2001 Sacramento Monarchs season
Introduction The 2001 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team won their first playoff series, but they were later defeated by eventual champion Los Angeles Sparks in the conference finals.
Offseason ===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 2  30  Jackie Moore (C)    Long Beach State 3  46  Maren Walseth (F)    Penn State 4  62  Katie Smrcka-Duffy (G)    Georgetown
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record June 2  Cleveland  70-65  Win  1-0 June 4  @ New York  80-63  Win  2-0 June 5  @ Washington  72-75  Loss  2-1 June 7  Charlotte  77-65  Win  3-1 June 9  Miami  67-71  Loss  3-2 June 12  @ Phoenix  64-78  Loss  3-3 June 14  Phoenix  81-59  Win  4-3 June 16  Portland  74-81 (OT)  Loss  4-4 June 19  New York  56-65  Loss  4-5 June 21  @ Utah  87-75  Win  5-5 June 23  @ Houston  56-70  Loss  5-6 June 24  @ Charlotte  85-82 (OT)  Win  6-6 June 28  Houston  64-54  Win  7-6 June 30  @ Seattle  65-59  Win  8-6 July 3  @ Minnesota  91-52  Win  9-6 July 6  @ Orlando  75-68  Win  10-6 July 7  @ Miami  54-66  Loss  10-7 July 10  Houston  78-76 (OT)  Win  11-7 July 12  Utah  69-67  Win  12-7 July 14  @ Utah  57-69  Loss  12-8 July 19  Los Angeles  68-83  Loss  12-9 July 21  Detroit  66-52  Win  13-9 July 25  @ Los Angeles  78-80  Loss  13-10 July 27  Portland  85-62  Win  14-10 July 29  Phoenix  63-47  Win  15-10 August 2  @ Los Angeles  62-67  Loss  15-11 August 3  Indiana  81-69  Win  16-11 August 5  @ Minnesota  76-79 (OT)  Loss  16-12 August 7  Minnesota  76-59  Win  17-12 August 11  Seattle  81-61  Win  18-12 August 12  @ Portland  64-58  Win  19-12 August 14  @ Seattle  72-62  Win  20-12
Playoffs  Game  Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record '''Western Conference Semifinals''' 1  August 17  @ Utah  89-65  Win  1-0 2  August 19  Utah  71-66  Win  2-0 '''Western Conference Finals''' 1  August 24  Los Angeles  73-74  Loss  2-1 2  August 26  @ Los Angeles  80-60  Win  3-1 3  August 27  @ Los Angeles  62-93  Loss  3-2
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Yolanda Griffith  32  357  54  63  37  518 Tangela Smith  32  179  41  34  55  358 Kedra Holland-Corn  32  75  69  56  5  322 Edna Campbell  32  85  74  19  9  260 Ruthie Bolton  31  93  55  28  1  222 Kara Wolters  31  74  17  4  25  151 Ticha Penicheiro  23  86  172  40  8  144 Lady Grooms  31  78  38  15  10  141 La'Keshia Frett  30  55  18  10  6  128 Cindy Blodgett  11  9  6  6  1  34 Stacy Clinesmith  16  3  14  1  0  10 Maren Walseth  4  2  0  0  0  4 Dana Wynne  1  1  0  0  1  2
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