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.

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 Long Beach State

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 7 Tracy Reid North Carolina 2 17 Christy Smith Arkansas327Pollyanna Johns KimbroughMichigan437Sonia ChaseMaryland

Transactions DateTransaction February 18, 1998 Lost Penny Moore to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft April 29, 1998 Drafted Tracy Reid, Christy Smith, Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and Sonia Chase in the 1998 WNBA draftJune 6, 1998Waived Charmin Smith and Katasha Artis

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 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

| 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

| 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

Playoffs

| 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

Season standings

Statistics

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

References

External links Sting on Basketball Reference