# 1998 Charlotte Sting season

The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Charlotte Sting. The Sting qualified for the playoffs, but they lost in the league semifinals to eventual champion Houston Comets.

## Transactions
### Washington Mystics expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Charlotte Sting:
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| Penny Moore | United States | Long Beach State |

### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
| 1 | 7 | Tracy Reid | United States | North Carolina |
| 2 | 17 | Christy Smith | United States | Arkansas |
| 3 | 27 | Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough | Bahamas | Michigan |
| 4 | 37 | Sonia Chase | United States | Maryland |

### Transactions

| Date | Transaction |
| February 18, 1998 | Lost Penny Moore to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft |
| April 29, 1998 | Drafted Tracy Reid, Christy Smith, Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and Sonia Chase in the 1998 WNBA Draft |
| June 6, 1998 | Waived Charmin Smith and Katasha Artis |

## Schedule
### Regular season

1998 game log Total: 18–12 (Home: 9–6; Road: 9–6) :
June: 7–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 4–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
June 11
Washington
W 83–57
Andrea Stinson (19)
Vicky Bullett (7)
Christy Smith (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
1–0
2
June 13
@ Detroit
W 78–69
Andrea Stinson (13)
Vicky Bullett (12)
Andrea Stinson (4)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
2–0
3
June 15
Houston
L 65–79
Tracy Reid (20)
Rhonda Mapp (9)
Tora Suber (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
2–1
4
June 18
Detroit
W 71–67
Rhonda Mapp (18)
Vicky Bullett (8)
Reid Smith (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
3–1
5
June 21
@ Phoenix
W 72–71
Tracy Reid (21)
Congreaves Reid (8)
Andrea Stinson (8)
America West Arena
4–1
6
June 24
@ Los Angeles
W 77–73
Vicky Bullett (22)
Sharon Manning (15)
Smith Stinson (5)
Great Western Forum
5–1
7
June 25
@ Utah
W 91–83
Andrea Stinson (25)
Bullett Stinson (7)
Andrea Stinson (5)
Delta Center
6–1
8
June 27
Sacramento
W 58–50
Vicky Bullett (17)
Andrea Stinson (9)
Christy Smith (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
7–1
9
June 29
@ Detroit
L 49–60
Andrea Congreaves (10)
Vicky Bullett (9)
Congreaves Stinson (2)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
7–2 :
July
: 8–5 (Home: 4–3; Road: 4–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
10
July 4
Phoenix
W 68–66
Andrea Stinson (19)
Sharon Manning (8)
Andrea Stinson (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
8–2
11
July 7
@ Los Angeles
L 79–86
Andrea Stinson (21)
Andrea Stinson (10)
Christy Smith (6)
Great Western Forum
8–3
12
July 8
@ Utah
W 77–69
Congreaves Stinson (14)
Tracy Reid (6)
Smith Stinson (6)
Delta Center
9–3
13
July 10
@ Sacramento
W 63–55
Andrea Stinson (18)
Tracy Reid (12)
Tora Suber (4)
ARCO Arena
10–3
14
July 12
@ New York
W 75–57
Andrea Congreaves (23)
Congreaves Manning (10)
Andrea Stinson (7)
Madison Square Garden
11–3
15
July 15
New York
W 72–65
Vicky Bullett (19)
Manning Reid Stinson (5)
Andrea Stinson (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
12–3
16
July 17
Washington
W 86–56
Tracy Reid (17)
Manning Reid (8)
Tracy Reid (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
13–3
17
July 19
@ Cleveland
L 69–85
Tracy Reid (20)
Tracy Reid (7)
Sharon Manning (4)
Gund Arena
13–4
18
July 21
@ Washington
W 84–67
Vicky Bullett (19)
Vicky Bullett (7)
Tora Suber (6)
MCI Center
14–4
19
July 22
Utah
L 58–61
Rhonda Mapp (17)
Vicky Bullett (11)
Andrea Stinson (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–5
20
July 25
Houston
L 58–67
Andrea Stinson (18)
Sharon Manning (15)
Christy Smith (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–6
21
July 27
Sacramento
L 70–76
Andrea Stinson (15)
Vicky Bullett (8)
Andrea Stinson (5)
Charlotte Coliseum
14–7
22
July 30
Cleveland
W 79–64
Rhonda Mapp (20)
Vicky Bullett (12)
Andrea Stinson (7)
Charlotte Coliseum
15–7 :
August
: 3–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
23
August 2
@ New York
L 67–85
Rhonda Mapp (16)
Vicky Bullett (10)
Andrea Stinson (3)
Madison Square Garden
15–8
24
August 3
Detroit
W 71–68
Vicky Bullett (19)
Vicky Bullett (13)
Christy Smith Stinson (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
16–8
25
August 5
New York
W 69–61
Andrea Stinson (19)
Vicky Bullett (9)
Tora Suber (6)
Charlotte Coliseum
17–8
26
August 8
@ Cleveland
L 58–65
Vicky Bullett (17)
Sharon Manning (9)
Andrea Stinson (5)
Gund Arena
17–9
27
August 10
@ Houston
L 67–70
Tracy Reid (22)
Tora Suber (8)
Mapp Suber (4)
Compaq Center
17–10
28
August 12
Los Angeles
L 52–65
Andrea Stinson (15)
Vicky Bullett (8)
Mapp Stinson Suber (3)
Charlotte Coliseum
17–11
29
August 14
Cleveland
L 72–85
Andrea Stinson (20)
Rhonda Mapp (9)
Tora Suber (9)
Charlotte Coliseum
17–12
30
August 19
@ Washington
W 105–69
Andrea Stinson (23)
Sharon Manning (7)
Christy Smith (7)
MCI Center
18–12 :
1998 season schedule :

### Playoffs

1998 playoff game log :
Semifinal vs. Houston Comets Lost Series: 0–2
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
August 22
@ Houston
L 71–85
Mapp Stinson (16)
Andrea Stinson (7)
Andrea Stinson (7)
Compaq Center
0–1
2
August 24
@ Houston
L 61–77
Tracy Reid (18)
Vicky Bullett (11)
Andrea Stinson (6)
Compaq Center
0–2 :
1998 playoff schedule :

### Season standings

| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | Conf. | GB |
| Cleveland Rockers $^x$ | 20 | 10 | .667 | 12–4 | – |
| Charlotte Sting $^x$ | 18 | 12 | .600 | 11–5 | 2.0 |
| New York Liberty $^o$ | 18 | 12 | .600 | 8–8 | 2.0 |
| Detroit Shock $^o$ | 17 | 13 | .567 | 8–8 | 3.0 |
| Washington Mystics $^o$ | 3 | 27 | .100 | 1–15 | 17.0 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Andrea Stinson | 30 | 30 | 34.9 | .418 | .282 | .750 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 15.0 |
| Tracy Reid | 30 | 30 | 32.2 | .487 | .000 | .613 | 5.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 13.8 |
| Vicky Bullett | 30 | 30 | 31.6 | .441 | .154 | .826 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 13.3 |
| Tora Suber | 30 | 12 | 22.7 | .314 | .310 | .630 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| Rhonda Mapp | 21 | 14 | 21.7 | .506 | .100 | .750 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 10.1 |
| Sharon Manning | 30 | 6 | 19.2 | .440 | .000 | .667 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 5.4 |
| Christy Smith | 24 | 18 | 18.7 | .360 | .316 | .850 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| Andrea Congreaves | 24 | 19 | 15.5 | .432 | .294 | .905 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4.3 |
| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough | 24 | 0 | 7.5 | .489 | N/A | .643 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Sonia Chase | 23 | 0 | 7.2 | .500 | N/A | 1.000 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Kelly Boucher | 9 | 0 | 5.8 | .200 | .167 | .750 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Tia Paschal | 20 | 0 | 5.5 | .297 | .250 | .667 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
$^‡$Waived/Released during the season $^†$Traded during the season $^≠$Acquired during the season