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2000 Indiana Fever season
1st season in the WNBA
1st season in the WNBA
The 2000 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 1st season in the WNBA and their 1st season under head coach, Anne Donovan.
Transactions
WNBA expansion draft
Main article: 2000 WNBA expansion draft
| Indiana Fever}}" width="10%" | Player | Indiana Fever}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Indiana Fever}}" width="10%" | Former WNBA Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordana Grubin | SFR Yugoslavia | Los Angeles Sparks | |||
| Stephanie McCarty | Charlotte Sting | ||||
| Nyree Roberts | Washington Mystics | ||||
| Rita Williams | Washington Mystics | ||||
| Kara Wolters | Houston Comets | ||||
| Chantel Tremitiere | Utah Starzz |
WNBA draft
| Indiana Fever}}" width="2%" | Round | Indiana Fever}}" width="5%" | Pick | Indiana Fever}}" width="10%" | Player | Indiana Fever}}" width="10%" | Nationality | Indiana Fever}}" width="10%" | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 26 | Jurgita Štreimikytė | USSR | Pool Comense (Italy) | |||||
| 3 | 42 | Usha Gilmore | Rutgers | ||||||
| 4 | 50 | Latina Davis | Tennessee | ||||||
| 4 | 58 | Renee Robinson | Virginia |
Transactions
| Indiana Fever}}" width=125" | Date | Indiana Fever}}" colspan="2" | Transaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 20, 1999 | title=2000 Indiana Fever Transactions | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/IND/2000_transactions.html | access-date=2024-07-18 | website=Basketball-Reference.com | language=en}} |
| December 15, 1999 | Drafted Gordana Grubin, Stephanie McCarty, Nyree Roberts, Rita Williams, Kara Wolters and Chantel Tremitiere in the WNBA expansion draft | ||||
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Jurgita Štreimikytė, Usha Gilmore, Latina Davis and Renee Robinson in the [2000 WNBA draft](2000-wnba-draft) | ||||
| Traded Latina Davis and Renee Robinson to the Houston Comets in exchange for Latavia Coleman | |||||
| June 7, 2000 | Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira | ||||
| Waived Beverly Williams |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | June 1 | @ Miami | W 57-54 | Alicia Thompson (13) | Stephanie McCarty (8) | Stephanie McCarty (4) | American Airlines Arena
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 3 |
| Orlando |
| L 82-88 |
| Alicia Thompson (22) |
| Alicia Thompson (15) |
| Monica Maxwell (6) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 5 |
| Miami |
| W 80-59 |
| Kara Wolters (24) |
| Alicia Thompson (7) |
| Stephanie McCarty (4) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 2–1 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 9 |
| @ Detroit |
| L 76-80 |
| Stephanie McCarty (20) |
| Alicia Thompson (9) |
| Rita Williams (4) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 2–2 |
| - |
| 5 |
| June 10 |
| New York |
| L 62-70 |
| Stephanie McCarty (15) |
| Kara Wolters (9) |
| Stephanie McCarty (8) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 2–3 |
| - |
| 6 |
| June 12 |
| Cleveland |
| L 70-83 |
| Kara Wolters (17) |
| McCulley |
| Wolters (5) |
| Monica Maxwell (5) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 2–4 |
| - |
| 7 |
| June 17 |
| @ Orlando |
| W 79-54 |
| Alicia Thompson (17) |
| Grubin |
| Thompson |
| Williams (5) |
| McCarty |
| McCulley |
| Williams (3) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 3–4 |
| - |
| 8 |
| June 18 |
| @ Detroit |
| L 74-111 |
| Gordana Grubin (19) |
| Grubin |
| Thompson (7) |
| Grubin |
| McCarty (2) |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills |
| 3–5 |
| - |
| 9 |
| June 21 |
| Sacramento |
| L 58-70 |
| Jurgita Štreimikytė (15) |
| Maxwell |
| Štreimikytė (6) |
| McCarty |
| Williams (4) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 3–6 |
| - |
| 10 |
| June 23 |
| New York |
| L 60-69 |
| Monica Maxwell (15) |
| Monica Maxwell (8) |
| Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 3–7 |
| - |
| 11 |
| June 24 |
| @ Houston |
| L 67-93 |
| Kara Wolters (18) |
| Kara Wolters (10) |
| Rita Williams (7) |
| Compaq Center |
| 3–8 |
| - |
| 12 |
| June 28 |
| Los Angeles |
| L 73-82 |
| Monica Maxwell (29) |
| Maxwell |
| Wolters (7) |
| Grubin |
| Štreimikytė |
| Williams |
| Wolters (2) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 3–9 |
| - |
| 13 |
| June 30 |
| @ New York |
| L 70-72 |
| Kara Wolters (16) |
| Maxwell |
| Williams |
| Wolters (4) |
| Rita Williams (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 3–10 |
| - |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 1 |
| Miami |
| L 52-54 |
| Danielle McCulley (17) |
| Danielle McCulley (6) |
| Jurgita Štreimikytė (4) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 3–11 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 3 |
| Portland |
| L 64-68 |
| Monica Maxwell (20) |
| Rita Williams (7) |
| Rita Williams (6) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 3–12 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 6 |
| @ Orlando |
| L 60-72 |
| Kara Wolters (16) |
| Kara Wolters (10) |
| Štreimikytė |
| Williams (3) |
| TD Waterhouse Centre |
| 3–13 |
| - |
| 17 |
| July 8 |
| Phoenix |
| L 65-66 |
| Grubin |
| Maxwell (20) |
| Monica Maxwell (8) |
| Rita Williams (5) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 3–14 |
| - |
| 18 |
| July 12 |
| @ Washington |
| W 81-58 |
| Rita Williams (17) |
| Alicia Thompson (6) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (5) |
| MCI Center |
| 4–14 |
| - |
| 19 |
| July 14 |
| Seattle |
| W 64-45 |
| Stephanie McCarty (16) |
| Monica Maxwell (9) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (4) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 5–14 |
| - |
| 20 |
| July 15 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 55-79 |
| Danielle McCulley (17) |
| McCulley |
| Štreimikytė |
| Thompson (3) |
| Rita Williams (4) |
| Gund Arena |
| 5–15 |
| - |
| 21 |
| July 20 |
| @ Washington |
| L 74-85 |
| Alicia Thompson (18) |
| Alicia Thompson (9) |
| Rita Williams (4) |
| MCI Center |
| 5–16 |
| - |
| 22 |
| July 22 |
| Charlotte |
| W 80-59 |
| Gordana Grubin (19) |
| Monica Maxwell (10) |
| Alicia Thompson (5) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 6–16 |
| - |
| 23 |
| July 24 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 78-82 |
| Rita Williams (21) |
| Monica Maxwell (9) |
| Štreimikytė |
| Williams (4) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 6–17 |
| - |
| 24 |
| July 26 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 65-79 |
| Kara Wolters (18) |
| Alicia Thompson (9) |
| Gordana Grubin (4) |
| America West Arena |
| 6–18 |
| - |
| 25 |
| July 28 |
| @ Portland |
| W 73-58 |
| Kara Wolters (14) |
| Monica Maxwell (6) |
| Monica Maxwell (7) |
| Rose Garden |
| 7–18 |
| - |
| 26 |
| July 29 |
| @ Utah |
| L 71-79 |
| Alicia Thompson (18) |
| Alicia Thompson (8) |
| Rita Williams (5) |
| Delta Center |
| 7–19 |
| - |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 1 |
| @ Seattle |
| L 60-66 |
| Grubin |
| Williams |
| Wolters (15) |
| Kara Wolters (9) |
| Rita Williams (6) |
| KeyArena |
| 7–20 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 3 |
| Washington |
| L 71-75 |
| Rita Williams (19) |
| Kara Wolters (8) |
| Grubin |
| Williams (5) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 7–21 |
| - |
| 29 |
| August 4 |
| Cleveland |
| W 87-75 |
| Alicia Thompson (18) |
| Kara Wolters (9) |
| Rita Williams (7) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 8–21 |
| - |
| 30 |
| August 6 |
| @ Minnesota |
| L 75-80 |
| Williams |
| Wolters (16) |
| Alicia Thompson (7) |
| Alicia Thompson (6) |
| Target Center |
| 8–22 |
| - |
| 31 |
| August 7 |
| Detroit |
| L 63-74 |
| Williams |
| Wolters (14) |
| Kara Wolters (10) |
| Rita Williams (5) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 8–23 |
| - |
| 32 |
| August 9 |
| Charlotte |
| W 67-51 |
| Alicia Thompson (15) |
| Monica Maxwell (8) |
| Gordana Grubin (6) |
| Conseco Fieldhouse |
| 9–23 |
| - |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | Player | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | GP | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | GS | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | MPG | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | FG% | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | 3P% | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | FT% | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | RPG | Indiana Fever}}" width="5%" | APG | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | SPG | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | BPG | Indiana Fever}}" width="6%" | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monica Maxwell | 32 | 32 | 32.2 | .386 | .397 | .862 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 10.4 | ||||||||||||
| Rita Williams | 32 | 29 | 31.7 | .409 | .374 | .731 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||
| Kara Wolters | 31 | 30 | 25.6 | .561 | N/A | .740 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 11.9 | ||||||||||||
| Alicia Thompson | 31 | 26 | 25.5 | .514 | .450 | .714 | 5.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 10.0 | ||||||||||||
| Gordana Grubin | 29 | 20 | 24.8 | .377 | .308 | .775 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 8.2 | ||||||||||||
| Stephanie McCarty | 32 | 12 | 19.8 | .398 | .386 | .826 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 7.2 | ||||||||||||
| Danielle McCulley | 29 | 2 | 15.7 | .412 | .176 | .730 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 6.0 | ||||||||||||
| Jurgita Štreimikytė | 27 | 6 | 15.7 | .393 | .333 | .771 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4.5 | ||||||||||||
| Chantel Tremitiere | 25 | 3 | 12.7 | .353 | .444 | .625 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||
| Donna Harrington | 8 | 0 | 8.4 | .167 | N/A | .600 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Texlin Quinney | 17 | 0 | 6.9 | .429 | N/A | .600 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||
| Usha Gilmore | 4 | 0 | 5.3 | .200 | .000 | N/A | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||
| Katryna Gaither | 6 | 0 | 4.0 | .375 | N/A | N/A | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Alessandra Santos de Oliveira | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | 1.000 | N/A | .167 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| Beverly Williams | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
References
References
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