2002 Sacramento Monarchs season

2002 Sacramento Monarchs season
Coach	Maura McHugh
Arena	ARCO Arena
Attendance	9,011 per game
Results
Record	14–18 (.438)
Place	6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
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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
June 1	Minnesota	61-63	Loss	0-1
June 6	@ Portland	73-86	Loss	0-2
June 9	@ Houston	62-75	Loss	0-3
June 11	@ Minnesota	63-72	Loss	0-4
June 13	New York	78-77 (OT)	Win	1-4
June 15	Los Angeles	66-72 (OT)	Loss	1-5
June 18	@ Phoenix	63-78	Loss	1-6
June 20	Seattle	72-64	Win	2-6
June 22	Utah	61-77	Loss	2-7
June 23	@ Seattle	60-86	Loss	2-8
June 25	Washington	86-87 (OT)	Loss	2-9
June 27	@ Cleveland	50-73	Loss	2-10
June 28	@ Indiana	60-67	Loss	2-11
June 30	@ Detroit	60-71	Loss	2-12
July 5	@ Los Angeles	65-87	Loss	2-13
July 7	@ Portland	59-74	Loss	2-14
July 11	Cleveland	71-69	Win	3-14
July 12	Houston	60-74	Loss	3-15
July 17	@ Miami	78-62	Win	4-15
July 19	@ Charlotte	51-70	Loss	4-16
July 21	Orlando	62-60	Win	5-16
July 25	Portland	81-80 (OT)	Win	6-16
July 27	@ Phoenix	79-64	Win	7-16
July 28	Minnesota	66-56	Win	8-16
July 30	Indiana	74-65	Win	9-16
August 1	Utah	80-71	Win	10-16
August 3	Los Angeles	71-81	Loss	10-17
August 6	Phoenix	73-70	Win	11-17
August 8	@ Orlando	82-72	Win	12-17
August 10	@ Houston	61-59	Win	13-17
August 12	@ Utah	79-81	Loss	13-18
August 13	Seattle	59-51	Win	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

1. "2002 Sacramento Monarchs Stats".