Fever to celebrate win downtown Tuesday

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - To celebrate their first WNBA Championship title win, the Indiana Fever will celebrate downtown on Tuesday.

The team released this statement following their win Sunday night:

The Indiana Fever and the City of Indianapolis will honor the Fever’s first WNBA championship with a celebration scheduled for Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. The Fever invites its fans throughout Central Indiana to join in Tuesday’s downtown celebration. Details and timing of the event will be announced on Monday.

With its Game 4 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday evening, the Fever captured the WNBA title during what was its eighth consecutive trip to the WNBA Playoffs. It is the city’s first professional basketball championship since the 1973 Indiana Pacers won the ABA crown.

Fever Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Kelly Krauskopf has guided and directed the franchise since its inception in 1999 and its first season in 2000. Star player Tamika Catchings has been with the franchise since being drafted by the club in 2001. Head Coach Lin Dunn joined the franchise in 2003 as a scout and later assistant coach, and hometown girl Katie Douglas, who prepped at Perry Meridian High School and won an NCAA title with Purdue, joined the Fever via trade in 2008. Each of those individuals is celebrating their first WNBA crown after years of successes while falling short of a title.

As of Sunday evening, they are world champions of women’s basketball!