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July 24, 2007 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Indiana Fever News Release


FOR THE WEEK OF: July 24, 2007

FEVER RECORD

Overall: 16-6

Home: 9-3

Road: 7-3

THIS DATE IN FEVER HISTORY - JULY 26, 2002

In a 73-63 win against the Minnesota Lynx, Tamika Catchings set a franchise record with nine steals, tying the second most steals ever in a WNBA game.

THIS WEEK AHEAD

DATE DAY OF WEEK OPPONENT TIME (EDT) RADIO/TELEVISION

July 24 Tuesday SAN ANTONIO 7:00 p.m. WIBC AM-1070/No TV

July 26 Thursday at Sacramento 2:30 p.m. ESPN 950/No TV

July 27 Friday at Seattle 10:00 p.m. WIBC AM-1070/No TV

July 29 Sunday at Phoenix 7:00 p.m. WIBC AM-1070/FSN Indiana

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

DATE RESULT OPPONENT FEVER HIGH SCORER FEVER HIGH REBOUNDER OPPONENT HIGH SCORER

July 18 W, 75-74 CHICAGO Tamika Catchings 22 Tamika Catchings 13 Jia Perkins 24

July 20 L, 80-89 DETROIT Tammy Sutton-Brown 16 Tamika Catchings 8 Katie Smith 28

July 21 L, 65-68 at Chicago Tamika Whitmore 26 Bevilaqua/DeForge 5 Jia Perkins 17

NEWS & NOTES

- The Fever's game at Sacramento on Thursday, July 26, will be broadcast on ESPN 950 instead of WIBC AM-1070. Game time is 2:30 p.m.

- Even though the Fever enters the week having lost two in a row for the first time since June 2, 2006, it has its best record ever after 22 games with a mark of 16-6.

- Dating to the last four road games of 2006, the Fever has won 10 of its last 14 regular season games away from Conseco Fieldhouse.

- Indiana's 68-65 loss to the Chicago Sky, July 21, represented the first time the Fever had held an opponent to less than 70 points and still lost since a 55-40 loss at Detroit, August 25, 2005.

- Sheri Sam made her first start in a Fever uniform at Chicago and scored eight points with three rebounds, three assists and a season-high four steals. She is one of three Fever players to have had at least four steals this season.

- Among the WNBA leaders in steals-to-turnover ratio there are six players in the league with more steals than turnovers and just three in the Eastern Conference--all of which are members of the Fever. Tully Bevilaqua is third in the league with a ratio of 1.09:1, while Tamika Catchings is fourth at 1.05:1 and Sam is sixth with a ratio of 1.05:1.

- Tamika Whitmore led the Fever with a season-high 26 points at Chicago and that tied for the most points scored by any Fever player this season. In two seasons with the Fever, Whitmore has scored 20+ points 12 times. In her first seven WNBA seasons she hit for 20 or more points just 10 times.

- Heading into the game vs. San Antonio on Tuesday, July 24, Anna DeForge has shot 9-12 from 3-pt range in her last three appearances at Conseco Fieldhouse.

- The attendance (10,542) for the game vs. Chicago on Wednesday, July 18, was the largest Kids' Day attendance in Fever history. It was the Fever's biggest home crowd since drawing 13,093 vs. Cleveland, August 23, 2003. It was the sixth-largest July crowd in Fever history, and the biggest Fever crowd in July since 2001. The Fever has had crowds of at least 9,000 three times this season, including its game vs. Detroit on Friday, July 20. A crowd of 9,210 was in attendance at that game.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

5/17 Waived Jennifer Humphrey and Jessica Dickson

5/9 Waived Erin Lawless and Ashley Key

5/7 Waived Lyndsey Medders

INJURY REPORT

Tamika Catchings -- partially torn plantar fascia, left foot; out

COMMUNITY CORNER

- 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.

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Fever Head Coach Brian Winters on the injury to All-Star forward Tamika Catchings:

"It is certainly unfortunate for us, but we have a deep team and we feel that we can still win and continue our winning edge. We look forward to the time that she can come back and help us into the playoffs. A little adversity can allow players some more playing time, and give some of our other players the chance to step up their game. Hopefully, this might become a period of positive growth for our basketball team."

UPCOMING GAME PROMOTIONS

- The Fever and Indianapolis Animal Care & Control are giving fans a chance to adopt a dog or cat at the July 31 game vs. the Washington Mystics. Fans may come early to the game to check out the pets, all of which have had their shots, are spayed or neutered, microchiped and are available for adoption that night for only $60. Anyone that adopts a pet that night will receive a Fever pet adoption prize pack with things you will need for the new addition to your family. Check out FeverBasketball.com for more information and photos of some of the pets available for adoption.

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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