2016 Indiana Fever season

2016 Indiana Fever season
Head Coach	Stephanie White
Arena	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance	8,574 per game
Results
Record	17–17 (.500)
Place	3rd (Eastern)
Playoff Finish	First round (lost to Phoenix Mercury 1-0)
Team Leaders
Points	T. Catchings (12.9)
Rebounds	E. Larkins (7.4)
Assists	B. January (4.7)
Media
Television	FSMW, ESPN2, NBATV
Indiana Fever seasons
< 2015	2017 >

The 2016 WNBA season is the 17th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season tipped off on May 1. The Fever finished with a record of 17–17, third in the Eastern Conference and fifth overall. The Fever made the First Round of the 2016 WNBA Playoffs, losing to the Phoenix Mercury. It was the team's 13th appearance in the WNBA playoffs.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2016 WNBA draft

The Fever made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut:

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	WNBA Team	School/Team/Country
1	9	Tiffany Mitchell	United States	Indiana Fever	South Carolina
2	21	Brene Moseley	United States	Indiana Fever	Maryland
3	29	Julie Allemand	Belgium	Indiana Fever	Castors Braine

Trades

Date	Trade

Roster

2016 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From F 11 Achonwa, Natalie 6' 4" (1.93m) 183 lb (83kg) 11-22-1992 Notre Dame 1 F 24 Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-21-1979 Tennessee 14 G 25 Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 01-04-1987 Maryland 7 F 99 Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 08-16-1984 Temple 10 F 97 Graves, Bashaara 6' 2" (1.88m) 200 lb (91kg) 03-17-1994 Tennessee R G 20 January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 01-11-1987 Arizona State 7 G 42 Johnson, Shenise 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 12-08-1990 Miami (FL) 4 F 2 Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 205 lb (93kg) 04-02-1986 North Carolina 6 G 33 Lucas, Maggie 5' 10" (1.78m) 152 lb (69kg) 11-29-1991 Penn State 2 G 3 Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 153 lb (69kg) 09-23-1994 South Carolina 1 F 14 Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 10-08-1989 Notre Dame 5 G 32 Pohlen-Mavunga, Jeanette 0' 4" (0.1m) 171 lb (78kg) 05-02-1989 Stanford 4 G 17 Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 05-02-1991 Rutgers 1	Head coach Stephanie White (Purdue) Assistant coaches Steven Key (Boston University) Athletic trainer Strength and conditioning coach Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Preseason

2016 pre-season game log
May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 1, 2016 1:00 pm Dallas 108-90 Lucas - 22 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 1-0 2 May 6, 2016 11:30 am Washington 89-69 Early - 12 Verizon Center 2-0
2016 pre-season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Atlanta Dream	0	0	.000	-	0–0	0–0	0–0
Chicago Sky	0	0	.000	-	0–0	0–0	0–0
Connecticut Sun	0	0	.000	-	0–0	0–0	0–0
Indiana Fever	0	0	.000	-	0–0	0–0	0–0
New York Liberty	0	0	.000	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
Washington Mystics	0	0	.000	-	0–0	0–0	0–0

Notes

z – Clinched Conference

x – Clinched playoff spot

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Playoffs

The Fever qualified for the 2016 playoffs with the 5th best season record in the WNBA. The Fever would lose to the Phoenxi Mercury in the first round, single-elimination game. Template:2016 WNBA Playoffs

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Awards and honors

• 2016 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Tamika Catchings
• 2016 All-Defensive First Team: Briann January
• 2016 All-Defensive Second Team: Tamika Catchings
• 2016 All-Rookie Team: Tiffany Mitchell

External links

• Official website