2010 Indiana Fever season explained

The 2010 WNBA season is the 11th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Transactions

Dispersal draft

Based on the Fever's 2009 record, they would pick 11th in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Fever waived their pick.

WNBA draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	School/Team/Country
1	11	Jene Morris	San Diego State
2	23	Armelie Lumanu	Mississippi State
3	35	Joy Cheek	Duke

Transaction log

February 16: The Fever signed Eshaya Murphy, Lyndra Littles and Josephine Owino to training camp contracts.
February 19: The Fever re-signed Jessica Moore and Jessica Davenport.
February 25: The Fever signed Jennifer Risper to a training camp contract.
April 23: The Fever signed Ashley Battle, Michelle Campbell and Meredith Marsh to training camp contracts.
April 30: The Fever waived Lyndra Littles and Armelie Lumanu.
May 6: The Fever waived Jennifer Risper, Meredith Marsh and Michelle Campbell.
May 13: The Fever waived Josephine Owino and Ashley Battle.
May 14: The Fever waived Joy Cheek and Christina Wirth.
May 27: The Fever acquired Shavonte Zellous from the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.^[1]
July 11: The Fever waived Eshaya Murphy and signed Joy Cheek.

Trades

Date	Trade
May 27, 2010	width=375	To Indiana Fever	width=375	To Tulsa Shock
May 27, 2010	Shavonte Zellous	Second-round pick in 2011 Draft

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Eshaya Murphy	February 16, 2010	re-signed
Jessica Moore	February 19, 2010	re-signed
Jessica Davenport	February 19, 2010	re-signed
Allie Quigley	May 15, 2010	free agent
Shavonte Zellous	May 27, 2010	Tulsa Shock
Joy Cheek	July 11, 2010	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Tamecka Dixon	February 18, 2010	retired
Christina Wirth	May 14, 2010	free agent
Allie Quigley	May 27, 2010	free agent
Eshaya Murphy	July 10, 2010	free agent

Roster

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Jessica Davenport
PF	Ebony Hoffman	Jessica Moore / Joy Cheek
SF	Tamika Catchings	Shavonte Zellous
SG	Katie Douglas	Jene Morris
PG	Tully Bevilaqua	Briann January

Schedule

Preseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || May 7 || 12:00pm || Chicago || 69-63 || Murphy (20) || Owino (11) || Battle (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,291 || 1-0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || May 10 || 12:30pm || @ Chicago || 71-84 || Murphy (15) || Davenport (8) || Bevilaqua, January (4) || Allstate Arena
N/A || 1-1|-

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || May 15 || 7:00pm || Washington || || 65-72 || Catchings, Sutton-Brown (12) || Sutton-Brown (6) || January (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,752 || 0-1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || May 16 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 62-66 || Catchings (18) || Sutton-Brown (9) || Douglas (6) || Philips Arena
7,337 || 0-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 3 || May 22 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 92-86 (OT) || Catchings (28) || Murphy (10) || Douglas, Murphy (6) || Allstate Arena
6,477 || 1-2|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 4 || May 23 || 6:00pm || Chicago || FS-I
CN100 || 69-61 || Murphy (16) || Murphy (9) || Douglas (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,665 || 2-2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || May 29 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || FS-OK || 74-79 || Catchings (15) || Catchings (10) || Catchings (7) || BOK Center
4,005 || 2-3|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 6 || June 3 || 7:00pm || San Antonio || FS-I
FS-SW || 79-57 || Douglas (22) || Catchings (7) || Bevilaqua, Zellous (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,574 || 3-3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7 || June 5 || 7:00pm || New York || || 78-73 || Zellous (23) || Sutton-Brown (8) || Catchings (9) || Conseco Fieldhouse
8,090 || 4-3|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || June 6 || 7:00pm || @ Minnesota || FS-N || 89-51 || Catchings (27) || Murphy (8) || Bevilaqua, Moore, Zellous (2) || Target Center
6,444 || 5-3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 9 || June 11 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || || 77-86 || Davenport (18) || Catchings (8) || Douglas (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena
7,603 || 5-4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 10 || June 13 || 6:00pm || Connecticut || || 77-67 || Douglas (20) || Catchings (13) || Douglas (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,302 || 6-4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 11 || June 17 || 7:00pm || Seattle || FS-I || 72-65 || Douglas (15) || Sutton-Brown (7) || Douglas (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,520 || 7-4|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || June 19 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || || 94-91 || Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21) || Lyttle (20) || McCoughtry (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
8,187 || 8-4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13 || June 25 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || || 81-85 || Douglas (29) || Catchings (5) || Catchings (5) || KeyArena
9,083 || 8-5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 14 || June 27 || 6:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 70-64 || Hoffman (13) || Catchings (6) || Catchings, Douglas (4) || Allstate Arena
4,051 || 9-5|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 15 || June 29 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || ESPN2 || 65-68 || Catchings (17) || Catchings, Douglas, Hoffman (4) || Douglas (5) || Verizon Center
8,464 || 9-6|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 16 || July 6 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || CN100 || 58-51 || Catchings (16) || Sutton-Brown (10) || January (5) || Allstate Arena
3,732 || 10-6|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || July 8 || 7:00pm || Tulsa || || 100-72 || Catchings (24) || Sutton-Brown (7) || January (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,077 || 11-6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || July 14 || 1:00pm || Connecticut || || 68-77 || Catchings (22) || Catchings (9) || Bevilaqua, January (3) || Conseco Fieldhouse
10,076 || 11-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 19 || July 16 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || || 89-70 || Catchings (23) || Catchings (11) || Catchings, Douglas, January (4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,532 || 12-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 20 || July 18 || 4:00pm || @ New York || MSG || 84-81 (OT) || Catchings (22) || Catchings (10) || Catchings (7) || Madison Square Garden
9,508 || 13-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 21 || July 22 || 7:00pm || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 76-57 || Hoffman (16) || Hoffman (8) || Catchings (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,898 || 14-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22 || July 24 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || NBATV
CSN-MA || 78-73 || January (19) || Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5) || January (8) || Verizon Center
9,786 || 15-7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 23 || July 27 || 7:00pm || Chicago || CN100 || 78-74 || Catchings (16) || Catchings (10) || Catchings (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
6,853 || 16-7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24 || July 30 || 7:00pm || Washington || || 73-77 || Catchings, Douglas (16) || 4 players (4) || Catchings (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse
8,207 || 16-8|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || August 1 || 3:00pm || @ Atlanta || NBATV
SSO || 74-90 || Catchings (24) || Davenport (12) || January (4) || Philips Arena
6,270 || 16-9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || August 3 || 7:00pm || New York || FS-I || 72-82 || Catchings (19) || Catchings (6) || Douglas, January (2) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,540 || 16-10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || August 6 || 7:00pm || Atlanta || || 95-93 || Catchings (30) || Catchings (8) || Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,214 || 17-10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 28 || August 8 || 6:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 104-82 || Douglas (28) || Catchings (10) || Douglas (6) || US Airways Center
10,995 || 18-10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 29 || August 10 || 10:00pm || @ Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 82-76 || Sutton-Brown (18) || Catchings (11) || Bevilaqua (6) || STAPLES Center
10,586 || 19-10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 30 || August 13 || 7:00pm || Phoenix || || 110-90 || Catchings (29) || Catchings (7) || Catchings (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse
10,002 || 20-10|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31 || August 15 || 5:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 79-66 || Catchings (26) || Catchings (7) || Catchings (7) || Mohegan Sun Arena
7,915 || 21-10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || August 17 || 7:30pm || @ New York || || 57-78 || Catchings (25) || Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5) || Catchings (3) || Madison Square Garden
8,953 || 21-11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || August 20 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 61-75 || Catchings (15) || Catchings (7) || Catchings (4) || AT&T Center
10,807 || 21-12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 34 || August 22 || 5:00pm || Minnesota || NBATV
FS-I || 79-83 (OT) || Catchings (17) || Catchings (14) || January (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse
10,015 || 21-13|-| All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 1 || August 26 || 7:00pm || @ New York || NBATV
MSG || 73-85 || Catchings (18) || Davenport (8) || Catchings (6) || Madison Square Garden
14,624 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 2 || August 29 || 8:00pm || New York || ESPN2 || 75-67 || Catchings (17) || Catchings (13) || Douglas (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse
7,535 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || September 1 || 7:30pm || @ New York || NBATV
MSG || 74-77 || Douglas (24) || Catchings (6) || Douglas (4) || Madison Square Garden
16,682 || 1-2 |-

Statistics

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
34	27	19.4	.383	.338	.583	2.1	1.6	1.41	0.12	3.9
34	34	31.4	.484	.448	.849	7.1	4.0	2.26	0.88	18.2
7	0	4.9	.417	.333	1.000	0.4	0.1	0.00	0.00	2.1
33	0	14.2	.571	.143	.725	2.8	0.5	0.42	0.82	7.4
34	34	29.8	.449	.391	.831	3.4	3.3	1.35	0.38	13.7
34	33	24.0	.397	.317	.850	4.2	1.3	1.18	0.38	8.0
30	7	21.9	.371	.356	.826	2.0	3.1	1.23	0.13	7.4
33	0	13.1	.427	.000	.833	2.1	0.4	0.18	0.12	3.1
25	0	7.8	.424	.368	.667	0.6	0.5	0.32	0.08	2.9
15	1	14.7	.350	.263	.571	4.1	1.5	0.50	0.10	5.1
3	0	6.0	.500	.000	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.30	2.0
34	34	25.7	.450	.000	.707	5.1	0.9	0.97	1.62	8.1
27	0	15.5	.362	.280	.747	2.1	1.3	0.44	0.59	5.9

Postseason

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
3	3	22.0	.429	.444	.000	0.7	1.3	0.67	0.00	5.3
3	3	35.7	.413	.357	.813	8.7	3.0	3.00	0.67	18.7
3	0	15.3	.529	.000	1.000	5.3	0.0	0.67	1.33	7.0
3	3	31.7	.458	.333	.833	3.0	3.3	1.33	0.33	11.7
3	3	29.7	.333	.333	.875	4.7	1.3	1.00	1.00	11.0
3	0	19.7	.313	.200	.900	1.3	2.0	0.33	0.00	6.7
3	0	5.3	.000	.000	.000	0.7	0.3	0.33	0.33	0.0
1	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
3	3	30.0	.476	.000	.818	4.3	0.3	1.33	0.67	9.7
3	0	10.3	.600	.000	.857	0.7	0.7	0.00	0.33	4.0

Awards and honors

Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 10, 2010.
Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 31, 2010.
Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for July.
Tamika Catchings was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA starter.
Katie Douglas was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a WNBA reserve.
Tamika Catchings was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
Tully Bevilaqua was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
Katie Douglas was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
Tamika Catchings was named Defensive Player of the Year.^[2]
Tamika Catchings was awarded the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award.
Tamika Catchings was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
Katie Douglas was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.

Notes and References

News: Shock Trades Shavonte Zellous. KOTV. May 27, 2010. February 21, 2024.
News: Two straight titles for Tamika Catchings. ESPN. August 29, 2010. February 21, 2024.