2003 Indiana Fever season | |
---|---|
Coach | Nell Fortner |
Arena | Conseco Fieldhouse |
Attendance | 8,340 per game |
Results | |
Record | 16–18 (.471) |
Place | 5th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 2003 WNBA season was the 4th for the Indiana Fever. The Fever attempted to reach the playoffs, but they fell short by one game.
Offseason
[edit]Dispersal Draft
[edit]Pick | Player | Nationality | Former Team |
---|---|---|---|
7 | Sylvia Crawley (C) | ![]() |
Portland Fire |
WNBA draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team |
1 | 6 | Gwen Jackson (F) | ![]() |
Tennessee |
2 | 20 | DeTrina White (F) | ![]() |
LSU |
3 | 35 | Ashley McElhiney (G) | ![]() |
Vanderbilt |
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Detroit Shock x | 25 | 9 | .735 | – | 13–4 | 12–5 | 18–6 |
Charlotte Sting x | 18 | 16 | .529 | 7.0 | 13–4 | 5–12 | 12–12 |
Connecticut Sun x | 18 | 16 | .529 | 7.0 | 10–7 | 8–9 | 11–13 |
Cleveland Rockers x | 17 | 17 | .500 | 8.0 | 11–6 | 6–11 | 13–11 |
Indiana Fever o | 16 | 18 | .471 | 9.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 12–12 |
New York Liberty o | 16 | 18 | .471 | 9.0 | 11–6 | 5–12 | 11–13 |
Washington Mystics o | 9 | 25 | .265 | 16.0 | 3–14 | 6–11 | 7–17 |
Season schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
May 29 | @ Charlotte | 57-66 | Loss | 0-1 |
May 31 | Washington | 71-60 | Win | 1-1 |
June 7 | New York | 86-66 | Win | 2-1 |
June 10 | @ Seattle | 51-78 | Loss | 2-2 |
June 12 | @ Los Angeles | 66-74 | Loss | 2-3 |
June 14 | @ Sacramento | 79-67 | Win | 3-3 |
June 17 | Charlotte | 71-60 | Win | 4-3 |
June 20 | Connecticut | 84-74 | Win | 5-3 |
June 21 | @ Minnesota | 58-66 | Loss | 5-4 |
June 24 | @ Detroit | 60-68 | Loss | 5-5 |
June 26 | @ Connecticut | 94-90 (OT) | Win | 6-5 |
June 28 | Seattle | 79-70 | Win | 7-5 |
June 29 | @ Cleveland | 53-66 | Loss | 7-6 |
July 2 | Phoenix | 79-68 | Win | 8-6 |
July 6 | Detroit | 85-54 | Win | 9-6 |
July 8 | @ Houston | 56-60 | Loss | 9-7 |
July 10 | New York | 76-69 | Win | 10-7 |
July 16 | Detroit | 68-70 | Loss | 10-8 |
July 20 | @ New York | 65-73 | Loss | 10-9 |
July 23 | San Antonio | 81-47 | Win | 11-9 |
July 24 | @ Washington | 80-75 | Win | 12-9 |
July 26 | Minnesota | 65-70 | Loss | 12-10 |
July 29 | @ Washington | 92-91 (OT) | Win | 13-10 |
August 2 | @ Detroit | 58-72 | Loss | 13-11 |
August 3 | @ Connecticut | 55-66 | Loss | 13-12 |
August 7 | Houston | 55-68 | Loss | 13-13 |
August 9 | Cleveland | 62-66 | Loss | 13-14 |
August 10 | @ Cleveland | 67-71 | Loss | 13-15 |
August 12 | Washington | 80-84 | Loss | 13-16 |
August 16 | Charlotte | 69-63 | Win | 14-16 |
August 20 | @ Charlotte | 50-80 | Loss | 14-17 |
August 22 | @ New York | 64-51 | Win | 15-17 |
August 23 | Cleveland | 59-46 | Win | 16-17 |
August 25 | Connecticut | 62-72 | Loss | 16-18 |
Player stats
[edit]Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
Tamika Catchings | 34 | 272 | 114 | 72 | 35 | 671 |
Natalie Williams | 34 | 255 | 46 | 43 | 21 | 457 |
Kristen Rasmussen | 33 | 115 | 64 | 24 | 15 | 226 |
Stephanie McCarty | 28 | 41 | 58 | 34 | 6 | 194 |
Kelly Schumacher | 34 | 99 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 189 |
Coretta Brown | 30 | 41 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 186 |
Niele Ivey | 27 | 32 | 71 | 29 | 7 | 135 |
Nikki McCray | 34 | 51 | 49 | 37 | 2 | 131 |
Coquese Washington | 20 | 29 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 63 |
Bridget Pettis | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 49 |
Sonja Henning | 23 | 25 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
Leigh Aziz | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
Zuzi Klimesova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |