1998 Sacramento Monarchs season
1998 Sacramento Monarchs season | |
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Coach | Heidi VanDerveer |
Arena | ARCO Arena |
Attendance | 6,578 per game |
Results | |
Record | 8–22 (.267) |
Place | 4th (Western) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 1998 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team tied with the Utah Starzz for the worst record in the Western Conference.
Offseason[edit]
Tajama Abraham was picked up by the Detroit Shock in the 1998 WNBA Expansion Draft.
WNBA draft[edit]
Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College/School/Team |
1 | 2 | Ticha Penicheiro (G) | Portugal | Old Dominion |
2 | 12 | Tangela Smith (F/C) | United States | Iowa |
3 | 22 | Quacy Barnes (C) | United States | Indiana |
4 | 32 | Adia Barnes (F) | United States | Arizona |
Trades[edit]
Date | Trade | |
---|---|---|
April 9, 1998 | To Sacramento Monarchs | To Los Angeles Sparks |
Linda Burgess | Pamela McGee | |
May 5, 1998 | To Sacramento Monarchs | To Utah Starzz |
Lady Hardmon | Chantel Tremitiere |
Regular season[edit]
Season standings[edit]
Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston Comets x | 27 | 3 | .900 | 15–1 | – |
Phoenix Mercury x | 19 | 11 | .633 | 10–6 | 8.0 |
Los Angeles Sparks o | 12 | 18 | .400 | 6–10 | 15.0 |
Sacramento Monarchs o | 8 | 22 | .267 | 5–11 | 19.0 |
Utah Starzz o | 8 | 22 | .267 | 4–12 | 19.0 |
Season schedule[edit]
Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Record |
June 11 | Phoenix | 70-73 | Loss | 0-1 |
June 16 | Los Angeles | 73-69 | Win | 1-1 |
June 18 | New York | 48-64 | Loss | 1-2 |
June 20 | Houston | 68-79 | Loss | 1-3 |
June 23 | @ Detroit | 57-61 | Loss | 1-4 |
June 26 | @ New York | 48-62 | Loss | 1-5 |
June 27 | @ Charlotte | 50-58 | Loss | 1-6 |
June 30 | Los Angeles | 58-56 | Win | 2-6 |
July 3 | @ Houston | 67-84 | Loss | 2-7 |
July 5 | Utah | 70-66 | Win | 3-7 |
July 6 | @ Utah | 64-68 | Loss | 3-8 |
July 8 | @ Los Angeles | 76-71 | Win | 4-8 |
July 10 | Charlotte | 55-63 | Loss | 4-9 |
July 14 | Cleveland | 58-61 | Loss | 4-10 |
July 15 | @ Los Angeles | 76-81 | Loss | 4-11 |
July 18 | Houston | 44-75 | Loss | 4-12 |
July 20 | @ Phoenix | 67-88 | Loss | 4-13 |
July 24 | New York | 54-76 | Loss | 4-14 |
July 26 | @ Washington | 79-65 | Win | 5-14 |
July 27 | @ Charlotte | 76-70 | Win | 6-14 |
July 29 | @ Cleveland | 67-75 | Loss | 6-15 |
July 31 | @ Detroit | 77-78 | Loss | 6-16 |
August 2 | @ Houston | 53-70 | Loss | 6-17 |
August 4 | Cleveland | 60-72 | Loss | 6-18 |
August 7 | Washington | 76-55 | Win | 7-18 |
August 11 | Detroit | 41-50 | Loss | 7-19 |
August 12 | @ Utah | 71-81 | Loss | 7-20 |
August 15 | Utah | 82-55 | Win | 8-20 |
August 16 | Phoenix | 69-85 | Loss | 8-21 |
August 19 | @ Phoenix | 62-71 | Loss | 8-22 |
Player stats[edit]
Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Latasha Byears | 30 | 199 | 29 | 43 | 13 | 427 |
Tangela Smith | 28 | 129 | 31 | 17 | 46 | 271 |
Linda Burgess | 30 | 146 | 28 | 42 | 11 | 226 |
Adia Barnes | 29 | 84 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 219 |
Lady Grooms | 30 | 80 | 48 | 20 | 3 | 214 |
Ticha Penicheiro | 30 | 141 | 224 | 67 | 3 | 190 |
Franthea Price | 26 | 44 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 127 |
Pauline Jordan | 18 | 44 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 59 |
Bridgette Gordon | 22 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 57 |
Ruthie Bolton | 5 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 55 |
Nadine Domond | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
Rehema Stephens | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
Quacy Barnes | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
Tiffiani Johnson | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |