WNBA team season
The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Detroit Shock. The team had an 0–4 start, but by season's end they missed out on a postseason berth by just one game in the standings.[ 1]
WNBA allocation draft [ edit ] WNBA expansion draft [ edit ] Date Transaction January 12, 1998 Hired Nancy Lieberman-Cline as Head Coach[ 2] January 27, 1998 Drafted Cindy Brown and Razija Brcaninovich in the 1998 WNBA Allocation Draft[ 2] February 18, 1998 Drafted Lynette Woodard , Tara Williams , Tajama Abraham and Rhonda Blades in the 1998 WNBA expansion draft[ 2] April 29, 1998 Drafted Korie Hlede , Rachael Sporn , Gergana Branzova and Sandy Brondello in the 1998 WNBA Draft [ 2] May 2, 1998 Signed Aneta Kausaite and Mfon Udoka [ 2] June 22, 1998 Waived Mfon Udoka [ 2]
1998 Detroit Shock roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs C 40 Abraham, Tajama 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1975-09-27 George Washington 1 G 10 Blades, Rhonda 5' 7" (1.7m) 138 lb (63kg) 1972-10-29 Vanderbilt 1 F 11 Boyd, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 172 lb (78kg) 1975-10-31 R F 34 Branzova, Gergana 6' 4" (1.93m) 178 lb (81kg) 1976-07-25 FIU R C 12 Brcaninovich, Razija 6' 8" (2.03m) 198 lb (90kg) 1967-04-15 R G 6 Brondello, Sandy 5' 7" (1.7m) 136 lb (62kg) 1968-08-20 R F 14 Brown, Cindy 6' 2" (1.88m) 183 lb (83kg) 1965-03-16 Long Beach State R G/F 24 Hamblin, Angela 5' 10" (1.78m) 170 lb (77kg) 1976-09-30 Iowa R G 7 Hlede, Korie 5' 9" (1.75m) 155 lb (70kg) 1975-03-29 Duquesne R F 20 Kausaite, Aneta 6' 0" (1.83m) 155 lb (70kg) 1970-11-30 Emporia State R F 4 Sporn, Rachael 6' 1" (1.85m) 175 lb (79kg) 1968-03-26 R F 30 Udoka, Mfon 6' 0" (1.83m) 187 lb (85kg) 1976-06-16 DePaul R G 8 Woodard, Lynette 6' 0" (1.83m) 160 lb (73kg) 1959-08-12 Kansas 1
Head coach Nancy Lieberman-Cline (Old Dominion ) Assistant coaches -
Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
1998 game log Total: 17–13 (Home: 11–4; Road: 6–9) June: 5–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–2)
July: 7–6 (Home: 6–1; Road: 1–5)
August: 5–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 3–2)
1998 season schedule
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Korie Hlede 27 27 33.8 .391 .392 .806 5.2 2.7 0.8 0.0 14.1 Sandy Brondello 30 28 33.1 .428 .364 .923 2.9 3.3 1.3 0.0 14.2 Cindy Brown 30 30 32.2 .470 .328 .707 10.0 1.8 1.7 0.7 11.8 Carla Boyd 30 24 27.2 .342 .302 .632 3.9 2.3 0.9 0.3 8.2 Razija Brcaninovic 30 30 23.2 .520 N/A .667 5.1 1.0 0.3 0.9 9.1 Rachael Sporn 30 1 17.8 .408 N/A .500 3.6 1.3 0.3 0.4 4.5 Lynette Woodard 27 8 14.2 .387 N/A .575 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.1 3.5 Rhonda Blades 29 2 11.7 .256 .240 .483 1.1 1.4 1.4 0.0 2.3 Mfon Udoka 3 0 8.3 .167 N/A .500 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 Gergana Branzova 26 0 7.8 .446 .000 .550 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 2.7 Aneta Kausaite 10 0 5.8 .250 .000 .571 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.4 Angela Hamblin 6 0 4.8 .250 .500 .500 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.0 Tajama Abraham 12 0 3.7 .357 N/A .533 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.5
‡ Waived/Released during the season † Traded during the season ≠ Acquired during the season
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