1998 Sacramento Monarchs 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.

1998 Sacramento Monarchs season
Coach	Heidi VanDerveer
Arena	ARCO Arena
Attendance	6,578 per game
Results
Record	8–22 (.267)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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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 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 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

1998 Sacramento Monarchs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. 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 Hardmon, 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 (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended 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