WNBA team season
The 1998 WNBA season was the second season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won their second straight championship. Their record of 27-3 remains the best in league history.
Washington Mystics expansion draft [ edit ] The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Houston Comets:
1998 Houston Comets roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 9 Arcain, Janeth 5' 11" (1.8m) 147 lb (67kg) 1969-04-11 1 C Booker, Karen 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 1965-04-10 Vanderbilt 1 G 14 Cooper, Cynthia 5' 10" (1.78m) 150 lb (68kg) 1963-04-14 USC 1 C 4 Guyton, Wanda 6' 1" (1.85m) 178 lb (81kg) 1968-10-14 South Florida 1 F/C 23 Jackson, Tammy 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1962-12-03 Florida 1 C 40 Lamb, Monica 6' 5" (1.96m) 206 lb (93kg) 1964-10-11 USC R F/C 33 Moore, Yolanda 6' 0" (1.83m) 175 lb (79kg) 1974-07-01 Mississippi 1 G 10 Perrot, Kim 5' 5" (1.65m) 130 lb (59kg) 1967-01-18 Louisiana 1 C 0 Roberts, Nyree 6' 3" (1.91m) 209 lb (95kg) 1976-03-10 Old Dominion R G/F 22 Swoopes, Sheryl 6' 0" (1.83m) 145 lb (66kg) 1971-03-25 Texas Tech 1 F 7 Thompson, Tina 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 1975-02-10 USC 1 F 13 Valdemoro, Amaya 6' 1" (1.85m) – 1976-08-18 R G 5 Woosley, Tiffany 5' 7" (1.7m) 132 lb (60kg) 1973-04-26 Tennessee 1
Head coach Van Chancellor (Mississippi State ) Assistant coaches -
Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
1998 game log Total: 27–3 (Home: 14–1; Road: 13–2) June: 8–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 4–1)
July : 12–0 (Home: 6–0; Road: 6–0)
August : 7–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 3–1)
1998 season schedule
1998 playoff game log Semifinal vs. Charlotte Sting Won Series: 2–0
Championship vs. Phoenix Mercury Won Series: 2–1
1998 playoff schedule
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Cynthia Cooper 30 30 35.0 .446 .400 .854 3.7 4.4 1.6 0.4 22.7 Kim Perrot 30 30 32.9 .404 .269 .700 3.1 4.7 2.8 0.0 8.5 Tina Thompson 27 27 32.4 .419 .359 .851 7.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 12.7 Sheryl Swoopes 29 29 32.3 .427 .360 .826 5.1 2.1 2.5 0.5 15.6 Janeth Arcain 30 4 21.9 .426 .152 .756 3.6 0.9 0.8 0.1 6.8 Monica Lamb 30 25 21.6 .541 N/A .690 4.7 0.3 0.8 0.7 5.4 Yolanda Moore 30 4 17.8 .451 .500 .805 2.9 0.3 0.9 0.0 3.3 Wanda Guyton 1 1 14.0 .000 N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 Tammy Jackson 19 0 8.4 .381 N/A .727 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 1.3 Tiffany Woosley 18 0 5.3 .304 .250 .714 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.2 Nyree Roberts 14 0 3.9 .857 N/A .571 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.1 Amaya Valdemoro 16 0 3.8 .500 .400 .706 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.1 1.9 Karen Booker 1 0 2.0 .000 N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
‡ Waived/Released during the season † Traded during the season ≠ Acquired during the season