# 2000 Indiana Fever season

The 2000 WNBA season was the first for the Indiana Fever.

## Transactions
### WNBA expansion draft

| Player | Nationality | Former WNBA Team |
| Gordana Grubin | Yugoslavia | Los Angeles Sparks |
| Sandy Brondello | Australia | Detroit Shock |
| Nyree Roberts | United States | Washington Mystics |
| Rita Williams | United States | Washington Mystics |
| Kara Wolters | United States | Houston Comets |
| Chantel Tremitiere | United States | Utah Starzz |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 2 | 26 | Jurgita Štreimikytė | Soviet Union | Pool Comense (Italy) |
| 3 | 42 | Usha Gilmore | United States | Rutgers |
| 4 | 50 | Latina Davis | United States | Tennessee |
| 4 | 58 | Renee Robinson | United States | Virginia |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| October 20, 1999 | Hired Anne Donovan as Interim Head Coach |
| December 15, 1999 | Drafted Gordana Grubin, Sandy Brondello, 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 |
| April 25, 2000 | Traded Latina Davis and Renee Robinson to the Houston Comets in exchange for Latavia Coleman |
| June 7, 2000 | Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira |
| June 7, 2000 | Waived Beverly Williams |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2000 game log Total: 9–23 (Home: 5–11; Road: 4–12) :
June: 3–10 (Home: 1–6; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
July: 4–9 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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 :
August: 2–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 14–7 | – |
| Cleveland Rockers $^x$ | 17 | 15 | .531 | 13–8 | 3.0 |
| Orlando Miracle $^x$ | 16 | 16 | .500 | 13–8 | 4.0 |
| Washington Mystics $^x$ | 14 | 18 | .438 | 13–8 | 6.0 |
| Detroit Shock $^o$ | 14 | 18 | .438 | 10–11 | 6.0 |
| Miami Sol $^o$ | 13 | 19 | .406 | 9–12 | 7.0 |
| Indiana Fever $^o$ | 9 | 23 | .281 | 7–14 | 11.0 |
| Charlotte Sting $^o$ | 8 | 24 | .250 | 5–16 | 12.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | 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