# 2019 Indiana Fever season

The 2019 WNBA season was the 20th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Fever opened the season on May 24, 2019 against the New York Liberty.
The Fever had a promising start to their season, winning three of their first four games. However, from there they lost eight of their next ten to finish June with a 5–9 record. July proved disastrous for any playoff hopes the team had. Six losses in the month were book-ended by two wins. One bright spot from July was that Erica Wheeler was named WNBA All-Star Game MVP. The Fever's form improved into August where they posted a 4–5 record. Winning their last two games proved too little too late, as they missed out on a playoff spot for the third straight year.
After the season, it was announced that General Manager and Head Coach Pokey Chatman would not return for the 2020 season.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

The Fever made three selections in the 2019 WNBA draft, which was held on April 10:
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 3 | Teaira McCowan | United States | Mississippi State |
| 3 | 25 | Paris Kea | United States | North Carolina |
| 3 | 28 | Caliya Robinson | United States | Georgia |

### Trades and roster changes

| Date | Details |
| February 1, 2019 | Signed F Natalie Achonwa |
| February 1, 2019 | Signed G Shenise Johnson |
| February 1, 2019 | Signed Erica Wheeler |
| February 5, 2019 | Signed G/F Betnijah Laney |
| February 18, 2019 | Signed F Asia Taylor to Training Camp Contract |
| April 12, 2019 | Signed G Crystal Bradford to Training Camp Contract |
| April 12, 2019 | Signed G Bria Gross to Training Camp Contract |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2019 pre-season game log :
May: 3–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 14
@ Chicago Sky
W 69–58
K. Mitchell (11)
McCowan (8)
K. Mitchell (4)
Wintrust Arena 4,033
1–0
2
May 16
Chicago Sky
W 76–65
T. Mitchell (15)
Tied (7)
Wheeler (8)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 3,794
2–0
3
May 19
@ Dallas Wings
W 71–66
K. Mitchell (26)
McCowan (6)
Johnson (6)
College Park Center 3,428
3–0 :
2019 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2019 game log Total: 13–21 (Home: 7–10 Road: 6–11) :
May: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 24
@ New York Liberty
W 81–80
T. Mitchell (22)
Dupree (7)
Wheeler (5)
Westchester County Center 1,965
1–0
2
May 28
@ Connecticut Sun
L 77–88
Wheeler (26)
Dupree (8)
Wheeler (9)
Mohegan Sun Arena 4,781
1–1 :
June
: 4–8 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
3
June 1
New York Liberty
W 92–77
K. Mitchell (23)
McCowan (6)
Wheeler (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,003
2–1
4
June 7
Dallas Wings
W 79–64
Achonwa (17)
Tied (11)
Wheeler (9)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 3,671
3–1
5
June 9
Phoenix Mercury
L 87–94
K. Mitchell (26)
Achonwa (7)
K. Mitchell (6)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 3,336
3–2
6
June 11
Seattle Storm
L 82–84
K. Mitchell (21)
Dupree (15)
K. Mitchell (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 3,506
3–3
7
June 13
@ Dallas Wings
W 76–72
Dupree (20)
Laney (11)
T. Mitchell (5)
College Park Center 3,562
4–3
8
June 15
Chicago Sky
L 64–70
K. Mitchell (16)
T. Mitchell (8)
Wheeler (8)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 4,715
4–4
9
June 19
@ Atlanta Dream
L 78–88
Dupree (19)
McCowan (14)
Wheeler (5)
State Farm Arena 6,474
4–5
10
June 21
@ Chicago Sky
W 76–69
Wheeler (28)
McCowan (13)
Wheeler (8)
Wintrust Arena 4,945
5–5
11
June 23
@ Seattle Storm
L 61–65
Wheeler (18)
McCowan (13)
Wheeler (4)
Alaska Airlines Arena 7,211
5–6
12
June 25
Minnesota Lynx
L 74–78
K. Mitchell (17)
3 tied (7)
Wheeler (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 4,692
5–7
13
June 28
@ Phoenix Mercury
L 69–91
Dupree (15)
McCowan (10)
Wheeler (3)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 9,435
5–8
14
June 29
@ Las Vegas Aces
L 97–102 (OT)
K. Mitchell (21)
Achonwa (9)
Wheeler (8)
Mandalay Bay Events Center 4,581
5–9 :
July
: 2–6 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
July 5
@ Dallas Wings
W 76–58
T. Mitchell (16)
McCowan (12)
Wheeler (7)
College Park Center 5,093
6–9
16
July 10
Las Vegas Aces
L 71–74
Dupree (13)
McCowan (12)
Wheeler (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,247
6–10
17
July 12
Los Angeles Sparks
L 84–90
Tied (11)
3 tied (5)
K. Mitchell (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,849
6–11
18
July 14
Connecticut Sun
L 63–76
K. Mitchell (14)
McCowan (8)
Tied (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,434
6–12
19
July 19
Washington Mystics
L 88–95 (OT)
Wheeler (18)
Achonwa (12)
Wheeler (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,726
6–13
20
July 21
@ Chicago Sky
L 70–78
Wheeler (13)
McCowan (16)
Wheeler (9)
Wintrust Arena 6,614
6–14
21
July 23
@ Phoenix Mercury
L 77–95
Wheeler (18)
McCowan (9)
Wheeler (9)
Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,528
6–15
22
July 31
Atlanta Dream
W 61–59
Wheeler (15)
McCowan (14)
K. Mitchell (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,702
7–15 :
August
: 4–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
August 3
Minnesota Lynx
W 86–75
K. Mitchell (20)
McCowan (8)
K. Mitchell (9)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,884
8–15
24
August 8
@ Washington Mystics
L 78–91
K. Mitchell (18)
Mavunga (6)
K. Mitchell (6)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 3,013
8–16
25
August 10
Atlanta Dream
W 87–82
Wheeler (19)
Dupree (9)
Wheeler (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,923
9–16
26
August 18
@ Washington Mystics
L 68–107
T. Mitchell (17)
McCowan (10)
Achonwa (5)
St. Elizabeth's East Arena 4,034
9–17
27
August 20
New York Liberty
L 76–82
McCowan (24)
McCowan (8)
Tied (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,340
9–18
28
August 22
@ Los Angeles Sparks
L 65–98
K. Mitchell (14)
McCowan (7)
Wheeler (6)
Staples Center 8,816
9–19
29
August 25
@ Seattle Storm
W 63–54
McCowan (22)
McCowan (19)
Tied (3)
Alaska Airlines Arena 8,076
10–19
30
August 27
Las Vegas Aces
W 86–71
McCowan (24)
McCowan (17)
4 tied (4)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,958
11–19
31
August 29
Los Angeles Sparks
L 83–87
McCowan (24)
McCowan (10)
K. Mitchell (5)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,641
11–20 :
September
: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
32
September 1
@ Minnesota Lynx
L 73–81
Dupree (18)
McCowan (11)
T. Mitchell (6)
Target Center 8,833
11–21
33
September 6
@ New York Liberty
W 86–81
K. Mitchell (22)
McCowan (13)
Wheeler (6)
Westchester County Center 2,301
12–21
34
September 8
Connecticut Sun
W 104–76
K. Mitchell (38)
McCowan (9)
Laney (7)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,451
13–21 :
2019 season schedule :

### Standings

| # | Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| 1 | Washington Mystics (1) | 26 | 8 | .765 | – | 14–3 | 12–5 | 13–3 |
| 2 | Connecticut Sun (2) | 23 | 11 | .676 | 3 | 15–2 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 3 | Chicago Sky (5) | 20 | 14 | .588 | 6 | 12–5 | 8–9 | 11–5 |
| 4 | e –Indiana Fever | 13 | 21 | .382 | 13 | 7–10 | 6–11 | 7–9 |
| 5 | e –New York Liberty | 10 | 24 | .294 | 16 | 4–13 | 6–11 | 3–13 |
| 6 | e –Atlanta Dream | 8 | 26 | .235 | 18 | 5–12 | 3–14 | 3–13 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Candice Dupree | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 15, 2019 |
| Erica Wheeler | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 15, 2019 |
| Teaira McCowan | WNBA All-Rookie Team | September 16, 2019 |

## Statistics
### Regular season

Source:
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Kelsey Mitchell | 34 | 20 | 25.1 | 38.7 | 37.4 | 83.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.6 |
| Candice Dupree | 34 | 34 | 30.7 | 47.2 | 0 | 83.9 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 11.6 |
| Erica Wheeler | 34 | 34 | 25.0 | 42.8 | 38.4 | 87.2 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 10.1 |
| Teaira McCowan | 34 | 16 | 22.1 | 51.7 | 0 | 68.7 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 10.0 |
| Tiffany Mitchell | 33 | 14 | 25.2 | 38.1 | 29.0 | 89.2 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 9.7 |
| Natalie Achonwa | 30 | 18 | 21.1 | 48.8 | 25.0 | 90.9 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 8.7 |
| Betnijah Laney | 34 | 27 | 25.8 | 36.2 | 30.3 | 58.1 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 5.6 |
| Shenise Johnson | 17 | 0 | 12.9 | 33.3 | 24.2 | 93.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.9 |
| Kennedy Burke | 31 | 7 | 13.6 | 38.5 | 35.0 | 70.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 4.4 |
| Paris Kea | 11 | 0 | 5.5 | 40.7 | 55.6 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Stephanie Mavunga | 24 | 0 | 8.5 | 51.1 | 0 | 70.6 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| Erica McCall | 15 | 0 | 6.9 | 13.6 | 0 | 100 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 |