2016 Indiana Fever season

17th season in the WNBA August 2023 March 2026 Indiana Fever 2016 17 17 Eastern 3rd Stephanie White Bankers Life Fieldhouse First round(lost to Phoenix Mercury 1–0) FSMW, ESPN2, NBATV The 2016 Indiana Fever season was the 17th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season tipped off on May 1.http://fever.wnba.com/schedule/#?season=2016&seasontype=02 2016 Indiana Fever Schedule fever.wnba.com WNBA March 21, 2017 The Fever began the season slowly, losing their opening game. They won the next two games before losing their final two games in May to finish the month with a 2–3 record. In June, the team continued to struggle to find some consistency. They won their first game, but lost the next. After defeating Connecticut, they went on a three-game losing streak. The streak ended with a win at San Antonio, but that was followed by an overtime loss to New York. The Fever won their last two games of the month and finished 5–6 in June. The team lost their first two games in July before winning the next two. A loss to Connecticut prevented a winning streak from developing. However, they won their final three games of the month going into the Olympic break. The streak included a ten-point win over Los Angeles. The Fever got off to a slow start after the break, losing their only two games in August, and not managing to score more than 70 points in either. They won their opening game of September, before losing in Los Angeles. They then went on a three-game winning streak, which was followed by two losses. They won their final game of the season against Dallas to finish September 5–3. The Fever finished with a record of 17–17, which placed them third in the Eastern Conference and fifth overall. As the fifth-seed in the 2016 WNBA Playoffs, they hosted the eighth-seed Phoenix Mercury in the First Round. The Fever lost 78–89 to end their season. Transactions WNBA draft 2016 WNBA draft The Fever made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut: Round Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team School/Team/Country19Tiffany Mitchell Indiana FeverSouth Carolina221Brene MoseleyIndiana FeverMaryland329Julie AllemandIndiana FeverCastors Braine Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction February 1 Re-Signed Shenise Johnson and Lynetta Kizerhttps://fever.wnba.com/news/johnson-and-kizer-re-sign-with-indiana-fever/ Johnson and Kizer Re-Sign with Indiana Fever fever.wnba.com WNBA February 1, 2016 June 11, 2024 February 2 The Fever acquired Natasha Howard from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Devereaux Petershttp://www.wnba.com/news/fever-lynx-trade-natasha-howard-devereaux-peters/ Fever, Lynx Trade Natasha Howard, Devereaux Peters – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA 2017-09-09 en-US May 10 The Fever acquired the 22nd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Layshia ClarendonIndiana trades Layshia Clarendon to Atlanta for draft pick https://www.espn.com/wnba/story?id=15500162&src=desktop Associated Press espn.com May 10, 2016 7 July 2021 May 24 Head Coach Stephanie White announced that she would finish the season and then leave the teamhttps://fever.wnba.com/news/stephanie-white-will-finish-season-fever/ Stephanie White Will Finish Season with Fever fever.wnba.com WNBA May 24, 2016 June 11, 2024 Subtractions / Unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref. Roster Indiana Fever 2016 WNBA 11 Natalie Achonwa F 6 4 183 11-22-1992 1 Notre Dame USA 24 Tamika Catchings F 6 1 167 07-21-1979 14 Tennessee USA 25 Marissa Coleman G 6 1 160 01-04-1987 7 Maryland USA 99 Candice Dupree F 6 2 178 08-16-1984 10 Temple USA 97 Bashaara Graves F 6 2 200 03-17-1994 R Tennessee USA 20 Briann January G 5 8 144 01-11-1987 7 Arizona State USA 42 Shenise Johnson G 5 11 172 12-08-1990 4 Miami (FL) USA 2 Erlana Larkins F 6 1 205 04-02-1986 6 North Carolina USA 33 Maggie Lucas G 5 10 152 11-29-1991 2 Penn State USA 3 Tiffany Mitchell basketball G 5 9 153 09-23-1994 1 South Carolina USA 14 Devereaux Peters F 6 2 174 10-08-1989 5 Notre Dame USA 32 Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga G 0 4 171 05-02-1989 4 Stanford USA 17 Erica Wheeler G 5 7 143 05-02-1991 1 Rutgers USA USA Stephanie White Purdue University USA Steven Key Boston University Game log Preseason Indiana Fever yes 2016 Indiana Fever May yes 1 0 1 0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 1, 20161:00 pm || Dallas || W 108–90 || Maggie Lucas (22) || Natalie Achonwa (8) || 6 players (2) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,214 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 6, 201611:30 am || @ Washington || W 89–69 || Tamika Catchings (16) || Mitchell, Taylor (6) || Devereaux Peters (5) || Verizon Center2,072 || 2–0 IND yes 2016 Regular season Indiana Fever 2016 Total: 17–17 (Home: 8–9 Road: 9–8) Indiana Fever May yes 2 1 0 2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || May 14, 20166:00 pm || Dallas || L 79–90 || Tiffany Mitchell (18) || Erlana Larkins (13) || Erlana Larkins (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,569 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 18, 20167:00 pm || Phoenix || W 97–93 || Johnson, Wheeler (16) || Erlana Larkins (10) || Shenise Johnson (7) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,749 || 1–1 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || May 20, 20167:00 pm || Atlanta || W 94–85 || Tamika Catchings (14) || Shenise Johnson (7) || Brene Moseley (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,608|| 2–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || May 27, 20168:00 pm || @ Minnesota || L 71–74 || Tiffany Mitchell (16) || Coleman, Larkins (6) || Tiffany Mitchell (4) || Target Center7,503 || 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || May 29, 20163:00 pm || @ Atlanta || L 74–76 || Erica Wheeler (18) || Achonwa, Larkins (8) || Erica Wheeler (7) || Philips Arena5,233 || 2–3 Indiana Fever June 1 3 4 3 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 1, 20167:00 pm || Seattle || W 85–75 || Lynetta Kizer (20) || Marissa Coleman (7) || Catchings, January, Moseley (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,721 || 3–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || June 3, 20167:30 pm || @ New York || L 59–91 || Tiffany Mitchell (11) || Erlana Larkins (7) || Briann January (3) || Madison Square Garden8,566 || 3–4 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 5, 20163:00 pm || @ Connecticut || W 88–77 || Tiffany Mitchell (21) || Erlana Larkins (10) || Briann January (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,346 || 4–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || June 10, 20167:00 pm || Chicago || L 64–73 || Briann January (17) || Erlana Larkins (9) || Marissa Coleman (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,533 || 4–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || June 12, 20166:00 pm || Seattle || L 88–90 || Tamika Catchings (27) || Tamika Catchings (6) || Marissa Coleman (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,724 || 4–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || June 14, 20168:00 pm || @ Minnesota || L 63–87 || Erlana Larkins (12) || Erlana Larkins (9) || Briann January (4) || Target Center7,623 || 4–7 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || June 17, 20168:00 pm || @ San Antonio || W 84–75 || Tamika Catchings (23) || Erlana Larkins (8) || Briann January (8) || AT&T Center6,107 || 5–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || June 19, 20162:00 pm || New York || L 75–78 (OT) || Tamika Catchings (23) || Erlana Larkins (15) || Briann January (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,440 || 5–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || June 227:00 pm || @ Washington || L 62–76 || Lynetta Kizer (18) || Kizer, Peters (7) || Catchings, January (4) || Verizon Center4,430 || 5–9 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || June 258:30 pm || @ Dallas || W 92–87 || Erlana Larkins (19) || Erlana Larkins (7) || Briann January (7) || College Park Center5,206 || 6–9 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || June 2912:30 pm || @ Chicago || W 95–83 || Tamika Catchings (26) || Erlana Larkins (9) || Erica Wheeler (9) || Allstate Arena11,892 || 7–9 Indiana Fever July 2 2 3 1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || July 1, 20167:00 pm || San Antonio || L 85–87 (OT) || Erlana Larkins (16) || Erlana Larkins (17) || Briann January (7) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,519 || 7–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || July 6, 201610:30 pm || @ Los Angeles || L 88–94 || Tiffany Mitchell (20) || Kizer, Wheeler (4) || Erica Wheeler (7) || Staples Center8,224 || 7–11 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 8, 201610:00 pm || @ Phoenix || W 78–60 || January, Larkins (13) || Erlana Larkins (10) || January, Mitchell, Johnson (3) || US Airways Center10,371 || 8–11 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || July 10, 20167:00 pm || @ Seattle || W 93–82 || Shenise Johnson (18) || Erlana Larkins (7) || Briann January (7) || KeyArena5,975 || 9–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || July 13, 201612:00 pm || Connecticut || W 64–86 || Lynetta Kizer (18) || Tamika Catchings (6) || Briann January (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse12,272 || 9–12 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || July 15, 20167:00 pm || Atlanta || W 78–72 || Catchings, Kizer (18) || Erlana Larkins (11) || Briann January (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,612 || 10–12 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || July 19, 20168:00 pm || Los Angeles || W 92–82 || Tamika Catchings (23) || Coleman, Kizer (5) || Briann January (9) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,269 || 11–12 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 21, 201611:00 am || @ New York || W 82–70 || Lynetta Kizer (21) || Tamika Catchings (8) || Shenise Johnson (7) || Madison Square Garden11,253 || 12–12 Indiana Fever August 0 2 0 0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || August 27, 20167:00 pm || Washington || L 69–92 || Achonwa, Catchings, Larkins (12) || Shenise Johnson (9) || Briann January (7) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,081 || 12–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || August 30, 20167:00 pm || Phoenix || L 65–79 || Erlana Larkins (12) || Erlana Larkins (8) || Briann January (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,250 || 12–14 Indiana Fever September 3 1 2 2 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || September 1, 20167:00 pm || New York || W 98–77 || Shenise Johnson (21) || Tamika Catchings (9) || Catchings, Larkins, Wheeler (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,524 || 13–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || September 4, 20167:00 pm || @ Los Angeles || L 81–88 || Erica Wheeler – 20 || Erlana Larkins – 7 || Briann January (5) || Staples Center11,332 || 13–15 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || September 6, 20168:00 pm || @ San Antonio || W 71–69 || Lynetta Kizer (15) || Catchings, Coleman (8) || Coleman, January, Mitchell 2 || AT&T Center5,838 || 14–15 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || September 9, 20167:00 pm || Chicago || W 95–88 || Briann January (20) || Tamika Catchings (8) || Briann January (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse10,533 || 15–15 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 11, 20164:00 pm || @ Washington || W 80–73 || Kizer, Wheeler (17) || Marissa Coleman (7) || Briann January (4) || Verizon Center6,542 || 16–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 32 || September 13, 20167:00 pm || @ Connecticut || L 87–89 || Shenise Johnson (23) || Coleman, Kizer (8) || Tamika Catchings (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,407 || 16–16 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 33 || September 16, 20167:00 pm || Minnesota || L 75–82 || Marissa Coleman (19) || Erlana Larkins (6) || Erlana Larkins (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,663 || 16–17 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 18, 20164:00 pm || Dallas || W 83–60 || Catchings, Kizer (16) || Erlana Larkins (9) || Briann January (8) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse17,704 || 17–17 IND 2016 Playoffs Indiana Fever yes 2016 Total 0–1 Indiana Fever First Round vs. Phoenix Mercury yes |- style="background:#fcc;" | 1 | September 21 | Phoenix | L 89–78 | Catchings, Coleman (13) | Tamika Catchings (10) | Briann January (9) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,282 | 0–1 IND yes 2016 Standings IND yes yes Playoffs The Fever qualified for the 2016 playoffs with the 5th best season record in the WNBA. The Fever would lose to the Phoenix Mercury in the first round, single-elimination game. Bracket Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tamika Catchings 34 34 24.8 43.3% 35.0% 86.2% 4.8 1.9 1.8 0.3 12.7 Shenise Johnson 29 10 22.4 41.0% 35.9% 93.8% 3.5 2.1 1.2 0.3 9.8 Briann January 29 27 28.1 40.1% 39.2% 87.5% 1.8 4.7 1.2 0.1 9.7 Lynetta Kizer 33 12 17.2 55.6% 0.0% 80.0% 3.2 0.6 0.8 0.3 9.6 Tiffany Mitchell 34 8 20.0 36.1% 29.4% 9.11% 1.7 1.4 0.9 0.1 8.6 Erica Wheeler 34 25 23.9 41.8% 29.8% 83.3% 2.1 2.8 0.7 0.0 8.4 Erlana Larkins 33 33 26.7 63.9% — 88.4% 7.4 2.1 0.9 0.5 8.3 Marissa Coleman 32 21 24.4 34.6% 26.8% 75.3% 3.3 2.0 0.9 0.3 8.3 Maggie Lucas 4 0 13.8 52.4% 20.0% 100% 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 7.8 Devereaux Peters 30 0 14.7 54.9% 33.3% 55.6% 3.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 5.2 Natalie Achonwa 24 0 8.1 54.5% — 70.0% 2.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 3.6 Brene Moseley 8 0 9.6 26.1% 20.0% 40.0% 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.0 1.9 Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga 12 0 4.1 54.5% 50.0% 100% 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.3 Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Tamika Catchings Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award September 21 http://www.wnba.com/news/fevers-tamika-catchings-wins-2016-kim-perrot-sportsmanship-award/ Fever's Tamika Catchings Wins 2016 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA wnba.com WNBA en-US 2016-10-01 Tiffany Mitchell WNBA All-Rookie Team September 29 https://www.wnba.com/news/breanna-stewart-2016-wnba-rookie-team Storm's Breanna Stewart Headlines 2016 WNBA All-Rookie Team wnba.com WNBA en-US September 29, 2016 June 16, 2024 Briann January WNBA All-Defensive First Team September 30 https://www.wnba.com/news/2016-wnba-all-defensive-team-official-release Sylvia Fowles, Nneka Ogwumike Headline 2016 WNBA All-Defensive Team wnba.com WNBA en-US September 30, 2016 June 16, 2024 Tamika Catchings WNBA All-Defensive Second Team September 30 References External links http://fever.wnba.com/ Indiana Category:Indiana Fever seasons Fever