# 2025 Indiana Fever season

The 2025 Indiana Fever season will be the franchise's 26th season in the WNBA and their 3rd season under Head Coach Stephanie White, who returns to the franchise where she was previously head coach from 2015-16.
The Fever finished 6th in the 2024 regular season making the playoffs for the 1st time since 2016.
The Fever announced they are parting ways with head coach Christie Sides after the end of the 2024 season. On November 1, the Fever announced Stephanie White as their new head coach
In 2024, the WNBA held its first expansion draft since 2008, marking a historic moment in the league’s growth and evolution. The league's new expansion team, the Golden State Valkyries, selected Temi Fagbenle from the Fever roster.
On January 16, 2025 Pacers Sports & Entertainment announced that the Fever will have its own devoted practice facility walking distance from Gainbridge Fieldhouse by 2027.The $78 million exclusive sports performance center for the Indiana Fever will be spread across 108,000 sq. ft. making it the largest practice facility among the WNBA teams.

## Draft

| Round | Pick |
| 2 | 19 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 |

## Transactions
### Front office and coaching

| Date | Details |
| October 4, 2024 | Hired Amber Cox as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager |
| October 4, 2024 | Lin Dunn named Senior Advisor |
| October 27, 2024 | Fired head coach, Christie Sides |
| November 1, 2024 | Hired Stephanie White as head coach |
| November 27, 2024 | Hired Austin Kelly as an assistant coach |
| November 27, 2024 | Karima Christmas-Kelly returning as an assistant coach |
| January 27, 2025 | Hired Jackie Maynard as Associate Vice President of Basketball Communications |

### Trades

February :
| February 2 (Four-team trade) | To Indiana FeverSophie Cunningham and the 2025 No. 19 pick (from Phoenix Mercury) Jaelyn Brown (from Dallas Wings) | To Connecticut SunRebecca Allen and Natasha Cloud (from Phoenix Mercury) Jacy Sheldon (from Dallas Wings) 2025 No. 8 draft pick (from Indiana Fever) |
| February 2 (Four-team trade) | To Dallas WingsDiJonai Carrington and Tyasha Harris (from Connecticut Sun) NaLyssa Smith and right to swap third round picks in 2027 draft (from Indiana Fever) Rights to Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and the 2025 No. 12 pick (from Phoenix Mercury) | To Phoenix MercuryAlyssa Thomas (from Connecticut Sun) Satou Sabally, Kalani Brown, and Sevgi Uzun (from Dallas Wings) |

### Free agency
#### Core designation

| Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |
| Kelsey Mitchell | January 16, 2025 | Accepted core offer on January 29 | |

#### Re-signed

| Player | Date | Notes | Ref. |

#### Additions

| Player | Date | Notes | Former Team |
| Natasha Howard | February 3, 2025 | One-year deal | Dallas Wings |
| DeWanna Bonner | February 5, 2025 | One-year deal | Connecticut Sun |
| Sydney Colson | February 6, 2025 | One-year deal | Las Vegas Aces |
| Brianna Turner | February 16, 2025 | Details to be announced | Chicago Sky |

#### Subtractions / Unsigned

| Player | Date | Reason | New Team |
| Temi Fagbenle | December 6, 2024 | Expansion draft | Golden State Valkyries |
| Grace Berger | February 2, 2025 | Waived | Minnesota Lynx |
| Victaria Saxton | February 3, 2025 | Waived | — |
| Katie Lou Samuelson | February 10, 2025 | Waived – contract amendment | Seattle Storm |
| Erica Wheeler | February 12, 2025 | Free agency – unrestricted | Seattle Storm |
| Kristy Wallace | February 25, 2025 | Suspended contract – full season | N/A – retained rights |

## Roster
### Depth

* Pos.
* PG
* SG
* SF
* PF
* C

## Schedule
### Preseason

2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) :
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 3
Washington
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2
May 4
Brazil
Carver–Hawkeye Arena
3
May 10
@ Atlanta
Gateway Center Arena :
2025 pre-season schedule :

### Regular season

2025 game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) :
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 17
Chicago
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2
May 20
Atlanta
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
3
May 22
@ Atlanta
State Farm Arena
4
May 24
New York
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
5
May 28
@ Washington
CFG Bank Arena
6
May 30
Connecticut
Gainbridge Fieldhouse :
June
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
7
June 3
Washington
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
8
June 7
@ Chicago
United Center
9
June 10
@ Atlanta
Gateway Center Arena
10
June 14
New York
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
11
June 17
Connecticut
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
12
June 19
@ Golden State
Chase Center
13
June 22
@ Las Vegas
T-Mobile Arena
14
June 24
@ Seattle
Climate Pledge Arena
15
June 26
Los Angeles
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
16
June 27
@ Dallas
College Park Center :
July
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
July 3
Las Vegas
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
18
July 5
Los Angeles
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
19
July 9
Golden State
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
20
July 11
Atlanta
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
21
July 13
Dallas
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
22
July 15
@ Connecticut
TD Garden
23
July 16
@ New York
Barclays Center
24
July 22
@ New York
Barclays Center
25
July 24
Las Vegas
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
26
July 27
@ Chicago
United Center
27
July 30
Phoenix
Gainbridge Fieldhouse :
August
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
28
August 1
@ Dallas
College Park Center
29
August 3
@ Seattle
Climate Pledge Arena
30
August 5
@ Los Angeles
Crypto.com Arena
31
August 7
@ Phoenix
PHX Arena
32
August 9
Chicago
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
33
August 12
Dallas
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
34
August 15
Washington
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
35
August 17
@ Connecticut
Mohegan Sun Arena
36
August 22
Minnesota
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
37
August 24
@ Minnesota
Target Center
38
August 26
Seattle
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
39
August 29
@ Los Angeles
Crypto.com Arena
40
August 31
@ Golden State
Chase Center :
September
: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
41
September 2
@ Phoenix
PHX Arena
42
September 5
Chicago
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
43
September 7
@ Washington
CFG Bank Arena
44
September 9
Minnesota
Gainbridge Fieldhouse :
2025 season schedule :

## Standings

| # | vteTeam | W | L | PCT | GB | Conf. | Home | Road | Cup |
| 1 | Atlanta Dream | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Chicago Sky | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Connecticut Sun | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 4 | Dallas Wings | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 5 | Golden State Valkyries | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 6 | Indiana Fever | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 7 | Las Vegas Aces | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 8 | Los Angeles Sparks | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 9 | Minnesota Lynx | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 10 | New York Liberty | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 11 | Phoenix Mercury | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 12 | Seattle Storm | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 13 | Washington Mystics | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Notes
    (#) – League Standing
    x – Clinched playoff berth
    e – Eliminated from playoff contention
    Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings