2016 Indiana Fever season

The 2016 Indiana Fever season was the 17th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. The season tipped off on May 1.

The Fever began the season slowly, losing their opening game. They won the next two games before losing their final two games in May to finish the month with a 2–3 record. In June, the team continued to struggle to find some consistency. They won their first game, but lost the next. After defeating Connecticut, they went on a three-game losing streak. The streak ended with a win at San Antonio, but that was followed by an overtime loss to New York. The Fever won their last two games of the month and finished 5–6 in June. The team lost their first two games in July before winning the next two. A loss to Connecticut prevented a winning streak from developing. However, they won their final three games of the month going into the Olympic break. The streak included a ten-point win over Los Angeles. The Fever got off to a slow start after the break, losing their only two games in August, and not managing to score more than 70 points in either. They won their opening game of September, before losing in Los Angeles. They then went on a three-game winning streak, which was followed by two losses. They won their final game of the season against Dallas to finish September 5–3.

The Fever finished with a record of 17–17, which placed them third in the Eastern Conference and fifth overall. As the fifth-seed in the 2016 WNBA Playoffs, they hosted the eighth-seed Phoenix Mercury in the First Round. The Fever lost 78–89 to end their season.

Transactions WNBA draft

The Fever made three selections in the 2016 WNBA Entry Draft in Uncasville, Connecticut: Round Pick Player Nationality WNBA Team School/Team/Country19Tiffany Mitchell Indiana FeverSouth Carolina221Brene MoseleyIndiana FeverMaryland329Julie AllemandIndiana FeverCastors Braine

Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction February 1 Re-Signed Shenise Johnson and Lynetta Kizer February 2 The Fever acquired Natasha Howard from the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Devereaux Peters May 10 The Fever acquired the 22nd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft from the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Layshia Clarendon May 24 Head Coach Stephanie White announced that she would finish the season and then leave the team

Subtractions / Unsigned Player Date Reason New Team Ref.

Roster

Game log

Preseason

|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 1, 20161:00 pm || Dallas || W 108–90 || Maggie Lucas (22) || Natalie Achonwa (8) || 6 players (2) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,214 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 6, 201611:30 am || @ Washington || W 89–69 || Tamika Catchings (16) || Mitchell, Taylor (6) || Devereaux Peters (5) || Verizon Center2,072 || 2–0

Regular season

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || May 14, 20166:00 pm || Dallas || L 79–90 || Tiffany Mitchell (18) || Erlana Larkins (13) || Erlana Larkins (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,569 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || May 18, 20167:00 pm || Phoenix || W 97–93 || Johnson, Wheeler (16) || Erlana Larkins (10) || Shenise Johnson (7) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,749 || 1–1 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || May 20, 20167:00 pm || Atlanta || W 94–85 || Tamika Catchings (14) || Shenise Johnson (7) || Brene Moseley (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,608|| 2–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || May 27, 20168:00 pm || @ Minnesota || L 71–74 || Tiffany Mitchell (16) || Coleman, Larkins (6) || Tiffany Mitchell (4) || Target Center7,503 || 2–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || May 29, 20163:00 pm || @ Atlanta || L 74–76 || Erica Wheeler (18) || Achonwa, Larkins (8) || Erica Wheeler (7) || Philips Arena5,233 || 2–3

|-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 1, 20167:00 pm || Seattle || W 85–75 || Lynetta Kizer (20) || Marissa Coleman (7) || Catchings, January, Moseley (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,721 || 3–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || June 3, 20167:30 pm || @ New York || L 59–91 || Tiffany Mitchell (11) || Erlana Larkins (7) || Briann January (3) || Madison Square Garden8,566 || 3–4 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || June 5, 20163:00 pm || @ Connecticut || W 88–77 || Tiffany Mitchell (21) || Erlana Larkins (10) || Briann January (5) || Mohegan Sun Arena5,346 || 4–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || June 10, 20167:00 pm || Chicago || L 64–73 || Briann January (17) || Erlana Larkins (9) || Marissa Coleman (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,533 || 4–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || June 12, 20166:00 pm || Seattle || L 88–90 || Tamika Catchings (27) || Tamika Catchings (6) || Marissa Coleman (3) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,724 || 4–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || June 14, 20168:00 pm || @ Minnesota || L 63–87 || Erlana Larkins (12) || Erlana Larkins (9) || Briann January (4) || Target Center7,623 || 4–7 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || June 17, 20168:00 pm || @ San Antonio || W 84–75 || Tamika Catchings (23) || Erlana Larkins (8) || Briann January (8) || AT&T Center6,107 || 5–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || June 19, 20162:00 pm || New York || L 75–78 (OT) || Tamika Catchings (23) || Erlana Larkins (15) || Briann January (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,440 || 5–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || June 227:00 pm || @ Washington || L 62–76 || Lynetta Kizer (18) || Kizer, Peters (7) || Catchings, January (4) || Verizon Center4,430 || 5–9 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || June 258:30 pm || @ Dallas || W 92–87 || Erlana Larkins (19) || Erlana Larkins (7) || Briann January (7) || College Park Center5,206 || 6–9 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || June 2912:30 pm || @ Chicago || W 95–83 || Tamika Catchings (26) || Erlana Larkins (9) || Erica Wheeler (9) || Allstate Arena11,892 || 7–9

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || July 1, 20167:00 pm || San Antonio || L 85–87 (OT) || Erlana Larkins (16) || Erlana Larkins (17) || Briann January (7) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,519 || 7–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || July 6, 201610:30 pm || @ Los Angeles || L 88–94 || Tiffany Mitchell (20) || Kizer, Wheeler (4) || Erica Wheeler (7) || Staples Center8,224 || 7–11 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 8, 201610:00 pm || @ Phoenix || W 78–60 || January, Larkins (13) || Erlana Larkins (10) || January, Mitchell, Johnson (3) || US Airways Center10,371 || 8–11 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || July 10, 20167:00 pm || @ Seattle || W 93–82 || Shenise Johnson (18) || Erlana Larkins (7) || Briann January (7) || KeyArena5,975 || 9–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 21 || July 13, 201612:00 pm || Connecticut || W 64–86 || Lynetta Kizer (18) || Tamika Catchings (6) || Briann January (5) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse12,272 || 9–12 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || July 15, 20167:00 pm || Atlanta || W 78–72 || Catchings, Kizer (18) || Erlana Larkins (11) || Briann January (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,612 || 10–12 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || July 19, 20168:00 pm || Los Angeles || W 92–82 || Tamika Catchings (23) || Coleman, Kizer (5) || Briann January (9) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,269 || 11–12 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || July 21, 201611:00 am || @ New York || W 82–70 || Lynetta Kizer (21) || Tamika Catchings (8) || Shenise Johnson (7) || Madison Square Garden11,253 || 12–12

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || August 27, 20167:00 pm || Washington || L 69–92 || Achonwa, Catchings, Larkins (12) || Shenise Johnson (9) || Briann January (7) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,081 || 12–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || August 30, 20167:00 pm || Phoenix || L 65–79 || Erlana Larkins (12) || Erlana Larkins (8) || Briann January (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse7,250 || 12–14

|-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || September 1, 20167:00 pm || New York || W 98–77 || Shenise Johnson (21) || Tamika Catchings (9) || Catchings, Larkins, Wheeler (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse6,524 || 13–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || September 4, 20167:00 pm || @ Los Angeles || L 81–88 || Erica Wheeler – 20 || Erlana Larkins – 7 || Briann January (5) || Staples Center11,332 || 13–15 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || September 6, 20168:00 pm || @ San Antonio || W 71–69 || Lynetta Kizer (15) || Catchings, Coleman (8) || Coleman, January, Mitchell 2 || AT&T Center5,838 || 14–15 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || September 9, 20167:00 pm || Chicago || W 95–88 || Briann January (20) || Tamika Catchings (8) || Briann January (6) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse10,533 || 15–15 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 11, 20164:00 pm || @ Washington || W 80–73 || Kizer, Wheeler (17) || Marissa Coleman (7) || Briann January (4) || Verizon Center6,542 || 16–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 32 || September 13, 20167:00 pm || @ Connecticut || L 87–89 || Shenise Johnson (23) || Coleman, Kizer (8) || Tamika Catchings (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena4,407 || 16–16 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 33 || September 16, 20167:00 pm || Minnesota || L 75–82 || Marissa Coleman (19) || Erlana Larkins (6) || Erlana Larkins (4) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse8,663 || 16–17 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || September 18, 20164:00 pm || Dallas || W 83–60 || Catchings, Kizer (16) || Erlana Larkins (9) || Briann January (8) || Bankers Life Fieldhouse17,704 || 17–17

Playoffs

Standings

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

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Tamika Catchings 34 34 24.8 43.3% 35.0% 86.2% 4.8 1.9 1.8 0.3 12.7 Shenise Johnson 29 10 22.4 41.0% 35.9% 93.8% 3.5 2.1 1.2 0.3 9.8 Briann January 29 27 28.1 40.1% 39.2% 87.5% 1.8 4.7 1.2 0.1 9.7 Lynetta Kizer 33 12 17.2 55.6% 0.0% 80.0% 3.2 0.6 0.8 0.3 9.6 Tiffany Mitchell 34 8 20.0 36.1% 29.4% 9.11% 1.7 1.4 0.9 0.1 8.6 Erica Wheeler 34 25 23.9 41.8% 29.8% 83.3% 2.1 2.8 0.7 0.0 8.4 Erlana Larkins 33 33 26.7 63.9% — 88.4% 7.4 2.1 0.9 0.5 8.3 Marissa Coleman 32 21 24.4 34.6% 26.8% 75.3% 3.3 2.0 0.9 0.3 8.3 Maggie Lucas 4 0 13.8 52.4% 20.0% 100% 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 7.8 Devereaux Peters 30 0 14.7 54.9% 33.3% 55.6% 3.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 5.2 Natalie Achonwa 24 0 8.1 54.5% — 70.0% 2.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 3.6 Brene Moseley 8 0 9.6 26.1% 20.0% 40.0% 0.4 1.1 0.5 0.0 1.9 Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga 12 0 4.1 54.5% 50.0% 100% 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.3

Awards and honors Recipient Award Date awarded Ref. Tamika Catchings Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award September 21 Tiffany Mitchell WNBA All-Rookie Team September 29 Briann January WNBA All-Defensive First Team September 30 Tamika Catchings WNBA All-Defensive Second Team September 30

References

External links

2016 Indiana Fever season

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