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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
p>PHOENIX(AP) There is no homecourt advantage in these WNBA playoffs.<p>Each team can claim a victory in the other's arena, and that should be some comfort to the Indiana Fever when they face the Phoenix Mercury in the deciding Game 5 on Friday night.<p>In fact, Indiana has won two of three in Phoenix, once in the regular season then again in Game 2. The most important road victory,...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
p>INDIANAPOLIS(AP) The high-scoring Phoenix Mercury saved their season with defense.<p>The Indiana Fever led the WNBA finals series 2-1 and had a chance to clinch their first title in front of an active sellout crowd that included local celebrities such as Indianapolis Colts players Peyton Manning and Reggie Wayne. None of that mattered as the Mercury beat the Fever 90-77 on Wednesday night...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, October 7, 2009 -- With 5:25 to play in the fourth quarter and the Fever trailing by 11, Katie Douglas got the ball at the top of the key, drove to the basket past a pair of Phoenix defenders and as she went to put up a lefty layup she was met by Diana Taurasi, who blocked the shot and sent Douglas to the floor. <p> As Taurasi came down from the block, she was able to grab the...
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Indy Star (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
She sat in front of her locker, shoulders slumped, her feet in ice, a look of disbelief etched on her face. Katie Douglas had made those shots so many thousands of times through the years, as a kid on the Far Southside, then at Perry Meridian High School, throughout her career at Purdue and in the WNBA.
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
p>PHOENIX (AP) The Phoenix Mercury and Indiana Fever have a tough act to follow in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.<p>Phoenix's record-shattering 120-116 overtime victory in Game 1 Tuesday night still had the Mercury's Diana Taurasi shaking her head on Wednesday.<p>"It was huge shot after shot,'' she said. "It was exciting to be in. It was really exciting to be in. I haven't gotten...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
p>INDIANAPOLIS(AP) Diana Taurasi hasn't found her rhythm during the WNBA finals and the Phoenix Mercury are paying for it.<p>The Indiana Fever lead the series 2-1 and can win its first championship on Wednesday night in Game 4. Indiana's odds of closing out the best-of-five series increase if Taurasi, the league's MVP, has another poor shooting performance.<p>Taurasi is averaging 20...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
p> INDIANAPOLIS, IN, October 6, 2009 -- Even the best shooters in the world go through slumps. Shots that they routinely knock down continually bounce off the rim. Shooting percentages plummet and frustration rises. <p> As the WNBA calendar turned to its final month, Ebony Hoffman's shot abandoned her. From Aug. 29 until the Fever's regular-season finale on Sept. 13, Hoffman shot 21 percent...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
p> INDIANAPOLIS, IN, October 4, 2009 -- Briann January is a rookie. She just isn't playing like one. <p> Throughout the season and especially in these WNBA Finals, January has provided a spark off of the Fever bench as she splits time running the point with veteran Tully Bevilaqua. <p> That spark turned into a fire on Sunday, as January got red hot at just the right time for the Fever....
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
p>INDIANAPOLIS(AP) Ebony Hoffman's two big plays put the Indiana Fever one win away from their first WNBA title.<p>She hit the jumper that gave her team a one-point lead with 57 seconds left, then blocked Tangela Smith's shot with a second remaining to help Indiana defeat Phoenix 86-85 in Game 3 of the finals Sunday. The Fever took a 2-1 lead in the series and can clinch the...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
p>INDIANAPOLIS(AP) The Indiana Fever were welcomed home by hundreds of screaming fans on Friday, a day after their win at Phoenix in Game 2 evened the WNBA finals.<p>If the Fever have their way, they won't board another flight this season. Indiana could clinch its first championship with two wins at home in the best-of-five series. The Fever defeated the Mercury 93-84 in Game 2 on Thursday...
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Indy Star (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
You'll need a little knowledge about Fever star Katie Douglas to get started.
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Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
With tongue in cheek, Mechelle writes: Time to put supposed head-butt behind us As you can imagine, it was really tense and scary and stuff like that Monday as the Indiana and Phoenix players caught sight of each other at Conseco Fieldhouse. All this lingering hostility … especially since the incident in Sunday's game, in which Diana Taurasi head-butted Katie Douglas and got a technical …...
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Indy Star (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Katie Douglas' path to WNBA Finals began with games at family home.
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home (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Phoenix edged Indiana 120-116 in overtime to take a 1-0 lead in the WNBA Finals. Cappie Pondexter and Penny Taylor each had 23 points for the Mercury. Katie Douglas had 30 points for the Fever. Phoenix has more than Pondexter & Taurasi. Diana Taurasi was named WNBA MVP. It is her first honor. Taurasi does a Q&A . You can vote for any of the 10 choices for the WNBA photo of the year . First...
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WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Phoenix, AZ, September 28, 2009 -- The Indiana Fever arrived at US Airways Center this afternoon for the first practice of their first appearance in the WNBA Finals, which gets underway Tuesday night at 9 p.m. ET. <p> But not everyone walking into the gym today was in unfamiliar territory. While this is the first time the Fever franchise has advanced to the championship round, a number of Fever...