# 2002 Indiana Fever season

The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Indiana Fever. The team, led by Tamika Catchings, went to the playoffs for the first time in team history, losing in the first round to the New York Liberty.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 13 | Tawana McDonald | United States | Georgia |
| 2 | 17 | Zuzi Klimešová | Czechoslovakia | Vanderbilt |
| 3 | 34 | Kelly Komara | United States | Purdue |
| 4 | 49 | LaKeisha Taylor | United States | Arizona |
| 4 | 52 | Jillian Danker | United States | Vanderbilt |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| March 4, 2002 | Traded Gordana Grubin to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Bridget Pettis and a 2002 2nd Round Pick |
| April 19, 2002 | Drafted Tawana McDonald, Zuzi Klimešová, Kelly Komara, LaKeisha Taylor and Jillian Danker in the 2002 WNBA Draft |
| April 24, 2002 | Waived Marlena Williams and Vicki Hall |
| May 2, 2002 | Waived Jillian Danker and LaKeisha Taylor |
| May 24, 2002 | Waived Itoro Coleman and Kelly Komara |
| July 22, 2002 | Traded Rita Williams to the Houston Comets in exchange for Coquese Washington |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2002 game log Total: 16–16 (Home: 10–6; Road: 6–10) :
June: 6–8 (Home: 3–2; Road: 3–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 1
Detroit
W 72–69
Tamika Catchings (23)
Tamika Catchings (13)
Nikki McCray (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
1–0
2
June 2
@ Detroit
W 78–65
Tamika Catchings (27)
Nikki McCray (7)
Tamika Catchings (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–0
3
June 5
Houston
L 45–56
Nikki McCray (14)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (17)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse
2–1
4
June 7
@ Washington
L 68–89
Catchings Scott-Richardson (15)
Tamika Catchings (11)
Tamika Catchings (7)
MCI Center
2–2
5
June 8
New York
W 71–62
Tamika Catchings (32)
Tamika Catchings (14)
Rita Williams (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
3–2
6
June 11
@ Orlando
W 75–69
Catchings McCray (20)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (8)
Tamika Catchings (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
4–2
7
June 13
@ Charlotte
L 64–75
Nikki McCray (13)
Catchings Malcolm (5)
Rita Williams (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
4–3
8
June 15
Cleveland
L 68–79
Tamika Catchings (23)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (8)
McCray Williams (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
4–4
9
June 18
@ Utah
L 71–79
Tamika Catchings (14)
Tamika Catchings (11)
Tamika Catchings (5)
Delta Center
4–5
10
June 20
@ Portland
W 81–72
Nikki McCray (30)
Catchings Scott-Richardson (9)
Tamika Catchings (5)
Rose Garden
5–5
11
June 21
@ Seattle
L 51–63
Olympia Scott-Richardson (12)
Tamika Catchings (8)
Tamika Catchings (7)
KeyArena
5–6
12
June 25
@ New York
L 55–74
Bridget Pettis (13)
Tamika Catchings (8)
Tamika Catchings (6)
Madison Square Garden
5–7
13
June 28
Sacramento
W 67–60
Tamika Catchings (21)
Tamika Catchings (12)
Scott-Richardson Williams (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
6–7
14
June 30
@ Miami
L 59–65
Rita Williams (17)
Tamika Catchings (6)
Ivey McCray (3)
American Airlines Arena
6–8 :
July
: 5–7 (Home: 4–4; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
July 3
@ Orlando
L 71–79 (OT)
Tamika Catchings (24)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (9)
Nikki McCray (4)
TD Waterhouse Centre
6–9
16
July 6
Washington
W 50–45
Tamika Catchings (18)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (9)
McCray Scott-Richardson Williams (2)
Conseco Fieldhouse
7–9
17
July 8
Cleveland
W 68–57
Tamika Catchings (24)
Tamika Catchings (10)
Ivey McCray (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
8–9
18
July 10
Utah
L 69–82
Olympia Scott-Richardson (31)
Catchings Scott-Richardson (9)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
8–10
19
July 12
Miami
L 62–68
Nadine Malcolm (16)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (11)
Catchings McCray Williams (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
8–11
20
July 17
Los Angeles
L 58–73
Tamika Catchings (15)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (10)
Catchings McCray Williams (4)
Conseco Fieldhouse
8–12
21
July 19
New York
L 62–70
Tamika Catchings (21)
Tamika Catchings (12)
Catchings Ivey (3)
Conseco Fieldhouse
8–13
22
July 22
Charlotte
W 73–72
Catchings McCray (17)
Tamika Catchings (9)
Tamika Catchings (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse
9–13
23
July 26
Minnesota
W 73–63
Tamika Catchings (23)
Tamika Catchings (5)
Tamika Catchings (7)
Conseco Fieldhouse
10–13
24
July 28
@ Los Angeles
L 62–80
Coquese Washington (14)
Tamika Catchings (7)
Coquese Washington (8)
Staples Center
10–14
25
July 30
@ Sacramento
L 65–74
Tamika Catchings (24)
Tamika Catchings (11)
Tamika Catchings (5)
ARCO Arena
10–15
26
July 31
@ Phoenix
W 58–56
Tamika Catchings (22)
Tamika Catchings (6)
Tamika Catchings (6)
America West Arena
11–15 :
August
: 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
27
August 3
Charlotte
W 69–48
Nikki McCray (20)
Tamika Catchings (15)
Coquese Washington (6)
Conseco Fieldhouse
12–15
28
August 6
@ Washington
W 64–55
Tamika Catchings (28)
Catchings Scott-Richardson (10)
McCray Washington (4)
MCI Center
13–15
29
August 7
Orlando
W 70–63
Tamika Catchings (32)
Tamika Catchings (12)
Coquese Washington (11)
Conseco Fieldhouse
14–15
30
August 9
@ Detroit
L 54–55
Tamika Catchings (21)
Tamika Catchings (12)
Catchings McCray (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
14–16
31
August 11
Miami
W 77–63
Tamika Catchings (20)
Catchings Scott-Richardson (7)
Tamika Catchings (7)
Conseco Fieldhouse
15–16
32
August 13
@ Cleveland
W 60–56
Kelly Schumacher (15)
Kelly Schumacher (9)
Coquese Washington (7)
Gund Arena
16–16 :
2002 season schedule :

### Playoffs

2002 playoff game log :
First round vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 1–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
August 16
New York
W 73–55
Tamika Catchings (29)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (14)
Nikki McCray (5)
Conseco Fieldhouse
1–0
2
August 18
@ New York
L 65–84
Tamika Catchings (20)
Tamika Catchings (14)
Coquese Washington (5)
Madison Square Garden
1–1
3
August 20
@ New York
L 60–75
Nikki McCray (14)
Olympia Scott-Richardson (9)
Coquese Washington (7)
Madison Square Garden
1–2 :
2002 playoff schedule :

### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| New York Liberty $^x$ | 18 | 14 | .563 | 11–10 | – |
| Charlotte Sting $^x$ | 18 | 14 | .563 | 12–9 | – |
| Washington Mystics $^x$ | 17 | 15 | .531 | 12–9 | 1.0 |
| Indiana Fever $^x$ | 16 | 16 | .500 | 12–9 | 2.0 |
| Orlando Miracle $^o$ | 16 | 16 | .500 | 13–8 | 2.0 |
| Miami Sol $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 11–10 | 3.0 |
| Cleveland Rockers $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .312 | 7–14 | 8.0 |
| Detroit Shock $^o$ | 9 | 23 | .281 | 6–15 | 9.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Tamika Catchings | 32 | 32 | 36.5 | .420 | .396 | .815 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 18.6 |
| Nikki McCray | 32 | 32 | 33.1 | .415 | .318 | .816 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
| Olympia Scott-Richardson | 31 | 31 | 31.5 | .487 | .000 | .805 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 9.4 |
| Coquese Washington | 11 | 8 | 29.5 | .371 | .452 | .700 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 7.3 |
| Rita Williams | 20 | 1 | 24.2 | .289 | .254 | .735 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| Nadine Malcolm | 29 | 28 | 20.7 | .367 | .293 | .757 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5.4 |
| Alicia Thompson | 18 | 2 | 17.4 | .358 | .241 | .706 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5.4 |
| Niele Ivey | 31 | 23 | 14.2 | .352 | .380 | .810 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Bridget Pettis | 32 | 0 | 11.7 | .355 | .209 | .718 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| Kelly Schumacher | 31 | 1 | 11.4 | .506 | .000 | .692 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| Monica Maxwell | 18 | 0 | 9.4 | .298 | .294 | 1.000 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| Jackie Moore | 18 | 2 | 7.1 | .421 | .000 | .714 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| Zuzi Klimešová | 11 | 0 | 3.5 | .167 | N/A | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season