2000 Sacramento Monarchs season

The 2000 WNBA season was the 4th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team made the WNBA Playoffs for the second consecutive season, but they were shortly swept by eventual champion Houston Comets in the first round.

Transactions

Miami Sol expansion draft The following player was selected in the Miami Sol expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Kate Starbird Stanford

Portland Fire expansion draft The following player was selected in the Portland Fire expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Molly Goodenbour Portland Power

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 14 Katy Steding Portland Power 2 30 Stacy Clinesmith UC Santa Barbara346Rhonda SmithWashington462Jessica ZinobileSt. Francis (NY)

Transactions DateTransactionDecember 15, 1999Lost Kate Starbird to the Miami Sol in the WNBA expansion draftLost Molly Goodenbour to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draftApril 25, 2000 Drafted Katy Steding, Stacy Clinesmith, Rhonda Smith and Jessica Zinobile in the 2000 WNBA draftMay 15, 2000Waived Tara WilliamsMay 23, 2000Waived Heather Burge and Jessica ZinobileJuly 10, 2000Waived Rhonda SmithOctober 11, 2000Traded Latasha Byears to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for La'Keshia Frett

Roster

Schedule

Regular season

| 1 | May 31 | Seattle | W 76-60 | Latasha Byears (17) | Latasha Byears (8) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | ARCO Arena | 1–0

| 2 | June 3 | @ Detroit | L 74-77 | Yolanda Griffith (24) | Yolanda Griffith (8) | Kedra Holland-Corn (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 1–1 |- | 3 | June 5 | @ Orlando | L 68-75 | Kedra Holland-Corn (21) | Tangela Smith (12) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | TD Waterhouse Centre | 1–2 |- | 4 | June 6 | @ Houston | L 70-78 | Yolanda Griffith (22) | Yolanda Griffith (10) | Ticha Penicheiro (9) | Compaq Center | 1–3 |- | 5 | June 9 | @ New York | W 77-56 | Yolanda Griffith (24) | Yolanda Griffith (8) | Ticha Penicheiro (9) | Madison Square Garden | 2–3 |- | 6 | June 11 | Los Angeles | W 75-68 | Kedra Holland-Corn (23) | Yolanda Griffith (8) | Ticha Penicheiro (7) | ARCO Arena | 3–3 |- | 7 | June 15 | @ Seattle | W 54-50 | Griffith Holland-Corn (13) | Yolanda Griffith (10) | Ticha Penicheiro (5) | KeyArena | 4–3 |- | 8 | June 17 | Charlotte | W 74-63 | Tangela Smith (19) | Tangela Smith (9) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | ARCO Arena | 5–3 |- | 9 | June 19 | @ Cleveland | L 70-81 | Tangela Smith (19) | Latasha Byears (7) | Ticha Penicheiro (11) | Gund Arena | 5–4 |- | 10 | June 21 | @ Indiana | W 70-58 | Tangela Smith (19) | Yolanda Griffith (16) | Kedra Holland-Corn (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 6–4 |- | 11 | June 23 | @ Washington | W 84-69 | Tangela Smith (22) | Griffith Smith (7) | Ticha Penicheiro (12) | MCI Center | 7–4 |- | 12 | June 25 | Portland | W 92-76 | Kedra Holland-Corn (20) | Yolanda Griffith (5) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | ARCO Arena | 8–4 |- | 13 | June 26 | @ Utah | L 80-89 | Ruthie Bolton (25) | Yolanda Griffith (10) | Ticha Penicheiro (13) | Delta Center | 8–5 |- | 14 | June 28 | Minnesota | W 82-74 | Kedra Holland-Corn (17) | Yolanda Griffith (9) | Stacy Clinesmith (8) | ARCO Arena | 9–5 |- | 15 | June 30 | Utah | W 85-62 | Ruthie Bolton (19) | Byears Griffith (8) | Ticha Penicheiro (9) | ARCO Arena | 10–5

| 16 | July 1 | Detroit | W 108-96 | Holland-Corn T. Smith (19) | Yolanda Griffith (11) | Ticha Penicheiro (14) | ARCO Arena | 11–5 |- | 17 | July 5 | Los Angeles | L 61-76 | Yolanda Griffith (19) | Yolanda Griffith (9) | Ticha Penicheiro (5) | ARCO Arena | 11–6 |- | 18 | July 7 | @ Portland | W 63-60 | Ruthie Bolton (28) | Yolanda Griffith (7) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | Rose Garden | 12–6 |- | 19 | July 8 | Washington | W 78-56 | Bolton Griffith (14) | Yolanda Griffith (13) | Ticha Penicheiro (8) | ARCO Arena | 13–6 |- | 20 | July 12 | @ Houston | L 62-77 | Yolanda Griffith (22) | Yolanda Griffith (9) | Ticha Penicheiro (8) | Compaq Center | 13–7 |- | 21 | July 13 | @ Phoenix | L 64-72 | Kedra Holland-Corn (19) | Yolanda Griffith (16) | Byears Griffith Holland-Corn (3) | America West Arena | 13–8 |- | 22 | July 15 | Utah | L 69-75 | Yolanda Griffith (29) | Yolanda Griffith (17) | Ticha Penicheiro (11) | ARCO Arena | 13–9 |- | 23 | July 20 | Minnesota | W 73-56 | Ruthie Bolton (23) | Tangela Smith (11) | Kedra Holland-Corn (5) | ARCO Arena | 14–9 |- | 24 | July 22 | Phoenix | W 61-60 | Yolanda Griffith (21) | Yolanda Griffith (17) | Tangela Smith (4) | ARCO Arena | 15–9 |- | 25 | July 23 | @ Los Angeles | L 68-73 | Yolanda Griffith (19) | Ruthie Bolton (7) | Kedra Holland-Corn (4) | Great Western Forum | 15–10 |- | 26 | July 26 | @ Portland | W 73-70 | Tangela Smith (20) | Yolanda Griffith (14) | Ticha Penicheiro (9) | Rose Garden | 16–10 |- | 27 | July 27 | Orlando | W 73-66 | Ruthie Bolton (24) | Yolanda Griffith (11) | Ticha Penicheiro (13) | ARCO Arena | 17–10 |- | 28 | July 30 | @ Phoenix | W 70-63 | Yolanda Griffith (16) | Yolanda Griffith (14) | Ticha Penicheiro (11) | America West Arena | 18–10

| 29 | August 2 | Miami | W 73-55 | Ticha Penicheiro (15) | Tangela Smith (8) | Stacy Clinesmith (4) | ARCO Arena | 19–10 |- | 30 | August 4 | @ Minnesota | W 74-68 | Yolanda Griffith (24) | Yolanda Griffith (17) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | Target Center | 20–10 |- | 31 | August 6 | Houston | L 63-78 | Yolanda Griffith (30) | Yolanda Griffith (19) | Ticha Penicheiro (7) | ARCO Arena | 20–11 |- | 32 | August 9 | Seattle | W 79-46 | Ruthie Bolton (17) | Yolanda Griffith (12) | Ticha Penicheiro (6) | ARCO Arena | 21–11

Playoffs

| 1 | August 12 | Houston | L 64–72 | Ruthie Bolton (16) | Yolanda Griffith (14) | Kedra Holland-Corn (5) | ARCO Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 14 | @ Houston | L 70–75 | Ruthie Bolton (23) | Yolanda Griffith (10) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | Compaq Center | 0–2

Season standings

Statistics

Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Yolanda Griffith 32 32 32.1 .535 N/A .706 10.3 1.5 2.6 1.9 16.3 Ticha Penichiero 30 30 31.2 .368 .200 .579 3.0 7.9 2.3 0.2 6.9 Ruthie Bolton 29 29 29.9 .361 .313 .762 3.7 2.0 1.2 0.0 13.1 Kedra Holland-Corn 32 32 29.2 .439 .361 .697 2.2 2.5 1.3 0.2 9.8 Tangela Smith 32 32 28.9 .474 N/A .783 5.6 1.3 0.9 2.0 12.1 Latasha Byears 32 0 16.3 .524 .500 .612 3.8 0.7 0.9 0.2 5.7 Lady Hardmon 30 3 13.4 .443 .000 .754 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 4.1Stacy Clinesmith26211.0.351.293 .8241.21.90.50.02.5 Katy Steding 29 0 10.7 .379 .321 .286 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 3.1 Linda Burgess 5 0 8.2 .200 N/A .667 3.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 2.4 Cindy Blodgett 20 0 6.7 .400 .286 .667 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.1 2.6 Rhonda Smith 9 0 2.3 .286 .000 .500 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.7 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season

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