1999 Sacramento Monarchs season

WNBA team season

1999 Sacramento Monarchs season
Coach	Sonny Allen
Arena	ARCO Arena
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	19–13 (.594)
Place	3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost First Round (1-0) to Los Angeles Sparks
← 1998 season 2000 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	United States	Arizona

WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	2	Yolanda Griffith	United States	Chicago Condors
2	14	Kedra Holland-Corn	United States	San Jose Lasers
3	26	Kate Starbird	United States	Seattle Reign
4	38	Amy Herrig	United States	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	Lost Adia Barnes to the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft
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
May 24, 1999	Traded Quacy Barnes to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Cindy Blodgett
June 7, 1999	Waived Amy Herrig

Roster

1999 Sacramento Monarchs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From	Yrs
G	5	Blodgett, Cindy	5' 9" (1.75m)	130 lb (59kg)	1975-12-13	Maine	1
G	6	Bolton, Ruthie	5' 9" (1.75m)	150 lb (68kg)	1967-05-27	Auburn	2
C	31	Burge, Heather	6' 5" (1.96m)	195 lb (88kg)	1971-11-12	Virginia	R
F	42	Burgess, Linda	6' 1" (1.85m)	173 lb (78kg)	1969-07-27	Alabama	2
G/F	51	Byears, Latasha	5' 11" (1.8m)	206 lb (93kg)	1973-08-12	DePaul	2
F/C	33	Griffith, Yolanda	6' 4" (1.93m)	175 lb (79kg)	1970-03-01	Florida Atlantic	R
F	27	Hardmon, Lady	5' 10" (1.78m)	160 lb (73kg)	1970-09-12	Georgia	2
F	25	Holland-Corn, Kedra	5' 8" (1.73m)	129 lb (59kg)	1974-11-02	Georgia	R
G	21	Penicheiro, Ticha	5' 11" (1.8m)	146 lb (66kg)	1974-09-18	Old Dominion	1
C	50	Smith, Tangela	6' 3" (1.91m)	158 lb (72kg)	1977-04-01	Iowa	1
G/F	30	Starbird, Kate	6' 1" (1.85m)	153 lb (69kg)	1975-07-30	Stanford	R

Head coach: Sonny Allen (Marshall)
Assistant coaches: Maura McHugh; Linda Burgess

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Schedule

Regular season

1999 game log
Total: 19–13 (Home: 11–5; Road: 8–8)

June: 6–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	June 10	@ Los Angeles	L 78–100	Latasha Byears (19)	Ticha Penicheiro (10)	Ticha Penicheiro (6)	Great Western Forum	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

July: 8–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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

August: 5–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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

1999 season schedule

Playoffs

1999 playoff game log

First round vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Lost Series: 0–1

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	August 24	Los Angeles	@ L 58–71	Ruthie Bolton (15)	Latasha Byears (10)	Ruthie Bolton (4)	Great Western Forum	0–1

1999 playoff schedule

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	Conf.	GB
Houston Comets	26	6	.813	16–4	–
Los Angeles Sparks	20	12	.625	12–8	6.0
Sacramento Monarchs	19	13	.594	9–11	7.0
Phoenix Mercury	15	17	.469	7–13	11.0
Minnesota Lynx	15	17	.469	8–12	11.0
Utah Starzz	15	17	.469	8–12	11.0

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

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

"2001 Sacramento Monarchs Stats".
^ "1999 Sacramento Monarchs Transactions". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

v t e Sacramento Monarchs
Founded in 1997 Folded in 2009 Based in Sacramento, California
Arenas	ARCO Arena
Head coaches	Mary Murphy Heidi VanDerveer Sonny Allen Maura McHugh John Whisenant Jenny Boucek
Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Conference championships	2005 2006
WNBA championships	2005
Rivals	Los Angeles Sparks Seattle Storm San Antonio Silver Stars

v t e 1999 WNBA season by team
Draft All-Star Game Championship Playoffs
Eastern	Charlotte Sting Cleveland Rockers Detroit Shock New York Liberty Orlando Miracle Washington Mystics
Western	Houston Comets Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Utah Starzz
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