1998 Sacramento Monarchs season

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1998 Sacramento Monarchs season
CoachHeidi VanDerveer
ArenaARCO Arena
Attendance6,578 per game
Results
Record8–22 (.267)
Place4th (Western)
Playoff finishDid 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.

Transactions

Detroit Shock expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs:

Player Nationality School/Team/Country
Tajama Abraham
  United States George Washington

WNBA draft

See also: 1998 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 2 Ticha Penicheiro  United States Old Dominion
2 12 Tangela Smith  United States Iowa
3 22
Quacy Barnes
  United States Indiana
4 32 Adia Barnes  United States Arizona

Transactions

Date Transaction
February 18, 1998 Lost Tajama Abraham to the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 9, 1998 Traded Pamela McGee to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Linda Burgess[1]
April 29, 1998 Drafted
Quacy Barnes and Adia Barnes in the 1998 WNBA Draft[1]
May 5, 1998 Traded
Lady Hardmon[1]
May 25, 1998 Waived Denique Graves[1]
June 1, 1998 Waived Margold Clark[1]
June 9, 1998 Waived Corissa Yasen and Danielle Viglione[1]
June 30, 1998 Signed Rehema Stephens[1]
July 6, 1998 Traded Tiffani Johnson to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Pauline Jordan[1]
July 24, 1998 Waived Rehema Stephens[1]
July 27, 1998 Signed Nadine Domond[1]

Roster

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Head coach
United States Heidi VanDerveer (College of Charleston)
Assistant coaches
United States Jill Jackson
United States Yvette Angel
United States Drew Peterson
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1998 game log
Total: 9–21 (Home: 6–10; Road: 3–11)
June: 2–6 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 June 11 Phoenix L 70–73 Ruthie Bolton (15) Linda Burgess (10) Ticha Penicheiro (5) ARCO Arena 0–1
2 June 16 Los Angeles W 73–69 Latasha Byears (21) Burgess
Byears (6) 		Ticha Penicheiro (8) ARCO Arena 1–1
3 June 18 New York L 48–64 Latasha Byears (10) Tangela Smith (5) Ticha Penicheiro (3) ARCO Arena 1–2
4 June 20 Houston L 68–79 Ruthie Bolton (17) Latasha Byears (6) Ticha Penicheiro (7) ARCO Arena 1–3
5 June 23 @ Detroit L 57–61 Linda Burgess (13) Burgess
Penicheiro (6) 		Ticha Penicheiro (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 1–4
6 June 26 @ New York L 48–62 Ticha Penicheiro (10) Penicheiro
Smith (7) 		Ticha Penicheiro (4) Madison Square Garden 1–5
7 June 27 @ Charlotte L 50–58 Bridgette Gordon (12)
Lady Hardmon
(8) 		Ticha Penicheiro (8) Charlotte Coliseum 1–6
8 June 30 Los Angeles W 58–56 Latasha Byears (13) Latasha Byears (11) Penicheiro
Price (3) 		ARCO Arena 2–6
July: 4–10 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
9 July 3 @ Houston L 67–84 Latasha Byears (15) Latasha Byears (7) Ticha Penicheiro (5) Compaq Center 2–7
10 July 5 Utah W 70–66 Latasha Byears (21) Linda Burgess (7) Ticha Penicheiro (7) ARCO Arena 3–7
11 July 6 @ Utah L 64–68 Franthea Price (14) Linda Burgess (8) Ticha Penicheiro (10) Delta Center 3–8
12 July 8 Los Angeles W 76–71 Tangela Smith (20) Byears
Penicheiro
Smith (6) 		Ticha Penicheiro (11) ARCO Arena 4–8
13 July 10 Charlotte L 55–63 Latasha Byears (16) Latasha Byears (11) Ticha Penicheiro (9) ARCO Arena 4–9
14 July 14 Cleveland L 58–61 Latasha Byears (16) Tangela Smith (7) Ticha Penicheiro (11) ARCO Arena 4–10
15 July 15 @ Los Angeles L 76–81 (OT) Latasha Byears (16) Latasha Byears (13) Ticha Penicheiro (12)
Great Western Forum
 4–11
16 July 18 Houston L 44–75 Latasha Byears (16)
Lady Hardmon
(8) 		Ticha Penicheiro (10) ARCO Arena 4–12
17 July 20 @ Phoenix L 67–88 Latasha Byears (28) Latasha Byears (8) Ticha Penicheiro (7)
America West Arena
 4–13
18 July 24 New York L 54–76 Latasha Byears (13) Latasha Byears (5) Barnes
Penicheiro (3) 		ARCO Arena 4–14
19 July 26 @ Washington W 79–65 Adia Barnes (15) Pauline Jordan (9) Ticha Penicheiro (8)
MCI Center
 5–14
20 July 27 @ Charlotte W 76–70 Latasha Byears (18) Tangela Smith (10) Ticha Penicheiro (12) Charlotte Coliseum 6–14
21 July 29 @ Cleveland L 67–75 Latasha Byears (23) Byears
Penicheiro (6) 		Ticha Penicheiro (16)
Gund Arena
 6–15
22 July 31 @ Detroit L 77–78 Tangela Smith (26) Latasha Byears (8) Ticha Penicheiro (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 6–16
August: 3–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
23 August 2 @ Houston L 53–70 Latasha Byears (15) Byears
Smith (6) 		Domond
Penicheiro (3) 		Compaq Center 6–17
24 August 4 Cleveland L 60–72 Tangela Smith (17) Latasha Byears (9) Ticha Penicheiro (6) ARCO Arena 6–18
25 August 7 Washington W 76–55 Tangela Smith (19) Latasha Byears (10) Ticha Penicheiro (13) ARCO Arena 7–18
26 August 11 Detroit L 41–50 Latasha Byears (16) Latasha Byears (8) Ticha Penicheiro (7) ARCO Arena 7–19
27 August 12 @ Utah L 71–81
Lady Hardmon
(14)
Lady Hardmon
(6) 		Latasha Byears (4) Delta Center 7–20
28 August 15 Utah W 82–55 Linda Burgess (33) Ticha Penicheiro (14) Ticha Penicheiro (6) ARCO Arena 8–20
29 August 16 Phoenix L 69–85 Adia Barnes (24) Ticha Penicheiro (8) Ticha Penicheiro (9) ARCO Arena 8–21
30 August 19 @ Phoenix L 62–71 Latasha Byears (18) Latasha Byears (11) Ticha Penicheiro (5)
America West Arena
 8–22
1998 season schedule

Season standings

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

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Ticha Penichiero 30 30 36.0 .333 .233 .642 4.7 7.5 2.2 0.1 6.3
Latasha Byears 30 26 27.6 .454 .222 .663 6.6 1.0 1.4 0.4 14.2
Ruthie Bolton 5 4 26.6 .293 .154 .607 2.2 1.2 1.2 0.0 11.0
Lady Hardmon
 30 29 26.4 .487 .167 .670 2.7 1.6 0.7 0.1 7.1
Tangela Smith 28 10 25.3 .401 .357 .741 4.6 1.0 0.6 1.6 9.6
Linda Burgess 30 29 23.1 .471 .125 .763 4.9 0.9 1.4 0.4 7.5
Adia Barnes 29 16 21.3 .395 .298 .744 2.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 7.6
Franthea Price 26 1 14.6 .374 .359 .722 1.7 1.3 0.8 0.1 4.9
Pauline Jordan 18 0 13.7 .344 .000 .607 2.4 1.0 0.7 0.7 3.3
Bridgette Gordon 22 5 11.5 .391 .000 .563 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 2.7
Nadine Domond 9 0 10.2 .303 .188 1.000 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 3.0
Rehema Stephens 8 0 10.1 .268 .167 .500 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 3.3
Quacy Barnes
 17 0 5.3 .400 N/A .364 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.9
Tiffani Johnson 6 0 5.3 .000 N/A .500 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3


‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "1998 Sacramento Monarchs Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
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