# 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 | United States | Arizona |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 2 | Yolanda Griffith | United States | Chicago Condors |
| 2 | 14 | Kedra Holland-Corn | United States | San Jose Lasers |
| 3 | 26 | Kate Starbird | United States | Seattle Reign |
| 4 | 38 | Amy Herrig | United States | Iowa |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| 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 draft |
| May 3, 1999 | Waived Bridgette Gordon, Franthea Price, Nadine Domond and Pauline Jordan |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Yolanda Griffith, Kedra Holland-Corn, Kate Starbird and Amy Herrig in the 1999 WNBA Draft |
| May 24, 1999 | Traded Quacy Barnes to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Cindy Blodgett |
| June 7, 1999 | Waived Amy Herrig |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1999 game log Total: 19–13 (Home: 11–5; Road: 8–8) :
June: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
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
### 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