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.
The following player was selected in the Minnesota Lynx expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs:
See also: 1999 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Yolanda Griffith | Chicago Condors | ||
| 2 | 14 | Kedra Holland-Corn | San Jose Lasers | ||
| 3 | 26 | Kate Starbird | Seattle Reign | ||
| 4 | 38 | Amy Herrig | Iowa |
| Date | Transaction | |
|---|---|---|
| October 1, 1998 | Fired Heidi VanDerveer as Head Coach | |
| February 8, 1999 | Fired Sonny Allen as Head Coach | |
| 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 | |
| May 4, 1999 | Drafted Yolanda Griffith, Kedra Holland-Corn, Kate Starbird and Amy Herrig in the 1999 WNBA Draft | |
| May 24, 1999 | Traded Quacy Barnes to the Cleveland Rockers in exchange for Cindy Blodgett | |
| June 7, 1999 | Waived Amy Herrig | |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| June 10| @ Los Angeles| L 78–100| Latasha Byears (19)| Ticha Penicheiro (10)| Ticha Penicheiro (6)| Great Western Forum| 0–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 2| June 12| Phoenix| W 96–85| Yolanda Griffith (31)| Yolanda Griffith (9)| Ticha Penicheiro (6)| ARCO Arena| 1–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 3| June 14| @ Phoenix| W 74–64| Bolton
Holland-Corn (10)| Yolanda Griffith (18)| Ticha Penicheiro (7)| America West Arena| 2–1|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 4| June 17| Cleveland| W 70–50| Kedra Holland-Corn (16)| Yolanda Griffith (19)| Ticha Penicheiro (7)| ARCO Arena| 3–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 19| @ Utah| L 75–85| Yolanda Griffith (28)| Yolanda Griffith (19)| Ticha Penicheiro (6)| Delta Center| 3–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 22| Minnesota| W 79–62| Kedra Holland-Corn (15)| Yolanda Griffith (9)| Ticha Penicheiro (14)| ARCO Arena| 4–2|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| June 24| Utah| W 107–69| Ruthie Bolton (27)| Yolanda Griffith (14)| Ticha Penicheiro (10)| ARCO Arena| 5–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 26| Los Angeles| L 73–76| Yolanda Griffith (25)| Yolanda Griffith (15)| Ticha Penicheiro (9)| ARCO Arena| 5–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 9| June 29| @ Minnesota| W 86–72| Yolanda Griffith (30)| Yolanda Griffith (13)| Ticha Penicheiro (13)| Target Center| 6–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 10| July 2| @ Washington| W 79–74| Ruthie Bolton (34)| Yolanda Griffith (11)| Ruthie Bolton (7)| MCI Center| 7–3|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 11| July 4| @ Detroit| W 92–78| Yolanda Griffith (21)| Yolanda Griffith (10)| Ticha Penicheiro (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 8–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| July 5| @ New York| L 63–76| Yolanda Griffith (23)| Byears
Griffith (8)| Ticha Penicheiro (7)| Madison Square Garden| 8–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| July 8| Houston| W 74–63| Ruthie Bolton (20)| Yolanda Griffith (13)| Ticha Penicheiro (6)| ARCO Arena| 9–4|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 9| @ Los Angeles| W 77–72| Yolanda Griffith (24)| Yolanda Griffith (11)| Ticha Penicheiro (8)| Great Western Forum| 10–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 11| @ Houston| L 63–68| Ruthie Bolton (20)| Yolanda Griffith (11)| Ticha Penicheiro (4)| Compaq Center| 10–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| July 16| @ Cleveland| W 85–71| Yolanda Griffith (22)| Yolanda Griffith (13)| Ticha Penicheiro (9)| Gund Arena| 11–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| July 17| @ Orlando| W 76–70| Yolanda Griffith (20)| Yolanda Griffith (9)| Ticha Penicheiro (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 12–5 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| July 19| @ Minnesota| L 69–76| Yolanda Griffith (22)| Yolanda Griffith (6)| Bolton
Penicheiro (4)| ARCO Arena| 12–6|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 22| New York| W 71–55| Yolanda Griffith (29)| Yolanda Griffith (19)| Ticha Penicheiro (5)| ARCO Arena| 13–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 24| Orlando| L 64–73| Yolanda Griffith (18)| Yolanda Griffith (11)| Ticha Penicheiro (9)| ARCO Arena| 13–7 |- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| July 27| Minnesota| L 59–61| Ticha Penicheiro (27)| Yolanda Griffith (7)| Ticha Penicheiro (6)| ARCO Arena| 13–8|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 22| July 29| Washington| W 70–54| Yolanda Griffith (19)| Yolanda Griffith (9)| Ticha Penicheiro (5)| ARCO Arena| 14–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| July 31| @ Utah| L 59–63| Yolanda Griffith (20)| Yolanda Griffith (13)| Ticha Penicheiro (4)| Delta Center| 14–9|- style="background:#fcc"| 24| August 2| @ Houston| L 70–75| Ruthie Bolton (16)| Yolanda Griffith (10)| Ticha Penicheiro (13)| Compaq Center| 14–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 25| August 4| @ Charlotte| W 68–62| Yolanda Griffith (21)| Yolanda Griffith (11)| Ticha Penicheiro (4)| Charlotte Coliseum| 15–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| August 6| Detroit| W 71–58| Holland-Corn
Penicheiro (15)| Griffith
Penicheiro (9)| Ticha Penicheiro (6)| ARCO Arena| 16–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 27| August 7| Phoenix| W 71–60| Kedra Holland-Corn (21)| Yolanda Griffith (13)| Ticha Penicheiro (10)| ARCO Arena| 17–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 28| August 10| Los Angeles| W 82–80| Yolanda Griffith (23)| Yolanda Griffith (5)| Lady Grooms (4)| ARCO Arena| 18–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 13| Charlotte| W 78–64| Ruthie Bolton (25)| Bolton
Byears
Smith (7)| Ticha Penicheiro (7)| ARCO Arena| 19–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 30| August 14| Utah| L 89–97| Tangela Smith (28)| Tangela Smith (9)| Ticha Penicheiro (10)| ARCO Arena| 19–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 17| @ Phoenix| L 59–71| Tangela Smith (20)| Bolton
Smith (8)| Ticha Penicheiro (6)| America West Arena| 19–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| August 21| Houston| L 65–74| Ruthie Bolton (16)| Tangela Smith (10)| Ticha Penicheiro (6)| ARCO Arena| 19–13
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| August 24| Los Angeles| @ L 58–71| Ruthie Bolton (15)| Latasha Byears (10)| Ruthie Bolton (4)| Great Western Forum| 0–1
| 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 |