1998 Sacramento Monarchs season
Introduction The 1998 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team tied with the Utah Starzz for the worst record in the Western Conference.
Offseason Tajama Abraham was picked up by the Detroit Shock in the 1998 WNBA Expansion Draft.===WNBA draft==='''Round''''''Pick''''''Player''''''Nationality''''''College/School/Team''' 1 2 Ticha Penicheiro (G)  Old Dominion 2 12 Tangela Smith (F/C)  Iowa 3 22 Quacy Barnes (C)  Indiana 4 32 Adia Barnes (F)  Arizona===Trades===DateTradeApril 9, 1998'''To Sacramento Monarchs''''''To Los Angeles Sparks''' Linda Burgess Pamela McGeeMay 5, 1998'''To Sacramento Monarchs''''''To Utah Starzz''' Lady Hardmon Chantel Tremitiere
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule==='''Date''''''Opponent''''''Score''''''Result''''''Record''' June 11  Phoenix  70-73  Loss  0-1 June 16  Los Angeles  73-69  Win  1-1 June 18  New York  48-64  Loss  1-2 June 20  Houston  68-79  Loss  1-3 June 23  @ Detroit  57-61  Loss  1-4 June 26  @ New York  48-62  Loss  1-5 June 27  @ Charlotte  50-58  Loss  1-6 June 30  Los Angeles  58-56  Win  2-6 July 3  @ Houston  67-84  Loss  2-7 July 5  Utah  70-66  Win  3-7 July 6  @ Utah  64-68  Loss  3-8 July 8  @ Los Angeles  76-71  Win  4-8 July 10  Charlotte  55-63  Loss  4-9 July 14  Cleveland  58-61  Loss  4-10 July 15  @ Los Angeles  76-81  Loss  4-11 July 18  Houston  44-75  Loss  4-12 July 20  @ Phoenix  67-88  Loss  4-13 July 24  New York  54-76  Loss  4-14 July 26  @ Washington  79-65  Win  5-14 July 27  @ Charlotte  76-70  Win  6-14 July 29  @ Cleveland  67-75  Loss  6-15 July 31  @ Detroit  77-78  Loss  6-16 August 2  @ Houston  53-70  Loss  6-17 August 4  Cleveland  60-72  Loss  6-18 August 7  Washington  76-55  Win  7-18 August 11  Detroit  41-50  Loss  7-19 August 12  @ Utah  71-81  Loss  7-20 August 15  Utah  82-55  Win  8-20 August 16  Phoenix  69-85  Loss  8-21 August 19  @ Phoenix  62-71  Loss  8-22
Player stats  Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS Latasha Byears  30  199  29  43  13  427 Tangela Smith  28  129  31  17  46  271 Linda Burgess  30  146  28  42  11  226 Adia Barnes  29  84  22  14  10  219 Lady Grooms  30  80  48  20  3  214 Ticha Penicheiro  30  141  224  67  3  190 Franthea Price  26  44  35  20  2  127 Pauline Jordan  18  44  16  14  12  59 Bridgette Gordon  22  30  9  8  0  57 Ruthie Bolton  5  11  6  6  0  55 Nadine Domond  9  9  9  7  1  27 Rehema Stephens  8  10  4  2  0  26 Quacy Barnes  17  8  2  1  6  16 Tiffiani Johnson  6  10  0  2  0  2
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