1998 Charlotte Sting season

The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Charlotte Sting. The Sting qualified for the playoffs, but they lost in the league semifinals to eventual champion Houston Comets.

1998 Charlotte Sting season
Coach	Marynell Meadors
Arena	Charlotte Coliseum
Attendance	8,561 per game
Results
Record	18–12 (.600)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost WNBA Semifinals (2-0) to Houston Comets
Team Leaders
Points	Andrea Stinson (15.0)
Rebounds	Vicky Bullett (6.5)
Assists	Andrea Stinson (4.5)
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Transactions

Washington Mystics expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Charlotte Sting:

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Penny Moore	United States	Long Beach State

WNBA draft

See also: 1998 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	7	Tracy Reid	United States	North Carolina
2	17	Christy Smith	United States	Arkansas
3	27	Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough	Bahamas	Michigan
4	37	Sonia Chase	United States	Maryland

Transactions

Date	Transaction
February 18, 1998	Lost Penny Moore to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft[1]
April 29, 1998	Drafted Tracy Reid, Christy Smith, Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and Sonia Chase in the 1998 WNBA Draft[1]
June 6, 1998	Waived Charmin Smith and Katasha Artis[1]

Roster

1998 Charlotte Sting roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 13 Boucher, Kelly 6' 2" (1.88m) 1968-01-13 R F 23 Bullett, Vicky 6' 3" (1.91m) 185 lb (84kg) 1967-10-04 Maryland 1 G 33 Chase, Sonia 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1976-03-09 Maryland R F/C 3 Congreaves, Andrea 6' 2" (1.88m) 183 lb (83kg) 1970-06-03 Mercer 1 C 41 Johns Kimbrough, Pollyanna 6' 3" (1.91m) 165 lb (75kg) 1975-06-11 Michigan R F/C 50 Manning, Sharon 6' 3" (1.91m) 186 lb (84kg) 1969-03-20 NC State 1 C 51 Mapp, Rhonda 6' 2" (1.88m) 190 lb (86kg) 1969-10-13 NC State 1 F 22 Paschal, Tia 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 1969-03-22 Florida State R G/F 0 Reid, Tracy 5' 11" (1.8m) 150 lb (68kg) 1976-11-01 North Carolina R G 10 Smith, Christy 5' 7" (1.7m) 141 lb (64kg) 1975-08-14 Arkansas R G 32 Stinson, Andrea 5' 10" (1.78m) 158 lb (72kg) 1967-11-25 NC State 1 G 7 Suber, Tora 5' 7" (1.7m) 137 lb (62kg) 1974-11-23 Virginia 1	Head coach Marynell Meadors (Middle Tennessee) Assistant coaches Dan Hughes Karen Freeman Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1998 game log Total: 18–12 (Home: 9–6; Road: 9–6)
June: 7–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 4–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 June 11 Washington W 83–57 Andrea Stinson (19) Vicky Bullett (7) Christy Smith (5) Charlotte Coliseum 1–0 2 June 13 @ Detroit W 78–69 Andrea Stinson (13) Vicky Bullett (12) Andrea Stinson (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 2–0 3 June 15 Houston L 65–79 Tracy Reid (20) Rhonda Mapp (9) Tora Suber (6) Charlotte Coliseum 2–1 4 June 18 Detroit W 71–67 Rhonda Mapp (18) Vicky Bullett (8) Reid Smith (4) Charlotte Coliseum 3–1 5 June 21 @ Phoenix W 72–71 Tracy Reid (21) Congreaves Reid (8) Andrea Stinson (8) America West Arena 4–1 6 June 24 @ Los Angeles W 77–73 Vicky Bullett (22) Sharon Manning (15) Smith Stinson (5) Great Western Forum 5–1 7 June 25 @ Utah W 91–83 Andrea Stinson (25) Bullett Stinson (7) Andrea Stinson (5) Delta Center 6–1 8 June 27 Sacramento W 58–50 Vicky Bullett (17) Andrea Stinson (9) Christy Smith (5) Charlotte Coliseum 7–1 9 June 29 @ Detroit L 49–60 Andrea Congreaves (10) Vicky Bullett (9) Congreaves Stinson (2) The Palace of Auburn Hills 7–2
July : 8–5 (Home: 4–3; Road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 10 July 4 Phoenix W 68–66 Andrea Stinson (19) Sharon Manning (8) Andrea Stinson (7) Charlotte Coliseum 8–2 11 July 7 @ Los Angeles L 79–86 Andrea Stinson (21) Andrea Stinson (10) Christy Smith (6) Great Western Forum 8–3 12 July 8 @ Utah W 77–69 Congreaves Stinson (14) Tracy Reid (6) Smith Stinson (6) Delta Center 9–3 13 July 10 @ Sacramento W 63–55 Andrea Stinson (18) Tracy Reid (12) Tora Suber (4) ARCO Arena 10–3 14 July 12 @ New York W 75–57 Andrea Congreaves (23) Congreaves Manning (10) Andrea Stinson (7) Madison Square Garden 11–3 15 July 15 New York W 72–65 Vicky Bullett (19) Manning Reid Stinson (5) Andrea Stinson (7) Charlotte Coliseum 12–3 16 July 17 Washington W 86–56 Tracy Reid (17) Manning Reid (8) Tracy Reid (4) Charlotte Coliseum 13–3 17 July 19 @ Cleveland L 69–85 Tracy Reid (20) Tracy Reid (7) Sharon Manning (4) Gund Arena 13–4 18 July 21 @ Washington W 84–67 Vicky Bullett (19) Vicky Bullett (7) Tora Suber (6) MCI Center 14–4 19 July 22 Utah L 58–61 Rhonda Mapp (17) Vicky Bullett (11) Andrea Stinson (6) Charlotte Coliseum 14–5 20 July 25 Houston L 58–67 Andrea Stinson (18) Sharon Manning (15) Christy Smith (7) Charlotte Coliseum 14–6 21 July 27 Sacramento L 70–76 Andrea Stinson (15) Vicky Bullett (8) Andrea Stinson (5) Charlotte Coliseum 14–7 22 July 30 Cleveland W 79–64 Rhonda Mapp (20) Vicky Bullett (12) Andrea Stinson (7) Charlotte Coliseum 15–7
August : 3–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 August 2 @ New York L 67–85 Rhonda Mapp (16) Vicky Bullett (10) Andrea Stinson (3) Madison Square Garden 15–8 24 August 3 Detroit W 71–68 Vicky Bullett (19) Vicky Bullett (13) Christy Smith Stinson (4) Charlotte Coliseum 16–8 25 August 5 New York W 69–61 Andrea Stinson (19) Vicky Bullett (9) Tora Suber (6) Charlotte Coliseum 17–8 26 August 8 @ Cleveland L 58–65 Vicky Bullett (17) Sharon Manning (9) Andrea Stinson (5) Gund Arena 17–9 27 August 10 @ Houston L 67–70 Tracy Reid (22) Tora Suber (8) Mapp Suber (4) Compaq Center 17–10 28 August 12 Los Angeles L 52–65 Andrea Stinson (15) Vicky Bullett (8) Mapp Stinson Suber (3) Charlotte Coliseum 17–11 29 August 14 Cleveland L 72–85 Andrea Stinson (20) Rhonda Mapp (9) Tora Suber (9) Charlotte Coliseum 17–12 30 August 19 @ Washington W 105–69 Andrea Stinson (23) Sharon Manning (7) Christy Smith (7) MCI Center 18–12
1998 season schedule

Playoffs

1998 playoff game log
Semifinal vs. Houston Comets Lost Series: 0–2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 August 22 @ Houston L 71–85 Mapp Stinson (16) Andrea Stinson (7) Andrea Stinson (7) Compaq Center 0–1 2 August 24 @ Houston L 61–77 Tracy Reid (18) Vicky Bullett (11) Andrea Stinson (6) Compaq Center 0–2
1998 playoff schedule

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Cleveland Rockers x	20	10	.667	12–4	–
Charlotte Sting x	18	12	.600	11–5	2.0
New York Liberty o	18	12	.600	8–8	2.0
Detroit Shock o	17	13	.567	8–8	3.0
Washington Mystics o	3	27	.100	1–15	17.0

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
Andrea Stinson	30	30	34.9	.418	.282	.750	4.6	4.5	1.8	0.5	15.0
Tracy Reid	30	30	32.2	.487	.000	.613	5.2	1.5	1.3	0.4	13.8
Vicky Bullett	30	30	31.6	.441	.154	.826	6.5	1.5	2.2	1.5	13.3
Tora Suber	30	12	22.7	.314	.310	.630	1.8	2.9	1.0	0.0	6.0
Rhonda Mapp	21	14	21.7	.506	.100	.750	4.2	1.6	0.6	0.4	10.1
Sharon Manning	30	6	19.2	.440	.000	.667	5.5	1.0	1.1	0.2	5.4
Christy Smith	24	18	18.7	.360	.316	.850	1.4	3.0	0.4	0.0	3.7
Andrea Congreaves	24	19	15.5	.432	.294	.905	3.0	1.5	0.5	0.2	4.3
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough	24	0	7.5	.489	N/A	.643	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	2.6
Sonia Chase	23	0	7.2	.500	N/A	1.000	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.5
Kelly Boucher	9	0	5.8	.200	.167	.750	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	1.1
Tia Paschal	20	0	5.5	.297	.250	.667	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.0	1.4

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