessica 6' 5" (1.96m) 215 lb (98kg) 06-21-1985 Ohio State 6
G/F 23 United States Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-07-1979 Purdue 12
C 45 United States Goodlett, Sasha 6' 5" (1.96m) 239 lb (108kg) 08-09-1990 Georgia Tech R
G 20 United States January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 01-11-1987 Arizona State 4
F 2 United States Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 202 lb (92kg) 04-02-1986 North Carolina 3
G 13 Australia Phillips, Erin 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-19-1985 Australia 5
C 8 Canada Sutton-Brown, Tammy 6' 4" (1.93m) 199 lb (90kg) 01-27-1978 Rutgers 12
G 1 United States Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 08-28-1986 Pittsburgh 4
Head coach
United States Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin)
Assistant coaches
United States Mickie DeMoss (Louisiana Tech)
United States Stephanie White (Purdue)
Athletic trainer
United States Todd Champlin (Daemen)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Emily Novitsky (Slippery Rock)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

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Pos. Starter Bench
C Tammy Sutton-Brown Jessica Davenport
Sasha Goodlett
PF Tamika Catchings Erlana Larkins
SF Katie Douglas Karima Christmas
SG Shavonte Zellous Jeanette Pohlen
PG Briann January Erin Phillips

Season standings

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Eastern Conference
W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Connecticut Sun y 25 9 .735 – 12–5 13–4 18–4
Indiana Fever x 22 12 .647 3.0 13–4 9–8 15–7
Atlanta Dream x 19 15 .559 6.0 11–6 8–9 12–10
New York Liberty x 15 19 .441 10.0 9–8 6–11 10–12
Chicago Sky o 14 20 .412 11.0 7–10 7–10 8–14
Washington Mystics o 5 29 .147 20.0 4–13 1–16 3–19

Schedule

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Preseason

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2012 Game Log: Preseason (May)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 Sat 5 8:00 @ San Antonio 69-67 Hodges (16) Larkins (7) Atkinson
January
Zellous (3)		 Trinity University
N/A		 1-0
2 Wed 9 12:00 San Antonio 78-69 Hodges (10) Davenport (5) Bobbitt
Catchings (4)		 Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,270		 2-0

Regular season

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2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (3–0)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
1 Sat 19 7:00 Atlanta FS-I
SSO		 92-84 Douglas (21) Davenport (10) Catchings
Douglas
January
Phillips (3)		 Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,403		 1-0
2 Fri 25 8:30 @ Chicago CN100 83-72 Catchings (22) Zellous (7) Catchings (5) Allstate Arena
6,198		 2-0
3 Sun 27 3:00 @ Atlanta SSO 78-62 Catchings (25) Catchings (12) January (5) Philips Arena
7,282		 3-0
June (5–5)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
4 Sat 2 7:00 New York FS-I 91-68 Catchings (16) Goodlett (6) January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,006		 4-0
5 Sun 3 6:00 @ New York MSG 72-87 Catchings (19) Catchings
January (6)		 Zellous (4) Prudential Center
4,905		 4-1
6 Fri 8 7:00 Connecticut 81-89 Catchings (31) Catchings
Sutton-Brown (8)		 January (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,041		 4-2
7 Fri 15 7:00 @ Washington CSN-MA 66-67 Catchings (15) Catchings (9) Douglas
January (4)		 Verizon Center
8,050		 4-3
8 Sat 16 7:00 Chicago CN100 84-70 Davenport (19) Catchings (7) Douglas (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,098		 5-3
9 Tue 19 7:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 85-88
(OT)		 Douglas (23) Douglas (9) Catchings (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
6,503		 5-4
10 Thu 21 7:00 Connecticut FS-I
CPTV-S		 95-61 January (20) Catchings (10) Catchings (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,326		 6-4
11 Sat 23 8:00 @ Tulsa 73-70 Catchings (16) Catchings (8) Catchings
Douglas
January (4)		 BOK Center
4,209		 7-4
12 Tue 26 12:00 @ Atlanta SSO 58-70 Catchings
Davenport
Douglas (8)		 Larkins (7) January (6) Philips Arena
8,388		 7-5
13 Wed 27 12:30 @ Chicago 81-72 Zellous (18) Sutton-Brown (8) Catchings (9) Allstate Arena
6,312		 8-5
July (2–2)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
14 Thu 5 7:00 San Antonio NBATV 72-88 Douglas (19) Catchings (15) Catchings
Douglas (4)		 Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,088		 8-6
15 Sat 7 7:00 Chicago CN100 88-86
(OT)		 Catchings (18) Catchings (9) Catchings (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,155		 9-6
16 Tue 10 12:00 New York 84-82 Catchings (23) Douglas (7) January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,216		 10-6
17 Thu 12 7:00 Los Angeles ESPN2 74-77 Catchings (27) Catchings
Larkins (6)		 January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,244		 10-7
Summer Olympic break
August (6–1)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
Summer Olympic break
18 Thu 16 7:00 Washington NBATV 84-66 Larkins (16) Catchings (14) Zellous (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,834		 11-7
19 Sat 18 7:00 Atlanta NBATV
FS-I
SSO		 86-72 Douglas (29) Catchings (9) Catchings
January (5)		 Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,302		 12-7
20 Tue 21 10:30 @ Los Angeles TWC101 69-79 Douglas (22) Larkins (8) Catchings (3) Staples Center
8,402		 12-8
21 Thu 23 10:00 @ Seattle 68-66 Catchings (18) Catchings (11) January (4) KeyArena
5,819		 13-8
22 Sat 25 10:00 @ Phoenix 85-72 January (22) Douglas
Phillips
Davenport (6)		 Catchings (6) US Airways Center
9,079		 14-8
23 Tue 28 7:00 Washington 83-68 Douglas (18) Catchings
Davenport (5)		 Catchings (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,525		 15-8
24 Thu 30 7:00 @ New York NBATV
MSG		 76-63 Catchings (22) Catchings (5) January (8) Prudential Center
5,315		 16-8
September (6–4)
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record
25 Sat 1 7:00 Chicago NBATV
CN100		 81-64 January (19) Catchings (10) January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,307		 17-8
26 Wed 5 7:00 @ Atlanta NBATV
FS-I
FS-S		 64-71 Douglas (23) Catchings (9) January (5) Philips Arena
4,112		 17-9
27 Fri 7 8:00 @ San Antonio 82-78 Catchings (26) Catchings (11) January (6) AT&T Center
8,097		 18-9
28 Sun 9 6:00 Phoenix NBATV
FS-I		 89-83 Douglas (30) Catchings
Larkins (5)		 January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,971		 19-9
29 Wed 12 7:00 Seattle NBATV 72-48 Douglas (16) Catchings
Larkins (7)		 Larkins (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,337		 20-9
30 Fri 14 7:00 Minnesota 64-66 January (16) Catchings (12) January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,819		 20-10
31 Sun 17 8:00 @ Minnesota NBATV
FS-I		 79-86 Catchings (19) Catchings (10) January
Phillips (5)		 Target Center
9,523		 20-11
32 Wed 19 7:00 @ Connecticut 67-73 Douglas (19) Christmas (6) Catchings
Christmas (3)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
5,811		 20-12
33 Fri 21 7:00 @ Washington NBATV 66-53 Phillips (19) Larkins (11) Catchings (4) Verizon Center
7,702		 21-12
34 Sun 23 5:00 Tulsa NBATV
FS-I		 91-58 Phillips (21) Catchings (10) Larkins
Sutton-Brown
Christmas (3)		 Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,225		 22-12
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

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2012 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 September 28 7:00 Atlanta ESPN2 66-75 Douglas (13) Catchings (11) Catchings
January (3)		 Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,776		 0-1
2 September 30 4:00 @ Atlanta ESPN 103-88 Catchings (25) Catchings (13) January (7) Philips Arena
6,890		 1-1
3 October 2 7:00 Atlanta NBATV 75-64 Douglas (24) Larkins (20) January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,840		 2-1
Eastern Conference Finals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 October 5 8:00 @ Connecticut ESPN2 64-76 Douglas (27) Catchings (9) Catchings (5) Mohegan Sun Arena
7,599		 0-1
2 October 8 8:00 Connecticut ESPN2 78-76 Douglas (24) Larkins (11) Douglas
January (2)		 Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,225		 1-1
3 October 11 8:30 @ Connecticut ESPN2 87-71 Catchings (22) Catchings (13) Catchings
January (4)		 Mohegan Sun Arena
6,516		 2-1
WNBA Finals
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series
1 October 14 8:00 @ Minnesota ESPN2 76-70 Catchings (20) Larkins (15) January (6) Target Center
14,322		 1-0
2 October 17 8:00 @ Minnesota ESPN 71-83 Catchings (27) Catchings (8) Phillips (4) Target Center
13,478		 1-1
3 October 19 8:00 Minnesota ESPN2 76-59 Zellous (30) Larkins (15) Davenport (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
18,165		 2-1
4 October 21 8:00 Minnesota ESPN2 87-78 Catchings (25) Larkins (13) Catchings (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse
15,213		 3-1

Statistics

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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

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Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "2012 Indiana Fever women's basketball Roster on StatsCrew.com".
  2. ^ "Fever: Indiana Fever Opens Training Camp Sunday Afternoon".
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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