1998 Charlotte Sting season

August 2023 March 2026 Charlotte Sting 1998 18 12 Eastern 2nd Marynell Meadors Charlotte Coliseum Lost WNBA Semifinals (2-0) to Houston Comets The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Charlotte Sting. The Sting qualified for the playoffs, but they lost in the league semifinals to eventual champion Houston Comets. Transactions Washington Mystics expansion draft The following player was selected in the Washington Mystics expansion draft from the Charlotte Sting: Player Nationality School/Team/Country Penny Moore Long Beach State WNBA draft 1998 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 1 7 Tracy Reid North Carolina 2 17 Christy Smith Arkansas327Pollyanna Johns KimbroughMichigan437Sonia ChaseMaryland Transactions DateTransaction February 18, 1998 Lost Penny Moore to the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft1998 Charlotte Sting Transactions https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/CHA/1998_transactions.html 2024-05-29 Basketball-Reference.com en April 29, 1998 Drafted Tracy Reid, Christy Smith, Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and Sonia Chase in the 1998 WNBA draftJune 6, 1998Waived Charmin Smith and Katasha Artis Roster Charlotte Sting 1998 WNBA white #00778B white #280071 13 Kelly Boucher F 6 2 1968-01-13 R CAN 23 Vicky Bullett F 6 3 185 1967-10-04 1 Maryland USA 33 Sonia Chase 1 G 5 9 150 1976-03-09 R Maryland USA 3 Andrea Congreaves F/C 6 2 183 1970-06-03 1 Mercer UK 41 Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough C 6 3 165 1975-06-11 R Michigan Bahamas 50 Sharon Manning F/C 6 3 186 1969-03-20 1 NC State USA 51 Rhonda Mapp C 6 2 190 1969-10-13 1 NC State USA 22 Tia Paschal F 6 1 165 1969-03-22 R Florida State USA 0 Tracy Reid G/F 5 11 150 1976-11-01 R North Carolina USA 10 Christy Smith basketball G 5 7 141 1975-08-14 R Arkansas USA 32 Andrea Stinson G 5 10 158 1967-11-25 1 NC State USA 7 Tora Suber G 5 7 137 1974-11-23 1 Virginia USA USA Marynell Meadors Middle Tennessee State USA Dan Hughes basketball USA Karen Freeman 1 Schedule Regular season Charlotte Sting #00778B; color:white 1998 Total: 18–12 (Home: 9–6; Road: 9–6) Charlotte Sting #280071; color:white June yes 3 1 4 1 |- | 1 | June 11 | Washington | W 83–57 | Andrea Stinson (19) | Vicky Bullett (7) | Christy Smith (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 1–0 |- | 2 | June 13 | @ Detroit | W 78–69 | Andrea Stinson (13) | Vicky Bullett (12) | Andrea Stinson (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2–0 |- | 3 | June 15 | Houston | L 65–79 | Tracy Reid (20) | Rhonda Mapp (9) | Tora Suber (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 2–1 |- | 4 | June 18 | Detroit | W 71–67 | Rhonda Mapp (18) | Vicky Bullett (8) | Reid Smith (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 3–1 |- | 5 | June 21 | @ Phoenix | W 72–71 | Tracy Reid (21) | Congreaves Reid (8) | Andrea Stinson (8) | America West Arena | 4–1 |- | 6 | June 24 | @ Los Angeles | W 77–73 | Vicky Bullett (22) | Sharon Manning (15) | Smith Stinson (5) | Great Western Forum | 5–1 |- | 7 | June 25 | @ Utah | W 91–83 | Andrea Stinson (25) | Bullett Stinson (7) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Delta Center | 6–1 |- | 8 | June 27 | Sacramento | W 58–50 | Vicky Bullett (17) | Andrea Stinson (9) | Christy Smith (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 7–1 |- | 9 | June 29 | @ Detroit | L 49–60 | Andrea Congreaves (10) | Vicky Bullett (9) | Congreaves Stinson (2) | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 7–2 Charlotte Sting #280071; color:white July 4 3 4 2 |- | 10 | July 4 | Phoenix | W 68–66 | Andrea Stinson (19) | Sharon Manning (8) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 8–2 |- | 11 | July 7 | @ Los Angeles | L 79–86 | Andrea Stinson (21) | Andrea Stinson (10) | Christy Smith (6) | Great Western Forum | 8–3 |- | 12 | July 8 | @ Utah | W 77–69 | Congreaves Stinson (14) | Tracy Reid (6) | Smith Stinson (6) | Delta Center | 9–3 |- | 13 | July 10 | @ Sacramento | W 63–55 | Andrea Stinson (18) | Tracy Reid (12) | Tora Suber (4) | ARCO Arena | 10–3 |- | 14 | July 12 | @ New York | W 75–57 | Andrea Congreaves (23) | Congreaves Manning (10) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Madison Square Garden | 11–3 |- | 15 | July 15 | New York | W 72–65 | Vicky Bullett (19) | Manning Reid Stinson (5) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 12–3 |- | 16 | July 17 | Washington | W 86–56 | Tracy Reid (17) | Manning Reid (8) | Tracy Reid (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 13–3 |- | 17 | July 19 | @ Cleveland | L 69–85 | Tracy Reid (20) | Tracy Reid (7) | Sharon Manning (4) | Gund Arena | 13–4 |- | 18 | July 21 | @ Washington | W 84–67 | Vicky Bullett (19) | Vicky Bullett (7) | Tora Suber (6) | MCI Center | 14–4 |- | 19 | July 22 | Utah | L 58–61 | Rhonda Mapp (17) | Vicky Bullett (11) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–5 |- | 20 | July 25 | Houston | L 58–67 | Andrea Stinson (18) | Sharon Manning (15) | Christy Smith (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–6 |- | 21 | July 27 | Sacramento | L 70–76 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Vicky Bullett (8) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Charlotte Coliseum | 14–7 |- | 22 | July 30 | Cleveland | W 79–64 | Rhonda Mapp (20) | Vicky Bullett (12) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Charlotte Coliseum | 15–7 |- | Charlotte Sting #280071; color:white August 2 2 1 3 |- | 23 | August 2 | @ New York | L 67–85 | Rhonda Mapp (16) | Vicky Bullett (10) | Andrea Stinson (3) | Madison Square Garden | 15–8 |- | 24 | August 3 | Detroit | W 71–68 | Vicky Bullett (19) | Vicky Bullett (13) | Christy Smith Stinson (4) | Charlotte Coliseum | 16–8 |- | 25 | August 5 | New York | W 69–61 | Andrea Stinson (19) | Vicky Bullett (9) | Tora Suber (6) | Charlotte Coliseum | 17–8 |- | 26 | August 8 | @ Cleveland | L 58–65 | Vicky Bullett (17) | Sharon Manning (9) | Andrea Stinson (5) | Gund Arena | 17–9 |- | 27 | August 10 | @ Houston | L 67–70 | Tracy Reid (22) | Tora Suber (8) | Mapp Suber (4) | Compaq Center | 17–10 |- | 28 | August 12 | Los Angeles | L 52–65 | Andrea Stinson (15) | Vicky Bullett (8) | Mapp Stinson Suber (3) | Charlotte Coliseum | 17–11 |- | 29 | August 14 | Cleveland | L 72–85 | Andrea Stinson (20) | Rhonda Mapp (9) | Tora Suber (9) | Charlotte Coliseum | 17–12 |- | 30 | August 19 | @ Washington | W 105–69 | Andrea Stinson (23) | Sharon Manning (7) | Christy Smith (7) | MCI Center | 18–12 cha 1998 Playoffs Charlotte Sting #00778B; color:white 1998 yes Charlotte Sting #280071; color:white Semifinal vs. Houston CometsLost Series: 0–2 yes |- | 1 | August 22 | @ Houston | L 71–85 | Mapp Stinson (16) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Andrea Stinson (7) | Compaq Center | 0–1 |- | 2 | August 24 | @ Houston | L 61–77 | Tracy Reid (18) | Vicky Bullett (11) | Andrea Stinson (6) | Compaq Center | 0–2 cha 1998 yes Season standings CHA Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Andrea Stinson 30 30 34.9 .418 .282 .750 4.6 4.5 1.8 0.5 15.0 Tracy Reid 30 30 32.2 .487 .000 .613 5.2 1.5 1.3 0.4 13.8 Vicky Bullett 30 30 31.6 .441 .154 .826 6.5 1.5 2.2 1.5 13.3 Tora Suber 30 12 22.7 .314 .310 .630 1.8 2.9 1.0 0.0 6.0 Rhonda Mapp 21 14 21.7 .506 .100 .750 4.2 1.6 0.6 0.4 10.1 Sharon Manning 30 6 19.2 .440 .000 .667 5.5 1.0 1.1 0.2 5.4 Christy Smith 24 18 18.7 .360 .316 .850 1.4 3.0 0.4 0.0 3.7 Andrea Congreaves 24 19 15.5 .432 .294 .905 3.0 1.5 0.5 0.2 4.3 Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough 24 0 7.5 .489 N/A .643 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 2.6 Sonia Chase 23 0 7.2 .500 N/A 1.000 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0 1.5 Kelly Boucher 9 0 5.8 .200 .167 .750 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 1.1 Tia Paschal 20 0 5.5 .297 .250 .667 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.4 ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded during the season ≠Acquired during the season References External links Sting on Basketball Reference Category:Charlotte Sting seasons Charlotte Charlotte Sting Category:1990s in Charlotte, North Carolina