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The 2024 Indiana Fever season was 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] Seattle on May 22. The Fever would win their next game against Los Angeles to earn their first win of the season. They would go on to lose their next three games, including a rematch against Los Angeles to finish the opening month 1–8. June brought about a vast improvement from the team. They defeated Chicago by one point to open the month. They lost to New York , defeated Washington , and then lost to Connecticut before going on a four game winning streak. They would lose their next two games before winning the final game of June to finish the month with a 7–4 record. The Fever went 1–2 to start July but defeated New York. They defeated Phoenix and Minnesota before losing to Dallas . The team finished July 3–3 and headed into the Olympic break with an 11–15 record.
The Fever returned from the Olympic break and won their first two games of August. They lost in Minnesota by ten-points before winning their next three games. The highlight of August was a nineteen-point victory over Chicago. The team finished 5–1 during the month, and moved solidly into playoff position. They won their first two games of September and on September 3, 2024, the Fever clinched their spot in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs , ending their seven-year playoff drought (the longest in WNBA history).[ 3] [ 4] Las Vegas . They defeated Dallas by one point and lost to Washington by one point to finish September 4–4.
The Fever finished the season 20–20, which was sixth place overall. They faced off in the First Round against third seed Connecticut. They were swept in the series two games to zero, losing the first game 69–93 and the second game 81–87. Despite the sweep, the Fever made great strides, posting their highest regular season win total since 2015 . Clark was named to the All-WNBA First Team, and was only the fifth rookie in WNBA history to be named to the team.[ 5]
Date
Transaction
January 11, 2024
Extended Qualifying Offers to Maya Caldwell and Temi Fagbenle [ 6]
January 19, 2024
Signed Temi Fagbenle to a Training Camp Contract.[ 7]
January 29, 2024
Signed Maya Caldwell to a Training Camp Contract.[ 8]
February 1, 2024
Signed Damiris Dantas [ 9]
Signed Katie Lou Samuelson [ 10]
March 21, 2024
Waived Victoria Vivians [ 11]
April 22, 2024
Exercised fourth-year option for NaLyssa Smith [ 12]
April 25, 2024
Signed Celeste Taylor and Leilani Correa to Rookie Contracts[ 6]
April 27, 2024
Signed Caitlin Clark to a Rookie Contract[ 6]
May 10, 2024
Exercised fourth-year option for Lexie Hull and Kristy Wallace [ 13]
Waived Maya Caldwell and Leilani Correa [ 13]
May 13, 2024
Suspended the contract of Damiris Dantas (temporary, due to knee injury)[ 14]
June 25, 2024
Activated Damiris Dantas [ 15]
Waived Celeste Taylor [ 15]
September 23, 2024
Kelly Krauskopf hired as President of Basketball and Business Operations (starting post 2024 season)[ 16]
2024 Indiana Fever roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB From
Yrs
G 34
Berger, Grace
6' 0" (1.83m)
160 lb (73kg)
06-03-1999
Indiana
1
F/C 7
Boston, Aliyah
6' 5" (1.96m)
220 lb (100kg)
12-11-2001
South Carolina
1
G 22
Clark, Caitlin
6' 0" (1.83m)
155 lb (70kg)
01-22-2002
Iowa
R
F 12
Dantas, Damiris
6' 3" (1.91m)
214 lb (97kg)
11-17-1992
Real Celta Vigo
8
C 14
Fagbenle, Temi
6' 4" (1.93m)
180 lb (82kg)
09-08-1992
USC
3
G 10
Hull, Lexie
6' 1" (1.85m)
155 lb (70kg)
09-13-1999
Stanford
2
G 0
Mitchell, Kelsey
5' 8" (1.73m)
160 lb (73kg)
11-12-1995
Ohio State
6
F 33
Samuelson, Katie Lou
6' 3" (1.91m)
163 lb (74kg)
06-13-1997
Connecticut
4
F 5
Saxton, Victaria
6' 2" (1.88m)
181 lb (82kg)
11-10-1999
South Carolina
1
F 1
Smith, NaLyssa
6' 4" (1.93m)
185 lb (84kg)
08-08-2000
Baylor
2
G 3
Wallace, Kristy
5' 11" (1.8m)
157 lb (71kg)
01-03-1996
Baylor
2
G 17
Wheeler, Erica
5' 7" (1.7m)
143 lb (65kg)
05-02-1991
Rutgers
8
Head coach
Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech )Assistant coaches
UIC )Karima Christmas-Kelly (Duke )Athletic trainer
Strength and conditioning coach
Legend (C) Team captain(FA) Free agent(IN) Inactive(S) Suspended
2024 game log
May: 1–8 (Home: 0–4; Road: 1–4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
1
May 14
@ Connecticut
L 71–92
Caitlin Clark (20)
NaLyssa Smith (9)
Clark, Samuelson (3)
Mohegan Sun Arena 0–1
2
May 16
New York
L 66–102
Aliyah Boston (12)
Boston, Clark (7)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 0–2
3
May 18
@ New York
L 80–91
Caitlin Clark (22)
NaLyssa Smith (8)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Barclays Center 0–3
4
May 20
Connecticut
L 84–88
Clark, Mitchell (17)
Temi Fagbenle (10)
Clark, Mitchell (5)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
0–4
5
May 22
@ Seattle
L 83–85
Caitlin Clark (21)
NaLyssa Smith (11)
Caitlin Clark (7)
Climate Pledge Arena 0–5
6
May 24
@ Los Angeles
W 78–73
Kelsey Mitchell (18)
Caitlin Clark (10)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Crypto.com Arena 1–5
7
May 25
@ Las Vegas
L 80–99
Kelsey Mitchell (16)
Temi Fagbenle (8)
Caitlin Clark (7)
Michelob Ultra Arena 1–6
8
May 28
Los Angeles
L 82–88
Caitlin Clark (30)
Temi Fagbenle (7)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
1–7
9
May 30
Seattle
L 88–103
NaLyssa Smith (23)
Aliyah Boston (12)
Caitlin Clark (9)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
1–8
June
: 7–4 (Home: 4–0; Road: 3–4)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
10
June 1
Chicago
W 71–70
Kelsey Mitchell (18)
NaLyssa Smith (9)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 2–8
11
June 2
@ New York
L 68–104
Kelsey Mitchell (21)
NaLyssa Smith (8)
Caitlin Clark (5)
Barclays Center 2–9
12
June 7
@ Washington
W 85–83
Caitlin Clark (30)
NaLyssa Smith (10)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Capital One Arena 3–9
13
June 10
@ Connecticut
L 72–89
Aliyah Boston (14)
Aliyah Boston (12)
Aliyah Boston (5)
Mohegan Sun Arena 3–10
14
June 13
Atlanta
W 91–84
Aliyah Boston (27)
Aliyah Boston (13)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
4–10
15
June 16
Chicago
W 91–83
Caitlin Clark (23)
Aliyah Boston (14)
Caitlin Clark (9)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
5–10
16
June 19
Washington
W 88–81
Boston, Mitchell (22)
Caitlin Clark (12)
Caitlin Clark (6)
6–10
17
June 21
@ Atlanta
W 91–79
NaLyssa Smith (21)
Aliyah Boston (10)
Caitlin Clark (7)
State Farm Arena 7–10
18
June 23
@ Chicago
L 87–88
Kelsey Mitchell (24)
Boston, Smith (7)
Caitlin Clark (13)
Wintrust Arena 7–11
19
June 27
@ Seattle
L 77–89
Clark, Wheeler (15)
Aliyah Boston (14)
Caitlin Clark (7)
Climate Pledge Arena 7–12
20
June 30
@ Phoenix
W 88–82
Aliyah Boston (17)
NaLyssa Smith (15)
Caitlin Clark (12)
Footprint Center 8–12
July
: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
August
: 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
September
: 4–4 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–1)
Game
Date
Team
Score
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
Record
33
September 1
@ Dallas
W 100–93
Kelsey Mitchell (36)
Boston , Smith (8)
Caitlin Clark (12)
College Park Center 17–16
34
September 4
Los Angeles
W 93–86
Boston, Clark (24)
Aliyah Boston (14)
Caitlin Clark (10)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 18–16
35
September 6
Minnesota
L 88–99
Caitlin Clark (25)
Lexie Hull (9)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
18–17
36
September 8
Atlanta
W 104–100 (OT)
Aliyah Boston (30)
Aliyah Boston (13)
Caitlin Clark (12)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
19–17
37
September 11
Las Vegas
L 75–86
Kelsey Mitchell (24)
Aliyah Boston (10)
Caitlin Clark (6)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
19–18
38
September 13
L 74–78
Kelsey Mitchell (20)
Boston, Clark (8)
Caitlin Clark (9)
19–19
39
September 15
Dallas
W 110–109
Caitlin Clark (35)
Boston, Smith (6)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse
20–19
40
September 19
@ Washington
L 91–92
Kristy Wallace (17)
Clark, Smith (5)
Caitlin Clark (8)
Capital One Arena 20–20
2024 season schedule
Notes
(#) c – Commissioner's Cup winnersy – Regular Season Championx – Clinched playoff berthe – Eliminated from playoff contentionSource: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings
Bold : series winner
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
TO
PF
PPG
Caitlin Clark 40
40
35.4
.417
.344
.906
5.7
8.4
1.3
0.7
5.6
2.8
Kelsey Mitchell 40
38
32.0
.468
.402
.832
2.5
1.8
0.7
0.2
1.6
1.6
Aliyah Boston 40
40
30.9
.529
.269
.736
8.9
3.2
0.9
1.2
2.0
3.3
14.0
NaLyssa Smith 40
37
24.8
.480
.292
.567
7.1
1.0
0.8
1.0
1.3
2.7
10.6
Temi Fagbenle 22
2
18.9
.509
.167
.786
4.7
0.9
0.5
0.7
1.2
3.0
6.4
Lexie Hull 34
11
19.7
.441
.471
.805
2.5
1.1
0.6
0.3
0.9
2.5
5.5
Kristy Wallace 26
15
17.2
.402
.293
.667
1.8
1.7
0.7
0.2
0.7
1.1
4.7
Damiris Dantas 20
0
10.5
.459
.394
.667
2.2
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.6
1.0
4.5
Katie Lou Samuelson 37
15
18.2
.349
.330
.960
2.3
1.4
0.3
0.2
0.5
1.4
4.3
Erica Wheeler 39
2
14.0
.411
.288
.846
1.4
1.8
0.4
0.1
0.9
1.2
3.6
Grace Berger 11
0
9.3
.400
.400
.643
1.4
0.6
0.5
0.0
0.9
1.1
2.8
Victaria Saxton 9
0
2.6
.333
.250
.500
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.9
Celeste Taylor ‡ 5
0
3.2
1.000
—
.500
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.6
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
Recipient
Award
Date awarded
Ref.
Caitlin Clark
Rookie of the Month – May
June 3, 2024
[ 17]
WNBA All-Star Starter
July 2, 2024
[ 18]
Rookie of the Month – July
July 19, 2024
[ 19]
AP Player of the Week
August 20, 2024
[ 20] [ 21]
Eastern Conference Player of the Week
August 27, 2024
[ 22]
September 3, 2024
[ 23]
September 10, 2024
[ 24]
Eastern Conference Player of the Month – August
September 4, 2024
[ 25]
Rookie of the Month – August
September 4, 2024
[ 25]
Rookie of the Month – September
September 20, 2024
[ 26]
Peak Performer: Assists
[ 27]
AP Rookie of the Year
September 22, 2024
[ 28]
AP All-WNBA First Team
AP All-Rookie Team
WNBA Rookie of the Year
October 3, 2024
[ 29]
WNBA All-Rookie Team
[ 30]
All-WNBA First Team
October 16, 2024
[ 31]
Aliyah Boston
WNBA All-Star
July 2, 2024
[ 18]
Eastern Conference Player of the Week
June 18, 2024
[ 32]
Kelsey Mitchell
WNBA All-Star
July 2, 2024
[ 18]
Christie Sides
Coach of the Month – August
September 2, 2024
[ 33]
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