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1997 Sacramento Monarchs season
Heidi VanDerveer (5–8 record)
The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Sacramento Monarchs.
Transactions
WNBA allocation draft
| Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgette Gordon | Tennessee | |
| Ruthie Bolton | Auburn |
WNBA elite draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Judy Mosley-McAfee | Hawaii | |
| 2 | 14 | Mikiko Hagiwara | Japan |
WNBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Pamela McGee | USC | |
| 2 | 15 | Denique Graves | Howard | |
| 3 | 18 | Chantel Tremitiere | Auburn | |
| 4 | 31 | Tajama Abraham | George Washington |
Transactions
| Date | Transaction |
|---|---|
| January 22, 1997 | Drafted Bridgette Gordon and Ruthie Bolton in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft |
| February 27, 1997 | Drafted Judy Mosley-McAfee and Mikiko Hagiwara in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft |
| April 14, 1997 | Hired Mary Murphy as Head Coach |
| April 28, 1997 | Drafted Pamela McGee, Denique Graves, Chantel Tremitiere and Tajama Abraham in the [1997 WNBA draft](1997-wnba-draft) |
| July 18, 1997 | Waived Corissa Yasen |
| July 20, 1997 | Waived Judy Mosley-McAfee |
| July 27, 1997 | Waived Yvette Angel |
| July 28, 1997 | Fired Mary Murphy as Head Coach |
| Hired Heidi VanDerveer as Head Coach | |
| July 31, 1997 | Traded Mikiko Hagiwara to Phoenix Mercury in exchange for future considerations |
| August 6, 1997 | Waived Margold Clark |
Roster
Schedule
Regular season
|- | 1 | June 21 | @ Utah | W 70–60 | Ruthie Bolton (18) | Ruthie Bolton (11) | Chantel Tremitiere (4) | Delta Center
| 1–0 |
|---|
| 2 |
| June 23 |
| Houston |
| L 62–73 |
| Ruthie Bolton (27) |
| Ruthie Bolton (12) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (4) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| June 26 |
| Charlotte |
| W 78–70 |
| Pamela McGee (23) |
| Bridgette Gordon (8) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 2–1 |
| - |
| 4 |
| June 27 |
| @ Los Angeles |
| L 92–102 |
| Ruthie Bolton (20) |
| Ruthie Bolton (6) |
| Ruthie Bolton (6) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 2–2 |
| - |
| 5 |
| July 2 |
| Utah |
| L 68–73 (OT) |
| Ruthie Bolton (20) |
| Judy Mosley-McAfee (9) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (10) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 2–3 |
| - |
| 6 |
| July 6 |
| Cleveland |
| W 70–67 |
| Ruthie Bolton (23) |
| Bridgette Gordon (8) |
| Bolton |
| Tremitiere (4) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 3–3 |
| - |
| 7 |
| July 7 |
| @ Utah |
| W 79–69 |
| Ruthie Bolton (22) |
| Bolton |
| Gordon |
| Mosley-McAfee |
| Tremitiere (7) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (12) |
| Delta Center |
| 4–3 |
| - |
| 8 |
| July 10 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 61–77 |
| Ruthie Bolton (25) |
| Ruthie Bolton (8) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (6) |
| Gund Arena |
| 4–4 |
| - |
| 9 |
| July 12 |
| @ Houston |
| L 61–89 |
| Ruthie Bolton (14) |
| Ruthie Bolton (8) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (5) |
| The Summit |
| 4–5 |
| - |
| 10 |
| July 15 |
| Los Angeles |
| W 78–73 |
| Bridgette Gordon (22) |
| Latasha Byears (10) |
| Byears |
| Gordon |
| Tremitiere (4) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 5–5 |
| - |
| 11 |
| July 16 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 67–84 |
| Bridgette Gordon (19) |
| Latasha Byears (8) |
| Angel |
| Gordon (3) |
| America West Arena |
| 5–6 |
| - |
| 12 |
| July 18 |
| Houston |
| L 60–82 |
| Bridgette Gordon (18) |
| Latasha Byears (6) |
| Angel |
| Tremitiere (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 5–7 |
| - |
| 13 |
| July 21 |
| Phoenix |
| L 57–50 |
| Latasha Byears (21) |
| Latasha Byears (17) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (6) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 5–8 |
| - |
| 14 |
| July 25 |
| Houston |
| L 76–86 |
| Byears |
| McGee (17) |
| Latasha Byears (17) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 5–9 |
| - |
| 15 |
| July 27 |
| Los Angeles |
| L 62–84 |
| Bolton |
| McGee (16) |
| Bolton |
| McGee (8) |
| Latasha Byears (6) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 5–10 |
| - |
| 16 |
| July 30 |
| @ New York |
| L 68–73 (OT) |
| Bridgette Gordon (23) |
| Latasha Byears (10) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (7) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 5–11 |
| - |
| 17 |
| August 1 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 61–85 |
| Ruthie Bolton (18) |
| Ruthie Bolton (9) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (4) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 5–12 |
| - |
| 18 |
| August 2 |
| @ Cleveland |
| L 51–72 |
| Ruthie Bolton (19) |
| Latasha Byears (11) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (5) |
| Gund Arena |
| 5–13 |
| - |
| 19 |
| August 4 |
| @ Phoenix |
| L 60–83 |
| Ruthie Bolton (22) |
| Latasha Byears (12) |
| Bridgette Gordon (5) |
| America West Arena |
| 5–14 |
| - |
| 20 |
| August 6 |
| Charlotte |
| W 77–64 |
| Ruthie Bolton (24) |
| Bridgette Gordon (9) |
| Ruthie Bolton (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 6–14 |
| - |
| 21 |
| August 8 |
| Utah |
| W 93–78 |
| Ruthie Bolton (34) |
| Latasha Byears (11) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (9) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 7–14 |
| - |
| 22 |
| August 10 |
| New York |
| W 76–69 |
| Latasha Byears (23) |
| Latasha Byears (8) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 8–14 |
| - |
| 23 |
| August 12 |
| Cleveland |
| W 81–76 |
| Ruthie Bolton (34) |
| Latasha Byears (11) |
| Byears |
| Tremitiere (4) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 9–14 |
| - style="background:#fcc" |
| 24 |
| August 14 |
| @ Charlotte |
| L 51–68 |
| Ruthie Bolton (13) |
| Latasha Byears (11) |
| Pamela McGee (3) |
| Charlotte Coliseum |
| 9–15 |
| - |
| 25 |
| August 15 |
| @ New York |
| L 63–79 |
| Pamela McGee (17) |
| Latasha Byears (8) |
| Bridgette Gordon (5) |
| Madison Square Garden |
| 9–16 |
| - |
| 26 |
| August 20 |
| Phoenix |
| L 54–69 |
| Ruthie Bolton (12) |
| Corissa Yasen (5) |
| Ruthie Bolton (5) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 9–17 |
| - |
| 27 |
| August 22 |
| Los Angeles |
| L 77–88 |
| Latasha Byears (19) |
| Ruthie Bolton (8) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (6) |
| Great Western Forum |
| 9–18 |
| - |
| 28 |
| August 24 |
| Houston |
| W 68–58 |
| Gordon |
| McGee (16) |
| Bridgette Gordon (9) |
| Chantel Tremitiere (4) |
| ARCO Arena |
| 10–18 |
Season standings
Statistics
Regular season
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantel Tremitiere | 28 | 28 | 37.5 | .352 | .189 | .744 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 7.6 |
| Ruthie Bolton | 23 | 23 | 35.3 | .402 | .344 | .768 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 19.4 |
| Bridgette Gordon | 28 | 28 | 35.0 | .433 | .275 | .785 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 13.0 |
| Pamela McGee | 27 | 27 | 25.6 | .459 | .286 | .705 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 10.6 |
| Latasha Byears | 28 | 19 | 23.4 | .459 | .200 | .739 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 8.7 |
| Judy Mosley-McAfee | 13 | 9 | 20.4 | .440 | N/A | 1.000 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 4.2 |
| Yvette Angel | 5 | 3 | 18.0 | .438 | .000 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| Tajama Anderson | 28 | 5 | 15.1 | .381 | N/A | .684 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.4 |
| Mikiko Hagiwara | 14 | 2 | 12.4 | .319 | .273 | .667 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| Margold Clark | 4 | 0 | 11.5 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Laure Savasta | 14 | 0 | 11.2 | .244 | .200 | .778 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
| Corissa Yasen | 19 | 0 | 9.9 | .404 | .000 | .500 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Danielle Viglione | 7 | 0 | 4.3 | .273 | .250 | N/A | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Denique Graves | 22 | 0 | 3.9 | .222 | N/A | .500 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
‡Waived/Released during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season
- Ruthie Bolton ranked second in the WNBA in points with 447 points.
- Ruthie Bolton ranked third in the WNBA in field goals with 164.
- Ruthie Bolton ranked fourth in the WNBA in Minutes per game with 35.3
- Ruthie Bolton ranked second in the WNBA in points per game with 19.4
- Ruthie Bolton was tied for sixth in the WNBA in steals with 54.
- Latasha Byears ranked fifth in the WNBA in total rebounds with 193
- Latasha Byears ranked ninth in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.459)
- Bridgette Gordon ranked first in the WNBA in Minutes per game with 35.0
- Bridgette Gordon ranked ninth in the WNBA in Free Throw Pct with .785
- Pamela McGee ranked eighth in the WNBA in Field Goal Percentage (.460)
- Chantel Tremitiere was tied for sixth in the WNBA in steals with 54.
- Chantel Tremitiere ranked first in the WNBA in Minutes per game with 37.5
Awards and honors
- Ruthie Bolton: Led WNBA, 3-Pt Field Goal Attempts, 192
- Ruthie Bolton: Second in WNBA, 3-Pt Field Goals, 66
- Latasha Byears: Led WNBA, Offensive Rebounds, 87
- Chantel Tremitiere: Led WNBA, Minutes Played 1051
- Chantel Tremitiere: Led WNBA, Turnovers, 122
- Chantel Tremitiere: Led WNBA, Minutes per game, 37.5
References
References
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