2002 Sacramento Monarchs season
Introduction The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team missed the playoffs for the first time in four years.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 1 12 Hamchétou Maïga (G/F)  Old Dominion 3 44 Alayne Ingram (G)  Michigan 4 51 Jermisha Dosty (C)  St. Mary's (CA) 4 60 Elizabeth Pickney (F)  Arizona
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date Opponent Score Result Record June 1  Minnesota  61-63  Loss  0-1 June 6  @ Portland  73-86  Loss  0-2 June 9  @ Houston  62-75  Loss  0-3 June 11  @ Minnesota  63-72  Loss  0-4 June 13  New York  78-77 (OT)  Win  1-4 June 15  Los Angeles  66-72 (OT)  Loss  1-5 June 18  @ Phoenix  63-78  Loss  1-6 June 20  Seattle  72-64  Win  2-6 June 22  Utah  61-77  Loss  2-7 June 23  @ Seattle  60-86  Loss  2-8 June 25  Washington  86-87 (OT)  Loss  2-9 June 27  @ Cleveland  50-73  Loss  2-10 June 28  @ Indiana  60-67  Loss  2-11 June 30  @ Detroit  60-71  Loss  2-12 July 5  @ Los Angeles  65-87  Loss  2-13 July 7  @ Portland  59-74  Loss  2-14 July 11  Cleveland  71-69  Win  3-14 July 12  Houston  60-74  Loss  3-15 July 17  @ Miami  78-62  Win  4-15 July 19  @ Charlotte  51-70  Loss  4-16 July 21  Orlando  62-60  Win  5-16 July 25  Portland  81-80 (OT)  Win  6-16 July 27  @ Phoenix  79-64  Win  7-16 July 28  Minnesota  66-56  Win  8-16 July 30  Indiana  74-65  Win  9-16 August 1  Utah  80-71  Win  10-16 August 3  Los Angeles  71-81  Loss  10-17 August 6  Phoenix  73-70  Win  11-17 August 8  @ Orlando  82-72  Win  12-17 August 10  @ Houston  61-59  Win  13-17 August 12  @ Utah  79-81  Loss  13-18 August 13  Seattle  59-51  Win  14-18
Player stats  Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS Tangela Smith  32  188  40  27  46  469 Ruthie Bolton  32  94  37  45  2  349 Kedra Holland-Corn  32  90  63  41  5  296 Yolanda Griffith  17  148  19  16  13  288 Lady Grooms  32  99  39  21  8  227 Ticha Penicheiro  24  102  192  64  1  203 La'Keshia Frett  32  95  23  5  19  187 Cass Bauer-Bilodeau  25  41  1  2  5  43 Hamchetou Maiga-Ba  23  37  9  15  3  40 Andrea Nagy  24  29  73  10  4  34 Kara Wolters  14  23  3  0  3  24 Edna Campbell  1  1  0  1  0  4 Stacey Ford  5  2  1  0  0  2 Monique Ambers  2  0  0  0  0  0
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