2002 Sacramento Monarchs season

2002 Sacramento Monarchs season
Head Coach Maura McHugh
Arena ARCO Arena
Attendance 9,011 per game
Results
Record 1418
(.438)
Place 6th (Western)
Playoff Finish Did Not Qualify
Sacramento Monarchs seasons
< 2001 2003 >

The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team missed the playoffs for the first time in four years.

Offseason

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 12 Hamchétou Maïga (G/F)  Mali Old Dominion
3 44 Alayne Ingram (G)  United States Michigan
4 51 Jermisha Dosty (C)  United States St. Mary's (CA)
4 60 Elizabeth Pickney (F)  United States Arizona

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 25 7 .781 17–4
Houston Comets x 24 8 .750 16–5 1.0
Utah Starzz x 20 12 .625 12–9 5.0
Seattle Storm x 17 15 .531 10–11 8.0
Portland Fire o 16 16 .500 8–13 9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o 14 18 .438 8–13 11.0
Phoenix Mercury o 11 21 .344 7–14 14.0
Minnesota Lynx o 10 22 .313 6–15 15.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
June 1 Minnesota 61-63 Loss 0-1
June 6 @ Portland 73-86 Loss 0-2
June 9 @ Houston 62-75 Loss 0-3
June 11 @ Minnesota 63-72 Loss 0-4
June 13 New York 78-77 (OT) Win 1-4
June 15 Los Angeles 66-72 (OT) Loss 1-5
June 18 @ Phoenix 63-78 Loss 1-6
June 20 Seattle 72-64 Win 2-6
June 22 Utah 61-77 Loss 2-7
June 23 @ Seattle 60-86 Loss 2-8
June 25 Washington 86-87 (OT) Loss 2-9
June 27 @ Cleveland 50-73 Loss 2-10
June 28 @ Indiana 60-67 Loss 2-11
June 30 @ Detroit 60-71 Loss 2-12
July 5 @ Los Angeles 65-87 Loss 2-13
July 7 @ Portland 59-74 Loss 2-14
July 11 Cleveland 71-69 Win 3-14
July 12 Houston 60-74 Loss 3-15
July 17 @ Miami 78-62 Win 4-15
July 19 @ Charlotte 51-70 Loss 4-16
July 21 Orlando 62-60 Win 5-16
July 25 Portland 81-80 (OT) Win 6-16
July 27 @ Phoenix 79-64 Win 7-16
July 28 Minnesota 66-56 Win 8-16
July 30 Indiana 74-65 Win 9-16
August 1 Utah 80-71 Win 10-16
August 3 Los Angeles 71-81 Loss 10-17
August 6 Phoenix 73-70 Win 11-17
August 8 @ Orlando 82-72 Win 12-17
August 10 @ Houston 61-59 Win 13-17
August 12 @ Utah 79-81 Loss 13-18
August 13 Seattle 59-51 Win 14-18

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Tangela Smith 32 188 40 27 46 469
Ruthie Bolton 32 94 37 45 2 349
Kedra Holland-Corn 32 90 63 41 5 296
Yolanda Griffith 17 148 19 16 13 288
Lady Grooms 32 99 39 21 8 227
Ticha Penicheiro 24 102 192 64 1 203
La'Keshia Frett 32 95 23 5 19 187
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau 25 41 1 2 5 43
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 23 37 9 15 3 40
Andrea Nagy 24 29 73 10 4 34
Kara Wolters 14 23 3 0 3 24
Edna Campbell 1 1 0 1 0 4
Stacey Ford 5 2 1 0 0 2
Monique Ambers 2 0 0 0 0 0

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