2000 Sacramento Monarchs season

August 2023 March 2026 Sacramento Monarchs 2000 21 11 Western 3rd Sonny Allen ARCO Arena Lost First Round (2-0) to Houston Comets 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 2000 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 draft2000 Sacramento Monarchs Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/SAC/2000_transactions.html 2024-08-12 Basketball-Reference.com enLost 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 Sacramento Monarchs 2000 WNBA white #753BBD #BA0C2F #010101 5 Cindy Blodgett G 5 9 130 1975-12-13 2 Maine USA 6 Ruthie Bolton G 5 9 150 1967-05-27 3 Auburn USA 42 Linda Burgess F 6 1 173 1969-07-27 3 Alabama USA 51 Latasha Byears G/F 5 11 206 1973-08-12 3 DePaul USA 24 Stacy Clinesmith G 5 5 125 1978-04-22 R UC Santa Barbara USA 33 Yolanda Griffith C/F 6 4 175 1970-03-01 1 Florida Atlantic USA 27 Lady Hardmon F 5 10 160 1970-09-12 3 Georgia USA 25 Kedra Holland-Corn F 5 8 129 1974-11-02 1 Georgia USA 21 Ticha Penicheiro G 5 11 146 1974-09-18 2 Old Dominion POR 40 Rhonda Smith Rhonda Banchero C 6 3 1973-05-01 R Washington USA 50 Tangela Smith C 6 3 158 1977-04-01 2 Iowa USA 30 Katy Steding F 6 0 173 1967-12-11 R Stanford USA USA Sonny Allen Marshall USA Maura McHugh USA Jim Les USA Steve Shuman 1 USA Al Biancani 1 USA Jill Jackson 1 Schedule Regular season background:#753BBD; color:white 2000 game logTotal: 21–11 (Home: 13–3; Road: 8–8) y background:#010101; color:#BA0C2F May: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 1 | May 31 | Seattle | W 76-60 | Latasha Byears (17) | Latasha Byears (8) | Ticha Penicheiro (10) | ARCO Arena | 1–0 |- y background:#010101; color:#BA0C2F June: 9–5 (Home: 5–0; Road: 4–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 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 |- y background:#010101; color:#BA0C2F July: 8–5 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 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 |- y background:#010101; color:#BA0C2F August: 3–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record |- | 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 Sacramento Monarchs #753BBD; color:white 2000 yes Sacramento Monarchs #010101; color:#BA0C2F First round vs. Houston CometsLost Series: 0–2 yes |- | 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 sac 2000 yes Season standings SAC 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 References Category:Sacramento Monarchs seasons Sacramento Sacramento Monarchs