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2002 Indiana Fever season

{{Short description|3rd season in the WNBA}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{WNBA season

| team = Indiana Fever

| year = 2002

| attendance = 8,434

| wins = 16

| losses = 16

| conf = Eastern

| conf_place = 4th

| coach = Nell Fortner

| arena = Conseco Fieldhouse

| playoffs = Lost First Round (2-1) to New York Liberty

}}

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Indiana Fever. The team, led by Tamika Catchings, went to the playoffs for the first time in team history, losing in the first round to the New York Liberty.

Transactions

=WNBA draft=

{{see also|2002 WNBA draft}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60em"

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="2%" | Round

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="5%" | Pick

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="10%" | Player

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="10%" | Nationality

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country

1

|13

|Tawana McDonald

|{{USA}}

|Georgia

2

|17

|Zuzi Klimešová

|{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}

|Vanderbilt

3

|34

|Kelly Komara

|{{USA}}

|Purdue

4

|49

|LaKeisha Taylor

|{{USA}}

|Arizona

4

|52

|Jillian Danker

|{{USA}}

|Vanderbilt

=Transactions=

class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align: center;"

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width=125" |Date

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" colspan="2" |Transaction

March 4, 2002

|Traded Gordana Grubin to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Bridget Pettis and a 2002 2nd Round Pick

April 19, 2002

| Drafted Tawana McDonald, Zuzi Klimešová, Kelly Komara, LaKeisha Taylor and Jillian Danker in the 2002 WNBA Draft{{Cite web |title=2002 Indiana Fever Transactions |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/IND/2002_transactions.html |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Basketball-Reference.com |language=en}}

April 24, 2002

|Waived Marlena Williams and Vicki Hall

May 2, 2002

|Waived Jillian Danker and LaKeisha Taylor

May 24, 2002

|Waived Itoro Coleman and Kelly Komara

July 22, 2002

|Traded Rita Williams to the Houston Comets in exchange for Coquese Washington

Roster

{{sports roster

| team=Indiana Fever

| season = 2002

| style = WNBA

| players =

{{sports roster/entry | num = 24 | first = Tamika | last = Catchings | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 167 | DOB = 1979-07-21 | yrs = R | college = Tennessee | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 33 | first = Niele | last = Ivey | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 7 | lbs = 149 |DOB = 1977-09-24 | yrs = 1 | college = Notre Dame | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 13 | first = Zuzi | last = Klimešová | link = Zuzi Klimesova | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | DOB = 1979-01-21 | yrs = R | college = Vanderbilt | nat = Czechoslovakia}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 42 | first = Nadine | last = Malcolm | nolink=1 | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 170 |DOB = 1975-11-27 | yrs = 1 | college = Providence | nat = JAM}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 21 | first = Monica | last = Maxwell | pos = F | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = 162 | DOB = 1976-12-21 | yrs = 3 | college = Louisiana Tech | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 15 | first = Nikki | last = McCray | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 158 |DOB = 1971-12-17 | yrs = 4 | college = Tennessee | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 6 | first = Jackie | last = Moore | nolink=1 | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 2 | DOB = 1979-11-06 | yrs = R | college = Long Beach State | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 32 | first = Bridget | last = Pettis | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = 150 | DOB = 1971-01-01 | yrs = 5 | college = Florida | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 11 | first = Kelly | last = Schumacher | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 183 | DOB = 1977-10-14 | yrs = 1 | college = UConn | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 0 | first = Olympia| last = Scott-Richardson | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 175 | DOB = 1976-05-05 | yrs = 4 | college = Stanford |nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 43 | first = Alicia | last = Thompson | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 180 | DOB = 1976-06-30 | yrs = 3 | college = Texas Tech | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 4 | first = Coquese | last = Washington | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 6 | lbs = 138 | DOB = 1971-01-17 | yrs = 4 | college = Notre Dame | nat = USA}}

{{sports roster/entry | num = 23 | first = Rita | last = Williams | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 6 | lbs = 135 | DOB = 1976-01-14 | yrs = 4 | college = UConn | nat = USA}}

| head_coach =

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Nell | last = Fortner| college = Texas}}

| asst_coach =

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Shelley | last = Patterson|college=}}

{{sports roster/entry|nat=USA| first = Julie | last = Plank|college=}}

}}

Schedule

= Regular season =

{{WNBA game log start|Indiana Fever|end_year=2002|note=
Total: 16–16 (Home: 10–6; Road: 6–10)}}

{{WNBA game log section|Indiana Fever|June|first=yes

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 2

| road_wins = 3

| road_losses = 6

}}

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 1

| June 1

| Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206010IND.html W 72–69]

| Tamika Catchings (23)

| Tamika Catchings (13)

| Nikki McCray (4)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 1–0

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 2

| June 2

| @ Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206020DET.html W 78–65]

| Tamika Catchings (27)

| Nikki McCray (7)

| Tamika Catchings (4)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills

| 2–0

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 3

| June 5

| Houston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206050IND.html L 45–56]

| Nikki McCray (14)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (17)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (5)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 2–1

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 4

| June 7

| @ Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206030CHA.html L 68–89]

| Catchings
Scott-Richardson (15)

| Tamika Catchings (11)

| Tamika Catchings (7)

| MCI Center

| 2–2

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 5

| June 8

| New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206080IND.html W 71–62]

| Tamika Catchings (32)

| Tamika Catchings (14)

| Rita Williams (4)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 3–2

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 6

| June 11

| @ Orlando

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206110ORL.html W 75–69]

| Catchings
McCray (20)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (8)

| Tamika Catchings (5)

| TD Waterhouse Centre

| 4–2

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 7

| June 13

| @ Charlotte

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206110HOU.html L 64–75]

| Nikki McCray (13)

| Catchings
Malcolm (5)

| Rita Williams (5)

| Charlotte Coliseum

| 4–3

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 8

| June 15

| Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206150IND.html L 68–79]

| Tamika Catchings (23)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (8)

| McCray
Williams (4)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 4–4

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 9

| June 18

| @ Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206180UTA.html L 71–79]

| Tamika Catchings (14)

| Tamika Catchings (11)

| Tamika Catchings (5)

| Delta Center

| 4–5

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 10

| June 20

| @ Portland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206200POR.html W 81–72]

| Nikki McCray (30)

| Catchings
Scott-Richardson (9)

| Tamika Catchings (5)

| Rose Garden

| 5–5

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 11

| June 21

| @ Seattle

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206210SEA.html L 51–63]

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (12)

| Tamika Catchings (8)

| Tamika Catchings (7)

| KeyArena

| 5–6

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 12

| June 25

| @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206250NYL.html L 55–74]

| Bridget Pettis (13)

| Tamika Catchings (8)

| Tamika Catchings (6)

| Madison Square Garden

| 5–7

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 13

| June 28

| Sacramento

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206280IND.html W 67–60]

| Tamika Catchings (21)

| Tamika Catchings (12)

| Scott-Richardson
Williams (3)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 6–7

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 14

| June 30

| @ Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200206300MIA.html L 59–65]

| Rita Williams (17)

| Tamika Catchings (6)

| Ivey
McCray (3)

| American Airlines Arena

| 6–8

{{WNBA game log section|Indiana Fever|July

| home_wins = 4

| home_losses = 4

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 15

| July 3

| @ Orlando

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207030ORL.html L 71–79 (OT)]

| Tamika Catchings (24)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (9)

| Nikki McCray (4)

| TD Waterhouse Centre

| 6–9

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 16

| July 6

| Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207060IND.html W 50–45]

| Tamika Catchings (18)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (9)

| McCray
Scott-Richardson
Williams (2)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 7–9

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 17

| July 8

| Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207080IND.html W 68–57]

| Tamika Catchings (24)

| Tamika Catchings (10)

| Ivey
McCray (3)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 8–9

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 18

| July 10

| Utah

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207100IND.html L 69–82]

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (31)

| Catchings
Scott-Richardson (9)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (4)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 8–10

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 19

| July 12

| Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207120IND.html L 62–68]

| Nadine Malcolm (16)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (11)

| Catchings
McCray
Williams (3)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 8–11

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 20

| July 17

| Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207170IND.html L 58–73]

| Tamika Catchings (15)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (10)

| Catchings
McCray
Williams (4)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 8–12

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 21

| July 19

| New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207190IND.html L 62–70]

| Tamika Catchings (21)

| Tamika Catchings (12)

| Catchings
Ivey (3)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 8–13

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 22

| July 22

| Charlotte

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207220IND.html W 73–72]

| Catchings
McCray (17)

| Tamika Catchings (9)

| Tamika Catchings (6)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 9–13

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 23

| July 26

| Minnesota

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207260IND.html W 73–63]

| Tamika Catchings (23)

| Tamika Catchings (5)

| Tamika Catchings (7)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 10–13

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 24

| July 28

| @ Los Angeles

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207280LAS.html L 62–80]

| Coquese Washington (14)

| Tamika Catchings (7)

| Coquese Washington (8)

| Staples Center

| 10–14

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 25

| July 30

| @ Sacramento

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207300SAC.html L 65–74]

| Tamika Catchings (24)

| Tamika Catchings (11)

| Tamika Catchings (5)

| ARCO Arena

| 10–15

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 26

| July 31

| @ Phoenix

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200207310PHO.html W 58–56]

| Tamika Catchings (22)

| Tamika Catchings (6)

| Tamika Catchings (6)

| America West Arena

| 11–15

{{WNBA game log section|Indiana Fever|August

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 1

}}

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 27

| August 3

| Charlotte

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200208030IND.html W 69–48]

| Nikki McCray (20)

| Tamika Catchings (15)

| Coquese Washington (6)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 12–15

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 28

| August 6

| @ Washington

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200208060WAS.html W 64–55]

| Tamika Catchings (28)

| Catchings
Scott-Richardson (10)

| McCray
Washington (4)

| MCI Center

| 13–15

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 29

| August 7

| Orlando

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200208070IND.html W 70–63]

| Tamika Catchings (32)

| Tamika Catchings (12)

| Coquese Washington (11)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 14–15

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 30

| August 9

| @ Detroit

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200208090DET.html L 54–55]

| Tamika Catchings (21)

| Tamika Catchings (12)

| Catchings
McCray (2)

| The Palace of Auburn Hills

| 14–16

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 31

| August 11

| Miami

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200208110IND.html W 77–63]

| Tamika Catchings (20)

| Catchings
Scott-Richardson (7)

| Tamika Catchings (7)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 15–16

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 32

| August 13

| @ Cleveland

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200208130CLE.html W 60–56]

| Kelly Schumacher (15)

| Kelly Schumacher (9)

| Coquese Washington (7)

| Gund Arena

| 16–16

{{WNBA game log end|ind|end_year=2002}}

=Playoffs=

{{WNBA game log start|Indiana Fever|playoffs=yes|end_year=2002}}

{{WNBA game log section|Indiana Fever|First round vs. New York Liberty
Lost Series: 1–2|playoffs=yes|first=yes|show=no}}

|- style="background:#bbffbb;"

| 1

| August 16

| New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200208160IND.html W 73–55]

| Tamika Catchings (29)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (14)

| Nikki McCray (5)

| Conseco Fieldhouse

| 1–0

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 2

| August 18

| @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200208180NYL.html L 65–84]

| Tamika Catchings (20)

| Tamika Catchings (14)

| Coquese Washington (5)

| Madison Square Garden

| 1–1

|- style="background:#fcc;"

| 3

| August 20

| @ New York

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/200208200NYL.html L 60–75]

| Nikki McCray (14)

| Olympia Scott-Richardson (9)

| Coquese Washington (7)

| Madison Square Garden

| 1–2

{{WNBA game log end|IND|playoffs=yes|end_year=2002}}

=Season standings=

{{2002 WNBA Eastern Conference standings|team=IND}}

Statistics

{{WNBA roster statistics legend}}

=Regular Season=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | Player

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | GP

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | GS

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | MPG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | FG%

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | 3P%

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | FT%

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | RPG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="5%" | APG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | SPG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | BPG

! style="{{WNBA color cell|Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | PPG

Tamika Catchings

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 36.5

| .420

| .396

| .815

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 8.6

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 3.7

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 2.9

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 1.3

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 18.6

Nikki McCray

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 32

| 33.1

| .415

| .318

| .816

| 3.0

| 2.2

| 0.9

| 0.1

| 11.5

Olympia Scott-Richardson

| 31

| 31

| 31.5

| .487

| .000

| .805

| 6.8

| 1.7

| 1.2

| 0.4

| 9.4

Coquese Washington

| 11

| 8

| 29.5

| .371

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .452

| .700

| 3.0

| 4.4

| 2.1

| 0.2

| 7.3

Rita Williams

| 20

| 1

| 24.2

| .289

| .254

| .735

| 1.9

| 2.2

| 1.1

| 0.1

| 6.0

Nadine Malcolm

| 29

| 28

| 20.7

| .367

| .293

| .757

| 2.1

| 0.7

| 0.4

| 0.1

| 5.4

Alicia Thompson

| 18

| 2

| 17.4

| .358

| .241

| .706

| 2.3

| 0.8

| 0.4

| 0.1

| 5.4

Niele Ivey

| 31

| 23

| 14.2

| .352

| .380

| .810

| 0.9

| 1.3

| 0.5

| 0.1

| 2.8

Bridget Pettis

| 32

| 0

| 11.7

| .355

| .209

| .718

| 1.2

| 0.5

| 0.3

| 0.0

| 3.5

Kelly Schumacher

| 31

| 1

| 11.4

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| .506

| .000

| .692

| 1.9

| 0.4

| 0.2

| 0.7

| 3.5

Monica Maxwell

| 18

| 0

| 9.4

| .298

| .294

| style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 1.000

| 1.7

| 0.4

| 0.4

| 0.2

| 1.9

Jackie Moore

|18

|2

|7.1

|.421

|.000

|.714

|1.6

|0.2

|0.3

|0.1

|2.3

Zuzi Klimešová

|11

|0

|3.5

|.167

|N/A

|style="background:#D3D3D3;"| 1.000

|0.5

|0.2

|0.1

|0.1

|0.5


‡Waived/Released during the season


†Traded during the season


≠Acquired during the season

References

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