2024 Indiana Fever season

2024 Indiana Fever season
2024 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Christie Sides
Arena	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	6–10 (.375)
Place	4th (Eastern)
	← 2023 season 2025 season →

The 2024 Indiana Fever season is the franchise's 25th season in the WNBA, and their second season under head coach Christie Sides. The regular season tipped off against the Connecticut Sun in Connecticut on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.^[1]

The Fever won the 2024 WNBA Draft Lottery and were awarded the first overall pick for the second year in a row; they used it to select Caitlin Clark.^[2]

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	1	Caitlin Clark	United States	Iowa
2	15	Celeste Taylor	United States	Ohio State
3	27	Leilani Correa	United States	Florida

Transactions

Date	Transaction
January 11, 2024	Extended Qualifying Offers to Maya Caldwell and Temi Fagbenle^[3]
January 19, 2024	Signed Temi Fagbenle to a Training Camp Contract.^[4]
January 29, 2024	Signed Maya Caldwell to a Training Camp Contract.^[5]
February 1, 2024	Signed Damiris Dantas^[6]
February 1, 2024	Signed Katie Lou Samuelson^[7]
March 21, 2024	Waived Victoria Vivians^[8]
April 22, 2024	Exercised fourth-year option for NaLyssa Smith^[9]
April 25, 2024	Signed Celeste Taylor and Leilani Correa to a Rookie Contracts^[3]
April 27, 2024	Signed Caitlin Clark to a Rookie Contract^[3]
May 10, 2024	Exercised fourth-year option for Lexie Hull and Kristy Wallace^[10]
May 10, 2024	Waived Maya Caldwell and Leilani Correa^[10]
May 13, 2024	Suspended the contract of Damiris Dantas (temporary, due to knee injury)^[11]

Roster changes

Additions

Personnel	Signed/Trade	Former Team
Caitlin Clark	Draft	Iowa
Damiris Dantas	Signed	Minnesota Lynx
Temi Fagbenle	Signed	Minnesota Lynx
Katie Lou Samuelson	Signed	Los Angeles Sparks
Celeste Taylor	Draft	Ohio State

Subtractions

Personnel	Reason	New Team
Maya Caldwell	Waived	—
Leilani Correa	Waived	—
Emma Cannon	Free Agency	Dallas Wings / Las Vegas Aces
Victoria Vivians	Waived	Seattle Storm
Amanda Zahui B.	Waived	—

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G	34	Berger, Grace	6' 0" (1.83m)	160 lb (73kg)	1999-06-03	Indiana	1
F/C	7	Boston, Aliyah	6' 5" (1.96m)	220 lb (100kg)	2001-12-11	South Carolina	1
G	22	Clark, Caitlin	6' 0" (1.83m)	155 lb (70kg)	2002-01-22	Iowa	R
F	12	Dantas, Damiris (S)	6' 3" (1.91m)	214 lb (97kg)	1992-11-17	Real Celta Vigo	8
C	14	Fagbenle, Temi	6' 4" (1.93m)	180 lb (82kg)	1992-09-08	USC	3
G	10	Hull, Lexie	6' 1" (1.85m)	155 lb (70kg)	1999-09-13	Stanford	2
G	0	Mitchell, Kelsey	5' 8" (1.73m)	160 lb (73kg)	1995-11-12	Ohio State	6
F	33	Samuelson, Katie Lou	6' 3" (1.91m)	163 lb (74kg)	1997-06-13	Connecticut	4
F	5	Saxton, Victaria	6' 2" (1.88m)	181 lb (82kg)	1999-11-10	South Carolina	1
F	1	Smith, NaLyssa	6' 4" (1.93m)	185 lb (84kg)	2000-08-08	Baylor	2
G	6	Taylor, Celeste	5' 11" (1.8m)	167 lb (76kg)	2001-06-20	Ohio State	R
G	3	Wallace, Kristy	5' 11" (1.8m)	157 lb (71kg)	1996-01-03	Baylor	2
G	17	Wheeler, Erica	5' 7" (1.7m)	143 lb (65kg)	1991-05-02	Rutgers	8

Head coach: Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Assistant coaches: Karima Christmas-Kelly (Duke); Jessie Miller (UIC); Paul Miller (Lake Forest College)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

WNBA roster page

East: ATL; CHI; CON; IND; NY; WAS
West: DAL; LV; LA; MIN; PHO; SEA

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Caitlin Clark	Erica Wheeler Grace Berger
SG	Kelsey Mitchell	Kristy Wallace Celeste Taylor
SF	Katie Lou Samuelson	Lexie Hull
PF	NaLyssa Smith	Temi Fagbenle Victaria Saxton
C	Aliyah Boston	Damiris Dantas

Schedule

Pre-season

2024 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)

May: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 3	@ Dallas	L 76–79	Caitlin Clark (21)	Aliyah Boston (8)	Erika Wheeler (4)	College Park Center 6,251	0–1
2	May 9	Atlanta	W 83–80	NaLyssa Smith (21)	Caitlin Clark (8)	Grace Berger (7)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 13,028	1-1

2024 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2024 game log
Total: 6–10 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–6)

May: 1–8 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	May 14	@ Connecticut	L 71–92	Caitlin Clark (20)	NaLyssa Smith (9)	Clark, Samuelson (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,910	0–1
2	May 16	New York	L 66–102	Aliyah Boston (12)	Boston, Clark (7)	Caitlin Clark (6)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274	0–2
3	May 18	@ New York	L 80–91	Caitlin Clark (22)	NaLyssa Smith (8)	Caitlin Clark (8)	Barclays Center 17,735	0–3
4	May 20	Connecticut	L 84–88	Clark, Mitchell (17)	Temi Fagbenle (10)	Clark, Mitchell (5)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274	0–4
5	May 22	@ Seattle	L 83–85	Caitlin Clark (21)	NaLyssa Smith (11)	Caitlin Clark (7)	Climate Pledge Arena 18,343	0–5
6	May 24	@ Los Angeles	W 78–73	Kelsey Mitchell (18)	Caitlin Clark (10)	Caitlin Clark (8)	Crypto.com Arena 19,103	1–5
7	May 25	@ Las Vegas	L 80–99	Kelsey Mitchell (16)	Temi Fagbenle (8)	Caitlin Clark (7)	Michelob Ultra Arena 10,399	1–6
8	May 28	Los Angeles	L 82–88	Caitlin Clark (30)	Temi Fagbenle (7)	Caitlin Clark (6)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,013	1–7
9	May 30	Seattle	L 88–103	NaLyssa Smith (23)	Aliyah Boston (12)	Caitlin Clark (9)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 15,022	1–8

June: 5–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	June 1	Chicago	W 71–70	Kelsey Mitchell (18)	NaLyssa Smith (9)	Caitlin Clark (6)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274	2–8
11	June 2	@ New York	L 68–104	Kelsey Mitchell (21)	NaLyssa Smith (8)	Caitlin Clark (5)	Barclays Center 17,401	2–9
12	June 7	@ Washington	W 85–83	Caitlin Clark (30)	NaLyssa Smith (10)	Caitlin Clark (6)	Capital One Arena 20,333	3–9
13	June 10	@ Connecticut	L 72–89	Aliyah Boston (14)	Aliyah Boston (12)	Aliyah Boston (5)	Mohegan Sun Arena 8,910	3–10
14	June 13	Atlanta	W 91–84	Aliyah Boston (27)	Aliyah Boston (13)	Caitlin Clark (6)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,651	4–10
15	June 16	Chicago	W 91–83	Caitlin Clark (23)	Aliyah Boston (14)	Caitlin Clark (9)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274	5–10
16	June 19	Washington	W 88–81	Boston, Mitchell (22)	Caitlin Clark (12)	Caitlin Clark (6)	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274	6–10
17	June 21	@ Atlanta					Gateway Center Arena
18	June 23	@ Chicago					Wintrust Arena
19	June 27	@ Seattle					Climate Pledge Arena
20	June 30	@ Phoenix					Footprint Center

July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
21	July 2	@ Las Vegas	T-Mobile Arena
22	July 6	New York	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
23	July 10	Washington	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
24	July 12	Phoenix	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
25	July 14	@ Minnesota	Target Center
26	July 17	@ Dallas	College Park Center

August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
27	August 16	Phoenix	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
28	August 18	Seattle	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
29	August 24	@ Minnesota	Target Center
30	August 26	@ Atlanta	Gateway Center Arena
31	August 28	Connecticut	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
32	August 30	@ Chicago	Wintrust Arena

September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
33	September 1	@ Dallas	College Park Center
34	September 4	Los Angeles	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
35	September 6	Minnesota	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
36	September 8	Atlanta	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
37	September 11	Las Vegas	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
38	September 13	Las Vegas	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
39	September 15	Dallas	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
40	September 19	@ Washington	Entertainment and Sports Arena

2024 season schedule

Standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	Connecticut Sun	13	1	.929	—	8–1	8–1	5–0	4–1
2	Minnesota Lynx	12	3	.800	1.5	9–2	8–1	4–2	4–1
3	New York Liberty	12	3	.800	1.5	9–1	6–1	6–2	5–0
4	Seattle Storm	9	6	.600	4.5	4–5	4–1	5–5	4–1
5	Las Vegas Aces	7	6	.538	5.5	6–4	4–4	3–2	2–3
6	Phoenix Mercury	8	7	.533	5.5	5–5	6–2	2–5	3–2
7	Atlanta Dream	6	7	.462	6.5	2–4	3–4	3–3	1–4
8	Indiana Fever	6	10	.375	8	5–6	4–4	2–6	3–2
9	Chicago Sky	4	9	.308	8.5	2–7	1–5	3–4	1–4
10	Los Angeles Sparks	4	11	.267	9.5	2–6	3–4	1–7	2–3
11	Dallas Wings	3	10	.231	9.5	2–6	1–5	2–5	0–5
12	Washington Mystics	2	13	.133	11.5	2–9	1–5	1–8	1–4

Notes

(#) – League Standing

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

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

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Caitlin Clark	WNBA Rookie of the Month - May	June 3, 2024	^[12]
Aliyah Boston	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	June 18, 2024	^[13]

References

^ "2024 Schedule - Indiana Fever". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
^ Negley, Cassandra (10 December 2023). "2024 WNBA Draft: Fever land No. 1 selection in lottery with Caitlin Clark the presumptive top pick". Yahoo Sports.
^ ^a ^b ^c "WNBA Transactions". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "Fever Sign Temi Fagbenle to Training Camp Contract". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. January 19, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
^ "Fever Sign Maya Caldwell to Training Camp Contract". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
^ "Fever Sign Damiris Dantas". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
^ "Fever Sign Katie Lou Samuelson". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
^ "Fever Waive Victoria Vivians". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ "Indiana Fever Exercise Team Option for NaLyssa Smith". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. April 22, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Indiana Fever Exercise Options for Hull and Wallace, Waive Caldwell and Correa". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
^ "Indiana Fever Announce 2024 Opening Night Roster". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
^ Pickman, Ben (June 3, 2024). "Caitlin Clark wins WNBA Rookie of the Month for first 9 games with Fever". nytimes.com. The Athletic. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
^ "Aliyah Boston Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. June 18, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

External links

Official website of the Indiana Fever

[1] "2024 Schedule - Indiana Fever". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

[2] Negley, Cassandra (10 December 2023). "2024 WNBA Draft: Fever land No. 1 selection in lottery with Caitlin Clark the presumptive top pick". Yahoo Sports.

[ATT-3] "WNBA Transactions". acrossthetimeline.com. Across the Timeline. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[4] "Fever Sign Temi Fagbenle to Training Camp Contract". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. January 19, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

[5] "Fever Sign Maya Caldwell to Training Camp Contract". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

[6] "Fever Sign Damiris Dantas". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

[7] "Fever Sign Katie Lou Samuelson". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 23, 2024.

[8] "Fever Waive Victoria Vivians". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. March 21, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

[9] "Indiana Fever Exercise Team Option for NaLyssa Smith". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. April 22, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

[May10-10] "Indiana Fever Exercise Options for Hull and Wallace, Waive Caldwell and Correa". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

[11] "Indiana Fever Announce 2024 Opening Night Roster". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

[12] Pickman, Ben (June 3, 2024). "Caitlin Clark wins WNBA Rookie of the Month for first 9 games with Fever". nytimes.com. The Athletic. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

[13] "Aliyah Boston Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. June 18, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]