2011 Indiana Fever season

The 2011 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

2011 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	Conseco Fieldhouse
Attendance	8,054 per game
Results
Record	21–13 (.618)
Place	1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Finals
Team Leaders
Points	Catchings (15.5)
Rebounds	Catchings (7.1)
Assists	Catchings (3.5)
Media
Radio	WFNI
Television	FS-I ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	9	Jeanette Pohlen	United States	Stanford
3	33	Jori Davis	United States	Oklahoma State

Transaction log

• February 2: The Fever signed Tangela Smith.
• February 4: The Fever re-signed Jessica Davenport and signed Shyra Ely to a training camp contract.
• February 8: The Fever re-signed Joy Cheek.
• February 14: The Fever signed Shannon Bobbitt to a training camp contract.
• March 11: The Fever signed Aisha Mohammed and Abi Olajuwon to training camp contracts.
• April 29: The Fever traded their second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft to the Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics, respectively, in exchange for Erin Phillips and a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from Seattle.
• May 1: The Fever waived Jori Davis.
• May 5: The Fever waived Joy Cheek.
• May 19: The Fever waived Aisha Mohammed.
• May 30: The Fever waived Abi Olajuwon and Jene Morris.
• June 1: The Fever waived Jessica Moore.

Trades

Date	Trade
April 29, 2011	To Indiana Fever	To Seattle and Washington
	Erin Phillips and Seattle's third-round pick in 2012 Draft	second- and third-round picks in 2012 Draft

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Tangela Smith	February 2, 2011	Phoenix Mercury
Shyra Ely	February 4, 2011	free agent
Shannon Bobbitt	February 14, 2011	free agent
Jeanette Pohlen	April 11, 2011	draft pick
Erin Phillips	April 29, 2011	Seattle Storm

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Ebony Hoffman	February 2, 2011	Los Angeles Sparks
Tully Bevilaqua	March 7, 2011	San Antonio Silver Stars
Joy Cheek	May 5, 2011	free agent
Jene Morris	May 30, 2011	free agent
Jessica Moore	June 1, 2011	free agent

Roster

2011 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 0 Bobbitt, Shannon 5' 2" (1.57m) 130 lb (59kg) 12-06-1985 Tennessee 2 F 24 Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-21-1979 Tennessee 9 C 50 Davenport, Jessica 6' 5" (1.96m) 215 lb (98kg) 06-21-1985 Ohio State 4 G/F 23 Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-07-1979 Purdue 10 F 43 Ely, Shyra 6' 2" (1.88m) 182 lb (83kg) 08-09-1983 Tennessee 5 G 20 January, Briann  5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 01-11-1987 Arizona State 2 G 13 Phillips, Erin 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-19-1985 Australia 3 G 32 Pohlen, Jeanette 6' 0" (1.83m) 179 lb (81kg) 05-02-1989 Stanford R F/C 5 Smith, Tangela 6' 3" (1.91m) 158 lb (72kg) 04-01-1977 Iowa 13 C 8 Sutton-Brown, Tammy 6' 4" (1.93m) 199 lb (90kg) 01-27-1978 Rutgers 10 G 1 Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 08-28-1986 Pittsburgh 2	Head coach Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin) Assistant coaches Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego) Stephanie White (Purdue) Athletic trainer Brandon Johnson (Purdue) Strength and conditioning coach Craig Stull (Indianapolis) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Jessica Davenport
PF	Tangela Smith	Shyra Ely
SF	Tamika Catchings	Shavonte Zellous
SG	Katie Douglas	Jeanette Pohlen
PG	Erin Phillips	Shannon Bobbitt Briann January

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever x	21	13	.618	–	13–4	8–9	13–9
Connecticut Sun x	21	13	.618	–	15–2	6–11	14–8
Atlanta Dream x	20	14	.588	1.0	11–6	9–8	14–8
New York Liberty x	19	15	.559	2.0	12-5	7–10	11–11
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	7.0	10–7	4–13	10–12
Washington Mystics o	6	28	.176	15.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 24 1:00pm @ Minnesota 66–71 Douglas (11) Catchings (8) January (7) Concordia University 2,055 0–1 2 May 31 7:00pm Minnesota 70–76 Douglas (15) Catchings, Douglas (5) 3 players (2) Conseco Fieldhouse 3,817 0–2

Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season
June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 June 4 7:00pm Chicago FS-I CN100 65–57 Douglas (19) Catchings (9) January (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,024 1–0 2 June 10 7:00pm New York 80–81 Douglas (27) Catchings Davenport Smith (6) Catchings Phillips (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,703 1–1 3 June 11 7:00pm @ New York MSG 86–80 Catchings (19) Davenport (8) Catchings Douglas Phillips (4) Prudential Center 7,835 2–1 4 June 14 7:00pm Tulsa ESPN2 82–74 Douglas (22) Catchings Davenport Douglas (7) January (10) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,024 3–1 5 June 17 10:00pm @ Seattle 54–68 Douglas (11) Catchings (14) January (3) KeyArena 8,178 3–2 6 June 19 6:00pm @ Phoenix 89–93 (OT) Davenport (20) Catchings (15) Bobbitt January (6) US Airways Center 7,701 3–3 7 June 21 7:00pm @ Washington CSN-MA 89–80 Zellous (21) Catchings Davenport (6) January (9) Verizon Center 7,980 4–3 8 June 25 7:00pm Connecticut NBATV CSN-NE 75–70 Catchings (13) Catchings (12) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,100 5–3 9 June 26 7:00pm @ Minnesota NBATV FS-N 78–75 Douglas (22) Douglas (8) January (4) Target Center 7,117 6–3 10 June 28 7:00pm Phoenix 91–86 Douglas (26) Sutton-Brown (6) Catchings (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,625 7–3
July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 11 July 5 7:00pm Seattle FS-I 78–61 Davenport (15) Davenport (7) Phillips (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 6,525 8–3 12 July 9 7:00pm Washington 68–57 Phillips (14) Catchings (7) Catchings (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,056 9–3 13 July 13 1:00pm Connecticut 90–78 Douglas (20) Catchings Phillips (5) Catchings (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,045 10–3 14 July 15 7:00pm Minnesota 70–80 Catchings (22) Catchings Davenport (5) Zellous (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,538 10–4 15 July 17 5:00pm @ Connecticut 71–76 Catchings (18) Catchings (15) Phillips Pohlen Smith (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,075 10–5 16 July 19 12:00pm @ Atlanta NBATV SSO 74–84 Catchings (22) Catchings (8) Catchings (6) Philips Arena 7,645 10–6 17 July 21 7:00pm Chicago NBATV FS-I CN100 77–63 Davenport (20) Catchings Davenport Douglas (7) Douglas (7) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,050 11–6 All-Star break 18 July 28 7:30pm @ Connecticut 69–58 Catchings (16) Davenport (10) Bobbitt (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,329 12–6 19 July 29 7:00pm @ Washington NBATV CSN-MA 61–59 Catchings (16) Catchings (9) Catchings (5) Verizon Center 11,587 13–6 20 July 31 6:00pm Los Angeles 98–63 Davenport (16) Catchings (11) Catchings (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,256 14–6
August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 21 August 5 8:00pm @ Tulsa 85–65 Davenport (17) Zellous (5) Phillips (4) BOK Center 5,013 15–6 22 August 7 6:00pm @ Chicago CN100 69–88 Douglas (14) Phillips (8) Catchings (5) Allstate Arena 5,794 15–7 23 August 9 7:00pm San Antonio 81–68 Catchings (21) Davenport (8) Catchings Douglas (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,520 16–7 24 August 13 7:00pm New York NBATV 82–71 Catchings (32) Phillips (6) Phillips (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,237 17–7 25 August 16 8:00pm @ San Antonio 65–63 Catchings (26) Bobbitt (6) Catchings Pohlen Zellous (2) AT&T Center 6,358 18–7 26 August 18 10:30pm @ Los Angeles 70–75 Catchings Phillips (16) Smith (9) Phillips Smith (5) Staples Center 8,102 18–8 27 August 21 6:00pm Washington NBATV FS-I 83–51 Douglas (15) Catchings (8) Catchings (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,935 19–8 28 August 27 7:00pm Atlanta NBATV FS-I SSO 80–86 Catchings (22) Sutton-Brown (6) Douglas (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,242 19–9 29 August 30 7:30pm @ Atlanta SSO 90–92 Phillips (21) Catchings (7) Douglas (4) Philips Arena 6,467 19–10
September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 30 September 2 7:30pm @ Connecticut 55–83 Douglas (12) Catchings (8) Catchings (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,991 19–11 31 September 4 6:00pm @ Chicago NBATV CN100 88–80 Catchings Douglas (17) Catchings (7) Catchings (6) Allstate Arena 6,199 20–11 32 September 7 7:00pm Washington NBATV 87–69 Douglas (21) Catchings (10) Douglas (5) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,514 21–11 33 September 9 7:00pm @ New York NBATV MSG+ 75–83 Douglas (17) Catchings (6) Bobbitt (7) Prudential Center 8,015 21–12 34 September 11 5:00pm Atlanta NBATV FS-I SSO 88–93 Douglas (30) Davenport (9) Bobbitt (6) Conseco Fieldhouse 11,521 21–13
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 15 8:00pm New York ESPN2 74–72 Douglas (25) Sutton-Brown (7) Bobbitt Phillips (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,608 1–0 2 September 17 4:00pm @ New York NBATV MSG 72–87 Douglas (20) Catchings (9) Bobbitt Phillips (4) Prudential Center 8,508 1–1 3 September 19 8:00pm New York ESPN2 72–62 Douglas (21) Catchings (8) Catchings (4) Conseco Fieldhouse 7,368 2–1
Eastern Conference Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 22 7:00pm Atlanta ESPN2 82–74 Smith (25) Catchings (13) Catchings Douglas Zellous (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 8,253 1–0 2 September 25 3:00pm @ Atlanta ESPN2 77–94 Douglas (25) Catchings (9) Douglas (6) Philips Arena 8,052 1–1 3 September 27 8:00pm Atlanta ESPN2 67–83 Douglas (16) Douglas Sutton-Brown (9) Catchings Phillips (3) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,036 1–2

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
Shannon Bobbitt	31	3	14.2	.357	.386	.767	1.3	1.7	0.97	0.00	3.9
Tamika Catchings	33	33	31.5	.438	.348	.883	7.1	3.5	2.03	0.91	15.5
Jessica Davenport	34	8	21.1	.529	.000	.702	4.8	0.5	0.79	1.32	10.7
Katie Douglas	32	32	29.4	.465	.440	.671	3.9	2.8	1.28	0.25	13.9
Shyra Ely	33	0	10.8	.358	.208	.690	2.2	0.3	0.18	0.18	3.1
Briann January	10	10	28.6	.357	.318	.829	1.4	5.0	1.50	0.00	8.6
Erin Phillips	31	22	22.2	.462	.426	.833	2.8	2.4	0.97	0.00	8.6
Jeanette Pohlen	34	2	15.9	.471	.468	.867	1.4	1.0	0.38	0.12	4.1
Tangela Smith	33	32	21.5	.371	.340	.882	3.1	1.5	0.67	0.48	7.2
Tammy Sutton-Brown	34	26	19.0	.489	.000	.743	3.1	0.6	1.06	1.21	5.5
Shavonte Zellous	33	2	14.0	.438	.265	.784	2.4	1.4	0.36	0.45	5.5

Postseason

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Shannon Bobbitt
Tamika Catchings
Jessica Davenport
Katie Douglas
Shyra Ely
Briann January	0	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Erin Phillips
Jeanette Pohlen
Tangela Smith
Tammy Sutton-Brown
Shavonte Zellous

Awards and honors

• Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 3, 2011.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Katie Douglas was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
• Katie Douglas was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Tamika Catchings was named Most Valuable Player.