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1999 Sacramento Monarchs season

The 1999 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The Monarchs made their first postseason appearance but lost to the Los Angeles Sparks in the first round.

Transactions

Minnesota Lynx expansion draft

The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs:

Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
Adia Barnes		Arizona

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	School/Team/Country
1	2	Yolanda Griffith	Chicago Condors
2	14	Kedra Holland-Corn	San Jose Lasers
3	26	Kate Starbird	Seattle Reign
4	38	Amy Herrig	Iowa

Transactions

Date	Transaction
October 1, 1998	Fired Heidi VanDerveer as Head Coach
February 8, 1999	Fired Sonny Allen as Head Coach
April 6, 1999	title=1999 Sacramento Monarchs Transactions	url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/SAC/1999_transactions.html	access-date=2024-06-03	website=Basketball-Reference.com	language=en}}
May 3, 1999	Waived Bridgette Gordon, Franthea Price, Nadine Domond and Pauline Jordan
May 4, 1999	Drafted Yolanda Griffith, Kedra Holland-Corn, Kate Starbird and Amy Herrig in the [1999 WNBA draft](1999-wnba-draft)
May 24, 1999	Traded Quacy Barnes to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Cindy Blodgett
June 7, 1999	Waived Amy Herrig

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

0–1
2
June 12
Phoenix
W 96–85
Yolanda Griffith (31)
Yolanda Griffith (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
ARCO Arena
1–1
-
3
June 14
@ Phoenix
W 74–64
Bolton
Holland-Corn (10)
Yolanda Griffith (18)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
America West Arena
2–1
-
4
June 17
Cleveland
W 70–50
Kedra Holland-Corn (16)
Yolanda Griffith (19)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
ARCO Arena
3–1
-
5
June 19
@ Utah
L 75–85
Yolanda Griffith (28)
Yolanda Griffith (19)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
Delta Center
3–2
-
6
June 22
Minnesota
W 79–62
Kedra Holland-Corn (15)
Yolanda Griffith (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (14)
ARCO Arena
4–2
-
7
June 24
Utah
W 107–69
Ruthie Bolton (27)
Yolanda Griffith (14)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
ARCO Arena
5–2
-
8
June 26
Los Angeles
L 73–76
Yolanda Griffith (25)
Yolanda Griffith (15)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
ARCO Arena
5–3
-
9
June 29
@ Minnesota
W 86–72
Yolanda Griffith (30)
Yolanda Griffith (13)
Ticha Penicheiro (13)
Target Center
6–3
-
10
July 2
@ Washington
W 79–74
Ruthie Bolton (34)
Yolanda Griffith (11)
Ruthie Bolton (7)
MCI Center
7–3
-
11
July 4
@ Detroit
W 92–78
Yolanda Griffith (21)
Yolanda Griffith (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills
8–3
-
12
July 5
@ New York
L 63–76
Yolanda Griffith (23)
Byears
Griffith (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
Madison Square Garden
8–4
-
13
July 8
Houston
W 74–63
Ruthie Bolton (20)
Yolanda Griffith (13)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
ARCO Arena
9–4
-
14
July 9
@ Los Angeles
W 77–72
Yolanda Griffith (24)
Yolanda Griffith (11)
Ticha Penicheiro (8)
Great Western Forum
10–4
-
15
July 11
@ Houston
L 63–68
Ruthie Bolton (20)
Yolanda Griffith (11)
Ticha Penicheiro (4)
Compaq Center
10–5
-
16
July 16
@ Cleveland
W 85–71
Yolanda Griffith (22)
Yolanda Griffith (13)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
Gund Arena
11–5
-
17
July 17
@ Orlando
W 76–70
Yolanda Griffith (20)
Yolanda Griffith (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (5)
TD Waterhouse Centre
12–5
-
18
July 19
@ Minnesota
L 69–76
Yolanda Griffith (22)
Yolanda Griffith (6)
Bolton
Penicheiro (4)
ARCO Arena
12–6
-
19
July 22
New York
W 71–55
Yolanda Griffith (29)
Yolanda Griffith (19)
Ticha Penicheiro (5)
ARCO Arena
13–6
-
20
July 24
Orlando
L 64–73
Yolanda Griffith (18)
Yolanda Griffith (11)
Ticha Penicheiro (9)
ARCO Arena
13–7
-
21
July 27
Minnesota
L 59–61
Ticha Penicheiro (27)
Yolanda Griffith (7)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
ARCO Arena
13–8
-
22
July 29
Washington
W 70–54
Yolanda Griffith (19)
Yolanda Griffith (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (5)
ARCO Arena
14–8
-
23
July 31
@ Utah
L 59–63
Yolanda Griffith (20)
Yolanda Griffith (13)
Ticha Penicheiro (4)
Delta Center
14–9
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24
August 2
@ Houston
L 70–75
Ruthie Bolton (16)
Yolanda Griffith (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (13)
Compaq Center
14–10
-
25
August 4
@ Charlotte
W 68–62
Yolanda Griffith (21)
Yolanda Griffith (11)
Ticha Penicheiro (4)
Charlotte Coliseum
15–10
-
26
August 6
Detroit
W 71–58
Holland-Corn
Penicheiro (15)
Griffith
Penicheiro (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
ARCO Arena
16–10
-
27
August 7
Phoenix
W 71–60
Kedra Holland-Corn (21)
Yolanda Griffith (13)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
ARCO Arena
17–10
-
28
August 10
Los Angeles
W 82–80
Yolanda Griffith (23)
Yolanda Griffith (5)
Lady Hardmon (4)
ARCO Arena
18–10
-
29
August 13
Charlotte
W 78–64
Ruthie Bolton (25)
Bolton
Byears
Smith (7)
Ticha Penicheiro (7)
ARCO Arena
19–10
-
30
August 14
Utah
L 89–97
Tangela Smith (28)
Tangela Smith (9)
Ticha Penicheiro (10)
ARCO Arena
19–11
-
31
August 17
@ Phoenix
L 59–71
Tangela Smith (20)
Bolton
Smith (8)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
America West Arena
19–12
-
32
August 21
Houston
L 65–74
Ruthie Bolton (16)
Tangela Smith (10)
Ticha Penicheiro (6)
ARCO Arena
19–13

Playoffs

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ticha Penichiero	32	32	35.0	.320	.158	.664	4.8	7.1	2.1	0.2	7.3
Yolanda Griffith	29	29	33.8	.541	.000	.617	11.3	1.6	2.5	1.9	18.8
Kedra Holland-Corn	32	32	32.3	.383	.341	.704	2.1	1.6	1.9	0.3	11.8
Ruthie Bolton	31	30	31.3	.364	.321	.798	4.3	2.4	1.0	0.0	13.6
Latasha Byears	32	32	22.0	.537	.000	.565	5.3	1.0	1.1	0.2	9.2
Tangela Smith	31	3	20.4	.443	.500	.653	3.8	0.5	0.8	1.2	8.3
Lady Hardmon	32	1	14.1	.375	.000	.698	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.1	3.1
Kate Starbird	24	1	9.0	.218	.133	.815	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.2	2.0
Linda Burgess	27	0	8.6	.434	.000	.756	2.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	3.6
Cindy Blodgett	12	0	2.8	.231	.000	.556	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.9
Heather Burge	13	0	2.2	.429	N/A	.200	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.5

‡Waived/Released during the season

†Traded during the season

≠Acquired during the season

References

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