# 2017 Indiana Fever season

The 2017 WNBA season is the 18th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Fever began play on May 14, 2017. The Fever started the season strong posting a 7–7 record in May and June. However the second half of the season was not as positive. The team finished 2–18 in the months of July August and September. This brought their final record to 9–25, which was 6th place in the Eastern Conference, and next to last in the league.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The Fever made two selections in the 2017 WNBA Entry Draft. The draft was held on April 13:
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | WNBA Team | School/Team/Country |
| 2 | 17 | Erica McCall | United States | Indiana Fever | Stanford |
| 3 | 32 | Adrienne Motley | United States | Indiana Fever | Miami (FL) |

### Trades

| Date | Trade |
| February 21, 2017 | Candice Dupree is acquired from the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Camille Little and the draft rights to Jillian Alleyne from Connecticut |
| February 21, 2017 | Phoenix also traded its 2017 first-round draft pick (17th overall) to Indiana |
| May 9, 2017 | Jazmon Gwathmey is acquired from the San Antonio Stars in exchange for the Stars' 2018 third-round draft pick. |

### Personnel changes
## Schedule
### Game log

2017 game log Total: 9–25 (Home: 6–11 Road: 3–14) :
May: 2–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1May 14, 2017 7:00 pmSeattleL 82–87Johnson - 24Johnson - 8Johnson - 4KeyArena 7,9690-1
2May 17, 2017 10:00 pmPhoenixL 62–85Dupree - 14Dupree - 9Mitchell - 4Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,8960-2
3May 20, 2017 7:00 pmConnecticutW 81–79Dupree - 19Larkins - 9January - 4Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,3851-2
4May 24, 2017 7:00 pmLos AngelesW 93–90Coleman - 19Dupree - 8January - 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,8752-2
5May 28, 2017 7:00 pmSeattleL 70–94Mitchell - 13Dupree - 5January - 3KeyArena 4,7222-3
6May 30, 2017 8:00 pmDallasL 62–89Achonwa - 13Larkins - 6Dupree - 3College Park Center 3,0762-4 :
June: 5–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7June 3, 2017 7:00 pmDallasW 91–85Dupree - 18Achonwa - 7 Larkins - 7January - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,5293-4
8June 7, 2017 10:00 pmPhoenixL 90-98Wheeler - 24Larkins - 7Johnson - 5Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,7023-5
9June 9, 2017 7:00 pmSeattleW 83-80Wheeler - 19Dupree - 12Wheeler - 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,1664-5
10June 11, 2017 3:00 pmWashingtonL 70-88Wheeler - 15Mitchell - 5Wheeler - 6Verizon Center 6,1944-6
11June 15, 2017 7:00 pmAtlantaW 85-74Wheeler - 20Dupree - 8Wheeler - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,8305-6
12June 18, 2017 6:00 pmChicagoW 91-79Mitchell - 19Dupree - 8January - 7Allstate Arena 4,5516-6
13June 24, 2017 7:00 pmLos AngelesL 73-84Dupree - 14Larkins - 7Dupree - 3Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,2416-7
14June 28, 2017 12:30 pmChicagoW 82-75Dupree - 17Mitchell - 7January - 7Allstate Arena 10,1977-7 :
July: 1–9 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15July 1, 2017 4:00 pmConnecticutL 85-91Johnson - 22Dupree - 11Wheeler - 5Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,4737-8
16July 7, 2017 7:30 pmAtlantaL 68-89Johnson - 15Dupree - 5Tied - 3McCamish Pavilion 3,3597-9
17July 12, 2017 12:00 pmSan AntonioL 72-79Dupree - 14Tied - 3January - 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,2827-10
18July 14, 2017 7:00 pmWashingtonL 52-78January - 15Mitchell - 8January - 4Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,0077-11
19July 17, 2017 10:30 pmLos AngelesL 62-80January - 12Achonwa - 8Dupree - 4Staples Center 11,3867-12
20July 19, 2017 3:30 pmPhoenixW 84-77Wheeler - 20January - 7Tied - 7Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,3718-12
21July 20, 2017 8:00 pmSan AntonioL 61-85Mitchell - 13Dupree - 6January - 4AT&T Center 7,3068-13
22July 25, 2017 8:00 pmDallasL 82-84January - 16Dupree - 6Wheeler - 9College Park Center 3,7018-14
23July 28, 2017 7:00 pmNew YorkL 84-85Anchowa - 19Anchowa - 7Wheeler - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,6178-15
24July 30, 2017 3:00 pmConnecticutL 73-89Tied - 13McCall - 9Tied - 4Mohegan Sun Arena 6,1458-16 :
August
: 1–8 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25August 4, 2017 7:00 pmChicagoL 70-81Dupree - 18Mitchell - 7January - 8Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,0528-17
26August 6, 2017 5:00 pmMinnesotaW 84-82Dupree - 31Dupree - 9Wheeler - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,2269-17
27August 8, 2017 7:00 pmNew YorkL 76-81Wheeler - 33Gwathmey-7January - 3Madison Square Garden 10,0689-18
28August 12, 2017 7:30 pmWashingtonL 80-100Dupree - 26Dupree - 8Wheeler - 8Verizon Center 7,3379-19
29August 18, 2017 8:00 pmMinnesotaL 52-111Gwathmey-12Tied - 4Tied - 3Target Center 9,6219-20
30August 20, 2017 5:00 pmWashingtonL 82-87Coleman - 20McCall - 6Dupree - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,5939-21
31August 23, 2017 7:00 pmNew YorkL 50-71Tied - 10Dupree - 6Wheeler - 5Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,1189-22
32August 26, 2017 6:00 pmAtlantaL 74-79Wheeler - 23Achonwa - 9Coleman - 4McCamish Pavilion 5,0299-23
33August 30, 2017 7:00 pmMinnesotaL 69-80Wheeler - 17Dupree - 10Wheeler - 7Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,6259-24 :
September: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34September 2, 2017 7:00 pmSan AntonioL 71-75Dupree - 19Dupree - 13Wheeler - 6Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,4209-25 :
2017 season schedule :

### Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | New York Liberty - (3) | 22 | 12 | .647 | - | 13–4 | 9–8 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Connecticut Sun - (4) | 21 | 13 | .636 | 1 | 12–5 | 9–6 | 10–6 |
| 3 | Washington Mystics - (6) | 18 | 16 | .529 | 4 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 12-4 |
| 4 | Chicago Sky - e | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10 | 4–13 | 8–9 | 6–10 |
| 5 | Atlanta Dream - e | 12 | 22 | .353 | 10 | 9–8 | 3–14 | 5–11 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever - e | 9 | 25 | .265 | 13 | 6–11 | 3–14 | 4–12 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Candice Dupree | 33 | 33 | 31.8 | 49.4% | 0.0% | 88.2% | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 15.0 |
| Erica Wheeler | 34 | 26 | 26.4 | 40.0% | 33.1% | 79.2% | 2.2 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| Shenise Johnson | 14 | 13 | 24.9 | 43.3% | 33.3% | 95.0% | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 11.3 |
| Tiffany Mitchell | 27 | 9 | 24.9 | 34.9% | 24.6% | 92.2% | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 10.3 |
| Briann January | 25 | 24 | 26.3 | 39.5% | 31.6% | 81.7% | 1.5 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 9.5 |
| Natalie Achonwa | 34 | 17 | 18.3 | 55.7% | — | 76.3% | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 7.1 |
| Jazmon Gwathmey | 28 | 7 | 17.1 | 36.0% | 23.6% | 75.0% | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
| Erlana Larkins | 34 | 17 | 18.8 | 58.1% | — | 91.2% | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| Marissa Coleman | 34 | 23 | 18.7 | 32.7% | 32.2% | 83.3% | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.9 |
| Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga | 29 | 0 | 12.9 | 40.5% | 38.5% | 82.6% | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| Erica McCall | 30 | 1 | 10.7 | 40.6% | 33.3% | 68.2% | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| Jennie Simms | 4 | 0 | 13.5 | 30.8% | 33.3% | 50.0% | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Jennifer Hamson | 12 | 0 | 7.2 | 55.6% | — | 85.7% | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 |
| Nadia Colhado | 5 | 0 | 2.6 | 100% | — | — | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |