1999 Sacramento Monarchs season

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1999 Sacramento Monarchs season
CoachSonny Allen
ArenaARCO Arena
Attendanceper game
Results
Record19–13 (.594)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finishLost First Round (1-0) to Los Angeles Sparks

The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Sacramento Monarchs.[1] 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 File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Arizona

WNBA draft

See also: 1999 WNBA draft
Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 2 Yolanda Griffith File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Chicago Condors
2 14 Kedra Holland-Corn File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States San Jose Lasers
3 26 Kate Starbird File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Seattle Reign
4 38 Amy Herrig File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States Iowa

Transactions

Date Transaction
October 1, 1998 Fired Heidi VanDerveer as Head Coach[2]
February 8, 1999 Fired Sonny Allen as Head Coach[2]
April 6, 1999 Lost Adia Barnes to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft[2]
May 3, 1999 Waived Bridgette Gordon, Franthea Price, Nadine Domond and Pauline Jordan[2]
May 4, 1999 Drafted Yolanda Griffith, Kedra Holland-Corn, Kate Starbird and Amy Herrig in the 1999 WNBA Draft[2]
May 24, 1999 Traded Quacy Barnes to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Cindy Blodgett[2]
June 7, 1999 Waived Amy Herrig[2]

Roster

1999 Sacramento Monarchs roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 5 United States Blodgett, Cindy 5' 9" (1.75m) 130 lb (59kg) 1975-12-13 Maine 1
G 6 United States Bolton, Ruthie 5' 9" (1.75m) 150 lb (68kg) 1967-05-27 Auburn 2
C 31 United States Burge, Heather 6' 5" (1.96m) 195 lb (88kg) 1971-11-12 Virginia R
F 42 United States Burgess, Linda 6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) 1969-07-27 Alabama 2
G/F 51 United States Byears, Latasha 5' 11" (1.8m) 206 lb (93kg) 1973-08-12 DePaul 2
F/C 33 United States Griffith, Yolanda 6' 4" (1.93m) 175 lb (79kg) 1970-03-01 Florida Atlantic R
F 27 United States Hardmon, Lady 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1970-09-12 Georgia 2
F 25 United States Holland-Corn, Kedra 5' 8" (1.73m) 129 lb (59kg) 1974-11-02 Georgia R
G 21 Portugal Penicheiro, Ticha 5' 11" (1.8m) 146 lb (66kg) 1974-09-18 Old Dominion 1
C 50 United States Smith, Tangela 6' 3" (1.91m) 158 lb (72kg) 1977-04-01 Iowa 1
G/F 30 United States Starbird, Kate 6' 1" (1.85m) 153 lb (69kg) 1975-07-30 Stanford R
Head coach
United States Sonny Allen (Marshall)
Assistant coaches
United States Maura McHugh
United States Linda Burgess



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 19–13 (Home: 11–5; Road: 8–8)
June: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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
July: 8–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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
August: 5–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
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
1999 season schedule

Playoffs

1999 playoff game log
First round vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Lost Series: 0–1
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 August 24 Los Angeles @ L 58–71 Ruthie Bolton (15) Latasha Byears (10) Ruthie Bolton (4) Great Western Forum 0–1
1999 playoff schedule

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Houston Comets x 26 6 .813 16–4 –
Los Angeles Sparks x 20 12 .625 12–8 6.0
Sacramento Monarchs x 19 13 .594 9–11 7.0
Phoenix Mercury o 15 17 .469 7–13 11.0
Minnesota Lynx o 15 17 .469 8–12 11.0
Utah Starzz o 15 17 .469 8–12 11.0

Statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

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

References

  1. ↑ "2001 Sacramento Monarchs Stats".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "1999 Sacramento Monarchs Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
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