2002 Sacramento Monarchs season

2002 Sacramento Monarchs season
CoachMaura McHugh
ArenaARCO Arena
Attendance9,011 per game
Results
Record14–18 (.438)
Place6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2002 WNBA season was the 6th season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team missed the playoffs for the first time in four years.

Offseason

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
1 12 Hamchétou Maïga (G/F)  Mali Old Dominion
3 44 Alayne Ingram (G)  United States Michigan
4 51 Jermisha Dosty (C)  United States St. Mary's (CA)
4 60 Elizabeth Pickney (F)  United States Arizona

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT Conf. GB
Los Angeles Sparks x 25 7 .781 17–4 –
Houston Comets x 24 8 .750 16–5 1.0
Utah Starzz x 20 12 .625 12–9 5.0
Seattle Storm x 17 15 .531 10–11 8.0
Portland Fire o 16 16 .500 8–13 9.0
Sacramento Monarchs o 14 18 .438 8–13 11.0
Phoenix Mercury o 11 21 .344 7–14 14.0
Minnesota Lynx o 10 22 .313 6–15 15.0

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
1 June 1 Minnesota L 61–63 0–1
2 June 6 @ Portland L 73–86 0–2
3 June 9 @ Houston L 62–75 0–3
4 June 11 @ Minnesota L 63–72 0–4
5 June 13 New York W 78–77 (OT) 1–4
6 June 15 Los Angeles L 66–72 (OT) 1–5
7 June 18 @ Phoenix L 63–78 1–6
8 June 20 Seattle W 72–64 2–6
9 June 22 Utah L 61–77 2–7
10 June 23 @ Seattle L 60–86 2–8
11 June 25 Washington L 86–87 (OT) 2–9
12 June 27 @ Cleveland L 50–73 2–10
13 June 28 @ Indiana L 60–67 2–11
14 June 30 @ Detroit L 60–71 2–12
15 July 5 @ Los Angeles L 65–87 2–13
16 July 7 @ Portland L 59–74 2–14
17 July 11 Cleveland W 71–69 3–14
18 July 12 Houston L 60–74 3–15
19 July 17 @ Miami W 78–62 4–15
20 July 19 @ Charlotte L 51–70 4–16
21 July 21 Orlando W 62–60 5–16
22 July 25 Portland W 81–80 (OT) 6–16
23 July 27 @ Phoenix W 79–64 7–16
24 July 28 Minnesota W 66–56 8–16
25 July 30 Indiana W 74–65 9–16
26 August 1 Utah W 80–71 10–16
27 August 3 Los Angeles L 71–81 10–17
28 August 6 Phoenix W 73–70 11–17
29 August 8 @ Orlando W 82–72 12–17
30 August 10 @ Houston W 61–59 13–17
31 August 12 @ Utah L 79–81 13–18
32 August 13 Seattle W 59–51 14–18

Player stats

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS
Tangela Smith 32 188 40 27 46 469
Ruthie Bolton 32 94 37 45 2 349
Kedra Holland-Corn 32 90 63 41 5 296
Yolanda Griffith 17 148 19 16 13 288
Lady Grooms 32 99 39 21 8 227
Ticha Penicheiro 24 102 192 64 1 203
La'Keshia Frett 32 95 23 5 19 187
Cass Bauer-Bilodeau 25 41 1 2 5 43
Hamchetou Maiga-Ba 23 37 9 15 3 40
Andrea Nagy 24 29 73 10 4 34
Kara Wolters 14 23 3 0 3 24
Edna Campbell 1 1 0 1 0 4
Stacey Ford 5 2 1 0 0 2
Monique Ambers 2 0 0 0 0 0

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References

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Sacramento_Monarchs_season