# 2000 Sacramento Monarchs season

The 2000 WNBA season was the 4th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team made the WNBA Playoffs for the second consecutive season, but they were shortly swept by eventual champion Houston Comets in the first round.

## Transactions
### Miami Sol expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Kate Starbird | United States | Stanford |

### Portland Fire expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Molly Goodenbour | United States | Portland Power |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 14 | Katy Steding | United States | Portland Power |
| 2 | 30 | Stacy Clinesmith | United States | UC Santa Barbara |
| 3 | 46 | Rhonda Smith | United States | Washington |
| 4 | 62 | Jessica Zinobile | United States | St. Francis (NY) |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Kate Starbird to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draft |
| December 15, 1999 | Lost Molly Goodenbour to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft |
| April 25, 2000 | Drafted Katy Steding, Stacy Clinesmith, Rhonda Smith and Jessica Zinobile in the 2000 WNBA Draft |
| May 15, 2000 | Waived Tara Williams |
| May 23, 2000 | Waived Heather Burge and Jessica Zinobile |
| July 10, 2000 | Waived Rhonda Smith |
| October 11, 2000 | Traded Latasha Byears to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for La'Keshia Frett |

## Schedule
### Regular season

2000 game log Total: 21–11 (Home: 13–3; Road: 8–8) :
May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
May 31
Seattle
W 76-60
Latasha Byears (17)
Latasha Byears (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
ARCO Arena
1–0 :
June: 9–5 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
June 3
@ Detroit
L 74-77
Yolanda Griffith (24)
Yolanda Griffith (8)
Kedra Holland-Corn (5)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
1–1
3
June 5
@ Orlando
L 68-75
Kedra Holland-Corn (21)
Tangela Smith (12)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
TD Waterhouse Centre
1–2
4
June 6
@ Houston
L 70-78
Yolanda Griffith (22)
Yolanda Griffith (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
Compaq Center
1–3
5
June 9
@ New York
W 77-56
Yolanda Griffith (24)
Yolanda Griffith (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
Madison Square Garden
2–3
6
June 11
Los Angeles
W 75-68
Kedra Holland-Corn (23)
Yolanda Griffith (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
ARCO Arena
3–3
7
June 15
@ Seattle
W 54-50
Griffith Holland-Corn (13)
Yolanda Griffith (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (5)
KeyArena
4–3
8
June 17
Charlotte
W 74-63
Tangela Smith (19)
Tangela Smith (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
ARCO Arena
5–3
9
June 19
@ Cleveland
L 70-81
Tangela Smith (19)
Latasha Byears (7)
Ticha Penicheiro (11)
Gund Arena
5–4
10
June 21
@ Indiana
W 70-58
Tangela Smith (19)
Yolanda Griffith (16)
Kedra Holland-Corn (7)
Conseco Fieldhouse
6–4
11
June 23
@ Washington
W 84-69
Tangela Smith (22)
Griffith Smith (7)
Ticha Penicheiro (12)
MCI Center
7–4
12
June 25
Portland
W 92-76
Kedra Holland-Corn (20)
Yolanda Griffith (5)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
ARCO Arena
8–4
13
June 26
@ Utah
L 80-89
Ruthie Bolton (25)
Yolanda Griffith (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (13)
Delta Center
8–5
14
June 28
Minnesota
W 82-74
Kedra Holland-Corn (17)
Yolanda Griffith (9)
Stacy Clinesmith (8)
ARCO Arena
9–5
15
June 30
Utah
W 85-62
Ruthie Bolton (19)
Byears Griffith (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
ARCO Arena
10–5 :
July: 8–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
16
July 1
Detroit
W 108-96
Holland-Corn T. Smith (19)
Yolanda Griffith (11)
Ticha Penicheiro (14)
ARCO Arena
11–5
17
July 5
Los Angeles
L 61-76
Yolanda Griffith (19)
Yolanda Griffith (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (5)
ARCO Arena
11–6
18
July 7
@ Portland
W 63-60
Ruthie Bolton (28)
Yolanda Griffith (7)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
Rose Garden
12–6
19
July 8
Washington
W 78-56
Bolton Griffith (14)
Yolanda Griffith (13)
Ticha Penicheiro (8)
ARCO Arena
13–6
20
July 12
@ Houston
L 62-77
Yolanda Griffith (22)
Yolanda Griffith (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (8)
Compaq Center
13–7
21
July 13
@ Phoenix
L 64-72
Kedra Holland-Corn (19)
Yolanda Griffith (16)
Byears Griffith Holland-Corn (3)
America West Arena
13–8
22
July 15
Utah
L 69-75
Yolanda Griffith (29)
Yolanda Griffith (17)
Ticha Penicheiro (11)
ARCO Arena
13–9
23
July 20
Minnesota
W 73-56
Ruthie Bolton (23)
Tangela Smith (11)
Kedra Holland-Corn (5)
ARCO Arena
14–9
24
July 22
Phoenix
W 61-60
Yolanda Griffith (21)
Yolanda Griffith (17)
Tangela Smith (4)
ARCO Arena
15–9
25
July 23
@ Los Angeles
L 68-73
Yolanda Griffith (19)
Ruthie Bolton (7)
Kedra Holland-Corn (4)
Great Western Forum
15–10
26
July 26
@ Portland
W 73-70
Tangela Smith (20)
Yolanda Griffith (14)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
Rose Garden
16–10
27
July 27
Orlando
W 73-66
Ruthie Bolton (24)
Yolanda Griffith (11)
Ticha Penicheiro (13)
ARCO Arena
17–10
28
July 30
@ Phoenix
W 70-63
Yolanda Griffith (16)
Yolanda Griffith (14)
Ticha Penicheiro (11)
America West Arena
18–10 :
August: 3–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
29
August 2
Miami
W 73-55
Ticha Penicheiro (15)
Tangela Smith (8)
Stacy Clinesmith (4)
ARCO Arena
19–10
30
August 4
@ Minnesota
W 74-68
Yolanda Griffith (24)
Yolanda Griffith (17)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
Target Center
20–10
31
August 6
Houston
L 63-78
Yolanda Griffith (30)
Yolanda Griffith (19)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
ARCO Arena
20–11
32
August 9
Seattle
W 79-46
Ruthie Bolton (17)
Yolanda Griffith (12)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
ARCO Arena
21–11 :

### Playoffs

2000 playoff game log :
First round vs. Houston Comets Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 12
Houston
L 64–72
Ruthie Bolton (16)
Yolanda Griffith (14)
Kedra Holland-Corn (5)
ARCO Arena
0–1
2
August 14
@ Houston
L 70–75
Ruthie Bolton (23)
Yolanda Griffith (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
Compaq Center
0–2 :
2000 playoff schedule :

### Season standings

| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Los Angeles Sparks $^x$ | 28 | 4 | .875 | 17–4 | – |
| Houston Comets $^x$ | 27 | 5 | .844 | 17–4 | 1.0 |
| Sacramento Monarchs $^x$ | 21 | 11 | .656 | 13–8 | 7.0 |
| Phoenix Mercury $^x$ | 20 | 12 | .625 | 11–10 | 8.0 |
| Utah Starzz $^o$ | 18 | 14 | .563 | 13–8 | 10.0 |
| Minnesota Lynx $^o$ | 15 | 17 | .469 | 5–16 | 13.0 |
| Portland Fire $^o$ | 10 | 22 | .313 | 4–17 | 18.0 |
| Seattle Storm $^o$ | 6 | 26 | .188 | 4–17 | 22.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Yolanda Griffith | 32 | 32 | 32.1 | .535 | N/A | .706 | 10.3 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 16.3 |
| Ticha Penichiero | 30 | 30 | 31.2 | .368 | .200 | .579 | 3.0 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 6.9 |
| Ruthie Bolton | 29 | 29 | 29.9 | .361 | .313 | .762 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 13.1 |
| Kedra Holland-Corn | 32 | 32 | 29.2 | .439 | .361 | .697 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 9.8 |
| Tangela Smith | 32 | 32 | 28.9 | .474 | N/A | .783 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 12.1 |
| Latasha Byears | 32 | 0 | 16.3 | .524 | .500 | .612 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 5.7 |
| Lady Hardmon | 30 | 3 | 13.4 | .443 | .000 | .754 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.1 |
| Stacy Clinesmith | 26 | 2 | 11.0 | .351 | .293 | .824 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| Katy Steding | 29 | 0 | 10.7 | .379 | .321 | .286 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
| Linda Burgess | 5 | 0 | 8.2 | .200 | N/A | .667 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| Cindy Blodgett | 20 | 0 | 6.7 | .400 | .286 | .667 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Rhonda Smith | 9 | 0 | 2.3 | .286 | .000 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season