# 2001 Indiana Fever season

The 2001 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Indiana Fever. In the 2001 WNBA draft, the Fever drafted Tamika Catchings as the 3rd pick, but due to a college injury, she missed the entire 2001 season. With that, the Fever tied with two teams with the worst record in the Eastern Conference, only ahead of the Detroit Shock and the Washington Mystics.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 3 | Tamika Catchings | United States | Tennessee |
| 1 | 14 | Kelly Schumacher | United States | UConn |
| 2 | 19 | Niele Ivey | United States | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 35 | Marlena Williams | United States | Missouri |
| 4 | 51 | April Brown | United States | LSU |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| April 11, 2001 | Traded Kara Wolters to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for a 2001 1st Round Pick |
| April 20, 2001 | Drafted Tamika Catchings, Kelly Schumacher, Niele Ivey, Marlena Williams and April Brown in the 2001 WNBA Draft |
| April 26, 2001 | Waived Usha Gilmore |
| April 30, 2001 | Signed Cornelia Gayden, Itoro Coleman, Lesley Brown, Nadine Malcolm and Sonia Chase |
| May 15, 2001 | Waived April Brown |
| May 15, 2001 | Signed Angie Braziel |
| May 18, 2001 | Waived Lesley Brown |
| May 18, 2001 | Waived Sonia Chase |
| May 27, 2001 | Traded a 2002 2nd Round Pick to the Detroit Shock in exchange for a Olympia Scott-Richardson and a 2002 3rd Round Pick |
| May 27, 2001 | Waived Cornelia Gayden, Katryna Gaither and Texlin Quinney |
| June 1, 2001 | Waived Itoro Coleman |
| July 13, 2001 | Waived Danielle McCulley |
| July 13, 2001 | Signed Vicki Hall |
| December 5, 2001 | Traded Angie Braziel, a 2002 1st Round Pick and a 2002 3rd Round Pick to the Washington Mystics in exchange for a Nikki McCray, 2002 2nd Round Pick and a 2002 4th Round Pick |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2001 game log Total: 10–22 (Home: 7–9; Road: 3–13) :
May: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
Houston
L 78–82
Rita Williams (15)
Maxwell Malcolm Scott-Richardson (6)
Niele Ivey (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse
0–1 :
June
: 4–7 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 2
@ New York
L 58–75
Rita Williams (16)
Nadine Malcolm (7)
Rita Williams (4)
Madison Square Garden
0–2
3
June 4
Seattle
L 71–74 (OT)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (18)
Monica Maxwell (12)
Niele Ivey (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse
0–3
4
June 5
@ Miami
L 61–63
Rita Williams (15)
Kelly Schumacher (8)
Rita Williams (2)
American Airlines Arena
0–4
5
June 9
@ Cleveland
L 76–86
Nadine Malcolm (15)
Schumacher Thompson (5)
Rita Williams (6)
Gund Arena
0–5
6
June 12
@ Minnesota
W 65–60
Rita Williams (15)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (10)
Ivey McCarty Williams (3)
Target Center
1–5
7
June 16
Minnesota
W 67–65
Nadine Malcolm (25)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (10)
Niele Ivey (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
2–5
8
June 18
Orlando
L 65–72
Stephanie McCarty (20)
Alicia Thompson (6)
Monica Maxwell (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
2–6
9
June 22
Detroit
W 77–56
Rita Williams (16)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (10)
Rita Williams (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse
3–6
10
June 23
@ Detroit
W 74–70
Scott-Richardson Williams (15)
Kelly Schumacher (7)
Rita Williams (3)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
4–6
11
June 27
Portland
L 65–68
Rita Williams (20)
Schumacher Scott-Richardson (8)
Ivey Scott-Richardson (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
4–7
12
June 29
Charlotte
L 67–75
Olympia Scott-Richardson (19)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (8)
Grubin Ivey McCarty Scott-Richardson Štreimikytė Williams (2)
Conseco Fieldhouse
4–8 :
July
: 4–9 (Home: 3–4; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
July 1
Phoenix
W 86–78 (OT)
Rita Williams (21)
Rita Williams (9)
Rita Williams (9)
Conseco Fieldhouse
5–8
14
July 6
@ Houston
L 64–79
Braziel Thompson (10)
Angie Braziel (10)
Grubin Maxwell Thompson Williams (2)
Compaq Center
5–9
15
July 8
New York
L 56–58
Olympia Scott-Richardson (12)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (9)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
5–10
16
July 9
@ New York
L 65–72
Nadine Malcolm (23)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (7)
Rita Williams (6)
Madison Square Garden
5–11
17
July 11
Cleveland
L 58–76
Jurgita Štreimikytė (22)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (5)
Rita Williams (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse
5–12
18
July 13
Orlando
W 74–60
Jurgita Štreimikytė (16)
Malcolm Scott-Richardson (8)
Rita Williams (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse
6–12
19
July 14
@ Charlotte
L 58–71
Nadine Malcolm (17)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (8)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–13
20
July 18
Utah
L 57–61
Scott-Richardson Štreimikytė (12)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (11)
Ivey Williams (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
6–14
21
July 20
Washington
W 73–65
Jurgita Štreimikytė (12)
Braziel Malcolm Štreimikytė (7)
Stephanie McCarty (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse
7–14
22
July 22
@ Washington
L 61–69
Nadine Malcolm (14)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (7)
McCarty Štreimikytė (5)
MCI Center
7–15
23
July 24
@ Charlotte
L 66–75
Jurgita Štreimikytė (19)
Ivey Malcolm Scott-Richardson (4)
Gordana Grubin (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–16
24
July 27
@ Cleveland
W 67–63
Gordana Grubin (23)
Angie Braziel (6)
Štreimikytė Williams (4)
Gund Arena
8–16
25
July 28
Miami
L 63–69
Alicia Thompson (16)
Gordana Grubin (6)
Ivey Williams (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse
8–17 :
August
: 2–5 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
26
August 1
Washington
W 70–64
Jurgita Štreimikytė (21)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (8)
McCarty Williams (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
9–17
27
August 3
@ Sacramento
L 69–81
Jurgita Štreimikytė (14)
Angie Braziel (7)
Rita Williams (5)
ARCO Arena
9–18
28
August 4
@ Utah
L 54–65
Thompson Williams (13)
Angie Braziel (6)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (3)
Delta Center
9–19
29
August 6
@ Los Angeles
L 66–81
Alicia Thompson (17)
Niele Ivey (6)
Niele Ivey (5)
Staples Center
9–20
30
August 10
@ Miami
L 67–72 (OT)
Rita Williams (20)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (8)
Ivey Štreimikytė (2)
American Airlines Arena
9–21
31
August 12
Detroit
W 83–66
Rita Williams (20)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (9)
Rita Williams (10)
Conseco Fieldhouse
10–21
32
August 14
@ Orlando
L 72–78
Rita Williams (18)
Jurgita Štreimikytė (8)
Alicia Thompson (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
10–22 :
2001 season schedule :

### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Cleveland Rockers $^x$ | 22 | 10 | .688 | 15–6 | – |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 21 | 11 | .656 | 13–8 | 1.0 |
| Miami Sol $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 14–7 | 2.0 |
| Charlotte Sting $^x$ | 18 | 14 | .563 | 15–6 | 4.0 |
| Orlando Miracle $^o$ | 13 | 19 | .406 | 9–12 | 9.0 |
| Indiana Fever $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7–14 | 12.0 |
| Detroit Shock $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 7–14 | 12.0 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 4–17 | 12.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Rita Williams | 32 | 29 | 32.6 | .392 | .376 | .833 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 11.9 |
| Jurgita Štreimikytė | 27 | 26 | 26.2 | .478 | .000 | .842 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 9.1 |
| Olympia Scott-Richardson | 32 | 30 | 24.2 | .456 | .000 | .739 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 8.8 |
| Nadine Malcolm | 31 | 23 | 22.7 | .425 | .411 | .871 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 8.3 |
| Niele Ivey | 32 | 26 | 22.1 | .373 | .357 | .933 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3.6 |
| Gordana Grubin | 27 | 9 | 17.8 | .371 | .293 | .744 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| Alicia Thompson | 22 | 7 | 17.3 | .437 | .395 | .739 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 8.5 |
| Stephanie McCarty | 30 | 0 | 16.8 | .380 | .404 | .774 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 5.6 |
| Monica Maxwell | 15 | 3 | 15.9 | .302 | .226 | .667 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
| Angie Braziel | 23 | 0 | 14.8 | .435 | .000 | .771 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 5.5 |
| Kelly Schumacher | 28 | 5 | 13.6 | .495 | .600 | .850 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Danielle McCulley | 8 | 2 | 11.3 | .278 | .500 | .944 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| Vicki Hall | 13 | 0 | 9.5 | .412 | .000 | .571 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season