WNBA Indiana Fever

This Week with the Fever

Published on June 2, 2008 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Indiana Fever News Release


NEWS & NOTES

- Katie Douglas was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending May 31. In three games this past week (2-1), Douglas averaged 19.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.7 rpg and 1.3 spg. With her game-high 25 points vs. Los Angeles, May 29, she scored 20+ points for the fourth consecutive game. She and Tamika Catchings are the only players in Fever history score 20 or more points in four straight outings. This is the third time in her career that Douglas has been named the Player of the Week.

- The Fever has drawn crowds in excess of 9,000 in each of its first three home games. That is one more home crowd of at least 9,000 than Indiana had all of last season.

- Playing in front of a Conseco Fieldhouse crowd for the first time in a Fever uniform, Bernadette Ngoyisa scored 14 points and claimed nine rebounds against the Los Angeles Sparks. In 25+ minutes, she shot 7-8 from the floor and was the only Indiana reserve to score. She tallied the Fever's last eight points of regulation and outscored the Sparks 6-2 in the final 2:07 of the fourth quarter.

- Tan White's 20 points against the Sparks featured 11 of the team's 13 points in the second overtime. That was one point short of the most by any player in an overtime period in WNBA history. White added a career-high 10 rebounds to give her the first double-double of her career.

- Ebony Hoffman enters this week having led the Fever in rebounds in four straight games and having had double-digit boards in three of those games. Her 13 rebounds at Connecticut tied her career-high. She posted the first double-double of her career with 10 points and 11 rebounds in the Fever's double-overtime win vs. Los Angeles. Hoffman is the first player, other than Tamika Catchings, to lead the Fever in rebounding in four straight games.

- Hoffman scored 12 points in the loss to Detroit, May 31, including 2-3 from 3-pt range. Not only were those her first 3-pt field goals of 2008, but that was the first time in her career that she has made more than one 3-pt FG in a single game.

- Against Los Angeles, the Fever had five players with at least two blocked shots each and the team set a WNBA record with a total of 15 rejections. Meanwhile, the Sparks had 12 blocked shots, the most ever by a Fever opponent. The total of 27 blocks between the two teams was also a WNBA record.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

INJURY REPORT

5/24

Signed Bernadette Ngoyisa

Player

Injury

Status

5/22

Signed Sherill Baker and waived Kasha Terry

Tamika Catchings

right Achilles' heel

out

5/19

Waived Laine Selwyn

COMMUNITY CORNER

- Every time the Indiana Fever's Tammy Sutton-Brown grabs a rebound this season, she will be doing more than just helping the her team. She will also be supporting Athletes for Africa. The two-time WNBA All-Star will be making a $10 donation for every rebound she collects in 2008, and she will be encouraging WNBA fans everywhere to also lend their support. Athletes for Africa is a charitable organization that has focused its efforts on building a global network of people committed to promoting and protecting human rights, and providing education and opportunities that empower youth in Africa. Athletes for Africa's mission is to leverage the positive behaviors and profile of sport to engage youth and educate them about issues facing the people of Africa; partner with, and fundraise for organizations that foster local empowerment in Africa; and advocate to ensure that human rights are remembered and protected. For more information log on to www.athletesforafrica.com.

- The Seventh Annual Fever Bowling Tournament presented by Fed Ex and hosted by Pinheads in Fishers will be on Wednesday June 4th at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds from this event go to the Fever's Be YOUnique Fund, a grant fund of the Pacers Foundation that assists organizations that serve young women and girls. The cost for a team of four with a Fever celebrity is $600. Or individuals can pay $150 to be placed on a team. Those interested may call 917-2864 to find out how they can be a part of this great event.

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Fever Head Coach Lin Dunn:

"We've started the season with five tough games and it has helped us get better. The fans were a great sixth man our last two games."

UPCOMING PROMOTIONS

- Join the Fever this season for Family Nights presented by The Indianapolis Star. Those interested may visit FeverBasketball.com or the Conseco Fieldhouse Box Office to purchase Family Night ticket packages. Family night packages include four tickets to the game, four vouchers for free hot dogs, chips, drink and four free t-shirts. Packages are sold in multiples of four and the next Family Night presented by the Indianapolis Star will be when the Fever hosts the Houston Comets on Saturday, June 7.

ON THE WEB

- Fever players Tully Bevilaqua and Tamika Catchings, as well as the team's Media Relations Director, Kevin Messenger, will be blogging frequently throughout the 2008 WNBA season. Those blogs can be found at FeverBasketball.com.

- 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.

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