2017 Indiana Fever season
CoachPokey Chatman
ArenaBankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance7,538 per game
Results
Record925 (.265)
Place6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team Leaders
PointsCandice Dupree 15 ppg
ReboundsCandice Dupree 5.8 rpg
AssistsErica Wheeler 4.1 apg
Media
TelevisionFSMW, ESPN2, NBATV

The 2017 WNBA season is the 18th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Fever began play on May 14, 2017.[1] The Fever started the season strong posting a 7–7 record in May and June. However the second half of the season was not as positive. The team finished 2–18 in the months of July August and September. This brought their final record to 9–25, which was 6th place in the Eastern Conference, and next to last in the league.

Transactions

WNBA draft

The Fever made two selections in the 2017 WNBA Entry Draft. The draft was held on April 13:

Round Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team School/Team/Country
2 17 Erica McCall  United States Indiana Fever Stanford
3 32 Adrienne Motley  United States Indiana Fever Miami (FL)

Trades

Date Trade
February 21, 2017 Candice Dupree is acquired from the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Camille Little and the draft rights to Jillian Alleyne from Connecticut[2][3]
February 21, 2017 Phoenix also traded its 2017 1st round draft pick (17th overall) to Indiana
May 9, 2017 To Indiana Fever To San Antonio Stars
Jazmon Gwathmey 2018 3rd Round Pick

Personnel changes

Roster

2017 Indiana Fever roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
C 11 Canada Achonwa, Natalie 6' 4" (1.93m) 183 lb (83kg) 11-22-1992 Notre Dame 3
G/F 25 United States Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 01-04-1987 Maryland 9
G 20 United States January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 01-11-1987 Arizona State 9
G 42 United States Johnson, Shenise 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 12-09-1990 Miami (FL) 6
F 2 United States Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 205 lb (93kg) 04-02-1986 North Carolina 9
F 4 United States Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 02-25-1984 Temple 12
C 5 United States Hamson, Jennifer 6' 7" (2.01m) 210 lb (95kg) 01-23-1992 Brigham Young 1
G 3 United States Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 152 lb (69kg) 09-23-1984 South Carolina 2
F 14 United States Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 10-08-1989 Notre Dame 6
G 17 United States Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 05-02-1991 Rutgers 3
G 1 Puerto Rico Gwathmey, Jazmon 6' 2" (1.88m) 143 lb (65kg) 01-24-1993 James Madison 2
G 32 United States Pohlen, Jeanette 6' 0" (1.83m) 171 lb (78kg) 05-02-1989 Stanford 6
Head coach
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Steven Key (Boston University)
United States Jessica Miller (Illinois-Chicago)
Athletic trainer
United States Todd Champlin (Daemen)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States David Williams (Central Florida)

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

Schedule

Game log

2017 game log
Total: 9–25 (Home: 6–11 Road: 3–14)
May: 2–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 14, 2017
7:00 pm
SeattleL 82–87Johnson - 24Johnson - 8Johnson - 4KeyArena
7,969
0-1
2May 17, 2017
10:00 pm
PhoenixL 62–85Dupree - 14Dupree - 9Mitchell - 4Talking Stick Resort Arena
8,896
0-2
3May 20, 2017
7:00 pm
ConnecticutW 81–79Dupree - 19Larkins - 9January - 4Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,385
1-2
4May 24, 2017
7:00 pm
Los AngelesW 93–90Coleman - 19Dupree - 8January - 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,875
2-2
5May 28, 2017
7:00 pm
SeattleL 70–94Mitchell - 13Dupree - 5January - 3KeyArena
4,722
2-3
6May 30, 2017
8:00 pm
DallasL 62–89Achonwa - 13Larkins - 6Dupree - 3College Park Center
3,076
2-4
June: 5–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
7June 3, 2017
7:00 pm
DallasW 91–85Dupree - 18Achonwa - 7
Larkins - 7
January - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,529
3-4
8June 7, 2017
10:00 pm
PhoenixL 90-98Wheeler - 24Larkins - 7Johnson - 5Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,702
3-5
9June 9, 2017
7:00 pm
SeattleW 83-80Wheeler - 19Dupree - 12Wheeler - 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,166
4-5
10June 11, 2017
3:00 pm
WashingtonL 70-88Wheeler - 15Mitchell - 5Wheeler - 6Verizon Center
6,194
4-6
11June 15, 2017
7:00 pm
AtlantaW 85-74Wheeler - 20Dupree - 8Wheeler - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse
5,830
5-6
12June 18, 2017
6:00 pm
ChicagoW 91-79Mitchell - 19Dupree - 8January - 7Allstate Arena
4,551
6-6
13June 24, 2017
7:00 pm
Los AngelesL 73-84Dupree - 14Larkins - 7Dupree - 3Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,241
6-7
14June 28, 2017
12:30 pm
ChicagoW 82-75Dupree - 17Mitchell - 7January - 7Allstate Arena
10,197
7-7
July: 1–9 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
15July 1, 2017
4:00 pm
ConnecticutL 85-91Johnson - 22Dupree - 11Wheeler - 5Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,473
7-8
16July 7, 2017
7:30 pm
AtlantaL 68-89Johnson - 15Dupree - 5Tied - 3McCamish Pavilion
3,359
7-9
17July 12, 2017
12:00 pm
San AntonioL 72-79Dupree - 14Tied - 3January - 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse
12,282
7-10
18July 14, 2017
7:00 pm
WashingtonL 52-78January - 15Mitchell - 8January - 4Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,007
7-11
19July 17, 2017
10:30 pm
Los AngelesL 62-80January - 12Achonwa - 8Dupree - 4Staples Center
11,386
7-12
20July 19, 2017
3:30 pm
PhoenixW 84-77Wheeler - 20January - 7Tied - 7Talking Stick Resort Arena
11,371
8-12
21July 20, 2017
8:00 pm
San AntonioL 61-85Mitchell - 13Dupree - 6January - 4AT&T Center
7,306
8-13
22July 25, 2017
8:00 pm
DallasL 82-84January - 16Dupree - 6Wheeler - 9College Park Center
3,701
8-14
23July 28, 2017
7:00 pm
New YorkL 84-85Anchowa - 19Anchowa - 7Wheeler - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,617
8-15
24July 30, 2017
3:00 pm
ConnecticutL 73-89Tied - 13McCall - 9Tied - 4Mohegan Sun Arena
6,145
8-16
August : 1–8 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
25August 4, 2017
7:00 pm
ChicagoL 70-81Dupree - 18Mitchell - 7January - 8Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,052
8-17
26August 6, 2017
5:00 pm
MinnesotaW 84-82Dupree - 31Dupree - 9Wheeler - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse
8,226
9-17
27August 8, 2017
7:00 pm
New YorkL 76-81Wheeler - 33Gwathmey-7January - 3Madison Square Garden
10,068
9-18
28August 12, 2017
7:30 pm
WashingtonL 80-100Dupree - 26Dupree - 8Wheeler - 8Verizon Center
7,337
9-19
29August 18, 2017
8:00 pm
MinnesotaL 52-111Gwathmey-12Tied - 4Tied - 3Target Center
9,621
9-20
30August 20, 2017
5:00 pm
WashingtonL 82-87Coleman - 20McCall - 6Dupree - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,593
9-21
31August 23, 2017
7:00 pm
New YorkL 50-71Tied - 10Dupree - 6Wheeler - 5Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,118
9-22
32August 26, 2017
6:00 pm
AtlantaL 74-79Wheeler - 23Achonwa - 9Coleman - 4McCamish Pavilion
5,029
9-23
33August 30, 2017
7:00 pm
MinnesotaL 69-80Wheeler - 17Dupree - 10Wheeler - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse
7,625
9-24
September: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
34September 2, 2017
7:00 pm
San AntonioL 71-75Dupree - 19Dupree - 13Wheeler - 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,420
9-25
2017 season schedule

Standings

# Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
1 New York Liberty - (3)2212.647-13–49–810–6
2 Connecticut Sun - (4)2113.636112–59–610–6
3 Washington Mystics - (6)1816.529411–67–1012-4
4 Chicago Sky - e1222.353104–138–96–10
5 Atlanta Dream - e1222.353109–83–145–11
6 Indiana Fever - e925.265136–113–144–12

References

  1. "Indiana Fever WNBA Basketball - Fever News, Scores, Videos". Fever.wnba.com. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  2. "Indiana Fever Acquire All-Star Candice Dupree". WNBA. February 21, 2017.
  3. "Transactions".
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