2012 Indiana Fever season

The 2012 WNBA season was the 13th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.

2012 Indiana Fever season
WNBA champions
Coach	Lin Dunn
Arena	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Attendance	7,582 per game
Results
Record	22–12 (.647)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Won WNBA Finals 3–1 (Minnesota)
Team Leaders
Points	Catchings (17.4)
Rebounds	Catchings (7.6)
Assists	January (3.9)
Media
Radio	WFNI
Television	FS-I ESPN2, NBATV
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Transactions

WNBA draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2012 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	11	Sasha Goodlett	United States	Georgia Tech
3	34 (from Sea.)	Courtney Hurt	United States	VCU

Transaction log

• April 11, 2011: The Fever acquired a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from the Seattle Storm as part of the Katie Smith transaction. The Fever sent a second-round pick to Seattle as part of the trade.
• February 3: The Fever re-signed Erin Phillips.
• February 8: The Fever re-signed Tamika Catchings.
• February 14: The Fever re-signed Shyra Ely.
• March 1: The Fever traded Tangela Smith to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Roneeka Hodges.
• March 14: The Fever signed Jenna Smith and Erlana Larkins.
• March 16: The Fever re-signed Shannon Bobbitt.
• April 24: The Fever signed La'Tangela Atkinson, and draft picks Sasha Goodlett and Courtney Hurt.
• May 3: The Fever waived Courtney Hurt and Jenna Smith.
• May 11: The Fever waived Shyra Ely and La'Tangela Atkinson.
• May 14: The Fever waived Shannon Bobbitt.
• July 2: The Fever traded Roneeka Hodges to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Karima Christmas.

Trades

Date	Trade
March 1, 2012	To Indiana Fever	To San Antonio Silver Stars
	Roneeka Hodges	Tangela Smith
July 2, 2012	To Indiana Fever	To Tulsa Shock
	Karima Christmas	Roneeka Hodges

Personnel changes

Additions Player Signed Former team Erlana Larkins March 14, 2012 free agent Sasha Goodlett April 16, 2012 draft pick Karima Christmas July 2, 2012 Tulsa Shock

Subtractions Player Left New team Shyra Ely 2012 injured Tangela Smith March 1, 2012 San Antonio Silver Stars Shannon Bobbitt May 14, 2012 free agent

Roster

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2012 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 24 Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 1979-07-21 Tennessee 11 G/F 11 Christmas, Karima 6' 0" (1.83m) 180 lb (82kg) 1989-09-11 Duke 2 G 32 Pohlen, Jeanette 6' 0" (1.83m) 171 lb (78kg) 1989-05-02 Stanford 2 C 50 Davenport, Jessica 6' 5" (1.96m) 215 lb (98kg) 1985-06-21 Ohio State 6 G/F 23 Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1979-05-07 Purdue 12 C 45 Goodlett, Sasha 6' 5" (1.96m) 239 lb (108kg) 1990-08-09 Georgia Tech R G 20 January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 1987-01-11 Arizona State 4 F 2 Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 202 lb (92kg) 1986-04-02 North Carolina 3 G 13 Phillips, Erin 5' 8" (1.73m) 165 lb (75kg) 1985-05-19 Australia 5 C 8 Sutton-Brown, Tammy 6' 4" (1.93m) 199 lb (90kg) 1978-01-27 Rutgers 12 G 1 Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 1986-08-28 Pittsburgh 4	Head coach Lin Dunn (UT Martin) Assistant coaches Mickie DeMoss (Louisiana Tech) Stephanie White (Purdue) Athletic trainer Todd Champlin (Daemen) Strength and conditioning coach Emily Novitsky (Slippery Rock) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Tammy Sutton-Brown	Jessica Davenport Sasha Goodlett
PF	Tamika Catchings	Erlana Larkins
SF	Katie Douglas	Karima Christmas
SG	Shavonte Zellous	Jeanette Pohlen
PG	Briann January	Erin Phillips

Season standings

Eastern Conference v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Connecticut Sun y	25	9	.735	–	12–5	13–4	18–4
Indiana Fever x	22	12	.647	3.0	13–4	9–8	15–7
Atlanta Dream x	19	15	.559	6.0	11–6	8–9	12–10
New York Liberty x	15	19	.441	10.0	9–8	6–11	10–12
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	11.0	7–10	7–10	8–14
Washington Mystics o	5	29	.147	20.0	4–13	1–16	3–19

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Game Log: Preseason (May) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 5 8:00 @ San Antonio 69–67 Hodges (16) Larkins (7) Atkinson January Zellous (3) Trinity University N/A 1–0 2 Wed 9 12:00 San Antonio 78–69 Hodges (10) Davenport (5) Bobbitt Catchings (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 5,270 2–0

Regular season

2012 Game Log: Regular Season
May (3–0) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 Sat 19 7:00 Atlanta FS-I SSO 92–84 Douglas (21) Davenport (10) Catchings Douglas January Phillips (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,403 1–0 2 Fri 25 8:30 @ Chicago CN100 83–72 Catchings (22) Zellous (7) Catchings (5) Allstate Arena 6,198 2–0 3 Sun 27 3:00 @ Atlanta SSO 78–62 Catchings (25) Catchings (12) January (5) Philips Arena 7,282 3–0
June (5–5) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 4 Sat 2 7:00 New York FS-I 91–68 Catchings (16) Goodlett (6) January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,006 4–0 5 Sun 3 6:00 @ New York MSG 72–87 Catchings (19) Catchings January (6) Zellous (4) Prudential Center 4,905 4–1 6 Fri 8 7:00 Connecticut 81–89 Catchings (31) Catchings Sutton-Brown (8) January (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,041 4–2 7 Fri 15 7:00 @ Washington CSN-MA 66–67 Catchings (15) Catchings (9) Douglas January (4) Verizon Center 8,050 4–3 8 Sat 16 7:00 Chicago CN100 84–70 Davenport (19) Catchings (7) Douglas (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,098 5–3 9 Tue 19 7:00 @ Connecticut CPTV-S 85–88 (OT) Douglas (23) Douglas (9) Catchings (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,503 5–4 10 Thu 21 7:00 Connecticut FS-I CPTV-S 95–61 January (20) Catchings (10) Catchings (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,326 6–4 11 Sat 23 8:00 @ Tulsa 73–70 Catchings (16) Catchings (8) Catchings Douglas January (4) BOK Center 4,209 7–4 12 Tue 26 12:00 @ Atlanta SSO 58–70 Catchings Davenport Douglas (8) Larkins (7) January (6) Philips Arena 8,388 7–5 13 Wed 27 12:30 @ Chicago 81–72 Zellous (18) Sutton-Brown (8) Catchings (9) Allstate Arena 6,312 8–5
July (2–2) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 14 Thu 5 7:00 San Antonio NBATV 72–88 Douglas (19) Catchings (15) Catchings Douglas (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,088 8–6 15 Sat 7 7:00 Chicago CN100 88–86 (OT) Catchings (18) Catchings (9) Catchings (6) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,155 9–6 16 Tue 10 12:00 New York 84–82 Catchings (23) Douglas (7) January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,216 10–6 17 Thu 12 7:00 Los Angeles ESPN2 74–77 Catchings (27) Catchings Larkins (6) January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,244 10–7 Summer Olympic break
August (6–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record Summer Olympic break 18 Thu 16 7:00 Washington NBATV 84–66 Larkins (16) Catchings (14) Zellous (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,834 11–7 19 Sat 18 7:00 Atlanta NBATV FS-I SSO 86–72 Douglas (29) Catchings (9) Catchings January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,302 12–7 20 Tue 21 10:30 @ Los Angeles TWC101 69–79 Douglas (22) Larkins (8) Catchings (3) Staples Center 8,402 12–8 21 Thu 23 10:00 @ Seattle 68–66 Catchings (18) Catchings (11) January (4) KeyArena 5,819 13–8 22 Sat 25 10:00 @ Phoenix 85–72 January (22) Douglas Phillips Davenport (6) Catchings (6) US Airways Center 9,079 14–8 23 Tue 28 7:00 Washington 83–68 Douglas (18) Catchings Davenport (5) Catchings (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,525 15–8 24 Thu 30 7:00 @ New York NBATV MSG 76–63 Catchings (22) Catchings (5) January (8) Prudential Center 5,315 16–8
September (6–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 25 Sat 1 7:00 Chicago NBATV CN100 81–64 January (19) Catchings (10) January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,307 17–8 26 Wed 5 7:00 @ Atlanta NBATV FS-I FS-S 64–71 Douglas (23) Catchings (9) January (5) Philips Arena 4,112 17–9 27 Fri 7 8:00 @ San Antonio 82–78 Catchings (26) Catchings (11) January (6) AT&T Center 8,097 18–9 28 Sun 9 6:00 Phoenix NBATV FS-I 89–83 Douglas (30) Catchings Larkins (5) January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,971 19–9 29 Wed 12 7:00 Seattle NBATV 72–48 Douglas (16) Catchings Larkins (7) Larkins (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,337 20–9 30 Fri 14 7:00 Minnesota 64–66 January (16) Catchings (12) January (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 8,819 20–10 31 Sun 17 8:00 @ Minnesota NBATV FS-I 79–86 Catchings (19) Catchings (10) January Phillips (5) Target Center 9,523 20–11 32 Wed 19 7:00 @ Connecticut 67–73 Douglas (19) Christmas (6) Catchings Christmas (3) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,811 20–12 33 Fri 21 7:00 @ Washington NBATV 66–53 Phillips (19) Larkins (11) Catchings (4) Verizon Center 7,702 21–12 34 Sun 23 5:00 Tulsa NBATV FS-I 91–58 Phillips (21) Catchings (10) Larkins Sutton-Brown Christmas (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,225 22–12
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Postseason

2012 Game Log: Postseason
Eastern Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 28 7:00 Atlanta ESPN2 66–75 Douglas (13) Catchings (11) Catchings January (3) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,776 0–1 2 September 30 4:00 @ Atlanta ESPN 103–88 Catchings (25) Catchings (13) January (7) Philips Arena 6,890 1–1 3 October 2 7:00 Atlanta NBATV 75–64 Douglas (24) Larkins (20) January (5) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 6,840 2–1
Eastern Conference Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 October 5 8:00 @ Connecticut ESPN2 64–76 Douglas (27) Catchings (9) Catchings (5) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,599 0–1 2 October 8 8:00 Connecticut ESPN2 78–76 Douglas (24) Larkins (11) Douglas January (2) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 9,225 1–1 3 October 11 8:30 @ Connecticut ESPN2 87–71 Catchings (22) Catchings (13) Catchings January (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,516 2–1
WNBA Finals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 October 14 8:00 @ Minnesota ESPN2 76–70 Catchings (20) Larkins (15) January (6) Target Center 14,322 1–0 2 October 17 8:00 @ Minnesota ESPN 71–83 Catchings (27) Catchings (8) Phillips (4) Target Center 13,478 1–1 3 October 19 8:00 Minnesota ESPN2 76–59 Zellous (30) Larkins (15) Davenport (4) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 18,165 2–1 4 October 21 8:00 Minnesota ESPN2 87–78 Catchings (25) Larkins (13) Catchings (8) Bankers Life Fieldhouse 15,213 3–1

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

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

Awards and honors