WNBA team season
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.
Detroit Shock expansion draft [ edit ] The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs:
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 Ticha Penicheiro , Tangela Smith , Quacy Barnes and Adia Barnes in the 1998 WNBA Draft [1] May 5, 1998 Traded Chantel Tremitiere to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Lady Grooms [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]
1998 Sacramento Monarchs roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 32 Barnes, Adia 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 1977-02-03 Arizona R C 0 Barnes, Quacy 6' 5" (1.96m) 185 lb (84kg) 1976-09-26 Indiana R G 6 Bolton, Ruthie 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1967-05-27 Auburn 1 F 42 Burgess, Linda 6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) 1969-07-27 Alabama 1 G/F 51 Byears, Latasha 5' 11" (1.8m) 206 lb (93kg) 1973-08-12 DePaul 1 G 3 Domond, Nadine 5' 7" (1.7m) 148 lb (67kg) 1975-09-28 Iowa R F 30 Gordon, Bridgette 6' 0" (1.83m) 172 lb (78kg) 1967-04-27 Tennessee 1 F 27 Grooms, Lady 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1970-09-12 Georgia 1 C 4 Johnson, Tiffani 6' 4" (1.93m) 240 lb (109kg) 1975-12-27 Tennessee R F/C 11 Jordan, Pauline 6' 3" (1.91m) 205 lb (93kg) 1968-04-27 UNLV R G 21 Penicheiro, Ticha 5' 11" (1.8m) 146 lb (66kg) 1974-09-18 Old Dominion R G 25 Price, Franthea 5' 9" (1.75m) 178 lb (81kg) 1968-04-28 Iowa R C 50 Smith, Tangela 6' 3" (1.91m) 158 lb (72kg) 1977-04-01 Iowa R G 3 Stephens, Rehema 5' 11" (1.8m) – 1969-12-28 UCLA R
Head coach Heidi VanDerveer (College of Charleston ) Assistant coaches Jill Jackson Yvette Angel Drew Peterson
Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured
1998 game log Total: 9–21 (Home: 6–10; Road: 3–11) June: 2–6 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–3)
July: 4–10 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–6)
August: 3–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–2)
1998 season schedule
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 Grooms 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
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