INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Indiana Fever All-Star Tamika Catchings is expected to return from an ankle injury and play her first game of the season. The team says Catchings should be ready for the home game Sunday against the San Antonio Silver Stars. Catchings has been sidelined since tearing her right Achilles' tendon in the playoffs last year. Catchings is a five-time WNBA All-Star and was defensive player of the year in 2005 and 2006. She averaged 16.6 points and a career-high nine rebounds last season. She missed 13 regular-season games last year with a left foot injury. She returned, but injured her Achilles' tendon during in the Eastern Conference finals against Detroit.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
