2000 Sacramento Monarchs season
Introduction 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.
Offseason ===Expansion draft===The following players were selected in the draft:* Kate Starbird (3rd pick, Miami Sol)* Molly Goodenbour (20th pick, Portland Fire)===WNBA draft=== Round  Pick  Player  Nationality  College/School/Team 1  14  Katy Steding (F)    Stanford (from Portland Power, ABL) 2  30  Stacy Clinesmith (G)    UC-Santa Barbara 3  46  Rhonda Banchero (C)    Washington 4  62  Jessica Zinobile (F)    St. Francis (NY)
Regular season ===Season standings======Season schedule=== Date  Opponent  Score  Result  Record May 31  Seattle  76-60  Win  1-0 June 3  @ Detroit  74-77  Loss  1-1 June 5  @ Orlando  68-75  Loss  1-2 June 6  @ Houston  70-78  Loss  1-3 June 9  @ New York  77-56  Win  2-3 June 11  Los Angeles  75-68  Win  3-3 June 15  @ Seattle  54-50  Win  4-3 June 17  Charlotte  74-63  Win  5-3 June 19  @ Cleveland  70-81  Loss  5-4 June 21  @ Indiana  70-58  Win  6-4 June 23  @ Washington  84-69  Win  7-4 June 25  Portland  92-76  Win  8-4 June 26  @ Utah  80-89  Loss  8-5 June 28  Minnesota  82-74  Win  9-5 June 30  Utah  85-62  Win  10-5 July 1  Detroit  108-96  Win  11-5 July 5  Los Angeles  61-76  Loss  11-6 July 7  @ Portland  63-60  Win  12-6 July 8  Washington  78-56  Win  13-6 July 12  @ Houston  62-77  Loss  13-7 July 13  @ Phoenix  64-72  Loss  13-8 July 15  Utah  69-75  Loss  13-9 July 20  Minnesota  73-56  Win  14-9 July 22  Phoenix  61-60  Win  15-9 July 23  @ Los Angeles  68-73  Loss  15-10 July 26  @ Portland  73-70  Win  16-10 July 27  Orlando  73-66  Win  17-10 July 30  @ Phoenix  70-63  Win  18-10 August 2  Miami  73-55  Win  19-10 August 4  @ Minnesota  74-63  Win  20-10 August 6  Houston  63-76  Loss  20-11 August 9  Seattle  79-46  Win  21-11 August 12 1st Round, G1  Houston  64-72  Loss  0-1 August 14 1st Round, G2  @ Houston  70-75  Loss  0-2
Player stats  Player  GP  REB  AST  STL  BLK  PTS Yolanda Griffith  32  331  47  83  61  523 Tangela Smith  32  178  43  30  64  388 Ruthie Bolton-Holifield  29  106  57  34  1  380 Kedra Holland-Corn  32  70  81  43  5  312 Ticha Penicheiro  30  89  236  70  6  208 Latasha Byears  32  122  21  30  5  181 Lady Hardmon  30  44  13  10  3  124 Katy Steding  29  39  14  11  10  91 Stacy Clinesmith  26  30  49  12  1  66 Cindy Blodgett  20  9  3  8  1  52 Linda Burgess  5  17  2  1  0  12 Rhonda Banchero  9  3  1  0  0  6
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