1999 Sacramento Monarchs season

The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs made their first postseason appearance but lost to the Los Angeles Sparks in the first round.

Transactions

Minnesota Lynx expansion draft The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Adia Barnes Arizona

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 2 Yolanda Griffith Chicago Condors 2 14 Kedra Holland-Corn San Jose Lasers326Kate StarbirdSeattle Reign438Amy HerrigIowa

Transactions DateTransaction October 1, 1998 Fired Heidi VanDerveer as Head Coach February 8, 1999 Fired Sonny Allen as Head Coach April 6, 1999 Lost Adia Barnes to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draftMay 3, 1999Waived Bridgette Gordon, Franthea Price, Nadine Domond and Pauline JordanMay 4, 1999Drafted Yolanda Griffith, Kedra Holland-Corn, Kate Starbird and Amy Herrig in the 1999 WNBA draftMay 24, 1999Traded Quacy Barnes to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Cindy BlodgettJune 7, 1999Waived Amy Herrig

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 1 | June 10 | @ Los Angeles | L 78–100 | Latasha Byears (19) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | Great Western Forum | 0–1 |- | 2 | June 12 | Phoenix | W 96–85 | Yolanda Griffith (31) | Yolanda Griffith (9) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | ARCO Arena | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 14 | @ Phoenix | W 74–64 | Bolton Holland-Corn (10) | Yolanda Griffith (18) | Ticha Penicheiro (7) | America West Arena | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 17 | Cleveland | W 70–50 | Kedra Holland-Corn (16) | Yolanda Griffith (19) | Ticha Penicheiro (7) | ARCO Arena | 3–1 |- | 5 | June 19 | @ Utah | L 75–85 | Yolanda Griffith (28) | Yolanda Griffith (19) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | Delta Center | 3–2 |- | 6 | June 22 | Minnesota | W 79–62 | Kedra Holland-Corn (15) | Yolanda Griffith (9) | Ticha Penicheiro (14) | ARCO Arena | 4–2 |- | 7 | June 24 | Utah | W 107–69 | Ruthie Bolton (27) | Yolanda Griffith (14) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | ARCO Arena | 5–2 |- | 8 | June 26 | Los Angeles | L 73–76 | Yolanda Griffith (25) | Yolanda Griffith (15) | Ticha Penicheiro (9) | ARCO Arena | 5–3 |- | 9 | June 29 | @ Minnesota | W 86–72 | Yolanda Griffith (30) | Yolanda Griffith (13) | Ticha Penicheiro (13) | Target Center | 6–3

| 10 | July 2 | @ Washington | W 79–74 | Ruthie Bolton (34) | Yolanda Griffith (11) | Ruthie Bolton (7) | MCI Center | 7–3 |- | 11 | July 4 | @ Detroit | W 92–78 | Yolanda Griffith (21) | Yolanda Griffith (10) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 8–3 |- | 12 | July 5 | @ New York | L 63–76 | Yolanda Griffith (23) | Byears Griffith (8) | Ticha Penicheiro (7) | Madison Square Garden | 8–4 |- | 13 | July 8 | Houston | W 74–63 | Ruthie Bolton (20) | Yolanda Griffith (13) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | ARCO Arena | 9–4 |- | 14 | July 9 | @ Los Angeles | W 77–72 | Yolanda Griffith (24) | Yolanda Griffith (11) | Ticha Penicheiro (8) | Great Western Forum | 10–4 |- | 15 | July 11 | @ Houston | L 63–68 | Ruthie Bolton (20) | Yolanda Griffith (11) | Ticha Penicheiro (4) | Compaq Center | 10–5 |- | 16 | July 16 | @ Cleveland | W 85–71 | Yolanda Griffith (22) | Yolanda Griffith (13) | Ticha Penicheiro (9) | Gund Arena | 11–5 |- | 17 | July 17 | @ Orlando | W 76–70 | Yolanda Griffith (20) | Yolanda Griffith (9) | Ticha Penicheiro (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 12–5 |- | 18 | July 19 | @ Minnesota | L 69–76 | Yolanda Griffith (22) | Yolanda Griffith (6) | Bolton Penicheiro (4) | ARCO Arena | 12–6 |- | 19 | July 22 | New York | W 71–55 | Yolanda Griffith (29) | Yolanda Griffith (19) | Ticha Penicheiro (5) | ARCO Arena | 13–6 |- | 20 | July 24 | Orlando | L 64–73 | Yolanda Griffith (18) | Yolanda Griffith (11) | Ticha Penicheiro (9) | ARCO Arena | 13–7 |- | 21 | July 27 | Minnesota | L 59–61 | Ticha Penicheiro (27) | Yolanda Griffith (7) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | ARCO Arena | 13–8 |- | 22 | July 29 | Washington | W 70–54 | Yolanda Griffith (19) | Yolanda Griffith (9) | Ticha Penicheiro (5) | ARCO Arena | 14–8 |- | 23 | July 31 | @ Utah | L 59–63 | Yolanda Griffith (20) | Yolanda Griffith (13) | Ticha Penicheiro (4) | Delta Center | 14–9

|- style="background:#fcc" | 24 | August 2 | @ Houston | L 70–75 | Ruthie Bolton (16) | Yolanda Griffith (10) | Ticha Penicheiro (13) | Compaq Center | 14–10 |- | 25 | August 4 | @ Charlotte | W 68–62 | Yolanda Griffith (21) | Yolanda Griffith (11) | Ticha Penicheiro (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 15–10 |- | 26 | August 6 | Detroit | W 71–58 | Holland-Corn Penicheiro (15) | Griffith Penicheiro (9) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | ARCO Arena | 16–10 |- | 27 | August 7 | Phoenix | W 71–60 | Kedra Holland-Corn (21) | Yolanda Griffith (13) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | ARCO Arena | 17–10 |- | 28 | August 10 | Los Angeles | W 82–80 | Yolanda Griffith (23) | Yolanda Griffith (5) | Lady Hardmon (4) | ARCO Arena | 18–10 |- | 29 | August 13 | Charlotte | W 78–64 | Ruthie Bolton (25) | Bolton Byears Smith (7) | Ticha Penicheiro (7) | ARCO Arena | 19–10 |- | 30 | August 14 | Utah | L 89–97 | Tangela Smith (28) | Tangela Smith (9) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | ARCO Arena | 19–11 |- | 31 | August 17 | @ Phoenix | L 59–71 | Tangela Smith (20) | Bolton Smith (8) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | America West Arena | 19–12 |- | 32 | August 21 | Houston | L 65–74 | Ruthie Bolton (16) | Tangela Smith (10) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | ARCO Arena | 19–13

Playoffs

| 1 | August 24 | Los Angeles | @ L 58–71 | Ruthie Bolton (15) | Latasha Byears (10) | Ruthie Bolton (4) | Great Western Forum | 0–1

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Ticha Penichiero 32 32 35.0 .320 .158 .664 4.8 7.1 2.1 0.2 7.3 Yolanda Griffith 29 29 33.8 .541 .000 .617 11.3 1.6 2.5 1.9 18.8 Kedra Holland-Corn 32 32 32.3 .383 .341 .704 2.1 1.6 1.9 0.3 11.8 Ruthie Bolton 31 30 31.3 .364 .321 .798 4.3 2.4 1.0 0.0 13.6 Latasha Byears 32 32 22.0 .537 .000 .565 5.3 1.0 1.1 0.2 9.2 Tangela Smith 31 3 20.4 .443 .500 .653 3.8 0.5 0.8 1.2 8.3 Lady Hardmon 32 1 14.1 .375 .000 .698 1.7 1.2 0.3 0.1 3.1 Kate Starbird 24 1 9.0 .218 .133 .815 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.2 2.0 Linda Burgess 27 0 8.6 .434 .000 .756 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 3.6 Cindy Blodgett 12 0 2.8 .231 .000 .556 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.9 Heather Burge 13 0 2.2 .429 N/A .200 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

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