# 2010 Indiana Fever season

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 | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 11 | Jene Morris | United States | San Diego State |
| 2 | 23 | Armelie Lumanu | United States | Mississippi State |
| 3 | 35 | Joy Cheek | United States | 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.
* July 11: The Fever waived Eshaya Murphy and signed Joy Cheek.

### Trades

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

### Free agents
## 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 |

## Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Washington Mystics $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 13–4 | 9–8 | 13–9 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 22 | 12 | .647 | – | 13–4 | 9–8 | 14–8 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | 1.0 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 13–9 |
| Atlanta Dream $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.0 | 10–7 | 9–8 | 10–12 |
| Connecticut Sun $^o$ | 17 | 17 | .500 | 5.0 | 12–5 | 5–12 | 9–13 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 8.0 | 7–10 | 7–10 | 7–15 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2010 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 712:00pmChicago69-63Murphy (20)Owino (11)Battle (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,2911-0
2May 1012:30pm@ Chicago71-84Murphy (15)Davenport (8)Bevilaqua, January (4)Allstate Arena N/A1-1 :

### Regular season

2010 Game Log: Regular Season :
May
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 157:00pmWashington65-72Catchings, Sutton-Brown (12)Sutton-Brown (6)January (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,7520-1
2May 167:00pm@ AtlantaSSO62-66Catchings (18)Sutton-Brown (9)Douglas (6)Philips Arena 7,3370-2
3May 228:00pm@ ChicagoCN10092-86 (OT)Catchings (28)Murphy (10)Douglas, Murphy (6)Allstate Arena 6,4771-2
4May 236:00pmChicagoFS-I CN10069-61Murphy (16)Murphy (9)Douglas (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,6652-2
5May 298:00pm@ TulsaFS-OK74-79Catchings (15)Catchings (10)Catchings (7)BOK Center 4,0052-3 :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
6June 37:00pmSan AntonioFS-I FS-SW79-57Douglas (22)Catchings (7)Bevilaqua, Zellous (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,5743-3
7June 57:00pmNew York78-73Zellous (23)Sutton-Brown (8)Catchings (9)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,0904-3
8June 67:00pm@ MinnesotaFS-N89-51Catchings (27)Murphy (8)Bevilaqua, Moore, Zellous (2)Target Center 6,4445-3
9June 117:30pm@ Connecticut77-86Davenport (18)Catchings (8)Douglas (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,6035-4
10June 136:00pmConnecticut77-67Douglas (20)Catchings (13)Douglas (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,3026-4
11June 177:00pmSeattleFS-I72-65Douglas (15)Sutton-Brown (7)Douglas (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,5207-4
12June 197:00pmAtlanta94-91Castro Marques, McCoughtry (21)Lyttle (20)McCoughtry (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,1878-4
13June 2510:00pm@ Seattle81-85Douglas (29)Catchings (5)Catchings (5)KeyArena 9,0838-5
14June 276:00pm@ ChicagoCN10070-64Hoffman (13)Catchings (6)Catchings, Douglas (4)Allstate Arena 4,0519-5
15June 297:00pm@ WashingtonESPN265-68Catchings (17)Catchings, Douglas, Hoffman (4)Douglas (5)Verizon Center 8,4649-6 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
16July 68:00pm@ ChicagoCN10058-51Catchings (16)Sutton-Brown (10)January (5)Allstate Arena 3,73210-6
17July 87:00pmTulsa100-72Catchings (24)Sutton-Brown (7)January (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,07711-6
18July 141:00pmConnecticut68-77Catchings (22)Catchings (9)Bevilaqua, January (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 10,07611-7
19July 167:00pmAtlanta89-70Catchings (23)Catchings (11)Catchings, Douglas, January (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,53212-7
20July 184:00pm@ New YorkMSG84-81 (OT)Catchings (22)Catchings (10)Catchings (7)Madison Square Garden 9,50813-7
21July 227:00pmLos AngelesESPN276-57Hoffman (16)Hoffman (8)Catchings (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,89814-7
22July 247:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV CSN-MA78-73January (19)Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5)January (8)Verizon Center 9,78615-7
23July 277:00pmChicagoCN10078-74Catchings (16)Catchings (10)Catchings (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 6,85316-7
24July 307:00pmWashington73-77Catchings, Douglas (16)4 players (4)Catchings (7)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,20716-8 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
25August 13:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV SSO74-90Catchings (24)Davenport (12)January (4)Philips Arena 6,27016-9
26August 37:00pmNew YorkFS-I72-82Catchings (19)Catchings (6)Douglas, January (2)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,54016-10
27August 67:00pmAtlanta95-93Catchings (30)Catchings (8)Douglas (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,21417-10
28August 86:00pm@ Phoenix104-82Douglas (28)Catchings (10)Douglas (6)US Airways Center 10,99518-10
29August 1010:00pm@ Los AngelesESPN282-76Sutton-Brown (18)Catchings (11)Bevilaqua (6)STAPLES Center 10,58619-10
30August 137:00pmPhoenix110-90Catchings (29)Catchings (7)Catchings (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 10,00220-10
31August 155:00pm@ Connecticut79-66Catchings (26)Catchings (7)Catchings (7)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,91521-10
32August 177:30pm@ New York57-78Catchings (25)Catchings, Sutton-Brown (5)Catchings (3)Madison Square Garden 8,95321-11
33August 208:00pm@ San Antonio61-75Catchings (15)Catchings (7)Catchings (4)AT&T Center 10,80721-12
34August 225:00pmMinnesotaNBATV FS-I79-83 (OT)Catchings (17)Catchings (14)January (7)Conseco Fieldhouse 10,01521-13 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess :

### Postseason

2010 Game Log: Postseason :
Eastern Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1August 267:00pm@ New YorkNBATV MSG73-85Catchings (18)Davenport (8)Catchings (6)Madison Square Garden 14,6240-1
2August 298:00pmNew YorkESPN275-67Catchings (17)Catchings (13)Douglas (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,5351-1
3September 17:30pm@ New YorkNBATV MSG74-77Douglas (24)Catchings (6)Douglas (4)Madison Square Garden 16,6821-2 :

## Statistics
### Regular season

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

### Postseason

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Tully Bevilaqua | 3 | 3 | 22.0 | .429 | .444 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 5.3 |
| Tamika Catchings | 3 | 3 | 35.7 | .413 | .357 | .813 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 0.67 | 18.7 |
| Jessica Davenport | 3 | 0 | 15.3 | .529 | .000 | 1.000 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.67 | 1.33 | 7.0 |
| Katie Douglas | 3 | 3 | 31.7 | .458 | .333 | .833 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.33 | 0.33 | 11.7 |
| Ebony Hoffman | 3 | 3 | 29.7 | .333 | .333 | .875 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 11.0 |
| Briann January | 3 | 0 | 19.7 | .313 | .200 | .900 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 6.7 |
| Jessica Moore | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.0 |
| Jene Morris | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Tammy Sutton-Brown | 3 | 3 | 30.0 | .476 | .000 | .818 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 1.33 | 0.67 | 9.7 |
| Shavonte Zellous | 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.
* 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.