The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team missed the playoffs for the first time in four years.
Offseason
WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team 1 12 Hamchétou Maïga (G/F) Old Dominion 3 44 Alayne Ingram (G) Michigan 4 51 Jermisha Dosty (C) St. Mary's (CA) 4 60 Elizabeth Pickney (F) Arizona
Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule Date Opponent Score Result Record 1 June 1 Minnesota L 61–63 0–1 2 June 6 @ Portland L 73–86 0–2 3 June 9 @ Houston L 62–75 0–3 4 June 11 @ Minnesota L 63–72 0–4 5 June 13 New York W 78–77 (OT) 1–4 6 June 15 Los Angeles L 66–72 (OT) 1–5 7 June 18 @ Phoenix L 63–78 1–6 8 June 20 Seattle W 72–64 2–6 9 June 22 Utah L 61–77 2–7 10 June 23 @ Seattle L 60–86 2–8 11 June 25 Washington L 86–87 (OT) 2–9 12 June 27 @ Cleveland L 50–73 2–10 13 June 28 @ Indiana L 60–67 2–11 14 June 30 @ Detroit L 60–71 2–12 15 July 5 @ Los Angeles L 65–87 2–13 16 July 7 @ Portland L 59–74 2–14 17 July 11 Cleveland W 71–69 3–14 18 July 12 Houston L 60–74 3–15 19 July 17 @ Miami W 78–62 4–15 20 July 19 @ Charlotte L 51–70 4–16 21 July 21 Orlando W 62–60 5–16 22 July 25 Portland W 81–80 (OT) 6–16 23 July 27 @ Phoenix W 79–64 7–16 24 July 28 Minnesota W 66–56 8–16 25 July 30 Indiana W 74–65 9–16 26 August 1 Utah W 80–71 10–16 27 August 3 Los Angeles L 71–81 10–17 28 August 6 Phoenix W 73–70 11–17 29 August 8 @ Orlando W 82–72 12–17 30 August 10 @ Houston W 61–59 13–17 31 August 12 @ Utah L 79–81 13–18 32 August 13 Seattle W 59–51 14–18
Player stats Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS Tangela Smith 32 188 40 27 46 469 Ruthie Bolton 32 94 37 45 2 349 Kedra Holland-Corn 32 90 63 41 5 296 Yolanda Griffith 17 148 19 16 13 288 Lady Grooms 32 99 39 21 8 227 Ticha Penicheiro 24 102 192 64 1 203 La'Keshia Frett 32 95 23 5 19 187 Cass Bauer-Bilodeau 25 41 1 2 5 43 Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 23 37 9 15 3 40 Andrea Nagy 24 29 73 10 4 34 Kara Wolters 14 23 3 0 3 24 Edna Campbell 1 1 0 1 0 4 Stacey Ford 5 2 1 0 0 2 Monique Ambers 2 0 0 0 0 0
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