# 1998 Sacramento Monarchs season

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.

## Transactions
### Detroit Shock expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Tajama Abraham | United States | George Washington |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 2 | Ticha Penicheiro | United States | Old Dominion |
| 2 | 12 | Tangela Smith | United States | Iowa |
| 3 | 22 | Quacy Barnes | United States | Indiana |
| 4 | 32 | Adia Barnes | United States | Arizona |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| February 18, 1998 | Lost Tajama Abraham to the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft |
| April 9, 1998 | Traded Pamela McGee to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Linda Burgess |
| April 29, 1998 | Drafted Ticha Penicheiro, Tangela Smith, Quacy Barnes and Adia Barnes in the 1998 WNBA Draft |
| May 5, 1998 | Traded Chantel Tremitiere to the Utah Starzz in exchange for Lady Hardmon |
| May 25, 1998 | Waived Denique Graves |
| June 1, 1998 | Waived Margold Clark |
| June 9, 1998 | Waived Corissa Yasen and Danielle Viglione |
| June 30, 1998 | Signed Rehema Stephens |
| July 6, 1998 | Traded Tiffani Johnson to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Pauline Jordan |
| July 24, 1998 | Waived Rehema Stephens |
| July 27, 1998 | Signed Nadine Domond |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1998 game log Total: 9–21 (Home: 6–10; Road: 3–11) :
June: 2–6 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 11
Phoenix
L 70–73
Ruthie Bolton (15)
Linda Burgess (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (5)
ARCO Arena
0–1
2
June 16
Los Angeles
W 73–69
Latasha Byears (21)
Burgess Byears (6)
Ticha Penicheiro (8)
ARCO Arena
1–1
3
June 18
New York
L 48–64
Latasha Byears (10)
Tangela Smith (5)
Ticha Penicheiro (3)
ARCO Arena
1–2
4
June 20
Houston
L 68–79
Ruthie Bolton (17)
Latasha Byears (6)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
ARCO Arena
1–3
5
June 23
@ Detroit
L 57–61
Linda Burgess (13)
Burgess Penicheiro (6)
Ticha Penicheiro (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
1–4
6
June 26
@ New York
L 48–62
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
Penicheiro Smith (7)
Ticha Penicheiro (4)
Madison Square Garden
1–5
7
June 27
@ Charlotte
L 50–58
Bridgette Gordon (12)
Lady Hardmon (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (8)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–6
8
June 30
Los Angeles
W 58–56
Latasha Byears (13)
Latasha Byears (11)
Penicheiro Price (3)
ARCO Arena
2–6 :
July: 4–10 (Home: 2–4; Road: 2–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
9
July 3
@ Houston
L 67–84
Latasha Byears (15)
Latasha Byears (7)
Ticha Penicheiro (5)
Compaq Center
2–7
10
July 5
Utah
W 70–66
Latasha Byears (21)
Linda Burgess (7)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
ARCO Arena
3–7
11
July 6
@ Utah
L 64–68
Franthea Price (14)
Linda Burgess (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
Delta Center
3–8
12
July 8
Los Angeles
W 76–71
Tangela Smith (20)
Byears Penicheiro Smith (6)
Ticha Penicheiro (11)
ARCO Arena
4–8
13
July 10
Charlotte
L 55–63
Latasha Byears (16)
Latasha Byears (11)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
ARCO Arena
4–9
14
July 14
Cleveland
L 58–61
Latasha Byears (16)
Tangela Smith (7)
Ticha Penicheiro (11)
ARCO Arena
4–10
15
July 15
@ Los Angeles
L 76–81 (OT)
Latasha Byears (16)
Latasha Byears (13)
Ticha Penicheiro (12)
Great Western Forum
4–11
16
July 18
Houston
L 44–75
Latasha Byears (16)
Lady Hardmon (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
ARCO Arena
4–12
17
July 20
@ Phoenix
L 67–88
Latasha Byears (28)
Latasha Byears (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
America West Arena
4–13
18
July 24
New York
L 54–76
Latasha Byears (13)
Latasha Byears (5)
Barnes Penicheiro (3)
ARCO Arena
4–14
19
July 26
@ Washington
W 79–65
Adia Barnes (15)
Pauline Jordan (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (8)
MCI Center
5–14
20
July 27
@ Charlotte
W 76–70
Latasha Byears (18)
Tangela Smith (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (12)
Charlotte Coliseum
6–14
21
July 29
@ Cleveland
L 67–75
Latasha Byears (23)
Byears Penicheiro (6)
Ticha Penicheiro (16)
Gund Arena
6–15
22
July 31
@ Detroit
L 77–78
Tangela Smith (26)
Latasha Byears (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
6–16 :
August: 3–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
August 2
@ Houston
L 53–70
Latasha Byears (15)
Byears Smith (6)
Domond Penicheiro (3)
Compaq Center
6–17
24
August 4
Cleveland
L 60–72
Tangela Smith (17)
Latasha Byears (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
ARCO Arena
6–18
25
August 7
Washington
W 76–55
Tangela Smith (19)
Latasha Byears (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (13)
ARCO Arena
7–18
26
August 11
Detroit
L 41–50
Latasha Byears (16)
Latasha Byears (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
ARCO Arena
7–19
27
August 12
@ Utah
L 71–81
Lady Hardmon (14)
Lady Hardmon (6)
Latasha Byears (4)
Delta Center
7–20
28
August 15
Utah
W 82–55
Linda Burgess (33)
Ticha Penicheiro (14)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
ARCO Arena
8–20
29
August 16
Phoenix
L 69–85
Adia Barnes (24)
Ticha Penicheiro (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
ARCO Arena
8–21
30
August 19
@ Phoenix
L 62–71
Latasha Byears (18)
Latasha Byears (11)
Ticha Penicheiro (5)
America West Arena
8–22 :
1998 season schedule :

### 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 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Ticha Penichiero | 30 | 30 | 36.0 | .333 | .233 | .642 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| Latasha Byears | 30 | 26 | 27.6 | .454 | .222 | .663 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 14.2 |
| Ruthie Bolton | 5 | 4 | 26.6 | .293 | .154 | .607 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| Lady Hardmon | 30 | 29 | 26.4 | .487 | .167 | .670 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 7.1 |
| Tangela Smith | 28 | 10 | 25.3 | .401 | .357 | .741 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 9.6 |
| Linda Burgess | 30 | 29 | 23.1 | .471 | .125 | .763 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 7.5 |
| Adia Barnes | 29 | 16 | 21.3 | .395 | .298 | .744 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 7.6 |
| Franthea Price | 26 | 1 | 14.6 | .374 | .359 | .722 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 4.9 |
| Pauline Jordan | 18 | 0 | 13.7 | .344 | .000 | .607 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| Bridgette Gordon | 22 | 5 | 11.5 | .391 | .000 | .563 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| Nadine Domond | 9 | 0 | 10.2 | .303 | .188 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| Rehema Stephens | 8 | 0 | 10.1 | .268 | .167 | .500 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Quacy Barnes | 17 | 0 | 5.3 | .400 | N/A | .364 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Tiffani Johnson | 6 | 0 | 5.3 | .000 | N/A | .500 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season