1998 Sacramento Monarchs season
| 1998 Sacramento Monarchs season | |||||||||||||||
| Head Coach | Heidi VanDerveer | ||||||||||||||
| Arena | ARCO Arena | ||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 6,578 per game | ||||||||||||||
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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 |
References
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