Category: Fever/WNBA

The Fever are the hottest ticket in town

By TYLER SMITHISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Before Friday night’s game between the Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces, I headed to downtown Indy to have dinner with some friends. It was nearly three hours before tip-off, and the streets were absolutely buzzing. The fans were everywhere, wearing their Caitlin Clark/Fever shirts and anticipating the game. […]

Longtime Indiana Fever G Katie Douglas signs with Connecticut Sun

From the Indiana Fever: INDIANAPOLIS – With news that Katie Douglas has signed a free agent contract with the Connecticut Sun, the Indiana Fever franchise has extended its best wishes to the former Fever star as she continues her WNBA career. Douglas enters her 14th WNBA season this summer, after missing most of the 2013 […]

Five things we learned from Fever’s season-ending loss

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever piled one missed shot on top of another Sunday, until every clank, rim-out, brick and offline heave eventually added up to the end of their season. It was one loss that no coach or player seemed particularly upset over. The Fever opened their title […]

Indiana Fever upset Chicago 85-72 in WNBA playoffs

From the Indiana Fever CHICAGO – Shavonte Zellous scored 20 points to lead five scorers in double figures and the Indiana Fever shot a a season-high 50.8 percent from the floor to upend the top-seeded Chicago Sky, 85-72, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Indiana, the No. 4 seed in the East, won […]

Katie Douglas returning to Indiana Fever lineup Friday night

From the Indiana Fever: INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Fever star Katie Douglas will make her return to the Fever lineup when Indiana hosts the New York Liberty on Friday evening in the regular season home finale (7:00 p.m.). Douglas was diagnosed with a bulging disc in her lower back in early June, and has not played […]

Fever F Tamika Catchings wins record 20th Player of the Week award

From the WNBA: NEW YORK, September 3, 2013 – Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, Aug. 26 through Sunday, Sept. 1, setting a WNBA record. Catchings’ Player of the Week award is the 20th of her career. The veteran forward had been […]

Indiana Fever defeat Atlanta Dream 80-66 to even record

By MADDIE DECKERS ISL Correspondent Note: Deckers is a high school junior in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is an aspiring sports writer and covers the Indiana Fever and Indianapolis Colts on her own blog, Sports by Maddie. INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever defeated the Atlanta Dream, 80 – 66 Saturday night, bringing them within 1 1/2 […]

Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn named to Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame

From the Indiana Fever and Purdue Athletics Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn, the wins leader at Purdue, has been named to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014. Dunn heads a class of six inductees who will be formally inducted into the WBHOF on June 14, 2014 in Knoxville, Tenn. Dunn’s career spans […]

Catchings, Zellous lead Indiana Fever past Shock; 7th win in 9 games

From the Indiana Fever TULSA – Tamika Catchings scored 23 points and Shavonte Zellous added 19 to lead the Indiana Fever to its seventh win in nine games, winning 71-60 over the Tulsa Shock. Catchings and Zellous combined to hit 15 of 25 shots and Indiana shot 46 percent as a team, as the Fever […]

Fever F Tamika Catchings ties WNBA Player of the Week record

From the WNBA NEW YORK, July 22, 2013 – Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever and Elizabeth Cambage of the Tulsa Shock were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, July 15 through Sunday, July 21. This marks the 19th time in her career that Catchings has been named Player […]

Brunt: Indiana Fever repeat possible after recovery from 1-7 start

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The Indiana Fever look like they’re right on track for another title. Huh? It sure didn’t look that way when the team was on a seven-game losing streak, making that ring ceremony seem like old news. Suddenly, the Fever look like themselves, except they aren’t themselves at all. Katie Douglas, […]