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.^[1] 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.

2017 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Pokey Chatman
Arena	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance	7,538 per game
Results
Record	9–25 (.265)
Place	6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Candice Dupree 15 ppg
Rebounds	Candice Dupree 5.8 rpg
Assists	Erica Wheeler 4.1 apg
Media
Television	FSMW, ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2017 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^[2]^[3]
February 21, 2017	Phoenix also traded its 2017 1st round draft pick (17th overall) to Indiana
May 9, 2017	To Indiana Fever	To San Antonio Stars
	Jazmon Gwathmey	2018 3rd Round Pick

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Candice Dupree February 21, 2017 Phoenix Mercury Erica McCall April 13, 2017 Draft Pick Adrienne Motley April 13, 2017 Draft Pick Jazmon Gwathmey May 9, 2017 San Antonio Stars

Subtractions Player Left New team Camille Little February 21, 2017 Phoenix Mercury Bashaara Graves May 8, 2017 Waived Victoria Macaulay May 8, 2017 Waived

Roster

2017 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 11   Achonwa, Natalie 6' 4" (1.93m) 183 lb (83kg) 11-22-1992 Notre Dame 3 G/F 25   Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 01-04-1987 Maryland 9 G 20   January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 01-11-1987 Arizona State 9 G 42   Johnson, Shenise 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 12-09-1990 Miami (FL) 6 F 2   Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 205 lb (93kg) 04-02-1986 North Carolina 9 F 4   Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 02-25-1984 Temple 12 C 5   Hamson, Jennifer 6' 7" (2.01m) 210 lb (95kg) 01-23-1992 Brigham Young 1 G 3   Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 152 lb (69kg) 09-23-1984 South Carolina 2 F 14   Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 10-08-1989 Notre Dame 6 G 17   Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 05-02-1991 Rutgers 3 G 1   Gwathmey, Jazmon 6' 2" (1.88m) 143 lb (65kg) 01-24-1993 James Madison 2 G 32   Pohlen, Jeanette 6' 0" (1.83m) 171 lb (78kg) 05-02-1989 Stanford 6	Head coach   Pokey Chatman (LSU) Assistant coaches   Steven Key (Boston University)   Jessica Miller (Illinois-Chicago) Athletic trainer   Todd Champlin (Daemen) Strength and conditioning coach   David Williams (Central Florida) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended   Injured

Schedule

Game log

2017 game log Total: 9–25 (Home: 6–11 Road: 3–14)
May: 2–4 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 14, 2017 7:00 pm Seattle L 82–87 Johnson - 24 Johnson - 8 Johnson - 4 KeyArena 7,969 0-1 2 May 17, 2017 10:00 pm Phoenix L 62–85 Dupree - 14 Dupree - 9 Mitchell - 4 Talking Stick Resort Arena 8,896 0-2 3 May 20, 2017 7:00 pm Connecticut W 81–79 Dupree - 19 Larkins - 9 January - 4 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,385 1-2 4 May 24, 2017 7:00 pm Los Angeles W 93–90 Coleman - 19 Dupree - 8 January - 6 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,875 2-2 5 May 28, 2017 7:00 pm Seattle L 70–94 Mitchell - 13 Dupree - 5 January - 3 KeyArena 4,722 2-3 6 May 30, 2017 8:00 pm Dallas L 62–89 Achonwa - 13 Larkins - 6 Dupree - 3 College Park Center 3,076 2-4
June: 5–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 June 3, 2017 7:00 pm Dallas W 91–85 Dupree - 18 Achonwa - 7 Larkins - 7 January - 7 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,529 3-4 8 June 7, 2017 10:00 pm Phoenix L 90-98 Wheeler - 24 Larkins - 7 Johnson - 5 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,702 3-5 9 June 9, 2017 7:00 pm Seattle W 83-80 Wheeler - 19 Dupree - 12 Wheeler - 6 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,166 4-5 10 June 11, 2017 3:00 pm Washington L 70-88 Wheeler - 15 Mitchell - 5 Wheeler - 6 Verizon Center 6,194 4-6 11 June 15, 2017 7:00 pm Atlanta W 85-74 Wheeler - 20 Dupree - 8 Wheeler - 7 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,830 5-6 12 June 18, 2017 6:00 pm Chicago W 91-79 Mitchell - 19 Dupree - 8 January - 7 Allstate Arena 4,551 6-6 13 June 24, 2017 7:00 pm Los Angeles L 73-84 Dupree - 14 Larkins - 7 Dupree - 3 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,241 6-7 14 June 28, 2017 12:30 pm Chicago W 82-75 Dupree - 17 Mitchell - 7 January - 7 Allstate Arena 10,197 7-7
July: 1–9 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 July 1, 2017 4:00 pm Connecticut L 85-91 Johnson - 22 Dupree - 11 Wheeler - 5 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,473 7-8 16 July 7, 2017 7:30 pm Atlanta L 68-89 Johnson - 15 Dupree - 5 Tied - 3 McCamish Pavilion 3,359 7-9 17 July 12, 2017 12:00 pm San Antonio L 72-79 Dupree - 14 Tied - 3 January - 6 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 12,282 7-10 18 July 14, 2017 7:00 pm Washington L 52-78 January - 15 Mitchell - 8 January - 4 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,007 7-11 19 July 17, 2017 10:30 pm Los Angeles L 62-80 January - 12 Achonwa - 8 Dupree - 4 Staples Center 11,386 7-12 20 July 19, 2017 3:30 pm Phoenix W 84-77 Wheeler - 20 January - 7 Tied - 7 Talking Stick Resort Arena 11,371 8-12 21 July 20, 2017 8:00 pm San Antonio L 61-85 Mitchell - 13 Dupree - 6 January - 4 AT&T Center 7,306 8-13 22 July 25, 2017 8:00 pm Dallas L 82-84 January - 16 Dupree - 6 Wheeler - 9 College Park Center 3,701 8-14 23 July 28, 2017 7:00 pm New York L 84-85 Anchowa - 19 Anchowa - 7 Wheeler - 7 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,617 8-15 24 July 30, 2017 3:00 pm Connecticut L 73-89 Tied - 13 McCall - 9 Tied - 4 Mohegan Sun Arena 6,145 8-16
August : 1–8 (Home: 1–4; Road: 0–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 25 August 4, 2017 7:00 pm Chicago L 70-81 Dupree - 18 Mitchell - 7 January - 8 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,052 8-17 26 August 6, 2017 5:00 pm Minnesota W 84-82 Dupree - 31 Dupree - 9 Wheeler - 7 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,226 9-17 27 August 8, 2017 7:00 pm New York L 76-81 Wheeler - 33 Gwathmey-7 January - 3 Madison Square Garden 10,068 9-18 28 August 12, 2017 7:30 pm Washington L 80-100 Dupree - 26 Dupree - 8 Wheeler - 8 Verizon Center 7,337 9-19 29 August 18, 2017 8:00 pm Minnesota L 52-111 Gwathmey-12 Tied - 4 Tied - 3 Target Center 9,621 9-20 30 August 20, 2017 5:00 pm Washington L 82-87 Coleman - 20 McCall - 6 Dupree - 7 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,593 9-21 31 August 23, 2017 7:00 pm New York L 50-71 Tied - 10 Dupree - 6 Wheeler - 5 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,118 9-22 32 August 26, 2017 6:00 pm Atlanta L 74-79 Wheeler - 23 Achonwa - 9 Coleman - 4 McCamish Pavilion 5,029 9-23 33 August 30, 2017 7:00 pm Minnesota L 69-80 Wheeler - 17 Dupree - 10 Wheeler - 7 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,625 9-24
September: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 September 2, 2017 7:00 pm San Antonio L 71-75 Dupree - 19 Dupree - 13 Wheeler - 6 Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,420 9-25
2017 season schedule

Standings

#	Eastern Conference v t e	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

References

1. "Indiana Fever WNBA Basketball - Fever News, Scores, Videos". Fever.wnba.com. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
2. "Indiana Fever Acquire All-Star Candice Dupree". WNBA. February 21, 2017.
3. "Transactions".

External links

• The Official Site of the Indiana Fever