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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.
Minnesota Lynx expansion draft [ edit ]
The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs:
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]
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
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
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
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