2016 Indiana Fever season

17th season in the WNBA

2016 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Stephanie White
Arena	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance	8,574 per game
Results
Record	17–17 (.500)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First round (lost to Phoenix Mercury 1–0)
Team Leaders
Points	Tamika Catchings – 12.9 ppg
Rebounds	Erlana Larkins – 7.4 rpg
Assists	Briann January – 4.7 apg
Media
Television	FSMW, ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2016 WNBA season was the 17th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season tipped off on May 1.^[1]

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

The Fever made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Team/Country
1	9	Tiffany Mitchell	United States	Indiana Fever	South Carolina
2	21	Brene Moseley	United States	Indiana Fever	Maryland
3	29	Julie Allemand	Belgium	Indiana Fever	Castors Braine

Trades and Roster Changes

Date	Transaction
February 1	Re-Signed Shenise Johnson and Lynetta Kizer^[2]
February 2	The Fever acquired Natasha Howard from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Devereaux Peters^[3]
May 10	The Fever acquired the 22nd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Layshia Clarendon^[4]
May 24	Head Coach Stephanie White announced that she would finish the season and then leave the team^[5]

Roster

2016 Indiana Fever roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
F	11	Achonwa, Natalie	6' 4" (1.93m)	183 lb (83kg)	11-22-1992	Notre Dame	1
F	24	Catchings, Tamika	6' 1" (1.85m)	167 lb (76kg)	07-21-1979	Tennessee	14
G	25	Coleman, Marissa	6' 1" (1.85m)	160 lb (73kg)	01-04-1987	Maryland	7
F	99	Dupree, Candice	6' 2" (1.88m)	178 lb (81kg)	08-16-1984	Temple	10
F	97	Graves, Bashaara	6' 2" (1.88m)	200 lb (91kg)	03-17-1994	Tennessee	R
G	20	January, Briann	5' 8" (1.73m)	144 lb (65kg)	01-11-1987	Arizona State	7
G	42	Johnson, Shenise	5' 11" (1.8m)	172 lb (78kg)	12-08-1990	Miami (FL)	4
F	2	Larkins, Erlana	6' 1" (1.85m)	205 lb (93kg)	04-02-1986	North Carolina	6
G	33	Lucas, Maggie	5' 10" (1.78m)	152 lb (69kg)	11-29-1991	Penn State	2
G	3	Mitchell, Tiffany	5' 9" (1.75m)	153 lb (69kg)	09-23-1994	South Carolina	1
F	14	Peters, Devereaux	6' 2" (1.88m)	174 lb (79kg)	10-08-1989	Notre Dame	5
G	32	Pohlen-Mavunga, Jeanette	0' 4" (0.1m)	171 lb (78kg)	05-02-1989	Stanford	4
G	17	Wheeler, Erica	5' 7" (1.7m)	143 lb (65kg)	05-02-1991	Rutgers	1

Head coach: Stephanie White (Purdue)
Assistant coaches: Steven Key (Boston University)

Athletic trainer

Strength and conditioning coach

Legend

(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured

Game Log

Preseason

2016 pre-season game log

May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 1, 2016 1:00 pm	Dallas	W 108–90	Maggie Lucas (22)	Natalie Achonwa (8)	6 players (2)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,214	1–0
2	May 6, 2016 11:30 am	@ Washington	W 89–69	Tamika Catchings (16)	Mitchell, Taylor (6)	Devereaux Peters (5)	Verizon Center 2,072	2–0

2016 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2016 game log
Total: 17–17 (Home: 8–9 Road: 9–8)

May: 2–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 14, 2016 6:00 pm	Dallas	L 79–90	Tiffany Mitchell (18)	Erlana Larkins (13)	Erlana Larkins (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,569	0–1
2	May 18, 2016 7:00 pm	Phoenix	W 97–93	Johnson, Wheeler (16)	Erlana Larkins (10)	Shenise Johnson (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,749	1–1
3	May 20, 2016 7:00 pm	Atlanta	W 94–85	Tamika Catchings (14)	Shenise Johnson (7)	Brene Moseley (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,608	2–1
4	May 27, 2016 8:00 pm	@ Minnesota	L 71–74	Tiffany Mitchell (16)	Coleman, Larkins (6)	Tiffany Mitchell (4)	Target Center 7,503	2–2
5	May 29, 2016 3:00 pm	@ Atlanta	L 74–76	Erica Wheeler (18)	Achonwa, Larkins (8)	Erica Wheeler (7)	Philips Arena 5,233	2–3

June: 5–6 (Home: 1–3; Road: 4–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	June 1, 2016 7:00 pm	Seattle	W 85–75	Lynetta Kizer (20)	Marissa Coleman (7)	Catchings, January, Moseley (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,721	3–3
7	June 3, 2016 7:30 pm	@ New York	L 59–91	Tiffany Mitchell (11)	Erlana Larkins (7)	Briann January (3)	Madison Square Garden 8,566	3–4
8	June 5, 2016 3:00 pm	@ Connecticut	W 88–77	Tiffany Mitchell (21)	Erlana Larkins (10)	Briann January (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 5,346	4–4
9	June 10, 2016 7:00 pm	Chicago	L 64–73	Briann January (17)	Erlana Larkins (9)	Marissa Coleman (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,533	4-5
10	June 12, 2016 6:00 pm	Seattle	L 88–90	Tamika Catchings (27)	Tamika Catchings (6)	Marissa Coleman (3)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,724	4–6
11	June 14, 2016 8:00 pm	@ Minnesota	L 63–87	Erlana Larkins (12)	Erlana Larkins (9)	Briann January (4)	Target Center 7,623	4–7
12	June 17, 2016 8:00 pm	@ San Antonio	W 84–75	Tamika Catchings (23)	Erlana Larkins (8)	Briann January (8)	AT&T Center 6,107	5–7
13	June 19, 2016 2:00 pm	New York	L 75–78 (OT)	Tamika Catchings (23)	Erlana Larkins (15)	Briann January (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,440	5–8
14	June 22 7:00 pm	@ Washington	L 62–76	Lynetta Kizer (18)	Kizer, Peters (7)	Catchings, January (4)	Verizon Center 4,430	5–9
15	June 25 8:30 pm	@ Dallas	W 92–87	Erlana Larkins (19)	Erlana Larkins (7)	Briann January (7)	College Park Center 5,206	6–9
16	June 29 12:30 pm	@ Chicago	W 95–83	Tamika Catchings (26)	Erlana Larkins (9)	Erica Wheeler (9)	Allstate Arena 11,892	7–9

July: 5–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
17	July 1, 2016 7:00 pm	San Antonio	L 85–87 (OT)	Erlana Larkins (16)	Erlana Larkins (17)	Briann January (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,519	7–10
18	July 6, 2016 10:30 pm	@ Los Angeles	L 88–94	Tiffany Mitchell (20)	Kizer, Wheeler (4)	Erica Wheeler (7)	Staples Center 8,224	7–11
19	July 8, 2016 10:00 pm	@ Phoenix	W 78–60	January, Larkins (13)	Erlana Larkins (10)	January, Mitchell, Johnson (3)	US Airways Center 10,371	8–11
20	July 10, 2016 7:00 pm	@ Seattle	W 93–82	Shenise Johnson (18)	Erlana Larkins (7)	Briann January (7)	KeyArena 5,975	9–11
21	July 13, 2016 12:00 pm	Connecticut	W 64–86	Lynetta Kizer (18)	Tamika Catchings (6)	Briann January (5)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,272	9–12
22	July 15, 2016 7:00 pm	Atlanta	W 78–72	Catchings, Kizer (18)	Erlana Larkins (11)	Briann January (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,612	10–12
23	July 19, 2016 8:00 pm	Los Angeles	W 92–82	Tamika Catchings (23)	Coleman, Kizer (5)	Briann January (9)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,269	11–12
24	July 21, 2016 11:00 am	@ New York	W 82–70	Lynetta Kizer (21)	Tamika Catchings (8)	Shenise Johnson (7)	Madison Square Garden 11,253	12–12

August: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
25	August 27, 2016 7:00 pm	Washington	L 69–92	Achonwa, Catchings, Larkins (12)	Shenise Johnson (9)	Briann January (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,081	12–13
26	August 30, 2016 7:00 pm	Phoenix	L 65–79	Erlana Larkins (12)	Erlana Larkins (8)	Briann January (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,250	12-14

September: 5–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
27	September 1, 2016 7:00 pm	New York	W 98–77	Shenise Johnson (21)	Tamika Catchings (9)	Catchings, Larkins, Wheeler (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,524	13–14
28	September 4, 2016 7:00 pm	@ Los Angeles	L 81–88	Erica Wheeler - 20	Erlana Larkins - 7	Briann January (5)	Staples Center 11,332	13–15
29	September 6, 2016 8:00 pm	@ San Antonio	W 71–69	Lynetta Kizer (15)	Catchings, Coleman (8)	Coleman, January, Mitchell 2	AT&T Center 5,838	14–15
30	September 9, 2016 7:00 pm	Chicago	W 95–88	Briann January (20)	Tamika Catchings (8)	Briann January (6)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 10,533	15–15
31	September 11, 2016 4:00 pm	@ Washington	W 80–73	Kizer, Wheeler (17)	Marissa Coleman (7)	Briann January (4)	Verizon Center 6,542	16–15
32	September 13, 2016 7:00 pm	@ Connecticut	L 87–89	Shenise Johnson (23)	Coleman, Kizer (8)	Tamika Catchings (4)	Mohegan Sun Arena 4,407	16–16
33	September 16, 2016 7:00 pm	Minnesota	L 75–82	Marissa Coleman (19)	Erlana Larkins (6)	Erlana Larkins (4)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,663	16–17
34	September 18, 2016 4:00 pm	Dallas	W 83–60	Catchings, Kizer (16)	Erlana Larkins (9)	Briann January (8)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,704	17–17

2016 season schedule

Playoffs

2016 playoff game log
Total 0–1

September: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	September 21, 2016 6:00 p.m.	Phoenix	L 89–78	Catchings, Coleman (13)	Tamika Catchings (10)	Briann January (9)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,282	0–1

2016 playoff schedule

Standings

Western Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
1 - Minnesota Lynx	28	6	.824	—	15–2	13–4	15–1
2 - Los Angeles Sparks	26	8	.765	2	14–3	12–5	11–5
7 - Seattle Storm	16	18	.471	12	10–7	6–11	7–9
8 - Phoenix Mercury	16	18	.471	12	11–6	5–12	6–10
e - Dallas Wings	11	23	.324	17	6–11	5–12	8–8
e - San Antonio Stars	7	27	.206	21	4–13	3–14	1–15

Notes

# – Playoff seed

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
3 - New York Liberty	21	13	.618	—	10–7	11–6	11–5
4 - Chicago Sky	18	16	.529	3	11–6	7–10	8–8
5 - Indiana Fever	17	17	.500	4	8–9	9–8	8–8
6 - Atlanta Dream	17	17	.500	4	11–6	6–11	9–7
e - Connecticut Sun	14	20	.412	7	8–9	6–11	4–12
e - Washington Mystics	13	21	.382	8	5–12	8–9	8–8

Notes

# – Playoff seed

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Playoffs

The Fever qualified for the 2016 playoffs with the 5th best season record in the WNBA. The Fever would lose to the Phoenxi Mercury in the first round, single-elimination game.


First round: Single elimination (Sept. 21)			Second round: Single elimination (Sept. 24 and 25)			Semifinals: Best-of-five (Sept. 28 – Oct. 6)						WNBA Finals: Best-of-five (Oct. 9 – 20)



						1	Minnesota Lynx		113	96	82

			3	New York Liberty	94	8	Phoenix Mercury		95	86	67

5	Indiana Fever	78	8	Phoenix Mercury	101							1	Minnesota Lynx	76	79	75	85	76

8	Phoenix Mercury	89										2	Los Angeles Sparks	78	60	92	79	77

						2	Los Angeles Sparks	95	99	66	95

			4	Chicago Sky	108	4	Chicago Sky	75	84	70	75

6	Atlanta Dream	94	6	Atlanta Dream	98

7	Seattle Storm	85

Note: Teams re-seeded after second round and semi-finals.

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

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	^[6]
Tiffany Mitchell	WNBA All-Rookie Team	September 29	^[7]
Briann January	WNBA All-Defensive First Team	September 30	^[8]
Tamika Catchings	WNBA All-Defensive Second Team	September 30	^[8]

References

^ "2016 Indiana Fever Schedule". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ "Johnson and Kizer Re-Sign with Indiana Fever". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
^ "Fever, Lynx Trade Natasha Howard, Devereaux Peters – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
^ "Indiana trades Layshia Clarendon to Atlanta for draft pick". espn.com. Associated Press. May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
^ "Stephanie White Will Finish Season with Fever". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. May 24, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
^ "Fever's Tamika Catchings Wins 2016 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
^ "Storm's Breanna Stewart Headlines 2016 WNBA All-Rookie Team". wnba.com. WNBA. September 29, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
^ "Sylvia Fowles, Nneka Ogwumike Headline 2016 WNBA All-Defensive Team". wnba.com. WNBA. September 30, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

External links

Official website

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v t e Indiana Fever
Founded in 2000 Based in Indianapolis, Indiana
Franchise	Franchise Most recent season
Arenas	Gainbridge Fieldhouse (2000–2019) IMG Academy (2020) Gainbridge Fieldhouse (2021-present) Indiana Farmers Coliseum (2021-2022) Hinkle Fieldhouse (2022)
Head coaches	Anne Donovan Nell Fortner Brian Winters Lin Dunn Stephanie White Pokey Chatman Marianne Stanley Carlos Knox Christie Sides
Administration	Owner: Herb and Melvin Simon Herb Simon Sponsor: Finish Line, Inc. General Manager: Nell Fortner Kelly Krauskopf Pokey Chatman Tamika Catchings Lin Dunn
All-Stars	Tamika Catchings Marissa Coleman Anna DeForge Candice Dupree Katie Douglas Briann January Tammy Sutton-Brown Erica Wheeler Tamika Whitmore Natalie Williams Shavonte Zellous
Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Playoff appearances	2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Conference Championships	2009 2012 2015
WNBA Championships	2012
Rivals	Atlanta Dream Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock New York Liberty
Media	TV: FS Indiana (FS-I) Radio: WFNI (The Fan) Announcers: Debbie Antonelli, Chris Denari