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.

2000 Sacramento Monarchs season
CoachSonny Allen
ArenaARCO Arena
Attendance7,928 per game
Results
Record2111 (.656)
Place3rd (Western)
Playoff finishLost First Round (2-0) to Houston Comets

Offseason

Expansion Draft

The following players were selected in the draft:

WNBA Draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
114Katy Steding (F) United StatesStanford (from Portland Power, ABL)
230Stacy Clinesmith (G) United StatesUC-Santa Barbara
346Rhonda Y Smith (C) United StatesWashington
462Jessica Zinobile (F) United StatesSt. Francis (NY)

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x284.87517–4
Houston Comets x275.84417–41.0
Sacramento Monarchs x2111.65613–87.0
Phoenix Mercury x2012.62511–108.0
Utah Starzz o1814.56313–810.0
Minnesota Lynx o1517.4695–1613.0
Portland Fire o1022.3134–1718.0
Seattle Storm o626.1884–1722.0

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 31Seattle76-60Win1-0
June 3@ Detroit74-77Loss1-1
June 5@ Orlando68-75Loss1-2
June 6@ Houston70-78Loss1-3
June 9@ New York77-56Win2-3
June 11Los Angeles75-68Win3-3
June 15@ Seattle54-50Win4-3
June 17Charlotte74-63Win5-3
June 19@ Cleveland70-81Loss5-4
June 21@ Indiana70-58Win6-4
June 23@ Washington84-69Win7-4
June 25Portland92-76Win8-4
June 26@ Utah80-89Loss8-5
June 28Minnesota82-74Win9-5
June 30Utah85-62Win10-5
July 1Detroit108-96Win11-5
July 5Los Angeles61-76Loss11-6
July 7@ Portland63-60Win12-6
July 8Washington78-56Win13-6
July 12@ Houston62-77Loss13-7
July 13@ Phoenix64-72Loss13-8
July 15Utah69-75Loss13-9
July 20Minnesota73-56Win14-9
July 22Phoenix61-60Win15-9
July 23@ Los Angeles68-73Loss15-10
July 26@ Portland73-70Win16-10
July 27Orlando73-66Win17-10
July 30@ Phoenix70-63Win18-10
August 2Miami73-55Win19-10
August 4@ Minnesota74-63Win20-10
August 6Houston63-76Loss20-11
August 9Seattle79-46Win21-11
August 12
1st Round, G1
Houston64-72Loss0-1
August 14
1st Round, G2
@ Houston70-75Loss0-2

Player stats

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTS
Yolanda Griffith32331478361523
Tangela Smith32178433064388
Ruthie Bolton-Holifield2910657341380
Kedra Holland-Corn327081435312
Ticha Penicheiro3089236706208
Latasha Byears3212221305181
Lady Hardmon304413103124
Katy Steding293914111091
Stacy Clinesmith26304912166
Cindy Blodgett20938152
Linda Burgess51721012

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