WNBA Indiana Fever

Fever Update

Published on July 16, 2007 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Indiana Fever News Release


NEWS & NOTES

- In helping lead the East to its second straight win in the WNBA All-Star Game, Tamika Catchings had 15 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. She is the first player in All-Star Game history to have at least seven points, seven rebounds and seven assists in the same game. One of Catchings' assists was on a field goal by Fever teammate Anna DeForge that gave the East a five-point lead with less than 40 seconds remaining.

- With its win at Houston on Tuesday, July 10, the Fever extended its road winning streak to a franchise-record tying three in a row. Two of those wins came in arenas where the Fever had never won previously. Indiana won for the first time ever in both Los Angeles' STAPLES Center and in Houston's Toyota Center.

- Indiana headed into the All-Star break with a franchise record five-game winning streak, the longest active streak in the WNBA.

- The Fever has outscored its opponents in the paint in each of the last five games and in that span has scored 166 points in the paint to the opposition's 108 points in the paint. The Fever has scored 30+ points in each of those five games, compared to just four games of 30+ points in the paint in the first 14 outings. Indiana outscored its foe in the paint just six times in the first 14 contests.

- An All-Star starter for the first time in her career, DeForge headed into her All-Star experience having hit 12 of her last 17 attempts from 3-pt range, including 3-3 against the Liberty on Thursday, July 12. DeForge is sixth in the league with a mark for the season of 42.6 percent from behind the arc.

- With two steals and no turnovers against the Liberty, July 12, Tully Bevilaqua moved up to third in the league with a steals-to-turnover ratio of 1.08:1. That is the best ratio (among those qualified for the league leaders) in the Eastern Conference.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS INJURY REPORT

5/17 Waived Jennifer Humphrey and Jessica Dickson PLAYER INJURY STATUS

5/9 Waived Erin Lawless and Ashley Key None

5/7 Waived Lyndsey Medders

COMMUNITY CORNER

- Tamika Catchings and her Catch The Stars Foundation unveiled a new reading corner on Monday, July 16, at Brookside Park Family Center (3500 Brookside Park Drive South), following her WNBA All-Star appearance Sunday in Washington, D.C. The Catch The Stars Foundation has collected donated books and resource items for the new reading corner, and will provide future maintenance to the area as well as volunteers and local dignitaries as guest readers. The efforts of the Foundation are to increase literacy among Indianapolis youth by making reading fun and providing an availability of books. Further information about Catchings and her Foundation can be obtained by visiting Catchin24.com.

- The Fever is holding its sixth annual Fever Bowling Tournament presented by FedEx and hosted by Pinheads in Fishers, Ind., on Wednesday, August 1, at 6:30 p.m. The event benefits the Fever's Be YOUnique Fund, a grant fund of Pacers Foundation that assists organizations that serve young women and girls. For $600 fans can purchase a team for four and bowl with a Fever celebrity; or for just $150 a fan will be placed with a team. Join the Fever for food, music, a silent auction and bowling fun along with a chance to win great prizes, all while assisting great charities.

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Fever Head Coach Brian Winters following the team's win in Houston, July 8:

"I have a good team, good veteran players and a lot of depth. They've done a good job all year long, and when we've needed a big play in crucial situations, we've had different people step forward. No victories are easy in the WNBA, particularly on the road. It is especially comforting to have some adversity away from home and still get a victory. Our last two games on the road have been tough and tight. Hopefully, that's a good sign for us, and something that will help us later down the road."

UPCOMING GAME PROMOTIONS

- The Fever game vs. the Chicago Sky on Wednesday, July 18, is Applebee's Kids' Day. Kids of all ages can arrive early to participate in special concourse activities before the game. The first 3,500 fans in attendance will receive a pair of cheer stix, courtesy of McDonald's. Plus, teen sensation, KeKe Palmer, will be performing live at halftime. Game time is 1:00 p.m. and good tickets are on sale now

- Fans are encouraged to bring their old cell phones to the Fever game vs. Detroit on Friday, July 20. The phones will be donated to the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence's year-round program for clients to use in an emergency. Phones will be collected on the Main Concourse at the top of the Grand Staircase through the end of the third quarter.

ON THE WEB

- Fever news, notes and features - as well as rosters, statistics and game reports - can be found on FeverBasketball.com. Updated and archived news releases and news clippings can be found in the Fever Central Media Center.

- The Fever is giving away free gas. Fans can visit FeverBasketball.com or any of the designated kiosks in Conseco Fieldhouse to enter to win free gas from the Fever. Two fans will receive free gas for an entire month while 10 others will win autographed merchandise from the Fever.

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