# 2011 Indiana Fever season

The 2011 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 9 | Jeanette Pohlen | United States | Stanford |
| 3 | 33 | Jori Davis | United States | Oklahoma State |

### Transaction log

* February 2: The Fever signed Tangela Smith.
* February 4: The Fever re-signed Jessica Davenport and signed Shyra Ely to a training camp contract.
* February 8: The Fever re-signed Joy Cheek.
* February 14: The Fever signed Shannon Bobbitt to a training camp contract.
* March 11: The Fever signed Aisha Mohammed and Abi Olajuwon to training camp contracts.
* April 29: The Fever traded their second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft to the Seattle Storm and Washington Mystics, respectively, in exchange for Erin Phillips and a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from Seattle.
* May 1: The Fever waived Jori Davis.
* May 5: The Fever waived Joy Cheek.
* May 19: The Fever waived Aisha Mohammed.
* May 30: The Fever waived Abi Olajuwon and Jene Morris.
* June 1: The Fever waived Jessica Moore.

### Trades

| Date | Trade | Trade |
| April 29, 2011 | To Indiana Fever | To Seattle and Washington |
| April 29, 2011 | Erin Phillips and Seattle's third-round pick in 2012 Draft | second- and third-round picks in 2012 Draft |

### Personnel changes
## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Tammy Sutton-Brown | Jessica Davenport |
| PF | Tangela Smith | Shyra Ely |
| SF | Tamika Catchings | Shavonte Zellous |
| SG | Katie Douglas | Jeanette Pohlen |
| PG | Erin Phillips | Shannon Bobbitt Briann January |

## Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | – | 13–4 | 8–9 | 13–9 |
| Connecticut Sun $^x$ | 21 | 13 | .618 | – | 15–2 | 6–11 | 14–8 |
| Atlanta Dream $^x$ | 20 | 14 | .588 | 1.0 | 11–6 | 9–8 | 14–8 |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 19 | 15 | .559 | 2.0 | 12-5 | 7–10 | 11–11 |
| Chicago Sky $^o$ | 14 | 20 | .412 | 7.0 | 10–7 | 4–13 | 10–12 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 6 | 28 | .176 | 15.0 | 4–13 | 2–15 | 4–18 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 241:00pm@ Minnesota66–71Douglas (11)Catchings (8)January (7)Concordia University 2,0550–1
2May 317:00pmMinnesota70–76Douglas (15)Catchings, Douglas (5)3 players (2)Conseco Fieldhouse 3,8170–2 :

### Regular season

2011 Game Log: Regular Season :
June
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 47:00pmChicagoFS-I CN10065–57Douglas (19)Catchings (9)January (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,0241–0
2June 107:00pmNew York80–81Douglas (27)Catchings Davenport Smith (6)Catchings Phillips (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,7031–1
3June 117:00pm@ New YorkMSG86–80Catchings (19)Davenport (8)Catchings Douglas Phillips (4)Prudential Center 7,8352–1
4June 147:00pmTulsaESPN282–74Douglas (22)Catchings Davenport Douglas (7)January (10)Conseco Fieldhouse 6,0243–1
5June 1710:00pm@ Seattle54–68Douglas (11)Catchings (14)January (3)KeyArena 8,1783–2
6June 196:00pm@ Phoenix89–93 (OT)Davenport (20)Catchings (15)Bobbitt January (6)US Airways Center 7,7013–3
7June 217:00pm@ WashingtonCSN-MA89–80Zellous (21)Catchings Davenport (6)January (9)Verizon Center 7,9804–3
8June 257:00pmConnecticutNBATV CSN-NE75–70Catchings (13)Catchings (12)Catchings (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,1005–3
9June 267:00pm@ MinnesotaNBATV FS-N78–75Douglas (22)Douglas (8)January (4)Target Center 7,1176–3
10June 287:00pmPhoenix91–86Douglas (26)Sutton-Brown (6)Catchings (7)Conseco Fieldhouse 6,6257–3 :
July
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11July 57:00pmSeattleFS-I78–61Davenport (15)Davenport (7)Phillips (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 6,5258–3
12July 97:00pmWashington68–57Phillips (14)Catchings (7)Catchings (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,0569–3
13July 131:00pmConnecticut90–78Douglas (20)Catchings Phillips (5)Catchings (7)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,04510–3
14July 157:00pmMinnesota70–80Catchings (22)Catchings Davenport (5)Zellous (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,53810–4
15July 175:00pm@ Connecticut71–76Catchings (18)Catchings (15)Phillips Pohlen Smith (4)Mohegan Sun Arena 7,07510–5
16July 1912:00pm@ AtlantaNBATV SSO74–84Catchings (22)Catchings (8)Catchings (6)Philips Arena 7,64510–6
17July 217:00pmChicagoNBATV FS-I CN10077–63Davenport (20)Catchings Davenport Douglas (7)Douglas (7)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,05011–6
All-Star break
18July 287:30pm@ Connecticut69–58Catchings (16)Davenport (10)Bobbitt (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,32912–6
19July 297:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV CSN-MA61–59Catchings (16)Catchings (9)Catchings (5)Verizon Center 11,58713–6
20July 316:00pmLos Angeles98–63Davenport (16)Catchings (11)Catchings (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,25614–6 :
August
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
21August 58:00pm@ Tulsa85–65Davenport (17)Zellous (5)Phillips (4)BOK Center 5,01315–6
22August 76:00pm@ ChicagoCN10069–88Douglas (14)Phillips (8)Catchings (5)Allstate Arena 5,79415–7
23August 97:00pmSan Antonio81–68Catchings (21)Davenport (8)Catchings Douglas (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,52016–7
24August 137:00pmNew YorkNBATV82–71Catchings (32)Phillips (6)Phillips (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,23717–7
25August 168:00pm@ San Antonio65–63Catchings (26)Bobbitt (6)Catchings Pohlen Zellous (2)AT&T Center 6,35818–7
26August 1810:30pm@ Los Angeles70–75Catchings Phillips (16)Smith (9)Phillips Smith (5)Staples Center 8,10218–8
27August 216:00pmWashingtonNBATV FS-I83–51Douglas (15)Catchings (8)Catchings (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,93519–8
28August 277:00pmAtlantaNBATV FS-I SSO80–86Catchings (22)Sutton-Brown (6)Douglas (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,24219–9
29August 307:30pm@ AtlantaSSO90–92Phillips (21)Catchings (7)Douglas (4)Philips Arena 6,46719–10 :
September
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30September 27:30pm@ Connecticut55–83Douglas (12)Catchings (8)Catchings (5)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,99119–11
31September 46:00pm@ ChicagoNBATV CN10088–80Catchings Douglas (17)Catchings (7)Catchings (6)Allstate Arena 6,19920–11
32September 77:00pmWashingtonNBATV87–69Douglas (21)Catchings (10)Douglas (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,51421–11
33September 97:00pm@ New YorkNBATV MSG+75–83Douglas (17)Catchings (6)Bobbitt (7)Prudential Center 8,01521–12
34September 115:00pmAtlantaNBATV FS-I SSO88–93Douglas (30)Davenport (9)Bobbitt (6)Conseco Fieldhouse 11,52121–13 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

### Postseason

2011 Game Log: Postseason :
Eastern Conference Semifinals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 158:00pmNew YorkESPN274–72Douglas (25)Sutton-Brown (7)Bobbitt Phillips (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,6081–0
2September 174:00pm@ New YorkNBATV MSG72–87Douglas (20)Catchings (9)Bobbitt Phillips (4)Prudential Center 8,5081–1
3September 198:00pmNew YorkESPN272–62Douglas (21)Catchings (8)Catchings (4)Conseco Fieldhouse 7,3682–1 :
Eastern Conference Finals
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1September 227:00pmAtlantaESPN282–74Smith (25)Catchings (13)Catchings Douglas Zellous (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,2531–0
2September 253:00pm@ AtlantaESPN277–94Douglas (25)Catchings (9)Douglas (6)Philips Arena 8,0521–1
3September 278:00pmAtlantaESPN267–83Douglas (16)Douglas Sutton-Brown (9)Catchings Phillips (3)Conseco Fieldhouse 9,0361–2 :

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Shannon Bobbitt | 31 | 3 | 14.2 | .357 | .386 | .767 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.97 | 0.00 | 3.9 |
| Tamika Catchings | 33 | 33 | 31.5 | .438 | .348 | .883 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 2.03 | 0.91 | 15.5 |
| Jessica Davenport | 34 | 8 | 21.1 | .529 | .000 | .702 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.79 | 1.32 | 10.7 |
| Katie Douglas | 32 | 32 | 29.4 | .465 | .440 | .671 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.28 | 0.25 | 13.9 |
| Shyra Ely | 33 | 0 | 10.8 | .358 | .208 | .690 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 3.1 |
| Briann January | 10 | 10 | 28.6 | .357 | .318 | .829 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 8.6 |
| Erin Phillips | 31 | 22 | 22.2 | .462 | .426 | .833 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.97 | 0.00 | 8.6 |
| Jeanette Pohlen | 34 | 2 | 15.9 | .471 | .468 | .867 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.38 | 0.12 | 4.1 |
| Tangela Smith | 33 | 32 | 21.5 | .371 | .340 | .882 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.67 | 0.48 | 7.2 |
| Tammy Sutton-Brown | 34 | 26 | 19.0 | .489 | .000 | .743 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 1.06 | 1.21 | 5.5 |
| Shavonte Zellous | 33 | 2 | 14.0 | .438 | .265 | .784 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 5.5 |

### Postseason

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Shannon Bobbitt | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tamika Catchings | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jessica Davenport | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Katie Douglas | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shyra Ely | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Briann January | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
| Erin Phillips | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jeanette Pohlen | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tangela Smith | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tammy Sutton-Brown | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shavonte Zellous | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Awards and honors

* Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 3, 2011.
* Tamika Catchings was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
* Katie Douglas was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
* Tamika Catchings was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
* Katie Douglas was named to the All-Defensive Second Team.
* Tamika Catchings was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
* Tamika Catchings was named Most Valuable Player.