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WNBA team season
The
1999 WNBA season was the 3rd season for the Sacramento Monarchs.
[1] 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:
WNBA draft
Transactions
Date
Transaction
October 1, 1998
Fired
Heidi VanDerveer as Head Coach
[2]
February 8, 1999
Fired
Sonny Allen as Head Coach
[2]
April 6, 1999
Lost
Adia Barnes to the
Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA expansion draft
[2]
May 3, 1999
Waived
Bridgette Gordon , Franthea Price,
Nadine Domond and Pauline Jordan
[2]
May 4, 1999
Drafted
Yolanda Griffith ,
Kedra Holland-Corn ,
Kate Starbird and Amy Herrig in the
1999 WNBA Draft
[2]
May 24, 1999
Traded
Quacy Barnes to the
Cleveland Rockers in exchange for
Cindy Blodgett
[2]
June 7, 1999
Waived Amy Herrig
[2]
Roster
1999 Sacramento Monarchs roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
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
Grooms, 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
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(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)
July: 8–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 5–4)
August: 5–4 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–2)
1999 season schedule
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 Grooms
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
Arenas Head coaches Seasons Conference championships WNBA championships Rivals