1998 Sacramento Monarchs season

1998 Sacramento Monarchs season
Head Coach Heidi VanDerveer
Arena ARCO Arena
Attendance 6,578 per game
Results
Record 822
(.267)
Place 4th (Western)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Sacramento Monarchs seasons
< 1997 1999 >

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.

Offseason

Tajama Abraham was picked up by the Detroit Shock in the 1998 WNBA Expansion Draft.

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 2 Ticha Penicheiro (G)  Portugal Old Dominion
2 12 Tangela Smith (F/C)  United States Iowa
3 22 Quacy Barnes (C)  United States Indiana
4 32 Adia Barnes (F)  United States Arizona

Regular season

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

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
June 11 Phoenix 70-73 Loss 0-1
June 16 Los Angeles 73-69 Win 1-1
June 18 New York 48-64 Loss 1-2
June 20 Houston 68-79 Loss 1-3
June 23 @ Detroit 57-61 Loss 1-4
June 26 @ New York 48-62 Loss 1-5
June 27 @ Charlotte 50-58 Loss 1-6
June 30 Los Angeles 58-56 Win 2-6
July 3 @ Houston 67-84 Loss 2-7
July 5 Utah 70-66 Win 3-7
July 6 @ Utah 64-68 Loss 3-8
July 8 @ Los Angeles 76-71 Win 4-8
July 10 Charlotte 55-63 Loss 4-9
July 14 Cleveland 58-61 Loss 4-10
July 15 @ Los Angeles 76-81 Loss 4-11
July 18 Houston 44-75 Loss 4-12
July 20 @ Phoenix 67-88 Loss 4-13
July 24 New York 54-76 Loss 4-14
July 26 @ Washington 79-65 Win 5-14
July 27 @ Charlotte 76-70 Win 6-14
July 29 @ Cleveland 67-75 Loss 6-15
July 31 @ Detroit 77-78 Loss 6-16
August 2 @ Houston 53-70 Loss 6-17
August 4 Cleveland 60-72 Loss 6-18
August 7 Washington 76-55 Win 7-18
August 11 Detroit 41-50 Loss 7-19
August 12 @ Utah 71-81 Loss 7-20
August 15 Utah 82-55 Win 8-20
August 16 Phoenix 69-85 Loss 8-21
August 19 @ Phoenix 62-71 Loss 8-22

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Latasha Byears 30 199 29 43 13 427
Tangela Smith 28 129 31 17 46 271
Linda Burgess 30 146 28 42 11 226
Adia Barnes 29 84 22 14 10 219
Lady Grooms 30 80 48 20 3 214
Ticha Penicheiro 30 141 224 67 3 190
Franthea Price 26 44 35 20 2 127
Pauline Jordan 18 44 16 14 12 59
Bridgette Gordon 22 30 9 8 0 57
Ruthie Bolton 5 11 6 6 0 55
Nadine Domond 9 9 9 7 1 27
Rehema Stephens 8 10 4 2 0 26
Quacy Barnes 17 8 2 1 6 16
Tiffiani Johnson 6 10 0 2 0 2

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